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I'm very frequently having an issue where a Windows Form tab in [Design] mode shows nothing but all white: It seems to usually happen after running the debugger; after closing the debugee it's just a white screen... so far I've only been able to "fix" it by running "rebuild solution", or...

when i start Project and click on search button every things ok but when click once again this error is show (This causes two bindings in the collection to bind to the same property this my code Imports System.Data.SQLite Public Class Form1 Private dbcomand As String = "" Private...

Hi all, I'm making a program in which the user can update a table of their choice from a list box. When an item in the listbox is selected, it shows the MS-Access database in the DataGridView. When a user selects a cell in the DataGridView, it will show the ID, the field name and the actual data...

How do I detect left mouse button down and up events on the 'Close' option of the system menu that appears when the mouse is clicked on the top left corner of a form?

MSDN recommends disposing any variable of type System.Drawing.Brush before its last reference is released. Otherwise, the resources it is using will not be freed until the garbage collector calls the Brush object's Finalize method. As we know, local variables are destroyed automatically when...

I have an MDI application containing an MdiParent form and few MdiChild forms. The MdiParent has a fixed MenuStrip, a fixed ToolStrip and a fixed StatusStrip. The MdiChild forms have one or more ToolStrips and a StatusStrip along with other controls in them. The ToolStrips and the StatusStrip of...

I have a nested gridview that is displaying duplicate data for some reason. When I run the stored procedure, the data is correct. Could it have something to do with me binding the gridview in the rowdatabound event. Here's my code behind ProtectedSub grdTotal_RowDataBound(ByVal sender...

Hello, I'm trying to develop an application in VB.net, for search informations in 3 tables (TBClient with 3 columns "Company", "Address" and "Fone", TBContact with 2 columns "Name" and "Email" and TBContract with 2 columns "ContractNumber" and "Date"). I'm using a combo box (for select the...

Hello everybody, I am analyzing programming tools to design accounting application that user could download the setup file from my website and install enjoy it !! 1. I need it have minimum requirement to run throw end user, database would be SQL 2008. 2.It must have small size package to...

HELP!!! For my Advanced Web Design course, I decided to design a website. We HAVE TO USE Visual Studio for the project. I'm using Visual Studio 2010. It's going well, minus the fact that Visual Studio won't correctly display my background image! I created a 1600x1680 background image. I set the...

Hi All I have a project I need to do for work, and I would just like to know whether VB would be the right way to go? I need to create quite a simple program in which our equipment can be booked out to various clients, and then a popup reminder comes up if the equipment is not returned in...

Hi All I have a very simple database which I am doing some testing on. It has 1 table (called Table1) and within this table is 1 column (Titled Col1). These holds about 5 VARCHAR values. I am trying to create a simple webpage interface for this table which will allow me to enter a word and then...

Hello all Visual Studio lovers :) If you have already downloaded and installed, do you want to share your ideas about new beta of programming IDE of Visual Studio 2012? I started to work on it on new OS Win8 for building apps

Every one of us who develop games, applications , etc.. using Visual Studio, should share his work with others. Just like this guy is doing on his Visual Studio Applications blog here: http://VisualStudioApplications.blogspot.com He's not only showing his work, but also offering the code! his...

Hi all, my need is to find appropriate forum thread for my questions: - where can I download service pack 2 for Visual Studio 2010 ? - how do I connect to MS SQL 2005 from Visual Studio ? - how do I connect to Oracle 11g from Visual Studio ? - how do I change from FrameWork Client to...

I created a UserControl that contains a custom ToolStrip Control. While using the UserControl throughout an application, the ToolStrip control cannot be accessed directly, as logically it's embedded in the UserControl. So, to access the items of the ToolStrip I defined a readonly property in the...

I am rendering a toolstrip with a CustomRenderer that inherits from ToolStripProfessionalRenderer. The concept is that I want the color of the arrow of the toolstrip items to be white in all cases except selection. When it is selected the color should be black. In my code below all arrows are...

Ensure ApplyVisualStyles is enabled in your system. Place a ToolStripProgressBar on a toolstrip, run your application and minimize the form. Now change the theme of your computer to Windows Classic and restore the form. See the interior of the ToolStripProgrssBar becomes black. It doesn't even...

I built a ClassLibrary where I have created my custom form component (let's say MyForm) that inherits from the Form class. I added the ClassLibrary to my actual WinForms project. Now when I add an inherited form to my project from MyForm, its Text property remains blank by default. I even tried...

I have an XSD file for all the tables in my SQL Server database. In the TableAdapters in the XSD file, some of my queries return scalar values, but the code for the functions generated by Visual Studio 2010 return an Object rather than a typed value. I know how to manually add functions using...