Using Visual Basic 2008 when (in the past) I looked at the properties window for a control, the very bottom of the list of properties has a brief explanation of the specific property selected.
This has disappeared and I can not find any way to get it back. I tried the Tools/Options menu with no success.
I am developing an application in which I need to use the tool jus like the Solution Explorer or Error List or Properties Window. Its like there have the common functionality of Floating,Dockable,Tabbed Document,Auto Hide and Hide. Can u let me know which tool in toolbox has this feature.
View 7 Repliesin a windows form if i want to duplicate the properties window layout on my form, which is basically a 2 column table with title on the left and value on the right, what control do i use to achieve that?
View 1 RepliesWhat I've done is create a User Control Library (Project) and I've added a single User Control to that project. The control contains a single FlowLayoutPanel, and I created a Property on the control itself to pass the FlowDirection from the Control to its FlowLayoutPanel child.
Build, reference, component appears in the Toolbox and everything works fine, but the property on the control does not appear in the Properties window when I go to edit it at design time.
I'm working with a form that has a lot of controls on it. Is there a way to print a list of the name properties of all the controls on a form visual studio? I need to change some control properties at run time and it would be easier to code if I had list of the names to look at.
View 3 Replies[code]I want to make the Properties Window to update the properties for X and Y at each MouseMove, so they become immediately visible for the user.
View 2 RepliesIs there a way to expose a UserControl's properties to the Properties Window in the Designer?
View 3 Replieshow to retrieve microsoft access filenames from a particular folder on my computer? Within my project the user can create a database, and i want to be able to display all of these databases in a combo box?
View 8 RepliesI have application with 2 forms (Form1, Form2), when i click in a button in form1, form2 open.when form2 opened & I switch to other window and try to switch back to my application (By clicking in its icon in taskbar), it switch to form1.I need when form2 open & click in taskbar, it switch to form2 & also when form2 open I can't edit or type anything in form1.Exactly the same as the below scenario in windows:when I open any new window from "Windows Properties" (Right click my computer), and switch back to windows properties, it will switch to the new window not to the main Windows properties window
View 2 RepliesI'm making a control and I am trying to finalize my design time properties grid. I have several List(of Class) items as public properties and when I click on the design time menu (while testing the control) there is the word "Collection" and a button with an ellipsis (...) that brings up a neat pop up with the buttons Add/remove and all of the public properties of the collection's class on the right hand side. Basically for a non-collection instance of a class (with public properties) I'd like a similar button to show up. I know I could put all of the properties in the main control class and group them, but I like the pop up box feature. Anyway to duplicate this? (think font grid item etc.)
View 3 RepliesI have my own class of graphic objects, and now I'd like to allow a user to right-click on one of those within the application and see a properties window. Is there a pre-built dialog or control for displaying properties at runtime? I'd like to have something just like the IDE properties window button for my application.
View 4 RepliesI am trying to find the handle of the child window for the Yes button in the User Account Control window so i can click it. This window has a structure with a few child windows with the same name.
Dim hwnd As IntPtr = FindWindow(Nothing, "User Account Control")
Dim hwnd2 As IntPtr = FindWindowEx(hwnd, 0, "DirectUIHWND", vbNullString)
Dim hwnd3 As IntPtr = FindWindowEx(hwnd2, 0, "CtrlNotifySink", vbNullString)
Dim hwnd4 As IntPtr = FindWindowEx(hwnd3, 0, "Button", "&Yes")
There are multiple CtrNotifySink with its own Button child window or other child windows. How do i search thru the different CtrNotifySink window to find the one that contain the Yes button so i can send a click to it? I do need to find it before i can send a click, right? because i try just sending it to the main window with sendmessage and nothing happen.I even try sending it directly to the handle found by spy++ of the yes button with bm click but nothing happen?
When you make a label, you can change the text of it in the properties window; or through the code; label1.text = "sometext".how can a get the data i entered in the properties window?something like this:
label2.text = label1.text.propertieswindows
I am new to Visual Basic using Express 2010 software. Not understanding something very basic. Working from a book. On form1 I have two check boxs set up they are Check Box1 & 2. And also one Picture Box. I am trying to set up properites window for these objects in the form.
Object Propterty
Setting
CheckBox1 Checked Text True Calculator
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The end product form 1 I should see a Calculator (Check Box 1) with the a place for a check mark and another box for a Copy Machine (Check Box 2) that also as a space for a checked off. Then a image appearing in the Picture Box. how to arrange these 3 objects in Properites Window getting them onto the form; being very basically illustrated. First time at Properties Window.
If I have a custom windows service running on a server, is there anyway I can access the value of a property/variable within that service? For example, I would like to have a client vb program be able to "read" the value some variable from that service. A simple example would be the service would capture a boolean value of the success or failure of the last time it kicked off a process. I would then like to have a client windows app "connect" with the service and be able to read that boolean value.
View 3 RepliesI have 3 questions: How to get the process which the main window is active How to change the WindowState of that process main window How to resize the process main window[URl]..
View 9 RepliesWhen I start working on a Project I like to change the size of the Properties Window. (I like to make it taller than it is by default). But each time I start a new Project the Properties Window goes back to the original shape/location. Is there a way that I can customize the layout of that window so that the shape is retained across sessions?
View 6 RepliesI'm trying to findout a way to manage another program windows programaticly. Such as enable/disable minimize/maximize buttons and whole border frame itself. Also i'm trying to prevent or disable showing that program on taskbar.
I'm trying to write a program wich culd run several other and grind them on screen without border frames or/and without buttons.
I added a combo box to my form and set the tab index in the properties window to be in sequence. The focus doesn't stop there upon tabbing through the form. What is wrong? I checked and rechecked my tab index.
View 14 RepliesI made a program that is started and running in memory and minimized to the system tray.
When it is first launched it registers global hot keys in windows.These hot keys are used for resizing the current focused window. I'm trying to use it so you can hotkey windows to resize to half the screen, a third of the screen, etc... For instance, if I have two notepads open and notepad 1 is focused and I hit Ctrl+Shift+LeftArrow it will resize notepad1 to the left and half the size of the screen. I have notepad 2 focused and Hit Ctrl+Shift+RightArrow and resize notepad2 to the right side of the screen. So, I can easily see both windows at once.Now, I can successfully get the focused window handle when the hot key is pressed. I'm stuck at this point.
I can use the Windows API call:
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I am programming a VB windows form using visual studio 2008. In my properties window, i use to have color palette on every color function for example under BackColor, when i click on the component, all i get are text of the colors, without a sample picture[code]...
View 2 Repliesis it possible that I create a program that allows you to open a file, then if you click the button labelled "Properties", it will open the properties window for the file selected. This is so that you won't have to go to the file, right-click it, then select Properties.
View 1 RepliesI am wanting to show the standard properties window of a file as shown when the right mouse button is selected in windows explorer.
View 2 RepliesI would like to be able to set Control visual properties such as color, boarder, flat style, etc. on the base class of the control so that as I add new instances of the control, each instance inherits the visual properties of the base. I have tried using Application Settings but it appears as though I need to reference an application setting manually each time I add the control to a form. This is a Windows Form question.
View 4 RepliesI tried it and get an error but maybe I'm tring the wrong way. Can a usercontrol inherate an application defined class ie.. could you inheritance a classic rect class into a user control to add the hight and width properties to the control without having to do all the coding all over again? Currently I just declair a private instance of the class within the control and then encapsalate. It would be nice if I could just inherit all the functionality of my classes into controls designed to implament the classes.
View 1 RepliesWhen using the WebBrowser control, is it possible to cause popup windows to appear within the WebBrowser control itself instead of a new window?
how to get the popup to appear in the same browser window.
I'm designing a custom toolbox component. Some of the public properties are interdependent. At present, when the user changes one of these values in the Designer, the dependent value doesn't update until the user clicks on it. Does anyone know how I can "refresh" the Properties window to show the new value of the dependent property?
View 6 RepliesI have a UserControl with a property called "Type". This can have any combination of three values, say
View 1 RepliesAt the bottom of the Properties window in the Visual Basic 2010 IDE, there should be a brief description of the selected property. For example "Text: the text associated with thecontrol". But it's reduced to a height of 0 so far as I can tell, and I haven'tfound a way to make it visible. Right-clicking the Properties window and selecting/checking"Description" has no effect. How do I make this pane visible?
View 2 RepliesI dragged and dropped a label from the toolbox onto a form (Label6) and stupidly went to the properties window and set "Text" to blank. Label6 shows when the program is run using F5 but does not show on the design surface if I want to move or remove it. How do I get it back onto the design surface or remove it completely?
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