VS 2008 Controls Enabled And Disabled On Windows Form?
Jun 7, 2009
I am making a configuration screen so that an administrator can easily determine what controls on a form are enabled according to a combo selection.
I have created a table (SQL2008 DB) to store the settings and need ideas how I can best implement.
The session form will start up normal with only a few controls enabled to start, but then when the user selects a "session type" from a drop down combo then the form will be configured for that type. Because there may be several different combinations, and I do want to offer the user the ability to add and configure more types as needed I feel like this may be the best method instead of hard coding.
Table Structure
SessionType varchar(25) not null PK
ControlSwitch varchar(50) Not Null
(Edit: I may add an additional DB field so that I can specify the default value of a control also)
Now what I thought I would do on the config form is have a series of combo boxes and the label represent each control with a value of True or False, then when saved it builds a string like example 1,1,0,1,0,1,1,1 or True, True, False etc.
The string would represent
ctrl1=on, ctrl2=on,ctrl3=off,ctrl4=on,ctrl5=off,ctrl6=on,ctrl7=on,ctrl8=on and so on.
can i use an inverse notation in the databindings to enabled or disabled one checkbox?I have a form that has several controls binded, and if i have true in one field in the database i need to check checkbox and disabled it.Something like:
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So the scenario in my head is like this.
So we have for arguments sake FrmConfig which is the master configuration form, then we have FrmMain which is the root menu our application general user interfaces with. So here based on what options are checked as enabled in FrmConfig effects what controls (like buttons/menu options) are enabled in FrmMain.
Put a Datagridview on a form, fill it with data. dgv1.enabled = True and dgv1.enabled = False are almost the same look to the eye unlike other controls (textbox,combo, listview, etc ...) where there back color changed to light grey and you can distinguish if that control is enabled or disabled but not for Datagridview.
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I'm trying to allow scrolling in a Multiline-TextBox even if the TextBox is set to
textbox.Enabled = False
This is not possible, as the Scrollbar is disabled with the Enabled-Command, too.The default solution here is to set
textbox.ReadOnly = True textbox.Enabled = True
but this doesn't really do the trick for me. With ReadOnly I can still select the text of a TextBox as well as place the cursor inside of it. But as I have normal (non Multiline-TextBoxes) and other controls on the same form I don't want that to happen. I want to have exactly the same behavior as all the other disabled TextBoxes.
For everything else, like mimic the color of a disabled textbox and so on, there is a legitimate workaround with the ReadOnly-Property, but I coudn't find any for selecting text and placing the cursor.
UPDATE:I tried to use WIN32 API but it didn't work as expected:
Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices Public Class TestTextBox
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I've tried using System.Net.NetworkInformation, but it seems as though it only contains the one that's active.
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firstly i wanted to say sorry for my english. And my problem is a windows xp which is almost all of parts disabled. i'll try to explain with a screenshot
this is a sample pc not the real pc that has the problem All the start menu items , and the other stuff like group policy , run menu , task manager , my computer , control panel also internet access disabled except 1 or 2 site and internet explorer's Options menu also disabled
Local area connection's Options menu disabled too for change Icons on desktop like My computer , files disabled , and you can't access the C:/ folder via the browser it is disabled too which libraries do i supposed to use ? or could you guys give me some info for how to do ? i know i didn't explained myself enough but i really have to enable all options on that pc , including all start menu items , group policy access , and access to drives .
one last question , my first aim is surfing on the internet sites without restrictions , it is a router sided restriction i think , if i use softwares like Hotspot shield , can i surf on the internet without restrictions ?
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rivate Sub frmCapabilities_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e
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