VS 2008 - Forcing Dialog Box To Display
Feb 14, 2011
I'm calling one program from another using the shell command. When I call the second program it loads a file and then displays the details on the screen. But when it runs nothing appears to happen and it is only when the file is loaded that anything is displayed. One of the first things that happens is a Resize, so I expect the dialog box to be displayed, I have added a refresh at the start but the dialog box is still not displayed untill the file is loaded. How can I make the program display the dialog box at the start to show something is happening?
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Jun 4, 2009
I have a simple desktop application that uses a .NET setup project (.msi file) to perform the installation. On the first installation, everything proceeds in a timely fashion with good feedback for the user.The problem occurs when the user is installing the latest version of the application over an old version on their machine.There is an unacceptably long delay of about 60 to 180 seconds from the time the installer's 'Welcome' dialog [It's not the Welcome dialog, I've removed that from the Start section of the setup project and replaced it with a CheckBox dialog to ask if the user wants a shortcut on the desktop] disappears until the 'Progress' dialog appears. The user sees minute(s) of blank screen and thinks the install has stopped or failed.
In the setup project properties, I've got the 'DetectNewerInstalledVersion' and 'RemovePreviousVersions' properties set to true. So, I believe that while nothing appears to be happening, the installer is actually removing the old version. The 'Progress' dialog does not appear until the new version begins installation.I've been trying to either:
a) Get the 'Progress' dialog to display immediately after the 'Install Icon' dialog disappears
b) Show another dialog while the Uninstall is running to let the user know that the setup is still running and everything is OK.
I have been unsuccessful with both methods. I'm using VS 2008 SP1?
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Apr 12, 2010
i am having trouble in sending text, when i send the text in textbox2 it sends into a normal way where as i selected my font as bold and size=10, i want the font which i have selected in richtextbox should display according to it if no font is selected then it can display in regular way.
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Sep 22, 2010
so ive set the size to be locked so you cant drag it around. is it possible to place a button and when i press it the size goes from 300,200 to 500,300?if yes, how would the code be?
if no, would it be possible at all with any settings?
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Aug 11, 2009
How can I force a program that is executed though VB into windowed mode?
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Jan 17, 2010
Here's the thing. I play EVE online, and I want to use my second monitor while having eve stay fullscreen on the primary.Currently, any time you click the second monitor, and EVE loses focus, EVE minimizes itself. Can I make a utility that forces the game to stay maximized at all times?
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Jun 8, 2010
I have a form with a textbox on it. Validation occurs on the leave event. If validation fails, the focus is set into the textbox, making it impossible to click outside it unless there is a valid value entered. A valid value is anything from 15.00 to 99.99 inclusive, always with two decimal places.What code will return a boolean answer that checks if the input is valid?
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May 10, 2010
I am trying to display a dialog for a period of time. if the user is not present, I want it to close and perform a task. I am using a background worker, which is supposed to simulate a button click. It performs the button click fine, but the dialog never goes away.
Private Sub Backgroundworker_ProgressChanged() Handles BackgroundWorker1.ProgressChanged
If Me.BackgroundWorker1.WorkerReportsProgress >= 100 Then
[Code].....
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May 20, 2010
I have a large VB.Net 2008 rich client database app and in it some screens take a bit to load, 1 - 5 seconds and two of them take up to 15 seconds. Right now I have a me.hide in my form load, I do my loading of drop downs and data, then do a me.show. It works decent and gives the impression that the program is quick. What I would like to do however is have a "waiting" or "loading" screen with a animated gif pop up while it's doing its data loads.
So I created a "WaitingForm" that has no border and a single picture box. In the form load of this waiting form it assigns a animated gif to the picture box. I set the form to be top most, no control box, etc.
If I call this waiting from from within my from load events as WaitingForm.show the animation doesn't work and the form only half shows (and in the wrong place on the screen). If I call this form using a WaitingForm.ShowDialog it correctly shows in the center of it's parent and displays the animated icon BUT blocks the calling form from processing and defeats the entire purpose.
How do I display the waiting form like it's a dialog box so it correct centers on it's parent and displays correctly but doesn't block the lower form from processing? Currently when I call the waiting form I give it a integer for how many seconds to display and then a timer on the waiting form counts down and closes itself. Do I need to use a worker thread and if so what is the easiest way to do this so the code is reusable from multiple different screens?
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Nov 18, 2011
Running into a situation when user searches for orders of customer for past 4 years. As the DB query takes a long time, I want to show a pop up box just stating 'please wait. quering for results'. so when they start their search I want to show the message box until the results are obtainned and at that point I want to close the message box.My current way, I know is incorrect as the pop up box locks up and states (not responding).Would using a background worker be an over kill, or should I go with a progress bar?
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Jun 10, 2009
display a summary (composed by texts) in a print preview dialog.
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Jul 28, 2009
Once I click a link, I want to popup a dialog/window to display all the information of products. The parent page should be disable while the popup is opened. then, I would like to be able to pass information from the popup to the parent page..
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Jun 5, 2011
How can I display a color dialog with a list of known web colors for the user to choose?
E.g.
black
white
dimgray
gray
darkgray
silver
etc.
I need to display ALL web colors
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Sep 4, 2009
I use a program called Taskix that allows me to grab a button on a taskbar (for programs that are active) and drag it to reorder them. So the functionality exists somewhere, but most obviously through some sort of API.
What I want to do is allow my users to choose if they want a particular window in my program to sort itself to the beginning or end of the taskbar list. I know I want it because I would prefer this particular window to be in front of my opened windows whenever I make it visible.
where I might be able to access an API function that accomplishes this? Finding something like this on Google has proven to be fruitless; for me at least.
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Feb 5, 2010
Is there a way to display the connection properties dialog for connection string browsing(for database) in run time?
As I want the user to be able to connect to various database using the GUI.
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Oct 8, 2011
I understand that I need to run ... corflags.exe /32BIT myapp.exe against my VB .Net app if I want to make sure it's associated 32 bit dll's will be forced to run as 32 bit on 64bit computers.
If this will work this looks like a good idea to me since I don't have the opportunity to recompile them on a newer Visual Studio that supports targeting 32bit. But I have a couple of questions...
Question 1:Is there an easier way to get the corflags.exe program without having to download the whole .Net Frameword 2.0 SDK?
I guess this is what I need to download if there is no easy way to get the corflags.exe file...
Download 1:Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86)
[Code]...
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Jun 22, 2010
I am creating a report in my asp.net application. The report outputs to excel using the excel interop. Some calculations in the report cause excel to display "Inf" or "NaN" I want to force these calculations to zero so that the report displays zero and NOT "Inf" or "NaN"
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Jul 16, 2009
I have a date, myDate = 07/16/09 14:22I would like to arbitrarily force the time portion of it to a predetermined value like myDate = 07/16/09 18:00.
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Oct 3, 2009
The only way I know to force a paint event in my pictureboxes is to do a 'Picturebox1.invalidate'. I read that this isn't the best way to do it though, so what's the best way to make my picture boxes repaint?
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Jan 17, 2011
I am using VB.Net 2008 Express on Windows XP, and am trying to use WM_LBUTTONDOWN in one of my programmes.
CODE:
This appears to work correctly, in that it goes to the Exit button and I can see the effect of WM_LBUTTONDOWN and WM_LBUTTONUP, but the programme does not actually exit; it just sits there with the Exit button highlighted. I added all the TimeDelay() subs to see whether it needed the extra time.
I also made the following changes, and again, it goes to the Exit button and I know that it is on the button using Spy++, but the programme does not actually exit
CODE:
How do I force it to exit?
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Jul 6, 2011
How can I, in VB.NET, force the focus to the desktop?
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Jun 18, 2009
Is there a way to force a form to be active and shown?
From another form i am doing:
Me.Hide
Form2.Show
When this code is run, the Form2 is minimized.
I've also tried:
Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal
in the load event, and it still loaded it in minimized mode.
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Sep 11, 2011
I have a couple of split panels nested inside of each other. The problem is, I'm rendering an 8x8 tiled game inside of the center panel. Basically, the height and width of the panel need to be an odd multiples of 8 so I can find the center tile displayed easily.I need the width and height to be divisible by 8. The number 8 is multiplied by should be odd:EDIT AGAIN these numbers below do not refer to the size. They refer to two number being multiplied. I've changed them to a * to show this. These numbers below apply to both the height and width. One number should be odd, the other 8. 8*x
5*8 - Good
6*8 - Bad
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Feb 4, 2009
I have console application embedded in a Panel on my Form. The problem is that the Vertical scrollbar of this application always stays at the top, and I would prefer that I was always able to see the caret (prompt) so I can see the latest info.
How do you force a Window to display the caret?
Do solutions give the option of the caret being at the top of the window or the bottom? I would prefer that the carat is at the bottom so I can see all the info immediately prior to the caret, as in this screenshot.
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Nov 11, 2009
Can I create new dialog results for my dialog forms? And then use them with Form.ShowDialog method?
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Nov 16, 2010
Is there a way to launch a Modeless Dialog that stays active even when a Modal Dialog is launched? Can I put the Modeless Dialog in a seperate Thread or something like that?
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Dec 22, 2009
I often use the process of displaying a dialog from a form, with the dialog user input then used to update the main form without any problem. In a new scenerio I launch the main application screen, I then show a login dialog ontop of the main app screen and can launch another dialog from the login if a new user is required. The plan is to update the login dialog (updating a combobox to reflect the addition of a new user) from the new user dialog.
See code below :-
'Update login forms user list as new user added successfully
frmRoomBookingLogin.cboLogin.DataSource = Nothing
frmRoomBookingLogin.txtPassword.Text = "Updating password from dialog"
MessageBox.Show("The password text is " & frmRoomBookingLogin.txtPassword.Text)
[code]....
The messagebox implies the dialog has been updated yet the text does not change. Is it possible to update the dialog when using a setup such as Form -> dialog -> dialog? I'm intrigued as why the dialog does not reflect changes. I have never refreshed/repainted the dialog as never required to in my other examples when updating a form from a dialog and never encountered a problem when using a two tier form setup.
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Mar 14, 2011
way to have a launcher/updater app for a program I'm working on. It'll have people register, and not let them run the main program without registering. So, say, I have launcher.exe, and main.exe, and I open main.exe. I need it to exit and open launcher. I was going to use sockets to do a simple ping/pong type deal, but sockets are breaking my face in vb.net since I've only used them in vb6.
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Oct 7, 2009
My pictureboxes sometimes clear of all drawings when they are done creating the image, or sometimes halfway through. Calling GC.Collect() before the drawing starts lets it draw MORE before it clears, but how can I stop it from clearing entirely?
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Jul 12, 2010
with the following code it is possible to place some images in the clipboard
Dim Sc As New StringCollection
For Each itm In FileNames
Sc.Add(itm)
[code]....
is it possible to force the clipboard to change name when these images are pasted by the user?
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