VS 2008 ToolStrip Over MDI Child?
Nov 23, 2010Why does this happen?
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MDI Container & Toolstrip - Giving Child Forms Foreground
Sep 3, 2010So currently i have been working on a application that is a MDI parent, with child forms. I use a un docked toolstrip as a toolbox since i like the small icons and mouse hover, but one issue that bugs me is that when a child form is open in the parent form it's "under" the toolstrip. For example moving childform1 pass the toolstrip menu makes the form go under rather ontop. Is there anyway to give the child forms foreground when moving?
View 3 RepliesToolStrip On A Databound Form - Toolstrip Buttons Don't Receive Focus In The Normal Way ?
Mar 24, 2009I really want to make use of the toolstrip and databinding but these two technologies keep conflicting with each other. I think the root cause is something to with the fact that the toolstrip buttons don't recieve focus in the normal way.
I invite you to try the following:-
1. Create a form and put some text boxes a tool strip with a save button on it.
2. Write a query or sproc to get a datatable back and bind your text boxes to the field in the datatable.
3. In the code behind your Save ToolStripButton put some code that makes an arbitrary change to a field on the dataset (it doesn't matter whther this field is bound to a text box or not). eg:-
m_DataTable.Rows(0).Item("CommissionRatePerc") = "0.0000"
4. Put a breakpoint in the save and run the form.
5. Make some changes in the text boxes. Do not leave the last text box but rather click save while a text box whose contents you have edited still has focus.
6. When your code hits the breakpoint, query the value of the data table field that is bound to the text box you were editing when you clicked save - it will still contain the unedited value. Unless you do something about it that unedited value is going to get saved back to your DB.
We did get around this problem by explicetely setting the focus to another control on the form before saving. That worked most of the time because it prompts the text box to flush it's value back to the datatable (nb EndEdit does not work, although you'd have expected it to). However, and this is the reason I suggested you add a line of code that changed a value in the underlying datatable in step 3, if you change a value in code in this way before the value from the text box get's flushed back then it doesn't seem to matter what you do, the user's current edit is simply lost. They will still show in the text box, though, leading your user to believe that the change has been committed when it hasn't. Our final solution is that we never ever change a value in the adtaset in the code behind our toolstrip buttons. That's working but it's a pretty big restriction.
Interface And Graphics :: MDI Parent / Child - Child To Check To See If It Is The Last Child Object Before Closing
Feb 18, 2011Im working with MDI parent/child objects. when closing the child objects i need the child to check to see if it is the last child object before closing. i couldn't find anything on google, maybe im searching for the wrong thing.
View 2 RepliesVS 2008 Aligning A Toolstrip In Statusstrip?
Apr 8, 2010I have a problem in right aligning a toolstrip on the status strip of the form. It has a property alignemnt set to right but it still remains on the left side of the container.
How to put a control near the right side of the status strip?
VS 2008 Loading Few Icons To The Toolstrip?
Mar 24, 2011I have a base form which has toolstrip. I am loading few icons to the toolstrip through the code as given below
mnuFind.Image = Image.FromFile(Application.StartupPath & "ImagesSearch.ico")
mnuSave.Image = Image.FromFile(Application.StartupPath & "ImagesSave.ico")
This code is in the form load event of the base form.
At the design time the images are displayed in the form.
The problem is in the inherited form. The inherited form is not loaded in the designer window. It gives the following error.
The service System.Windows.Forms.Design.IEventHandlerService already exists in the service container. Parameter name: serviceType
Some times it says it cannot find the image in the installation path of Visual studio.
If I remove the icons loading in the base form it works fine.
VS 2008 StatusStrip/ToolStrip Events?
Jan 15, 2010I've got a StatusStrip...and I'm trying to initialize some code when it gets focus...so clicking on it should give focus to it right? I've tried the following
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VS 2008 Change Font,style From Toolstrip?
Jul 26, 2010How do i change the font of the entire form/application by having a box to pop up for user to choose what font size, style he/she wants. I've got a toolstrip labeled Font already but i cant find any tutorial teaching me what code to place inside.
View 3 RepliesVS 2008 Save Toolstrip Dropdown Items In Listbox?
Jan 31, 2008I added a setting in my.settings, the setting is a listbox, and I know you can put controls in a listbox, but for some reason it will not let me add a toolstripmenuitem to the listbox in my settings. Is there a fix to this?
View 5 Replies[2008] ToolStrip Disappearing From View (in Designer AND Runtime)?
Mar 13, 2009In my project, I was first using two ListViews with a few buttons on the side to control actions (add files, remove files, etc). Now, I thought it looked neater if I incorporated those buttons into a ToolStrip, and put the ListViews into a SplitContainer.So I did... One SplitContainer, on the left side a ListView (docked Full) + ToolStrip (docked Top), on the right side exactly the same.
All of a sudden, (it seems to be pretty random), the right ListView (never the left one) seems to jump 'on top of' the ToolStrip. It looks as if the Z-Order changes so that the docking screws up, but after looking at the Document Outline, it is all still fine. The ToolStrip just seems to disappear from view completely. I have no idea where it went.Then, when I select the ToolStrip in the Component bar (what is that called? where you can see the control icons only for controls such as Dialogs etc), it suddenly pops up again, in the right place! And the ListView scales down a bit so everything is correct once again...
As soon as I select another control, the Listview jumps back up and the Toolstrip disappears again...At first I thought well, not really a problem since I can just select the ToolStrip from the component bar... Nope... It seems that the ToolStrip is also hidden during
I thought it was just a one-off bug and deleted the whole SplitContainer to build it up again. Five minutes later, it happened again.I decided to throw away to complete project and go back to a slightly older version (with the Buttons instead of the ToolStrip) and try it again.Nope, same problem! I have tried to reproduce the bug in a clean project, but no luck...
[2008] ToolStripContainer :: Check If ToolStrip Is On Horizontal Or Vertical?
Mar 13, 2009Now, I allow the user to drag the ToolStrip to the bottom and sides of the form. But when they drag it to the sides, the ToolStripPanels become completely stretched because the text is still drawing horizontally. I know I can set the TextDirection property to make it draw vertically, but I can't figure out how to check the current position of the ToolStrip, and when to check it (which event?)
I have tried the LocationChanged event and did this:
vb.net
Private Sub ts_LocationChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
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VS 2008 Floating Toolbar - Display That Container (containing Toolstrip) In Form
Mar 30, 2009I've two forms Form1 and Form2, I want to add container(*) in form2 having toolstrip(Toolbar) and later want to display that container(containing toolstrip) in Form1, that enable the user to use toolstrip to execute needed actions written in form2.
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VS 2008 : Get The Viewer To Maximize Properly Without Hiding The Toolbar Of The Crystal Control Behind The Menu And Toolstrip?
Aug 8, 2010Working with a form that has a menu, toolstrip and Crystal Viewer control. I cannot seem to get the viewer to maximize properly without hiding the toolbar of the Crystal Control behind the menu and toolstrip. I've played with the options of Dock and Alignment, as well as autosize and I just can't get it to work.So do I need to handle the sizing myself to do this and position the control where I need it?
View 2 RepliesVS 2008 MDI And Child Within A Child?
Feb 13, 2010I have an MDI application where a child form (A) opens a second form as a Dialog (B), which works great but you can't do anything in the MDI until you close the Dialog form.I've now changed the Dialog form (B) so it just calls as a Show and I have disabled the parent form (A). This works better and allows you to click anywhere in the MDI (except the parent form (A)) which is ideal and works much better.
The problem comes if you maximize the parent form (A) and then open form (B), this is then also maximised but I need it to be a fixed.I've done some research and I've tried using the API SetParent which gets round the problem of the form being maximized but this makes the form TopMost in the MDI.
All I need is form B to be topmost of form A and to be a fixed size. Is there any solution?
IDE :: Toolstrip Dialog Objects Do Not Appear In Component Tray In Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional On A Windows 7 System
Oct 5, 2011I am running Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional on a Windows 7 system.While working on a visual basic exercise in chapter 4 of the Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Step by Step book on the MyMenu program I added a Toolstrip to my form and then I was trying to perform the add OpenFileDialog and ColorDialog controls to the component tray as described at the bottom of page 111 under Using Dialog Box Controls. I could never get the controls to appear in the component tray as instructed in the book.
I added a toolstrip to the form. According to my instructions I should be able to click on the Open file icon on the toolstrip to select it and then click anywhere else on the form. When I do that, the OpenFileDialog should appear on the component tray where I can then select it to enter code. This however does not happen.The only way I was able to get them to appear in the component tray was by opening the Menu program supplied on the DVD under chapter 4, selecting both of the above controls on the component tray, right clicking and then press copy. I then closed the Menu program and opened the MyMenu program that I created and then I was able to paste the two object controls to the component tray.
I went back to the original Menu program to see if I was able to place any other controls on the component tray by following the instructions in the book but was not able to. I also tried the same thing with MyMenu and it also still would not work.I have been unable to find anything that might explain why the component tray does not work as explained. Perhaps there is some setting somewhere that needs changed, but all searches have been unsuccessful.
PS. I have entered this on one of the other MicroSoft forums and although it has gotten multiple views I have not yet received any feedback.I also get the following error: Cannot add component of type 'ToolStripButton' to container of type 'form'.
Creating DataRelation With Parent And Child Tables And Generating Xml With Subnodes For Child Table?
May 21, 2012Dim obj_DataTable As New System.Data.DataTable("Category")
Dim obj_DataSet As New DataSet()
'Declaring the array of DataColum to hold the Primary Key Columns
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Syntax Checker - Populating My Combo Box With All Of A Root-child's Child Element's Names?
Mar 10, 2009My program handles XML files that have certain elements within a root-child node that are identical expect for their inner text value. So while populating my combo box with all of a root-child's child element's names I get like five identical items listed. Which brought about the problem of selecting say the third item and getting the value of the first displayed. So I came up with a loop function that determines if the selected combo box item is preceded by one of the same name, if it is, then it adds +1 to a counter variable and keeps checking farther and farther up the list. Once it loops to an item that doesn't have the same name it exits and it reads the Xth (X = counter mentioned earlier) element's inner text from the file. This works great for elements 1, 3, 4, and 5. But not for 2. A while back when I was focused on this problem I discovered the root of the problem but I was unable to circumvent it. I'll put the loop below so you can see the problem in action instead of trying to follow my verbose explanation:
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Access A Button Through Code There Is On A Panel There Is A Child On Several Other Child-panels?
Aug 18, 2011I'm from denmark and hope I can explain my question for you. This is just a example: I have a panel, let's say panel1 and another panel on that panel (panel2) and so on until for example panel5 - on panel5 I have a button (button1). Now I would like to change button1's backcolor property through code how do I then get access to button1, now it's a child-control on panel5 that is a child control on panel4 etc. ??
View 3 RepliesFindwindowEX Send Message In Child Of A Child Of An Application?
Apr 29, 2009findwindowEX Send Message in Child of a Child of an ApplicationFirst:- my english is very ad (german)- i am a newby of Visual BasicMy Form with SQL-Integration is sending Data per Button to Notepad sucessfull. Unfortunately, the purpose application has interlocking children.But the application don become the data. to found a solution / or a Idear. i think i put in screenshots an my
Public Class Form1
'Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
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How To Work On Both Parent And Child Form Without Closing Child
Apr 10, 2011i have created two forms A and B when button in form A is clicked B is invoked when B is running its not possible to work on A until i close form B. How can i work on A without closing B
View 5 RepliesPassing Data From Child To Parent Form Which Is A Child Of Another One
Apr 17, 2012i have three forms
when i click button1 on form1=====> form2.showdialog()
then click button 1 on form2 =====> form3.showdialog
then click button 1 on form 3 =====>
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VS 2008 - Child Window - Yet Not Child Window
Aug 23, 2009I have a 3rd party program that puts up a pop up box and asks the user for input. In Spy++ the original program (I'll refer to this as Window A from now on) is a top level window, and the popup (Window B) is also a parent window. However, when I use FindWindow(Nothing, "Captcha Challenge") it returns 0. I've also used a code snippet from the forums
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VS 2008 Add Child Nodes To Child Nodes?
Aug 10, 2009OK, so I have the code to add a Child Node to a selected node in ta TreeView. The thing is, even if I select a child node to "add" to, it adds the new node to the parent of the selected child node.
I know why it does that: TreeView1.Nodes(TreeView1.SelectedNode.Index).Nodes.Add() adds to the first node. So how do I progamatically add to the child node I have selected, not it's parent node. I can't figure out the logic on how to accomplish this.
NOTE: There can be an infinite amount of child nodes.
UPDATE: I just found out that if I have a child node selected, TreeView1.SelectedNode.Index returns -1 since there is nothing selected in that first level. I'd have to use TreeView1.Nodes(0).SelectedNode.Index to get the proper index for the ChildNode. *sigh*
VS 2008 Child Control In Another Child Control?
Oct 24, 2009In my form I hace a Groupbox1, within Groupbox1 have a Groupbox2, within Groupbox2 have a Textbox1..how to call the Texbox1 from another form? When I use Dim newControl As Control = Form1.Controls(Textbox1.Name) I get nothing value?if I use Form1.Controls(Groupbox1.Name) it can get the Groupbox1
View 3 RepliesMDI Child In .net 2008?
Aug 1, 2009I have a MDI based application with two problems. First: when i close the MDI child i want to ask if the user would like to save the data in the child and give them the regular choice yes,no,cancel however when i try to use the Formclosing event it never fires, it does fire for the mdi parent but that is no help.
Second: When i load the child i am using a template form to get all the controls and code, but if i close all the children then reopen one it errors because the controls are disposed.
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VS 2008 A Child Form On Top Of The Other?
Apr 3, 2010I've got an MDI vb project with several child forms. Now I want each child to be placed on top of the other open childs when I create it. In simple words, I don't want it to hide behind the other open childs.
View 6 RepliesVS 2008 Getting The MDI Child Location?
Aug 8, 2009In one of my apps I'm using MDI childs so the user only has one screen. There's only one MDI child open at any time, it is maximized and all control option (controlbox, minimize and maximize buttons) are turned off, so to the user it seems there is one program with one screen.In the parentform I'm using devexpress' RibbonBar for the menu.
When I open a new child, the uppermost part of the childform (about 15px) is not shown, it's put under the Ribbonbar. If I resize the parentform however, the childform ofcourse changes dimensions as well because it is maximized and this somehow causes it to shows like it's supposed to.Is there any way to invoke this behaviour programmatically so the location of the child form is correct from the beginning?
VS 2008 MDI Child Over TabControl?
Jan 14, 2010I got mainform which has a tab control on it.
on one of the tabs, i have a button that sets:
install.mdiparent to me and then show.
It doesnt show the form.
Its because of the tab control. So i tried to send the tab control to the back, and the install form to the front. that still doesnt work.
Anyway to set the tab page as the parent container?
VS 2008 MDI Child Text
Apr 24, 2009I am using VB.NET (2008). I have a MDI form and a child form loads whenever I click on a menu item.In an MDI form if you click on Window menu, where you see options like Tile Horizontal, Cascade etc you also see the name of child forms which are open in that list. If you click any one of them then the focus shifts there.'Now the problem is if a child form changes its caption/text after it has been loaded and then you click on Window Menu it still shows the old text. If I open more than one child form and change one of the form's text and then click on another one and then open Window Menu then its okay.how can I refresh the list or do whatever so that if my mdi child form loads and its caption changes then it should be reflected in my mdi's form's window menu.
View 8 RepliesVS 2008 Set The Form1 As A Mdi Child?
Jul 19, 2009How can i set the form1 as a mdi child? when im showing the form in the mdi parent the form appears but the form is not exactly inside the mdi parent. In vb6 i can make it by setting the form1 to mdi child into true, but in vb9 i cant find it.
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