I always liked the WindowsShade utility on the Mac. Is there some sample code on how to do the same thing in VB.Net or C#.Net for Windows.
I have implemented it myself for a single app, but I would like to have it work for any window..
I need to wait for and event within a given period (30s) and then timeout if this time elapse. I am sending a command to a server from a dll, and I need to wait for response before sending another. I want to implement a timeout feature, that why I need to use a timer. I want to use a timer, but don't know how to use it in a DLL.
View 2 Replieshow to get the current Style of the Windows Xp programmatically. At the program startup I need to get if Windows is running in XP Style or in Windows Classic Style, so I will set my buttons Flatstyle property to flat or standard.
View 6 RepliesI'm planning to create an application that counts the number of calls recieved based on the type of calls. For example: When a person gives a call an audio menu provides various options. If the person choose option 1 then the count value under option 1 will increment;If the person choose option 2 then the count value under option 2 is incremented, ect, ect,ect.
View 5 Repliesis there a way to implement a win7 drop shadow style into border less form?
View 9 RepliesI have written a dynamic database driven, object oriented website with an administration frontend etc etc. I would like to add a feature where customers can save items as "favourites", without having to create an account and login, to come back to them later, but I dont know how exactly to go about doing this... I see three options:
Log favourites based on IP address and then change these to be logged against an account if the customer then creates an account;
Force customers to create an account to be able to use this functionality;
Log favourites based on IP address but give users the option to save their favourites under a name they specify.
The problem with option 1 is that I dont know much about IP addresses - my Dad thinks they are unique, but I know people have had problems with systems like this.
The problem with 1 and 2 is that accounts have not been opened up to customers yet - only administrators can log in at the moment. It should be easy to alter this (no more than a morning or afternoons work) but I would also have to implement usergroups too.
The problem with option 3 is that if user A saves a favourites list called "My Favourites", and then user B tries to save a list under this name and it is refused, user B will then be able to access the list saved by user A because they now know it already exists. A solution to this is to password protect lists, but to go to all this effort I may as well implement option 2.
Dows anyone know how I can build a timeout feature into a windows forms app.
The app is event driven, but I am thinking of somehow using a timer which counts down for say 10minutes, and one the timer ticks then we time out the user.
The problem I have is how can I reset the timer each time the mouse is moved or clicked.
I have an application which displays thumbnails of files in a folder. I want to add the feature where the users can right click on a file and get that windows context menu. You know the one. It allows you to choose an application from a list to open the file with.
I seem to remember asking this ages ago but I can't find the thread.
How I can get current Windows visual style (classic, Windows XP, etc)?
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to implement a used disk space "Progress Bar" on a form similar to the Computer view in VistaWindows 7.The closest I've come is the progress bar but this is rather restricted for example the colour cannot be changed.
View 1 RepliesI'm using the standard code for form drop shadows that creates an effect identical to that of XP's, but you will notice in Windows 7 that the shadows are much larger, are not visible only on the right & bottom sides of the form (example: [URL])
Here's the code I'm currently using:
Private Const CS_DROPSHADOW As Integer = &H20000
Protected Overrides ReadOnly Property CreateParams() As System.Windows.Forms.CreateParams
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Is there a way to expand the shadow to resemble Windows 7 more?
Currently I'm using the standard code for form drop shadows that creates an effect identical to that of XP's, but you will notice in Windows 7 that the shadows are much larger, are not visible only on the right & bottom sides of the form (example: [URL]Here's the code I'm currently using:
Private Const CS_DROPSHADOW As Integer = &H20000
Protected Overrides ReadOnly Property CreateParams() As System.Windows.Forms.CreateParams
Get
Dim cp As CreateParams = MyBase.CreateParams
[code]....
Is there a way to expand the shadow to resemble Windows 7 more?
I am using Visual Studio 2008, Vb .Net 3.5.I have looked at lot of posts on the web, tried few and still can not get this sorted.First of all, I can not use any existing third-party tool for enabling XP like Visual style.making all my Windows forms look like XP.So far I have tried Application.EnableVisualStyle Set flat style property of controls?
View 12 RepliesI am trying to implement windows authentication into a windows form project that I am creating.
View 3 Repliesi set my forms FormBorderStyle to None in vb.net i want to assign a border line in different colour which is not inside the form.how can i do it?
View 4 RepliesI set my forms FormBorderStyle to None in vb.net. i want to assign a border line in different colour which is not inside the form.
View 1 Repliesi set my forms FormBorderStyle to None in vb.net.i want to assign a border line in different colour which is not inside the form.
View 1 RepliesI am creating a Windows Application in VB.Net 2.0. The application is an FTP transfer application, where I need to display 2 panes. On the first pane, I need to display the client folder structure and on the other pane, I need to display the remote FTP server. Most of the functionality is complete, but I am stuck on 2 places.
1. I need to display a combo box on top, similar to the one we have for Windows Explorer Address bar (where we can see My Computer, Desktop, Network Places, Drives, etc.). I have searched a lot but could not find something matching my requirement other than a few 3rd party controls which I need to purchase (I am looking for something open-source).
2. I am using ListView Control to display the files list. I need to show icons for "My Computer", Network Places and desktop on the List View, which I am not able to do. Is there any way I can display these Icons and make them work exactly the way Windows Explorer does?
I'm working with a ListView. I wanna make listview like Windows Explorer style.
View 3 RepliesI have two problems with my windows form in Visual Basic .NET 2008. If you have worked with sticky notes you will understand me better.Now my problems:
If you look you'll see the background color of number 1 and 2 are diffrent but both belongs to the same control. How is this possible? In right bottom corner, there is something by which a user can resize the form.
I Trying to make my own fast steam client but I wonder how I turn of the windows style so it looks like the real steam window
View 7 RepliesI want to add Ruler line to my application..how can i achieve this..
View 6 Replieshow I can change the style of my windows form ?[size=6][i][b][font=Comic Sans Ms]
View 3 RepliesI wish to add a toolbar that looks like the one in windows explorer to my windows application in my visual basic 2005 application. Although I have currently deployed the default 'toolstrip' that is avilable among the controls but I don't understand how should i change the appearance of the toolstrip from office 2003 to the one present in windows explorer.Please provide a solution to the above problem.
View 4 RepliesI want to implement a password text box that will behave like the one we see in Windows 7 (ie, when there is no user input, then it will display a string 'Enter password', and when the user press any key, this string is cleared). I tried all the events like 'TextChanged', KeyPress', etc., but failed to get the result.
View 5 RepliesI am looking for ways to implement custom user-roles in windows application with vb.net. I got a database table called Roles with Administrator and User entries. User cannot see some of the form data. In ASP.NET MVC we can do like.
[Authorize(Roles = "Administrator")]
public function GetAccount() as Array
End Function
how i can change the native scrollbar style in my application to my custom style. I can adopt a custom scrollbar to attain this purpose but this will not serve my purpose because i want this attribute in entire application. Like it the text in textbox gets longer than its bounds than the scrollbar appers are my custom bar not the formal ones
View 12 RepliesI have a small VB .Net application that, among other things, attempts to substitute system wide typed text by the user(hotstrings concept). To achieve that, I have deployed 'ahk2exe' and 'AutoHotkeySC.bin' with my application and did the following:When a user assignes a new 'hotstring':
Kill 'hotstring' exe script file if running Append new hotstring to the script file (if non exist then create a new one)Convert edited/new script file to exe (using ahk2exe)Run the newly converted script exe(somewhere there I also check if the hotstring has been already assigned)However, I am not totally satisfied with this method for the following two main reasons:
The extra resources deployed with the application. Lag: The time it takes for the system to kill the process and then restart it takes a minimum of 5 seconds on my fast computer and more on other computers. That amount of time is much more than the time it takes the user to assign the hotstring, minimize/close the window and then test his/her new hotstring. When the user does so initially with no success they will think the process failed. So this method is not very good for user experience.I am looking for a different method or implementation. May be using keyboard hooks? Or maybe adding a .dll library that achieves the same. Are there any resources you know about that might help (free or commercial)? What is the best way to achieve my desired goal?
I am Developing one designing tool..in this i have to implement Bring to front and sent to back properties.
View 3 RepliesI set the cell style progromatically on a condition.. but when that condition is no longer met I want to go back to the grids.cell original (default) style property
if x=y then
row.Cells(column.Name.ToString).Style.ApplyStyle(mystyle)
else
[code].....