Is it possible to set a form Topmost setting only for one commercial program?Say my program is A and commercial program is B... I want Topmost setting for program A will only work when I working on program B, and when I switch to other program than program B the Topmost setting for program A back to false.
View 2 RepliesI have a tool window that I want to stay above the main application form, but not stay on top of all windows forms. Similar to the floating properties window for visual studio - it always stays on top of the main VS window, but if I select another program, like internet explorer, the floating properties window will be behind internet explorer.
What I have is an application that has several forms that may be displayed at the same time. I have a Messages form that displays messages generated by the code in the form, that gives the status of the application. Obviously, the user would not normally be working on this form, but they may want it to be visible to see the status messages from the program (File saved confirmations, etc). So, my two options right now are I can set the form to be on top of all other windows forms or, when the user clicks on the main application form, the messages form would be hidden by the main form.
I have so far been able to write the program that glasses the windows I want (via a global keyboard shortcut).
I now need a way to replicate Glass2k's feature which makes glassed windows stay on top of all windows irrespective of which program I switch to (more like setting a WinForm's TopMost property to True. Is there any way of doing this in .NET?
I'm prepared to get down and dirty with DllImports and all so any suggestion is welcome as long as it is in VB.NET or C#.
How do I find which form is currently on top? (child forms in a MDI parent form)
View 4 RepliesI am trying to write a program that displays a medium opacity image as the topmost form. that I can handle, the part that is giving me trouble is that I want windows to "ignore" the topmost picture form and allow me to interact with any forms behind it (mine or otherwise) as if the see-through form isn't there. I have searched all over but cant seem to find a way to do this.
View 8 RepliesI'm programming a Minesweeper clone in Visual Studio 2010, with VB.NET, as a Windows Form Application, and I'm having trouble with the Game Won and Game Lost forms. When I show those forms, I want the game form to still be visible, so that the player can see where the mines were, but I don't want the game form to be enabled until the Game Won or Game Lost form is closed. Exactly like Windows Minesweeper does when you win or lose.
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I'm trying to make one form in my application always on top of other forms. Not the 'topmost' property, I want it on top JUST within the application.
View 8 RepliesWhat I need to do is Set my new form to be the top most form of only my application while still having click access to the main form. Right now I have tried the property Topmost = True but the thing about that I really do not like is it puts the form above every single windows form. I only want the form to be the topmost of my application. The showdialog also will not work because I no longer have access to my main form with click events.
View 4 RepliesI'm trying to embed a form, which works, but it's under all my controls. It should appear on top of everything.
Dim frmEmbedded As New frmLogin()
frmEmbedded.TopLevel = False
frmEmbedded.TopMost = True
Me.Controls.Add(frmEmbedded)
frmEmbedded.Show()
I don't know why this happens, am I missing something?
If I set TopLevel to true, it deosn't show up at all.
I have a single form that I would like to move across the screen with my VB program. Of course it's simple to set the location X and Y property for compile time using the properties tab, but I want the form to move as the program runschanging the coordinates within a for-next loop.I can easily get the X and Y coordinates of the form within my program by using X = me.location where X has been dimmed as type point.console.writeline(X) will appear as {X=20, Y=40}. for example
View 2 RepliesI want to make a form the topmost form, but without giving it focus.Alternatively, I could check which window has focus, display my form, then give the original window focus again?
View 9 RepliesI need a way to allow another form to load after my program display's an introduction cut-scene without loading the form in the middle of the cut-scene. Sort of like a delay.
View 2 RepliesIf you want to create a commercial application and sell it, what is the correct way to obtain a copyright or trademark to the program and its functionality (if you can even do that) If I wanted to give to a potential client to demo, I want to cover myself in case it gets in the wrong hands (read "another developer") Is it as simple as saying "Copyright so and so" in the App Settings?
View 13 Repliescommercial dll to be used in vb.net to calculate equations of any complexity? pass an equation as a string form and to get the final result.
View 1 RepliesI am making an app that hides the topmost window, but when i do this, it leaves no current window selected. how can i make the highest unselected window selected?
View 2 RepliesAnyone know a good code analysis service or tool for vb.net? Like the one for c# with visual studio 2008 team edition or style cop for c#
Update:I am only using the visual studio pro in my new work place,so I could not use the code analysis for visual studio 2008 team edition
I'm writing a VB.NET app that will control a commercial backup product. One of the things I need to do is loop through all existing jobs and look at the source drive. I am able to do this in VBScript very simply like this:
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However nothing I try in VB.NET works. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the fact that the com functions are returning variant data types and arrays (specifically GetVolumes). I have tried using string arrays, object arrays, and even wrapping the return value in a VariantWrapper and I always get errors such as "not implemented" or "the parameter is incorrect." If anyone is bored and wants to write some code I'll gladly give it a shot and report back.
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I m design a media player in vb.net..now i play 1Gb video movie.. i want to set the commercial time like every 15 mint my video automatically stop and some commercials play automatically after complete commercials my video[code]...
View 6 RepliesThis is what I have..Dim frmSettings As New frmOptionsfrmSettings.ShowDialog(Me)frmSettings is a settings form that you can choose the color for background of form1(Me)
View 1 RepliesI have a little problem with setting up a program in visual basic, could you help me out ? This is what i want to do.. I have no ideea on how to make the form in form thing..
View 2 RepliesI'm trying to select a TreeView node with my programhy does this not work?
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MyNode As
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I want to insert text into an empty database.I create a database using Access and now I want to insert text1) first I Added the data source2) I drag and drop the Fields into the dialog Form3) using dataview I inserted the database onto the dialog form4) added a little bit of code...5) Built the program and the database shows nothing...do I need to make a Query or something...bind the source
Private Sub btnExit_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnExit.Click
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I just read a recent article here at the code guru about the flip-3d feature available on Vista and Windows 7.It allows, you to place an application above, or below the windows being flipped.
Here is a VB example of that code really neat code.
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Const DWMWA_FLIP3D_POLICY As Int32 = 8
Const DWMWA_EXCLUDE_NONE As Int32 = 0
Const DWMWA_EXCLUDE_BELOW As Int32 = 1
Const DWMWA_EXCLUDE_ABOVE As Int32 = 2
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Let's say the user has both Firefox and Chrome running. I'd like to get the MainWindowTitle from the browser that is the topmost, even if none of them have focus.The code below works fine if the user only has one of them running, but I'm not sure how to the get MainWindowTitle from the topmost firefox/chrome window when the user has both of them running.
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Dim pProcess() As Process = Process.GetProcesses
For Each pr As Process In pProcess
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I am aware of the 'topmost' keyword in VB.NET for specifying a window to be brought to the front or top of the display windows showing. However, specifying 'xlApp.topmost' is resulting in a compile error in my VB 2010 Express project; most likely because my project doesn't include a reference that it needs for 'xlApp.topmost' to start working. What reference do I need to add?
View 2 Repliesi use this code to open powerpoint file :
Shell("C:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOFFICE11POWERPNT.EXE C:Cacthuattoan.ppt")
but when it is opened , it only show in tasbar. i want to it appear with max window.
I'm writing a program that's supposed to keep the employees at my work away from doing things they're not supposed to on the computer. So I made a "launcher" window that's only closeable with password. I also disabled task manager. However when I start an application from my launcher window, the launcher window goes over it because of its topmost property.
View 2 RepliesI have a form that has to be on top for a period of time, and then can be set behind other windows normally. Is there anything in addition to setting Me.TopMost to True or False that needs to be done? I ask because it doesn't seem to be working.
View 1 RepliesIs there a way to create a setting while program is running?For example, have a textbox in which the user will give the name of the setting
and a combobox with 3 items: String, integer, Boolean.But these settings have to stay until you open the program again.
I'm setting up a quote calculation program for my business.I'm just a beginner with Visual Basic (2010 Express) and am finding it very interesting.I already did some reading and followed the tutorials but I'm getting stuck with my program now.
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Make it possible for users to enter necessary data in the "new quote" screen. The data needs to be written into the database table of "new quote"Make it possible for users to lookup previously made quotes in the "open quote" screen. I want them to be able to select a quote based on "quotenumber" or "customername".They then must be able to select a quote, which will open a new window with all quote information from the tables. This information needs to be editable and savable to the databaseGenerate a PDF of a "finished" quote and mail it as attachment to a customerthe "customer information" table contains information for the quote concering address and name of customer. I want this so that users can select a customer in the "quote screen" and all other data will be filled in automatically. I also want that users
can give in a new customer in the quote screen and that that customer will be saved in the "customer information" table.point 4 is also applicable for the "material information table".