I added a combo box to my form and set the tab index in the properties window to be in sequence. The focus doesn't stop there upon tabbing through the form. What is wrong? I checked and rechecked my tab index.
View 14 Replies[code]I want to make the Properties Window to update the properties for X and Y at each MouseMove, so they become immediately visible for the user.
View 2 RepliesIs there a way to expose a UserControl's properties to the Properties Window in the Designer?
View 3 Replieshow to retrieve microsoft access filenames from a particular folder on my computer? Within my project the user can create a database, and i want to be able to display all of these databases in a combo box?
View 8 RepliesI have application with 2 forms (Form1, Form2), when i click in a button in form1, form2 open.when form2 opened & I switch to other window and try to switch back to my application (By clicking in its icon in taskbar), it switch to form1.I need when form2 open & click in taskbar, it switch to form2 & also when form2 open I can't edit or type anything in form1.Exactly the same as the below scenario in windows:when I open any new window from "Windows Properties" (Right click my computer), and switch back to windows properties, it will switch to the new window not to the main Windows properties window
View 2 RepliesHow can I, in VB.NET, set a window's z-index comparatively to other windows?
My program runs in the background of other programs, and when a specific event happens, my custom class pops up. However, sometimes, this window is in the background of other apps. How can I make it such that my window always comes to the front? I realize that there are questions like mine, but I cannot find any in Visual Basic.
When you make a label, you can change the text of it in the properties window; or through the code; label1.text = "sometext".how can a get the data i entered in the properties window?something like this:
label2.text = label1.text.propertieswindows
I am new to Visual Basic using Express 2010 software. Not understanding something very basic. Working from a book. On form1 I have two check boxs set up they are Check Box1 & 2. And also one Picture Box. I am trying to set up properites window for these objects in the form.
Object Propterty
Setting
CheckBox1 Checked Text True Calculator
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The end product form 1 I should see a Calculator (Check Box 1) with the a place for a check mark and another box for a Copy Machine (Check Box 2) that also as a space for a checked off. Then a image appearing in the Picture Box. how to arrange these 3 objects in Properites Window getting them onto the form; being very basically illustrated. First time at Properties Window.
If I have a custom windows service running on a server, is there anyway I can access the value of a property/variable within that service? For example, I would like to have a client vb program be able to "read" the value some variable from that service. A simple example would be the service would capture a boolean value of the success or failure of the last time it kicked off a process. I would then like to have a client windows app "connect" with the service and be able to read that boolean value.
View 3 RepliesI have 3 questions: How to get the process which the main window is active How to change the WindowState of that process main window How to resize the process main window[URl]..
View 9 RepliesWhen I start working on a Project I like to change the size of the Properties Window. (I like to make it taller than it is by default). But each time I start a new Project the Properties Window goes back to the original shape/location. Is there a way that I can customize the layout of that window so that the shape is retained across sessions?
View 6 RepliesUsing Visual Basic 2008 when (in the past) I looked at the properties window for a control, the very bottom of the list of properties has a brief explanation of the specific property selected.
This has disappeared and I can not find any way to get it back. I tried the Tools/Options menu with no success.
I'm trying to findout a way to manage another program windows programaticly. Such as enable/disable minimize/maximize buttons and whole border frame itself. Also i'm trying to prevent or disable showing that program on taskbar.
I'm trying to write a program wich culd run several other and grind them on screen without border frames or/and without buttons.
I made a program that is started and running in memory and minimized to the system tray.
When it is first launched it registers global hot keys in windows.These hot keys are used for resizing the current focused window. I'm trying to use it so you can hotkey windows to resize to half the screen, a third of the screen, etc... For instance, if I have two notepads open and notepad 1 is focused and I hit Ctrl+Shift+LeftArrow it will resize notepad1 to the left and half the size of the screen. I have notepad 2 focused and Hit Ctrl+Shift+RightArrow and resize notepad2 to the right side of the screen. So, I can easily see both windows at once.Now, I can successfully get the focused window handle when the hot key is pressed. I'm stuck at this point.
I can use the Windows API call:
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I am programming a VB windows form using visual studio 2008. In my properties window, i use to have color palette on every color function for example under BackColor, when i click on the component, all i get are text of the colors, without a sample picture[code]...
View 2 Repliesis it possible that I create a program that allows you to open a file, then if you click the button labelled "Properties", it will open the properties window for the file selected. This is so that you won't have to go to the file, right-click it, then select Properties.
View 1 RepliesI am wanting to show the standard properties window of a file as shown when the right mouse button is selected in windows explorer.
View 2 RepliesI'm designing a custom toolbox component. Some of the public properties are interdependent. At present, when the user changes one of these values in the Designer, the dependent value doesn't update until the user clicks on it. Does anyone know how I can "refresh" the Properties window to show the new value of the dependent property?
View 6 Repliesin a windows form if i want to duplicate the properties window layout on my form, which is basically a 2 column table with title on the left and value on the right, what control do i use to achieve that?
View 1 RepliesI have a UserControl with a property called "Type". This can have any combination of three values, say
View 1 RepliesAt the bottom of the Properties window in the Visual Basic 2010 IDE, there should be a brief description of the selected property. For example "Text: the text associated with thecontrol". But it's reduced to a height of 0 so far as I can tell, and I haven'tfound a way to make it visible. Right-clicking the Properties window and selecting/checking"Description" has no effect. How do I make this pane visible?
View 2 RepliesI dragged and dropped a label from the toolbox onto a form (Label6) and stupidly went to the properties window and set "Text" to blank. Label6 shows when the program is run using F5 but does not show on the design surface if I want to move or remove it. How do I get it back onto the design surface or remove it completely?
View 2 RepliesI want to launch a browser session from a Windows App to load a specified file using system.diagnostics.process.start("http://www.abc.com/doc1.doc") but I'd also like to specify that there shouldn't be a toolbar etc. on the browser window. Is this possible?
View 6 RepliesI am developing an application in which I need to use the tool jus like the Solution Explorer or Error List or Properties Window. Its like there have the common functionality of Floating,Dockable,Tabbed Document,Auto Hide and Hide. Can u let me know which tool in toolbox has this feature.
View 7 RepliesHow can I add "Index on cmdNumber" to properties? I think the original program was written in VB 06.
View 7 RepliesMy "properties window" wont show when i click it.
View 5 Replieshow I can reference a report variable in the Report Properties Code Window of a local report? I have tried Variables!Claimant.Value (for a variable called Claimant) but I get an error "Reference to a non-shared member requires an object reference." I have tried qualifying it with Report. and also with the report name in front of it but I get errors with this also.I have the variable CLaimant defined in the Variables section of the Report Properties.
View 3 Repliesi am having trouble putting a value in a textbox. Each time a ticket is sold i put the total price in a textbox, each time a ticket is sold for the same concert it increases by adding its self to the total price. It works at the first sale, but after that it breaks down. here is the code
Private Function DisplayMoneyTaken() As Integer
Dim totalMoney As Integer
'open the database connection
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Getting error filling grid view from reading through data table:
Dim myDataTable As DataTable = myDataSet.Tables("SunTrust")
Dim myRow As DataRow
Dim i As Integer = 1
Try
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Error:Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.Parameter name: index
I am using Sub to format datagridview but during Form_Load this error occur. There are rows in datasource and dg.row.count is > 0.
.Columns(0).Width = 50 <==== ERROR HERE
.Columns(1).Width = 150
.Columns(2).Width = 80
.Columns(0).HeaderText = "ID"
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