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    Messenger-like Window Behavior
    I've been finding that more and more of my projects (at work and at home) need to function how Windows (MSN), AOL & Yahoo Messenger work. You know, where you have an icon in the system tray and if you have the application open and hit the minimize...
    WindowsForms QuickTip: Me.Owner
    Want to access the parent form when using ShowDialog to show a form? Consider the following where Form1 is the parent and Form2 is the child to be shown modally. Dim Form2 As New Form2 Form2.ShowDialog() Form2.Dispose() If this is in a Button.Click in...
    WindowsForms ComboBox Auto DropDownList Width
    On a project I'm working on, I use some ComboBoxes that act as a breadcrumb control for a Wizard that I wrote, so the user can jump throughout the wizard to different steps easily and understand where they are. Unfortunately, the ComboBoxes are dynamically...
    VS-Like TreeView Control and updates
    Man oh man I have been out of it. A lot has been going on in my life and it's been over a month since I last blogged. I've been really busy with work and have been doing some writing. I am also now engaged and will be getting married May 28th 2005! Now...
    Presentation.IsCompleted = True
    Last night I gave my presentation at this month's NUFW Meeting . As unprepared as I was, I think it went pretty well. Before showing up for the meeting, I had the slides done, but had no demos at all. This actually turned out pretty well. I decided to...
    Setting up the AppUpdater Component to work with Windows Server 2003
    The AppUpdater Component is sexy. Check out the article on it to get a good start on getting it working. It's a little goofy at first, but works fantastically and is very flexible to fit your needs. For a recent project I did, I set it up to call a WebService...
    WindowsForms 2005 Beta 1 ToolBox Problem
    Just wanted to let you know that if you can't seem to drag any WindowsForms Controls from the ToolBox onto a Form you're not the only one. I've been having this problem on a couple installs of VS 2005 Beta 1. Erick Ellis from Microsoft helped us out in...
    Overuse of WindowsForms Features
    On my current project, I needed to have a User Control dumped out a variable amount of times in a Panel with AutoScroll set to True. I thought hey, why not just write a loop to add each item to the Panel's Controls Collection and after adding each item...
    Quick WindowsForms Layout Tip
    This may be categorized under the “Erik is a big idiot and should've known this” section and most people probably already know it, but I think it's one of those not so obvious things that may help some people. If you've ever dynamically created...
    No ControlArray's in VS.NET 2005 WindowsForms
    Found out today that ControlArray's were taken out of the Alpha version of Whidbey for the Community (2005) Preview. More now than ever, that makes my ControlArray Component useful. I've mentioned it before, but check it out if you're doing WindowsForms...
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