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Windows Forms Documentation Updates
Calling Validate() and ValidateChildren() from Validating and Validated Events
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over 7 years ago
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WinFormsUE
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Don't do it - it won't work. Both methods will automatically return false, in order to prevent infinite recursion from unskillful implementation of the event handlers. I've added a note about this to the relevant sections of the docs. Mind you, I'm...
Windows Forms Documentation Updates
Achieve Slide Show Effects in Windows Forms Easily with the WebBrowser Control
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over 7 years ago
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WinFormsUE
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I love the new managed WebBrowser control. It makes it so easy to hack any number of fantastic things into Windows Forms. Let's say you want to do a slide show between various images. You can muck around with DirectX...or you can just use the transitions...
Windows Forms Documentation Updates
Application.ThreadException sample now works!
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over 7 years ago
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WinFormsUE
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Several customers have pointed out to me that the sample for the ThreadException event doesn't even compile, let alone work. Similarly, the topic containing it never clearly differentiated between exceptions on Windows Forms threads (which are handled...
Windows Forms Documentation Updates
Blog Content in Windows Forms, Part II - My.Blogs
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over 7 years ago
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WinFormsUE
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If you haven't already, check out what the VB team did in creating an RSS wrapper that plugs into the new My object in Visual Basic.NET.
Windows Forms Documentation Updates
Using WebBrowser in Windows Forms to View Blog Content Syndicated Through RSS
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over 7 years ago
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WinFormsUE
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With the managed WebBrowser control in Windows Forms 2.0, it's a snap to take an RSS feed and display it as formatted HTML text in the browser. Using transformed RSS in lieu of the original site has several benefits: the transformed RSS is usually faster...
Windows Forms Documentation Updates
InPlaceHostingManager: Install ClickOnce Applications Programmatically
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over 7 years ago
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System.Deployment.Application.InPlaceHostingManager lets you download ClickOnce applications using a programmatic API, making it perfect for managed SMS installs, or for creating a custom Windows Forms "dashboard" application that lets your customers...
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