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September 2005 - Posts

Showing a form without activating

Went to the MVP summit this evening - it was great to see everyone. I got a question from Tim about how to show a form without activation using Windows Forms 2.0. The first thing you should probably ask yourself is - can I host this in a ToolStripDropDown? Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 29, 2005 11:58 PM by jfoscoding | 1 Comments
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Customer questions / whidbey sample code

Here is a collection of samples I've written in the past few days to answer your questions from the MSDN forums, etc. I hope you find these helpful - keep the questions coming! How can I intercept the mouse down on a ToolStripGrip? How do I use Table Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 29, 2005 8:19 PM by jfoscoding | 0 Comments
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Interested in Windows Forms + WPF (Avalon) interop?

Mike Henderlight seems to have started his very own blog just to cover the subject. Read More...
Posted Friday, September 23, 2005 11:01 AM by jfoscoding | 0 Comments
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Frequently asked Windows Forms questions at the PDC

What's new for Windows Forms 2.0? There is an entire section of the Windows Forms.NET website devoted to all the new features of Windows Forms 2.0 (Whidbey). Where are the slides/code for the Windows Forms talks? You should get the webcast for the talk Read More...
Posted Monday, September 19, 2005 5:07 PM by jfoscoding | 1 Comments
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Writing custom popup controls

Orangy asks: Hello, thanks for nice articles. Could you please write one about creating combobox-style controls using WinForms? I mean control with a popup element, which is hidden when user clicks (or tabs, alt-tabs, win-button, hit global shortcut which Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 18, 2005 11:43 PM by jfoscoding | 4 Comments
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Working with cantankerous controls in VS 8.0

Ben talks about working with custom controls that can crash VS, and how to delete the .suo file to prevent the designer from re-opening when you open the project again. Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 18, 2005 3:24 PM by jfoscoding | 0 Comments
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How NOT to start an application without showing a form =)

The notify icon article started out because I realized, even internally that the best practice for this wasn't very obvious. I thought I'd share the "other" solutions to the problem, and their pitfalls. ;-) Approach 1: Start off with Form.Opacity = 0, Read More...
Posted Sunday, September 18, 2005 2:50 PM by jfoscoding | 1 Comments
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So, if you're into Windows Forms and here at PDC...

There are a several windows forms talks - I'll plug the two I've previewed. Erick talks about advanced UI features in Windows Forms 2.0 in PRS402, and Mike answers frequently asked forum questions in PRSL01. We'll also be hanging out in the presentation Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 13, 2005 1:27 AM by jfoscoding | 0 Comments
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Hmm, I wonder what Brian is showing off at the PDC?

Brian is blogging again - yeah! And it's all about the PDC. I'm wondering what he's going to show off ? Read More...
Posted Friday, September 09, 2005 11:18 AM by jfoscoding | 2 Comments
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Tips for Debugging into System.Windows.Forms (and other managed code)

There are just some times when it is super handy to see when function X on the base class has been called with a certain value. The best example I have of this is debugging layout. 99.99% of all sizing/location logic routes through one single method in Read More...
Posted Monday, September 05, 2005 2:47 PM by jfoscoding | 5 Comments
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What kind of whitepaper are you interested in?

Shawn is real keen on getting the Windows Forms dev team's pencils, uh... keyboards going on writing whitepapers about Windows Forms 2.0. Let him know what topics you're interested in seeing! Read More...
Posted Friday, September 02, 2005 8:12 PM by jfoscoding | 3 Comments

Bring your Windows Forms questions to PDC!

Shawn , Ben , Andrew , Mike and I as well as some of the rest of the windows forms team will be there - you'll probably find us at the presentation lounge or the hands on lab . We're excited to find out what you're building with Windows Forms and show Read More...
Posted Friday, September 02, 2005 7:58 PM by jfoscoding | 0 Comments
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