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DataGridView with RTL Columns
29 January 09 12:14 PM | Dina Lasheen | 1 Comments   

I had an interesting customer scenario, which is common among developers that deal with more than language. Basically you have an English WinForm application that uses the DataGridView , but you have the Names field in Arabic. So, you want to keep the Read More...

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Layout Controls Properly without Re-arranging them Manually
29 May 07 09:00 AM | Dina Lasheen | 1 Comments   

I had a question last week from a customer who wanted to display a right-to-left WinForm but doesn't want to manually rearrange the items from right-to-left. What would be the recommended way to obtain the correct layout without rearranging the items? Read More...

Filed under: WinForms, RightToLeft, RightToLeftLayout

Changing the input language in a textbox at runtime
29 April 07 10:43 AM | Dina Lasheen | 9 Comments   

Today, I'll talk about changing the input language for a textbox at runtime, in VS 2005. The might have two textboxes and each would expect a different input language. In my example, I need TextBox1 to receive Arabic input, while TextBox2 should receive Read More...

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ContextMenuStrip images don't update quickly, if you have controls with different RightToLeft settings
24 April 07 12:51 PM | Dina Lasheen | 0 Comments   

A customer complained that the ContextMenuStrip didn't render images correctly when assigned to more than one control, where, some controls were RightToLeft, while the other controls were not RightToLeft. In this case, the context menu doesn't update Read More...

Filed under: WinForms, RightToLeft