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Thursday, June 22, 2006 11:19 PM

Snaplines: Using CTRL Key to Snap in Windows Forms

I was just in a meeting and learned about a Windows Forms feature I previously knew nothing of. I love Snaplines in Windows Forms 2.0/Visual Studio 2005. What I didn't know, however, is that you can use the CTRL key and the arrow keys to snap to Snaplines.
Posted by Jay A. Allen | 1 Comments
Thursday, June 22, 2006 8:29 PM

Hosting InfoPath 2007 Forms Editor in Windows Forms

Come on, you KNOW you wanna! Mike Talley from the Office User Assistance Team has the 411 on how to embed the InfoPath 2007 Forms Editor into your own forms .
Posted by Jay A. Allen | 0 Comments
Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:47 PM

How to Get a ToolStripItem from a Context Menu Click (Right-Click) with ContextMenuStrip

I wanted to display a hierarchical menu for my blog feed reader application. No nesting of categories - just a simple, one-level list with one category at the top and a list of feeds under it. I could have used Treeview control, but Treeview requires
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Wednesday, June 14, 2006 10:48 PM

How to Data Bind to an RSS Feed (Blog Posts) in Windows Forms

RSS feeds are XML files that represent the current posts on a syndicated content channel, such as a blog or news feed. Since RSS feeds are XML, they can be loaded into an ADO.NET DataSet and bound to the elements of a form. Picture 1: Simple RSS Feed
Posted by Jay A. Allen | 3 Comments
Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:28 AM

Can You Change the User Interface Language at Runtime in Windows Forms?

Someone asked that question recently on an internal alias. Michael Kaplan, one of our localization gurus, says "not a week goes by" that he doesn't get that question. Sadly, he has some bad news for those looking to swap Japanese with French on the fly
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Monday, June 12, 2006 7:51 PM

How to: Respond to Font Scheme Changes in a Windows Forms Application

It's come to my attention that the topic How to: Respond to Font Scheme Changes in a Windows Forms Application is missing its code examples. Ouch. My bad. Here is the code for this topic, which demonstrates how to change your application's font size dynamically
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Friday, June 02, 2006 9:40 PM

Script#: A New Way to AJAX

Apologies for the recent radio silence - I've been out of office due to a death in the family. I'll have more next week. In the meantime, if you dabble in both Web development as well as Smart Client development, you'll want to check out Nikhil Kothari's
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