Re: Get Desktop Layout - C# Discussion Boards

22-Jan-07 2:12

Greetings People Big Grin | :-D

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I need to restore my desktop icons to a certain position.

My problem is that my program changes the resolution of the screen, now, when it closes, it returns the screen to the normal resolution, but by now the Icons on the desktop are all screwed up and out of place.

How can I restore them to their original place. I have searched for about 2 days and can't find anything that seems to do the trick and that I understand.

Thanks in advance.

Deano

Dave Kreskowiak22-Jan-07 5:12

Dave Kreskowiak

22-Jan-07 5:12

deanpugh wrote:
My problem is that my program changes the resolution of the screen

You should NEVER do this. Your application is running on a shared system and you've written your app to NOT work and play nice with others. When the user hit's Alt-Tab to switch to another application, you've just limited them to the screen size your app imposed on the entire system. Do that on any of my machines and I'll uninstall your app and burn the install CD.

deanpugh wrote:
How can I restore them to their original place

You can't. At least, I've never found a way to do it.

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

deanpugh22-Jan-07 5:17

22-Jan-07 5:17

I wouldnt change the screen resolution on any normal app, but this is for a game I am attempting to write. Most games I have seen on my PC change the resolution and take up the whole screen.

If you have another sugestion how my app can take up the whole screen and remain the same visually then please let me know.

Thanks

Deano

Dave Kreskowiak22-Jan-07 6:03

Dave Kreskowiak

22-Jan-07 6:03

That's because they use DirectX to do so. DirectX doesn't use the normal screen you see with your Desktop. In a Full Screen mode, it creates an entirely seperate drawing surface, kind of like an entirely new Desktop, complete with it's own video card parameters.

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

deanpugh22-Jan-07 6:11

22-Jan-07 6:11

Ohhhhh Ok. Thanks. I didnt know that. I guess I need to learn how to use directx then.

Thanks

Deano

Marc Clifton22-Jan-07 5:22

22-Jan-07 5:22

deanpugh wrote:
How can I restore them to their original place.

This link[^] might get you going in the right direction.

Marc

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deanpugh22-Jan-07 5:28

22-Jan-07 5:28

Thanks Marc,

I saw that program earlier but after downloading it I was a little confused. Couldnt really work out how I can do this in c#.

Deano

Marc Clifton22-Jan-07 5:39

22-Jan-07 5:39

deanpugh wrote:
I saw that program earlier but after downloading it I was a little confused. Couldnt really work out how I can do this in c#.

Basically, he's getting a handle to the desktop's listview control then using low level API messages to query the listview into a memory mapped area. Similarly, he's using messaging to the listview control to set the positions. Pretty tricky. Pretty scary.

There's several third party apps out there that save/restore icon positions. I'd see if one of those can be executed directly from your app, or contact the author of one of them for help.

Marc

Re: Duplicate child forms

Duplicate child forms

baluts22-Jan-07 1:55

baluts

22-Jan-07 1:55

in windows forms, the parent mdi container is having some forms as the child. then clicking the menu in the mdi container we can access the child forms.. but when we again click the same menu the sme form will come duplicating.. how can we avoid this ? please help me. thanks in advance..

Marc Clifton22-Jan-07 5:40

22-Jan-07 5:40

baluts wrote:
but when we again click the same menu the sme form will come duplicating.. how can we avoid this ?

The point of MDI is to be able to open multiple documents. You either want SDI (single document interface) or you need to test if the form is already open. Sort of defeats the purpose of MDI though.

Marc

How to change a homebrew screen saver's title?

Lumpie22-Jan-07 1:18

Lumpie

22-Jan-07 1:18

Hi there,

I have a farely simple question that I can't seem to find the answer
to.

I've got a C# Winforms application that after building results in an
executable. This executable is then renamed to an .scr file and used as
a Screen Saver.

How can I get this file to come up with a different name than the
filename in the dropdown list in Display Properties/Screen Saver? My
screensaver's filename is "screensaver.scr" and the dropdown shows
"screensaver", instead of a more friendly name "My Beautiful Screen
Saver".

I've searched everywhere but all I get is things that refer to a
StringTable, where you have to add a row with ID 1 and name "title" and
value "screensaver title". This should result in a different Title
being used in the dropdown mentioned before. However, I don't know how
to add this StringTable to my C# project.
When I open existing .scr files (that come with windows) in VS.Net
using the Resource Editor I see a StringTable that indeed contains this
ID 1 row, but when I open my own executable, I don't even have a
StringTable.

I hope someone can advise me on what to do.

Thanks in advance,

Mark

Hide Taskbar

TRK@UK22-Jan-07 1:13

TRK@UK

22-Jan-07 1:13

Hi All

I am working with a C#.NET Application Which Required to Cover All the Avilable Space in Desktop including Taskbar and Should not Respond to any Key events including Windows<start> Button means that user should not Access the Desktop Items by any way.

i set my Form Properties Like this

FormBoarderStyle=None;
ShowInTaskbar=False;
TopMost=true;

by this i am able to ristrict to some extend,but i failed when Windows<start> Key Pressed where i can easily terminate the running Process from Taskmanager.Help me in this Isue.

Thanks in Adavance.

blackjack215022-Jan-07 1:17

blackjack2150

22-Jan-07 1:17

Are you writing some kind of malware?

TRK@UK22-Jan-07 1:20

TRK@UK

22-Jan-07 1:20

i am sorry,but client need that way, when ever they need they can give access the computer.if you need in full detail i can mail you all the project details.

Thnaks for Reply..

aSarafian22-Jan-07 2:43

aSarafian

22-Jan-07 2:43

I have not a tested idea to point so I'll write two idea that i have based on similar situations. maybe they can help. Sorry if it is rubbish

1)You can prevent your application from loosing focus. So when win key is pressed your app must loose focus. If you deny that maybe it is a solution. I believe it is a wrong solution though

2)In previous years i had wirtten an app that hooked on every key and mouse move. Maybe if you create a hook handler and when win key is recognized, you can just consume the event so it wan't be passed to the explorer. But I believe this must be already the case for the exlorer so you is going to handle the message first I don't know.

Aain sorry. Just some ideas.

TRK@UK22-Jan-07 7:18

TRK@UK

22-Jan-07 7:18

Dont Say Sorry,You r trying to Help me That's very much enough.

I too thinking about Hooks..but never Getting any Idea.

Look at this thred you may get some ..

http://www.programmersheaven.com/c/MsgBoard/read.asp?Board=10&MsgID=344596&Setting=A9999F0001[^]

Thnaks for Reply..

How to Zip files within a folder

Tim Paaschen22-Jan-07 2:43

Tim Paaschen

22-Jan-07 2:43

Microsoft provides an article How to use Kiosk Mode in Microsoft Internet Explorer[^], explaining how to replace the standard Explorer with the IE in the "Kiosk-Mode".
Maybe this article will give you an ídea.

Regards,
Tim

Uday_k_jadhav22-Jan-07 1:09

Uday_k_jadhav

22-Jan-07 1:09

In my asp.net web applications multiple reports are generated and saved on server. I want to zip these reports and place a link on my webpage so that user can download it. But I am not able to figure out the way to ZIP the files programatically...Please help me in solving this...Thanks in Advance Smile | :)

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Re: How to Zip files within a folder

Marc Clifton22-Jan-07 1:53

22-Jan-07 1:53

Uday_k_jadhav wrote:
I want to zip these reports and place a link on my webpage so that user can download it.

You can use SharpZipLib[^]

Marc