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How can an AxWebBrowser notify it's host about changes on its controls

kozu24-Nov-08 7:14

24-Nov-08 7:14

Hi,
I have a AxWebBrowser hosted inside a form. How can I notify the form whenever the user changes the selections in the comboBoxes hosted inside the browser?

thanx

setup customer background color

Pr@teek B@h!24-Nov-08 5:50

Pr@teek B@h!

24-Nov-08 5:50

Does anybody know how I can give my application a custom color that is not available in visual studio (Sort of like how you do it in html).

Prateek

Re: setup customer background color

Giorgi Dalakishvili24-Nov-08 6:03

Giorgi Dalakishvili

24-Nov-08 6:03

If you know RGB code of the color you can use Color.FromARGB() method to get the color you want. If you want to allow user choose color they need, you can use ColorDialog.

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Re: setup customer background color

Pr@teek B@h!24-Nov-08 7:12

Pr@teek B@h!

24-Nov-08 7:12

It took me a while to get the rgb value, but that worked.

Thanks again Smile | :)

Prateek

Re: setup customer background color

Giorgi Dalakishvili24-Nov-08 7:21

Giorgi Dalakishvili

24-Nov-08 7:21

Glad to help you Smile | :)

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How to generate the application line when using XMLSerializer to generate an Excel 2003 XML file

TxPomeroy24-Nov-08 5:47

TxPomeroy

24-Nov-08 5:47

I'm trying to generate an Excel 2003 compatible XML file using the XMLSerializer. I've seen a couple articles on this but I've not seen one yet that shows how to create the <"mso-application progid="Excel.Sheet"?> line just after the line. The XMLSerializer will create the version line and pretty much everything else I need but I can't seem to find anything in it that will let me generate the line that tells the OS to open the file with Excel.

I would really like to use the XMLSerializer as my only other choice seems to be just building the XML totally from scratch.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
TxPomeroy

Re: How to generate the application line when using XMLSerializer to generate an Excel 2003 XML file

leppie24-Nov-08 19:55

leppie

24-Nov-08 19:55

Just modify the output manually after using the XMLSerializer.

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Combo box updates - but in 2 clicks

spd6924-Nov-08 5:44

spd69

24-Nov-08 5:44

I have a series of combo boxes (17 in all) each with a list of names for selection. Each name has its own colour. The names reflect who is/could be on duty during a particular time period.

So when I select Barbara from the list in combo 1 I want that combo's text background colour to be set to light blue. If Gretchen is selected in combo 2 I want to use light green in combo 2. I have a click event which manages this part. using a case statement to detemine name/colour.

When I load the combo box at program start up, everything is fine,each person has their own colour.

If I now change the name in combo 2 from gretchen (green) to Sabrina (light salmon) The text changes but the colour does not. If I click on another combo box or again in the same combo box then the colour for Sabrina changes.

Am I missing something.

Re: Combo box updates - but in 2 clicks

spd6924-Nov-08 13:57

spd69

24-Nov-08 13:57

Here is the code in the Event Handler

private void cboCMs_EventHandler(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

ComboBox box = sender as ComboBox;
box.SuspendLayout();
switch (box.Text)
{
case "Barbara":
box.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightBlue;
break;
case "Gretchen":
box.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightGreen;
break;
case "Sabrina":
box.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightYellow;
break;
case "Joanne":
box.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightPink;
break;
case "Not Played":
box.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.LightSalmon;
break;
case "No CM":
box.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Magenta;
break;
case "No BR":
box.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.MediumOrchid;
break;
default:
break;
}
box.Update();
box.ResumeLayout();
}

Double Post I know, Threading Question yet again

EliottA24-Nov-08 5:40

EliottA

24-Nov-08 5:40

I know what I'm doing is a big no-no on the forums, but I feel my original thread got pushed back a couple of pages to due recent spam (html template crap). I did get one answer, but I feel a little short sighted to be able to make proper use of it, so this thread can actually be seen as a clarification of it...

Problem:
my GUI thread calls a worker thread which has an infinite loop monitoring for changes / commands which may trigger another GUI Form. Obviously I want to keep all my GUI stuff on the same thread, so how would be the proper / best way to get that form activated on the original GUI thread?

Suggested answer: look into .Invoke which left me shortsighted, as stated above looking for any clarification.

Re: Double Post I know, Threading Question yet again

Giorgi Dalakishvili24-Nov-08 5:46

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24-Nov-08 5:46

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Re: Double Post I know, Threading Question yet again

Russell Jones24-Nov-08 6:24

Russell Jones

24-Nov-08 6:24

In any public methods of your user interface add code that looks a bit like this:

        <br />
public void setText(string someText)<br />
        {<br />
            if (InvokeRequired)<br />
            {<br />
                Invoke((MethodInvoker)delegate() { setText(someText); });<br />
                return;<br />
            }<br />
            MyLabel.Text = someText;<br />
        }<br />

Basically the method invokes itself if needed otherwise it just gets on with it. If the method has been invoked then the invoke will not be required and the method just continues

Russ

Seraph_summer24-Nov-08 5:17

Seraph_summer

24-Nov-08 5:17

I found the following strange problem for tabcontrol:

when I set the tab button location to left or right, then the text on the button does not display, however, if set tab button location to top or bottom, it does display. Also, I found this problem only happens on different computers.

does anyone meet this problem?

thanks.

Re: the problem related to the position of tab button

Pr@teek B@h!24-Nov-08 5:33

Pr@teek B@h!

24-Nov-08 5:33

I have a feeling that this is happening probably because of the way all the objects are ordered. Can you show a screen shot of your application?

SQL Select Value to String

hobbsieoz24-Nov-08 4:58

hobbsieoz

24-Nov-08 4:58

This is probably a really easy question, but i need to select a value from an SQL table and put it in a string.

The table - PRODUCTS, has a column called QTY and a column called ID

I need to select the QTY value where ID = x.

How do i select the single value and put it into a string?

Re: SQL Select Value to String

selcuks24-Nov-08 5:02

selcuks

24-Nov-08 5:02

I am not sure if what you have asked is this simple but:

How about building an SqlCommand (System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand or SqlCommandBuilder)

SELECT QTY FROM PRODUCTS WHERE ID = 'x'

You may need to search through MSDN to learn how to use these classes.

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Re: SQL Select Value to String

hobbsieoz24-Nov-08 21:14

hobbsieoz

24-Nov-08 21:14

Ok. How do i get the result into a string?

Re: SQL Select Value to String

hobbsieoz25-Nov-08 4:40

hobbsieoz

25-Nov-08 4:40

Can anybdoy help?

the simple question, but I don't know

Seraph_summer24-Nov-08 4:53

Seraph_summer

24-Nov-08 4:53

How to publish the project in a way that the user can select the directory to be installed in and other options.

this is all the software does. but I do not know how to do it such as in VC#.

if I just publish one project,during install, it does not let you select where you will install and so on.

thanks.

Re: the simple question, but I don't know

selcuks24-Nov-08 5:09

selcuks

24-Nov-08 5:09

Did you try adding a Deployment project to your solution?
Right Click Solution -> Add New Project -> Other Project Types -> Setup and Deployment > Setup Project

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Re: the simple question, but I don't know

Christian Graus24-Nov-08 9:01

Christian Graus

24-Nov-08 9:01

Don't use clickonce to deploy over the web, that doesn't let you choose where to put the files. Use a third party product like Advanced Installer to build an msi instead.

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Convert utf16 to utf8

Charith Jayasundara24-Nov-08 4:52

Charith Jayasundara

24-Nov-08 4:52

What is the most appropriate method to convert utf16 to utf8?
Thanks,

Charith Jayasundara

Re: Convert utf16 to utf8

Guffa24-Nov-08 5:02

Guffa

24-Nov-08 5:02

Decode it into a string and encode it into UTF-8.