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How would you store this data?

I am building a desktop application that I want to get different people's opinions on how you would store the data. Below are some of the requirements. 1. There will be 3-4 computers networked together WITHOUT internet access 2. Each co ...

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C# Automatically opening a new outlook email (but not sending)

I am trying to open a outlook message and prefill in the to, cc, subject and message body. The problem is the message body is long so I can't use the process.start. I have tried to search around but can't seem to find a solution. Can someon ...

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Filtering Manually built DataGridView

I have a DataGridView that I am manually adding records from a remote XML File by using the below code. I am trying to add a filter that when the user types in the textbox it will only display the records which contain the text they type in ...

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Dos command not running, just opening blank winodw

I have a button that runs dos commands that are listed in a textbox. I use the below code to run the text. If I run one command to reboot the computer it works fine, another command that adds a item to the registry does not work. It just op ...

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Best practice for using Registry - UAC Issues

My application writes data into the Registry which is causing a UAC issue on vista. I keep data in the registry so I can access it across different applications we have (this is not a mass product but only installed on selected machines). ...

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DataGrid Textbox does apply value to Enter pushed

I have a DataGrid on my form that users type in numbers. The problem them I am having is that if they do not hit enter after they type in the number, that value is never set. How can I change this so its value is set without the user having ...

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Best Practice for SQL Express Connection from Desktop App

I have a desktop application that querys the database a good amount of times when in use (about once a second as they scan in barcodes). What I have been doing is just opening a connection to SQL Express and passing it between forms/child f ...

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Having Visual Studio create .scr file

I have built a screen saver but instead of me manually having to rename the .exe file to .scr, is there a setting somewhere that the primary output can be changed? I see the primary output type in the properties but only have three choices ...

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C# - Filling Webbrowser with HTML

I have a strange problem I cant seem to figure out. I have the following function for filling a webbrowser control in my desktop application with HTML. If I add a MessageBox then the html displays. If I remove the messagebox then I get a er ...

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C# Database Programming for Desktop Application

I know I can connect to a mySql or SQL Server from my C# application but I think I am looking for something different. I want to write a application that will be installed on people's PCs where I have no control over the setup of the syste ...

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Setting parent forms toolStrip of MdiControler

I have a form called MainForm which has a toolStrip. When a button is pushed on the child form of MainForm I would like to hide/show certain toolStrip items. In the mainForm I would just add... toolStripSettings.Visible = true; but how ca ...

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Free Resource of images for toolStrip

I am trying to create a toolStrip in my application but my lack of graphics skills are really showing. I would rather not have to purchase a icon pack, and was wondering if anyone knows a good resource to get icons I would rather the icons ...

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Setting the MdiParent to another form

My main application is called "MainForm" which the first thing that happens is it opens "SubEvents" inside the MdiContainer. The problem is that when a action is preformed on the SubEvents form and another form should op ...

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Global Variables & Functions

I know about creating DLL's but I think this is simpler then that. I have three forms (Login, Config, MainForm) that each one needs to access global variables that are set throughout the application and all three forums need to be able to ...

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Loading Another forum and hiding parent form

I know this seems like a Basic question but I can not seem to figure this out. I have two forms in this project "Login" and "Config". Login is the base form that loads. Inside the Login_Load function I try and read the c ...

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