What you want is a global hotkey. Import needed libraries at the top of your class: // DLL libraries used to manage hotkeys [DllImport(“user32.dll”)] public static extern bool RegisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd, int id, int fsModifiers, int vlc); [DllImport(“user32.dll”)] public static extern bool UnregisterHotKey(IntPtr hWnd, int id); Add a field in your class that will be a … Read more
Use the DisplayName attribute on your properties to specify column names in your DataGridView: class Key { [System.ComponentModel.DisplayName(“Key”)] public string Value { get; } [System.ComponentModel.DisplayName(“Expire”)] public DateTime ExpirationDate { get; } }
Even simpler answer supported by .NET: Control.DrawToBitmap.
Both left and right clicks fire a click event and cause the selection to change. However, in certain circumstances (that I haven’t yet bothered to trace down) the selection will change from the node that was right clicked to the originally selected node. In order to make sure that the right click changes the selection, … Read more
You’d need to set the label’s text property to DateTime.Now: labelName.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString(); You can format it in a variety of ways by handing ToString() a format string in the form of “MM/DD/YYYY” and the like. (Google Date-format strings).
The SplitContainer control has the ability to collapse one of its two panels. You could rig up a button to the Panel1Collapsed property.
You need to handle an event on Form1 that is raised as a result of user interaction. For example, if you have a “Settings” button that the user clicks in order to show the settings form (Form2), you should handle the Click event for that button: private void settingsButton_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) { // Create … Read more
EDIT: Newer, simpler answer. You can indeed just use Process.Start(filename). This is specified in the docs for Process.Start: Starting a process by specifying its file name is similar to typing the information in the Run dialog box of the Windows Start menu. Therefore, the file name does not need to represent an executable file. It … Read more
You can handle WM_NCPAINT message of TextBox and draw a border on the non-client area of control if the control has focus. You can use any color to draw border: using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; using System.Windows.Forms; public class ExTextBox : TextBox { [DllImport(“user32”)] private static extern IntPtr GetWindowDC(IntPtr hwnd); private const int WM_NCPAINT … Read more
At some point, the answer boils down to a matter of taste. I’d say you’ll end up with at least these options: store it in the registry, where you have the HKEY_CURRENT_USER key. Everything under it is user-specific. This is usually preferred when you want to store a bunch of small key-value pairs. The main … Read more