So I have this application I have made in VB. The problem is that when I start it it does not show up in my taskbar. It only shows up if I maximize another window infront of it and then minimize it. Also it has the basic VB icon even though I changed the icon in the properties.
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I found the same thing; no icon was showing in the taskbar. I had to go into Task Manager and Switch To the program to get it to show. I could ' maximize another window in front of it and then minimize it as well.'
Found the solution that worked for me. The 'Main' form did not have anything in the 'text' property because I was doing that and a Ver number in the program. As soon as I put text into the 'text' property, it started working. The problem was only with VB2015. Worked fine in VB2010.
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I need to make a form visible even when I switch desktop on Windows 10 (by pressing Ctrl-Windows-Arrow) if possible, without any 2nd party lib
You can create multiple desktops by pressing Windows-Tab and clicking the + on the bottom-right corner.
Normally, a form only appears in the original desktop it was shown, and can be dragged to another desktop, but won't appear in multiples at the same time.
I know it's possible, because the splash forms of some applications do this. (Ex: Word, Excel)
I searched all over the web, but couldn't find a solution.
EDIT: Another app that I know that does this is the Task Manager, when you mark the "Always Show" checkbox.
This may be of some help. You have to dive into the world of AutoHotKey but this will solve your issues I'm pretty sure:
https://superuser.com/questions/950960/pin-applications-to-multiple-desktops-in-windows-10
Set your form's topmost property to true? Have you tried that?
Not STRICTLY a coding issue, more of Visual Studio Issue.
When creating a new project -any project- when i open the properties panel, it keeps 'flashing'. Even when i drag a button onto a winform/etc, and press F4. It will continue to flash at regular intervals.
Due to this 'refresh', I am unable to rename/change text/etc using the panel, as each time i click into the 'Name' / Text' / etc, it will flash and hence loose focus.
As a workaround, I am currently writing my variable's name into word, copying it, and then trying to quickly paste it into the panel before it refreshes again.
Has anyone else come across this issue, or have been able to solve this?
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I'm new to vb.net and need some help.
I'm not sure what's happening but a deleted main form loads on start up even after setting a new form as start up.
I took a few buttons and copied it on a group container and named it Dial Pad on the old form. After testing to see if it works I adjusted the dimensions and ran again but this time it stayed the same. I clicked on the buttons but nothing happened. Check the code and there was code in it and correct. However there seem to be other set of buttons name as same but with a 1 at end.
I checked the solution explorer and it didn't show, only the originals showed. After frustration I created a new form and copying the code and created new controls. I deleted the old problematic form and set the new one as start up but the old form with the dial pad still appears and only exit button I added and coded works. The datagridview on old forms works as well and is the old way I can get to the other forms which still work.
This problem sometimes indeed occurs. The solution is pretty simple. Go in the menu to Build > Clean Solution and rebuild. Or else, open the context menu on the solution node and select Clean Solution.
Screenshot of the menu:
Screenshot of the solution node context menu:
I had the same problem with a web page in VB. Rebuilding website/solution didn't work for me. The only things that worked were 1. Completely restarting VB or 2. File -> Close Solution and then loading it again File -> Recent Projects and Solution. This one at least spares some time.
Is there a reason / fix for this weird designer issue (at least, I think it's related to the designer), whereby the controls on the form do not appear as they do in the design window when I debug the application..!
Please see the following two screenshots to demonstrate the problem (note: I have blacked out some of the content of the form, this is not the problem):
Picture 1: Showing how the form appears in the designer view
Picture 2: Showing how the form appears in debug mode
You can clearly see that some of the buttons have moved position on the form.
Note: At first glance, this may appear like a duplicate of: Windows Forms Designer destroys form layout. However, I have not installed any additional tools or components. This is simply a standard "vanilla" build of Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 7 32-bit.
I've also come across this question: UI Controls Overlapping & Fonts Issue in Windows Forms Application. However, I am not using "large fonts", nor am I using any non-standard fonts on my controls (all label and button text is left as default). Still, I can see how this would affect the control positions and will do some more checks in this area.
There's nothing happening within the form's Load method.
I'm also using TFS 2012.
What could be causing this? Is there anything I can do to fix it?
EDIT: I've removed the font property for each label and button control, allowing the system to set the default value. Still no change. Interestingly, if I open the form in design mode, then save it, then close it, then open it again, the buttons have moved... If I do this a few times, the buttons migrate until they're off the form.
OK, I've found the answer, after a bit more fiddling. It seems to be related to the Anchor property on the controls. I made a bunch of changes, testing between each change to see if there was any difference. When I selected all the controls and set the Anchor property to Top, Left, this solved the issue.
I hope this helps someone else at some point!
While creating test in vb.net i found it pretty annoying when you start typing and autocompleet changes a class to something similar looking even it is a class you don't want.
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In the picture you can see I am trying to setup a controller (this controller does not exist at the moment) so when i press the spacebar i will get DienstControllerFacts.
How do you disable this sort of auto-correction?
I can't see your image, but I think this gives you some keyboard shortcuts for dealing with your issue, and this shows you how to modify the settings.
Did you tried to selecting Common tab instead of All tab in the intellisense window?