Would like to ask how can i set my own icon instead of default icon displayed by vb.net? Thanks in advance. It seems hard to find a solution in Google as i don't know what keyword should i search because all the result show me changing the .exe icon.
Had tried to change the icon in project properties but it's not working..
You can change icon form from properties form like this picture.
The Icon you set on the above window is the default program icon. to change the taskbar icon you need to set the currently showing form's icon.
Change your Form's icon prom the property tab of the form of your application.
If there is a single form, you only need to change it, but if there's multiple, you need to change all of them individually.
Hope it helps! :)
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In my application when it is iconized in the system tray, and through a ContextMenuStrip1 displays a context menu and when I click the icon I can choose what to display; the application, close it etc.
Now, when the mouse is over the icon I would like to show a tooltip (property that unfortunately does not have, but that have the individual menu items), it always shows me the name of the menu object: ContextMenuStrip1, even in its text property set something else.
Since at some times the app makes updates in background I would like to show under the icon a small progressbar as do some application. How is this possible in vb.net? (I'm using VB2012)
Thank you all.
I resolved you need to use the Text property of the notifyIcon object.
I tried to change the default icon of my applicatoin and now the form gives an error when I compile it, and I don't know to undo the action and go back to the original icon.
I don't know if this helps, but I changed the icon in the properties box:
properties box
Try this. Right mouse button click on the text label part of the Property item (property name) which bring up a context menu with Reset as one of the options - click it and see what happens.
I have a program which runs mainly though a NotifyIcon in the bottum right of my windows screen (XP). Whenever I open the ContextMenuStrip that appears when the icon is right clicked, a box also appears in the task bar. I also have nested menus inside the menu (mouse over one item leads to another menu), and each additional menu also creates a taskbar box upon appearing. So once I am at the third or fourth nested menu, there would be 3 or 4 windows appearing in the taskbar. After the menu disapears, so do the windows in the taskbar.
How can I stop the taskbar from displaying boxes to represent these menus? I have done nothing in my code as far as I know to create this type of behavior. I have searched for similar problems but have found nothing similar. There is no "showintaskbar" property for these items as far as I can see, and no other property that I can find which would affect this. I have investigated the owner of the contextmenustrip since I read the owner may effect these type of behaviors, but that doesnt seem to be helpful as there isn't an owner property of the contextmenustrip.
I don't know what else to search for, so I am here hoping someone can give me a clue as to what else may effect this type of behavior.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
If you are using the ContextMenuStrip.Show() method, it will display in the taskbar as you describe. Try assigning your menu to the NotifyIcon.ContextMenuStrip property instead.
I am trying to edit a specific control part within a custom TabItem Template. In this case, it's the TemplateBottomSelected control part.
I'm having an issue where I cannot seem to view or edit any control parts within the template editor except the default TemplateTopSelected. Here's a screenshot of what I'm talking about:
Even though I'm selecting the "TemplateBottomSelected" grid, the only thing I can see is the template for the TemplateTopSelected item.
How the heck do I edit the other control parts within the template using the editor?
Thanks!
that's because these templates are either collapsed or the opacity of them is set to 0. :)
you can use the eye toggle button to only show the one you want to modify at design time, set the visibility to visible, do your changes, and reset it to collapsed.
please let me know if you need more info.
I am developing desktop application using vb.net and vs2008.
I have a DropDownList that I don't want it interact with use when the info is locked.
But if I disable it, it is greyed out and the text is not easy to read.
Is there any way to make radiobutton like readonly textbox?
I want text of the DropDownList looks black and itself is not clickable.
The above shows a disabled DropDownList with greyed out text and a readonly textbox
Try this:
Enable="false"
Place it within your <asp:DropDownList> tag.
I recently encountered a similar issue. My solution was to remove all other values of the DropDownList except the one that is selected. This will keep the text as black as opposed to grey. Users will be able see the existing value and click it but will not be able to change it.
Hope this helps.
No, you can't use CSS in a desktop app. When you disable the dropdownlist by setting Disabled=true; or Enabled=false (whatever the case is), you can also change the Font properties to make it easier to read. You can set other properties such as Border, BorderStyle, etc, etc.
Keep the control enabled. In the GOTFOCUS event, use SENDKEYS to send a {tab} to the form. the user will not be able to change it! By the way, workt for ALL controls, that a user can focus.