In my experience, probably not long, then again, perhaps I am just always wrong :D.

Thank you, Xmen, but the PowerOff and ForcedPowerOff enum values are deceptive. Yes, they do power off the computer, but they also shut down Windows before then. I was looking for a way to power off the computer without wasting time shutting down Windows (the computer just goes silent right after I double-click something.exe on my desktop). But, thanks anyway! -Daniel Typing too fast fro my owngood

Nevermind, I found it myself. I'm using an OdbcCommand object with an OdbcParameter. -Daniel Typing too fast fro my owngood

I only needed to get the wallpaper. I didn't know that the registry's value was updated that well (I just looked on mine and it's correct, despite me circumventing the control panel applet), so I'm good to go. I already know how to set the wallpaper (and I have a handy app available for free download from my blog). Thank you for the info! It helps me greatly! -Daniel Typing too fast fro my owngood

I understand that I can't alter how another window paints itself. That's why I needed a click-through-able window. Your shameless plug is exactly what I needed! (well... after manually converting the VB to C#) However, it wasn't working exactly 100%. I took out the lines that changed [myform].Opacity and it seems to be working just fine now (using SetLayeredWindowAttributes instead of Form.Opacity). Thank you! I now have a wallpaper that seems to "show through" all of my windows (as if all of my windows were semitransparent)! -Daniel Typing too fast fro my owngood

When I use VisualStudio, I add a class to the website project. It adds a cs file to an App_Code folder (or something similar). You think I should use a webservice instead? I'll look into it. Thanks for the info! Basically, the client app should pass a string to the server, and the server should process it and return another string. That's basically it (and I don't know how to do it). The whole thing about an aspx file and a cs file is from what I was able to figure out by myself. If there's a better way, I'm more than willing to give it a try. -Daniel Typing too fast fro my owngood

Awesome, thanks! -Daniel Typing too fast fro my owngood

I guess the modifications I did to it (while using a work PC... yeah, I know, but I wasn't on the clock) did the trick. Now it works just fine. I was saving images using myBitmap.Save(string filename) when I should have been using myBitmap.Save(string filename, ImageFormat.Bmp). I don't know why that would make a difference, but it did. It still doesn't answer the question of why it wasn't displaying images that were originally bitmaps, but, hey, it works now. Thanks anyway! -Daniel Typing too fast fro my owngood

You rock. Thanks! I think I remember that some 2.0 stuff is implemented in mono so far... I'll check it out in MonoDevelop during my lunch. If not, I'll also see if I can use gdi32.dll (does FC6 even have that dll?..., I ask myself). Again, thanks! -Daniel Typing too fast fro my owngood

No problem, I'm glad i could help (and now i wish someone could answer my thread >_<)

This is just to help new people. In this code following line of code should be changed string line = rtf.SelectedRtf; string text = rtf.SelectedText; TO string line = rtf.Rtf; string text = rtf.Text; It works for me after making this change Thanks

Wouldn't you know it, almost right after I post this, I found it. I had the button's Validated event also pointing to the Click event handler. Now it works fine. Thanks anyway! -Daniel Typing too fast fro my owngood

I have to sheepishly admit that it was a nefarious idea that created this question. However, if it was possible (the second and unspoken half of my nefarious idea), it would be commonly exploited. Don't worry, I'm not going to try it (my job might be at risk for thinking about doing what I thought about). Thank you for the links! -Daniel Typing too fast fro my owngood

I added that line, but didn't see a change, so I started digging around in my registry. I simply modified the line that was already there: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache] "program path here"="program's title or name" And now it works fine. Thank you, though! I'm sure your way would have worked if I had done it in the first place and restarted or something... -Daniel Typing too fast fro my owngood

As far as I can tell, there are two requirements: - put in a specific registry entry - adjust your program to account for a commandline argument However, I'm a little fuzzy on the details (and, since this thread has fallen so far down the list, I doubt anyone will reply), so you'll probably just have to keep searching the internet for the specifics. -Daniel Typing too fast fro my owngood

Yes, that's close to what I ended up with. The set accessor is fine to be public because I can perform the reversal of data right there. I just didn't want the "outside" to have access to the base class's Value and Maximum properties. All I needed to do was overload them with new, and now it works beautifully. Thank you, everyone! Case closed. -Daniel Typing too fast fro my owngood

*grin* I'm glad you found it useful. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog

I think I've found my simpler option: - WebBrowser object plus creative programming -Daniel Typing too fast fro my owngood