Thanks folks, i'll look some of theses up ! Abhijit Jana wrote: From next time while post, first search google Like i said Abhijit, i have already searched online bookstores, google etc -sometimes it better to ask people who have possibly been in the same situaton, or found a book that really 'worked' well. Don't worry - i wasn't asking anyone to do any of the work FOR me. Mearly asked for an opinion. Neil

The class I took used this[^] book, but that was several years ago.

Clicking on any tab fires the SelectedIndexChanged event; so you should add a handler for that event, get the new tab page index from the SelectedIndex property, and act accordingly in your handler's code. I find myself adding a switch statement quite often in such a handler. In order to add a handler, you can use Visual Designer, click the tab control, get its properties, get the events pane, and double-click the row for SelectedIndexChanged. That will create an empty handler, and generate the wiring for it. Or you can add it just by editing the code... (everything Designer does, you can code yourself also). :) ? Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] Fixturized forever. :confused: modified on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 5:45 PM

I think if yo use completely random names for things, you could obfuscate it more. :) (Yes, I'm one of those weird Outlaw Programmer moods today. Nobody is safe.) :) "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 ----- "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

nlowdon wrote: Can i cast the 'pettable' to instance of an object 'Cat' ? Exactly. Regards Thomas www.thomas-weller.de Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Programmer - an organism that turns coffee into software.

Hi, you want the TabIndexChanged event. It handles the entire TabControl, not individual pages, so if you need code specific for each page you might want to insert a switch statement there. :) Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] Fixturized forever. :confused:

Better yet, use an else: if (populate.BackColor == Color.Orange) { populate.BackColor = Color.Black; populate.ForeColor = Color.Orange; } else { populate.BackColor = Color.Orange; populate.ForeColor = Color.Black; } Despite everything, the person most likely to be fooling you next is yourself.

Maybe it's about time I looked at C# 3.0 - and convinced my clients to go down the same road!! It definitely isn't definatley

You could try setting the Parent property of the PictureBox to the new Panel.

You might want to start at: http://www.bobpowell.net/faqmain.htm[^]

I set up macros to do this, e.g., Sub ToggleToolbox() Dim w As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindToolbox) If w.Visible Then w.Visible = False Else w.Visible = True End If End Sub Sub ToggleSolutionExplorer() Dim w As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(Constants.vsWindowKindSolutionExplorer) If w.Visible Then w.Visible = False Else w.Visible = True End If End Sub Then assign them to keyboard shortcuts. Kevin

Yeah, didn't know about the OfType extension too, looks really useful in this situation.

I think perhaps you should do some reading on OO. As others have said, you are trying to turn an animal into a cat. It's not a cat, you didn't ask it to be. Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

When posting the answer I though for awhile if I should declare the list readonly or not. When used correctly, readonly eliminates certain problems that can occur if the actual list is changed. I would say that it depends if you want the list to be changed or just to allow to modify it's content. That's why I also defined only getter for the property. The other thing was that the original question was, how to define a list globally so that others can see and use it. Based on the question my interpretation was (maybe incorrectly) that the list should not be changeable, but it's contents can still be modified. The need to optimize rises from a bad design. My articles[^]

Welcome! Go to the Modify page[^]. Under "Your Biography" tab you will see the Country drop down. Sincerely, Elina Life is great!!! Enjoy every moment of it! :-O

Maybe there are some exception? just check it!