Well, that's what error 80040154 says is the problem. It basically means "Class not found", whether that's in reference to a direct call by your code, or one of your .DLL's has a dependancy on another DLL that's not registered properly. It's possible that the COM Servers you registered have to be restarted. Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

Thank you for your responses. Radgar "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein

Not sure if this'll compile, but I've done something similar to this: string controlname = "control1"; string propertyname = "BackColor"; object newvalue = Color.Black; Control control; control = form1.GetType().InvokeMember( controlname, BindingFlags.Instance|BindingFlags.GetField, null, form1, new object[] {} ); control.GetType().InvokeMember( propertyname, BindingFlags.Instance|BindingFlags.SetProperty, null, control, new object[] { newvalue } ); -- Joel Lucsy

it's a complicated usercontrol Judah. That's why I cannot do what you suggested. thanx anyway. Radgar "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein

Thank you Gidon. You saved me lots of time. Radgar "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein

You don't have to disable/enable to network card to get the settings to refresh. You can make the changes using WMI, but watch the return codes. No matter what method you chose to make those changes, Windows will tell you if the machine has to be restarted for the changes to take effect. Otherwise, in most cases, the changes you make take effect immediately. RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

Radgar wrote: Don't get me wrong but please read the post fully next time before answering because now my post seems like answered to other users who possibly has the correct solution I need. I did. The solution IS to ownerdraw the entire control and use the colors you want, not the system. If the example that you found is too much to wrap your brain around all at once, pick it apart. Try certain things and see what they do. Because nearly all of what you saw in the example is what your going to have to go through to get the functionality you want. The question you show now be asking yourself is "Is this worth it?" RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

I assume you mean how Windows explorer lets you drag a rectangle around the files/folders you're selecting? If that's what you mean, I'm not sure this functionality is available. If it is, it would be available in UxTheme.dll (search codeproject for this). In .NET 2.0, there is a wrapper for UxTheme in the form of System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles. Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: Hallelujah! It's Ken Jennings! Judah Himango

I already did it Dave. Actually the item is removed properly. But the error occurs after this process (when I click anywhere on the ListBox) Radgar "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein

Thanks Senthil.. Same goes for ComboBox control too.. Radgar "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein

Ooops.. Trouble for VB programmers huh? Thanks Christian Radgar "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein

Load the XML in a DataSet with ReadXml. You won't have SQL support, but it will be fairly close to it. Yes, even I am blogging now!

Thank you Stefan but I did it yesterday by adding a public delegate & event handler. Your way is much easier. Thanx! Radgar "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein