what kind of file? .txt?

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the latter, looking to store data, need to know where to put it. I was trying to explain at my job I work with large amounts of data, don't know much about storing small amounts of data.

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What is the best way to store a small amount of data that the user does not have access to? I don't want to have to worry about licensing. Just need to store data from a listbox that is retrieved on startup. I mainly work with a SQL server 2005 backend that has tens of thousands of entries. I am developing my own app that I would like to distribute.

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Does any one know how to check what the compression of an image is. Don't need to compress if it already is.:confused:

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Is there a way to prevent a folder from being opened in the system, instead of creating a new user and setting permissions?:confused:

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How do you expose all objects of directshow. All I found is to reference quartz.dll, that only gives limited.

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This is not exactly what I am looking for. Any other suggesttions?

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Any ideas how I can have the dropdown portion of a combobox to stay down after it has lost focus. I am tring to attach a tooltip but when my tip pops up the combobox looses focus and the drop down goes back up. I am using vb.net.

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vb.net

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How can I track the mouse movements when the combobox has dropped down. The mousemove event does not fire after the combobox has dropped for selection.I want to know what item the mouse is over?

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I am building a balloon tip and I need to be able to locate all rectangles so that when someone draws on the tip i can relocate it to be within the bounds of the tip.(I want to establish a new starting point (0,0)). It would make it easier for the user instead of having to figure out where 0,0 is and adjust for it. I am only able to do this with controls. Whenever someone puts a control or draws out of the bounds it cannot be seen. I am just tring to make it easier. Can this be done THANKS Mark Thibodeaux -- modified at 17:32 Tuesday 11th April, 2006

Thanks that works. One little question, I have seen a few balloon tooltips that are floating out there, how do they make it where all you have to do is write your string and wrap the word or words that you want to be a link with their tag (similar to html). Just wondering. Thank you, Mark Mark Thibodeaux

How can i create a long string with a hyperlink(different colored text) in the middle of the string and draw it to the form? I am trying to make it so that when I write the string I can set the link with a key word.. eg... String = "This is my string, so click here". can anybody help? Mark Thibodeaux

How does one integrate html tags into vb.net similar to article cppTooltip? Want a hyperlink like in the article. Mark Thibodeaux

Thank you for trying Mark Thibodeaux

I am trying to write a tooltip that can display a hyperlink or change the color of one word in a string. This what I have Dim MainString As String = "This word is a different color" Dim stringToChangeColor As String = "word" Dim range() As CharacterRange = {New CharacterRange(MainString.IndexOf(stringToChangeColor), stringToChangeColor.Length)} Dim format As New StringFormat format.SetMeasurableCharacterRanges(range) format.FormatFlags = StringFormatFlags.NoClip Dim region(1) As Region region = e.Graphics.MeasureCharacterRanges(MainString, Me.Font, New RectangleF(0, 0, Me.Width, Me.Height), format) Dim rec As New RectangleF rec = region(0).GetBounds(e.Graphics) Dim stringB As New StringBuilder stringB.Append(MainString) stringB.Replace(stringToChangeColor, " ", stringB.ToString.IndexOf(stringToChangeColor), stringToChangeColor.Length) rec.Width = rec.Width + 10 rec.X = rec.X - 2 rec.Y = 0 e.Graphics.DrawString(stringB.ToString, Me.Font, Brushes.Black, 0, 0) e.Graphics.DrawString(stringToChangeColor, Me.Font, Brushes.Red, rec.X, rec.Y, format) ' e.Graphics.DrawString(MainString, Me.Font, Brushes.RoyalBlue, 0, 20) The problem I have is that I have to manually set the number of spaces in the stringB.Replace. Is there another way? Please help. Thanks in advance Mark Thibodeaux

:mad:I am having difficulty reading the images. I want the images to be embedded so that the are built into the .dll of the control. Every time i try and use my control i get 'null is not a valid value for stream.' i have verified the names of my control, image , .dll name. i have also tried diferent variations to get the image. Please help. :confused:

i want to make a custom checkbox that uses several predefined bitmaps. how and where do i store the images and call them. i want to be able to use in any project. i have come close but the project i want to use it in has to be add to the usercontrol solution or it will not work. Mark Thibodeaux

I think this will help. I understand what you were talking about. Thank you for your patience and help. I need all that I can get. By the way any tips to gaining knowledge and experience would be very appreciated. Thanks again. Mark Thibodeaux

i'm not looking for the easy way out. i want the images to load when i use the control on any app. Mark Thibodeaux