The Code King

Hi, I'd recommend the simplified technique as ...

2011-12-17T19:12:11.444Z

Hi, I'd recommend the simplified technique as it avoids having to edit the template. If you still do want to use the template redirect hack, then you should be left with one set of body tags containing the b:if block. The existing content (previously within body) goes where it says [existing template code]. Nothing gettings deleted. if that still doesn't work drop me an email with your template.

I was able to complete the first bit of this but t...

2011-12-16T21:35:02.991Z

I was able to complete the first bit of this but the second code doesnt seem to want to work? can you elaborate a little more just so i can make sure im doing it right. ie does the code just go under the body or does it replace it? does anything need to be deleted etc

thank you

Hi, I've downloaded version 1.0.1.0 from Githu...

2011-11-03T11:10:10.208Z

Hi, I've downloaded version 1.0.1.0 from Github and there is the same problem in MDI child form.
This is a capture of my form:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/526/mdif.jpg/

and this the code for button creation:
Public Sub CreaMenu(objForm As Windows.Forms.Form)
Dim menu As TheCodeKing.ActiveButtons.Controls.IActiveMenu = TheCodeKing.ActiveButtons.Controls.ActiveMenu.GetInstance(objForm)
Dim button As New TheCodeKing.ActiveButtons.Controls.ActiveButton()
button.Text = "..."
menu.ToolTip.SetToolTip(button, "Apri azioni aggiuntive...")
AddHandler button.Click, AddressOf Button1_Click
menu.Items.Add(button)
End Sub

The form is called as a MDI child form:

Dim objForm As New frmTestGiuseppe
objForm.MdiParent = Me
objForm.Show()

Hi, the project is now on NuGet, and GitHub. Yes y...

2011-10-09T09:57:55.405+01:00

Hi, the project is now on NuGet, and GitHub. Yes you can send multicast messages to and from other processes, and the latest version supports sending of objects via serialization. You could set up a request channel and response channel, it depends what you are trying to achieve.

very useful and nice article.. so using the above...

2011-10-09T09:49:41.811+01:00

very useful and nice article..
so using the above dll we can broadcast messages to other applications and thats it.
Bt can we create a request-response mechanism using the same??

Interesting, this is the hardest part of oAuth. To...

2011-08-30T23:10:01.942+01:00

Interesting, this is the hardest part of oAuth. To get my version working I tested against the documented version on Twitter which used multibyte characters. It gave the same oAuth signature so I'm guessing it's OK. I haven't done any thorough testing though, it was more an exercise in what's involved. Using an open source OAuth library is a wise way to go.

I've hit problems in the past where the URL en...

2011-08-30T23:04:50.394+01:00

I've hit problems in the past where the URL encoding of the framework doesn't agree with the encoding that twitter is using, resulting in signature mismatches. Multibyte characters are another can of worms. Ended up using a v. simple library from Cropper Plugins. More here: http://cropperplugins.codeplex.com/discussions/249415

I'm unable to reproduce the MDI issue. Try the...

2011-07-24T16:11:44.439+01:00

I'm unable to reproduce the MDI issue. Try the latest version on Github and let me know if you still have an issue.

Hi, there is a bug when I attach ActiveButton to a...

2011-06-30T15:07:58.137+01:00

Hi, there is a bug when I attach ActiveButton to an MDI child form. The button is painted outside the caption area and also it remains visible when I close the form.
Thank you.

@Charles, thanks for the feedback. I'll incorp...

2011-06-28T13:05:43.800+01:00

@Charles, thanks for the feedback. I'll incorporate this into a new release.

Hi, I had a bug where the ActiveButton would rema...

2011-06-27T16:09:19.600+01:00

Hi,

I had a bug where the ActiveButton would remain shown if I programmatically .Hide() the parent form.

In the file ActiveMenuImpl.cs, in the OnPosition() mehtod, I added the following check:

if (Items.Count > 0)
{
if (parentForm.Visible)
{
this.Opacity = parentForm.Opacity;
}
else
{
this.Visible = false;
}
}

It resolved the problem. I am using Windows Vista Business.

Besides this minor issue, the library is awesome.
Thanks for sharing!

Cheers,
Charles

@CrossIron do you mean to achieve the rollover glo...

2011-03-03T21:53:48.030Z

@CrossIron do you mean to achieve the rollover glow? It's not possible with this library. The standard min/max/close buttons are actually rendered by the DWM to achieve the glow effect. I don't think it's possible to replicate this.

@nicegirl_caro_sex this library is designed to all...

2011-03-03T21:47:48.821Z

@nicegirl_caro_sex this library is designed to allow developers to add buttons to a .Net Windows Forms application. It doesn't allow buttons to be attached to an external window such as explorer.exe (although a similar technique could be used to achieve this). It would be difficult to do what you suggest, but probably not impossible. I'd suggest looking at extending the context menu instead with a custom shell extension.

Is there a way of actually granting glass (like th...

2011-03-03T19:42:26.667Z

Is there a way of actually granting glass (like the minimize button) to the buttons?

I want add a additional Button to the Explorer.exe...

2011-03-03T13:35:38.139Z

I want add a additional Button to the Explorer.exe to make special Actions. In the end, every user should get no rights and needs to klick on the additional button on next to minimize button and there they can "rename/delete/create files" with special rights.

Should be possible , shouldn't? Teamspeak can do it either!

THANK YOU MAN MY ALLAH BLESS YOU, I have looking f...

2010-08-11T14:03:14.091+01:00

THANK YOU MAN MY ALLAH BLESS YOU,
I have looking for this for most a year.

I GIVE YOU ONCE AGAIN ANOTHER THANKS

In Visual Studio 2005 there is now an option to in...

2009-12-06T12:34:49.285Z

In Visual Studio 2005 there is now an option to include a manifest in a project. Select new item and choose Application Manifest File. This will add a file called manifest.app to the project which will be embedded when the project is compiled.

Hi, nice article and a very good help for the new...

2009-10-02T13:27:44.353+01:00

Hi,

nice article and a very good help for the new Windows 7. But if I create a new exe, the new Manifest is overwritten. So everytime we create the new exe, we have to change the manifest again. Any idea?

Best regards from Germany

Simple interface. Beautify structured. Very well ...

2009-08-06T11:38:47.455+01:00

Simple interface.
Beautify structured.
Very well commented.

Thanks.

The only prerequisite is that you have the .Net 2....

2009-07-02T19:45:05.463+01:00

The only prerequisite is that you have the .Net 2.0 framework installed. Please note though that this is a command line utility so you cannot simply click on the exe. You need to follow the examples in the blog post, and ensure you either pass a valid connection string or update the config file.

I tried to evaluate on clicking the exe but its no...

2009-07-02T15:28:05.889+01:00

I tried to evaluate on clicking the exe but its not functioning.

can youlet me know if any prerequisites on this?

Hello, is this function also available for Visual ...

2009-04-19T23:39:00.000+01:00

Hello,
is this function also available for Visual C++??

Maybe this will help: http://www.menendezpoo.com/...

2009-04-14T01:37:00.000+01:00

Maybe this will help:

http://www.menendezpoo.com/a.php?h=a4971f920f120b

mike, nice library. thinking of using it+small do...

2009-03-04T22:34:00.000Z

mike, nice library. thinking of using it+small donation.. but the email address in the library just gives me bounce backs.. I had a PM for you.. could you email me on ewart at ihug dot co dot nz and I will reply.. thx.

It is definitely possible to draw on the titlebar,...

2009-01-10T15:40:00.000Z

It is definitely possible to draw on the titlebar, as Office 2007 does this to achieve the ribbon quick access toolbar...

Just have a look at:
DwmSetWindowAttribute & DWMWA_ALLOW_NCPAINT