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I have written a REST API using C# that runs on my server. When it is started, I want to preload some data from the database based on the organization that has purchased it (name, address, etc). However, I can't seem to figure out the name of the initial program …

I am trying to find an efficient way to build a cross reference in C# and I am at a loss so I thought I would ask for ideas. I have tried using a list view, concatenating the source and associated values into a single dimension array, and several other …

As I dig deeper into the capabilities of Visual Studio, I have seen that you can have multiple projects in a single solution. I must be missing something because I can't come up with a reason to ever do this? My guess is that I don't understand the benefit. So, …

I am trying to find information on best practices for json data. I am working on a client server app that will contain family information. For purposed of this question, this is an oversimplification of the database. I have a family table, an address table, and a family members table. …

I'm looking for some ideas on a direction to take on a project. I have a software package that I want to develop. When I discussed the software with a potential customer, the first question I got was does it run on a mac? The second question was does it …

I am trying to build a webpage that has a list of topics on the left side of the page and then when the user points to them (request has been made for hover and not click), the details of that topic show on the right side of the page. …

I have a menustrip with several levels of submenus as in below Client 1 [INDENT]Project 1[/INDENT] [INDENT][INDENT]Project 1 Task 1[/INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][INDENT]Project 1 Task 2[/INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]Project 2[/INDENT] [INDENT][INDENT]Project 2 Task 1[/INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][INDENT]Project 2 Task 2[/INDENT][/INDENT] Each entry is clickable, even if it has children. In the above example, I can select …

I am trying to find a good sample license agreement for some software that I have written but can't find anything that meets my requirements. The software will be tier priced which will be controlled by an authorization key that limits the entries into the database. Since the control is …

I am working on an app that is an MDI. When the user clicks a button on an MDI child, I want to "disable" the current MDI child (and only the current child window), open a new window that has control, and then re-enable the child window when the new …

I have a program that adds controls on the fly to an auto-scroll panel. When the panel is scrolled (viewing the bottom of the panel for example) and a control is added, it looks like it is added assuming the top left corner of the panel is still at 0,0 …

In my program, I want the user to be able to move an MDI child window anywhere inside the MDI container but I need it to be kept completely inside the container boundary. For example, the upper left corner should never be at a location less than 0,0 when moved …

I have a main form that has IsMdiContainer = true. I have a second form (FamilyForm) that is to be the MDI child. Using the code below, when the line TempForm.MdiParent = Me is executed, the FamilyForm window size, font, and all controls are larger than shown in Visual Studio, …

I wanted to delete all of the TextBoxes that I put on a form that start with "tbx". The below code only deleted some of them. [CODE] For Each ctl As Control In Panel1.Controls If ctl.Name.StartsWith("tbx") Then ctl.Dispose() End If Next [/CODE] So, I took it a step further in …

I have a program that allows the user to add steps to a process (tabpages in a control). All tabpages are generated on the fly by duplicating a "template" tabpage and consequently have the same control names such as textboxStepDesc. Here is the hierarchy of the controls to get to …