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Describes PHP application development with the free Scavix Web Development Framework (Scavix-WDF).
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A windows-service which can handle different operations in separate threads and which can be controlled by a small GUI program
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jQuery unobtrusive validation plugin with Twitter Bootstrap 3 showing error messages as tooltips
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This article introduces the reader to the steps taken to create a user control that displays a circular indeterminate progress control.

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This article introduces Avalonia as a new multiplatform XAML/C# solution for Web and Mobile development platform on top of its Desktop capabilities that had been available for a while.
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Combine some great technologies for rich, responsive IoT user interfaces on the ESP32
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How to make very responsive, flicker free interactive screens without using a lot of memory

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10 Dec 2023 by Graeme_Grant
Is it a commercial project? Will it be over US$1 million pa income? There is this: syncfusion community licence[^] ... a commercial library with a free licence.
8 Dec 2023 by Mark Pelf
I am planning the development of ASP.NET Core MVC Razor application and am looking for FREE library of some quality that supports MVC/Razor development. I see plenty of commercial libraries like Kendo UI that can be used, but I am looking for...
13 Nov 2023 by Mark Pelf
Tutorial on “Events Bubbling” in JavaScript language
27 Aug 2023 by Nick Polyak
This article introduces Avalonia as a new multiplatform XAML/C# solution for Web and Mobile development platform on top of its Desktop capabilities that had been available for a while.
26 May 2023 by richwfowler
Opinions requested, please. I lave a large C# application that primarily has many custom data entry pages. It also produces on-screen graphics. I want to produce a test application to controlthe target application via the UI. I can make minor...
26 May 2023 by Graeme_Grant
There is no information given on how the application was built. This is where thee Mvvm design pattern excels. It allows for Unit testing - ref: MVVM - Writing a Testable Presentation Layer with MVVM | Microsoft Learn[^] For UI testing, look at...
20 Mar 2023 by honey the codewitch
Combine some great technologies for rich, responsive IoT user interfaces on the ESP32
26 Feb 2023 by honey the codewitch
How to make very responsive, flicker free interactive screens without using a lot of memory
19 Feb 2023 by ahmed_sa
I work as dot net web developer , I face issue to enhance my design controls and alignment and make good design, so What advice can you give me to enhance and solve this issue . i take too much time to alignment controls and give good design...
19 Feb 2023 by CHill60
It's all about using the right phrase for your reearch - Start here ui principles and guidelines - Google Search[^] Udemy is a relatively popular provider of courses - try DESIGN RULES: Principles + Practices for Great UI Design | Udemy[^] ...
24 Jan 2023 by Josh McFadden
A couple of friends and I are front-end designers who are venturing into the world of web app development for the first time and we're looking for some guidance and feedback on our concept. We believe we will be using React for this project, but...
14 Oct 2022 by Ruth_Haephrati
There's no reason the buttons used as part of your programs' UI shouldn't be beautiful and practical at the same time. Introducing: ButtonFly — an all-in-one C++ class to reduce your overhead and create beautiful buttons.
28 Aug 2022 by thebluetropics
Currently I learning how to build a native windows app using Win32 API along with Direct2D API. I was successfully built my component-based UI in my app. However, the big problem is I don't know how to check whether a button is clicked and not...
23 Jun 2022 by veera things
I need a custom definition of ServiceNow for my business. For which, I'll have to configure many tables like Incident, CIs to name a few, then the views, forms etc. I am aware that it can be done through the UI provided at our instance. But doing...
23 Jun 2022 by Richard MacCutchan
You should post your question at ServiceNow - Now Support[^]
10 May 2022 by farremireia
I try to convert this simple google apps script code below to HTML services code. The code below is written with the deprecated google apps script UI services! Could anyone please help me with HTML services example code in this usecase? I'm not...
8 May 2022 by victorkoon 143
Spanish- Estoy iniciando mi programa, una interfaz Gráfica en C++ (Visual Studio) y quiero programar un botón que me lleve al formulario anterior Mi duda es cómo configuro el botón de regresar para que efectivamente regrese a la página anterior?...
25 Apr 2022 by Bhupendra Makode
package com.example.momskart.ui.gallery; import android.graphics.Bitmap; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.KeyEvent; import android.view.LayoutInflater; import android.view.View; import android.view.ViewGroup; import...
25 Apr 2022 by OriginalGriff
keyCode is not defined in your file, and is thus not a part of your class. Did you mean to call the getKeyCode method of the KeyEvent? KeyEvent (Java Platform SE 7 )[^]
1 Mar 2022 by Zijian
Basic user interaction designs with buttons in Web applications
22 Sep 2021 by Matthew Menard
I have a windows form that has (among other things) a Start and a Stop button. If the Start button_click code takes too long, I'd like to press the stop button (or some other event) that will allow me to stop that code from completing. The...
22 Sep 2021 by Patrice T
Quote: The question is about not having to wait for that code to complete before the UI thread will allow the processing of the Stop button_click code. Short answer: you need to move the long job in another thread. The UI thread is what makes...
22 Sep 2021 by OriginalGriff
You can't stop the UI thread doing a long operation with a button, because the button click will not be processed until the long running job has completed. The only way to do it is to move the code to a different thread, but then you can't...
22 Sep 2021 by Dave Kreskowiak
Yeah, this isn't a case where you get to do something simple and everything just works. This is a case of completely redesigning what I think is your small app from the ground up with threading in mind. ALL controls can only be accessed from...
19 Jul 2021 by Arda Güler
Hello, I've been tasked to create a cross-platform form app at work, but I am not quite sure about what to use. I've never created a cross-platform app before, I've made a little research and found about mono project and uno platform, but still,...
19 Jul 2021 by Richard MacCutchan
You first need to find out which platforms the app is to work on. Once you have that list you can research which frameworks can support them all. See Cross-Platform Mobile Development in Visual Studio | Microsoft Docs[^] for one suggestion.
19 Jul 2021 by Member 13432091
How about Avalonia? Avalonia[^]
28 May 2021 by HardykMahendru
hey, I am working on a game and trying to display the distance covered as the score. But despite the code written and debugged, the score is rising when I am moving to escape the obstacles. I want the score to increase according to the distance...
28 May 2021 by OriginalGriff
X axis, Y axis - neither will help. Try some of these: unity distance traveled - Google Search[^]
3 Mar 2021 by Chris Copeland
i've tried reading over it a few times but i cant see the issue. I don't think you have read over it a few times as the error is quite clear. Your code is trying to find a field called ThirstSlider but the field is clearly named incorrectly:...
3 Mar 2021 by Michael Ciurleo
Hi, I'm trying to make a survival game but i keep getting "(37,9) ThirstSlider does not exist in current context" and "(88,9) ThirstSlider does not exist in current context" what should i do? Code: using System.Collections; using...
22 Feb 2021 by lukeer
Hi forum, a colleague of mine has created a marvellous piece of HTML and CSS that leaves me astonished what UIs are possible with web programming skills. I am responsible for the backend in python. I have a connection to a real-world...
26 Jan 2021 by asiwel
Simple class to write an array as a formatted, attractive table to console or other UI text display control
12 Jan 2021 by sree Harish
I want to disable specific dates in the date picker using the props shouldDisableDates, but as it accepts only functions I have written a function but it is always return false. What I have tried: code
12 Jan 2021 by Sandeep Mewara
Quote: return dateInt.indluces(new Date(date)) Spelling of includes look incorrect Refer: JavaScript Array includes() Method[^] Quote: shouldDisableDate (day: DateIOType) => boolean => Disable specific date You can add like: import React...
21 Nov 2020 by OriginalGriff
You should talk to the people who created it - Bill has given you their email - they should provide technical support and will know more about their product than we will. If they don't, then find another supplier and demand your money back!
2 Oct 2020 by Evoluteur
A web color picker which looks like the one in Microsoft Office 2010
27 Aug 2020 by Samira Radwan
Hi All, I'm trying to create a widget for an app. the widget has main 4 image buttons with background images. The widget connects to a BLE device. I want to check onUpdate method if the device is connected do nothing, if not change the tint color to gray and disable the buttons. As far as I...
23 Jul 2020 by REDOXX121
How can I make the structure like seen in this photo. TwinCAT 3 UI Photo How can I write my own UI on the Visual Studio interface. What I have tried: I'm investigating but I haven't found anything so far
23 Jul 2020 by Sheryl Brock
I think you can use Blender for that.
23 Jul 2020 by Sandeep Mewara
Hi, Would suggest you to start from here: XAML Designer overview - Visual Studio | Microsoft Docs[^] XAML tools documentation - Visual Studio | Microsoft Docs[^] Visual Studio user interface is built in WPF. Try out!
23 Jul 2020 by Dave Kreskowiak
If you were looking for a project to base your app on, you could take a look at Visual Studio Shell[^]. This allows you to write your own app using the Visual Studio environment itself. Your other option is to write your own, but you're going to...
15 Jul 2020 by OriginalGriff
This is one of the most common problems we get asked, and it's also the one we are least equipped to answer, but you are most equipped to answer yourself. Let me just explain what the error means: You have tried to use a variable, property, or a...
14 Jul 2020 by honey the codewitch
Continuing our series with a knob control and a MIDI visualizer
25 Jun 2020 by Adrian Pirvu
Basic principles in designing User Interface (UI / UX)
12 May 2020 by Inaruslynx
Added the following Sub: Private Sub ClearCombo(target As ComboBox) While target.Items.Count > 0 target.Items.RemoveAt(0) End While End Sub Replaced all ComboBox.Items.Clear() with this Sub. Combo Boxes no...
12 May 2020 by Inaruslynx
I have 4 combo boxes in my UI. The first one (CmbProject) doesn't flicker while updating, but the other 3 (CmbCustomer, CmbLocation, and CmbPlcName) do flicker while updating. I believe the problem has to do with the one thing they have in...
5 Apr 2020 by Telstra
Hi, I have general question regarding react js. I am very new in react and working on one PoC. General approach in react is create a state object for input controls and assign its state value to that input before submitting. This will work fine...
30 Jan 2020 by RickZeeland
Maybe you can find more information about this subject in chapter 21.Security of the book "C# 6 in a Nutshell". And here is a CodeProject article: CAS (Code access security) & .NET 4.0 Security model FAQ (With Full Video demonstration)[^]
30 Jan 2020 by Perić Željko
After a long search on the Internet, I have found this article : Code Access Security in .NET | DotNet Information[^] It clearly gives answer to the above question. All the best, Željko Perić
30 Jan 2020 by Perić Željko
Hello, I have simple dilemma about what is propper syntax and semanthics when using Unsafe Native Methods with UI Permissions. Here is example of program code with explenation at official MS Visual Studio Docs: Article link If I have understand correctly the syntax is this : create NEW UI...
15 Jan 2020 by Steffen Ploetz
A solution for: If the toolbar is created button by button with single TB_ADDBUTTONS calls, the width of the separators is not calculated correctly.
30 Nov 2019 by Johannes Bildstein
Write cross platform desktop applications with .Net Core by using the OS native webview.
28 Nov 2019 by Maciej Los
Check it out: Build Checkbox list programmatically using powershell - Stack Overflow[^] Note: you need to add groupbox first, then checkboxes to that groupbox. foreach ($img in $ImageList) { $Checkbox = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox $Checkbox.Text = $img ...
28 Nov 2019 by Member 14156312
I need to create a checkbox automatically depends on folder I selected. I create ComboBox, then in the ComboBox, I can select which folder that I want to select. Inside of my folder, I have some file. The file consist of some extension file. I just need to pick 2 extension file from the folder,...
27 Nov 2019 by RickZeeland
That sounds like you want a CheckedListBox, see example here: CheckedListBox in VB.NET[^]
12 Jun 2019 by Michael Haephrati
A simple and easy to use InputBox() function for any type of C++ program for Windows
13 Apr 2019 by Florian Rappl
How to run End-To-End tests in an Azure Pipeline using Nightwatch.js framework with TypeScript
21 Feb 2019 by KarstenK
It is some version issue on Windows 10. You should carefully read about the used functions to find the differences like on stackoverflow discussed. Maybe you need to debug it or write a log file. Tip: run your code in admin mode on W10 to check for some security policy change.
21 Feb 2019 by Member 13798855
i wrote accessibility layer for ribbon bar, from automation in windows it is working fine ,but windows 10 exe is crashing ( from automation) i replaced uiautomation dll from windows 7 to windows 10, it is working fine. please let me know what might be the issue. What I have tried: Loaded...
21 Feb 2019 by Richard MacCutchan
Something in your application caused an access violation, as shown in the exception message. You need to use the debugger to find out where and why.
6 Feb 2019 by IAmJoshChang
We’re back to another day at creating the Cube Flyer again. In the last few posts, we added a basic sound effect to our game and it sure does make the experience better!
5 Feb 2019 by Anilananda
Hy guys can anyone tell how to do form validation with angularjs in asp.net (.aspx page Not MVC) i want to use runat="server" and angularjs bouth from form validation , can any one tell is it possible or not. if possible how to do this? What I have tried: Here is my code
21 Jan 2019 by Gerry Schmitz
What you're referring to is (generally) a "wait cursor". The one I use in WPF is below; wrapped in a using; around the "waiting" code. Don't know if you can customize it to what you want. For a kiosk, I created my own (bigger) "wait (for it) window" (WPF storyboard with rotating sprocket and...
21 Jan 2019 by Brian C Hart
Hi, I am not sure if I am even using the name correctly, but I have google searched and google search for this over a period of uncountably many several years, and as of so far I have been unable to find a reference for what control or Windows API I call to get the progress wheel/spinner control...
7 Dec 2018 by vivek.chauhan2009
Hi,how to disabled close button in a simple dialog?ThanksVivek chauhan
7 Dec 2018 by Member 14081722
Pretty Simple WNDCLASSA WindClass = { 0 }; WindClass.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH__*)COLOR_WINDOW; WindClass.hCursor = LoadCursorA((HINSTANCE)NULL, (LPCSTR)IDC_ARROW); WindClass.hInstance = hInstance; WindClass.lpszClassName = "WindowClass"; WindClass.lpfnWndProc = WindowProcedure;...
31 Oct 2018 by Adam Zgagacz
Simple WinForms auto-repeat button in a few lines
13 Oct 2018 by Steffen Ploetz
How to use GL's pixel buffer object (PBO) to copy one texture to another
20 Aug 2018 by Graeme_Grant
You can do it in code behind however can get messy if you have to do it for multiple controls. The answer is, where you need to use the code in more than one time, to use a behavior rather than code behind to encapsulate the code to avoid the same code in multiple places, reduces errors, and...
20 Aug 2018 by Waqar (Vicky)
In my code behind i have a method OnFocusRequested which is called using Interface from my ViewModel when async search button command execute. the problem is that it is working fine when i just debug through each step from code. this code is not work in real time. I believe this is due to async...
29 Jul 2018 by Waqar (Vicky)
USER 1 and USER 2 are on the different machines and using the same desktop WPF MVVM application. Lets say if USER-2 select an option from combo-box and that option is selected on USER-2 machine at the same time on other side USER-1 perform a delete operation of that record, then on USER-2...
13 Jun 2018 by madeas
A cross-browser collection of CSS box-shadow + Generator the file box-shadows.min.css + Box-shadow CSS Generator
14 May 2018 by SteveFox
Your info was very helpful and solved my issue. I had a TextBlock around a Hyperlink control. I was able to add data binding for Visibility and KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigation in the text control and it works great. Add to xaml resource at top of page.
14 May 2018 by sopi9
I have WPF form and say I have a textbox, button X, button Y and couple of hyperlinks. Button x and textbox are initially visible and button Y, hyperlinks are hidden(will be visible when user clicks button X). When I press tab, focus goes over hidden hyperlink, it won't make them visible...
10 Apr 2018 by CPallini
Since Qt is required, you have to, at least, use it in your application. Modify an existing example in order to fit your needs and don't bother to really understand it. If you ar really interested on what there is under the hood, then have a look at Walkthrough: Creating Windows Desktop...
10 Apr 2018 by Member 13770638
In fact my coursework requires me to create a simple sudoku game using Qt creator but the learning curve is killing me. I am thankful for what others have created for our ease of use but often times I would rather prefer to understand low level stuff first (perhaps down to transistor level) like...
10 Apr 2018 by KarstenK
Qt isnt so hard to learn, so read some of the Qt tutorials. When you Google you may finde some sodoku examples.
5 Apr 2018 by Dave Kreskowiak
KendoUI has absolutely nothing to do with scanning a check, or any other image, so you're question makes no sense. KendoUI can be used to display an image in a dialog it you want, but that's about the limit it's going to be useful in this case.
5 Apr 2018 by Maniteja Attili
Hi looking for quick solution or example for to scan a check using Kendoui and popup a details in client side What I have tried: Hi looking for quick solution or example for to scan a check using Kendoui and popup a details in client side
2 Mar 2018 by Richard Deeming
Based on the code from the comments to solution #1: InspectorWrapperThread.cs: while (!worker.canCompleteThread) { if (worker.canCompleteThread) { break; } Thread.Sleep(10); } WorkerThread2.cs: public bool canCompleteThread = false; ... void...
2 Mar 2018 by Ramachandran P
Hi, In my application, I have used the backgroundworker thread for some background process. The thread called successfully and the Dowork event done all of his work. But, after completion of the Dowork event the RunWorkerCompleted event not getting fired. Any suggestion on this it would be...
1 Mar 2018 by OriginalGriff
You don't actually start the second thread at all. Most likely, that's because you have over redacted the code - but if the DoWork event is being called (and you say it works) then you need to look very closely at the code you have in the DoWork event handler. The Completed event will only ever...
5 Feb 2018 by Stas Wolski
The article explains how to integrate dhtmlxScheduler, an AJAX-based, interactive event calendar, in your ASP.NET MVC application.
12 Jan 2018 by Yuval Naveh
A playback practice tool for musicians that allows slowing down, changing pitch, defining presets and loops on music files.
31 Dec 2017 by kkdxghlctlcxxtidyuum
Hello, After installing a new distribution of GNU/Linux, I found that various applications were using a different icon set for their MenuStrips and ToolBars. My old distribution used the GTK+ icon set (Debian), my new distribution uses the Mint-X icon set (Linux Mint). My question is: how does...
31 Dec 2017 by Richard MacCutchan
See How to Set the Look and Feel (The Java™ Tutorials - Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing - Modifying the Look and Feel)[^]
29 Dec 2017 by wim4you
Show UniformGrid and scroll through a few thousand images, UI virtualization
5 Dec 2017 by christian.gaetano
In this article I walk through the steps to add React’s best data grid – FlexGrid – to your web app using only Facebook’s Create React App, Wijmo, and a few lines of JavaScript.
24 Nov 2017 by Graeme_Grant
I'm not sure why you would want to do that. Toggling the visibility enables/disables tabstops. You can check it with the following:
25 Oct 2017 by Gerd Wagner
The HTML specification defines an event-based drag-and-drop (D&D) mechanism, which is supported by all current major browsers (including IE11 and iOS/Safari), except on Android. We show the minimum setup for a working D&D operation.
12 Oct 2017 by OriginalGriff
This isn't a QA question - you need to raise this with the admins. Please post it here: Bugs and Suggestions[^] but also explain the device and browser you are using and link to a screenshot if possible. The better the info, the easier it is to fix!
17 Sep 2017 by Graeme_Grant
You know that the page that you have linked to has a source code tab called ChartView.java? The answer to your question is right there! UPDATE: Reading the code on this page, what determines a Stacked versus regular chart is this line: horizontalBarModel.setStacked(true);