https://quomon.com Questions and Answers for IT & Graphic Design Professionals - windows forms en-us Quomon Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:42:15 GMT 20 https://quomon.com/44818/how-can-I-cause-my-application-to-wait-and-then-resume-after-a-while-in-net https://quomon.com/44818/how-can-I-cause-my-application-to-wait-and-then-resume-after-a-while-in-net I need my program to perform a routine and then wait for 5 minutes before doing it again. <br>I'm using .net 2.0 (C#) and I need the application to respond as normal, i.e. if the user drags it around etc., but it should not consume too much cpu while waiting. <br>how do I best do that? dustPuppy Tue, 01 May 2007 09:13:50 GMT https://quomon.com/44818/how-can-I-cause-my-application-to-wait-and-then-resume-after-a-while-in-net#comments .net, C#, .net 2.0, windows forms https://quomon.com/44640/how-can-I-make-a-datagridview-sortable-in-net https://quomon.com/44640/how-can-I-make-a-datagridview-sortable-in-net I want to enable sorting, when the user clicks on a column header. <br>Is that possible to do by setting some property on the datagridview or do I have to do it manually? dustPuppy Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:03:53 GMT https://quomon.com/44640/how-can-I-make-a-datagridview-sortable-in-net#comments .net, C#, information technology, windows forms https://quomon.com/44563/How-can-I-show-an-alert-in-a-windows-forms-application https://quomon.com/44563/How-can-I-show-an-alert-in-a-windows-forms-application I'm programming my first windows .net application in C# and I need to show an error alert, similar to the alert in javascript in web applications. <br>I tried with ShowDialog, but it requires a windows form to show as far as i understand. Isn't there something more simple, like the web counterpart? dustPuppy Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:13:45 GMT https://quomon.com/44563/How-can-I-show-an-alert-in-a-windows-forms-application#comments .net, C#, windows forms