Hi people, Can someone point me to some libraries or techniques for conducting aspect oriented programming (say via a weaver tool) that allows one IL (Intermediate Language) tool (the aforementioned weaver) to draw out certain aspects (i.e. boolean conditions of variables) of say a program wr...more >>

Hi, I am reading about Reflection.Emit and I can't really imagine a real situation where I can use this. Can someone give me an example that can't be done without Reflection or an example of something that If done with Reflection.Emit will be a lot faster or something sensible. I will really ...more >>

I'm using the clr profiling API to monitor function enter and leave events. For some applications I'm profiling the number of enter and leave events does not match which makes it impossible to maintain a shadow stack. All events are synchronized using a critical section. Any ideas? Than...more >>

Hi. I have written a utility that can accept a DataSet and allow the user to browse the tables and data within it. I thought it would be nice to integrate this with the VSNET debugger so that the user can browse a DataSet whilst in break mode. I haven't done anything like this before so ca...more >>

I have a C# class MyClass which implements events and delegates. I am consuming this class from unmanaged class using gcroot template as follows: gcroot<MyClass*> m_pMyClass ; My question is how can I instantiate delegates, event handlers and subscribe to events from unmanaged class using ...more >>

Can anyone explain why the call to Dispose method in the following code caused the "error C2660: 'MyDialog::Dispose' : function does not take 0 arguments"? //////////////////////////////////// MyDialog* dlg = new MyDialog() ; if(dlg->ShowDialog() == DialogResult::OK ) { .... } dlg->...more >>

I have a C# class MyClass which implements two interfaces as follows: public class MyClass: Interface1, Interface2 .... I am consuming this class from unmanaged class using gcroot template as follows: gcroot<Interface1*> m_pMyInt1 ; My question how can I cast m_pMyInt pointer to Inter...more >>

I am tring to create a single .exe file that user can download. However, this program need reference to COM object, thus need a interop dll file like this: Interop.CAPICOM.dll. Is there a way to embed this DLL file and the exe file into one single executable (like using a static link in the C+...more >>

Hi, I got a bit stuck with the Debug API. I have the following task: imagine there's a simple function static object Foo( object value ) { return value; } in debuggee process and I want to evaluate Foo(12). Can anyone tell me step by step how can I do that? Thanks! -- Oleg St...more >>

Does any one know why the following code works the way? and in C# it works in a different way what is the meaning of "Me" in VB.NET and why is it different than in C# Structure Test Private mName As String Property Name() As String Get Return Me.mName ...more >>

Hi all: I have some trouble that is I use the al.exe to link a resources to a Application, but it's failed. If i debug in Vs.net the Application would be work well with the resources.I want to change the language when the Application is running,but need not to rebuid. I have tow resources of ...more >>

Hi there, I have found out the hard way that Typed Datasets are not CLS compliant. Surely they should be as they are pretty much collections of Common Types. Has anyone else found this problem and how did you solve it? I use typed datasets as parameters in my business logic. Thanks in ...more >>

I've been defining the IMetaDataImport interface in C# and so far I got all the Enum* method working. I'm having a hard time with all the Get*Props methods like GetFieldProps, GetParamProps .... My issue is with the void const **ppValue parameters. I've tried many solution to get theses calls...more >>

I use SetEnterLeaveFunctionHooks profiling API to catch all method calls. For each method call, I can find class name, method name, parameter type and return type. I am wondering if it is possible to catch parameter values and return value. Use JITCompilationStarted, it is possible to catch pa...more >>

Creating a Singleton that is a cross AppDomain Singleton I'd like to thank Eric Gunnerson for his article on AppDomains and Dynamic Loading (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dncscol/html/csharp05162002.asp) for it really helped me out with the issue i was having...more >>

Hi, I am using the unmanaged reflection API ( e.g. IMetaDataImport, IMetaDataEmit, … ) and I wonder…. I couldn’t find a way renaming a Field/Method name… How could I do that? Concerning fields, I have tried to delete the filed and re-create the field with a different name; however t...more >>

I want to execute two instances of a c# windows app exe in two different domains. If I simply execute the exe twice, the windows form does not seem to be showing twice as i would expect. However I think it should be possible if I execute the assembly in separate domains. Please let me know i...more >>

I have a question regarding assembly loading.Basically I am asking whether or not the assembly loader can load multiple versions of the same assembly if: 1. The assemblies are strongly named and lies in the GAC 2. The assemblies are strongly named and lies outside the GAC 3. The assemblie...more >>

I have a question regarding app domains. I have a Windows Forms .NET application. If I open two instances of my application, will they get loaded into two application domains in the same process or two processes will be created for the two instances? Thank you,...more >>

have .NET component Definitions.dll which contains only definition of interface IComm. I also have components which contain implementations of that interafce. Let say components are Comp1.dll, Comp2.dll and Comp3.dll. These components contain 3 different classes Class1, Class2 and Class3 respe...more >>

Hi, I'm running laps around this, need some fresh input. I'm writing a component that runs in asp.net 1.1 (no sp) which dynamically loads assemblies from a shared store. Each of theese assemblies contains one or types marked with a custom attribute. When iterating and checking theese types ...more >>

How can I declare a public enumeration that can be used in MORE than one class as a property type? When I declare the enumeration as public in a module and then attempt to use it as property type I receive the following message: 'MyProperty' cannot expose a Friend type outside of the Publ...more >>

I'm trying to write a debugger in C# using COM wrappers for the debugging API. I hit quite a few bumps in the road, i solved all of them till now. The breakpoint callback does not seem to be called on a set breakpoint (the debuggee does break). I found the same question in the newsgroups that wa...more >>

Hi! When I'm loading an assembly to reflect over it's types without ever instancing a type in it, and then let the GC collect the related Assembly object, will it be unloaded or stay in memory until the application ends? The scenario is that one of my projects reflects over every DLL in a s...more >>

Hi, (*) I am writing an unmanaged application that hosts managed assemblies ( e.g. CorBindToRuntimeEx ) my app may host window based PEs and Console based PEs, the host is a single executable and should be able to host the two types of the PEs. (*) When Hosting a consol based app ( managed...more >>

I've implemented a CLR Profiler using ICorProfilerCallback and the Profiler API. I'm calling ICorProfilerInfo::SetFunctionReJIT() from a separate thread. However, ICorProfilerCallback::JITCompilationStarted() doesn't get called. Instead, when the function that should be ReJIT'd is called, t...more >>

Hi, I am tiring to load an assembly from memory ( e.g. System.Reflection.Assembly.Load( byte[] ), this works fine through managed and mixed code. NOW, I am tiring to achieve the same thing through PURE UNMANAGED code, I can't use com or com interop, does some one have an idea how to achie...more >>

I am have problem with Debugging API under C# (Framework 2.0). A am run Debugged process as follows: int size; GetCORVersion(null, 0, out size); Debug.Assert(size > 0); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(size); int hr = GetCORVersion(sb, sb.C...more >>

I wonder as to whether Microsoft will ever fix the bug described in http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;837318 . The problem is that I cannot use Win32 threads in an ASP .NET Web Service, because Win32 threads are always unmanaged and seem to be created in a default IIS a...more >>

I'd like to create a satellite assembly dynamically, embedding rather than linking resource files. I know I can use the assembly linker (al.exe) to embed a .resources file, but I'd like to do it programmatically, using something like the AssemblyBuilder class. This is the same question that...more >>

Hi, I want to find out a way to distinguish between modified dlls (meaning there has been a code / resource change) and unmodified dlls in of a build. Because of the MVID and version info, the assembly gets modified each time I rebuild the project(even without modifying anything in...more >>

Hi folks, I have a problem with obtaining the TypeConverter for a Control which is defined in an external assembly. The problem is that TypeDescriptor.GetConverter() fails to retrieve the proper converter instance, whereas creating the converter manually by inspecting the TypeConverter attribute...more >>