Looking at the ".resx" files produced by the Windows forms designer, I see nodes like this: <data name="MyRadioBtn.Size" type="System.Drawing.Size, System.Drawing"> <value>94, 21</value> If you then read the "94, 21" back into your code as a string (exactly as seen), how do you then...more >>

I have a class that tries to compare two generic types: if (low < high) Where they are declared as: T low = (T)float.Parse(parts[0]); T high = (T)float.Parse(parts[1]); if (low < high) Two questions come up. 1) I get an error Cannot convert type 'float' to 'T'. ...more >>

I've created some simple performance tests within the NUnit test framework to test the performance of various core business object calls e.g. creating invoices / purchase orders e.t.c. and updating them. The tests basically need to assert that the time to say create 1000 documents is less th...more >>

Is there any way to examine a given thread's stack? As in, the list of variables currently accessible by the executing code on a given thread, plus their values? TIA!...more >>

Does anyone know how to call an executable from within Visual C++ 2005 Express (using the CLR)? For example, click Button1 to launch Microsoft Paint: System::Void Button1_Clicked(System::Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ e) { // what can I use to open MS Paint? } ...more >>

I originally posted this in the windbg forum but the folks suggested it was more SOS than windbg so i should post over here. I attach to the aspnet_wp process to debug a v1.1.4322 asp.net app. I load the sos.dll and set my breakpoint inside a managed function call via 'bp' command. When it br...more >>

I did some optimizations on my reflection emit, and now I get the following message from PEVerify: Stack height at all points must be determinable in a single forward scan of IL I'm not doing anything especially fancy like folding common code sections together and branching from differen...more >>

Hi all, Can someone tell me how OS makde differentation betwen managed module and unmanaged module. Means say suppose i developed one exe in MFC and one in .net. How Os recognise that second exe require .net framework. Means which part of exe is consider while determining whether exe need ....more >>

We have a .NET application which is obviously using nearly 500MB memory and we can't understand why. I created a dump for a different issue and the server ended up creating a process shutdown dump of this size. I have seen the DumpLargeObjectSegments command however I'm not sure what to look...more >>

Hi all, i'm looking for a good book about .net Performance Tuning. Things that should be covered by this book: - Glean information about your program's behavior from profiling tools - Identify bottlenecks before tuning - Optimization when dealing with objects - Optimize I/O behavior - U...more >>

Quite often of late I've been asked about when to use the System Threadpool. I finally sat down and wrote a blog detailing the issues in the ThreadPool and why it's unsuitable for use in production grade server applications. Any feedback on this is appriciated! http://www.coversant.net/do...more >>

I am calling a method on a member field. The declaring type of the method appears in my inheritance hierarchy, and I am making the call from an override of the same method. Here is the MSIL with the project path and classname replaced by ellipses (read via Reflector, I've used Reflection.E...more >>

Hi, For security reasons, I'm storing my public/private key pair on a smart card. My bulid process delay signs the assemblies using the public key, and I later go back and re-sign the assemblies using public/private key pair from the smartcard using sn.exe -Rc <assembly> <container>. The ...more >>

Hello, We are going to develop our application from scratch. The application is currently written for WIN32 users only, using MFC. The requirements asks that the application will run (in the future) on Windows, MAC and Linux. Is there any way to write all the code on the .NET Framework, or I s...more >>

Hello, I have the following problem: I have a .net 2.0 application, which dynamically loads a Managed C++ assembly. The managed c++ assembly has the ProcessorArchitecture correctly set to x86 (32 Bit). The application however does not have the 32Bit-Corflag set and is therefore loaded by...more >>

I'm trying to write a custom CLR host for .NET 2.0 in order to revert to the previous model of unloading the AppDomain when an unhandled exception occurs, rather than bubbling it up and terminating the process, which is the new standard behavior. As I understand it, I need to get a ICLRPolicyMa...more >>

I have created an interactive cd-rom in vb2005. The government has not made the upgrade to 2.0, is there any way to publish this out so that is will use the 1.1 framework instead fo the 2.0? *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***...more >>

What is the minimum version of Visual Studio needed for CLR integration? Also, has anyone tried using something besides C# or VB.Net? Thanks in advance for the help. ...more >>

Hi, Currently were moving all our IE hosted java controls over to .NET, we have a two framed web page, the top frame contains a server client that receives messages from a server stores various information and also fires various events to which controls in the lower frame can register for and...more >>

I tried to find a way to handle the remote events from another .net dll, The scenario is, I have to handle the events from another .net dll by using a given event name. Have anyone ideas about how to do it? Any help is greatly appreciated! ...more >>

hi, i have encountered a strange behaviour when using ref parameters with delegates. basically the changed value is not reflected back to the original calling method. to prove the point, run this simple console application. it sets a string variable 's' with the current number of Ticks, then...more >>

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404463.aspx details ICeeFileGen as being deprecated; but, CreateICeeFileGen (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms233159(d=ide).aspx) has not. If ICeeFileGen is deprecated, what is the suggested alternative to CreateICeeFileGen, or what is th...more >>

Hi I am in the Process of conversion of my existing 1.1 Dotnet Code to 2.0 framework. for each project when i compile in VS2005 , i get this error\warning: Use command line option '/keyfile' or appropriate project settings instead of 'AssemblyKeyFile' The conversion for this is to ...more >>

Hi there, I tried to find a way to dynamically raise event using Reflection API. The scenario is, I have to raise a event in a class instance by using a given event name. I can use the GetEvent(...) method of the Reflection API to get the EventInfo object. However, the GetRaiseMethod of the...more >>

I have written a small program that generates a dynamic assembly using Reflection.Emit and adding IL code to it using ILGenerator. Now, if I call CreateType() on my TypeBuilder object, the assembly becomes locked. I want to be able to change the IL code afterwards. It is important that I can...more >>

I'm using a TcpClient object: - Open: m_Connection = New Net.Sockets.TcpClient m_Connection.Connect(IPAddress.Parse(IP), 2101) m_Stream = m_Connection.GetStream - Close: If m_Connection IsNot Nothing Then If m_Stream IsNot Nothing Then m_Stream.Clo...more >>

I have an unmanaged MFC project. The output is static lib. I would like to compile using /clr option. The native lib size is 64 megs and with /clr and /O1 options is 940 megs. Is it possibly Metadata enlarge size so dramaticlly? And I would like to know any suitable solution of my problem. ...more >>

Hi I am in a conversion project of Code from .Net 1.1 -->.Net 2.0 . 1. I am going to build all my projects with NAnt RC4 version and also with VS2005 to check the affected Areas. 2. I have both the Versions of my code in my machine, 1.1 and 2.0. 3. My requirement is to use NAnt RC4 version...more >>

What's the best litterature on how the clr optimizes things, low-level? I'm writing a continuation-style interpreter for a Lisp-flavour language, and I feel my attempts of tuning it for performance are shots in the fog. Things I'd like to know are: - how clever is the clr at inlining vir...more >>

The SerialPort class provided by Microsoft has some code like: SerialPort.PortName set accessor if (value.StartsWith(@"\\", StringComparison.Ordinal)) { throw new ArgumentException(SR.GetString("Arg_SecurityException"), "PortName"); } S...more >>

Hi All, I'm attempting to write a very basic 'Assebmly standards & policies checker' for in-house use. This tool would open an assembly, and scan it for a handful of specific conformance issues we need to adhere too. Essentially, I'd be scanning the assembly for specific groups of IL codes an...more >>

As far as I know, GC won't touch object references in use. I was susprised to see that one of my trace listeners got disposed at some point during the life of the application. It's true I am not holding any references to my trace listener (because I don't need to), and besides, I guessed that ...more >>

What are the GC Generation thresholds for .net 2.0? For .net 1.0 it was 0.256, 2, 10 mb ...more >>

Hi I am building my Dotnet Framework 1.1 C# code with VS2005 (Framework2.0) . For this process i use NAnt 0.85 RC4 Version. During the Build i get errors like : 1. "Method is Deprecated" ..change to ...... 2. When i Open VS2005 and build i get errors like " Method is Obsolete" ... ...more >>

I noticed in the documentation, http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404463.aspx, that ICeeFileGen has/will be deprecated in the future. What should we be using, from unmanaged compiler code, to create CLR PE files? Dave.Net ...more >>

Hi All I am Trying to build my 1.1 framework code with 2.0 framework using Visual Studio 2005 installed in my machine. when i tried doing doing so , i get errors like : " Error 1 Warning as Error: 'System.Runtime.InteropServices.UCOMITypeLib' is obsolete: 'Use System.Runtime.InteropServ...more >>

Hi there. Does anyone know if it's possible to embed a new resource into an assembly at runtime as well as update an existing (assembly) resource. Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks. ...more >>

Hi all, How do you take a PropertyInfo and get an instance of the object described by it? For example, I want to get the actual instance of the object described by "pi" in the snippet below (not the object's value like what GetValue() provides, but a reference to the object itself): Member...more >>

We've got a project that needs to be able to see the current running values from the objects returned back by .LocalVariables. How is this done? LocalVariables only appears to give us the types of the method vars. -LZ ...more >>

Hi all, I have ported my VB.Net project from VS2003 to VS2005. I am facing two issues while running my applications: Issue1: I am calling some managed dlls (developed in C#) from my Vb .net . Whne I debug the code,Iam getting the following Error message. "Managed Debugging Assistant 'Loa...more >>

Hi all, I have a DropDown and a TextBox just bekeow it... I have to get the selected value from dropdown and set it as textBox Text.. The thing is i have to do this Without PostBack..... Is there any java script to do this functionality... please reply.. Thanks in Advance.. San...more >>

Hi, I am trying to find a way to get and change file summary information. I tried using FileInfo class, but it doesn't give me information such as "Author,Title,Rating" etc. Is there a way to get and change these information using .NET libraries? Sample would be a great help... Thanks...more >>

Hi there, Given an arbitrary ".resx" file (not ."resources"), does anybody know how I can identify that this file actually contains a Windows form (in code). Once identified, I then want to collect information about the form and all its controls. Presumably I would want to read this file in...more >>