Does anyone know how to access settings in a DLL's config file? Say you have a DLL that stores some connection string information in it's config file. The DLL also has some method to make use of that stored value (like Connect()). So if the DLL is then late bound by an EXE, how does the Connec...more >>

Can someone provide a simple code example on how to manage threads in C#?...more >>

Before I write this utility myself - I thought someone must have written such things - so why inventing the wheel? Problem: Memory leak in large application Memory profiler does not handle the load or affect the application performance Memory profiler can't be installed on customer site ...more >>

Hi, I have a direct reference to a VB6 COM component in my C# application. During runtime, the methods I call on the COM component get executed fully and but when returning to the calling .Net component, throw an ExecutionEngineException. Can somebody thrown light on when and why an Execution...more >>

JIT debugging - How to get the managed exception details? Problem: managed application is crashing on startup with unhandled exception - need to understand the exception I've set windbg to be my JIT debugger for managed code HKLM\Software\Microsoft\.NetFramework\DbgJITDebugLaunchSetting = ...more >>

I have a user control written in c# 2.0 hosted in ie6. I'm doing some async stuff with BackgroundWorker. I see that the RunWorkerCompleted method is executed in a thread different from the UI one. The same user control if hosted in a winform app works correctly. Also if the RunWorkerAsync is...more >>

Hello, I want to create a website in IIS which has its ApplicationPath or Virtual Directory from a network share. Its a ASP.Net 2.0 website. I've the site percompiled (One Assembly Per Page). When I try to do the above I get a "Code Access Security" error, which is justified since I am ...more >>

I am a little stuck. An application that I am maintaining loads plug-ins but only uses the default app domain and thus cannot unload them. That's how it is. It also has its plug-in assemblies frequently updated and forces the user to restart the application each time. I have managed to get ...more >>

I really want to see what machine code the JITter is producing for an undebugged release build. I've discovered that I can call a breakpoint opcode (INT3) which will allow me to attach a debugger and see a little bit of what I want but its difficult to navigate. There's the ngen /debug opt...more >>

Hello, I have a ASP.NET application which consists of multiple assemblies. One assembly contains some base classes say MyTypes.dll. Other assemblies have classes which inherit from these base classes. MyTypes.dll is installed in GAC. This application was running fine on ASP.NET 1.1 framework....more >>

Hi , just for confirmation : A.dll is strongly named and is available in my project bin directory . it's also installed in GAC , so where will runtime look first , according to me , it should be GAC , so even if somebody wants to replace the dll , then it's important to install in GAC ,than ...more >>

Does anyone know why this line of code returns null and not an instance of Type? Type.GetType("System.Drawing.PointF")...more >>

I'm having a problem trying to override IDisposable.Dispose() in a C# class that inherits a C++/CLI class that implements Dispose(). The compiler says Error 13 'JM.UI2.EditBoxDataModel.Dispose()': cannot override inherited member 'JM.UI.Base.Dispose()' because it is not marked virtual, a...more >>

As per the instructions at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cskzh7h6.aspx I've performed the following a) Created a system environment variable DEVPATH set to m:\debug. b) Added the following to the machine.config for .NET 1.1 <runtime> <developmentMode developerIns...more >>

I have here a little sample which does reflection on a class. I striked me that 1.1 is nearly two times faster. Could me somebody give a hint why? For the sample: Compile it via "csc.exe /optimize+ Program.cs" with the two compiler for 1.1 and 2.0. Thanks Eric namespace ComponentProfil...more >>

I have a AppDomain ID, how do I get the instance of the AppDomain Object? Please advice. Thanks in advance. John ...more >>

We are moving to .NET2.0 - and have noticed that .Contains() seems to be around 20% slower under NET2, compared to NET1.1. This code shows the issue: static void Main(string[] args) { System.Collections.ArrayList list = new System.Collections.ArrayList(); //Setup code // //A...more >>

Is there a means of hooking events from the CLR that fire before and after any member of a class is accessed/invoked within a particular assembly? I am looking for something akin to how trace switches work. With those one can simply insert entries into the application configuration file to defi...more >>

Hi, I'm confused about when symbols are needed when using adplus. I cant tell from documentation if symbols (os and app) are needed when adplus produces the memory dump or if symbols are really only necesssary when looking at dump file w/windbg. Thanx jra...more >>

Guys, We have an error thrown below 1) Exception Information ********************************************* Exception Type: System.TypeLoadException Message: Method CreateFromTaskID in type Tranmit.Sprinter.Approval.Interop.ApprovalTaskFactory from assembly Tranmit.Sprinter.Approval.Intero...more >>

Hey all, so I've noticed that when I load assemblies dynamically in my own custom ResolveEventHandler that their Modules do not get returned when I invoke Process.GetCurrentProcess().Modules Here is some pseudo code to show what I'm talking about: public class Foo { public Foo () {...more >>

I have a scene graph where geometry nodes contain references to shared geometry data. Imagine a graph where there's several instances of a barrel; each barrel has its own 3D transform and a reference to the same geometry object. This geometry object in turn references the index and vertex bu...more >>