How do I clear the "Start Page" of all recent projects? I deleted the actual projects and solutions from the hard drive, but they are still showing up on the start page. Thanks! ...more >>

OK...going nuts here: If i have a variable of type X that is an enumeration, how do I get intellisense to fill in the prefix for me? i.e.,: when I type: if (e.Action = I want intellisense to plug in: System.Data.DataRowAction. and then give me the drop down which lists the members: Add, ...more >>

I need add one new unknown control at runtime and the only one information that i have is one string with type of control. Example: c = "System.Windows.Forms.TextBox" How i can create one textbox at runtime in my form1? ...more >>

I currently have Visual Studio .net using Framework version 1.0. How do update VS to use Framework 1.1? Simply installing the 1.1 SDK doesn't work....more >>

(I posted this in languages.vb also... I can't figure out where things go if you use a little of a lot of things) Hi all... I'm looking for an example (or a pointer to one) related to the following. I have a WebService (it works) that fetches data, turns it into XML and returns it to a vb.net...more >>

I'm working on an application that manages large image files (mulit-page ..Tiff's to be exact some 1000+ pages). I've written an user control that displays a number of the images as thumbnails in a scrollable window. The user can select and modify Images from my thumbnail control. I need to l...more >>

Any ideas why? Security permissions or something? The file works fine locally but not if launched from a network mount. ...more >>

[Hopefully Richard can answer this one himself!] I'm thinking of buying this book because I like the angle it's coming from and I found his previous DCOM book more enlightening than most. The thing is, it's 18 months old now (an age in .NET terms!), and some stores (such as www.compman.co.uk...more >>

This is driving me nuts. I have created a Class Assembly in .NET C# which is to be used by traditional ASP pages. I registered it just fine with the regASM command and it work - about 2/3 of the time. The rest of the time I launch the site and the following error is generated: '80070002...more >>

Sorry if this is the wrong group, but it seems like a good place to start. I have a control, creating a dll written in c#/.net and some unmanaged code in c++ using embedded c++ V3. Yes, it is for PPC2002/PPC2003 but I don't believe that's the significant issue. My question is, can I create a s...more >>

Appreciate ANY help. How could I lock an access database in a VB.net db application where I used Access 2ooo? (I mean lock it so the user can't change or even may not see the db table?) -PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS A MORE APPROPRIATE NEWSGROUP thanks -Dwight ...more >>

A windows forms .NET application has various built in attributes like: <Assembly: AssemblyTitle("MyAssembly")> <Assembly: AssemblyDescription("Blahblah")> <Assembly: AssemblyCompany("XYZ")> But how can I reference these from within my windows forms application???...more >>

When I try to start a new web project in VB.Net using visual studio 2003 I get the following error: Visual Studio .Net has detected that the specified Web server is not running ASP.Net version 1.1..... I've installed .Net Framework sdk. And I have IIS services installed. What am I mi...more >>

Anyone know how to disable macros when access an Excel file through automation? I have an Excel file that fires macros when it is opened. I need to automate reading values from the file through a VB.NET service - can't change the source Excel files. I can't seem to find a way to either global...more >>

We are developing our Windows applications in Visual C++ 6.0 using MFC. We are starting now the process of deciding whether .NET could be useful to us and whether it make sense to us to upgrade to Visual Studio .NET. We need to know why we should use it and what benefits our customers can ...more >>

Hi there, I come from a Visual C++ background. When writing a service that's exposed to the Internet, I had to check the incoming data stream (from the client) VERY carefully. If a hacker was able to overflow one of the memory buffers in my app, he was then able to execute code of his choo...more >>

Hi: I have found some information about the effort made by the Linux people(http://go-mono.com/) to implement .NET Framework on Linux. Thanks to the newsgroup writer yerterday! My question today is, what efforts are being made by Microsoft? Thank you. Rick. ...more >>

A part of our users still work on windows98 and another part on Windows NT4.0. We soon get a new server and this new server will be based on DOT.NET technology. We have a group of app. 500 users who access the new server via a normal public internet-provider. They get access to the ser...more >>

In visual studio .Net (2003) can you lock the tool bars in place, So to stop the stupid things moving about when you switch between different views? Cheers Jim ...more >>

We have purchased and installed Visual Basic.net Standard version 2003. While there are several Visual Studio CDs that were also installed, there does not appear to be support for Crystal Reports. In C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 2003\ There is no Crystal Reports File. In...more >>

I still have big problems running an assembly consisting of C# generated dll and exe and VC++ (managed+unmanaged+mfc) generated dll. On my development machine no problem, but on any other machine. I get an System.IO.FileNotFoundException for one of my dll's. The odd thing is that the file is r...more >>

Hi All, I'm building a TCPListener as the server to accept TCPClient connections, using TCPListener.AcceptTcpClient. I'd like to retrieve client's IP after connected, but found no way to do so. Is there a walkaround? Thanks for any tip. Kind regards, Zen ...more >>

How can I create in my aspx page a WebControl like the TextArea???? Thank's ...more >>

I saw that the ThreadPool has a limit of 25 simultaneus thread, but I really need to increase this number. Because I use delegate BeginInvoke and this use the ThreadPool for asyncroneus operations. Somebody know how to increase this number? I saw that I need to use the CorSetMaxThreads in...more >>

Is it possible to overload operators in vb.net? Is it possible to do programmer defined boxing on byvalue variables in vb.net?...more >>

Has anyone had any success connecting to an Oracle database from a web service? We have some Oracle code that works fine when ran directy (i.e. referencing the DLL directly instead of a web service). However, when we call the same method from a web service the "Open" fails. Anyone have any i...more >>

Hello! How can I solve this command line error? Command line error D2016 : '/RTC1' and '/clr:initialappdomain' command-line options are incompatible I was creating a simple application in VC6.0 and ported it to .NET 2003. Without ManagedCode I ran the program fine, but when I inserted the Ma...more >>

I have an MSDN subscription, and have all versions of Windows Server 2003 available. I have been programming in Visual Studio .NET 2002 in Windows XP and 2000, and I am setting up a new machine with .NET 2003 for new projects. My question is, which version of Windows Server 2003 (Standard, Enter...more >>

I am embarking on developing an ASP.NET applications. At the same time, I need to maintain a few standard ASP apps. Can I use VS.Net to do both? I have been using Frontpage to do my ASP editing, but would like the benefits of a true IDE, such as VS. Any advice you can offer will be great...more >>

Hi Guys just wanna do a quick poll here, what is the best book for .NET programming in general for people migrating from VC++ 6? thanks dan ...more >>

I am trying to find out what percentage of machines on my network have the ..NET runtime installed. What would be the best reccomendation for this (other than SMS)? Is using WSH & WMI an answer? Can anyone point me in te right direction? ...more >>

Are there any issues with executing an EXE from a drive share? I tried this with an EXE and it errored out. Both machines (server and client) have the framework 1.1 installed. When executed locally on either machine it works fine. What am I doing wrong? Thanks! Brant...more >>

I have an EXE that I want to deploy to approx 200 PCs. Is there a way to create a setup package that executes my EXE after the framework has been installed? I want to perform a silent install of the framework, then kick off the EXE. If there's a better way to do this please let me know....more >>

Dear all, I have a class wich is raising events as normally it should do. having a form in the same assembly wich is catching those events works fne. Raise events gets catch normaly within the form and I can process what I want based on them. If I try to catch raised events by this cla...more >>

I have developed a very simple aspx that simply looks like: <%@ Page language="c#" Codebehind="WebForm1.aspx.cs" AutoEventWireup="false" Inherits="WebApps1.WebForm1" aspCompat="True"%> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" > <HTML> <HEAD> <title>WebForm1</titl...more >>

In the wired article ( wired.com ) which Linus picture is hotter? A) The Arnold looking Linus on Page 1. B) The collegiate looking Linux wearing the Tux on Page 3. What's your opinion? We'd like to know !!!!...more >>

I have a series of 5 or 6 pages each containing some 10 or 12 text box controls. I need to recall the input given in first page at the last page. How should I use the viewstate collection to do this without storing the datas in the session collection i.e., I need to store the contents ...more >>

hello is it legal if i install Visual studio dot net on a Citrix server and then the citrix server share the same copy in 20-25 people ? or there is some other plan to do this or i have to buy 20-25 paper licences .. Regards Noyee...more >>

Anyone knows how to read the MAC address on the network card in .NET?...more >>

I need to perform programmatically from a C# .net application the following tasks: _ open an outlook (or default e-mail client) compose message window; _ attach a document to the new message; _ set message attributes How can I do it? Thank you. Max ...more >>

Hi All, How to set controls tab order of the dialog in C# project ? In C++ it was a menu: "Format->Tab Order". Thanks...more >>

Hi, I'm probably very stupid not knowing the answer to this, but maybe someone can help me please! I'm having sleepless nights. Basically, I've created a very simple asp.net web application and can view it through IE by going to 'http://localhost/TestApp/', however what I'd like to do is t...more >>

hi i get the following error when i try to complete a pending request, for an ssl certificate. Error: "The pending certificate request for this response file was not found. This request may be cancelled. You cannot install selected response certificate using this Wizard" what can i do? th...more >>