I'm writing a program to monitor the operation of a process. Part of the process involves trigging a method, then waiting for the creation of a flag file. I want my code to pause at that point. How would you recomment waiting and monitoring. I can think of two ways: 0. Start a timer. 1...more >>

Looking for the Patch for Visio Architect that fixes the wizard bug as detailed in Knowledge Base Article Q321145 FIX: Database Modeling Stops Responding While Refreshing SQL Data Source Can someone help me with the link to download the fix? Thanks Jason ...more >>

Is there any hot key available to "Go To Definition" of a function written and back to the same place(i.e function call). In VB6, we used to use Ctrl+F2 and Ctrl+Shift+F2 to do the same....more >>

In my project I am uploading file using File control. After browsing file user needs to select other values from DropdownList to determine uploading path. After selection in couple of drop down lists page needs to postback. The problem is File input field becomes clear after posting pack of the...more >>

I have tried forever to get this databound combo to load up in my WinForms (VB.NET) project but to no avail. I have used all of the data bound properties I can muster both at design-time and in code at run time. Could soemone give me some tips and on how to fill it manually in code in case I ...more >>

Hi, I need some help. Hopefully this is trivial! I have created a special file type for my application. I can easily associate the app with the file type manually and I have even seen som code to do this as well. (MSDN - 185453) However, once the app is launched after double-clicking on the ...more >>

Hello, I hope some one can answer this for me. I am using .NET version 1.0 on Windows 2000Pro and I am getting an error when doing a form submit from an HTML control. Please look at the following brief code example: I have two aspx file WebForm1.aspx and WebForm2.aspx. WebForm1 has ...more >>

In c#.net, how can I get input from the user, and store that input in a int data type. example in c++ int a = int(); cin >> a;...more >>

Hi there! First off, let me apologize for the basic question... I'm very new to .NET programming. I'm building a web site using VB.NET, and am trying to include several custom user controls. One of these user controls handles the navigation. This user control polls the database for the...more >>

I am using the System.Net.Webclient to try and download an XML file from a website but am receiving a HTTP protocol error when running the DownloadFile() sub routine. I did a HTTP trace using internet explorer to see what is happening in the request and it looks as though the request orig...more >>

MS Customer this is the latest version of security update, the "October 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express. Install now to help maintain the security of your computer from these ...more >>

Where can I found information on migrating an Access 2002 application to VB.NET?...more >>

Nick Andrew is a Dork. And a Troll. And a Dork, again. ...more >>

Hi, I have been using SQLDataAdapters and Datasets in my project. I have a goal to simplify the project. Each data adapter has a corresponding dataset it retrieves values into. Even though the data structure of 3 datasets is identical, the 3 data adapters use 3 different stored procedures...more >>

It is really pathetic that I don't know this, but here it is. I have been writing ASP.Net apps for a while, and all configuration information, such as the database connection string, goes in a text file called Web.config. There, it is accessible to the entire app and can be changed without recom...more >>

Hi All. Does anyone know how can i easily include a form into a VB .NET setup project in order to make the user to insert an Installation Key?? Of course, if the Installation Key is not correct, to abort the setup process. Where can i find some info about this?? Thanks a lot....more >>

Hi there, I have a VB.NET application using EXCEL it run fine in some computers but now in a specific one I receive the error QueryInterface for interface Excel._Application failed. interop.Excel. Some body can help me ? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hi, I'm implementing a IHttpModule. I get the Context object like this: HttpContext m_HttpContext = (HttpContext)((HttpApplication) sender).Context); this is done on the BeginRequest event of the Custom module when I try to access the following statemen: m_HttpContext.Request.Path....more >>

Hi, Case of two applications adding the same strong name assembly to the GAC, and one application removes the assembly from the GAC while uninstalling, will the other application still have the assembly in the GAC? Thanks, Hagay. ...more >>

I have an application called "Test.exe" and this application has a config file called "Test.exe.config" and it holds the connection string for the database calls in there. To get the conectionstring out of the config file the following lines of code are utilized. Private settings As New System...more >>

I have an unmanaged library that handle many TCP/IP connections. In my .NET application i want to test if there is input available on these connections. Using an existing function of the unmanaged library I'm able to retrieve the list of Int32 socket-descriptors handled by the unmanaged library....more >>

We currently develop classic asp & asp.net and cold fusion mx web applications. Does anyone know if there is any way to include/call cfm pages inside a .net/asp web app? Just trying to avoid having to rebuild an app in .net if we do not have to. Any advice/instruction would be great...more >>

Another DGrid question... I can not access the values of a cell in a datagrid unless I make them visible. I do not want these fields displayed. I only want to use the values to run a stored procedure off of. I access them right now using the item.cell().control method. Here's the ...more >>

To anyone who is willing and able to help me! I have developed a Windows application in VB .NET and wish to deploy it from a CD using a typical install program. I have created a deployment project in VS .NET, and all works as expected, except for one thing. The requirement is that I need to...more >>

Hi, Is there a way to quickly cast an array of "bytes" to an array of "signed bytes"? Sven ...more >>

If I use DateTime.Now.ShortDateFormat().ToString it returns 10/8/2003 What I want is 10/08/2003 Is there an easy way to get DateTime.Now to return the date with the leading zero. ...more >>