Hi, I have a column in my WinGrid, that's being populated with numeric data, but it's of String datatype(business rule requires to have these numbers as varchars in DB). On top of that, I need to be able to sort on that particular column. But because column contains character data(even though ...more >>

Is there any equivalent control in .NET for the Power builder DataWindow control? I am explaining the Datawindow architecture to some extent. Power Builder DataWindow Control has got different presentation styles and different data sources. Presentation styles like tabular format , grap...more >>

What is the correct .dotnet NG for asking questions about CLS compliance ? ...more >>

Hi, Is there anyway I can determine when exactly a module file I have (part of a bigger assembly) gets loaded into memory? The AssemblyLoad event tells me when exactly an assembly gets loaded, but not a module. Basically, I want to confirm that a module will NOT get loaded into memory UN...more >>

Hi, I there a way in which I can obtain a handle to a Named Win32 Thread Synchronization object (lik an Event Object or CEvent object when using MFC ) in .Net Any help would be highly appreciated. Thank You, Sameer ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to print something that makes use of an entire A4 page, but i cant seem to set my margins to 0. I've tried several things like printerDocument.DefaultPageSettings.Margins = new Margins(0, 0, 0, 0) but to no avail. I also tried setting the printerdefaults to those margins, ...more >>

When i tried to print preview/print it shows very small picutre representation... How i can scale the print preview...? Please help, Thanks. Aji. ...more >>

I am trying to develop a simple control that can be moved around on the parent form. I tried capturing MouseDown, MouseMove and MouseUp events and respond by changing the location of my control. Does not seem to work very well. when the control is moved, it seems to leave a shadow from where it ...more >>

Hi, I am using the document.replacechild method to replace some values. But when used, it removes the previous indentation that was in the document for that node. Actually looks like the CRLF is being removed for some reason, any luck. Eg... The original doc <locationAdd> <friend...more >>

Hi, I am new in .NET and I'd like to build and application which control user's device. I've made a C# Windows application project that controls and run one of our POS device. Since I believe that .NET is making the way easier to web-enabled application, then I try to create application tha...more >>

I have a Crystal report open in the .NET IDE; however, when I right-click on the report to use some Crystal functions, and select one, nothing happens. It's as if the report is not responding. Any ideas? -- Thanks, Brian Toothill ...more >>

i've a c++ library and want to use it from my c# code. how can i do it? is there a need to compile the c++ code with .NET c++ compiler? thanks a lot, falk...more >>

I have a web form with 2 user controls on it (UC1 and UC2). Each control has a bound datagrid with textboxes in the footer to add a new row. There are also requiredfieldvalidators in each footer. When I try to add a new row to UC1 the requiredfieldvalidators for UC2 fire and therefore the page i...more >>

Hi there, I need to know if Win32 applications will still run on the future Windows OS codenamed Longhorn? Also, Will avalon applications run on older versions of Windows? NT? XP? 9x? Thank you ...more >>

In .NET, is there an easy way to determine State Holidays, such as Thanksgiving, Memorial day, etc? Any reference is appreciated. ...more >>

I created a class which inherits from UserControl.. However, I can't find it in the "My User Controls" tab in designer view... How can i add it back myself? thx... ...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know how i can add controls to a progress bar. I have searched the internet but could not find any examples. what i want to add is a progress bar and a button. thx...more >>

Here's my function. I keep getting 'Object not set to an instance of an object when I call myDR.Read. (I'm using the Application Data blocks v1). I have similar routines throughout this project that work - I don't see any code differences. Any suggestions??? Private Function GetOrderS...more >>

I am building a large enterprise application and which to implement a nested namespace hierarchy across the application. My problem is that when I declare an assembly "MyApp.DataTypes" in one assemby and then another "MyApp.GUITypes" in another I cannot access types in the "...DataTypes" n...more >>

After running for 8 hours, our n-tier DB program (written in VB.NET) gradually grows from 50MB to 561MB in size. It slowly grinds to a halt & the end user has to restart the application. Is there a way to explicitely call the garbarge collector? I previously developed in C++ & had to cal...more >>

I would like to know how to: 1.Create a datagrid column that is not mapped to a table column but whose value is dependent on other columns, say a TotalValue col whiich is equal to Qty*Price. 2.Validate datagrid rows 3.Change some column values before they are updated, say to append a Produ...more >>

I have a ASP.NET web application in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\webnet directory and I have de dll in c:\program Files\filesdll, is posible that this dll aren't into de \bin directory?? Can I configurate that in de web.config file?? Please e-mail me at sandujar@cspt.es Silvia...more >>

I am trying to interface a Sony Mavica CD200 digital camera with my tablet PC with WIA.It is really strange that although microsoft has claimed that XP-Professional or (TabletPC xp with Service Pack 1) comes with in built support (WIA driver for Sony Mavica CD200)my program is that my Appl...more >>

Hi, my problem is not specific to VB.NET, I get this exception whenever I close the Visual Studio.NET 2002: "Cannot call Invoke or InvokeAsync on a control until the window handle has been created." From what I hear, this problem usually comes up when a Form has many Tabs with DataGrids on th...more >>

Hi. I have a problem with deserialization decimal value. I have a simple class: public class A { public decimal d; } The serialization a value 0.00000001 is OK. The file is <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <A xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w...more >>

To, Microsoft. Hi guys. I am Srinivasan S Saripalli. I am a Windows VC++ Programmer from Hyderabad,AP,India.I have been to USA for some period of time and now I am in Hyderabad,India.I used to regularly attend seminars in USA and I do the same in Hyderabad as part of MSDN Yatra.I find...more >>

Hi, I'm working on a type of NewsHound program and am stuck on how to decode the yEnc encoded articles (body). I tried using Joe Feser's yEnc class but can't seem to get it to work properly Not sure whether it's an Encoding.Type problem or not getting the stream start position right. In an...more >>