Hello, I'm encountering an unexpected behavior when using the "new" modifier in a derived class to hide an inherited base class property. I use "new" intentionally so I can change the Type of the property in the derived class, and I can use the derived class as expected through standard ...more >>

hi im doing a project on dotnet as part of uni . its a very big project with 8 ppl working on it. and my supervisor has asked us each of us to specialize in any one area. we are all new to dotnet and thought of some specialization areas. cant think of many webservices, security asp.net wh...more >>

Hi. I am looking for a site or some coding ideas to run specific subs or programs at certain times and/or dates. For example, I would like to automate pulling data via ADO(.NET) at 6 am, on the 21st of every month. The only thing that I could think of was to set a timer control to fire ev...more >>

Hi. In an effort to do something nice for me :), my wife set up my computer and my Pocket PC with a .NET passport. She did not know that I do *not* want a passport. I don't have any idea how to get rid of it. I want no traces of the functionality of the passport or the .NET stuff. Can you ...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to make a program what can let me know when a USB device is added or removed from a system. If anyone has any ideas or help that would be great! Thanks in advnace, Jack ...more >>

Hi, I am using a program that is ultra paranoid about start and end html tags. For example <p>This is a test <br>A new line The above code causes the program to fail <p>This is a test</p> <br>A new line</br> The above code works fine. Does anyone have a short routine that looks ...more >>

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Does anyone know if .NET client apps are a viable solution for mainstream downloadable (shareware, try&buy, etc.) applications? Basically, I'm wondering if the download time of the .net re-dist would be a stumbling-block for modem users. Are there any stats on what percentage of machines (a) ha...more >>

I have a website which has both secure and non-secure pages. I want to uses forms authentication. How do I accomplish this? Originally I had my web.config file in the root with Forms Authentication set up and it worked just fine. Then I realized that I needed to have some pages unsecure....more >>

Does anyone else get frustrated by the fact that most software developed today is built by someone who (equivelent to building a house), shows up with a truck full of wood and a nail gun, ... thump thump thump ... starts building it with no previous thoughts to design or software enginee...more >>

Hi, I am trying to use the "System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys" class for triggering the Ctrl+P key. Syntax: System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send("^(P)") This is not working ..what could be the reason..? Situation: I have a menu in my form, which is given a short key "Ctrl+P", now when the ...more >>

Hi. I'm reading a 5 meg (or so) file from the response stream of a WebRequest, and it's pitifully slow. I mean *really* slow, in the order of 15 minutes to download. Now obviously I'm caching this on the client (Windows app / IsolatedStorage), but I can't have it taking this long to download in ...more >>

Ok, I've googled long and hard, but I can't find anything relevant on this one. I am now at the mercy of your good nature. <g> I have 3 projects in my solution: One app and 2 libraries. I am basically attempting to create a "plug-in" feature for my app. Namespace A contains the plug-in int...more >>

Can a VB6 program run a COM-wrapped .NET component on a machine on which the .NET Framework has not been installed?...more >>

Hi all, Can someone please show me how to unit test this class listed below: Public MustInherit Class DataCollectionBase Implements IEnumerable, IEnumerator Protected m_dv As DataView Protected m_iCursor As Integer Public ReadOnly Property Count() As Integer Ge...more >>

Hi I have the following top most node: <Application xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/MicrosoftNotificationServices/ApplicationDef initionFileSchema"> .... </Application> It has a bunch ...more >>

Does somebody know where can I find information about Menu Designer? I make a component and it need to look similar to MainMenu component at design time. It is not inherited from MainMenu ...more >>

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I was just wondering if anyone in the newsgroup has had the chance to use either of these two books. I'm mostly interested in programming in VB.net and was wondering if I also need to learn asp.net? The first book is "programming the Web with Visual Basic .net "by Lynn Torkelson, Constance Pet...more >>

I am using a datagrid to populate a spreadhseet. The code works fine (posted below formated to fit in this box, any suggestions/better way let me know). The problem is that the excel instance is not being destroyed. This is an asp.net application using vb.net Dim x As Integer Dim s As ...more >>

Is there an equivalent to the "Break When Value is True" Watch option in .NET. I have yet to discover it....more >>

How do I invalidate the click event of a sub classed button from the parent class. I've created a button usercontrol for my windows form, and in the click event in the parent if got a confirmation msgbox. If the user pressed 'cancel', I don't want the 'click' event of the child control to...more >>

I am developing an application to handle my compay's OSHA reporting requirements. Some of the input criteria are technical and narowly defined, so I was trying to prvide what i call "Context Sensitive Help" by providing a short instructional message based on which control has Focus. B...more >>

I'm having an issue coding in VB.NET. I'm trying to create a program that let's a user choose 2 files, using the OpenFileDialog control:1 file exists and contains data for extraction, the other file is to store the output from doing some events in program. The problem is, when the user cli...more >>

I'm being offered a project for a pharmaceutical company to keep track of their sales/purchases/stocks online (web/internet). I want advice about the best development platform for this. I'm comfortable with VB6 but that alone is not enough to develop web applications besides I want to learn VB.NE...more >>

Dear all, Is there a way to get the list of references attached to my application by code? The idea is that when my application start, I would like to log in a file the version of all assembly used. thanks for your answer regards...more >>

I am using pull model in crystal reports.For simplicity I m using only one table in SQL Server. I have tried following code to change my database: ConnectionInfo ci = new ConnectionInfo(); ci.ServerName = Changed_SERVER_NAME; ci.DatabaseName = Changed_DATABASE_NAME; ci.UserID = ...more >>

I installed a .NET on my windowsXP pro. And, I ran "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio ..NET\FrameworkSDK\Samples\Setup\ConfigSamples.exe" and got same virtual directories. when I use this URL-http://localhost/quickstart to use Quickstart, the webpage could not display.IE always asks m...more >>

Dear all, what is the way to declare an object, that when it is use, we do not need to instance it by the new keyword. Similar way as the Trace and Debug class. I have made a class which handle user message error and loging, and would like to get that object to be access like : M...more >>

Is there an equivalent to the VB6 ocx feature in VB.NET. I want to create an interface to use in a webpage. I have seen samples of Visual Studio.NET (dll's) being referenced in a webpage. If someone could point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it. ...more >>

I am getting this error when I use the SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open method through to a SQL Server 2000 database. I've reloaded .Net framework 1.1, installed the SDK, and VS.Net 2003 and no change. Ideas anyone ? It's extreeeeemly frustrating. .. ...more >>

Hello, I need to maintain a database with links to different websites. What I would like to do is write an application that periodically checks on dead links. I remember from my VB6 days that I have used the XMLHTTP object to post to .asp pages from within a windows app and you could ...more >>

Dear all, I have the configuration part of my application which will handle different element configuartion based on tree view object similar as MMC and snap in. Configuration data are retrive and save in a local database for each component. What is the best way to populate my tree v...more >>