Hi All, I'm using w2k3 and IIS6, is it true that when I start the .net web application, there will be a process w3wp.exe? As my application is using asp.net, but when I start the web site, there is no w3wp.exe in task manager. And a process that related to this web application alw...more >>

I know, this kind of question has already been asked. However, I could not find an answer related to the minimal privilege required to be able to create a new event Source in the appplication event log. I have a service app that needs to access shares (therefore, I cannot not start it using th...more >>

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Hi, How do I change the text of messages in a VS .NET deployment project to another language than those available in the Localization property? I'm not confined to those languages only, am I? Regards /Grober ...more >>

Hi all, Hope you all can answer this question easily. I am going to purchase the .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer edition. As per MS shop, this is about US$ 1,799.00. What I want to know is whether the price is for one user(developer) or not? In other way, if 10 developers are going to use th...more >>

I have a vb.net app it is a windows form It loads up an image with the image control I want to be able to print the image. I want to be able to put a command button to print the image can anyone give me some sample code on how to do this. I am so lost thanks in advance...more >>

What is the best way to move a new web application from a dev box to a web server? Thanks, Craig ...more >>

Hi, I have a class which has a lot of events (>100). For some reasons, I have to go through all invocation lists to do something. What I'm wondering is that, is there any way to use reflection to get their InvocationList without going through each event? // tedious foreach (Delegate handle...more >>

How to set the environment variable? I guess System.Environment gives readonly access to it. Regards, NetPointer. ...more >>

I need to print barcodes with normal characters on labels from my which has a VB.net front end. The database is a library system, the barcode represents the bookid - the isbn is not used. The book name needs to be printed under the barcode. The printing can be done on sheet labels. Can any...more >>

I have run into problems from time to time (and this is one of those times) using visual basic to access an external database and perform a basic select from statement. When the table is extremely large and performance low, the application freezes. It seems that it is timing out. Recentl...more >>

(Replies followed to: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework only) What is the best method of transferring files between FTP servers using .Net Framework using C#? Is there a .Framework API that that enables a C# app to behave like an FTP client? Please help. ...more >>

I want my users to be able to specify where thier configuration files are located for a windows service. Since having startup params don't seem to be a real option here I want to use the registery...however...I can't seem to get that working either. My installation file has the following bit of ...more >>

I'm an absolute beginer - any ideas ? Please note my email address will need do-not-spam-me- removing. Chris...more >>

Unfortunately due to a mishap with Visual Sourcesafe, I'm having to recreate a solution file from scratch for a software package I "inherited" when starting at this position. I am wanting to be able to develop both the program that calls the web service, and the web service itself in the same ...more >>

How can I access the machine.config file from a C# class? I need to verify a couple of the attributes in the machine.config file when my app runs, but I don't know where to begin....more >>

Hello, I am trying to build a Crystal report VisualStudio.NET for an ASP.NET application. I would like to build a report that doesn't connect to any particular database at design time because I am planning to pass a dataset to the report at runtime. From what I have read, it sounds like unb...more >>

Hello guys Does any one know about how to inforce sorting on a specific coloumn in a datagrid before populating it ? Thanks in advance...more >>

It seems whenever I set a DataGrid.DataSource = DataTable (vb.net) to populate a datagrid, the scroll bars on the datagrid default to disabled. And the only way I can get them to enable is to manually resize a column width with the mouse (not very elegant). Anyone have any ideas how I ...more >>

Hello all. I've created a FileSystemWatcher (ASP.Net w/VB.Net code behind pages) that is to reside on Server A and monitor the activity of folder on Server B. The application works fine with watcher.path set to C:\. However, when I specify any other drive for the watcher.path, I receive...more >>

John Bentley writes at this level: If we think about our savings accounts then division never comes in (as far as I can see). We deposit and withdraw exact amounts most of the time. Occasionaly we get an interest payment. Unless the bank is cruel to its developers the interest figure will be ab...more >>

Hi I try to create a windows service to read content of my database at each 60 minutes. I create my service, i put a timer and set it's interval to 600000. This work good. My problem is that when I access my database. It seem that I can't open my database. Hre's my code : Dim myConnection A...more >>

Im writing information into an existing excel document using a connection string like: strConn = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + Filename + ";Extended Properties=\"Excel 8.0;HDR=yes;\""; and one of to methods for inserting data. First I simply tried building insert stateme...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to interface with the DNS Server to create and delete records? I trying to create a utility that will create (A) Host records automatically. Any information, help or examples would be greatly received. Regards, Leigh ...more >>

Hi, I've created an application that uses crystal report in VB dotnet environment. I've created an MSI package to be installed on the client pc to make the crystal report to work. However, the MSI requires User Intervention. Does anyone know how to create MSI in a silent mode in visual studio...more >>

I'm running VS.NET 2003 on Win2000 SP3. I can highlight a method name - and right click 'go to definition' (where the definition is in the same file) and it says Microsoft Development Environment - cannot navigate to 'myMethodName'. With VS.NET 2002 and C# - this used to work. I un-insta...more >>

Just when I say web services may be hyped, here comes a news report that says Swedish Referendum Results will be delivered in real time over the internet using Java web services. In one sense, exposing the real-time results as a web service is sorta cool, since other apps can tie in to it and...more >>

I am trying to create a simple connection to a Access DB and receive the following OleDbException error System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException: Unspecified error at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.ProcessResults(Int32 hr) at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.InitializeProvider() at System....more >>

I'm sorry if my reply did upset you, that was not my point. There are way too many news group posts with future time/date just to keep them at the top of the list in the client news reader. Lots of people (including me) are tired of those kind of postings. It is considered bad news group etiqu...more >>

Hi! How can I write string object to stream?...more >>

I need to install the runtime portion of the version of Crystal Reports that came with Visual Studio 2003. I would prefer not to have to bother to create setup programs, etc. Is there a redistributable package available? I did find a redistributable package for Crystal Reports, version 9. Ap...more >>

Hi, I have a C# Assembly. In one of my classes I use the Response Object. This is not recognised however. What Import (using) do I need to have in order to use the Response Object. Thanks, C. ...more >>

How can I determine which version of MDAC is installed on the machine. I have a program which works on one machine, but not another and I would like to confirm whether or not the two machines have the same version of MDAC installed. TIA, Richard Rosenheim ...more >>

Is it possible to achieve this without PInvoking?...more >>