Not that I particularly care anymore, especially given the very strong push by Java in open source circles (e.g. Apache's planned J2EE Geronimo app server and Red Hat's plan to create an open source Java), but it seems a lot of open source advocates in slashdot seem to feel the same way I do - M...more >>

Hello, I am tring to downloand a character file from microsoft agent website. I download the animated character peedy and when I try and run the exec it gives me an error not a valid win32 application. What can I do to get this to run ?...more >>

I'm at my witts end! I've written a Windows service using VS.NET 2K3. = It's a service that is basically a TcpListener. When I telnet to it, = the text responses the service gives back are not even in my source = code... I removed them days ago. I've done the obvious like: - searched all m...more >>

Folks, > DotNetMagic goes commerical! > Version 1.0.0. of DotNetMagic (not to be confused with the free > Magic Library) is now available. Am I the only one who's feeling misslead, deceived and roped-in ? Am I the only one feeling stupid for letting then get so entrenched ? Joe ...more >>

I have searched help files galore but have come up frustrated... I am looking for the functionality of converting a number into it's equivalent word -- such as 12 to Twelve, or 125 to One Hundred Twenty-Five. Is this function built into the framework or no? It seems that it works along the l...more >>

Hello Everyone and thanks for your help in advance. I recently installed Visual Studio 2003 and .Net 1.1. I then converted one of my applications to 2003. However, I am running into a probelm with forms authenticaion. I have set up certain subfolders that are proected and should be red...more >>

i want to make a shaped bnt like star or circle something like that .(with the full code) ...more >>

SQL Server is easy to use.... Yet, "Easy-to-Use" is NOT IMPORTANT if it's not "Easy to AFFORD"..... Moreover, those who need it to be easy to use (those who don't have a Fortune 500 IT staff)...need it to be easy to AFFORD. ***THE CATCH 22 *** What good is a Free .NET Framework and a lo...more >>

Hi all, Do I have to explicitly dispose all disposable objects? For some obscure reason I see for instance brushes or graphics been disposed, but never contextmenus and such. Can anyone explain this? Stefan. ...more >>

i want to make 3 bnts 1 to copy 2 to paste 3 to cut so i want to know how to make them with coding...more >>

MSDE is a COMPLETE MARKETING and LICENSING/VERSION FAILURE as ZERO PEOPLE USE IT for anything, even development. I have heard Gurus, .NET authors, UserGroups, .NET Evangelists, RD's and MVP's mention it as an alternative to MySQL. TOTAL B.S. and CLUELESSNESS on their part as well as Microsof...more >>

Once Yukon is released (whenever that might be) does anyone from MS have any comment on licensing for Yukon and on SQL 2000. I really don't think anyone with SQL 2000 licenses are going to upgrade because the database admin or even the developer is going to convince management it's worth the c...more >>

Hello! Has anyone solutions for error below. I've searched possible sites and read every tech document. I've reinstalled framework(1.1) and Visual Studio (2003). -mikko- Compilation Error Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this reque...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to format a datagrid cell containing string type data. (For example, i want "2122131199" value to be displayed as (212)-213-11-99. Also text boxs hasn't that kind of property and maskedEditBox is not suitable for data binding. Heeeeelp!...more >>

I am using a datagrid to display some data. I need to create 2 header rows for this grid with columns of varying spans. In html it would be the following. <Table> <tr> <td colspan=8>Official Impact Summary</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2></td> <td colspan=3>Program Totals</td> <td colspa...more >>