Many Java programmers remind me of soothsayers - they try to see trends in the winds and use it to their advantage. Thus, you get the rather monotonous postings about how Java crushes all other languages/platforms when it comes to job postings, or how this survey and that survey purports to pred...more >>

This might be a silly question but I have never seen this before. I suddenly got some blue squares on the left side (the place where break points are shown if any exist). Anybody knows what these are and how can I remove them? Tx, -- Dino Buljubasic Software Developer http://rivusglo...more >>

Is it possible to determine when and what application crashed from within C# ? I want to send data over UDP to an application socket, and after that I want to determine whether its crashed or not and decide what to do next, like report the crash etc.and stop sending (AV'd etc), is this easy ...more >>

There's an upgrade offer for VS.NET 2003 thats pretty reasonable. They say that the upgrade is for VS.NET 2002. We bought our VS.NET in 2002 but it doesn't say '2002' on it. Did we miss an upgrade or did they just rename of the original VS.Studio 2002 ? ...more >>

This is going to be really stupid...but I often define method/properties with an Attribute of Debug. When I compile for build, they cease to exist. This is cool. However, is there a constant to the inverse? What I want to do is if I have a Debug Build, I want to skip all sorts of log-on stuff ...more >>

I am trying to create a treeview in .net which isnt a problem, however I want the treeview to be able to contain combo boxes instead of just strings. Windows XP already does this in the printer dialog like this: http://www.madhaxor.com/misc/sample.jpg How can I do this in C# / .Net ? Tha...more >>

Hello, I am trying to have only one column sortable within a data grid. I know you set the allow sorting property to true on the style, but this enables sorting for all columns. Is there a way to override this implementation so that only a few or one of the columns may be sorted? th...more >>

If I do a server.transfer, do I loose the view state? What if the user hits the back button after a server.transfer? Do I get the viewstate back? Thanks in advance. Jim ...more >>

These code generates the error: WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("http://www.yahoo.com"); WebResponse response = request.GetResponse(); Here is the stack trace for the error: WebException: The underlying connection was closed: Unable to connect to the remote server.] System.Net...more >>

I've created an asp.net application that uses vb.net code behind pages. This application runs fine on my local machine (I have IIS installed locally for testing). However, when I place the application on the destination server and attempt to run it, I receive the error message: "File or ...more >>

Java world has Velocity, FreeMarker and such script engines. Anyone know whether similar packages are available in dotNet world? Preferred implementation language csharp. thx ...more >>

In the main function of my form I check to see if the application is already running. If it is, I throw up a message box telling the user. What I would like to do is also maximize the application, but I am unable to do so. Does anyone have any experience with this. TIA, Matt ...more >>

Dear All, I want to implement PKCS #7 using Digital signatures with .NET, Kindky give me the idea & related resources on this. I am totally blanks on this topic, I have the Digital Signature. Using this i want to Encrypt and Decrypt the Mimes. and give me the exact term Signed , Det...more >>

I want to search for all the mp3's on my hard drive, and put them in a combo box, so I can click them and they will play in a player. I figured putting them in an array would work so that I could correspond the name of the song with an alias of some sort, then have just have the alias displaye...more >>

I'm having a problem with this product. When I was using "Visual Studio.NET 1.0" to develop a project, we had no issues, but now after migrating to "Visual Studio.NET 2003" it does not use the same properties and methods. The error we're having now is: The base class includes the fie...more >>

Hello Fellow Developer, This looks like a long mail, but at the end of this post is my socket wrapper attached. I want to make a timeout procedure that starts counting down after the socketbuffer is empty. This connection is being used to transmit data following a RFC so I cann't create a co...more >>

Greetings! I'm trying to implement own collection BaseCollection (inherited from NameObjectCollectionBase class), but my attempt to override NameObjectCollectionBase virtual method public virtual new System.Collections.IEnumerator GetEnumerator ( ) fails with compiller error: "'bla.bla.bl...more >>

I am trying to write an application in vb .net. I am using two COM objects, the WebBrowser Control and another object written by an associate. The second object has a method which takes a pointer to a WebBrowser object as a parameter. I don't know of a way to get a pointer to the actual...more >>

I have a session variable defined in .NET as "session ("div")"....my questions is...is it possible to take the value of that session and use it in .ASP page. Otherwise, I have declared a variable in a .aspx page can I evaluate that same value when moving to a .ASP page. Any suggestions or...more >>

Hi, I have a login page that transfers to the next page. On the next page I want to post someones first and last name. I already know this ... LblName.text = "Hello World" How do you do this ... LblFirstName.text = rs("firstname") & rs("Lastname") in .Net My second question...more >>

I have written a .NET remoting app and I would like to know the identity of the client that calls my Server. Is there a way to do it? Or do I have to pass it as parameter in each of the method exposed to the clients? Thanks, José ...more >>

I have a "SqlConnection" Object I do an open then a close. This does not seem to release the connection. If I do a SP_WHO on the SQL server the connection is still active. What I am doing wrong? Thanks -- CWee...more >>

I have a "SqlConnection" Object I do an open then a close. This does not seem to release the connection. If I do a SP_WHO on the SQL server the connection is still active. What I am doing wrong? Thanks -- CWee...more >>

I have 2 Questions that I cant seem to find the answers for. How can I create a programmatic datagrid sort? And how can I use a hyperlinkcolumn and have it pass the id of the item where the event was clicked? dg.AutoGenerateColumns = false; dg.AllowSorting = true; dg.SortCommand += new D...more >>

Hello, We have been told to stop using .net. I would like some help in justifying .net use. I have already been there with dll hell, a better vb. If you have been there any input will help. Thanks *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate ...more >>

What means this error in event viewer? "aspnet_wp (PID: 1556) was recycled because it failed to ping message" . ...more >>

Hi, I'm developing on WinXP and deploying on W2K so the path to System32 directory is different on each system. I'm trying to import DLLs from the Win32 API, but I have to change the path and recompile before punching things up to the server. private const string SYSTEM32_PATH = @"C:\W...more >>

Is there any new version (v1.1 of the Microsoft .NET Framework Redistributable 1.0 available (dotnetredist.exe)? Or is the only possibility to run windows update on it?...more >>

Can anyone provide an intrinsic justification (i.e. not related to popularity or standardization) for using camel case notation? Just saying to distinguish certain variable types is not sufficient in my mind because there ARE other notations besides camel and Pascal, after all! Bob Rosen ...more >>