DEAR MICROSOFT: WOULD YOU PLEASE put up a web page showing the price list of EXPECTED COSTS for MOM & POP when choosing between MySql/PHP and .NET. FIRST: Show INITIAL COSTS for like a 5-10 page web site that can take a few orders... INCLUDE THE ISP charges..developer, software... *****...more >>

I want to get multiple choice questions in the following areas. I do not expect respondents to be able to commit to providing questions in every area listed in this description. Typically I expect to have a minimum of 50 questions for each of the areas listed in the requirement. All questions...more >>

Quick question. To run a VB.NET application on a Win 98SE machine do we need to install the .net framework. Same Q can be asked for any other system win2000 ,XP etc. OR does tne setup/install program for the VB.NET application come with all the components required to run it on the clien...more >>

I have 2 windows forms How can I close one of them. nothing seems to work thanks ...more >>

Hi! I have a small app with 2 forms. The first one requires users to login and once they do the second one presents several combo boxes and text boxes for them to select certain data. I need to schedule this application to run several times a week without user intervention. What would be th...more >>

how to populate a treeview in c#.net (windows forms) from a SQL Server database ??? pls help me. thanks in advance, JJK ...more >>

This has to be simple but I cant figure it out I have 2 forms one form opens and I have a timer control close it after 5 seconds. How do I get the second form to open automatically. IF someone could give a code example Thanks ...more >>

I have a web site that was just completed in .net using c#. There are a few places where the website needs to access an Oracle Database to get data to build some drop down lists for forms...etc. I build the site with Visual InterDev on my development server and access the web pages through IE 6...more >>

Is it possible to have a windows service and a winform to configure app.config file ?...more >>

I have a .H file with tonnes of #define constants and I want to access that from C# but I dont want to rewrite the header file as a class. Is there a way after including that in MC++ to get those values from C#? ...more >>

I need to display items in a calendar view similar to the Outlook Work Week view. Is there an open source ( I need to change part of it) component out there that would allow me to do that? Thanks ...more >>

Hi everyone, I'm just looking into this for my boss (and myself I suppose). What is the current state of VB6 to VB.NET converters out there and what are they? I'm trying to convince our company to convert its primary product over to .NET but our primary project is pretty huge (many forms, lots o...more >>

Ok, I like Intellisense: however, when I want to put a hyperlink in my web forms codebehind, I don't want it to *light up* and be an active hyperlink -- why? because it's a pain in the ass when i'm trying to edit the hyperlink and i click in the middle of it and it launches a browser. ...more >>

I have two tasks that I expect will be straight forward to anyone with reflection skills. 1. To return the the name of an object instance (not type) determined at run time. For example, I would like to call a function that takes a basic variable and writes to the debug window the name of th...more >>

I have several files in some of my projects that are not 'code' files, but that are definately necesary to run the programs (such as .xsd files, .txt files, and others). I have been trying to find out what is the preferred way to store this files, and access them from code. Do most of you jus...more >>

Generally speaking, what does it mean when I see a "button" with red text showing this message instead of the control I've dragged onto the web form in Design View.? (But the page works fine at runtime). Does it indicate a problem with References for example? Thanks Owen PS. replies cc...more >>

BIG news from the web services front. Amazon will use web services to tie all its vendors together. The company implementing the system will be using Java/C++ (migrating to all-java later). Isn't it funny how Microsoft spent so much touting .NET for web services, and J2EE is actually taking a ...more >>

i want to make a btn to copy from a richtextbox so if you can send me the full code for it plz:-))...more >>

Hi What is the best way to read .ini file with VB.NET Thanks...more >>

Hi, Here's my question, is it possible to have an app.config file in a windows service ? Actually, we use a .ini file and I want to use app.config in the future Thanks...more >>

The person that was helping us develop our application has left the project and has left us with the following: The connection strings for the database are stored in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ MTI \ WEBAPPS "conn1" = "Connection String 1 Here" "conn2" = "Connection Stri...more >>

In a nutshell, I need to get the name of the object that was just pressed (in this case, the object will be a radioButton). I want to write one handler for all four radio buttons and branch off depending on which one was clicked..I can get it to work if I take off Option Strict and use late Bin...more >>

I developed an application using .NET 2003 and now I need it to run on a server that is running the 1.1 framework. The admin is unwilling to upgrade with weeks of testing. I set the compatibility with 1.0 framework, but I'm still getting an error on the server asking for 1.1 framework stuff. ...more >>

Is there a way to tell the Scheduler only to run a .NET exe? What I want is that when someone replaces the file with an ordinary exe, the scheduler refuses to run it. How can I do that? And what are the security risks running a third-party .NET exe with default ..NET Framework 1.1 configura...more >>

Hi: I have a DLL written in C by a legacy application. I am developing a C# Windows Client application which needs to start up when the start method in C is fired. Could anybody provide me with some suggestions to accomplish this. Thanks, Ashish...more >>

Hi, Where would one start for this type of application: I want to create an vb.net container application that has the gives the end user the ability to install and uninstall plugins or add-in modules. As the user installs the various components, additional functionality to the applica...more >>

dot net is so wide, and i am lost, i have a web page writen in asp running iis. can someone tell me what step do i need to make it to dot net environment. what software and hardware do i need to change. further i have another application running vb6 and acces 97 that need to be web en...more >>

Hi I need to display DataGraid that refresh automatic every 30 seconds ? Thank you. ...more >>

I was wondering whether anyone could help me out splitting out the following string (an excel formula) using a regular expression. What I would like to be able to do is get the dependency paths, the sheets names and the rows and columns split into seperate variables. "=[dependencytwo.xml]Shee...more >>

Hi, I developed some dlls in VB.Net. Can I simply copy these to another PC and they will register automatically or does this only happen when I copy them to the bin folder. Any web links or help on this would be much appreciated. C....more >>

Hi, I'm struggling with this issue, maybe someone has already solved ik before. Here's the problem I Have : clsA witch is a base class clsB inherits from clsA clsC inherits from clsA clsD inherits from clsA At a certain point i have an instance of clsA : objA What i can do is CType(ob...more >>