Hi, I would like to do something like this Input: http://www.test.com/ to Output: http%3A%2F%2Fwww.test.com%2F I can't get the the conversion working using: temp1 = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(strInput); temp2 = Encoding.Convert(Encoding.Unicode, Encoding.ASCII, temp1); strOutput =...more >>

Hello All, I have String "7.5" . I want to convert it to string of the form "7,5". Basically the decimal separator has to be changed on the CurrentCulture. I am to do this when the value is double for eg double temp = 7.5 . I use the following convert = temp.ToString(CultureInfo.CurrentCu...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to develop an ASPX page that supports multiple languages. Everything has gone well till now - 1. Created a project in VS.NET 2003 2. Added 2 resource files named Captions.resx and Captions.fr.resx for English and French cultures respectively 3. Used the follo...more >>

Someone in the Access forum explained that I could retrieve metadata from Access with the DAO API. I specifically what to retrieve the comments for each column and table. I also want to retrieve the control associated with each column in MSAccess. When I fired up VS.NET to start the project, I...more >>

I am trying to serialize a class to xml and I havent been able to figure out how to add attributes. I am trying to get a node to look like this <alert type="pager" >True</alert> I have this so far which produces this <alert>True</alert> [XmlElement("alert")] public string Alert { g...more >>

After uninstalling and reinstalling IIS 5.1 I get the following error when I try and create a new ASP.NET project in VB.NET 2003 "Visual Studio .NET has detected that the specified Web server is not running ASP.NET version 1.1" I have run a repair install with VB.NET but no joy. Can some o...more >>

In vb6 there was a style property that made this quite simple. Is there a simple alternative in .NET? Thanks....more >>

Hi, I am fairly new to programming and and even newer to dotnet. I = appoligise in advance if this is a dumb questions, and I would = appreciate if you could answer it anyways. :) I am writing a windows service wich sends emails to customers at a = specific time. My app retrieves cities ...more >>

Hi all, I think this is a longshot, but is there a technique for programmatically run a webpage? Let's say one of our vendors has a page that we go to daily to pick up some files. Each time, the user clicks a link, that brings up a file dialog prompting for a local name to download to and ...more >>

Does anyone have any good articles or source code on printing information from a form (or data grid) in Visual Basic?...more >>

Hi All, I'm going to be doing some .net development work on Windows XP Pro for the first time, having done all my work so far on Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Are there any restrictions on .net stuff on XP Pro that I should know about? I ask for two reasons: a couple of years ago I was doing...more >>

I think this should be on topic. Many of us here may have considered purchasing Visual Studio.NET on eBay or other web auction sites. However, I would like to issue a warning that there are some sellers who will list the 2003 promotional upgrade (for sale by Microsoft for $29), evaluation copie...more >>

Hello, How can I know the Win32Api declarations needed to put in a VB.NET code ? Is there an API Viewer for .NET ? Thanks. Rafael Pivato ...more >>

Hello everyone, I have a table, which contains a picture column, I put URL info into it. "www.myweb.com/1.jpg..." I want to show this picture in my crystal report, I find some samples show the "static" picture in Crystal report, No "Dynamic" one. Can Crystal Report do that? Thanks in advanc...more >>

Hi, I want to control the user using character keys in a numeric text box. So, I'm differentiating with Tag Property, I'm storing Tag Value = "I" for integer, "F" for currency/float. Any Code sample in vb.NET ? Regards Yameen ...more >>

We're running Load Runner to test a large 1.0 based WinForms application. I'm getting the following exception when opening and closing a form 400 - 450 times. The form contains several controls and custom UserControls. All the code is native C#. I'm not making an explicit call to ToBitmap or D...more >>

Ok I'm doing some XMLSerialization for my applications config information that the user sets up. And I am getting file not found exceptions. however the file that it is trying to serialize is there. So, Anyhow I tracked it down to that when you create the serializer: XmlSerializer configSerial...more >>

I am sending an email from an asp.net application. I have set the from address a b@b.com but would like the name of this user to show up as Big Bob. How can i tell .net email object that when the user gets the email i want the from person to be Big Bob. In exchange the display name for ...more >>

I've search around endlessly for a solution to this problem but have not found anything yet. I'm using Crystal 9 with .NET. I am not using a DSR to create the report. Instead I am creating a report at run-time, using a .ttx file and using a DataSet as the source. My problem is that I want...more >>

I have a Solution with 4 Projects, one of which is not loading. I get the error message: Microsoft Development Environment Unable to read the project file 'CouncilAgenda.vbproj'. The project file '' has been renamed or is no longer in the solution. I removed the project from the solut...more >>

Dear all, I would like toi understand clearly what does that tag <Serialiaze> reaaly means and when to use it and how? I have seen it in many places thanks for your answer regards serge...more >>

Hi, I originally posted this in dotnet.security, but have moved it here by request: Hi, I am trying to programmatically add a user with read permissions to the DACL of a registry key. All appears to go well until I try to save the security descriptor back into the registry. I then g...more >>

Is it safe to say that winforms coupled with soap/xml will be the future trend of the internet browsing experience down the line? In essence, corp web sites shift from HTML based browsers --> Winform EXE style browsing experience? If this is the case, how far down the line could this bec...more >>

hi, this may be a bit long, but i want to make sure i explain my questions. (aka, not real experienced with visual studio.net) i'm using visual studio.net 2003 (visual basic.net and crystal reports.net in particular). i know that you have to have an odbc connection for the database that yo...more >>

hello, much to my surprise, the version of crystal that comes with visual studio.net 2003 does not have a report preview window. i found out that i have to build a form in visual basic.net and use the crystal view object to be able to view forms. the form works fine for me, so i created a .exe ...more >>