I am using the PerformanceCounter and PerformanceCounterCategory classes to build my own version of perfmon. The problem is that my computer has categories called "Indexing Service" and "Indexing Service Filter" (I assume that they were put there when I installed MSDE or MS Access). ...more >>

Hi, I am developing an application for my school project and would like to build in a functionality, wherein whenever the application is run, it checks whether another copy of the same application is running. If so, it would pop an error. Could anyone please guide me as to how can i do thi...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to integrate an application with MSN's Messenger service, such that the application can show whether a user is online. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Nitin MS.MBA - Boston University Email: nagarwal@bu.edu ...more >>

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Hello, I am creating a windows application with a data grid contained on it. I want to find out the number of columns contained in the data grid at runtime, but I am not sure how to do this. I know that when using ASP.NET the data grid control has a class called datagrid.columns.count ...more >>

How do access shared folders and files on windows server 2003 using C#. I have share name(s) user id and password for the server. ...more >>

I have a couple questions/comments concerning dot net and the future of dot net development. If someone could address these, please do so. First of all, with the advent of .net and the use of namespaces, why can't I reference a public class that is contained in an EXE from another EXE? It se...more >>

Can anyone help?....... I need to grab an XML file from an FTP server for use in a VB.Net application. I have been scouring the web to no avail. I have found a few VB 6.0 examples but don't know if or how I can use them in a .NET application. Any help or direction would be greatly appreciat...more >>

Hi I have a Add-In por Office and i need to detect what applications is running during installation. ...more >>

Where can I get the standard icons for vb.net(save, delete, etc.) I remember in VB 6.0 the standard icons were installed with the program. ...more >>

Hi All, I have a component that is used to do all file access operations. I have this component hosted in COM+ as a server application and runs under a specific id. One of the methods on this component returns a FileInfo[]. When I try to use this FileInfo object or object array on the cli...more >>

Hi, everyone! Is there any built-in function in VB.NET (or VB 6.0) for creating .DBF file easily? Any suggestion or advice would be deeply appreciated! Thanks! Tianji Yu .. ...more >>

Ok folks, I have Windows XP. I installed .Net and developed some VB.Net components that I want to use in ASP.Net applications. At this point I realized I didn't have IIS installed on my XP machine, so I installed it. I then created a ASP.Net web project pointing to "localhost". I was able ...more >>

am new to ASP.NET and IIS web applications, but not to SQL databases. I can successfully build Windows apps using Visual Studio that use ADO. However, for Web Forms, I created data connection and sqladapter to my SQL Server - Northwind - which I dragged from Server Explorer. I generate a ...more >>

Greetings, I'm working in VS2003.NET using C#. I need to download a few rows from an SQL Server database table and then be able to page back and forth through them. I don't need to make any changes nor post any updates. In the past I've downloaded the rows using a datareader, copied th...more >>

I'm working in VS2003.NET, with C#. I use app.config to store the connection string to my SQL Server. This works fine. Lately I've been taking work home where the connection string is different. I deal with this by having app.config.home and app.config.work files which I copy over th...more >>

Hi I try to import file in a dataset. How I can do this ?...more >>

I've been developing using PHP and am just about to start ..NET. From what I can tell, ASP no longer exists as a stand alone language in .NET, so I wondered what language to focus on for web development, Visual Basic.NET, Visual C#.NET, Visual C++.NET, or Visual J#.NET. I've never done ASP be...more >>

Has anyone seen this message when creating a new project in .NET. I am running on Win2000 SP4. I have received this error ever since I installed .NET. When I hit OK, it creates the folders, but no files are created for the project. If I attempt to add a new item, then I also get an e...more >>

Hello Everyone and thanks for your help in advance. I am writing an application in Vb.Net that queries a SQL Server database and then builds a text file for submission to a vendor. However, the vendor requires that the file be sent via dial-up modem. This is where I am having the probl...more >>

Hi Here's my question, I have to read a CSV file and import data in DataSet. How I can do this in VB.NET ? Is it possible to have import method to import file directly in dataset ? Thanks...more >>

Is there any difference between these 3 ways of using the NEW keyword? Which is prefered? Dim xlApp As New Excel.Application Dim xlApp As Excel.Application = New Excel.Application Dim xlApp As Excel.Application xlApp = New Excel.Application...more >>

Hi, I have a web-based application and some of the UI I want to incorporate is just too complicated for javascript. Instead of using a Java Applet, I would like to have the user download a .net assembly containing a form and run that in a browser. I'm happy for the form to run in an applet-...more >>

Hello How can i simply convert from date format "dd/mm/yyy" to "mm/dd/yyyy" using cSharp. ...more >>

I created a form with a list box item .when a user logs on in that page and clicks three times on diferent items in the list box , if he clicks the back button on the IE the browser will bring him one step before . i need to know how can i catch that back event of the IE so i can move the u...more >>

I need to retrieve email addresses of users from the AD store given the domain\usernames, any guide to directoryservices and or sample code is appreciated Thanks ...more >>