Hello, I'm looking for information about the loading/unloading of unmanaged dlls. Using the debugger I think it works as follows : the unmanaged DLL is loaded as soon as a call to one of it's functions is made. After that, it's kept in memory till the last call to it (by the managed progra...more >>

My form has a richtextbox control with two button ("up" and "down") . I need to use those buttons to scroll the text in the richtextbox "page-by-page". Any ideas? ...more >>

Hello, Is it possible for me to get the last user who changed a particular file? Or adding/removing/renaming file from the file system? I know that using FileSystemWatcher and I can monitor for changes, and getting the last access time/last write time but I have no luck in finding the user ...more >>

Hi, in our company we are currently thinking about to do new project in .NET. I like this idea but there is another group that has a totally different opinon. Yesterday I got the following email, and I am wondering if it is true what is said in this mail. Here is the mail it is very long: C...more >>

It seems that Microsoft may be slowly phasing away Passport, which had been one of the hyped components of the eroded dotnet hype....bye bye, passport, we hardly knew ye! bwahahahbwahahaha!!!!! http://www.dashes.com/anil/2004/10/17/wither_passport "Microsoft hasn't talked much about Passport...more >>

Hi all, I've been trying to understand exactly how to insert a newly created DataRow into a DataRowCollection at a specified row value without much luck. At first I was just appending the collection with the Add method. That worked fine, but not the InsertAt method. It always inserts the ne...more >>

I am using MailMessage class of .NET framework ..... I have a scenerio in which i need to send mail to large number if users > 10,000 users..... I know i can do ...... MailMessage msg = new MailMessage(); msg.To = x1@domain.com;x2@domain.com; // Semi colon seperated alias assigned. Sm...more >>

I am trying to get the path of a user's Personal folder from within a web form. When I use the call: Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal) I get absolutely nothing back. When I query for Environment.UserName, it returns ASPNET (which makes sense). The fact that th...more >>

When I am try to remove a corrupt .NET 2,0 Beta. the controlPanel/AddRemove programs wizard tells me that the file netfx.msi is not valid. I have extracted the file from dotNetFx.exe from two different locations within MS (I was told that there are two different versions), but both versions fa...more >>

I have seen a lot of talk about .NET and C# and stuff, but so far I didn't see any commercial programs yet. Until know, I happen to stumble on some programs that seems to be a .NET program and expects the .NET framework installed. Is this .NET thing finally taking off? Or is it just sheer luck...more >>

I have a text file with the following format (pipe delimited) |column1=value|column2=value|column3=value|column4=value|... |column1=value|column2=value|column3=value|column4=value|... I have two questions. 1. Is this some new type of text file format and if so, what is the name of it....more >>

If we were to develop an app that will be completed in the first half of 2005, should we use the visual studio 2005 beta, or stay with the 2003. 2005 has some nice features, but I'm wondering how soon they're thinking of taking it out of the beta stage, and if a live business app can be moved...more >>

When I run the following UpdateCommand event I get the error: "Line 1: Incorrect syntax near '?'." and the highlighted line is "updateCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()". I've been troubleshooting this for 2 hours and have no clue what the problem is. Could someone please help me understand what is...more >>

I am planning on using the Configuration Management Application Block. The Block reads the app.config file the first time it is used. What if I want to add a new section/configSection and have the ConfigurationManager class reload the new app.config settings. Can this be done? I am not intereste...more >>

I do i resize a ImageUrl Picture to show at 50 precent of its size? the height is only a set not a precent....more >>

Hello, I have created a MemoryStream that is holding Binary Data. How do I get the Data out of the Memory Stream into a file on my hard drive. All the examples I have seen for a MemoryStream write the contents to the console. Thanks Chuck ...more >>

What additional steps are needed to allow web apps to access oracle ODP.NET resources under Windows Server 2003? When using Oracle's ODP.NET (9.2.0.401) from a WebForm I get permission errors when invoking oracle - System Error: Unable to load DLL (OraOps9.dll). Impersonation fixes the err...more >>

Our work group has migrated to the .NET environment from some differing back grounds. I am the newest member of the group so I am stuck with the ASPX pages. I am doing the code behind in C#. Our current users want to print the data in the tables and data grids from the ASPX pages. This leads t...more >>

We are trying to install Visual Studio.NET. The setup is asking for Windows the Component Update disk for Visual Studio.NET CD. Since we are using the the downloaded version of Enterprise.NET we do not have a CD. I also looked in the DVDs we received with the Universial MSDN subscription ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to open a ASP.net project that another developer within my company developed, I'm able to build the project but when I try to run it it gives me an error that says I need to be a member of the debug users group. I had myself placed in the group and I'm also an admininstrator o...more >>

My app is creating a word document which my app calls saveas() and saves it to a given directory that is being watched by a fileSystemWatcher. The problem is that the fileSystemEventHandler for creation is only called for the temporary filed created by word which shows up as ~$documentName.doc...more >>

Using VB .Net 2003 Standard Edition. This simple form has a "File in Use" problem while the executable is running. Created this simple program to make sure that I hadn't done something in my code in the "real" project. In the "real" project, One part of the program saves multiple images a...more >>

I would like to be able to customize the path structure that VS.NET 2003 creates for projects. 1. I'd like to be able to create a project without VS.NET creating a folder for that project. I've already created a folder where I want the project to go, however, VS.NET won't use the existing fo...more >>

Hi, I'm evaluating Visual Studio and the .NET concept for his company, which is currently using Borland C++ Builder. Now I tried to create components/controls etc. in .NET and I can reuse it very easily by adding the control to the toolbox. This is great and more 'safe' to do than in Bor...more >>

Hi All, I have the following code but for some reason I cannot get the Session_OnEnd event to fire. I am trying to limit the amount of connections a browser session can have. Where the application is a virtual directory. Any ideas? ------------ default.aspx.vb Public Class WebFo...more >>

Hi, This is a silly question. When I'm debugging, I store textboxes values into global or module variables. (C#) But when I just start debugging, in the watch window I can see the previous values of the variables, that I set the previous time I was debugging. I now I can force dispose in t...more >>

Hai i am trying to write a multithreading asp.net application this is the code Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load 'Put user code to initialize the page here If Not IsPostBack Then Try ...more >>

How can I get the deployment project to setup a DSN pointing to an Access DB after installation takes place? Also, is there a way to kick off a vbs script after installation takes place through the deployment project? TIA Brian...more >>

Hi, I'm having problems opening up excel thru my code. It will write and saveas an excel file, but the application won't open on the user's computer, excel seems to be hidden, because it shows up on the task manager. The problem is, if this user tries to download the data more than once, it ...more >>

So I've been really good. I've written my nice shiny new app to use a ..config file. I have code that is nicely reading (and updating as required) the settings in the .config file, and the app is passing testing, fine. All goes well, right up to the point where I want to make the install...more >>

Hi all, Like many of my questions, I'm working through a book's examples. Topic at hand is component services and I'm trying to use a component built earlier in the chapter that was built and registered. When I attempt to add a reference to it in another project, it shows up as a COM object,...more >>

I have a problem with the inheritance. I have a Base form with PUBLIC Component One Controls C1Toolbar , Command Holder , some Command All the commands are PUBLIC. I have created another form which inherits from base form. When i click in design mode on the inherited form the command button...more >>

For ASP .Net display of a protected value what's better <%# %> (with DataBinding) or the ASP <%= %>? Is one more efficent or is there no difference? Thank you....more >>

hi.. i would like to know if there is any components written in .NET that i can use to convert any files (*.*) to .pdf format. i have search the whole day looking for it..but all i could find is conversion from the other way round. (pdf -> *.*) and also components for editing and creating ...more >>

How can I identify which DNS Server a machine is using in vb.net? ...more >>