Hi there, I have my vs.net installed on Windows XP platform and with msde installed. The thing is that msde is so unlike sql svr and comes with no gui front end tool for you to create and monitor your schema and data. I am baffled as to how to use it. Thanks for your help. ...more >>

Hi, I wonder if the following is possible to do. Say I have created my own document format and a document handler, much like Microsoft Word doc and Microsoft Word itself. Now is it possible to make my application hosted in IE just like MS Word? So if a user click on a link that points to my...more >>

Hi, I just discovered C# w .NET does not support owner draw for TreeViews and ListViews (.NET 1.1). Is there a good workaround? A Google search yielded nothing - or at least nothing easy. Will a future version contain this capability? Thanks, Gary ...more >>

Hello, I need to create a login page in my asp.net application. UserId and password should be active directory userid and password. How can I do that? Thanks, Jim, ...more >>

I am running IIS6 on a Win2k3 server. I have an ASP.Net app (C#) that a user logs into and then I use LogonUser to validate them and log them onto the server. I have Windows Authentication ONLY checked on the site in IIS. My problem is that eventhough I am using LogonUser to log on to the ...more >>

I have Visual Studio .Net installed on my development machine. I have just tried to create a web service application in VS, and it tells me that I need to install ASP .Net. I have tried installing both the SDK and the Framework and it still hasn't installed ASP .Net. Is there something that...more >>

Hello, I have a textbox, when I double click on it I need to see a calendar and when I select a date I need the date be in the textbox and calendar disappears. How can I do this? Is there any sampel code? Thanks, Jim. ...more >>

I recently ran our code through a profiler to determine why it was using so much memory. It turns out the System.String object is taking 95% of the memory. We have considered converting the strings to StringBuilder objects, but I don't think this will help. From what I understand, the StringB...more >>

Hello, This is today, startDate = Format(Today(), "yyyyMMdd") How can I set startDate to yesterday? Thanks, Jim. ...more >>

Hello, endDate = Format(Now(), "yyyymmdd") this should retirn 20041101 but it returns 20043601. What is problem? Thanks Jim. ...more >>

I am having a an issue trying to read a text file using the File.Read command. Here's the code: FileStream fs = File.Open ("somefile.xml",Open,Read,ReadWrite); StringBuilder strXml = new StringBuilder(); byte[] b = new byte[1024]; UTF8Encoding temp = new UTF8Encoding(true); while (fs.Read(...more >>

I'm working on a VB.NET project. I know that the RichTextBox component allows me to use rich text (I mean with bold, underlined, etc); how can I make Microsoft Word to get that rich text? -- Regards, Pablo www.code.tectimes.com...more >>

I would like to do the following with C# in my asp.net app: Open the default email client of the user (just like a mailto: link would). Supply the subject line and put some HTML (including an image) into the body of the email. Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- Nate Heaton ...more >>

I have a client who wishes to use the Enter Key and/or Arrow Keys, as well as the Tab Key, to navigate between Fields in a Windows form. Is this possible using C# in Visual Studio 2000 ?...more >>

Hi, I need to convert HTML files to PDF using a .net component. I've seen components that do this but they all are either com wrappers on activex controls, or print to a 'Convert to PDF' printer. We can't use either of these options - we need very quick conversion and will be producing high ...more >>

Hi, Every time I try to run my aspnet application, I get this error: "Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging on the web server. There is no managed code running in the process. In order to attach to a process with the .Net debugger, managed code must be running in the...more >>

I've got several regular expression strings that I want to store in the machine config. One of the strings contains a ampersand character. For some reason this can't be stored in a string in the config. When the string contains the & character the app throws errors on start. I've tried to put ...more >>

Hello I am a newbie to VB .net 2003 environment. I have a database in sql server 2000 that was developed using vb. I would like to edit some of the .exe files that are used to collect and manipulate the data. I have vb .net 2003 but when I open the .exe file it shows me the binary info and ...more >>

Hi, How do i achieve this? I extracted this from the internet. Tools that compile your .NET code to native x86 code using the "ngen" facility of the .NET runtime (essentially "pre-jitting" your code) and encrypt the metadata raise the bar against decompilation a bit, I want to encrypt th...more >>

Hi all, I have 2 textboxes in my windows form. If the user types in a negative value in one textbox, the user must definitely type in a postive value in the other textbox. How am i do enforce this? Thanks...more >>

Hi, I tried to use FileStream and streamWriter to write a Rich Text Box's text to a txt file. But all text is in one line. All return inputs in the Rich Text Box are showed like a small square []. I tried NewLine property and also binaryWriter. Neither work ok. Could you help me with it? Th...more >>

I'm trying find guidelines or recommendation for a .NET naming scheme within a company. -- Rubio...more >>

Hi, I am currently working as an Analyst on a .NET Web Project using ASP.NET and C#.NET. I have a couple of, at least what should be, quick questions: 1. My understanding of UML says that the Controller classe of a Sequence Diagram should be implemented as a private class within a comp...more >>

Dear all, I have an application which is suppose to start another executable process. As soon as that process is running, I need to retrive its handle. The problem of the particular process I am starting is that it has a welcome window first which gets displayed and then the real windows aft...more >>