After working extensively with .Net and Java, these are the differences I see: Java does not have Reflection.Emit But it does have Reflection. That's okay so far, because most programmers are too dumb to use Reflection.Emit. Visual Studio .net is the easiest way to create web services....more >>

I am having a very strange issue with my asp.net application. I have created a datagrid which dynamically gets populated from a person choosing a value from a dropdown list and entering a quantity into a text box (a simple version of a shopping cart). When I run/debug the web page using the lo...more >>

I would like to know how to get started to do the following: I would like to develop a program that acts almost like a macro in the sense when I push a button in VB it retrieves data from my text file and inputs it into a text box on a specific web page and then activates a button on that we...more >>

..NET applications look in the executable's directory (among other places) for any DLLs that it depends on. If an application finds an older version of a DLL than the one it was compiled against, does it exit gracefully or crash? And, is that check performed at startup, or will it crash when...more >>

I've down loaded the sample applications for VB.Net Web and I'm getting the following the error below. Any suggestions on how to correct the problem? Server Error in '/CrRpt/vbnet_web_SimplePreviewReport' Application. --------------------------------------------------------------------------...more >>

Hi I understand that ASP.net 2.0 (Whidbey) is going to reduce coding by 70%. Surely this is going to de-skill or dumb down the developers task and open up the task to less qualified and trained staff. Tell me if I'm wrong....more >>

what are the chances of finding / gaining work in programming c# cos at 47 i am looking for a new challenge, i used to code alot in c and inline assembler when DOS used to rule the roost and now looking to get back into programming. -- thanks...more >>

Hi, I'm learning Visual basic.net and I am new to the world of developing and coding. I am having a practice creating a very simple game. Baiscally, there is a textbox, button and listbox. What I am doing is a Guess the number game. I have created the form and everything on it and it a...more >>

I am looking for some general guidance. (pardon the ignorance). We currently have a vb6 app talking to a vb6 DLL talking to an SQL sever 2000 database. Our goal is to take our existing application to VB.NET and connect to the SQL database through an internet connection. I am looking for ...more >>

I have an hp printer that im trying to hookup to my dell comp. I talked to hp and they said, "It does not work because you have to have Microsoft .Net." Well I tried installing Microsoft .Net and I get an error 1935 or something like that. They said, "Error 1935 means you already have Microsof...more >>

Everytime I run an aspx page via the run command from Visual Studio 2003 I get the following error. Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging on the web server. Could not start ASP.NET or ATL server debugging. Verify that ASP.NET or ATL Server is correctly installed on ...more >>

I am designing a plugin system for a window application using .NET(C# specifically). One of the requirements of the plugin system is to be able to dynamically load/unload plugins. My initial thought was to use System.Reflection.Assembly.Load to load the plugins dynamically. This worked gr...more >>

From: http://evan.quuxuum.org/bgnw.html#Worth Interesting stuff. read for yourself: ---------------------- How much is Bill worth right now? We obviously do not have a full reckoning of everything Bill owns. But, according to the Yahoo! Insider Trades site, Bill has 1,077,499,336 shares o...more >>

Hello,EveryBody! I'm troubled by a design problem, Hoping that you'll save me out! The Situation is: We have two project of code A and B.A is our reusable code base, B is for specified for our client;A has user authentication but based on client's requirements. Like: For client B1:user ...more >>

any one know of any good way to plot graph using vb.net? ...more >>

I have VB6 DLL that contains a Time class. In the time class a timer event is defined. The event is declared as: Public Event Timer(ByVal sKey As String) And is called with: RaiseEvent Timer("somestring") When I instantiate the Time class in my C# application, the Timer event shows u...more >>

I have a XML file as below; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?> <BorrowerContainer> <ID_BorrowerID value = "BO_1"/> <BOCO_REOPropertiesNo value = "1"/> <Bor...more >>

Hi, I have a solution made out of about 5 projects. At the moment, each one is creating its own dll in its own subdirectory. I seem to remember that there is a way to merge multiple dlls into one big Daddy dll. Does anyone know how to do this and is there anything I should be aware of ...more >>

Have you ever noticed that when you look at an Interface Class definition (ie IDisposable), the methods or properties belonging to the class are defined as abstract (C#) or overridable (vb)? How can this be? When I create an Interface class and try to give methods any signature at all, I rece...more >>

My copy of Visual Studio .NET 2002 became corrupted. Repair didn't work so I tried remove and reinstall via the Start menu. Removal seemed to proceed normally but when I tried to reinstall I got: "A failed installation has been detected. Press OK to uninstall the product. Then retry install...more >>

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When Editing .SQL files using .Net, when I execute the SQL or Check the SQL, it reformats the SQL differently than we normally do it. I would like to know how I can disable this automatic formatting. Alternatively, I would like a format option that creates a carriage return after each field ...more >>

I'd like to know about application(s) or the name by which the following process is referred which would allow a business analyst to enter the following statements which when submitted would result in the generation of class library members... "Are you an individual person not working?" if ...more >>

The following C code specifies the interface into a DLL. I need to = access it from C#. How do I do declare it? I have done simple ones = before but this particular API requires a pointer to a struct that = contains an array of other structs. typedef struct { int nWidth; int nHeigh...more >>

I need to duplicate something that is easy to do in Access using a recordset with its movenext, moveprevious, movefirst, movelast, and move(i) where i is a positive or negative integer. I do not know how to do this in .NET. None of the existing data structures dataset, arraylist, etc supp...more >>

Hi Folks, I am so close to settin up our company website on my PC - for development purposes (come across across hurdles!). IIS on my PC doesn't let me add website but only virtual directories. I am running Windows XP Prof with IIS 5.1. For some reason the site doesn't show up - comes...more >>

I just went through a wipe and reinstall. Now everytime I start Outlook my system wants to reinstall Visual Studio. If I cancel it 3 times Outlook starts and runs fine. I can live with it but would much appreciate help in making the behavior normal. Email me - bud@checkmaster.com. ...more >>

Hello, I am writing an application that will be used across multiple time zones (Eastern to Pacific) and since much of the application revolves around time stamps, I need a best practice for storing time information in a database and displaying it correctly to the user (adjusted for his respec...more >>

I have a very strange problem. I have developed a .NET solution. To set up user clients I have also included a "Deployment Project" in the solution: Using "File System Editor | User's Program Menu" configuration a "Shortcut" is created and pointing to the client EXE-file. The created ms...more >>

I had used .Net Splitters in my application. There is a bug with that control Moving splitter works fine. But when switch to some other window while moving the splitte, the key board keys do not work in application. Proper scenario is as follows. We assume that you have a VB.NET application ru...more >>

Hi Im trying to really understand COM and the replacement in the newer .net framework. Coming from an embedded side and not riding the Windows wave in the 90s, COM seems difficult to grasp. The msdn library documentation seems to go in circles, saying: what is com? well its, its sort of li...more >>

This may seem like a strange question to most readers, but I made a nasty assumption when I made my first little "Hello World" application. Seeing as I'm 100% novice to Visual Studio, and .net in general, I made an assumption that compiled programs worked on all windows (at least modern) compu...more >>

I'm working in .NET and I can't seem to get the behavior that I need from the combobox. I'm sure it's possible, I just don't have the .NET experience. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I need a combobox with the following behavior: - The user can type in any text they want - When the use...more >>

What is the most efficient way of transforming DataSet to excel spreadsheet? ...more >>

Guys, please help. I am trying to make this work from at least 4 months. I am new to programming and some things are difficult to me, but I really need to make my project work. I can't find anything helpfull in internet for 4 months ;-( . Please someone who is more expirenced help me. I am t...more >>

Hi, I need to create an app that will listen on a modem for a call and when I punch in a number from the phone pad the ap[ will do something. Where can I find info on using VB.NET with modems. Thanks...more >>

I've been a classic VB developer for the past 6 years. I've only been developing in .Net (using C#) for the past 2. I'm currently studying for the MCSD and I already have a couple exams under my belt. VS.Net is the technology I've chosen to move forward with due to my history with MS, but ...more >>

Does anyone know the command to "imitate" the "Back" button on a browser in .NET. I have looked in the Redirect but can't seem to find anything. I can re-direct to a specific page but my users come from differnet places so would like to put a "Back" button on the page. Thanks. Tom Youngqui...more >>

I've got the following error from ASP.Net Web Application from production server. It was working fine till yesterday. Suddenly we were unable to open any of the .aspx pages. But we can open .asp pages. Please help us immediately. The Error message is: (from ****START*** to ****END...more >>

Okay, I'm sure there is a very simple solution to my problems here and I am just too tired, but then again maybe not. Here is an example of my code: Dim Conn_Thrd as new system.threading.thread(addressof connecttoserver()) public sub connecttoserver() 'This works good Treeview1.no...more >>

Hi, This seems simple but I don't know what I am doing wrong. I have a string as "15122004" I want to convert this to a date. I have Option Strict On. How can I convert this string to a date in format ("dd/mm/yyyy") without turning off Option Strict? Thanks....more >>

Hi! We are initiating a new project in our company, and we plan to use .Net for this task. We need latest architectures that are recommended by Microsoft. Can anyone tell me where I can found the documentation for this? We think a 3-tier structure for our project and plan to use Web Services...more >>

This guide says that operator methods op_Assign and op_Comma exist, so I wonder if one can override them: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpgenref/html/cpconOperatorOverloadingUsageGuidelines.asp I think you cannot use override these operators in .NET and it ...more >>

I'm looking for a treeview control that supports owner-drawn nodes. Preferably freeware. Anyone know of one? I checked GotDotNet and did a Google search. All that I found was a package called NetAdvantage from Infragistics, which is outside the budget for this program (just a program for per...more >>

i dont know , what's the reson of this, but if i complile my solution in release mode , it works , but give buid error in Debug mode -- "Unexpected error creating debug information file .pdb". Project is on .net 1.0 framework. Error came after i installed framework 2.0 from net. but now i ...more >>

This has just started to happen lately. I am currently running VB6 and VS.NET (2003) on the same machine. (Windows 2000 professional). Everything has been operating fine over the last month, however, as of late, when I go to start VB6, windows installer tries to install VS.NET (its already ...more >>

It is just me or has MS created some of the worst ways to access and display data? You can use a DataSet, but if you want to sort or filter the data to must use a DataView which is created from a DataSet. But, if you sort by using the Grid (clicking the header) you can no longer use the Dat...more >>

I have created a service that create a process. The service is running in local system account & it also create the new process in system account. In process i have to access network resource . In Windows 2000 new process is working fine but in Windows XP it does't do anything . The probl...more >>

I have written couple of queries in Access 2002 which accept parameters. How can I execute these queries in vb.net application to fill dataset object. Thanks ...more >>

I am trying to access an Access2002 database table using OleDb Data Provider. I am getting an error message saying "Workgroup information file is missing or opened exclusively by another user". I believe it could not find .mdw although I did create one. Could someone tell me how I can fix...more >>