I'm attempting to determine if a file exists on an Web Server by using FileInfo and specifying an IP address. It works fine if I access another system on my internal network (i.e., fileinfo(10.0.0.50/share/file.text)), but it fails across the web. The files I'm attempting to access are on ...more >>

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Hi there, I am using a batch file to do some zipping task. This batch file get executed on postbuild event which I set through project properties. Now when I execute the batch file from command prompt (System Or Visual Studio.Net) I get the desired behavior. But when I Build the project I am ...more >>

Okay, I assume I'm missing something obvious here. I have created a simple service in C# that on starting spawns a thread to do some processing. The service can be stopped with a "net stop" command of course, but under some circumstances the service will decide to terminate itself. My OnStart ...more >>

I have developed a service that monitors the CPU utilization performance counter and updates a table in a database. During the Service Start up, I attempt to connect to the database. I would like to report a Start up failure to the SCM (Service Control Manager) during Service Start up if the ...more >>

I am using an asp.net table to display postings in a classifieds website. This is a section of the HTM I am using... <asp:table id="tblAdvert" Width="466px" Height="78px" runat="server" BackColor="Gainsboro" BorderStyle="Solid" BorderWidth="1px" BorderColor="Midnight...more >>

Hi all, I have a solution with 4 projects: a class library, a windows app, a windows service, and an installer project. The class library handles all communication with the database and its classes are used by both the application and the service. I have stored the database connection strin...more >>

Please help me in the understanding functioning of an arraylist: I've having an arraylist function level, which I'm looping another object, and check the values of arraylist for existance with this looped object. So i'm passing the value of this object with the arraylist in another function...more >>

Good Morning, I get the following error when trying to add a record to and access table: An unhandled exception of type 'System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException' occurred in system.data.dll. The code runs fine as long as I wait a second or two between each occurance of it running, but if I try to...more >>

Hello, I am having a vb6 executable error problem. Everytime I run my code I get this error message: The instruction at "0x04388dd0" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "read". Does this mean that I have to re-install this application? Can anyone help me. Thanks...more >>

Suppose you have the following 2 database tables: Table1 - primary key = Field1 Field1 Field2 a 1 b 2 c 2 Table2 - primary key = Field2 Field2 Field3 1 Y 2 Z I can display this in a datagrid: Field1 Field2 Field3 a 1 ...more >>

Hi, I use WebDAV to move emails from one folder to another folder. The moving is ok. But some of emails still show up in the original folder. I use Outlook web Access to check, they are gone. But Outlook still has them. I run WebDAV program again and couldn't find them. Is there cache in Ou...more >>

Dear all, What is the way to implement a kind of link to a web site in order to inform my user that new updates are available to download, or even start the download automatically inside a VB .NET application ? Files type to download are reallly small, no more than 5mb Thanks for your i...more >>

Dear all, I have build a setup project for my VB.NET application, I need to know the installation path of an application in order to add file in it. How can do that inside my setup project ? Any sample would help regards serge...more >>

I have an application that could be hosted in a number of countries. I need to detect the user locale and then accept dates as input for that locale eg 13.01.2004 for germany and 1/13/2004 for the USA. The date should then be reformatted to match the locale settings for the country hosting t...more >>

I have two questions; 1) When executing the sub routine "TestStructure", I'm trying to update the member "intTyres" in the structure "structureCar" dynamically using System.Reflection. The code executes, but the value does not change, nor is there an exception thrown. 2) Read comments i...more >>

I'm curious if it is possible to take compiled assemblies / controls and create my own control DLL from them. It would make deployment so much simpler in the case of the app I am working on. I do not have the source for said components, only the compiled DLL (If I had the source, I would just ...more >>

Does anyone know if it is possible to collect all the values of a form and place them into a Hash table. Would save a lot of time referencing the form elements for their value!...more >>

Hi, I have the following: Dim mystring As String = "1.2 3 456 7........." That is 14818 long Dim theReg As New Regex("( \d|-|\.|\s\d|\s-)+") Dim theMatch As Match = theReg.Match(mystring) If theMatch.Length = mystring.Length Then ........... The problem is that theMatch.Length = 14766 ...more >>

Hi There, I am trying to fax from a web page using asp.net and the faxcomlib library. I have a windows 2003 box and a windows xp client. I am getting an "access is denied" message when I try to call this function. It has a problem with the following line FaxServer.Connect("") I have trie...more >>