Hi all Is it possible for a .Net app. to intercept the "open" action on files in a given directory. I want to intercept the "open" action and the perhaps direct the client ( the app. which is trying to open the file ) to another file - or stream another file back to the client in someway??? ...more >>

Hi all I need to implement interrupt functioality like Int86() in C, In VB I have an idea. What about precompiled assembly language use using "CallWindowProc" . I am not clear what situating this "CallWindowProc" is used.Thougth the help for the function is avilable in MSDN i want to ...more >>

Hello, I want to deploy vb.net windows application on client's machine. Application works fine until I try to view reports, developed with crystal report 9. As soon as I try to view report it pops up a window to enter password for database(SQL Server 2000). I have specified user ID and passwo...more >>

Hi I need to include the currency datatype in one of my .NET applications. What is the namespace that should be imported for it? Like tehre is system.datetime, system.date, what is the counterpart for currency? Please help me. Thanks AJ ...more >>

I would like to know why locking on a new object takes significantly longer than locking on a strongly typed object. All of the posts I've seen say that it is best to lock on a "new object", but it takes more than 3x longer than locking on anything other than object. Here's a test case: Mod...more >>

Hello, Is there any way in the Visual Studio .NET (Version 2002) IDE to type in the version for the project. In VB5 you would do Project -> Properties and type it in there. And you could also set an option to increase it at each build. Thanks, Daniel Okely Australia ...more >>

The "object reference not set to an instance of an object" exception does not give any info about the actual object reference that was null. Aside from using more try/catch, is there some way to figure out which object reference is causing the problem? Something descriptive, like in Debug mode...more >>

Hi All I want exact functionality of commondialog box in MS-Word goto Tools/Options/File Locations/Modify Location. I want to use it for setting the directory location and NOT for file opening and saving. Can you help me in same? Waiting for reply. Thanks And Regards, KK ...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know where can download the platform SDK for fax ? Thanks=20 Wilson...more >>

Hi All I have a bit of a problem with using a datarow to store data that is show in a form. On form load I set the Value/Text properties of my form elements to the specific Column values of the DataRow which works just fine. On form close I assign the specific DataRow Column values to...more >>

I am writing an ASP.NET application and I have a class that I have written to create a vCard...it just returns a string with all the necessarry info... Anyway...is there a way that I can create a text file in memory and then stream it to the browser so that I do not have to create the file...more >>

Hey buddies, I am looking for a web site containing .NET growth surveys / statistics North America (mainly) and all over the world. Can anybody help me ??!!! Thx. ...more >>

Hi folks, (note: Newbie post) I have inherited the code maintenance and development of an existing internal webservice written in c#. It's a fairly standard client, appserver, dbserver architecture and essentially determines an employees to do list. I has been developed in Visual studio, w...more >>

Which would be less resource instensive and faster? A "hosted" remoting class or a class set up with object pooling via Component Services? -Walt Zydhek...more >>

Hi all I am using the following code to draw strings onto a Form: ---------------------------- Dim tabGraphics As System.Drawing.Graphics =3D Me.CreateGraphics() Dim labelFont As New Font("Verdana", 12, FontStyle.Regular, = GraphicsUnit.Pixel) Dim solidBrush As New SolidBrush(Color.DarkSla...more >>

I have a usercontrol that contains a datagrid. This grid lists information from my database. No big deal...this works fine, and when the user selects an item I have a popup window appear with the data that the user can edit. Now when they click submit on the popup window to save their c...more >>

I'm sure this is a simple question. I just installed Visual Basic.NET and every time I begin running the program Norton anti-virus says that there is a malicious script file that it suggest I stop. The file is devenv.exe. Is this a problem I should worry about or can I simply allow the file to ru...more >>

I'm trying to write a Windows application that obtains information from a web service. I can access the web service successfully, but I can't access the object returned by the web service in different forms. My application is something like this: MainForm.vb: Public Class MainForm ...more >>

Hi, The following code shows the FolderBrowserDialog = broken. FolderBrowserDialog folderDialog = new FolderBrowserDialog(); folderDialog.ShowNewFolderButton = false; folderDialog.ShowDialog(); Setting ShowNewFolderButton to false does bugger all. If I set this to ...more >>

Hi all. I'm developing a Windows Explorer like app. I have my own repository to store the files and a bd where i keep the path to each file. I have to watch the repository all time to avoid modifications by other people. So that, i'm using a win service in wich i implement a file watcher. ...more >>

Any one Who have coding convention? Please share me. Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hi all, I'm still trying to get to the bottom of the problem I am having with the CollectionBase class and the Object Collection Editor. Briefly put, I am exposing a strongly-typed collection property, using a class derived from CollectionBase, to the user via the PropertyGrid control'...more >>

Greetings, Can anyone recommend a good 3rd party docking windows component for WinForms? I'm looking for something that allows windows to not only be docked but to "popout", much like the Solution Explorer or Toolbox in Visual Studio.NET. For my last project, I used the SyncFusion componen...more >>

I'm just trying to get up and running. Just installed (no errors noted) doing http://localhost/quickstart doesn't to work. I just get the "The page cannot be displayed" message. Does this have to do with the webIPsettings thing, if so how should that be setup. I've go NT2kProfSP4, ISS6...more >>

I am just wondering if anyone can direct me to a resource where I might be able to hire contract developers? ...more >>

This seems like the best option. But I wonder then, if I want to do a build for release,=20 then do I have to change all my projects to reference the=20 GACassemblies rather than the local assemblies? In my=20 opinion this type of manual change should not be required=20 when I change release ...more >>

I'm storing a date in SQL Server "12/31/2003". I'm mapping the field to a Date (not DateTime) element in a Dataset. I've got a bound text box on the form to that dataset. I see "12/31/2003 12:00:00" Can anyone explain this?...more >>

Hi, I am trying to create my own dataset and assign it to a datagrid. However i keep encountering the following error... An unhandled exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in microsoft.visualbasic.dll Additional information: Object variable or With block varia...more >>

A client had an ASP.NET application that was working fully using version 1.0 of the .NET framework until 1.1 of the .NET framework was installed for our ASP.NET application. After this one of the pages fails to connect to the SQ Server database (error like 'The connection string property ...more >>

hello, Using Type.InvokeMember to call a method of a class,Which method has byref parameter,It seems that there is no way to return the changed value of that byref parameter by the method of the class. Who can save me? Thanks a lot! ...more >>