Are there any Indian companies that specialize in Management Outsourcing where managers would be hired for a few hours a week at low rates to replace costly overpaid managers?...more >>

I have created a control that inherits from datagrid. Before I render the grid html I want to create a linkbutton. I am using the following code to do so Dim lnk As New LinkButto lnk.Text = "Here lnk.ID = "LinkID AddHandler lnk.Command, AddressO...more >>

I am trying to get dataset working through IDbDataAdapter interface as my solution need to work with Sql Server and Oracle ODP. I am using different data provider factories and the code here only shows SQL Server. My code snippets are // Build the interface in provider factory (_pf in code...more >>

What doese Garbage Collection mean? And what is Managed Code? Any links to relevant articles or resources would be appreciated! -- Best regards, Laser Lu ...more >>

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the best newsgroup for this post, but I know there will be many people who do know the answer. In Visual Studio.NET 2002, when you installed the DirectX 9 SDK it created a set of VS.NET AppWizards that would generate C#, etc, applications centered around the Dire...more >>

Has anyone found some documentation on how to properly subclass a ListBox control and provide custom sorting (when the list items come from a DataSource)? The only way I can figure out how to do this is by sorting an array of some sort and then setting the DataSource. I don't like this bec...more >>

I have a strange error occuring in my winforms app that I can't seem to find any fix for. With a button click I am launching something like the following: string url ="http://www.microsoft.com" System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(url); Now, it USED to work in my current winforms app. However,...more >>

Hi All, I want to catch a stream as a string.....please see below: Dim stXML As Stream Dim sReturn as string dsResult.WriteXml(stXML) I want the value of the stream stXML as a string. stXML is a stream. Thanks in anticipation. Regards Rohit ...more >>

Hi, I was wondering if I can use the Reflection namespace to list the opcodes of an assembly. I found the Emit namespace which allows generation of IL code, but I want to view the IL code of the assembly. I figured Reflection would be easier than to write a PE parser, but I don't know if it's pos...more >>

Below is the output from command window. This shows values of variables and result of comparison. Make no sense except to dot.net. Any ideas?? ?pofile #11/11/2003 12:39:22 PM# ?pdtdbdate #11/11/2003 12:39:22 PM# ?pofile=pdtdbdate False Lloyd Sheen ...more >>

Hi, How can I make the XPath case INsensitive for SelectSingleNode()? Thanks. ...more >>

I am working on the Namespace for a Business Framwork. What would be a good namespace framework to put common files like Customer, Product, Company. Example Company.BusinessObjects.HumanResources Class - Employee Class - EmployeeDetail Company.BusinessObjects.??????? (I thought ab...more >>

Hi guys, This is probably a really simple silly question, but I can't seem to find a way round it. I want to display a separate form when I click on a link label on my main form. I've managed that, but it displays a second form when you click again because the click event is creating a new...more >>

Hi all, I need to transfer data via FTP from withing my .NET console application. In VC++ there is the CFtpConnection class to handle the FTP communication. Does anybody know how to handle if from .NET? ...more >>

Hi I am using a message box that is displayed when the user selects a Yes radio button. This messagbox should only be displayed if the required fields are not entered The message box seems to appear twice for some reason rather than once!!! It apppears for the first time when i first click the '...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to configure the VisualStudio.NET 2003 to compile using the ..NET Framework 1.0 compiler (instead of the .NET Framework 1.1 compiler). Might it be possible by creating a second "Platform" for the configuration manager? If yes, how can I do this? Erik ...more >>

as long as there is the MSIL instruction set, why not making a (hardware) processor fully supporting these instructions? does it make any sense? ...more >>

Hi: I was just wondering what does 'ms' in mscorlib.dll stands for ?. It shouldn't be 'microsoft' else it defies the purpose of platform interoperability. Mono guys call their main assembly - 'corlib.dll'. I do not know if Mono is giving their assembly the wrong name or 'ms' is microsoft ? ...more >>

I have this class as part of a Consol application. using System; namespace Bugreport { /// <summary> /// This class tries to use the Class/Struct combination. /// </summary> class Class1 { /// <summary> /// The main entry point for the application. /// </summary> [STAThrea...more >>

I am trying to write a program to download files from the Internet, I know using webClient.Downloadfile(RemoteDir + remoteFileName, LocalFileName) can download a singles file, my question is, if we know a remote Dir, can we find all files in that dir? (like Directory.Getfiles(Dir)) that way we...more >>

I read somewhere a while back that if you want connection pulling and transaction support that you had to write your components to run in COM+. Does anyone know if there is an article on this somewhere and is building enterprise applications this way recomend? Any information about this subject...more >>

I would like to be able to build a datagrid that has two buttons in each cell similar to the functionality provided by the winforms numericupdown control. I have an app that will require the user to increment or decrement the value in the cell when clicked. Is this possible? And if so can someone pr...more >>

Hi All Is there functionality in .NET that achieves the same effect as ShellExecute? or would I need to call the ShellExecute function? Alternatively is there a way to invoke IE from .NET and have it display the file (if you wanted to ensure it was readonly). Thanks In Advance Paul Bow...more >>

Hi I have been trying to post data to a form on a web page using methods within the system.net namespace. I have followed all the documentation to the letter, but I just can't seem to post the form. The form has an event written in c# called Button1_Click. It seems that this event is not firing...more >>

H I'm new to pocket pc programming, but what I want to do is the following I want to create an application that runs on the pocket pc and accepts user input (via menus, buttons, etc). Now, all the information by the user shall be stored and (when a hot sync is made) shall be written into an acces...more >>

Hi, How do you catch an exception from unmanaged code? Will try { // unmanaged code } catch (Exception e) { } do? Or do I need: try { } catch (Exception e) { // for managed exceptions } catch { // for unmanaged exceptions } Which exceptions will go to t...more >>

I know that the possibility exists of combining several programming languages in the same application. But I'd like to see some practical examples and perhaps best practices of how this is done. I have read that they could be packed into separate dll-s, but does this mean that I can't actually inclu...more >>

Vote W '04 Vote for the only pro-GNU/pro-OSS candidate whose policy advisor publicly gave support to the cause. http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=17500856 The topic of open-source software typically evokes strong, and often polarized, reactions from techno...more >>

Hello How can I display data in DataGrid without the need to refresh the page Should I use Page.RegisterClientScriptBlock Thank you ...more >>

H We have ported our VB 6 application into VB .NET but are still integrating with a few COM + applications written in VB6 running on our application server (Win 2000 Server). We have the proxies to link to the application server installed but we every now and then get a error when we try to make ...more >>

Can anyone tell me what event i would use to change the background colour of a button while the mouse is over the button. I could not find the mouseover event The colour will need to change back to its origional when the mouse is not over the butto Thx...more >>

Below is the output from command window. This shows values of variables and result of comparison. Make no sense except to dot.net. Any ideas?? ?pofile #11/11/2003 12:39:22 PM# ?pdtdbdate #11/11/2003 12:39:22 PM# ?pofile=pdtdbdate False Lloyd Sheen ...more >>

Ok, this is possibly the dumbest question ever asked on a MS.Net forum, but I cannot for the life of me work out how to enable the set hotspot button to set a cursor hotspot in .Net 2002 or 2003. I've tried for 30 minutes, clicked on everything, tried adding new cursors, opening existing ones and...more >>