Here's all the OSS Benchmarks run so far -- so far no Windos challengers... http://home.earthlink.net/~jabailo/OSS%20Benchmark.pdf The source is here: http://home.earthlink.net/~jabailo/limit-cpu.c ...more >>

I was looking for an MS NG where I could post this question but couldn't find any, so here goes. What's more valuable to companies, a Master of Comp. Engineering degree or a company certification (Oracle, MS, etc..) ? I'm a Computer Engineering graduate student (w/ a BS in Computer Science) an...more >>

Hi, I have a few questions about best practices when it comes to the management of temporary files. Any thoughts anyone can give would be much appreciated. Basically, I'm writing a document storage app - a Windows service acts as the file sotrage server and remote windows forms clients send ...more >>

I found a interesting problem in C# and couldn't explain it. The code to reproduce it is very simple: 1. Create a windows application in C#. 2. Listen to the activated event on the default form --- Form1.cs 3. Create a method DoUpdate() which will popup two dialog boxes "Dialog box one" and "...more >>

I come here because of the number of .net developers. I am seeking a cost effective database, not to say that Microsoft SQL isn't cost effective. It is just too expensive for the application I am going to be developing. In the C/C++ days, there where embedded databases folks could use. Are t...more >>

When I run the following code: OleDbConnection conn = new OleDbConnection( @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\moneymakin.mdb"); String stmt = "INSERT INTO Person (FirstName, LastName, Email, LoginID, Password) VALUES (" + "'" + ...more >>

I'm getting a thread abort error on a response.redirect. Is this normal? If i use the bool response method and use true would this take care of it? using framework 1.1 thanks...more >>

I need to register a Vb DLL under restricted acess privilages please provide me a solution Regards and thanks ...more >>

Hi I was to create a generic shared class to check for existance of a user login id. I'm just not sure how to do this correctly. This is what I have Public Class User_Utility Shared Function CheckSession() As boolean if Session.Item("nCustID") is nothing then ...more >>

Is there a way to monitor system tray to wait for a specific icon (notifyIcon) or a specific balloon tip. I need write a program to wait for the balloon tip or the notifyIcon to show up, then double click the icon or the balloon tip. Thanks, Sherry...more >>

I have a window application written in c#. It connects to a remote SQL Server but it fails to execute any store procedure. The error is: "Request for the permission of type System.Data.SqlClient.SqlClientPermission, System.Data, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c56193...more >>

Hi, I am using Button web server control which responds to a onclick event .In the onclick event handler i am using the serverside javascript for opening anew window.Heres the Snippet of the code. If someone has Popupblocker on their machine the new window doesnt showup -------------...more >>

Our application is built in asp.net and we are looking for a way to send an e-mail notification (via exchange). We have gotten the System.Web.Mail to send an e-mail, but we need the e-mail written to the "Sent messsages" folder. This allows us to monitor the inbox of our "Application Accou...more >>

I was used to write codes based on MFC on VC++ 6.0. Now the development platform in our company is immigranted to Microsoft Visual C++ .Net. Can anyone recommend some reference books on Visual C++ .Net? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hi, During an insert command, i'm using @@IDENTIFIER to obtain the key (auto increment colonne). 4 users insert record in the same time. result : user1 : Key=1 user2 : Key=2 user3 : Key=2 user4 : Key=3 I've problem because the insert command is good but i've only 3 new records .... ...more >>

We have a VB6 COM component that I don't have control over. All of the values are returned from method calls using byref parameters. They frequently break binary compatibility, in fact, there are three different versions of the component, one for dev, one for test, and one for production, all ...more >>

I have a Windows Service created in VB.NET and I'm trying to implement a taskbar icon. I tried using NotifyIcon, but I can only get this to work on a Windows Form. In the Windows Service it doesn't appear. Is there a way to do this? Thanks, Rob ...more >>

I am just finishing watching a documentary about Rod Serling. It was cool, but after 20 minutes it got boring and all I wanted to do is subscribe to Net Flix and rent the Twilight Zone episodes. Some times the work is more interesting than the life....more >>

I would like to get the HKEY(a handle to the registry key) from the RegistryKey class in C#, but it does not seem to be exposed. is it possible?...more >>

I have an XML file which has elements with nodes. I can load this XML file into a .NET xml document and then populate a dataset with it. Since this xml file has nesting (only 1 level, like master- detail relationship) so can I populate 1 datatable with the parent elements and another datat...more >>

I am creating a component and I want one of my properties to be an embedded class with its own properties. When the component designer shows this property I want it to be able to expand this property in-line to enable the end-user to set its values. While my component is derived from System::Com...more >>

Is it possible to create a window control using .NET (vb/c#) and use it in a borland c++builder 6 application? I've tried with some experiments and searched for information without any luck. Either it's impossible to create an "old-style" activeX user control with .NET for use in (e.g.) Bor...more >>

I have got a calculated column but i want to insert this column in the third column of the datagrid. How can i do that in C# C#? Thank you...more >>