Hi I need to write a windows service that should call a stored procedure in my SQL database every few seconds. In the onstart event I start a new thread to call a method in my app project. This method calls the stored procedure in an infinite loop. But when I install my service and start, my SP is ...more >>

Hi. I am looking for a way to implement the mod_usertrack function of Apache in IIS... If you are familiar with IIS log file, you know that it tracks several pieces of information on every transaction/hit (GET/POST), including IP address, date/time, and so on. I like for every visitor to my...more >>

I have created a "business object" global class that will be used across all of our applications. This class centralized all of our common functions for easier management. Here is my problem: The class is mostly composed of shared (static) functions and subs. The problem I encountered today...more >>

I am trying to access .net assemblies not in the current program directories. Those assemblies are not in GAC. In Java, I just have to make sure those classes(jar files) are in the directories of libpath.Do we have something similar in .NET? If not, how can I access assemblies not in the current...more >>

Hi, Using DateTime Picker, my custom format is "MMMM-yyyy". if month = january i need 31 if month = Feb' i need 28 or 29 like that for all i need the end date, how i will do in vb.net Regards Rat...more >>

Hello everybody… When working with Visual Studio ASP.Net it inserts me always unneeded html tags when switching from the WYSIWYG view to the HTML view. I am especially keen on the "<Font face=xxx>" tag. How to I switch off, this "automated html inserts? Or, can I define these default value...more >>

My client installs a turnkey server at a customer's site. There is a protocol for updating that server but we would like to find something that would help us push updates to our .NET client out from that server's box. SMS is way to heavyweight for what we are looking for so I was wondering ...more >>

Ok...got a question... I am writing an application that has labels with text in them along with link buttons. A good example of this can be seen in the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Configuration application. In this application it appears that the links and text move according to the size of the ...more >>

Is it possible to access a named column in an Excel worksheet template through VB.net? I have found how to set individual cell values in the file, but am unable to reference the column by name I am currently having to do the following Worksheet.Cells(RowCounter, 1) = dr("Name").ToString( where ...more >>

Dear All I am using ASP to retrieve data from a SQL Server database, some of the columns of the database have entries seperated by "/" for eg the entries can be ( CAR,CAR/BIKE, CAR/BIKE/VAN etc). the current system is set up to query the comlpete phrase and not individual items, for...more >>

I have a connection string in Web.config that works with my dreamweaver type asp.net scripts: <add key="MM_CONNECTION_STRING_datasource" value="Provider=SQLOLEDB;SERVER=100.00.00.01;UID=sa;PWD=mypassword;DATAB ASE=mydbase;" /> ..but i get an application error when working with indigenous as...more >>

Anyone have any code examples (C# preferably) on how to shut down the system or info on what namspace and class to use? Thanks gv ...more >>

Hi I have been trying for quite a while to get this code running FileStream file StreamWriter fileWriter; string programName,pscoastArgs,programName2,psxyArgs string pscoastOutput,psxyOutput programName = @"c:\gmt\bin\pscoast.exe" pscoastArgs = @"-Jq-95/1:52000000 -R-130/-50/...more >>

I need to download files from a Web site to the client's machine via ftp. Is there a class for this that can be used in a Webform? A code snip would be great! ...more >>

What is the best way to validate that a date entered into a V/B .net textbox is in the proper format to be converted into an Oracle Date format? (e.g. DD-MON-YYYY.) I don't care about the time portion. I am using this: ^\d{2}(-)(JAN|FEB|MAR|APR|MAY|JUN|JUL|AUG|SEP|OCT|NOV|DEC)(-)\d{4}$ but the ...more >>

I have written a Windows Service which I need to deploy. I can create a setup project for my regular Windows Application, but I am not sure how to do it for the service part. Do I need to create a regular SETUP package, then run INSTALLUTIL on the service to install it? Is there a more elegant wa...more >>

This code works, but I'm totally new to Active Directory, so the code didn't do what I expected/wanted. What I want is to walk the Active Directory on a Small Business Server 2000 box, writing out each Organizational-Unit, User, Group, Distribution List, and Contact. Of course I can see wit...more >>

How can I read these groups with Outlook Express What should news server should point, I tried newsgroups.microsoft.com and other without success Thanks ...more >>

I have a Window Form Datagrid bound to a dataset. The Grid uses a DataGridTextBoxColumn style. If I click on a cell, then enter a single character,then click in a cell above or below it, the character I typed is deleted and the cell reverts back to its original value! What should I do ...more >>

How do you pass information from the current web page to the page you are going to redirect to, using ASP.Net?...more >>