Hello All! I have a .Net project that, in my machine, the dates are showed in this format: dd/mm/yyyy. But, when I install the project in some customer machines, the date is showed in this format: dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss. My doubt is, I can resolve this problem on which form? a) changing the ...more >>

How to assign a value to password field from dataset Thank yo Varun...more >>

Hello, this may seem a strange question, but is there a way of being able to call methods of a class through an array of that class when not referencing a specific object in the array. In other words, defined a class class_A I'd like to be able to do the following: // defining an array of ...more >>

Dear everybody I'm a Windows developer, I have been programming with both VS 6.0 and .Net. My salary is not enough for my poor family, so I need a part time job to work at night and weekend. Could anybody tell me how to find this kind of job, which I can work at home and get paid via Internet or p...more >>

We have mostly client-server apps with large scale database usages (Oracle / SybaseSQLAnywhere,...). Apps are delivered 1-to-1 specific client as well as some are sold as off the shelf. All have to be maintained Currently we use Powerbuilder. Is the dotnet (C#) environment suitable consider...more >>

Hi, in my c# code I have something like this: try { ... } catch (Exception ex) { ... throw ex; } It seems to catch and re-throw the exception OK, but the stack trace contains the line I re-threw the exception, not the line it was generated on. anyone else seen this bug?...more >>

Is there any ready class in .NET or some website using which we can receive POP3 emails in our ,NET application? ...more >>

I'm working on a client - server application based on the 'How to Sockets Server and How to Sockets Client' code from the Visual Basic ..NET Resource Kit. Since I want to be able to send 'big strings' instead of 'one liners' I check the streams for terminators. I'm having problems with the co...more >>

Hi, just one newbie question: When I connect to a WebService, I specify the *.asmx file as a destination in my client - but this file also contains my source code - does that mean that every web service is basically open source? thanks Gordon...more >>

Hi, I have created an array of Objects in a collection. I was wondering is there a way to destroy the array to free up the space in the memory ? or they are automatically destroyed and garbagge collected by .Net framework? Sarfraz ...more >>

Hi, Im looking for some general 'marketing' info on dotnet: how long it has been in use (i.e first release date), how many companies are using it, number of .NET developers in the world, popularity of .NET in different industries, etc. Ive searched on MS .NET homepage and googled it but sur...more >>

Hi, Im looking for some general 'marketing' info on dotnet- how many companies using it, how many dotnet developers are there, how many of internet websites are running on .NET, when was it first released by MS, number of releases it has gone thru, etc. I searched on MS .NET and on Goo...more >>

Hi I have a corrupt word file. I am able to open it with the code given below tr Dim pInfo As System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo = New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo( pInfo.UseShellExecute = Tru pInfo.FileName = "c:\corrupt.doc Dim p As Process = System.Diagnostics.Process.S...more >>

I have heard that your existing applications written in .NET will not work on Longhorn unless you recompile them or retouch them in some matter Is this correct If so, why would anyone start to write application in .NET until Longhorn becomes available Thanks...more >>

How can I lock one column in a datagrid in C# windows form....more >>

Hi I'm tyring to create a collection of an object inside an object I have tried to use the code written in the following URL http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbcon/html/vaconcreatingyourowncollectionclass.as its working fine when I test it from VB.net but my applic...more >>

Does anyone know how to surpress the standard service started message being written into the event log when writing a windows service in .Net? - I need to replace it with a custom one and would prefer to not have 2 eventlog entries for it. Thanks Jason...more >>

Where can I find more information on the more common applications that are available in Visual Basic.NET?...more >>

I have this peice of Javascript, im trying to convert in to VB.net. Everything work ok. I almost get the some value, but the last 5 numbers are all Zeros on my VB out put. the Java version has numbers there and makes the out a little different. I want to know if there is a better why in VB i can do ...more >>

I accddentally typed a " immediately after the End Sub (End Sub") and this line changed to some junk characters. Has anyone noticed this before and the best part is it does not seem to undo these changes Regards Trevor...more >>

Hi, What's the easiest way of modifying an object which has been serialized to a DB? The previous developer created a complex object hierarchy and binary serialized the whole thing to a single field in SQL server. I need to modify the object hierarchy, but every time I do so, I can no long...more >>

VB.net does not seem to have adequate structure for handling time within it's own code. Subtract 15 minutes from 00:00 AM, and an out of range condition results. Subtract 15 minutes from 12:00 PM, and the result is 11:45 AM, as it should be. Seems one half of the process is missing, and it is...more >>

How do you repair or re-install MDAC 2.8 on a Windows 2003 Server? ...more >>

hi, I'm trying to convert some .h files to API Declaration to use the function and structs. one of it is this: NTMS_GUID CurrentLibrary; // the current library NTMS_GUID MediaPool; // media pool that the media belongs to NTMS_GUID Location; // actual location of the media DWORD Location...more >>

How come My VB.Net environment does not contain the Smart Device Application Template to open the Smart Device Application Wizard. Any Ideas? Thanks Paul ...more >>

I surveyed market penetration of various server-side technologies using Google's search facility and posted them to the microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general newsgroup. Results are in number of occurrences of each file extension: FileExt Occurrences ==================== ..PHP 324M ...more >>

Hi! I have a Panasonic digital camera that take videos in quick time version, did someone know if it is pssible to view thems on windows media players If so what did i have to do Thank in advance Benoit...more >>

I hope this is the right NG, please notify me if not. I have got a problem with the "recent files" list of the start page in VS.NET: yesterday I created a new projekt which has the same name as an already existing project stored at another location. Unfortunately, VS.NET doesn't seem to supp...more >>

I've been on a mission this past year to move from VB6 to .Net. I'm fortunate(!?) not to have the big catalog of some long-time VB developers, although I have some CE apps that have to be entirely rewritten in CF. A lot of what I develop has to be written for the PPc, so I knew I would be lookin...more >>

Hi in my project, I make use of two namespaces and each of it uses the same structure (so that the same structure is defined two times). Now, when I try to call a function of the second namespace out of the first one, VB.NET throws a compiler error, saying that I can't convert from Proj1.namespace...more >>

What kind of modelling tools will be available in next VS version? ...more >>

I am trying to install Visual Studio .net Enterprise Architect 2003. This is the full version, not academic. At an early point in the installation it asks me for the product ID. However, there is not product ID on the package or on the CDs. The box that contains the CDs says on a label on the back:...more >>

Hi all, Wonder if anyone can shed any light on this scenario. I have an MDI form, Form1, that opens a child window Form2.. - simple enough. However, from Form2, I would like to open a form Form3 (is a 'search and select' type form) and have it modal to form2 AND be an MDI child... i.e. the ...more >>

I have an myPage.aspx with a myPage.ascx user control. The user control is the main header of the page. I have some conditional case code in the user control that I use which depends on a public variable "sectionID" set int he myPage.aspx's code-behind. How can I reference that variable in my ...more >>

Is there any _managed_ way of getting total physical memory installed in the machine Thanks in advanc Michał Januszczyk...more >>

I need to use the HttpUtility.UrlEncode method in a winform. However, the HttpUtility class is not available in intellisense from System.Web. What do I need to do to be able to use this method? TIA...more >>

Hi Our company is in the process of some litigation. Our president heard of a product (but doesn't know the name) that allows someone to view the source code but not copy it. This way an idependant arbitrator could view our source code but couldn't make an electronic copy of it. I have no idea b...more >>

Hello, I have several assemblies that are strongly named and need to be installed in the GAC. In my dev box I can use gacutil.exe to do it, but not in the users boxes. How do I install these assemblies without gacutil.exe ? Thanks ...more >>

Hi all, I have a VB.NET solution with one VB.NET project in it. I am trying to add a "Setup" project to the solution, and I am getting this error msgbox "File or assembly name FxMdacPlugIn, or one of its dependencies, was not found". Anyone know why? -- Thanks for your time Goran Djuranovi...more >>

Which is the right news group to discuss about the smart client application? Thanks ...more >>

I am trying to write a vb form app which needs to copy http pages. It seems appropriate to use HTTPWebRequest for this purpose. However, I need to use HTTPS protocol, passing a username and password. I can't figure out how to force the class to use HTTPS rather than HTTP. Can anyone help? T...more >>

I noticed that pressing spacebar when a listbox has the focus scrolls the listbox to the first selected item. I'm intercepting the spacebar press event at form level for stopping and starting audio playback, so I would like to remove the default behaviour form the listbox, and also from oth...more >>

Hi all, Wonder if anyone can point me in the right direction. Due to time-constraints, it looks lie I may have to abandon using VB.NET development in favour of my more familiar VB6 environment. The issue I have is, that I have to use a .NET assembly (DLL) to access data from a database. I...more >>

Hello, I am writing a small word game, and I need a way to verify whether a user-entered string is a real English word. I know that on most UNIX systems there is simply a large file of english words that developers use for similar purposes. Is there such a database in the .NET framework? And if n...more >>

Hi, Is there any method to prevent the auto scrolling of MDI container form? Autoscroll is not working. Regards Shabeer ...more >>

I want to write a C#/ASP.NET application where a user can go to a web page, start running a job, close their browser, and then come back later and see the results. The purpose for this application is for a user to be able to use a page on our intranet to start running a time-consuming reporting and...more >>

Hello, I have an issue here. Hope someone can help me. Issue: Developer is using a web application from one server (IIS) (say Server A). A second server (say Server B, which is SQL Server 2000) hosts the stored procedures. The SQL datawarehouse is hosted on a third server (say Server C ...more >>

When I bind a textbox to a typed dataset column that allow null values (DataType=Decimal), If I enter nothing in the textbox, it doesn't accept the new value and it goes back to the previous value. Only if the previous value is nothing it accepts enter nothing. I have VS.NET2003. What...more >>

I'm struggling with using the HttpCookie object on a code behind. Used in the page works great I'm getting a: Type 'HttpCookie' is not define I've tried adding the namespace to the vb form but no luck Imports System.Data.Sqlclien Imports System.Dat Imports Syste Imports System.Web.U Imports...more >>

About 2 days ago I could no longer chat in chat rooms. I get to the site, log in, but then the chat window comes up blank. I have spoken to many service agents, and tried many things to no avail. Does anyone know what the problem could be??...more >>