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I'm really disillusioned with Microsoft support
Posted by Naresh at 5/12/2004 10:21:03 PM
I have been having a problem and I don't know where to go for help. The microsoft support is only for a fees. Can anyone at all please at least point to a site or some place where I can hope for some enlightment My problem I am using Windows XP and had installed .NET 2000. I then downloaded the .N...more >>


MS Outlook?
Posted by Mr. B at 5/12/2004 9:34:21 PM
I'm thinking of writing a simple (ha!) application using VB.net (standard) that would look at our Outlook resources (ie meeting rooms) and build an output to show when rooms are booked. We are using W2K server and 2K Outlook. I've never tried to work with MS Office products and have no idea w...more >>

My Typed datasets change character
Posted by Freed Flinstone at 5/12/2004 7:36:02 PM
Why after adding a dll (with dataset schemas) to my project I can access and use my the typed datasets, then for no reason say 5mins later I can no longer fully access them. The inteliSence goes from showing tables, rows etc to only Equals and referenceEquals and my class will generate errors where ...more >>

Delete all files with "a pattern"
Posted by Viviana Vc at 5/12/2004 5:54:31 PM
Hi all, I would like to delete from a directory all the files that match: bar*.* I know that I could do for instance: system("del bar*.*"), but this will bring up the command prompt window and as my app is a winmain app this wouldn't be nice. I could use DeleteFile, but you can not use wildcar...more >>

Distributed C# building / compilation
Posted by nospam NO[at]SPAM thanks.com at 5/12/2004 4:42:26 PM
Hi there. Does anyone know of any Visual Studio Add-Ins, (or any other method for that matter) to build C# projects distributed across multiple machines? Our solution of 24 projects is starting to take *ages* to rebuild...... Thanks :) Salo. ...more >>

BUG in System.Drawing.Font!
Posted by banderbe NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 5/12/2004 2:32:11 PM
I'm using the .NET Memory Profiler by Sci Tech and I wrote a little test application to verify something odd I observed and it appears that System.Drawing.Font fails to dispose of its FontFamily. I run the following code: // BEGIN while( true ) { System.Drawing.Graphics dc=lblClock.Create...more >>

Location property
Posted by Qadir at 5/12/2004 2:26:03 PM
How do we use in C # code to set up control location property?...more >>

a developer's rights and permissions on production servers
Posted by buran at 5/12/2004 1:31:15 PM
Dear ASP.NET Programmers, I am working as an enterprise web application developer. I am using a Windows 2003 box with VS.NET. I have administrator rights on this box, but no rights on the production servers. Soon, our project is going to be deployed. I would like to know which user rights I sh...more >>



Content-Type from file extension ?
Posted by Anony at 5/12/2004 12:50:31 PM
Hi All, In VB6, I got the File Content-Type (image/gif ...) from Windows Registry. Is there an easy way now in DotNet (i.e. from file extension)? Another question: is the IE control (SHDocVw) a WinForm's control now in VS2003? I know it wasn't in VS2002, needs InterOp. Thanks and regard...more >>

How to tell if a compiled DLL was created with .NET
Posted by Bron Davies at 5/12/2004 12:46:04 PM
With COM DLLs you can loadlibrary and then find the entry point for DLLRegisterServer to find out if it's self-registering. If a DLL is created with .NET, how can you find out if it is created with .NET and whether it has a strong name, etc....more >>

Chr$(13) in .NET?
Posted by Eddie B. at 5/12/2004 12:05:10 PM
Does anyone know how to do Chr$(13) in .NET? Thanks, Eddie ...more >>

Combo Box
Posted by S Shulman at 5/12/2004 11:41:33 AM
Hi all I set the DropDownStyle of the combo box to drop down to allow users to add new entries, however they complain that when they start typing a value that is already in the list it doesn't come up automatically. Is there anything to do? Thank you ...more >>

Moving data from one database to other
Posted by Yoandy Mesa at 5/12/2004 11:38:46 AM
hi, I have to move data that meet certain criteria from one database that have many tables to another (identical) database. My question is what is the best way to do it? Should i make an stored proc that make the processing in this way: select from db1.table1 where field1='something' insert ...more >>

DataSet & DataTable Question?
Posted by gro.asumsa NO[at]SPAM iksworuke at 5/12/2004 11:01:14 AM
I have two DataTables in a DataSet. I would like to create a third DataTable in the same DataSet that is a Join of the two original DataTables. The two tables are extracted from two different database on two seperate servers, so doing it at time of creation is not an option. How do you create a t...more >>

.NET and COM/ActiveX
Posted by Robert Wehofer at 5/12/2004 9:18:01 AM
Hello there! I would like to know how .NET manages COM/ActiveX. How do you write COM-Clients and Servers with .NET? Or how do you provide informations and function to the outside world without COM? Regards, Robert ...more >>

Simple Question
Posted by randy at 5/12/2004 8:53:27 AM
This maybe a silly question, but I like efficiency in my code so I'll ask. Will the following 2 For/Each statements do the same thing? Dim datRow as DataRow For each datRow in DataTable.Select("State = HI") Next I would normally add an extra step and hold the returned rows first... ...more >>

Form Components/controlls in VB .net
Posted by paja at 5/12/2004 4:31:06 AM
Hello all I am looking for Slider control to use in a form, unfortunately I cannot seem to find any such controll even when I tried to use Add componenets option and then went to select from COM components Was wondering if there is any place I can get that control or if I can get it from someone...more >>

IKEA founder worlds richest man; eclipses gate$
Posted by Win Ben Stein's Money at 5/12/2004 4:13:06 AM
http://www.fortune.com/fortune/ceo/articles/0,15114,612547,00.html Kamprad made headlines in early April, when the leading Swedish business weekly, Veckans Affarer, reported that he was worth $52.5 billion, which would top Bill Gates' $46.6 billion. Ikea quickly denied the claim. So did Forb...more >>

Rethrowing Exceptions - Best Practice?
Posted by Martin Smith at 5/12/2004 3:21:03 AM
If a class has no need for any specific clean up code in a particular catch block is there any benefit to catching and rethrowing exceptions, rather than just letting the original exception bubble up to the calling function If so what?...more >>

How to connect to foxpro database?
Posted by Kimo at 5/12/2004 2:21:04 AM
Hi I develope an application in VB.Net. I want to connect to foxpro database. I use the following code Tr Dim cnn As New OleDbConnectio cnn.ConnectionString = "Provider=VFPOLEDB.1;" + "Data Source=E:\FoxDB.dbc; cn...more >>

AI and .NET: Simulating a Swarm Algorithm in C#
Posted by A Waterfall That Barks at 5/12/2004 1:30:23 AM
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com//Code/2003/March/SwarmSim.asp I just found this port of the swarm groups famous 'complexity from simple interacting agents' type software. Very easy to load and run in Studio. I'm going to try a mono build when I get home...don't know about how to translat...more >>

how to connect to Domino databases from VB.NET
Posted by saintdotnet at 5/12/2004 1:06:02 AM
Hi I would like to connect to Domino Database From VB.NET Is there any library for that ? Have you an example Thanks for your help....more >>


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