How to read a BLOB from oracle 8i using OleDb...more >>

Hello, My application is hosting three WebBrowser control. What I am trying to do is when the mouse move over one of the WebBrowser controls I want to set the focus on that control so the mouse wheel can move correctly. At the moment I have to click on the WebBrowser control itself to make the...more >>

Trying to check if a drive is writable. Can do it by trying to create a directory using DirectoryInfo class then checking err.number but looking for a more elegant way. Tried DirectoryInfo.Attributes.ReadOnly but always get a FileAttributes.ReadOnly result. Any help would be appreciated. -- De...more >>

in my windows app, I have some japanese text that I load from a text file and display on a label. No matter what type of encoding I try to use on the text file, the text always comes up as a bunch of unreadable characters on my label. Are there settings/properties for a label on a windows form...more >>

Hey ppl, I am having trouble in building a smart device application. I cant create a table on SQLCE server using this line. Anyone can tell me what the problem is? I am able to create another 3 Tables same way but this SQL line is always gives me problems. command4.CommandText = "CREATE T...more >>

I'm new to c# and anything related to .net, so not even sure if I'm on the right track. I receive an error that says my LoginEvent does not implement inherited abstract memeber AddEvent(). If I remove AddEvent() and just leave the AddEvent(str w, str x, str y, str z), it works fine. Here's some ...more >>

My company like many companies has spam issues. I am developing a outlook add-in that can forward a message to a mailbox for further spam processing. This works, but is there a way that I can get the forwarded message to not show up in the users sent items folder. We are trying to get rid of spam...more >>

Hello, I'd like to have some suggestions/pointers to how I could implement caching of generic data used by a set of web methods. I don't need to cache the response of web methods but of generic data (in the form of key/value pairs). .. Based on my current knowledge I have the following two c...more >>

So far it looks like we have these options for calling our java based API from a .NET application: 1) http://www.jnbridge.com, about $500 per machine/developer 2) re-write java app in Visual J++ (Microsoft java) - then it will integrate nicely with .NET. 3) use web services 4) use JNI O...more >>

Hello all. I need to set up a batch file to work w/ the Visual Studio.NET 2003 command prompt. However, when I run the batch file it uses the standard command prompt. Is there a way to differentiate batch files between the two prompts? Also, where might I find information on the differences ...more >>

I have a lot of users who don't have the MDAC installed. My Windows app installs but has problems without it. Is there a way to put in the distribution app something that will trigger loading the MDAC the same way the it handles not having the .Net framework installed? Any help is greatly ap...more >>

I know the general purpose for the GAC is to share a component among many applications. But even when you add something to the GAC, you still have to manually create a reference to the DLL in your project (right?). So what have I gained by adding it to the GAC? ...more >>

I am monitoring certain events with a windows service (derived from System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase). When a significant event comes up, I'd like to notify the user with a pop-up dialog box or window. In my event handler, I create a new thread, inside which, I have: MyForm frm = new MyFo...more >>

Hi, two questions about the GAC: 1) If I have added a .NET component to the GAC, should it show up in the .NET Components tab under Add References? If not, how do I get it to show up in this list? I'm setting up the Logging Application Block and have followed all the steps to add it to the...more >>

Hi, I have a situation where I need to register a COM/COM+ object that I have written in C# as DCOM. I have no problems creating COM or COM+ classes using C#, but I have not been successful in trying to create a class that is accessible through DCOM. Is anyone able to help me with this on...more >>

So I can focus on the correct areas of research, I was wondering if someone could give me the .NET equivelents for this J2EE architecture: JSP's make calls to local JavaBean Controls. The controls do a JNDI lookup to invoke methods on EJB's. The EJB's use local Java classes, and these classes ...more >>

Hello, I've developed a component that encapsulates common database activities. This example creates a parameter array and executes a stored procedure: SqlParameter[] list = { SqlTool.GetParameter("@ID", 11), SqlTool.GetParameter("@Name", "Steve") } SqlTool.ExecuteNonQuery...more >>

Hi, I am not sure whether this is the right news group to ask but I'm trying anyway. This is my first time development pocket pc in vb.net, i used to do this in eVB. As part of the requirement it is requires to development in ..net, however i couldn't get any where much because i need the ans...more >>

Using the FileSystemObject I can, at runtime find out which drive letter is asigned to the CD Rom Drive Dim Fso As New Scripting.FileSystemObject For Each Drive As Scripting.Drive In Fso.Drives If Drive.DriveType = Scripting.DriveTypeConst.CDRom Then ...more >>

I'm using the HttpWebRequest and HttpWebResponse components to automatically scrape content from various internet news sites to store on my iPaq PDA which I later read off-line while commuting to/from work. I don't have room on the PDA for all the associated advertising stuff these sites have, s...more >>

Hi, I am going to buy laptop to do ASP.NET development on it. Do you have any recommendations for me? Brand name and/or specs? Thank you, Sasha ...more >>

Steve Ballmer calls Linux Advocates waging 'jihad' Jihad is Holy War and is most sacred. Ballmer makes insult to all our peoples. ...more >>

I am writing a Windows Service Application and want to be able to capture when the user is logging into Windows. Is there any way within .NET to do this? Basically, I need the equivalent to the SystemEvents.SessionEnded event. -- Dan S...more >>

hi all, it's me again. i'm using ASP.NET Web Application, using a "File Field"component under HTML tab and i do a right click on the component and select "Run As Server Control". This was done because i wanted the user to browse a specific file in their own directory. Everything was working fi...more >>

We have a string like: 2004\05\05T00:00:00 We would like to remove all "\", any "-" and the T00:00:00 part of the string. The end result would be 20040505. I know that if I use [\\-] as the pattern it will match on everything except the final T00 part. Could anyone please help us with ...more >>

Salaam To All, I created a custom control using Vb.net, and it contains an Image Property it works half ok, it lets you select an image, but my problem is: if I want to delete my selection and set the property back to {(none)} it wont let you. (Note: I want it to work like the Image Propert...more >>

I need to copy (not move) a directory and all of its contents to another Location Disk / Server / Universe etc. But I cannot find a Copy method on the Directory or DirectoryInfo objects only a move. There is a copy on the FileInfo. I would have to write a recursive procedure to loop through the...more >>

hi i want to convert a 96 bit binary number into a hexadecimal number. e.g binary number= 001100010001010000100101011110111111010101110100010110000101011000101010000000000000000000000000 how can i do that in C#. also i want to convert a hexadecimal number (24 digits) into a binary numbe...more >>

Hello, from where can I get a c# 2.0 command-line compiler, just for trying the new features with small examples. I do not want the whole visual studio for this purpose. -- Thanks Zsolt...more >>

Does anyone have any good ideas for hiding a DES key (byte array) from prying eyes inside of an assembly or is obfuscation the only way? Right now in my test code I am using a simple array of bytes for my key and nit vector, but when I try the reflector tool to look at the assembly this stic...more >>