Is there a way to play mod-music in .NET? I know in the standardlibraries there is nothing for mod-music but does anybody know of a free third party component that can be used for that? -- cody [Freeware, Games and Humor] www.deutronium.de.vu || www.deutronium.tk ...more >>

Hi All I'm trying hard to find out how to transform XML to HTML using XSLT files. I have searched all over for some examples on how to do this, but I have had no succes with any of them. Can sombody please direct me on how to fill in this function: Public Function XmlToHtml(ByVal xm...more >>

Hi, I want to obfuscate my DLL assembly which also has a strong name. As I know that the obfuscated assembly with strong name won't work, and have tried using AssemblyDelaySign(True) and sn.exe -R my.dll key.snk but still don't work. Just want to make sure what is the proper way to achieve thi...more >>

All, What are advantages and disadvantages of these two different approaches? 1 . I create a base class with a few virtual methods, then I derive my classes from this class, override these methods and use this class. 2. I work with the interface, same for each class, just define it for eve...more >>

Hi All! I do not find any relevant newsgroups to post this question so I just posted to this VB DotNet and General DotNet groups. I'm trying to create a VB.NET application that will scan newsgroups. What I like to know is if there are any different between a MS newsgroup (microsoft.public...more >>

how can i write a function that returns true when it sees "textbox1.value" (without quotes) only and returns false when it sees func(textbox1.value, var) or anything else. Thanks, Aaron example text ---------------------------- some line func(textbox1.value, var) some line some line t...more >>

hi i have a class in which i have some private and some public members. using reflection i iterate thru the memebers but i dont get the private ones .. i only get the public ones. how do i get the private ones. thanx ...more >>

Hi All, I'm looking for an efficient way of dumping a table in a Dataset into an Excel sheet. I'm currently copying data cell by cell and this is rather inefficient for large Datasets. My current code is as follows: objExcel = New Excel.Application() objWorkBooks = objExcel.Workbooks o...more >>

I have created some user controls which they inherit from TextBox, ComboBox e.t.c. They seem to work fine but sometimes when I open the project and load the form containing them (or maybe when I change the dll with my controls), then my controls are vanished but actually they are not deleted. When I...more >>

I know that this should be impossible, yet it is happening... I have some c# code that uses a method scoped variable of type Guid. The code assigns Guid.NewGuid() to the variable. This value is then used as a primary key in a database table. I have seen two occasions over the last 6 months...more >>

Using .Net, in a Class to build a DLL. When trying to execute "ByVal CBox As Combobox" combobox is NOT recognized. Added References defined are: System System.Data System.Drawing System.Windows.Forms System.xml I developed many class DLLs and this worked using version 2002. I ...more >>

I'm working on a web app in .NET. How the heck to I set the IDE so it will (1) leave my whitespace on the Design page alone, and (2) leave my Server Control formats alone (e.g. it keeps changing <ASP:Checkbox ID="MyCheckbox" runat="server" Text="Check Me" /> to <asp:Checkbox ID="MyCheckbox" runat="s...more >>

I have been using threads on and off, but I am always coming across a situation that baffles me: where is the best place to put a Thread.Abort() call? I have a form, when the button event is fired, a thread is created, and it will continue on its merry way until I force the thread to `die` via...more >>

In Visual Studio 2003 when I try to add a new component or form to a project it pops up an error, "Unspecified Error" with no details. I tried re-setting permissions on the disk drive and also re-installing VS 2003 with no joy. Everything was hunky-dory until I installed WSE 2.0. Anybody have any cl...more >>

Using .Net, in a Class to build a DLL. When trying to execute "ByVal CBox As Combobox" combobox is NOT recognized. Added References defined are: System System.Data System.Drawing System.Windows.Forms System.xml I developed many class DLLs and this worked using version 2002. I ...more >>

hi, I have an assembly with many classes in it. and some of the methods in those classes have this attribute StoredProcedure before them, which takes different values . (i basically use it to store storedprocedure names that this function calls.) [MyCompany1.Data.StoredProcedure("spGetCustome...more >>

I have a forms based plugin architecture using C# that includes help files using MSHelpServices. However, my strongly named assemblies cannot be created because Interop.MSHelpServices is not strongly named. I get the following message during a build, presumedly from AL.exe: Assembly generation f...more >>

What is the minimum installation required for aspx to run on a Win 2003 standard server? Do I need FP extentions? the SDK? or just the framework. I have been developing fine on my dev box but want to set things up on a production environment with as few potential holes as possible. Our admin i...more >>

I am using the FileSystemWatcher to watch a folder for new file. The new files will be very large. The Created event is fired when the new file first appears in a folder. How do I know when the file system is actually finished writing the new file? -- Jeff...more >>

Hi, I have a few textboxes on a form bound (using .text property) to DataSet. When I change values in textboxes and then check DataSet.HaveChanges method I get 'false' Does it mean that data binding is just one-way mechanism? Do I have to set all the values read from text-boxes in update que...more >>

If you don't know the size of an array when you create it (and it needs to be available to the whole program), is it more efficient to redim or use (,) e.g. : 1. Public class form1 …. Dim SampleArray(,) as string … Private sub Something() Dim NowWeKnowTheValueOfTheArray as integer = 1...more >>

I remember that before the launch of .NET there was an fmexpense app. The cool thing about this app was it's ability to be used offline or online as an asp.net app. Does anyone know what happened to this sample application? Also, is this similar to the Smart Client Offline application block capa...more >>

I have an xml file that, for example, contains the following element: - <data>\x0095 blah1 \x0095 blah2 \x0095 blah3 \x0095 blah4</data> If I use XmlTextReader.ReadString() to read this data into a string, the \x0095 are interpreted literally. However, the following code works fine: - st...more >>

hi all, i'm using ASP.NET Web Application writie in VB, 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(on their client PC only). Ev...more >>

Hello, I'd like to use MS Word with an ASP.NET application. I've referenced to MS Word, but when the code line Dim objWord as New Word.Application is reached, I get an error saying ASP.NET has no permission/rights to create the object. Does anyone know how I can solve this problem? Gree...more >>