I've been perusing a "real-life" application and notice that for instance, in a button's Click() event, they don't write the processing code. Instead, they raise an event like AddNewRecord and then put the coding that would have been in the click event in the AddNewRecord event handler. It s...more >>

Hello All Wise Persons. I don't know wheather my question is okay or i need to revisit my OOP fundamentals. AS we have read till now in OOP that Every Parent Class can see and execute the Methodas of the object it points to (be it the object of self or the derived class). However in case ...more >>

After a lot of hassles I just installed Visual Studio .net 2003 from a student MSDNAA download. I get to the part where I am supposed to install "Product documentation" and I keep getting prompted for MSDN disc 1. All I have is the installation files that were downloaded/unzipped and these do ...more >>

I have to write an algorithm with must ensure that objects are put in buckets (which are always 4 in size). The objects have two properties: A and B. It is not allowed that in a bucket are objects with the same A or B value. But there can be more than one object with A = null or B = null in the ...more >>

Is there any way to dynamically add or modify the custom attributes on an assembly (and any of its elements) from code running in that assembly? Note that I'm not interested in writing out the assembly and reloading it (although if I had to do something like that to implement what I want I coul...more >>

Lately I've been getting lots of spam, selling cheap software. The website was oemsoftwarehouse.com. They supposedly were selling oem software of Borland's Delphi and Microsoft's Visual Studio. They said it was only $60 for Delphi 7 Enterprise, but Borland sells it for over $2,500 USD! I don't k...more >>

Are there any known issues for developing using Virtual PC. We're using it on a XP Pro system, with a Virtual PC Session being Windows 2003 Server running Sql Server? Our insert statements are inserting 5 times on the Server. Yet doing the exact same thing from a standalone workstation works fine...more >>

I have an error that I can't figure out how it happens. I have a windows app that has been running on a box in production. Starting 3 days ago, and everyday since, this error is recorded to the app event log. Can anyone tell me what might of happened - Server config change? The description for...more >>

Hi This error appears from time to time either when my VB.NET program starts or at some time during runtime. It is absolutely inconsistent. I change nothing in my code and yet after I restart the program the error may or may not appear again until some unknopwn future time. Sometimes the error...more >>

I have found that .NET applications made up from multiple assemblies do not run from file servers if Microsoft Client Service for NetWare is used to access the file server. When you try to do so, you invariably get a System.IO.FileLoadException with an error message such as "Can not access file <as...more >>

These lines of code: Imports System.Diagnostics.Process Start("subst I: D:\FakeFolder1") Will start the DOS command subst, but the problem is the DOS window will popup temporarily. This looks unprofessional in my application, and I was wondering how I could stil run the command without the D...more >>

I hope this is the right place to post this. I would like to write a VBS script that scans through my IIS log(text file) for an ip address and copy and paste that line into a new file. so if I open the new file all i would it is activity from that ip address. Thanks for your help Aaron ...more >>

Hello, probably a simple one: I want to store some settings to a textfile so they are default when the user re-opens the program. For this I need to read the text file. I tried to use the example-code from msdn which I pasted under a commandbutton : Imports System ----> Syntax...more >>

I have a function in one class that I have discovered I need in another class also. What is the best way to do this? Create a 3rd class and inherit it in the 1st two? Thanks Mike...more >>

Hi everybody - I am writing an application to change the target and start in folder in shortcuts. I am using Mattias Sjögren's ShellLink library (thanks!) but I found a problem I was hoping someone knows a solution for. I don't think it's a problem with Mattias's code, but it appears to happen...more >>

Hi, I need to get the following VB6 code to work in .NET: '///// Dim doc As MSHTML.HTMLDocument .... doc.getElementsByName("username").Item(0).Value = sn doc.getElementsByName("password").Item(0).Value = pass doc.getElementsByName("savepwd").Item(0).Checked = "yes" '\\\\\ I got as far as t...more >>

Greetings. Can an app be developed in .Net to deploy like local installed apps, and then later reuse that code and object set to deploy on a web server? I have read a little about WEB vs. RICH vs. SMART in .Net. Still vague as to what path(s) to pursue. Background: We have an existing...more >>

Has anyone created HPageBreaks or VPageBreaks from their Application for Excel. I use Excel as my reporting tool for all of my Applications, and have been trying to add a new or move an existing pagebreak. But can not get code to work correctly. I have pasted some code that works up to the page br...more >>

Hello I hope someone is able to help me with this frustrating problem. I have a C# web project in Visual Studio .NET 2003. I want to support Swedish and Norwegian texts and have put the texts in resource files (.resx). I build the project from the IDE without errors. A main assembly (con...more >>

Hi, here is my trouble: I need to call 2 différents processes in a same dos window, the first one is needed for the 2nd, and I have to pass several different arguments to the 2nd. My problem is that there are as many dos windows as calls to "myProcess.start()", and I don't know how to do ......more >>

I have Windows 2000 advanced server with SP4 installed. I also have Biztalk Server 2004 installed. I am using VS.NET 2003. I create any class library without setting any additional external references in my project. Once I install the resulting dll into the GAC everythings ok. But after this it does...more >>