Hello, I'm having a problem when trying to use the Directory.CreateDirectory() method. It throws a DirectoryNotFoundException exception. I'll try to illustrate it: Suppose you have the following (existing) directory: d:\Sites\MySite\ And you whant to create the following: d:\Sites\MySit...more >>

Is there some article out there that helps in reading MSIL? I've been looking but can't find anything, and I'm probably just looking in the wrong spots for the wrong keywords. I understand mov, call, jmp, ptr, dword and some of the other obvious pieces. I'm looking to understand some of the l...more >>

Hello I am new to programming I am using a Rich Text Box in the Compose Form in a VB.NET email client application similar to Microsoft Outlook that I am trying to develop When I try to paste an html document ( text and images in tables) in the Rich Text Box the text is inserted whereas the ima...more >>

Hi I'm using an application written in c++. I want to modify it.. I have some code written in visual basic to connect to an OPC-server. How do I modify the c++ app to use vb app? Is there something I have to do in .NET and/or is there something I have to write in the code Thank you! ...more >>

Hi, Consider the following situation I have the following routine running repeatedly (curControl is a UserControl with say 1000 textboxes and a big array of strings): Public Sub AddControl(ByVal ctlName As String) If Not IsNothing(curControl) Then Me.Controls.Remove(curC...more >>

Is there a limit to the size of a key for a Hashtable. I am adding items to a hashtable using a string for the key and it seems that when my key is 16 characters long the indexer does not work properly. If I truncate the key to be 12 characters the indexer works. Also is there a better way t...more >>

Hello, Program I want to execute is D:\Inetpub\ftproot\mtn\production\ToMin.EXE When I execute myExe = "D:\Inetpub\ftproot\mtn\production\ToMin.EXE"; Process.Start(myExe, ""); On my development machine all is OK. On the production server it comes with an error "The system cannot fi...more >>

If I set a breakpoint in visual studio 2000 and viewed a local variable (in the "locals" panel), I would see something like: sql | " SELECT Operator.FirstName, .... now I am using visual studio 2003, I see something like: sql | "\r\nSELECT \r\n\t\t\tOperator.Fi...more >>

I am writing a windows service that needs to be able to access a file for attachment to an email message the service is generating. I think I remember that there was a way to get the application's current folder in VB6, but is there a way to do this in .NET? I need to know the exact location of this...more >>

I know FxCop has its own board on the FxCop website, but I wanted to reach a larger audience. Has anyone here written any custom rules based on the Introspection engine? Even if you have some based on the Reflection engine, I suppose I would like to talk to you about that too, even though the ...more >>

Hi all, Is it possible to use v1.1 of the .Net Framework in Visual Studio 2005? In VS 2003 you had a property where you could set the Framework version to use. I don't seem to be able to locate this in 2005. Thanks Nick...more >>

Hi Can someone point me to some documentation on how to create and send email from a win forms app using the defalt mail client TIA Steve ...more >>

Hi! How can I achieve the situation like that: there is some application (.NET) and it is using some class library (strongly named, installed by .msi, registered within GAC). I'd like to have a crash on my client application when the class library version differs from the one compiled with my...more >>

Hi, let's see an application is sitting on a server elsewhere, and it is accessed via http:// or by just the location specified by \\servername. So on first request the app is downloaded, on subsequent requests, there is a check to see if the app was modified since the last time. Now, I tried...more >>

can anyone tell why [DefaultValue(int.MaxValue)] is valid but [DefaultValue(decimal.MaxValue)] produces compiler error: An attribute argument must be a constant expression, typeof expression or array creation expression ...more >>

Hi, I'm having this error in a VB.NET-application at the moment that I attempt to read data from an SQL Server: The .Net Data SQL Provider (System.Data.SqlClient) requires Microsoft Data Access Components(MDAC) version 2.6 or later. at System.Data.SqlClient.ConnectionPool.GetConnection(...more >>

hi all, how can i copy an visual object ( ex Button ) at runtime .. i need to copy an object in a Panel to other Panel how can i do this. thks JSB ...more >>

H I have two subreports that I can get populated with data and they display fine. I just create the appropriate report object, set its data source (using SetDataSource) and then export the report (to pdf) I have now created a report that reuses the two working subreports in its details section. ...more >>

Hi, I would like to go through a hashtable and take the next value to save it into an ArrayList. How to do that in the most easiest way??? I am looking for something like: For Each Object value In clientsHashTable dropDownList.Add(value) End for | NEXT value Return dropDo...more >>

Hi I need to store the credit card information in my database. I have been looking for some third party tools which could provide encryption for credit card numbers. The help I need is: a) What is the most secure encryption tool that can be used to store credit card information? b) ...more >>

Hi All I wanted to deploy Access files and came to the conclusion that I'd need the Windows XP Developer software but was told that it was no longer available I was instructed to get Visual Studio .Net 2003 Pro which was meant to come with the same tools needed to deploy royalty free access soluti...more >>

Ive recently migrated for Visual Basic 6.0 to VB.NET and ive exprerience of many skills of it and recently i am trying to perform Least Significant Bit Steganography in it and im unable to do so please help .. My Email Is perminder2k@indiatimes.com...more >>