The XP themes using the .NET Framework has made my application look really nice. We are designing a few controls that it would be pretty nice if we could use the same XP theme colors that are defined by the system. Is there any way in VB.NET or C# to get the colors, gradients, settings, etc. from ...more >>

I created a VB.Net windows application. It distributes fine. I made a copy of the entire folder structure for the project. Opened up the vbproj from this newly created folder structure, changed a few properties on a Button. Compiled a release version. Runs fine on the same dev machine, but will...more >>

I'm trying to find a commandline solution for switching projects. Currently I have to modify the IIS virtual directory path to the source files, and then open the solution file in .Net to be prompted with the "Web Access Failed" dialog, where I can then modify the path to match my IIS settings...more >>

hi i have the following 2 typed datasets. 1."SecurityGroupMembership" LoginName GroupId 2."Users" LoginName Password Fname Sample data loginname groupid user2 8 user1 1 user1 2 i have 2 listboxes selected and notselected i populate selected list box with loginna...more >>

In VS 6 there was a UserMode property of the AmbientProperty that told you if you were executing in design mode or run-time. I cannot find this anywhere in .Net 2003. Can anyone tell me where it is or if there is a replacement...more >>

greetings i am just wondering if some expert here can either show me how to do this or point me to the right direction (url... i want to use c# to generate a list of alphabet e.g A B C ... AA AB AC AD ... AAB ... ZZZZY ... ZZZZ any suggestion will be greatly appreciated thank you one...more >>

Hello, I'm getting a strange problem where when I load up my solution that has three projects:- a managed C++ .NET, one C++ lib, and a VB library. It locks up and doesn't load completely, I have to do the following to work around it. Rename the vcproj file, load the solution, rename ...more >>

Hi all I am tryint to edit a cell in a row of a datagrid web control with no luck, could not find anything on the web in Visual Basic (only C#), anyone has a sample code Thanks...more >>

Hi all, I have 2 questions: 1) As I know there is no way on Windows to replace a running exe, but somebody told me that this is doable, and I couldn't find any info on how could this be done programmatically. Is something like this possible? And if yes, how? 2) My product has a dll that ...more >>

(Type your message here) Hi, I have a Windows Service and works very good. This "service" use a TcpListener. Everything ok. But, when the event is executed stop, the program must close the TcpListener connection, but then the application remains inhibited when executing this command. As it ca...more >>

I have several hyperlinks in my main document that when clicked, I want the new window to open up without an addressbar or statusbar. I figured I could put something on the new page in the Page_Load section, but so far I am having no luck whatsoever. I am using VB .NET 2003 if that helps TIA - J...more >>

Hi, Thank you in advance. I need to devlop an application, which reads the outlook inbox messages and appends some additional message to the read messages. I want to know is it possible to do this type of task? I mean to say is it possible to append some text in outlook inbox messages.If...more >>

Hi everyone! I have this stupid question: How can I convert a string into all CAPITALS letters in the VS.NET IDE??? Is there a keyboard shortcut to accomplish this? Thanx in advance ASC ...more >>

Hi, I'm going to be starting a project with a friend of mine in C#, we're doing it to learn the language a little better, to get more experience with it. We've already come up with an idea of the application to build, but need advise on how to get started, to share the work? Also if there are...more >>

have followed the instructions in a sample piece of code in the book Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Programmer's cookbook, but the Windows Service I want to install does not apperar in the Windows Services dialog. The following is from the service install log. I would like to know if there is somethin...more >>

I have made an ActiveX dll containing a COM interface with Borland C++ Builder. The dll does some low level things and does not put of any dialogs or so. This COM dll is used in .NET and seems to work very nicely in small example apps without much GUI stuff. However there's a big problem. Wh...more >>

Hi all, I'm just getting into WinForms in VS.NET and am having trouble locating where to set a couple default behaviors that I hope exist. Any guidance on... - Turning off the "Snap to grid" that is forcing each control to align in ways I don't want it to - Setting default label appearanc...more >>

I am having the same problem as described by an earlier post below: We are extending and using the microsoft.Applicationblocks.exceptionmanagement dll without a problem until we move the dll to the GAC. Similar to the earlier post we get a FileNotFound error. A solution was posted by "Roman Kiss"...more >>

who can talk about it? I'm confused. THANKS....more >>

I have a middle tier dll that will be accessing SQL Server 2000 with ADO .NET. What is the best way to do my connection? Adding a user to SQL Server or using the Windows authentication ...more >>

Hi, Can someone point me in the direction of an Microsoft application center test newsgroup? thanks Rachael...more >>

I have been working on an ActiveX control in C#. It is packaged in a Windows Control library and the code is in a user control. The control is used as an automation receiver that is used to update a page dynamically through the use of event listeners in javascript That works, the problem is that wh...more >>

How can i implement SNMP management application in C#/.NET In the regural Visual studio i've used the library mgmtapi.lib and snmpapi.lib I can't find anything similar to this in .NET....more >>

Hi all, Can any body tell me how to have a regression testing of a .Net Windows Forms GUI, being tested thoroughly. Thanks in Advance regards Suresh...more >>

Hi all, Can any body tell me how to have a regression testing of a .Net Windows Forms UI, being tested thoroughly. Thanks in Advance regards Suresh...more >>

Hi I feel real silly asking this, I have been posed with a simple design question which goes as follows (I am from a procedural background and not oop which may help explain my stupidity) I have a class called Person and a class called Developer. Developer Inherits from Person. When I call the...more >>

Hi I need a little help with some VB.Net code.. I am pulling my computer's GUID out using WMI Dim wmiObj As New System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT UUID FROM Win32_ComputerSystemProduct" Dim objMgmt As System.Management.ManagementObjec Dim MyByteGuid As Byte( ...more >>

I have created an XmlDocument and can see that this is correctly formed and has a root element If I Save the doc to a file and reload it all works o If I dump the doc to a stream, again using the Save method, and write this to a file I can then reload this correctly. However since I have no need...more >>