Hi, I need help. follow my question. I'm trying to show in a mesagge box a record that I select on a combo box, but it show the first time the first record in the data table and then I select anotherone.it just gave me a message of System.Data.DataRowView. The code that I'm using is the fol...more >>

I am using microsoft development enviroment 2003. I created a solution, and have some projects, I put the root dir as my IIS home, and each project has their own directory, so it is like c:\solution c:\solution\project1 c:\solution\project2 .... I put my main dll under c:\solution\bin, ...more >>

Using latest SP Win2k and .NET versions, I have a .NET application running on server1 with a SQL Server database running on server2. I have the Windows user account passwords sync'd for server1\aspnet (installed by .NET Framework and server2\aspnet (created by me--this machine has no .NET Frame...more >>

Can someone please give me an example of how to change the mousepointer to an hourglass or whatever other constant in VB.NET? I need to do it from a start-up module (VB6 days would have been System.Mousepointer = vbHourGlass), and also from a form (VB6 would have been Me.Mousepointer = vbHourG...more >>

I use my assembly from asp and I need to config the dll from config file. What is the better way to do this? I don't want to hardcode file path in my dll (because AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory="C:\windows\system32") and I don't know where exactly my dll will be placed on the customer...more >>

Hello Everyone What will following string contains thru this assignment string strList = "\"" + "test" + "\""; If the result is \"test\" then what should I do to get "test". This seems so basic but I am really confused with all different languages (c/c++/java and c#). Thanks Aravind ...more >>

Hi, We are using VS.Net 2003 and coding in VB.net. The solution has 38 projects; most of the projects in the solution reference other projects (without any circular references) and all the references were added to using the Projects tab on the Add Reference dialog and not by browsing to...more >>

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I am trying to retrieve (from unmanaged code) the font information from windows within a .NET application using SendMessage( hEnd, WM_GETFONT, 0, 0 ).. However the return value is NULL every time....:-( Does anyone know whether this is actually possibly, or is it just a bug within Windows form...more >>

Hello, I'm fairly new to .NET and need to develop a web application. Any pointers or help will be greatly appreciated. Many thanks, Marise ...more >>

Hello. I am 100% stumped by this and am very needy of a fix. Please help me figure out why this code does not work- I can access active directory information but can not return email address. Here's the code--- Dim Root As New DirectoryEntry("LDAP://dc=dcomp1,dc=net") Dim Searcher As New D...more >>

Hello all: I am trying to retrieve all drives of a specific type. I can obtain all drives via the Directory.GetLogicalDrives() method however there is no obvious way to determine the type of drive? Thank you, Shannon Richards. ...more >>

I'm trying to run a COM object that I created in VB.NET inside another VB.NET program. I'm running into problems with I try to use "CreateObject ()" -- I get the error message, "Cannot Create ActiveX Object". After that, I try to instantiate it with "New", but I don't see the object anywh...more >>

hello john i did not saw your messgae Now i want to set secret key but i do not know how need help with that code In sub crypt encrypt text and that is ok I don't know how to set .key and .IV property so i want to set my secret key in other sub decrypt i can't decrypt text th...more >>

I need to set up an automated email system , which means users should not be able to respond back to the emails but at the same time, we need to track bounced emails. This is important as our customers are paying for this service, so we need to track the bounced email Id's. This is the code wh...more >>

Hi everybody, I want to retrieve information about objects in active directory windows 2000 and their properties. I got some codes that don't work absolutely. for example I can't retrieve users list and group list separatedly.there is my code that downloaded from the internet : public class...more >>

I am attempting to put a combo box into a datagrid, I have created a component class called DataGridComboBoxColumn.cs */ I keep getting these 2 errors when I run the project : 1)Object reference not set to an instance of the object AND 2)dgcbcProducts = null*/ The same applies to the othe...more >>

hi all how can i make combobox and datetimepicker readonly? thank...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create a custom MSI project, I have added a textbox (a) dialog to the installation and I'm passing the value set to the installer class via custom data. However, when I'm uninstalling the package this value doesn't seem to be what the user orignally set, do I have to pers...more >>

hi all i have datatable with columns "id" and "name" how can i set the position of cursor to the row where "id" equals to, for example 5? thanks ...more >>

I am developing a service which I install and run on a number of servers. It works on most machines I have installed it on, but I always get a 1053, service will not start in a timely fashion message on one server. I have reduced the code to almost nothing so as to remove almost all the pro...more >>

hi, I've got an aspx page with a button. Upon clicking this button, it will pop up a new window to go a new page. At the same time, the parent window will redirect itself to another page. How can this be done? Thanks !!...more >>

I have created an application which creates a financial plan for our customers. Now my financial planner wants to distribute a copy of application to our customer with their respective plans and limited functionality. How can I can I do this? I am using SQL Server at the back end with several ...more >>

What is the relationship of .NET to XP compared to .NET's relationship to Longhorn? Is that even a proper way to phrase the question?...more >>

Hi I am trying to debug a bit of code (while learning .net) and I put in some break points. I was surprised to find that the code didn't halt. On further inspection I noticed that the Break Line inserted a "?" in the dot in the margin after the code ran. The "Tool-Tip" says "The break point ...more >>

I have tried both the binary and the XML serialization; both give the same results. I have an object with a MemoryStream member. When I serialize and deserialize the object, the MemoryStream member is created, but it's actual stream blank. All primitive typed members of my object deseri...more >>

Hi, I'm writing a simple application that deletes multiple directories. I want to write it so that it will simply continue on through the list of directories if an exception is thrown (the directory is not there). Is there a way to do this? Am I approaching this all wrong?...more >>

Hello. I have an ASPX file. I want to transform my XML stored in file by XSL (from file too). I successfully use the code below: <asp:xml runat="server" id="myXMLTag" DocumentSource="myXML.xml" TransformSource="myXSL.xslt" /> or <asp:xml runat="server" id="myXMLTag" /> <scri...more >>

Hello, What is an acceptable screen resolution for windows forms. I am designing an application and I don't want the windows forms to be too big or too small. Thank you in advance. ...more >>

My debugging capabilities within Visual Studio 2003 have stopped working. None of my applications created over the past year will run in debug (F5) mode. I created a simple "Hello World" application and it will not run in debug mode either. My applications run successfully using Skip De...more >>

Hi everybody, I want something like I used in MS Access: for i = 1 to 20 me("FieldName" & i).Text = "Text bla bla bla" next i I want something like that because I have a series of fields like FieldName1; FieldName2, FieldName3, ... which I want to fill in programmaticaly. thanks...more >>

Hi there, I have specified a aspnet user account to run all .net sites. This account needs access to start a .BAT File (in my global.asax on session start the app needs to execute this bat file). I have given the aspnet user Read and execute but the .bat will still not start. What specif...more >>

Ok, I have been looking all over fro answers to these two questions and can't seem to locate anything... I am still looking but figured that I would drop a query here also.... 1) The ErrorProvider control does not seem to offer any way that I can check the control once to see if it has ANY ...more >>

Hi pals, I am using Listview control. I encouter 2 problems in my codeing ----------------------------- 1. How to add image to Column Header ? Ex: |Description Image| ...more >>

Hi all, does someone know a good resource which describes the differences between MS' new "Express" editions vs. the full-fledged VisualStudio2005? -I didn't find a good in-deep comparison on the web till now, so I hope for your analysis. tnx, Kai...more >>

Hi, Seems like VB.NET Intellisense and complier does check for method definitions much. The following code compiles with no errors in VB.NET! (but of course, trust C# to be strict and perfect :) ) [c#] public class MyOwnClass { public void Print() { Console.WriteLine("Pr...more >>

I have started a new project that requires an existing MS Access 2000 application to be written using asp.net web forms. We have downloaded a MS Access -> ASP.NET converter (www.microtools.us) and converted the access forms. The code looks quite messy and I'm not sure whether it will save us m...more >>

I have written code to start another process and a form is displayed within my app to let the user know the process is running. The problem is the process runs in normal mode and shows in front of the app. I would ideally like to manipulate the process's window mode to minimize it, or possibly...more >>

hello people here is example how to hash something I want to set key for that but i don't know how?? Code works but how can i put secret key code and after that decrypt sorry for my english :) Sub Main() Dim x_str As String = "Some text" Dim x_message_data() As Byte = Encoding.Default.G...more >>

Hi, I have a text I called txtdate which is the system date or date today.How can I set the txtdate.text=8/29/04 even if the date today is equal to 8/30/04.Our business hours starts from 8am till 2am so if our business opens on 8/29/04 all transaction made past 12 midnight till 2am should...more >>

Hi, I'm an ex-Delphi developer and I'm used to the ModelMaker Case tool for Delphi. Now I'm starting a large project in C# and I need some help in design. I'm looking for case tools for VisualStudio.Net. Any advise is welcome. Regards, ...more >>

The following (C#) code snippet sets the text property of a label to null, then tests it for null, only to find out that is isn't. Can anyone explain why? Label1.Text = null; if (Label1.Text == null) { Label2.Text = "Is null"; } else { ...more >>

Hi, I just downloaded everything I need to write some web forms. I have been searching everywhere for a SEARCHABLE class library but I can't find one anywhere. I found the .net class library on the microsoft website but you can't seem to search it. Very frustrating! I remember that Java ha...more >>

Has anyone tried to control the color changes that occur when a .net control (in this case specifically, a combo box) is disabled? We are trying to limit input, yet not have the control go gray on gray when disabled (or at least be able to control the behavior). Any thoughts on this would be ap...more >>

Does anyone know how I can add a progress bar into a listbox in C# or VB.NET? I want to basically show a list of files that are transferring (or have some operation being performed on them simultaneously) and use the progress bar to show ... well ... progress. Any ideas? (Example code wou...more >>

How do I create a new GUID programatically like the "Create Guid" tool does in VS.NET? -- Jeff Lynch "A BizTalk Enthusiast" http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/jlynch/ ...more >>

Hi, I have some code written into the html in a dot.net form: <%if test(Container.DataItem("user_id")) =2%> I've been able to use container.dataitem in these <%%> pairs as an expression to provide values for clauses. I've also been able to call functions as above, as long as...more >>

I noticed that when I write an entry into the Windows event log using one of the various overloaded WriteEntry methods I always get the following text below my description: For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. I don't want to send m...more >>

is there a way i can change the server info. i use windows 2003 server. how can i make it show windows nt 4.0 when requested on netcraft.com i know ebay does that. thanks in advance Aaron ...more >>

how can i read xml file to dataSet? this is what i have written so far- dim db1 as database db1=new dataBase db1.readXmlSchema("fileName.xsd") db1.readXml("fileName.xml") what am i missing?? thanks in advanced!!...more >>