I was wondering if there are any recommended persistence frameworks for use in .NET that could be recommended. I am looking for the following requirements: Free/Open Source or very inexpensive. Ease of deployment (no services to install/straight dll) Ability to define entity classes from exis...more >>

Hi, I have an .asp file, that has some functions written in LANGUAGE="JavaScript". I need to have a C# program, that includes this .asp file and use the functions written in it. I mean that I have to call the functions (present in .asp page and written in 'JavaScript'), pass required par...more >>

I have a problem where the French translation for "side" gets converted incorrectly into a datatable from XML. Note: The total XML is at the bottom of the message to keep from distracting from the observation. Note: The characters used in this example are <Text>Côtés</Text> When I pu...more >>

Hi all, Believe you have sound experience in development, however, if we look at the whole Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) of the project, say, 1. Project Initiation, 2. Gathering Requirements, 3. System Analysis and Design, 4. System Development, 5. System Tes...more >>

I developed a application, and is working fine in Windows 2000, but in WinXP... Form1 call Form2.Showdialog, and when Form2 is closed I get a message error. I try other way, Form2.Show and this is working. Can somebody help me ?because I need to use Form2.Showdialog. Thanks....more >>

Hi, I may be doing something dumb but.......I have been using the data access ent lib to do the HOL's. All is well. However I now want to add the data access functionality to my BTS2004 project, therefore requiring strong name key. When I try to compile the Data solution from source I get ...more >>

Hi, I have a text box on a form and I am validating the data(street address) with the following expression ^[a-zA-Z\d]+(([\'\,\.\- #][a-zA-Z\d ])?[a-zA-Z\d]*[\.]*)*$. The following address works excellent 23-89 New Street 1 south william street The problem is I try puting "N'Select" and ...more >>

There is a function which in my DLL which is referenced by other C# projects. VectorPlane vPlane = new VectorPlane(100.0, 25.0, 65.0, "unbridged, extensible"); That object can be passed into a function called int ModifyObject(object obj); Using reflection, I can call functions which ...more >>

Hello, could anybody explain me the advantages and disadvantages of delegation and the advantages and disadvantages using event-listeners? - both related to the treatment of events. thanks in advance regards mat...more >>

I want to use a 3rd party assembly that links to a "4th party assembly." My problem is that I use a newer version of that 4th party assembly. When I add the assemblies as references to my application it won't run. I get an error, " The located assembly's manifest definition with name 'XXX' ...more >>

Hello, Quick question I hope: Can Microsoft Passport be used only by users with Internet access, or can you use it as long as the intranet web server has internet access. Thanks, Ryan ...more >>

Our friends at VISA would like to know if fileinfo.copy copies the files securly or do I have to use scp or sftp. If its not secure, does anyone have any suggestions on what I could use besides scp or sftp. I have 450 stations that I have to get retreive files from securely and the deployment ...more >>

Hi All, Believe you have sound experience in development, however, before coding, when a project just started and is in User Requirement gathering, what special points shall we pay attention to, if the project is going to be done in .net? maybe it's a little bit abstract? well, i'd like to ...more >>

I've got a program that will do some updates to the system. During that time, if a certain program, called a.exe is running, I want to stop the program, do what I need to do and restart the program. How can I find out if a.exe is currently running and stop it? TIA - UJ. ...more >>

hi guys and gals, I've just run into an interesting problem. I'm trying to call assembly methods which are not bound to the main project assembly. The Interface is always the same, however due to differences in processing lenght, I thought it be better to invoke some of the methods asyncr...more >>

I know how to do it in VB6, but that doesn't work in .NET. I am trying to select single or multiple items to load into a collection. -- ..NET Developer in Training...more >>

the following bit of code set to an onclick for a button in access works fine. Dim id As String id = DLookup("[name]", "beta", "[Value] = " & DMin "[VALUE]", "beta")) MsgBox id However trying to get this to work for my new sql database in c# is hard! first i tried to find a substitute ...more >>

Hi, We have and IBM AS400 and I belive the reional setting is Turkish. The IBM Client-Access for Windows that install in our PC (WIN XP SP2) set to Turkish characters. Now my PC has English (US) regional setting and I am not having any problem to connect. But If I change my PC Region...more >>

Hello all, we have build a big application with VB6. Now I prefer to migrate to .NET. Maybe step by step. Therefore I'am looking for good arguments to persuade my boss. So what are the most important reasons for migrating a application from VB6 to .NET? Thanks in advance. Best reg...more >>

Hi and TIA! When uploading files I would like to show a progress indicator as to what's going on. Currently the user clicks the button, the file gets uploaded, but there's no visual indication that the upload has even begun. Any advice or guidance is appreciated. Thanks for your time -- ...more >>

Hi - I have the old problem of my asp.net worker process shooting up to 99% - at which point my asp.net web app stops running. My app reads rows from a sql server database table, and on the While Read loop, appends certain information to a stringbuilder. When a certain condition is met, a su...more >>

I'm just getting into design patterns and am not sure I fully understand the usefulness of the singleton. I know you can use it to ensure that you only have one instance of a class, but why would you do that rather then just using static methods on your class. Any input would be great. Than...more >>

Hello, I have created a small project, which gives the dll when built. Other project, which is done in ASP.NET is using this dll as reference. So when I run the ASP.NET project sometimes, I will get this error. "An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file requi...more >>

Hi, I came across this URL that describes microsoft's point of view of naming conventions. I was wondering if these guidelines are available as PDF as well. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpgenref/html/cpconnamingguidelines.asp Does anybody know where I...more >>

Hi, How can I have an MDI Child Window in such a way that all other MDI Child Windows appear OVER it. Its like a background window which will never overlap another MDI child window. Is this achieveable, this almost the BottomMost behaviour of an MDI Child Window? Is it possible to have this...more >>

Using C#, there is a SaveFile method under the .NET framework class. What do I need to include to get access to this? Is there a .NET library that you have to include? -- Message posted via DotNetMonster.com http://www.dotnetmonster.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/dotnet-general/200510/1...more >>