I'm posting to this question to the selected NGs because I'm interested in getting the viewpoint from within the "trenches" (not from academia or the big consulting firms). At the launch last Monday, one of Steve Ballmer's early slides presented the fact that something like 35% of IT projec...more >>

Hi How do I extract the version of an assembly inside a msi-file? Is there any "easy" way of getting all kinds of information out of a msi-file, like build date, manufacturer, contained files, dependencies etc .... ? /Andreas Zita ...more >>

Hello, I am using Oracle 9i in my application and facing a problem with the connection string. In the datasource attribute of the connection string i had to specify an entry in "tnsnames.ora" file for it to work correctly. If i copy and paste the entry in the "tnsname.ora" file it comp...more >>

Dear all, I wrote a service by C# but I found the service is not quite stable. I want to add some code that refresh or restart the service itself for a fixed period. Does anyone know how to programmatically restart a service itself? Or I need a separate process to restart my service? ...more >>

DataSet objDataSet = new DataSet(); objDataAdapter.Fill(objDataSet,"OfficeList"); ddlOfficeList.DataSource = objDataSet; ddlOfficeList.DataTextField = "field1"; ddlOfficeList.DataValueField = "field3"; i have a ...more >>

On some of my pages I add a javascript call dynamically to the BODY tag: pageBody.Attributes.add("onload", "dothis();") Since this adds an actual attribute, trying to call this multiple times simply replaces the attribute I created rather than adding new values to the existing attribute. W...more >>

I can't imagine this is that hard but I'm sure having a struggle finding it. How do I convert a value like "111403" do a DateTime variable in DotNet (i.e. 11/14/2003)? ...more >>

OK, this is kind of a conceptual question, so bear with me... When does a Value Object or Data Transfer Object become a Business Object, if it even does at all? For instance, in J2EE we often used DTOs to solve the problem of transferring data quickly and efficiently from our DAL (EJB) layer...more >>

Hi, I am in the process of getting our web site on Windows 2003 Web Server with IIS6. Our web site has combinations of asp pages and .net - aspx pages. I did all required settings, but not sure why can't I see see any aspx pages. It shows me that "Page can not be found". What can it be? I ...more >>

I have 2 problems. Whenever i click on my local server folder, i get the following error message: ---Documents in this folder are not available. The folder may have been moved or deleted, or network problems may be preventing a connection to the server. In addition whenever i attempt to pu...more >>

If I only have the .Net Framework (target computer), is there a way to open a .Net command window in order to run regasm and gacutil? The basis for my question is that I've extended the functionality of an old VB6 application by exposing methods in a .Net dll. Now I want to deploy this on com...more >>

Is there a best way to handle various formats of dates for SQL server?. The data comes in various input files with different date formats. The ParseExact function looks like an "evil" and it doesn't seem to work for some cases. 'Date Time Stuff Dim dtarray As String() = _ ...more >>

Experts! We are experiencing the following difficulty. We are required to display a gif image as a "please wait message", as done in asp pages. When this is attempted in an asp.net post back event, the gif animation stops completely till it has completed execution. We need to display an...more >>

I have some application in VS2003, and I want to try VS2005. Is it possible to install these versions on the same PC? Thanks ...more >>

We are adding both regular expression and custom validators to our textboxes on our web forms. We given them unique names. We have run into a problem every now and then where all the textboxes and validators are renamed to a default name like regularexpressionvalidator7. Does anyone know ...more >>

Im trying to deploy a windows service and a windows application together with my web application in the same setup msi. It works sometimes, but suddenly I cant build the msi. I get errors like: "Error 2 Unable to update the dependencies of the project. The dependencies for the object 'Process...more >>

Hello, I've just upgraded from .NET 2003 to 2005. I was using an app.config file to set my connections. I see that this must have automatically been changed when .NET converted my solution from 2003 to 2005. Do I use both the app.config file and the settings.settings file? I see that co...more >>

Hi, all: I really don't know where to start this case: When the print button is clicked, I'll build a html on th fly, then I want to show this html in PDF format. I have Acrobat writer installed on the server. I use C# and asp.net as my developing tool. Can anyone tell me how to sta...more >>

Hello, I have just installed VB Express and was toying with upgrading a project from VB 2003. Reports designed in Crystal seem to port fine enough, however, I am unable to open the reports for editing. I searched the docs for registering the custom tool so that I may continue editing, to ...more >>

OK. Just ordered VS2005 Pro. to make the transition from VB6. A commercial application needs to be converted from VB6. Currently it is a multi-formed app that communicates to an many-tabled Access db. Stores and keeps track of appointments, people, pictures, etc. Also allows two users to ...more >>

Hi, I followed everything this article suggests: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;836734 Yet I still get the following message when stepping into a SP: "Cannot debug stored procedures because the SQL server database is not setup correctly or the user does not hav...more >>

I have legacy DLL code written in C++ that is essentially C code, an implementation of a set of formulas used in our industry. There are no DB or GUI interfaces, just exposed methods. I would like to convert it to C# and if that is not possible to manage C++. I want to use the DLL in a larg...more >>

hey guys, i'm creating a .Net web application with Access as the back end [not my choice]. anyway, there's a need to store and display .pdf files. now, i've messed around with the OLE Object in Access with sort of mixed results, so,im asking for some advice on the best way to maintain this functi...more >>

I getting the problem to displaying the cross tab report to the pdf. I can able to display only 5 columns in the PDF. if it is more number of columns then the empty data is displayed in the next page for the rest of the columns. I can able to display all the columns with data in Excel but not...more >>

Hi, I have written an App in vb.Net (2003) which references Excel 2000. This creates a Interop_Excel.dll which I need to reference in my project. All OK so far. I had to modify the Interop_Excel.dll and renamed it tm_Interop_Excel.dll after modification. This new dll has a strong name and ...more >>

new problem, SP debug seems to load now but not stopping on a breakpoint. VS .net 2003 enterprise arch sql server 2000 xp sp2 thanks for any help Scott ...more >>