I would like to learn more about licensing methods that can be used with asp.net application. Something like http://www.dotnetcharting.com You have to download a license file to activate the program. and it locks the application to a single website. How do they do that? Does anyone kno...more >>

Hi I want to make an application (in C#) that can catch text written to a Richedit control in another application. Using Spy++ I can see that the message I want to intercept is called EM_REPLACESEL. I have been googling and I am pretty sure that the way forward is using SetWindowsHookEx, bu...more >>

Folks, We have a C# method which we register as part of a class for COM Interop: public void send(string contents, string filepath ,string filename) { } The type library produced for the assembly contains the following method information: void send( ...more >>

Dear, Microsoft Corporation The question I am asking is pertaining towards the common language runtime (CLR), and the common type system (CTS). First, Why does the common type system (CTS) define only semantics and not both syntax and semantics? is this due to the CTS not being definiti...more >>

I am working on an ASP.net application and I have a base class for all my pages to inherit. In this class I have a Subroutine named ResetControls which can go through and set certain types of controls to the defaults that I specify. I chose to place it here so that all of my pages can use it...more >>

If... We can get through reflection the code of everything in .net Its posible to pre-compile the CIL code to a target machine. Then... A program could get all the related CIL code for a project and build a single file, fixing the references. This or other program can then compile it to a t...more >>

Is there any way to disable being able to shut down a program totally? I would have to allow it to be closed when the computer is shutting down or the user is logging out, but other than that it can't shut down no matter what. Can anybody give me any suggestions? I'd like to use c# but moreove...more >>

I'm developing a middle tier business object that can be called from either a Windows Form or Web Form front-end. Is there a way to detemine the context of the call to determine if the call is coming from an http request or a window call? ...more >>

I don't know the correct terminology, but I'm sure there's a better way to do the following with .aspx pages:- In global.asax, I create an instance of an entity (basketCentral.vb) which has subroutines, functions and variables which I want to access from any page:- Sub Session_Start(ByVa...more >>

i have a c# app that needs to somehow detect if the .NET framework is installed or not and if it isnt then do a silent install. My program is very small and i would like it to remain on a cd and not have to use an installer. The target environment is an unknown and i want my .exe to work as se...more >>

I have 2 VB.NET projects, each with multiple forms. I need to combine these 2 projects into 1 project that contains all the forms and methods of the 2. Is this possible? -- Regards, William...more >>

I write CRUD database applications for a living for an audience of about 100 users per application using classic ASP. I maintain and frequently change on user's request 22 different applications by myself. Recently we have had .NET 1.1 then 2.0 installed and have been told to use it. After re...more >>

I built a web application in C#.Net. It compiles and runs fine however... I need to move some of the files to a directory (actually another web site on the same server) to use the SSL capabilities. My company is trying to save money by not paying for any more SSL than absolutely necessary...more >>

Hi, what is the best way to manipulate MSOffice programs? i understand that regular web pages do not have the permissions (because of safety measures) to open up MS word/excel programs, for example, from a web site. What I need is a strategy for the best way to open up word/excel applicati...more >>

Hello I'm using the following code to send mail from VB.NET 2003 Imports System.Web.Mail .. .. Dim oMail as System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail Dim Attachment as System.Web.Mail.MailAttachment Dim Mailmsg as New System.Web.Mail.MailMessage oMail.SmtpServer = "yyy.yyy.com" Mailmsg.To = "joe@xxx.com...more >>

April Fools :-) -- <%= Clinton Gallagher METROmilwaukee "Regional Information Services" URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/ ...more >>

Our win forms application generates printed output that is built dynamically from images and data queries then written to a graphics object for printing, however I also need to be able to save the final graphics object to some sort of file that can be saved to disk, then emailed to users outsi...more >>

Is there a component that will display HTML in a normal Windows form? Everything I search for online only takes me to ASP.NET stuff, which isn't what I want. Thanks in advance, Chris ...more >>

I have a datagrid and i'm trying to fix the width of one of the columns to be exactly 300px. My problem is that one of the records fields(CompanyName) is really long and has no spaces so it streches the whole datagrid accross the screen. Has anyone else ever experienced this problem and is the...more >>

I hope you are all doing well. I have a website that I've created and I'm wondering if I can ask for some feedback on it. The program is for order taking for restaurants. I'd like to have some comments on it. But pleez don't tell me it needs more graphics!!! Here's the example, feel fre...more >>

Hello folks! I'm converting an asp page to an asp.net page. What I have is set obj=server.createobject("MyDLL.MyClass") obj.PublicMethod() this works fine in asp but it doesn't work in dot-net. Anybody got the upgraded code? Thanks-In-Advance, Bob ...more >>

I have read plenty about applying double buffering for animation and self drawn forms. Is there a way to apply it to a form with many standard controls on it (textboxes, labels etc) ?? I have tried using myForm.SetStyles(ControlStyles.DoubleBuffer, True) however it has made no impact on th...more >>

Hi, I am trying to submit an asp.net form to a new window and thus using a normal "HTML" Button. Window opens fine, but the form submits to itself. Since it has runat=server tag. If I remove this tag(runat=server) from the form, then all the controls (serverside) start spitting errors.... ...more >>

Hi Friends, I have developed a Windows service. Now i need icon for this service in systray and context menu fo this icon. Can i do this? With regards, Lalit...more >>

I have a useful framework, written in a different language (PowerBuilder), which I'd like to replicate in .Net and Forms, but I'm unsure of how to approach it, as the Event model is being used different between the development environments. Currently we have data entry screens, whose column...more >>