Learn how to create of distributed object-oriented applications in .NET: The Microsoft .NET Framework provides extensive support for creating highly scaleable distributed applications. Rocky Lhotka's CSLA .NET framework builds on the capabilities of .NET to simplify the creation of Windows a...more >>

Using VS.Net 2000 and C# How can I get the CPU Serial Number and the Operating Syatem Serial Number Thanks in advance, Paul ...more >>

I have a console application that brings up a dialog if invoked with no command line parameters. If I double click on my application a console window is briefly displayed before the dialog appears (I have this code in my app: if (args.length ==0) FreeConsole() which causes the console to be c...more >>

How do i tell if a string obeys a regular expression? i thought i knew but then i tried to verify that a string was a certain length... Regex.IsMatch("1234", @"\w{1,3}") This returns true and i don't want it to! i understand that it found *a* match - "123" matched \w{3}. But i don'...more >>

I am trying to find a prewritten method for converting a string like this:"Hello World" to this "Hello\sWorld". I plan to use it to build a regular expression. Specifically I am looking for a method that can convert not just space (\s) but also any character that needs to be escaped in a ...more >>

We want to search our file system regularly for certain file types and possibly for text contained in the files. We essentially need a tool that provides the primary functionality of the Window Search facility that can be run in batch from a "Scheduled Task". We have seen many great tools,...more >>

All the world aside, Iran alone and on itself has blocked half of the internet, including many "moral" and useful websites, mainly because of its medieval policies. The level of filtering has doubled in the elections days, in a way that many of the following websites have been unbelievably blocke...more >>

Configuring Win Server 2003 SP1 for remote debugging. The steps listed here for configuring DCOM permissions on the web server don't coincide with dcomcnfg on Win Server 2003 SP1: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vsdebug/html/vctskinstallingremotedebugmonitor.as...more >>

I'm setting up a Win Server 2003 for remote debugging. From this page, I see that I need to set two registry keys on the server: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vsdebug/html/vctskinstallingremotedebugmonitor.asp This key already exists: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SO...more >>

I'm working in C#/.Net Desktop shortcuts to folders are now shown in the FolderBrowserDialog. Is there any way to have them show up? thanks mike ...more >>

I am running the following remoting server as a Console application, and I want to convert it to a Windows Service. [STAThread] static void Main(string[] args) { System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingConfiguration. Configure("ChatServer.exe.config"); Console.WriteLine("Chat Server Started...more >>

I am trying to read data from com1 and I am using the new serialport control. I downloaded the script from microsoft that does a readline from the comm port, but I keep getting the "operation timed out" error. I then will open up HyperTerminal and connect and the output then displays? The a...more >>

Sorry to post here but where is the microsoft news group related to c++? ...more >>

Visual Studio 2003 .Net / C# I have a 2 page Tab Control for users to add a Job in my application. The first page is for them to choose which type of Job they would like. The type of Job determines what information is asked for on the second page, and so will determine the layout of the ...more >>

This is probably an easy question but i apparently can't find the right Google key words i am passed a string and the name of the data type i'm hoping that string is (technically, i'm passed a System.TypeCode). My job is to verify that the item really is a valid bool value, int, single, wha...more >>

Hi, In my application i need to create the controls at runtime and also need to position them. I am doing it by this like, control.Location = new Point(x,y); Now when i am getting lets say y greater than 32767 (lets say y = 33421) after setting this location property it again be...more >>

I am using VS.Net 2000 and C# trying to access the System.Management namespace in a Web Application -but- after: using System; using System.Management; I get: The type or namespace name "Management" does not exist in the class or namespace "System" How do I go about accessing the "Managemen...more >>

Is there a way using LDAP to read these members? i can read the groups using the WINNT provider but i can't use a directorysearcher against WINNT only LDAP, this seems like such an easy thing to do but i haven't had any luck. any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

Any other event is there other than Click event for Button control...more >>

This is a very general question. I have a form. On this form I have many controls and several tab pages. To complete this form I will need to make a couple of calls to a database, and I have several subs that set values based on input of controls on the form. Do I put all of my subs/func...more >>

Hi everybody, Question: how can I use the executable.config-files during installation? The answer might seem obvious, but there is apparently more to it! My itention was, as part of the iinstallation, to write write two settings to the .config file for the executable. I don't usually do t...more >>

Hi everybody, What installer/deployment tool are you all using? I've been struggeling with the built-in tools since .NET came out, but after too many hits in the head and I'm running out of helmets. See related thread. Maybe it's down to the (lack of) docuementation, I don't know. I've a...more >>

Hi, My application has to generate dynamically XMLs from any schema. The application doesn't know the shema structure, only the name of the .xsd file. So I would like to generate an empty XML from given XSD. Could anybody tell me how I can do this in .NET Studio? Thanks, Mary ...more >>

Hi! I need to store some information about my application, such as trail version limits, allowed modules, etc. My question is whether it's better to store it in the windows registry, or in a binary file in the application's directory. My question is more aimed to the security issues, becau...more >>

This is going to seem like a basic OO question, but it comes up and bites me every now and again. Suppose we have a multi-tiered protocol to implement, what is the logical, OO way to design the handler? For example, let's say that we have to implement the ISO 7-layer protocol, or something ...more >>