Hi I am facing a strange problem in downloading files from the web. CASE 1: I have an ActiveX.dll file developed using Visual Basic 6.0 and uploaded on a Linux Server. I am typing [http://somedomain.com/somefolder/filename.dll] into the addressbar of the IE, IE is allowing me to download...more >>

I have a VS 2003 C# project, web app with a bunch of DLL's. When I compile my project I often times get this message: Unexpected error creating debug information file 'C:\DevProjects\Allstar Admin\Allstar.Common.DataAccess\obj\Debug\Allstar.Common.DataAccess.PDB' -- 'C:\DevProjects\Allstar...more >>

I've been tasked with writing an application in VB.Net that will manipulate messages in a user's Inbox. My Exchange admin prefers that I use MAPI; I don't really care, but I want this to be as easy as possible. The application will ultimately be installed on a machine that will NOT have Outloo...more >>

I have a COM that takes care all the server site printing. It stops working right after I installed the SP1 on the window 2003 server with IIS 6.0. I redo all the registry settings to make sure the system account is there to handle the printing, see Q184291 for details. However, it still shows...more >>

What i am doing is pretty simple. I am writing a simple control that you probably have seen on many websites. You have a phone number field ( 3 Textboxes ) if the size of the textbox text is = 3 move to the second text box. My problem is: How do i tell my app to select the second text box? ...more >>

I'm new to .net. I've essentially inherited a project from a collegue who left for greener pastures. I'm trying to install an assembly into the Global Assembly Cache and it produces the "Error 1304: Error writing to file: <my dll name>. Verify that you have access to that directory" ...more >>

I've implemented a number of strongly-typed collections that inherit from CollectionBase and recently noticed something that I don't fully understand. CollectionBase defines method RemoveAt(). However, CollectionBase implements IList which also defines method RemoveAt(). In my collection wh...more >>

I need to convert a .aspx web page into a PDF file. I would like to do this via my ASP.NET application. Basically, I want the PDF to look just like the web page looks. What is the best solution for doing this? Thanks in advance for any assistance. bg...more >>

In VB.NET I would like to not have to create property get/set procedures for every class variable I want to expose to Excel VBA projects in COM builds. Can anyone tell me if that is possible, or refer me to some documents that will make me understand why this apparent limitation of VB.NET COM b...more >>

Hi all, The type library is an important file for COM interop, without which unmanaged code can't interact with managed code. When I use .NET 2003, I can sucessfully generate .tlb file from a .NET Dll (built with /clr:oldsyntax switch) - using tlbexp or Regasm /tlb. The above technique never...more >>

Is there anything that combines the features of a dictionary and a collection such that items can be retrieved by either their key or their index? I think this is how vb.6 collections worked?...more >>

how to i removed the "/" of the date ? for example 7/12/05 should show up as 20050712 How do i do this in ASP.. Please help...more >>

I read a lot about serialising things to XML. Can someone give me some examples of why I would want to do this? I seem to be missing the point....more >>

Visual Studio 2003 C# SQL Server 2000 I have a dataset on my form. I have added some fields to the database table that this dataset uses, how do i update my dataset to show these extra fields? Thanks Steve...more >>

Hi, Because GDI+ doesnt support inversion of rectangles on a graphics device (!!!) I'm attempting to call InvertRect() on the api direct from my c# project. In the file in questions, directly after the using directives and before the class/namespace bit I've got (found this on the web): ...more >>

Hello, I'm using an ActiveX component in my .NET application bij referencing the DLL. Visual Studio will create a wrapper class. So far so good. The problem is that i've not all properties avialable from the ActiveX objects that i CAN access by using the same objects from script. Are these ...more >>

Hi I am looking for some suggestions here. We are creating a distributed app (3-tier) using VB.NET and ASP.NET Web Services. The architecture follows that of a 3-Tier architecture. Now, one of our clients do not want the 3-tier model. They want the application to be just a client-server model....more >>

I know that converting a string to lower or upper case with diffrent culture information can produce diffren strings, i know why. Is there a situations when comparing both strings in lower case (with diffrent culture information) produces diffrent results? If yes, when (why)? ...more >>