Log4Net vs Enterprise Library - Logging Application Block Please list or point to the comparison. My requirements are: - 50 to 70 web servers - Track Machine name - Extract class / method name irrespective of the info type - debug, trace, exception and more - Incoming bad links - Session...more >>

Hi First of all, this is my first post on a newsgroup so don't shoot me if I ask this in the wrong place. Here is the situation. I'm developing an asp.net application with access to a SQL Server 2000 on the companies network. On my development machine I have Bitdefender Internet Security...more >>

I was trying to do this http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316163 but I can't seem to change the current folder I tried cd <folder name> and it didn't work. Thanks, Can...more >>

Hello, I keep reading about "DLL hell" and how it used to make sure that the correct DLL is used, especially when installing a new program and attempting to install the DLL that comes packaged with that program. Then I read about how .NET makes DLLs easier and less error prone. I really ...more >>

Hi, I converted my .Net1.1 application (written in VS2003) to a .Net2.0 application. I let VS2005 do the job as it suggested when trying to load my VS2003 project in VS2005. I then included the output exe from this project into my VS2005 setup project. I used it as a custom action. I then ...more >>

if i wonder if anyone could suggest a good book which will describe in detail the changes and new features in .net 2.0. i have in depth knowledge of .net 1.1 and want to learn about .net 2.0. -- "If ignorance is bliss, then wipe the smile from my face."...more >>

Is there a way to get the name of a computer on the local network if you know its Ip address and or its Mac address?...more >>

Hi, Under VC++.NET, i have a stupid issue with #include statement. Usually when we include some *.h file, we need to declare them before any #using <> or #using namespace... to avoid issue at compilation time. However, when i write #include "commctrl.h" as below in my *.h file : #pragma ...more >>

I have no idea how the question thing works but if any one reads this my problem is on my key pad certain letters our doing this when typed: e- re, er r- er, re d- fd, df f- df, fd c- vc,cv v- cv, vc and etc.....!!??!! HELP -- Pennington...more >>

Hi there, I have to integrate a previewer into a desktop application, that retains some links to resources (local files, internet-links, personal mails - this is not of certain concern). This window should be able to give a preview of the document: be it an office (word, excel), an image f...more >>

Hi: I have a treeview The treeview has a node the node has a contextMenuStrip The contextMenuStrip.Items has a few items. Goal: I want one of those items to have a submenu. Is this possible? Ron ...more >>

what is best way to talk to https webpages within .net? any good librarys for talking to https websites? ...more >>

I have a context menu strip. I can Add elements to its "Items", but there is nothing in there to add a sub context menu strip. Menu Item 1 Item 2 Sub Item 1 <-- impossible to add! How do I achieve that? There seems no API's to do that and the internet is simply "empty"...more >>

Hi, Just need a little advice. Id like to build *dynamic* context menus for tree nodes. I'm pretty versed in building context menus and attaching them to tree nodes. My question is, what event to I "capture" in order to build the tree node menu in real time? right click on a tree node? o...more >>

We are wondering what is the best way to go about managing production and development versions of our ASP.NET applications. We often publish a production version of a .NET application but then we may need to make longer term upgrades to the application that may take several weeks. Of course in t...more >>

I have code that is able to print using the PrintDocument class, PrintPage event and the Graphics.DrawString method. It is on the slow side though. Does anyone have an ideas on how to speed up the printing process? I did read one suggestion that said I should use the Win32 API's for printing,...more >>

I have written a C# application which should run as a Windows Service. I must avoid having multiple instances of the application on one machine so I inserted the following code at the beginning of the Main() function: // if this is not the first instance of this application, exit // immediate...more >>

Hi, In my C# windows form project application, I tried to deploy it on a Windows 2000 Pro client. However, it gave me an error: 'ResourcePool' is not supported on the current platform. I searched the Google, but most cases are for the web form project, not mine. Would someone tell me how...more >>

the code goes some thing like this try { some statements; } catch(Exception ex) { throw; } try { some statements; } catch(Exception ex) { throw ex; } ...more >>

For the sake of argument, let's say I wrote an application that made extensive use of web services. And, again for the sake of argument, let's assume that the app became very popular and millions around the globe used it daily. I know how to write a webservice attached to a backend databas...more >>

Hi, Need to run a background job which will run everyday and check if any of the members in the web application have their membership expiration date approaching and send them a remainder accordingly. How can this thread / method be scheduled to run background at sometime during the day. T...more >>

Hi, I'm currently working under VC++.NET 2005 and i'm deriving my custom control from ListView. I need your feedback to know in which direction should i develop this control. I've seen on internet a lot of similar controls, however i would like to understand a little bit more how to...more >>

Hi guys, I have built a custom Installaion project for one of my programs. I have included in it some code that registers the product. This registration code is in a seperate DLL file which gets executed. The DLL has got a window form interface with a few options ("Demo", "Activate", "Exit")....more >>

Hello All, Is it possible to update Sql Table through DataGrid. I have a DataGrid which is being populated through a stored procedure, all i wanted to do is to update one field (FieldName-Authorised) which has a datatype bit through DataGrid but not sure how to go about it. Any Ideas Guys on ...more >>

Dll created from dotnet, like the calls can be made from VB 6. Greetings and thank you ...more >>

Hello, Really need some advice here. I bought a Dell computer from a local wholesaler last week and the hard drive was completely erased. I didn't think it would be difficult to load software, but I'm finding out that I have no idea how to load anything on here. I only have access to th...more >>

Is there a way to creat an application that will put a control in the title bar of every other running application?...more >>

Is there a way to get a vb.net program to control the size of other application windows?...more >>

I ran into sort of a timing issue. I want to hold some default properties for form controls (font, borderstyle, etc) in the registry or a config file and then update these things after init but before the paint. The problem is that the form's InitializeComponent() calls the control's construct...more >>

They're driving me nuts, especially with the Datareader. There are times when I want to pass a null date on to a date variable and I have to cast the null as a date!!!??? I'm wondering if I should just forget it and dates and times as a string in the database table. Anyone wrestle with ...more >>

I was asked by my boss to create representation of data by Graphs in VB 6 application. I checked the features of VB6 Graph control as well as Excel graphs. They are not good enough. I tried to find any third party ocx and all I found do not look good enough either. I found several .NET cont...more >>

Hi, I have a textbox and a listbox and I handle keydown events in the textbox. I'd like to pass page up/down events to the listbox if the focus is on the textbox, so that the default handler of the listbox handles them. That is I want to be able to scroll the listbox from the keyboard even ...more >>

hello everyone, i have a solution that contains the following project types: 1. Class library contains a singleton class that handles the data access (sql server 2005). 2. Windows service. uses the Class library's singleton class to manipulate data in the data base server. 3....more >>

For some reason I'm getting no data populating in my crystal report. I built my crystal report off my dataset in my project, and I fill the dataset when opening the main form, and count the records just to make sure there is data in the dataset, and then open the form containing my reportviewer...more >>

How do I programatically change the setting from portrait to landscape?...more >>

Hi, I've created a Form just for testing purposes. on this form i have a custom control that i created. Every time that i update my custom control (dll file), my test form displays the following message : "One or more errors encountered while loading the designer. The errors are listed...more >>

I have two assemblys A and B in folder 1. Assembly A references assembly B. In another folder 2, I have a program C that do a Assmebly.LoadFile(<absolute path to assembly A) and creates an instance of a class in A. When invoking a method (from the program C) in assembly A that creates an instan...more >>

Have a dll that calls a com object. Can call dll from C program fine, can call dll from C# program in compact framework (i.e. CE/PPC devices), no problem. On XP devices when I pinvoke it gets into the dll, but when the dll calls the COM interface get that error. Don't get the error if ca...more >>

I'm trying to figure out how to mimic the functionality of a Windows Service on the .NET Compact Framework 2.0. I need this application to always run in the background. I've researched quite a bit, but all I was able to find was articles related to building such an application in C++, or oth...more >>

I'm trying to create a small messenger program that uses the tcpclient and tcplistenter objects. When I start the application and run the thread that fires the tcplistener; once the client sends data then closes the stream and the connection I receive the message Unable to read data from the t...more >>

I have the following problem: User A is logged in to a windows 2000 terminal. He runs an application which runs under the credentials of a different user. If I try to see the current user throught the application I can only see the user that started the thread. How can I see the user that i...more >>

Sorry for this but to settle an argument Is C++ a dot net language, I say that it isn't and it has interoprability with dot net through extensions and what not, plus it been around longer than dot net, it allows multiple inheritance where as c# and vb.net don't you inherit from one object a...more >>

Recently I noticed something that seems strange to me in .NET source that I wasn't originally involved in producing. I was wondering if this was a preferred .NET style (or indeed general style). I believe not as the code also uses Hungarian notation. In summary I had always used, for exam...more >>

My problem is the following one it is in a datagridview I am showing some data and I would like to locate me in a certain line. Ex. Locate me in a line that has the telephone 999 and this orderly one for name ID - NAME - TELEPHONE 1 - AAA - 111 2 - BBB - 444 3 - CCC - 555 4 - DDD - 666...more >>

Working w/ someone in my company. We've both developed a project in VB.NET, and now we want to merge them into a single project/solution so they can communicate with each other. The communication is fairly simple stuff (e.g., if user selects a row in a DataGridView in one form, it selects a corr...more >>

If we didn't want to track bugs via email or paper forms is there an incident tracking type product that would permit us to track the following: The probelm the tested found Which version of the code it was in The ability to attach a screen shoot of the error The ability to assing a priority...more >>

Hi, I'm developping a form that renders differently when hovered and trigger some processing when not hovered (leaved). The thing is, when I leave my form and another form from my application is underneath, it works fine, but if I leave my form and anything that is not from my application is ...more >>

This one should be easy. Hope someone has a clue. Simple Scenario: Gridview with mulitple rows, each row with a checkbox. The user checks boxes of her choice. Clicks a button on the form (not in the grid). Desired aciton is then taken in response to the button_onclick event relevant to the r...more >>

I have a VB.Net application that does a lot of recursion. Task Manager shows about 19,400K in Mem Usage when the main process starts and about 31,600K when it ends. I have GC.Collect in the relevant code. Subsequent invocations of the process just add to the Mem Usage. I am pretty sure I am allo...more >>

Just curious about this. All .NET programs are compiled to IL. I was just wondering, how many .NET programs are actually used on other platforms? For example, non-Windows, or non-Intel. I've seen it used for robotics. Using .NET for web applications on, say, a Linux machine seems doabl...more >>