Hi, I have some properties using System.ComponentModel.DisplayName How can I retrieve that value using Reflection ? TIA...more >>

Looking for an idea here. I've got a .Net app connecting to SQL2005 where I allow users to add pictures to the database. But I don't want them adding gigantic images, so I'm looking for an idea on how to control how big of an image they might add. I'm not interested in simply saving a pointer ...more >>

I am trying to install an app that uses dotnet 1.1 in Vista (release), but am warned there is a "compatibility" issue. I hae seen some mention of problems with one beta, but is it still a problem> How to get around it? Martin. ...more >>

Hi there, Just a quick question: what exactly does Visual Studio do when registering an assembly for COM? I am looking to do this manually, but can't seem to figure out the steps to do so. Regards, Vinny ...more >>

Good morning all, I have a weird problem with my VS 2005 Documentation. When I open the help file through Start -> Visual Studion 2005 ->Visual Studio 2005 Documentation, I get what appears to be the VS 2005 help. The title bar shows 'Search - Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Documentation - Mi...more >>

Hi, I am using Visual Studio 2005 and has a problem with DataSet Designer. While I was using Visual Studio, 'A Package Load Failure Error' was given. Visual Studio terminated and when re-opened it again, the DataSet designer disappeared. A DataSet file is being opened with an XML Schema E...more >>

Hi friends, we have developed a windows desktop application in vb.net 2005 with MS-Access as backend ,our problem is we have to display data from a datagridview to a crystal report,we have written the code to display in crystal reports it is working in the system in which w...more >>

Howdy, All I want to do is replace the PagerStyle.NextPageText with an image. I don't see the need to have to write a custom paging control for something that should be simple. I tried setting the text to some html to refer to an image, ie: myDatagrid.PagerStyle.NextPageText = "<img src= .....more >>

Hi, the load method of the AppDomain doesn't take a string filename. If you have a new AppDomain object you created and a string with the full pathname of an assembly, how do you load it there? I can't seem to find examples involving filenames. thanks, Ron ...more >>

How can I find the "My Profile" tab on the Start page. I have the "Recent Projects", "Getting Started" and "Visual Studio Headlines" in panes on the left hand side and "MSDN: Visual C++" on the right. The picture in "Introduction to Visual Studio .NET" shows a different Start Page tab with a...more >>

Hi, If I declare an assembly within a method and call ".Load" on it... public void foo() { Assembly asm = Assembly.Load("myassembly.dll"); } 1) What happens to the actual assembly.dll when the method goes out of scope? will it close? 2) what would happen to types I instantiate that...more >>

Hi, because I'm newbie in this subject, I have some questions: I try to wrote application in scenario like this: Built program is on server machine and shared by Windows Network for others computer in network. Program use Sqlserver 2005 Express which is installed on the same machine. The ...more >>

I am using VB.NET 2005 and built and published my solution. When installing on a clients PC, where does the EXE go? Assume my project is Test. Shouldn't it be installed in C:\Program Files\Test ? It isn't and I don't know where to look. ON the Start menu, the Project shows up with a sh...more >>

Hi all, I was looking at the comparision of features for Windows Server 2003 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/features/comparefeatures.mspx regarding an upcoming project and it seems that the Web Edition does not support .NET Framework 2.0. Is this correct? It seems u...more >>

I have asp button control on the page. I need to check some condition before I postback the page. Actually it is posting back for both true, false conditions. I want to postback only if the condition is true. otherwise I want to stay on the same page. Note: I have many other asp buttons c...more >>

I am making a VB 2005 app, and I have another installation question. :-) Have you ever had to use the windows installer instead of clickonce installation? I read an article that says you have to use the windows installer when you have a "complex" installation. What does that mean? Specifi...more >>

Hi I've got a scenario for developing a component or application for my web app. to send some notification issues every some seconds to the app. users. the issues are added by users themselves and will send at the appropriate time (for example I add a reminder for the next saturday at 13:28 AM,...more >>

I have been developing C# for 6 months and reading a couple C# books. However, to improve my .NET development knowledge and experience, I need few ..NET books describing .NEt environment. Any suggestions ? ...more >>

I'm new to the vb.net scene, (from vb6) and would appreciate if someone could explain the difference between the two? From all I've read they seem to be the exact same thing? And as an expansion of that question, if i declare a public arraylist, how do i view its items from any procedure I hap...more >>

I ahve just downloaded IE7 and there is no Outlook button to access my mail. How do I do this. Thanks...more >>

Hi folks, I am net to NHibernate, and I hava a read baisc/general question. In my database (PostgreSQL), I have an unique index laying on the field transaktionsnummer which is located in the table payment. I use the Find-Method of the Session class to query some objects: ArrayList find ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to prepare to use IsolatedStorage with an app that is going to become a clickonce app. From what I understand, you can use the "application" scope instead of the "assembly" scope in order to have differing assembly versions not result in separate storage. Is this correct? ...more >>

Hi, is there som other way to do this? i only want the result from the select statement so i can use it in my code. I dont need the gridview, but this is the only way i got it to work. The SqlDataSource component is on the .aspx page and my code is on the aspx.vb page Protected sub in ...more >>

Hi, I have a Business Requirements Document and Functional Spec from my customer / user. How should I go about approaching the Database Design and Object Model Design? Generally I have done this on an adhoc basis. What is the "correct" or formal way of doing this? Thanks. ...more >>

Is it faster to read through a file, without checking for end of stream, and catch the EndOfStreamException or to do a check for position vs. length after reading each line of a file? This is using a BinaryReader. I am going to setup a some performance tests but wanted to gather any input fr...more >>

Hello, We're developing application in VS2005 using vb.net. Our application exe file is ~20mb when compiled. Recently, we have developed auto-update feature that goes on our web-site, authenticates through WebServices and if neccessary downloads updated app.exe file. We had to use custom ...more >>

Each .net app, by default, has 25 threads (per processor) in the threadpool, right? ... but when calling ThreadStart, I'm creating a new thread and not using the threadpool, right? I don't want to get into any lengthy discussion about the best-practices and the best use of threads etc... I'm...more >>

I have an inifile on my network that looks like this before installing a new version on my program: ..... ..... .... Line.7=$S.1Address 1 : $23 Line.8=$S.1Address 2 : $24 Line.9=$S.1Date : $28 Line.10=$S.1Resp. : $29 After installation, it looks like this: Line.7=22 Line.8=23...more >>

Say I want to distribute an application with DLLs and everything. What's the best way to create an MSI file, or some other type of installer file? Thanks. -- http://www.douglassdavis.com ...more >>

I have this application I have made that I launch when the user logs into Windows XP. I would like to delay the launch of the application so that it starts 1 minute after the user has logged in. I previously did this with a sleep at the first row of the source code, but this makes the process...more >>

I have an employee database. Recently I need to add a new field for the photo of each of the employee. I already have a form to enter new data for the staff, and I am creating pop up window to upload the photo for each staff. How do i pass variable from imageupload.aspx to the editstaffpage.a...more >>

hello everyone Do you have any information how to generate a tool using .net which is used to translate the web page contents to html format. Plz reply me asap Thanks in advance Dhananjay ...more >>

Hi All, Can anyone please tell me how interface is going to help me in real time senarios. As interface contains only skeleton of methos and it has to be inherited to a class. Is there anything which we can achive only through interface, Please help me in this as i am a bit confused. ...more >>

Hi, I'm using the following Regex to parse for method parameters. It works if there are no spaces between commas. How can I change the regex to support method calls like : MyMethod('uno', 'due','tres' , 'quatro' ) Regex(@"[^,\(\)]+",RegexOptions.Compiled); // Parse for function params (.....more >>

Hello, I am learning to develop ASP.NET applications using SQL databases. How do you think: is UML usefull in designing such applications? Thank you! /RAM/ ...more >>

I am getting data from an FTP into a Stream object. Now I need to put this data into a string so I can manipulate it. Can anyone show me some example code? (C# preferably)...more >>

Hi All, (I realise this isn't a specific dotnet question but I'm using dotnet to implement it.) I have a table of data that could run to about 50,000 rows. A user will enter a some data in a web form and I need to return a paged set of results depending on the value of the data. However I c...more >>

I need to get a reference to an objects property by name. I know how to use the PropertyDescriptor's GetValue and SetValue methods to get and set the value of an objects property. But my issue is I need to get a reference to the property itself. For example I need to do this: public Pers...more >>

Hi there, When a Windows App is compiled in Visual Studio 2005, app.config is renamed to MyAppName.exe.config and placed under either bin\Debug or bin\Release, depending on the currently selected Configuration (Debug or Release). Is there a way to have separate app.config files for each con...more >>

I have VS2003 project I have been running for some time now. Recently when I do a build, it changes 2 of my references to older versions of the assembly. Is there some way to prevent this from happening? I need to keep the older references for other projects, and I have been running this conf...more >>

Hi, I've written a C++ program years ago, it's still in use in the company where I work, now its time to port it to .net, preferable managed code. However, I'm a little concerned about a sorting performance. I need to sort a somewhat high number of entries in a list. I think of using generi...more >>

Hi I am new to C#, i have come from a VB6 backgrouond. What i am looking for is a list of the Short cut keys for C# and what they do. I am in perticulare looking for the keys to jump to a Decleration and then back to where you came from in the code, like in VB6. (SHIFT+F9 and CTRL+SHI...more >>

Hi, Ive got a .ashx file which produces an image (useage: <img src="myHandler.ashx" />) What do I need to do to make it cache? Every time my page reloads it recreates the image (a slow process), and i have a lot of these per page. The image-producing code doesn't NEED to be in a handler...more >>

There an ongoing discussion between a colleague and myself about the usefulness of the IDisposable pattern beyond the reclamation of unmanaged resources. The discussion is somewhat lengthy so I will distill it here. The core of his argument started with his statement: "There is no gain in pe...more >>

Hi All, Whether in a Winform application (.exe) or a .Net assembly (.dll), is there a way to determine what version of the .net baseframework the run-time module (i.e. exe or dll) was loaded with (is using)? Seems that using reflection this is possible...just can't seem to figure out what ...more >>

Hi. I was hoping someone could explain weird performance anomaly. I ran a small test to compare a new X6800 Core 2 Duo build against a three year old P4EE: (Both machines running VS2005) DateTime dt = DateTime.Now; string s = String.Empty; for (int i = 0; i < 9999; i++) ...more >>

Hi, I would like to add some code to system.data so I can trace calls to SqlConnection class. I used ildasm.exe, got the il code, added some of mine and used the ilasm.exe to get a new assembly. The problem is that I cannot remove the old file using the gacutil.exe .... it says that it is req...more >>

I am coding a dozen "background" realtime apps for factory automation in .NET 2.0. The apps need to share a common memory as there are lots of variables to be shared (and synchronized of course). I need distinct apps for reasons like user interaction/access rights, error compartments, and ...more >>

Greetings, I have Visual Studio 2005 with Team System Developer installed on my primary development box. I would like to install the XNA stuff but it requires VS 2005 Express. Can Express co-exist with Professional? I can just install Express in a virtual machine but the virtual machine ...more >>

Hello all! I'm looking for a very good book for an absolute beginner on VB.net or VB 2005 with emphasis on databases. What would you reccommend? Thanks! ...more >>