I have a Universal Subscription to MSDN that won't expire for another two months; nonetheless, I'm unable to navigate to the subscriber download page at MSDN. I've found a couple of links to subscriber downloads, but clicking on them ends up with a page not found error. What's with that???...more >>

I'm looking for advice here, and I would really appreciate it if you could help. Is there a VB 2005 book that you like and would recommend (and why)? Would you consider it good for beginners to programming, intermediate, or advanced level? thanks. -- http://www.douglassdavis.c...more >>

Hi All, We are doing development using remote login to distanced development machines. As our profile is local, when we want to do build in the remote machine, it takes long time. So in .NET 1.1 we used to switch off the CAS and do the build. It used to be very much faster. Now, we've upgra...more >>

Hello, I am learning .NET 3.0 and I have such question: what are, in your opinion, the weakest sides of .NET technology? Thanks for your opinions. /RAM/ ...more >>

Hi, I am evaluating 3rd party user interface controls (Grid, Treeview, Explorer bar, Ribbons, and common controls like checked-combo box, calender etc). I have 3 contenders: Infragistics (Window Suit for 2.0) Dev Express (6.0 for framework 2.0) Janus (UI and WinForm Suit) U...more >>

Is there a file or link that details what SP 1 fixes and adds? All I can find is general summary information. Thanks ...more >>

Hi, My requirement is to change "text" content to pdf format and to store in oracle database. But i don't want to create a pdf file in server side every time i need and then to read from it and to write to oracle. I need the above operation to be performed without temporarily storing the ...more >>

Dear all, I have a windows application which works perfectly well on my developement platform. When deplyoing it I get an error : "Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation" By placing log entry point I figured out that it fails executing the following function: CType...more >>

Hi, I recently converted an ASP.NET project for framework 2.0. I never had any problem using VS 2003 but today, debugging a page, I get surprised when I saw that once debugged the last line, it was automatically debugged another time since the first line and even the "if (!IsPostBack)..." c...more >>

Hi, Is there any way to access the values (not display names)of a combobox ? For example: combo1.DataSource = dataset1.tables(0) combo1.DisplayMember = "Name" combo1.ValueMember = "ID" I want to iterate thru the values of the combobox inside my code , but somehow there is not propert...more >>

Hi, You install a .NET 2.0 winforms application on a machine that doesn't have the 2.0 redistributables and then run it. How do you elegantly detect that and warn your users? Any way to avoid ugly uncontrollable error boxes? Thanks Ron ...more >>

My DataGridView is set up like this: * Main row background color = white * Alternating row background color = light gray I also have a read-only (non-editable) column I want to show up as solid dark gray (i.e., no alternating row colors), but it shows up as alternating dark/light gray. Is ...more >>

I want to create a custom UI element which will be a custom rectangle object in a c# XAML application. I'm new to XAML and c# as most of my experience has been using vb with sql. I'm building a simple Visio type app where I can drag rectangles on a canvas to create diagrams. for now I don't...more >>

How can I reconcile changes between two data table and create a subset of those changes. I have two data tables with same schema which gets populated from two different xml files. I want to get hold of missing & changed rows in first table from second table. Tables have ID as primary key. T...more >>

Hello every one. I am beginner and finished learning C++ , as a native language and as CLR(.NET). Now suppose I want to learn other Language. What Language do you recommend to learn so that I can design a good project with the aid of two Languages?? ( C++ & the other Language) Thanks for he...more >>

Hi, Two VB.NET Windows Forms (2.0) applications had the same behaviour when they were run the first time by a user: after clicking on the shortcut, the location of the MSI-file is asked, and a part of the installation is (re)done. What can I do to stop this behaviour? It was isntalled by...more >>

Hi I am validating using the firebird Embedded DB with .NET. has anyone used it with .NET and would like to share his/her experiences about the same? Kris ...more >>

My Web.config file contains the following section to register some of my UserControls: <pages> <controls> <add tagPrefix="NATE" tagName="Banner" src="~/Banner.ascx"/> <add tagPrefix="NATE" tagName="Navigation" src="~/Navigation.ascx"/> </controls> </pages> However, I still r...more >>

I use reflection to get a property from an object. The property is always an array of a basic datatype. I only care about the first item and get the string value. //obj is the object I want to get a property value from. Type type = obj.GetType(); PropertyInfo propertyInfo = type.GetProp...more >>

i saw a recent post that said .net framework 3 also contains 2? how about 1? i've searched the documentation and google groups and can't find the answer. TIA ...more >>

Hello, I have an simle application that uses a referenced library of my own. It's been a year now that I have no problems until a few days. Here is the details of my problem: The library referenced by the main application compiles properly. When I compile the main application, I have the ...more >>

Heres what I need help with. I have Windows XP, with Media Center 2005, but when I go to install the Update Rollup 2 it says that I have Media Center 2002 and the closes! Van anyone help me with this!...more >>

I'm looking to write a simple application that will record whatever the output of my speakers is, to any type of audio format. Don't care if it's MP3/WAV/WMA/FLAC/whatever. Gut feeling tells me this isn't as simple as it should be. Any ideas where to start, or knowledge of any stumblings bl...more >>

Hi, I=B4m coding an application that is able to download various mp3 files at the same time. For each mp3 download i=B4m using a thread. Each thread uses System.net.WebClient. If i try to download 3 files at the same time, 2 of them starts downloading (i see in the explorer the size incresin...more >>

Hi All, I have a class defined for PDF file. I have a method called "Print" that should print this PDF file: override public void Print() { // TODO print pdf! What shall I do to get it printed? } Any advice? -Emily ...more >>

Hi, I'll need to replace an existing stored procedure (let's call it old_SP), with a new one (let's call it new_SP) in a Visual Studio .NET project. Here's what I did: 1) Open "Dataset.xsd" to display the tables with their columns for the stored procedures; 2) Manully add a new table ...more >>

Hi everyone: I have 20 threads and each creats a file in the same directory, respectively. However, because the threads are not synchronized, and only some of the 20 threads creat the file in the directory successfully. How can I make sure that the 20 threads are able to creat the files in ...more >>

I want to develop and application that run periodically in the server machine. Now Should I go for a windows service or just create a Console application and schedule it using the windows Task Scheduler. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. Thanks Krish ...more >>

I have a database which is very frequently updated .I want an option that user can specify that after how many minutes he/she wants to see those changes . Like a mechanism which would do 1.. Poll database after a user defined period and then bring those changes ,mean while displaying ...more >>

Dear all, I would like to know what I need for writing application for win CE. I am using Visual Studio .NET 2003. Is that ok for compiling win CE program? Or I need a special verion of .NET studio for creating CE program? Thanks for any help. Tedmond...more >>

Hi, Last week I installed .Net 2.0 on a machine that already had 1.1 installed on it. Upon completion of that, my application started misbehaving. In the debugger, I found that my message hook no longer seems to run properly if the main window is minimized. After 10 seconds, it times out...more >>

I have an ActiveX control inherited from UserControl. This control is hosted in IE(version 6 or later). How i can navigate IE from this control. I know that i need to obtain IWebBrowser2 interface and work with it, but i can't. Can someone show an example how to get IWebBroswer2 or way ...more >>

What's the best group to search and post xaml questions? -- moondaddy@noemail.noemail ...more >>

I'm trying to install the Service Pack 1 to Visual Studio, and I keep getting: "The installation source for this product is not available.Verify that the source exists and that you can accesss it." Anyone had an luck installing on XP 64? -- Chris Mullins ...more >>

I'm using .NET 2.0, I have a manged windows service which uses a mixed C++ assembly. I also have a mangaged dll that defines the interface to the mixed assembly. Another application communicates with the service through remoting using the managed interface. Mostly this works ok, but when a cal...more >>

Hi All, I have a column defined as integer indicating a status. For instance, "1" is pass and will display a green light, while "2" is fail and should display a red light. I use a stored procedure to get the columns in the grid. I have two small images ready (a green light and a red light)....more >>

Hi All, I am trying to set the hourglass cursor inside a class that has nothing to do with MainForm class and I don't want to pass a reference to MainForm. How can I set the current cursor to Hourglass and then back to arrow? Thanks a lot, Alberto ...more >>

Any dates for .net 2.0 SP1 or .net 2.1? ...more >>

Hi All, I have a "SELECT" statement in a stored procedure that looks like the follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SELECT CASE WHEN ( ri.Status NOT LIKE '%COMPLETE%' ) -- report not completed THEN ...more >>

Is there an Asp.Net equilvant of VB6's Me.Name? And hopefully it will contain the path of the page. What I want to do is use the name as the return page from a called page. I'd like to write something like: 'Calling page: Save me.name in Cookie Call SomePage -------- 'Called SomePage ...more >>

I am writing a .NET 1.1 C# windows service that writes to a dedicated event log (not the application event log, but one that I created). I want to make full use of all the fields in an event log record - category, event ID, etc. I would like to make use of a message file as well. I have cre...more >>

I have a web service that I have written and can't seem to get it working properly. I have a function that is exposed as a WebMethod() that is working great. The problem is that i have several variables that need to be set before calling the function. How can I go about setting those variab...more >>

Hi all, Is there any place where can I report bugs in Microsoft products in a way that gives somethings ? I mean anyone there cares ? I was coping with bugs in Visual Studio for years, but I have enough. After installing Service Pack 1 for .NET 2003 I just cannot stand it. Simplest things ar...more >>

I am looking for a server side PDF tool that provides various PDF services to ASP.NET applications. We have a common need to programmatically open, manipulate PDF files on the web application server for output to the web. client. Specifically, we want to: 1. Withing existing PDF file...more >>

I have an app with 100's of PDF files that I open in a .NET app. When the PDF opens, it opens in Adobe. Does anyone know how to grab the text field where users entered values from the PDF via ASP.NET? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

I'm making a very simple slideshow application. The issue I'm facing now is the application (by design) has no menus or max/min/close icons. It's basically just a rectangle as far as the end user is concerned. Now, because the standard windows toolbar is suppressed, there's no way to "mov...more >>

Something is causing my DataGridView to raise a SelectionChanged event, but I can't figure out what. It's definitely not a user action, and it's not something I programmed directly. It's obviously some side effect of something else I'm doing with the DataGridView, but I can't figure out what. ...more >>

I would like to add text to an image. I have tried to use DrawString and it works on some images but on others it is very very small. I am pretty sure it has something to do with the size of the image but I have had varying results on multiple images. Is there anyway to make the text a fi...more >>

I have a small query. How can we extract assemblies from GAC? Regards, Vinod Mishra ...more >>

Greetings, I was wondering if anyone has come across a scenario and like this and what solution did you use. I have a datagrid that is populated from the database with the list of drugs and their associated dose and so on. And then I have a single textbox (multiline) that has informatio...more >>

Hi All, I have a C#.NET code as follows: private void ScanInput_KeyPress(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.KeyPressEventArgs e) { try { Row lRow = this.Connection.InsertScannedFile(ID); } catch (Exception /*lException*/) { textMessage.Text = "The ID value cannot be fo...more >>

On a server that we run automated apps on, that has VB code that uses the MSSoap tool kit to access a web service, we periodically get these errors: Soap error: XML Parser failed at linenumber 1, lineposition 0, reason is: No data is available for the requested resource. Soap error: Loading...more >>

My collegue is saying that you should store text data in Sql Server i unicode fields (nvarchar) beause that .net (asp.net website) is all unicode and therefore you save some time not having to convert the data from ascii to unicode. So i thought that i should ask you experts what you saying ...more >>

Please tell me how to go into Gridlayout from FlowLayout in Visual Studio 2005? ...more >>