I would lik to instantiate the appropriate control/class given its name, such as: Control c = new Control("TextBox") this should create a new TextBox(). I can write my own code that will create the appropriate control according to the given name using switch statement, but I'm looking for a mo...more >>

I have a page Retrirve.aspx with two frames f1 and f2 .f1 has word.aspx and f2 has retrieveImage.aspx.I want to pass a value from Retrieve.aspx to f2 ie. retrieveImage.aspx. How can i do this? ...more >>

Dear all, Is it possible to restart a remote PC using .net? The PC did not join my domain but I know it's local admin login. Thanks for any help. Tedmond...more >>

Hi I am looking for a news group for .NET printing Thank you Shmuel Shulman ...more >>

In the Java and J2EE world there are quite a few application servers like WebShpere, WebLogic or JBoss if you want to develop large-scale applications. How many pure .NET application server exist which are not based on old COM or COM+ technology ? Would it make sense to develop a new one, with s...more >>

Hi, I need to create a small app which users will use to import data from excel files to be sent to a database. How can I use VB to check the structure of the files before importing. It will basically have 4 columns. I don't want them to select any excel files. The program should make sure th...more >>

Hi, On the pc of one of my clients (W2000, Office 2003) I'm getting sometimes an exception when moving (Move) a MailItem to an Outlook-Folder: The RPC server is not available. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706BA). The client has all the updates/service packs/ etc isntalled... Does anybod...more >>

I have a .NET console application that is kicked off by a .NET Windows service. They communicate via .NET Remoting, although there isn't much communication between the two while the console app is running. There can be, and are typically, several instances of the console app running at the ...more >>

These setting mystify me for these reasons. *SelectedItem* - Help says that 'SelectedItem' gets or sets the currently selected item in the combobox. *SelectedValue* - Help says that 'SelectedValue' gets or sets the value of the member property specified by the ValueMember property. *Valu...more >>

Is there a native .Net mechanism for enumerating a list of all of the servers/systems in a LAN? Or must I resort to a Win32 call to achieve this? -ken...more >>

I created a windows service using FileSystemWatcher to moniter a folder for file drops. The service uses FileStream and StreamReader to read and process the file. After it is done, the file is copied to a different location and deleted in the original folder. If files coming in in short i...more >>

Hello, I am strictly an Access Developer with limited exposure to ASP. My client wants to put his database online through a brower, which would mean using Thin Client Web ( I think that is the correct term) or something like Visual Studio and creating web pages for accessing the database remo...more >>

Hello, I am building an ASP.NET 2.0 app and would like to architect my app in 3 tiers, UI, BAL, and DAL. What is the recommended place to store the connection string. I only want the DAL to know the connection string. I tried putting it in the web.config and using the ConfigurationMana...more >>

Hi, I'm new to C# and Visual Studio 2005 and very confused trying to do a very simple thing (I think). All I want to do is: when a page loads it runs a query on a table in a database and displays the fields in various text boxes on the page. I've added the SqlDataSource to the page ok; added...more >>

I created a simple DLL called: MyDLL I have been trying to register it so I can see it in the COM References; Regsvr32 does not work for .NET DLL RegAsm - seems to work, but I can not select the DLL from the Add COM References. I can not choose Browse as this is not an option in the ap...more >>

Can you call a Dot Net 2.0 Dll from .Net 1.1? Are there any special steps to set this up? Chuck ...more >>

Hi, I would like to host the form of a COM application (like Excel or other) in a winform. Is there a library to do that or a custom control for vs.net2003 ? Thx...more >>

Hi all, I hope I have found the right group to post this question to, if not please point me in the right direction. I have VB.net 2003 and need to make a button that performs an action only when pressed and the action STOP when the button is released. I have tried putting the following i...more >>

Dear all, I have build asn ASP application which is collecting data from an SQL server database through store procedure call Running my we app from VS2003 environement works ok Copy my application to Server 2003 and running it localy works Ok But when accessing my web server from an othe...more >>

hi!!! ive tried to use WMI to get printerstatus, but it always report status "Idle". is it a way to get the status of a printer ?...more >>

Hi, I am working on a web project and have split my data access layer into a separate DLL. This separate DLL uses a .settings file to store the connection string. A strongly-typed settings class is generated for me in the background. However, this generated class is internal. My problem ...more >>

I have a task where I have 5 different class files , which have almost similar methods. But not sure... I want to check all 5 of them and want to list all the functions which are common in all 5. Is there any kind of tool or freeware available to performa similar task ...more >>

Hi, I found vshadow sdk in MSDN.I am unable to use the shadow copy for backup and restore because it is creating only non persistent shadow copy in winxp.How can i create persistent shadow copy in winxp which is necessary for backup and restore. Is ot possible to do backup and restore w...more >>

A group of friends and I are doing a RPG (role-playing game) maker for a school project. It occured to us, however, that if you want the user to be able to have almost complete control over the contents of his/her game, that you would end up with a tiny executable and a huge datafile. We wanted...more >>

Are there options out there? .text is the only thing I can find and it hasn't been updated in a long while. -Darrel ...more >>

Hi, I'm new to C# and need help to build a list if pidl's (ITEMIDLIST). I am currently working on a shell-browser, and i think i have most of it done right now - except from the icon stuff. Up to now i have used SHGetFileInfo to load the icon-index, but its slow and doest'n work on network ...more >>

Hi, How do i type cast a type to an array of type, e.g. IntPtr to IntPtr[] ?? /Peter ...more >>

hi all, Can i have vertical scroll bar inside a panel or place holder? Is it possible? Possible means how to do that one? Regards, Gomathi ...more >>

VB 2005, .net 2.0 Is there an easy way to save the items checked in a CheckedListBox for each user (so that everytime the user opens the app, it remembers and displays what was checked.) I know I can make a collection in user settings, and save/retreive items by looping through the indices....more >>

I have VB.NET 2003 installed that I used in a recent college course. It worked fine. This week I started another class and when I went to open a project, I got a fatal error. I tried to reinstall VB.NET and got the same error. I tried to UNINSTALL VB.NET and got the same error. At the...more >>

Hi. I have an interface written in managed C++. I try to implement the interface in C#. I try to override the function, but the compiler says no suitable function can be found to override. If I remove this function the compiler complains that it is not implemented. The code is below. I can ...more >>

Considered... It wanted to know if it is possible to group of vertical form in a report. EXAMPLE: A | B | C | D 2 4 0 0 3 0 5 AT THE MOMENT: A 2 3 B 4 C 0 0 D 0 5 -- Victor Gutierrez...more >>

Hi, I need to send some files weekly (generated by another program) to some of our customers. I was thinking of writing a program to do just that, however, wouldn't be better to create an addin for outlook so the user can basically see a list of the customers being emailed and click a button ...more >>

I need to be able to start and stop a service on another computer on the network. But I cannot connect to the other computer using my standard user credentials. I have a separate login for that for which I use Remote Desktop to connect to the other machine. The other machine is a test serve...more >>

Initializes a new instance of the String class to the value indicated by a specified Unicode character repeated a specified number of times. String Constructor (Char, Int32) Why am I getting these errors: 1) C2078: too many initializers and 2) C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from '...more >>

Hi, I have a problem when I try to open a new form with the Changed event (FileSystemWatcher) : the form hangs just after the paint. But I use the same function (OpenFormPerform) to open a new form when I click on the Button1 and it works fine. I think that it's a problem with thread or ap...more >>

Hi, We need to convert any document to PDF in .NET. Is there any component available which can readily convert .doc file to PDF. We are looking for free components only. Please reply ASAP....more >>

Hello, I have a question in regards to hashtables that I was hoping someone can share some light on. I'm currently working with VB.net and I'm trying to learn as much as possible about the developer software. Can someone clarify what a hashtable is? What is it's purpose? Why/when should one b...more >>

Ok, I've never done n-Tier development and I'm getting confused... Assuming I have a business layer and a data access layer that may be running on different machines, how does my business layer know where my data access layer is running? What is it I have to do in the business layer that "c...more >>

Could anyone suggest a free web service, which we could use in our application. just for learning. Thanks ...more >>

I haven't done this since ASP and though we could use some sort of "expression" to process code inline. I did some searching and reading but haven't found anything specific. What's up? <%= Clinton Gallagher ...more >>

Do the developers of Visual 2005 actuall use it??? There's lots of great things in VS2005 (mostly related to the outstanding work done on the CLR)... but in general the LITTLE THINGS totally drag it down.. especially the slightly-improved-but-not-all-that-much IDE. I waited for 3 years for thi...more >>

Hi, In VB.net, how can i know the results of Obj.GetText without running the code and using messagebox to display it? thanks ...more >>

How do we do DirectX and Direct 3D from a .NET (CLR) program? Or is there a new way to get that type of performance? Thanks in advance, Perry. ...more >>

I'm having a problem with VS.Net 2005. I accidently installed VSS 2005 over VSS 6.0. This has broken my instance of VS.net 2005. All controls in the toolbox are disabled, I can not load any projects and most project types are missing. I've uninstalled and reinstalled VS.net multiple times a...more >>

Why I press F5 to debug my program i get this error: Class CLSID_CorSymWriter_SxS could not be created - Class not registered. I can run the program using ctrl+F5 though. I reinstalled both VS .Net 2003 and the ..Net Framework 1.1, tried registering mscordbi.dll but i still recieve this erro...more >>

There is a part of code which checks whether the session variable is NULL. If it is then it redirects to login page, but if it is not then it continues further processing. I have noticed a peculiar behaviour of this variable. At one instance it passes the NOT NULL code, but then later on in th...more >>

Sometimes, I want to archive or transport a solution. In such cases, I would like to remove all redundant files from the solution, i.e. all compiler output. The documention describes the command line switch /clean (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vsintro7/htm...more >>

I am using the listbox control to list some information, but it is part of a resizable control which looks ugly when everything is resizing smoothly except the listbox which resizes in increments. Is there a way to smooth it? I would appreciate any input or suggestion on this subject very m...more >>

I have an application that does lots of socket communications all = asynchronously via the TcpClient class. The code has been working 99.9999% of the time (yeah one of those bugs) = but occasionally the receiving thread would get 'stuck'. =20 The pattern that I have used from the reading is...more >>