Hi, MFC has functions that calculate the width and height of a text string, GetTextExtent being one of them. Does .NET/C# have an equivalent? Or how does one do this in C#? Thanks, Gary ...more >>

I want to extract data from several websites that I visit daily. I'd like to condense the info into a single web page that I can visit (instead of the multiple websites I have to visit now to get the same info). There are no open APIs or webservices for these websites that I am aware of. ...more >>

I have an application that uses the FileSystemWatcher to monitor for the "drop" of certain files in a folder. Custom actions are then executed based on the file name, size, etc. This application can listen for an unlimited number of files and therefore, runs an unlimitede number of threads...more >>

I am creating MailMessage out of already existing email message. My existing message has few custom properties. I wan to add them to System.Net.Mail.MailMessage How to add custom properties? I was thinking adding custom properties to System.Net.Mail.MailMessage.Headers. but it's a READONLY...more >>

I am looking for a source for the internal details of the System.Random pseudo random number generator. Something reasonably technical please, not how to use it (which I know) but more how does it work under the hood. Failing that I have three specific questions: 1 Is the core PRNG using i...more >>

I have a VB application referencing some C# dlls. Got new set of C# dll assemblies, now kept getting errors when I run my VB application. There were errors like assmbly reference mismatch. Also in debug mode, it errored at New or CreateObject of the referenced COM object. I have checked GAC a...more >>

Hi, The crux of my problem is that I want to destroy an object without using the reference (by using a collection etc.) and have the reference basically show 'nothing' I have a MDI form with forms that are going to be displayed on it. The layout is quite complex since I am going to try g...more >>

While installing the .NET 1.1 framework I have been getting problem like this. "Microsoft .NET Framework Setup failed. If this problem continues, contact Product Support Services." I could never fix this. No info in Microsoft Support and there is info in Google but not working. I had to de...more >>

Hi all: I have a directory . How can I get all user name who have right to this directory,such as view , modify? thanks in advance Yadong Zhao ...more >>

I have some code working - but only if the files I need are on the c: drive. Dim fs As New FileStream(sFile, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read) I try to check sFile exists like this. Dim fso As New Scripting.FileSystemObject If fso.FileExists(sFile) Then or If File.Exists(sFile) The...more >>

Hello, How to the add a blue color scrollbar to the browser Left and bottom. Thanx Shun ...more >>

I have a windows service written in C#, and whenever I start it up, I get the error "Configuration System failed to initialize" when ever I call ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["path"]. I tried hard coding the values, but I also have a web service I am calling in this windows service, and ...more >>

I want to create a custom user control to be used in a web page (by object tag) as an assembly. The user control needs to have a web browser control in it. Having tried with the managed System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser or AxSHDocVw.AxWebBrowser, none of them worked from IE invocation unfortuna...more >>

where does Microsoft.Xml.Xquery live? where does Microsoft.Xml.Xquery live? all i can find is a copy of it in the sample project: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvsdev05/html/vs05c5.asp but would like to know where Microsoft.Xml.Xquery should be obtained. ...more >>

I have an application that dynamically loads an assembly dureing runtime. I want to send a mesage to the application that a new version of the assembly is available. I then want to unload the assembly and replace the existing file with a new file with the same name, without exiting the appl...more >>

I would like to create a base class that inherits List(of X) where X would be determined by the class inheriting the base. ie Public MustInherit Class ListBase : Inherits List(Of ?) Protected Sub common() //This code would not be specific to the list type, as that could be a...more >>

C#, WinXP SP2, VS 2005Beta2 I need to emulate the browser functionality wihin my app. I need to visit a web page , parse it and post back the results to another page. Everything works fine, except that when the steps are performed from the browser, the web server provides an extra set-cooki...more >>

Anyone got an infix to postfix (RPN) math notation converter? I've looked around a bit and haven't found anything quite what I want. I just want a method that will take a string in infix notation and return a string in Reverse Polish Notation. ...more >>

Hello, I am writing a C# application but needs some financial functions like Present Value function (PV) in the Microsoft.visualbasic assembly. Is there anyway to access these functions from the Microsoft.VisualBasic assemble or are there any other .Net assemblies that would provide access...more >>

Hello, I assume that there is some maximum limit to the number of open file streams (open files) in .NET for an application. What is the limit, can I obtain this limit programmatically? Thanks...more >>

Does any one now how to create a .net service thet when run from the command line with say a -D argument will run as a console app and be able to output to that console window. The same .exe would start as a normal service wihout the -D argument and require use of the NET START command or othe...more >>

Hi, I am writing an application in VB .NET 2005. Is it a good idea to use VB 6-like functions such as Trim, MsgBox, Val, etc. or should I think of using members of the System.String class, MessageBox class, etc.? What are the pros and cons? Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to change the culture to Welsh by doing the following: Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = New CultureInfo("cy-GB") Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture The above code works okay on Windows XP, but fails to work on Server 2003. The...more >>

Hi, I've been having a very weird problem in connection with using the Enterprise Library. I'm programming a Windows Service and utilise the logging and configuration component. During the initial loading of my own configuration file I log the status because I also do some checks to assure th...more >>

I am making a website in asp.net But I have a problem with a few pages. When I placed a breakpoint in my code in the Page_Load sub it didnt stop But when i made the page the startup page it stopped at the breakpoint. So i changed the page .. I added some buttons. And when i run the website I d...more >>

I saw a simple web page. It had a frameset with 2 frames. The left frame was a navigtion frame, with links to interesting websites and a place to place a username (guess some of the websites were kinda personalized). The right frame contained the website of the link clicked in the navigatio...more >>