Dear All, I need to send an URL request to a web server from my Window application. e.g. http:\\serverA\IamAlive.asp Unfortunately, the web server does not provide Web Service. I need to send the URL directly. How can I do that? Thanks for any help. Tedmond...more >>

Since I'm not sure if Windows XP Media Center2005 is XP Home or XP Pro, do you guys know if this OS supports local Web application development? I've been searching to see if Windows XP Media Center2005 is XP Home or Pro. Do you know which one it is? Thanks....more >>

I need to add days to a DateTime variable, but even after calling the AddDays function on it the value has not changed. The following code illustrates: DateTime ReturnVal = new DateTime(2006,01,01); ReturnVal.AddDays(1); Is there another way to go about this, or am i doing something wrong?...more >>

I am a complete newbie to all things Visual Studio version 6.0 and I have a question about an error that I'm getting. I am getting the following errors when I use an app wizard provided by a third party in C++ version 6.0: - No primary platforms are available. The build system will be dis...more >>

hello all, i am trying to impelement form level security in my vb.net 2003 application. i have a database table that has the name of the form, subform, userid, and read,edit,del,add rights (boolean). The subform is a group box or tabpage that would be visible or enabled (read or edit rights) ...more >>

Hello, I have design a website using Dreamweaver 8. now the buttons which are added in dreamweaver 8 I can't see in the Visual Studio .Net (ASP.net) rather i can see in the browser. 2. Another doubt, when i open in MS Visual Studio .Net in Html format there is no Form tag what iHave to ...more >>

VB6 has a SorkKey property that you can setup on the ListView control to tell the ListView what column to use for sorting. In .NET there is a Sort() method and a SortOrder property that you can use to manipulate the Sorting property. My question is how do I perform the same functionality as ...more >>

Long story longer, I'm tearing my hair out trying to get some of my assemblies to work in ASP/COM. I have 4 classes/assemblies: #1. CustomerMembershipProvider (Inherits MembershipProvider) #2. CustomTcpClient (Inherits TcpClient) #3. ASPFormsAuthentication (does magic to read/write ...more >>

Hello folks, I appologize for the cross post, but I really need an answer on this: I do not think that I am seeing the whole picture here. I would like to create a windows service and a management console, using Visual Basic 2003. The windows service part, I think, is easy enough. I am m...more >>

Hello! So far, I can't find any information on making a connection to active directory for reports in visual studio .net 2003. From the list of Available Data Sources I select "OLE DB (ADO)" and from the list of OLE DB Providers I select "OLE DB Provider for Microsoft Directory Services"...more >>

Excuse the novice aspects of this question, but: What techniques are available to me for launching one c# application ( console .exe) from another? For example, I know there is the Process and ProcessInfo classes, but these seem designed for launching non-CLR applications. Should I ac...more >>

Hi, I know this is off topic, but I didn't find another newsgroup that would suit with my question. My apologizes. I once had a list with famous failed IT projects, but I can't find it anymore on the Internet. Does anybody has such a list/ link/... I prefer with a little explanation of w...more >>

Hello, is there a simple way to detect whether the host machine of my c# application is connected to a windows network or whether it is connected peer-to-peer simply to one other machine (IP-adress unknown)? My first try would be to find typical UDP broadcasts within a certain period of ...more >>

I'm wrting a new control for which I would like to write Help Documenting for all the classes, properties, memebers etc in a professional way. What do I need to do. I'm using VB .NET 2.0 where I've created XML tags to all of my classes. -- Avi American Society of Composers Authors and Pub...more >>

We get this error once in a while - every 10 page hits or so... Failed to start monitoring changes to 'bla bla bla'. (Note blah = unc path + file name) We have a file server (win2003) hosting the files, and 2 web servers (win2003) running with virtual directories pointing to that unc share....more >>

Hi, My DataSource (MS Access database set of tables) location is in fact determined at run time by the user. I use a default location at design time. How can I modify the connection to the default datasource to setup its path and name according to run time locations? And also : How do I...more >>

Hi there! I'm trying to download a file in my asp.net web, but when downloading it from a Firefox browser, instead of downloading the example.exe file, it's downloading example.exe.htm. My code is the following: string localfile = MyComponent.DownloadMyExe(index); Response.ClearContent();...more >>

Hi, I currently have a .net page default.aspx - as so: <%@ Page Inherits="webmail.telnet_test" Src="./mail_code/telnet.cs" Trace="true" Language="C#" %> <html> <head> </he... etc and the c# file ../mail_code/telnet.cs - as so: // C# Document using System; using System.Text; ...more >>

I a have query that is how to run a windows application form in a asp.net web form? can anybody help in this.Its urgent!!! ...more >>

Dear all, Is there any way to programmatically restart a service on another PC? Thanks for any help! Tedmond...more >>

Hi all, I copied this code from the examples. "How to: Receive Strings From Serial Ports in Visual Basic" When I call the function and using the single step method it hangs at Dim Incoming As String = com1.ReadLine(). I don't have anything connect to Comm1. Does anyone know why this is happenin...more >>