Is there any way I can add a member field to an already existing class during runtime? I know there are many examples using Reflection.Emit showing how to dynamically create a new class and adding things to it, but that's not what I want. I really need to use existing classes. I have invest...more >>

Hi Everybody! I'm a student. I want to make a Messenger like Yahoo Messenger. And it can communicate with Yahoo Messenger. I am finding documents about that but I didn't have. So You can show me somewhere I can find documents and How to make that ? Thanks in advance...more >>

Dear all, I have deployed my windows application to several user PCs with XP and Win2000. However, there is something strange that ONE of the TextBox Validated event doesn’t fire in ONE of the PC. Basically, the service pack and the .Net framework are same. I could not find out what ca...more >>

Hi, what is the simplest way to cause a "rollover" effect in ASP.net 2.0? I tried Fireworks but no use. I'm hoping someone has come across this before. I would like... buttonUp state, buttonRollover and then finally, buttonDown. Thank you, Monty ...more >>

I have ported various trialware products to .NET 2, but I lack confidence in distributing these products online as almost no users have .NET 2 framework installed. What is the recommended strategy for solving this framework deployment problem for trialware products? #1: Ship it with the appli...more >>

Hi, I developped some time ago an Outlook Add In (VB.NET 2005) that worked fine during several months with all the users. Suddenly, 2 weeks ago it stopped working for one of the users. The administrator desinstalled it and installed it again, but that didn't work. i did the same, desinst...more >>

I am using VS2005 and have been learning a ton about databinding. I know that when you drag a view from the datasource window (creating a dataGridView) that an update method is not added to the table adaptor. I would like to update the b ase tables thorugh the view. How do i do this? ...more >>

When will Microsoft roll-out the .NET 2 framework to their windows users via the autoupdate? ...more >>

I am in the process of moving an ASP.NET app from my development machine to a web server. I am getting the following error message: Message: "Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to obtaining a connection from the pool. This may have occurred because all pooled connection...more >>

Hi, I want to shut down my xp/server 2003 system throu code, can any one help me. Hardik Shah ...more >>

private readonly Guid _tagGuid1 = new Guid( new byte[] {0x5F, 0x4D, 0x69, 0x63, 0x68, 0x61, 0x65, 0x6C, 0x20, 0x53, 0x74, 0x75, 0x61, 0x72, 0x74, 0x5F } ); The above code is declaration of hex in c#. How to declared similary array of hex values in Vb.net ? Thanks for the help Sudheendra...more >>

i'm building an desktop windows app in C#. the main menu for the application will be different depending on the admin rights of the user. i've built the entire app. in delphi and i simply activated or deactivated the menu items in that case, but all the menu items are visble. i'm hoping / thinki...more >>

I have an older application that was installed via msi approach (setup via InstallShield), however, it has a different product code than the new version (setup via Deployment Project in a VS 2005 solution) I want to install. As a result my newer version does not identify the older version b...more >>

Hi, I want to disable title bar of the form , how can I ? Thanks in advance. Hardik Shah ...more >>

[This may not be on topic as it's not .net-specific, but I tried to find the most general MSDN forum I could.] I'm trying to find a general definition/specification for railroad diagrams. All I find online are explanations by authors who explain what _their_ particular format uses, but they...more >>

Forgive me if this is the wrong place to ask this. I have a large application written in ASP/SQL Server. I am not a programmer. The guy who has written them for me is reluctant to move to .NET. I'm concerned that he is not plugged into the development community enough and not up with the ...more >>

I would like to know if you can use URLEncode within vb.net or if it is an ASP.Net only method. If it can be used in vb.net what namespace reference do I need to import to get this to work? In asp.net its part of the system.web.httputility object. How do you get it to work in vb.net windows ...more >>

I think I will probably be able to work around this issue but it is definately somthing that has been bugging me. I have installed a Windows service that I created for which I set the startup type to automatic. Whenever I reboot the machine, this service does not start. Any ideas as to ...more >>

Hello I have visual studio 2005, I am currently working on a big project in the program. My problem is visual studio is running very very very slow. It frequently locks up for up to 50 seconds. I can be doing anything... Saving a File, switching from Designer to code, pressing a full stop t...more >>

Does anyone know where I can get a sample code to perform the following: 1) Read an ASCII file (much like a CSV file). 2) Implement some filter (i.e. search for specific words in the doc). 3) Write all the results to a newly created file. Any help is greatly appreciated... Ralph...more >>

Hi I have created a web serivces using .net framework 2.0. When I try to execute the web service I get the following error. Failed to start monitoring changes to 'e:\Default Web Site' because access is denied. I am running windows 2003 sp1. Network Service account do have full permission...more >>

I am very interested to know if there is any documentation or articles describing how to develop an ASP .Net wizard that has the same functionality as the starter kits in VS 2003 or 2005. What I need to do is to have the starter kit runs from IE, not from the VS IDE. Exactly, it would be an A...more >>

Hi everyone, public static string NameFunction(string param) { .... string nameofthisfunction = 'XXX'; } how can I get in code the name of the function where the code is execute? Is that even possible? thanks in advance, Filip ...more >>