I was just wondering if anyone knows if vs2005 standard edition will work for this. I would like to build some windows applications that will have Crystal reports as an output and interface with SQL express. I need low cost software as am on a budget and noticed that vs2005 standard edition ...more >>

Hi. This might not be the right forum for my question, but still I throw it out: I have just succeeded in publishing my ASP.NET web application on my own PC, opening port 80 in/out in my firewall, so now it is accessable from internet. It is running on IIS own WinXP. So far I haven't ex...more >>

I've not programmed for a while in VB 2003... but I've decided to modlfiy a Project I have. Seems simple enough... I've a List Box... I fill it with about 30 lines of data (3-4 columns). What I want to do is to be able to List the ROWS of data either a RED or GREEN colour depending upon an ...more >>

Hello, I wonder whether with the DotNet framework 2.0, it would be possible to write a windows application service which incorporated a server HTTTP "embedded" (via code) without using IIS locally. The purpose of the application is to consume SOAP messages over HTTP containing objects (d...more >>

built new computer...msi motherboard...put in all utilities and drivers...bios recognizes everything...boot sequence fine...ran beautiful yesterday when i built it...now when window xp window appears and loads it takes 12 seconds from window xp screen (which then goes totally dark to my logi...more >>

Hello, I am setting up a msi installation application in dotnet. A file that needs to be deployed doesnt get copied automatically even when i mark it as include in output directory. The file is called policycache.config Thank you for any ideas anyone may offer John ...more >>

I have a question about using statics in a multithreaded application. I know that when threads share resources we need to be carefull and make sure they are well synchronized when accessing these resources. My question is about static methods that only deal with mehod-local variables. Do we ...more >>

I would like to do an unattended/automated installation of a .NET application. I have a deployment project which creates a setup.exe and *.msi file which asks the user for a couple of parameters while installing. As part of my automated build/deploy process, I would like to automate (1) removin...more >>

Hi, When I bind a BindingList<> to a DataGridView and then call RemoveAt(n) on it, I get ArgumentOutOfRange. Could someone explain why? Sample: public partial class TestForm2 : Form { private BindingList<Person> _personList = new BindingList<Person>(); public...more >>

I plan to build my own 2008 Server/Hyper-V system and will not be using one of the tested Dell or HP systems from the release notes and could use some pointers as to my assumnptions and answers to a few questions. Some getting started with Hyper-V assumptions. Please tell me if I am off bas...more >>

According to this page: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=333325fd-ae52-4e35-b531-508d977d32a6&DisplayLang=en#Requirements ..NET 3.5 requires XP, Vista, or Server 2003. There is no mention of older operating systems, like Windows 2000. While.NET 2.0 can run on many ol...more >>

I'm currently running some tests with WCF in In-proc environment. I have created a small winform application that starts the host in the main thread with an named pipe endpoint. If I call a method exposed by the server using the proxy from a separate thread, all is fine. However, if I do ...more >>

Got from MSDN that there's an element - assemblyIdentity in the application manifest which describes and uniquely identifies the application owning this application manifest. What I'm puzzled is following attributes with this element: 1- processorArchitecture (optional), which specifies th...more >>

Hello all, This might seem like an odd question but I would like to know how to create a standalone executable. I'm using vs.net 2005 and the closest project template I can find for what I want is a console application. The console application is not what I want as I don't want a command prom...more >>

Error 1 Publish failed with the following error: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Work\sun\sun\bin\Release\sun.publish\sun_1_0_0_0'. :( Its not even building anything to that directory...I cant change it...I could try placing my build in that directory but thats fucked? clickonce my as...more >>

What's the best way in .Net (C#) to verify if an specific user has write access to a folder? Any code snippet is appreciated. Thanks a lot, Ramon ...more >>

- I populate [deserialize] order class from a file (order.xml)- works OK, - Serialize back to a file - works OK, Now ... - I populate another instance of order class with data from DB, - at this time both classes, deserialized and populated form DB, are identical - when I serialize DB versi...more >>

Hi All, I'm writing an error handler and need to display a MessageBox from within a Class Library. I've added System.Windows.Forms as a reference and also to my using list. The compiler complains that "The type or namespace name 'Windows' does not exist in the namespace 'System'. What co...more >>

Hello, What is the purpose of implementing the Observer Pattern if we can trigger an event easily? For example (from books), You have a "Forecaster" which notifies "Observable" when a prediction is ready, then there is a "WeatherViewer" which calls methods from the "Observer Interface"....more >>

I apparently posted this in a wrong group ... one intended for pre-.Net development using VB. Anyway... I have a solution containing a project of Web pages, a project that contains all my business objects, five Web Service projects and three Windows Services projects. I'm only working wit...more >>

I am trying to develope MMC 3.0 snap-in with Visual Studio 2003. I didn't find whether MMC 3.0 supports VS2003 and .NET 1.1 in MSDN documentation. I know MMC 3.0 SDK sample codes are all built with VS2005. I installed MMC 3.0 on Windowes XP Professional SP 2, which only has .NET framework 1.1...more >>

I have a .NET Windows Service which needs to log on to another machine to access a UNC share. Is this possible? I assume so due to the existence of the NetworkCredential class, but I can't find any associated class to access the share using a NetworkCredential object?...more >>

In my .NET 2.0 VS 2005 VB application, I'm using Directory.GetFiles(path) to get all the files in the directory. However, I'm getting an error regarding "Illegal character in Path", even though I can copy, etc the file using the Windows XP explorer. I can trap the error, but then this traps...more >>

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Hi... We have some code written in C# that's trying to manage a farm of servers. It's using the WMI classes to look at the remote machine for certain installed packages, and occasionally it blows up but I can't figure out why. The code is ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope(...more >>

I have a .NET application installed on a server. It runs fine when I run an instance on my PC. My question is, is it possible to run a .NET app hosted on a server without having the framework installed on the client PC? ...more >>

Is it possible to delete the recycle bin icon from the desktop on XP OS? If so, how is it done? Normally, a right click and delete will do it but when I right click there is no delete option. Thanks RickC...more >>

It would appear that I received a virus and my computer disinfected it and removed the programme. The missing .dll is OESTORE.DLL. How do I get this back or import the .dll into OE 6. I have tried all the usual lines except reinstalling IE 7 as I don't want to lose emails saved etc. Any ...more >>

My OS is XP. Is it possible to remove recycle bin icon from desktop? If so, how. Normally, a right click delete will do it but there is no delete when I right click the icon. Thanks. RickC...more >>

Good evening all, I am trying to write a process that uses a while loop to cycle multiple files from an array throught the StreamReader Process. The whole thing works using: Dim Import_File_Reader As System.IO.StreamReader While ... Import_File_Reader = New Strea...more >>

Hello I am looking for a asp.net code so that we can incorporate the code which can help us to retrive the country and other infromation through IP address of the visitor for the website. amgu...more >>

Hi I am looking for a code in asp.net how to change IP address to country , orign and region ....more >>

Hi, My question is, when exactly window is being created? Let's assume that we have user control placed on any form. Form's contructor create user control and adds it to its controls collection. But when exactly this window is created? When form window is created ? I thought that it's crea...more >>

Hi All I'm writing a web services that accesses an xml config file. Because of the possibility of multiple accesses to the config file (through multiple instances of the web service), I have a concern. Can multiple instances of my web service lead to a race condition when accessing this xml f...more >>

Microsoft keeps bugging me to install IE 7. The last time I did that I had a number of problems with Outlook Express. Have they fixed these problems? ...more >>

Hi All, Im my windows application(.NET 3.0), I have a window form. In that I am using one usercontrol. The user control is from another project/ dll. So while pressing the tab key, once all the controls get visited, I want to visit the controls in the user control and after that again come back...more >>

I have a DVD Rom on Drive e & a CD Rom on Drive F and neither will boot up disks. Neither are visible on Device Manager, MY Computer, or Explorer. I have been into the BIOS and Standard CMOS ettings and reset the Primary & Secondary slave to AUTO. That didn't work. Not sure what else to do...more >>

I use outlook express...when i rec in mail from a yahoo mail customer it puts it into my deleted folder...these people are not on my blocked senders list...any thoughts...i have tried everything that i know to get it put into the correct folder, ie, have made message rules, etc. thanks for any...more >>

After sending mail, it leaves the outbox as normal and clears and hits the sent folder, but then I get a popup box that states EMAIL PROBLEM One or more e-mail messages cannot be sent. Details View the log After you verify the format of your recipient addresses, McAfee re...more >>

i posted a new thread earlier today, why can't i find it?...more >>

Hi all, Is there a way for checking the file size of a Bitmap without saving it to disk (using C#)? Thanks in advance, Danny...more >>

Using XP (English). I left this huge update running to download as I am on dial up. When I got back to computer (said the download would take 68 hours) I recd an error message saying: System has recovered from a serious error. I didn't get the error number sorry. My microsoft update histo...more >>