I have made an attempt to reinstall Windows XP on my computer only to fing the the CD is corrupt. How do I get a new CD? I have an old copy of the installation CD, pre SP2...more >>

Hi Folks, I am developing an application consisting of a webservice and a Win32 service both written in C#. When the webservice is called it writes a number of records away to a SQL server database. These records require further processing by the Win32 service as soon as they appear in t...more >>

Hi All! I am creating a usercontrol, and this control have some text that can be placed on the control via the enumeration "ContentAlignment". I will, however, give the user a chance to put the text at any coordinates, and thought it would be nice to add a 'CustomAlign'-member to the Cont...more >>

Hi everyone, I need to get some information displayed by other software, like getting the text of a notepad window, the displayed page in IE, and so on. How i Am supposed to do that? Messaging? Reflection? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance, ltt19...more >>

Hello All: I have implemented a custom configuration section in my app.config file as follows: <configSections> <section name="AdminUIConfig" type="TestMgr.UIConfigSection,TestMgr"/> </configSections> <AdminUIConfig name="Admin" caption="Administrator" captionLC="a...more >>

i have sum history that will not delete, how do i uninstall it and reinstall it please help ...more >>

I have WPF window and a grid. The grid has several columns and rows. How do I add an object to a specific row and column of the gird using c#? If I use: myGrid.Children.Add(dg); then dg will be added to Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="0" By default. I want to add it to Grid.Column...more >>

My son had recently deleted the microsoft frontpage 2002. I am trying to redownload it but having difficulties. On purchase it was preinstalled with windows xp with frontpage. No disc was given but the the product key no for xp is given, but the pc keeps on asking me to load the xp disc. What ...more >>

Hello, I have some systems that have older versions of .NET framework installed. The company I am contracting with refuses to update the framework installed on their machines. Is there any way to switch the version of .NET you can "compile" in? I have Visual Studio 2005. The versions they h...more >>

I'm having a problem getting the accurate information to the guide.. Its saying its soposted to be this one show, and its somthing else.. I've double check my setting for what general area, and I have the right one.. Can't figure it out,, I have another program from Hauppauge products, and tha...more >>

What are the data access choices that I have in building a client-server application with .net 2.0? If the application does not need to support running from browser, do I still need to understand xml web services or .net remoting? ...more >>

Is there a workflow engine that change an application's UI? For example, upon certain action (conditions) a window is open, a button is hidden etc.? Is there something like that for platforms (languages) other than .NET? ...more >>

This is a my solution to getting an Output parameter from a SqlDataSource. I have seen a few scant articles but none of them take it all the way to a solution. Hopefully this will help some poor soul. Situation: I want to do a lookup using a stored procedure for each value in a Row wi...more >>

I have downloaded and installed the trial but the File New is greyed out so I can't get started! What have I not done that I need to do? -- ...more >>

Hi Greg, I'm getting the same thing. Dunno why. I've just installed CS2005 AP in the hope that this resolves the issue, but it did not. I think that its a reinstall of VS2005 next! Did you manage to track down the issue? Cheers Bal EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice ht...more >>

Updating home computer, 2.4G processor 1.5G ram 300GB hard 128M video had 2000 on would have reinstalled but the 300 hd new and 2000 pre sp1 release so hd would not be fully recognized. Checked compatability with XP home sp1 disk loaded reformated drive with ubuntu (which ran fine) bought new ...more >>

I have a .LIB file, built an compiled in C that I need to use in my .NET application. If I build a C++.Net Console application and activate the exposed functions directly the library works perfectly. If I try to compile the .LIB file into a managed DLL for use in either my VB.Net GUI or my ...more >>

Hello All: I am using a the following code to insert some values into CE edition database running on the Desktop.This code works fine as far as inserting the new record the problem arises after the app has been shut down. After restarting the app all the data in DB is gone. Any ideas on wh...more >>

Is there an easy way to configure a reboot functionality in a setup project, so that after installing the program the user has to reboot his pc? Thanks, Markus...more >>

I have one bat file that contains a command to startup Java Program. Then, I would like to create a cluster job to call the bat file. In case of one computer is down, another computer can also call the bat file and startup my Java Program. For this purpose, I have tried to place the bat fil...more >>

Hello, In one of the client pcs for my domain, logged in as a domain administrator, I added a new security policy code group at the ENTERPRISE level. Thus, If I have understand well, this group must be visible to ALL the pcs in the domain, isn't it ? BUT when I go to see the enterprise g...more >>

I have some legacy ASP code that looks like this: <% if not (Rs.EOF) then i=0 do while not Rs.EOF i=i+1 PaymentItemName = Rs("PaymentItemName") PaymentItemCode = Rs("PaymentItemCode") %> <tr> <td><input type="text" name="PaymentItemName_N<%=i%>" si...more >>

I'm having a problem with the access control in windows server 2003. I have set in our server that user can access, modify, read and write folders/files but not able to delete folders, subfolders or files. The problem is everytime users trying to save a NEW file in the server, they would recei...more >>

Hi, I am currently running a dual boot of Vista and XP. I am sharing my neighbors connection. The Connection works fine on Vista, but on XP I can't get it to setup. It doesn't allow me to setup using connection wizard a Wireless, connection. Any help would be great...more >>

What are the factors that I should consider in choosing .NET Remoting vs Web Services when an application will be deveoped using .net 2.0 and above? I think I need to consider at least the following factors: Performance Security Cost of Implementation Cost of Maintenance Technical Skills...more >>

I wonder whether this article http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms973831.aspx is still applicable to ..net 2.0/.net 3.0 and the current computing environment. Also, does it happen that an application may be both Web and Desktop application?...more >>

Some time in the last few months a problem poped up with the fonts in Mozilla. These pages have run ok for years but now the fonts in the stylesheet file will not set the fonts in Mozilla they go to the default. I include the stylesheet with the line: <LINK href="styles.css" type="text/css" ...more >>

I want to programatically verify a Authenticode signed file. How do I do this? ...more >>

I have recently downloaded Service Pack 2. My Operating System is MS Windows XP, Home Edition, Version 2002 (now SP2). I am getting an error saying, "There are no audio output devices currently installed on your machine". Is there a fix for this or something that failed to download when I u...more >>

I'm new to .NET development, although I have worked with VS2005 and VC++ for a while. A frequent task for me is to create a new project for a new version of my program, without destroying the previous version. In VC++ I could use Windows Explorer and copy the contents of the previous projec...more >>

Using IE7, the fonts on my screen are so blurry that I keep getting headaches. I turned off ClearType, turned on ClearType and it remains blurry and pages are hard to read for any long periods of time. Please help....more >>

Hi, I've got a webservice that just returns a string, and in the middle of the string, I use a controlchars.newline. When I set this string to the text property of a textbox, it shows up as one line, with the newline just appearing as a square. If I do the same with a richtextbox, it looks ...more >>

I am using .NET 2005 setup project in order to diploy my project, in addition to that I am writing an updater in order to update dlls I install with the setup. My question is how do I update the dlls? becuase when i find that dll need to be updated I am replacing it, but the program still rec...more >>

Hello, How can I change the displays settings ? (Extend display to another monitor...) Thanks you in advance. Stéphane...more >>

Dear all, I'm new here and I'm sorry to trouble. But I've got the following problem when trying to draw a PNG file on a panel. My code is like this: Image mapImage = Image.FromFile (imageFileNames[i]); Graphics graphics = this.splitContainer1.Panel1.CreateGraphics(); graphics.Clear(this.sp...more >>

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Hi, We have a part of our application that deals with millions of records and do some processing of them. We've achieved a pretty good performance gain by developping a custom DateTime.ToString and a custom int.ToString, but we can't find any clue on doing for decimal and double, which would ...more >>

Can anyone recommend a source for sample apps that demonstrate UIs that meet the VISTA UI standards such as "top rules for the windows vista user experience" http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa511327.aspx#aero? The problem I've found is that ALL samples on the net show off the awesome...more >>

Hi In my application i need to do the following things concerning shared folders: - check if a folder is shared - share a folder - unshare a folder It seems to me that .net does not support this by default. Is there a way to do these things programmatically? I am grateful for any help...more >>

Hi, Anyone can tell me the difference between an abstract base class and an interface? Thanks! ...more >>

What is the difference between: catch(Exception e) { throw e; } and catch(Exception e) { throw; } ...more >>

All of a sudden, when I launch VS.NET 2005 my Toolbox comes up empty -- no controls! The message on the pane is "There are no usable controls in this group. Drag an item onto this text to add it to the toolbox."! How can I restore my toolbox??? ...more >>

My wife tried to help me by backing up my hard drive by drag and drop to my backup drive. when a duplicate file was encountered, she clicked "yes to all" to replace. now all of our avi files are jpg. are they lost forever? I have over 2500 avi's....more >>

I am running sql2005 on a w2003 server with 1G. When I look at the memory settings in SQL Server, its range is 0 to 2G. How can this be? Should I shut down the max memory?? ...more >>

I have VS 2005 Pro and Team installed and want to install Expression Blend. In its install instructions it says to install VS 2005 Express afterwards. I don't know if it actually requires vs express to run properly or if they are making a huge assumption that nobody with VS 2005 will be instal...more >>

I use Win x64 and IE7. My problem is that I can not download any file from Download Center. When I click on Dwonload button, new IE window pops-up, and "Thank You for.." aperas in main window. And nothing esle happens except after same time timeout error shows up in pop-up window. ActiveX cont...more >>

Hi All, int a; string b; float c; Test(a,b,c); How do i get the the Test function to print a b c public static Test(params object[] inputParams) { foreach (object inputParam in inputParams) { print(something); } } ...more >>

I have 2 msi packages that I need to install either simultaneously or one after the other (in any order). How can I do that in a single package. I also need to install one of the msi in "silent" mode as in minimum or NO user interaction. I have been trying with Windows Installer and it does not ...more >>

I am using the Visual Studio 2005 installer on our project, and we just started moving from C++ to C#. So, most of the code is still C++, but there are a few projects that are C#. The C# projects are not signed (I was told that there were issues with signed code calling unsigned code and vic...more >>

If you are using VB / C# Express 2005 is there a (free) tool that can be used to make your own installation packages (vdproj, msi, etc.)? TIA... ...more >>