A laptop we use at home displays this message and won't connect to the internet. I had used this particular laptop when setting up the wireless network and other laptops work fine. The laptop in question gets to the internet fine with a wire. Any ideas what happened and how to fix would be ...more >>

I'm running XPSP2 and I just replaced my 128MB RAM with 2X256MB RAM. However, the "Properties" under "My Computer" still says 128MB RAM. The computer appears to be running faster but I want to be sure I don't need to "tell" my PC that the new memory should be 512MB. I performed a scan throu...more >>

when i send out a group email, i get about 1/2 of them back saying that they were not deliverable due to bad desination or permanent delivery errors among other reasons what is going on????? when i use yahoo, everything goes with no problem thanks ahead of time cheryl...more >>

We have a .NET app that selects records from a SQL Server 2000 database, and then sends out e-mails using the System.Web.Mail class in .net This has worked for months, and then suddently, the runtime error below starts happening. If we select a small number of records, everything is fine, ...more >>

I'm trying to encrypt a connection string in an app.config. This is the app.config: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration> <connectionStrings> <add name="test" connectionString="user id=testuser;password=testpwd;data source=testdb;persist security info=False;"/> ...more >>

I want to be able to connect to a file share in C# given a username and password. Any help would be appreciated. Code examples welcomed ...more >>

I have many SQL databases that use MS Access for the front end. I need to create 1 web page using Visual Studio 05 & .NET for each database for the users to enter and edit the data. I create the new web page and drag and drop a gridview. Then I'm stuck!!! Could someone please help me add/edit...more >>

Can anyone point me to a good starting place for working with Active Directory in .NET? One of the tasks I am interested in accomplishing is to be able to programatically manage user objects (create, update, delete) and to mange custom properties for these objects. I have looked at some ...more >>

Is there any way to count the number of rows displayed in a data grid view and then store that number to a variable? For instance, my sql statement to display the data table displays only four rows, so then I would like my n = 4. And it would change accordingly to however many rows are display...more >>

Is there any possible way to first pull informatio from a table, and then "read" all fields into an array? For example: My table has fields Center, Name, Capacity. After displaying the table in a data grid view I want to store each of these values into a multidimensional array. Namely center(...more >>

Is Microsoft Money 2002 Compatible with windows Vista...more >>

Hi there, is it possible to disable a property in the propertygrid at runtime? Normally a property will be enabled but if i.e. the user doesn't have access to change the property this property has to be disabled. Is this possible? Thx in advance....more >>

Hello LIST, PLEASE, PLEASE HELP!! I am trying to fix my visual studio installation, I dont know what has happened, but I have lost SO MUCH TIME TRYING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WITHOUT ANY SUCCESS. And especially when you are self employed every minute can count, I load up visual studio 2005 w...more >>

Hi all, I am having this problem with C# 2005 professional, while I could never see such a thing in VS 2003. The problem is that the form designer doesn't reflect the changes I make to a form through the property panel on-the-fly. Even if a change is reflected in the designer, when I compil...more >>

Can anyone please provide a link/url that documents all the properties (.to, ..from, .htmlbody, etc..) of the CDOMessage object? I am successfully generating and sending emails from my ASP pages, but would like to see all of the options available to me. THanks!...more >>

I have 2 web servers on which I am running a .net version 2 application, both of which I want to use an application pool with the same domain user's id and password to tighten security. I have this working fine on one web server (http), but keep getting the error below on the other (https). ...more >>

I'm writing a .NET 2.0 app that needs to manage user sessions. We're using SQL Server 2005 tables to hold sessions status fields in a table. The problem is how to handle the situation where a user closes the browser without logging out first. We're using our own authentication, not Windows. ...more >>

Hi all, I just found that i cannot handle arrowkey press on checkbox component? Any turnaround or sample to achieve it? Thanks~ ...more >>

Hi I'm new to C# and .Net so be nice :-) I'm going throught a steep learing curve right now and finding it really hard when after several hours of coding is running into security issue when trying the new application on a client machine. (I'm a domain admin on the client/network) and...more >>

everything in yahoo locks up when i use my webcam. I tried what yahoo reccomends and it did not work. A friend said yahoo was bad about not loading all the drivers or i have a driver missing. Please help as this cam is a present for my wife and i cant make it work right....more >>

Hi all, how can I hide a property in a derived class in a propertygrid. Let's say I have a classX and a derived classY. A property in classX will be visible in the propertygrid but the same property in the derived classY will not be visible in the propertygrid. Does anyone know how to d...more >>

I have the following code and it returns the x and y coordinates in the text box, but when I click the mouse on say 362,61 does not bring up form2.Any suggestions? Thanks, Jerry Private Sub PictureBox1_MouseClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) H...more >>

A friend has given me a 4 port usb hub for my windows xp laptop. Should I have been given a driver to install as my laptop doesn't recognise it and as i only have one usb port (that I can find!) I desperately need this to work. Does anyone have some suggestions for someone who is not that tech...more >>

I was looking at some of the Framework code using the .NET Reflector. There're some places where there're these Label_xxxx lines, e.g.: ...... if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.Url)) { goto Label_0174; } Label_00C2: if (base.DataSources.Count == 0) { g...more >>

when i send emails in outlook 6, i get about 1/2 of them back as delivery failure----when i send the same messages in yahoo, they go fine...more >>

It used to be each time I went to publish a site using FP, all of my URL's were stored there.Came up when I published. NOW, they are cleared out each time, the only URL address left is the last one. Could I be cleaning out something automatically that is causing this?I do have Norton clean ...more >>

When using IE6 browser and the page is too wide for viewing, I dont get a horizontal scroll bar.This is on my own web site that I build using Front Page. Here is an example, http://www.royalsharpei.com/pups.htm I made the picture this large as an example. I also have tables on there conta...more >>

I would like to change the backcolor inside the checkbox when the component is on focus, not the color of the text. Thanks a lot. ...more >>

What's the difference between Keypress and KeyDown event? looks like some key cannot be handled by both event. Can anyone list out the details and their usage for best pratice? ...more >>

I have a C++ application that needs to host .NET .dlls' as plugins. How can my C++ application support the CLR? -Lou ...more >>

if so, what is the right csc command or al command thx ...more >>

The problematic code runs perfectly fine and unmodified when the application is executed as a standalone .exe. However when the same code is executed inside Windows Service - it locks up and waits indefinetely attempting to instantiate COM object with Activator.CreateInstance. The service imp...more >>

This is the 2nd time posting so sorry for duplications. I am using VB.NT 2005 & a standard Combobox. I've been wracking my brain over this problem for a over a month & cannot seem to find a way to trap the pressing of a Tab Key when the focus is in a Combobox. The KeyDown or KeyUp event for a ...more >>

Hi. I am confused about two version attributes found on the Assemblyinfo.vb file. What are the differences between the AssemblyVersion and AssemblyFileVersion attributes? When should I change one or another? I read the docs but it is still not clear to me. Regards, Robert Scheer ...more >>

My Windows Application stores its configuration values in app.config and these are typed and accessed via corresponding classes, something like this... <configSections> <section name="Watcher"/> </configSections> <Watcher> <ClockWatcherCollection> <add Name="Blah"/> </ClockWatcherCollec...more >>

Hi all, i have a datagrid in my window's form. there i have 2 coulmn the both are Drop-downlist. on the bassis of value selected in column first i want to fill dropdown of second coulmn, how can i do that please help me. Thanks Abhi...more >>

Hi I want a tool to generate C# source code from a unsecured .dll witten in C# . I know that with .NET Reflector you can see the code but I want to generate it all. What tool should I use? 10x :) ...more >>

Hello, My project contain 1 assembly for BLL and 1 dll for dataclass. i need to change the connections string of my DAL, without compiled the project. but my dal is a dll et i have only an application.exe.config file. how can i use the config file of the dll when my application is deployed. t...more >>

I am writting a DB front end in VB.NET 2003 I have a form that displays employee information it has a dataset loaded from the DB that also includes tables for lookup in some comboboxes that are bound to the employees table so I load the combo boxes and then set the selectedText propertyt to bind ...more >>

I need to get the full signature of a delagate in a string. Is this possible? In a control I have: public delegate void Button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e); public event Button_Click click; then I have: private void GetControlEvents(Control cControl) { ...more >>

I try to make my own ArticleAttribute object and ArticleAttributeCollection, and add data to this Collection. It almost works, but the problem is that each time I add an ArticleAttribute to my Collection, it seems like it overwrites the other ArticleAttributes. When bind the ArticleAttributeColl...more >>

Hi Have just reinstalled OS X, loaded studio copy of Office but when I start Word/Excel/PP i get an error saying fonts are corrupted and have to click "OK" for every font. We all have the same system, and fonts but this problem is unique to me! I am a graphic designer so use lots of varied...more >>

I got the VS 2005 Express on an install CD that was included with the MSpress MCPD Training Kit. It has a 90 days usage period. Does the VS 2005 Express that you can download from MS have this expiration usage period it? ...more >>

Hi, I need to print a report like document. So in report there are many articles and what I need when I get to the end, is to update page numbers on the second page where the Table of Content is .... or even update strings like Page 1 or 10 ... Page 2 of 10 etc .... When starting the ...more >>

Hi, I want to send XML data from a server to some clients over a network connection using the TCP/IP protocol. If I send the XMLs as byte arrays I need to insert header information in the data to distinguish the XMLs from each other in the stream of data. Is there any way to avoid this (for ins...more >>

My cd is stuck in the drive. I can open the drawer O K but the c d will not come out Help me please -- Maur...more >>

I got a message that generic host process was connecting to the Internet. When I did Netstat, I saw four established connections from my computer to another port on my computer. What is going on? I just reformatted my computer, deleting the partition and creating a new partition. I reinstalled...more >>

Can someone help with the following problem. I am sending an encrypted SOAP message to a .NET 2.0 + WSE 3.0 web service. When .NET attempts to decrypt the message it cannot read the private key of the X509 token it requires (or so it says). I have followed the instructions in the error mess...more >>

I have a ASP.NET web page that calls a web service on a server with IIS installed on it. When it calls the web service, it gives a HTTP status 401 error stating that it is unauthorized to call the web service. After searching the Microsoft Knowledge Base, article ID 811318 describes my exact ...more >>

Hi experts, which approaches would you suggest for: - Reading a database schema (tables, fields, relationships) from SQL Server 2005? - Visualizing the DB schema? For developing a DB tool the schema should be read from the server and then be visualized, e.g. like the SQL Server BI Deve...more >>

I have windows XP Sp2, when I go to shut off computer it gets to Windows is shutting down then the mouse and keyboard freeze up. Also at times the computer will reboot on its own. I have up to date virus protection and antispyware. Getting desperate, can someone please help me Thanks ...more >>

Hi I'm new to C#, but I have years of experience on VB-classic. I would like to verify during win application start-up whether the user is equal as domain admin. i.e. does the user have domain admin rights Y/N and secondly: a similar problem. Is this user listed in AD security group ...more >>

I try to install Windows Services but it show this error during the installation process, "Insufficient System resources exist to complete the requested service." I created this Services in VB 2005. I has other Windows Services installed on this machine. I try to install in other comput...more >>

How do I change an PK Auto numeric field to 0 in a Table? Many thanks...more >>

I have a simple app that lists some times from a SQL database dt.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("Start Time", GetType(String))) Dim cn As New SqlConnection(sqlConnString) cn.Open() sqlStatement = "Select EndTime from Mytable Dim cmd As New SqlCommand(sqlStateme...more >>

I use csc to build my applications (makefile as opposed to using Visual Studio). I recently noticed a problem because I had forgot to specify /target:winexe for a GUI application. As a result when you ran the executable it would launch a command window that stuck around for the life of the...more >>

Hi everyone, I am a newbie to this group and have a general question. What size assembly is a good size for putting common objects and their methods into so as not to have too much overhead when calling one object. I understand that it depends on the amount of memory in the computer. I hea...more >>

Hi, I've added a class, AddExternalEIFFileSections, to a project, 'BusinessRules', then rebuilt the project and copied the BusinessRules.dll to the folder containing all of the executables. However, I always get the error when running the program: Could not load type 'BusinessRules.AddExt...more >>

Hi everyone, I am looking at a future work environment that will involve lots of Java programming as well as .Net programming. I am trying to decide if using the J# development tools in Visual Studio is going to save me a load of learning, or if it really doesnt matter. I was thinking that it...more >>

Hello, I need some help on the BitVector32 class. I'm trying to create a function like: Private Sub Function (ByVal Input as integer, ByVal Bitnr as integer, ByVal BitHigh as Boolean) As Integer Return Output End Function The function must return a new integer value, with the pro...more >>

Hi all, I need to iterate through web pages controls using reflection. However when I create an instance of the web page, the controls collection is empty. Can anyone help ? here's the code used: Dim myAssembly As System.Reflection.Assembly myAssembly = myAssembly.Load("A...more >>

I am using windows 2000 server and yahoo messenger 8.1. my messenger is unable to connect to mic Understood that there is some codec problem can any one help me out of this issue. thanks in advance....more >>

Hi there I have some questions for those experienced Visual Basic 6 programmers out there who have made the transition from VB6 to Vb.net. How long did it take you to learn at least the basic elements of VB.net....so that you were confident to write a application from scratch. This would...more >>

Hi there My compay has a number of Visual Basic 6 applications which are front = endeed onto=20 either SQL Server or Microsoft Access databases. Now we are in process of planning to re-write these applications into = Visual Basic.Net. My managers main thought is that Visual Basic 6 is (o...more >>

Are there any way to prove that a variable of value type is created in stack and a variable of ref type are created in heap? I just take it granted as everybody and every books and pages says so. But to how to prove it? Are there any way like finding the memory address of the variable and...more >>

Hi Need assistant on this, as my ASP .Net web server running on Win2003 R2 SP2 is sometime given below error msg, the normal web page still accessable only the .Net ASP is fail thanks Server Application Unavailable The web application you are attempting to access on this web server is cu...more >>

Using VB express, I have a textbox in a form and want to ask the user to input a number , If the number is 114, then I want to do a form2.show /me.hide so the form2 comes up, but if they put in the wrong number then a messagebox comes up and says, you entered a wrong number. Can anyone help me...more >>

We have a project in .NET 1.1 , some of the .NET methods take COM interface reference pointer as a parameter, somehow we have to call Marshal.ReleaseComObject to release the COM Object, otherwise the COM object will never get release, Even we call gc.Collect() But the same code compiles in .NE...more >>

I am using .Net 2.0, writing a directory on a network share using My.Computer.FileSystem.CreateDirectory. This works fine as long a USERS have full share permissions on that directory. My administrator has been unable to figure out which account to grant permissions to so that we can lock do...more >>

I'm attempting to rewrite a web app moving from VS 2003 to VS 2005. 2005 warns for non-compliance with XHTML 1.0. I've been able to get rid of most of the warning except for one. It appears there is no replacement, at least not obvious, to simply align a table. Old way: <table align="...more >>

All Good day to everyone! I am developing a system which interfaces with various external systems. The set of external systems will change and grow over time. I will produce a new class to represent each of these external systems, and each of these classes will implement an interface th...more >>

Has any implemented FTP Server, not FTP client using 1.x or 2.0. I'd appreciate if you can provide me an insight or point me to example application. Thanks, Anand...more >>

Is there any possible way to create an email attachments from an URL in windows vb.net application? I'm using frame work 2.0, System.Net.Mail component. If I attach a file from my file system, that works fine. But I have to call a http:// url which retruns a file name. I have to attach that f...more >>

Hi, I am looking to remove the time limitation (of 60 secs) on the MS recorder. (start-programs-accessories-entertainment-recorder) Can you advise me on how to remove it please? That is, I'm not looking for a work-around - but a genuine fix (removal of time limit) I called MS - who politel...more >>

Hi Everyone, How do I stop my word wrapping with in my .Net Evironment.. While coding away, I pressed "something" and I lost my horizontal scroll bar, and now all my code has been word wrapped to the next line. I know there is a solution but can't find it under options Txs MikeY ...more >>

Hi, I am writing a command line app, I have a question that's driving me crazy: Is it possible to update a printed line without having to write a new line, so that, for example, I could achieve the spinning effect: | / - \ | or do a countdown 30 29 28 ... without having to write a new line ...more >>

I need to resize a PDF file from 3.69 x 2.19 to 3.58 x 2.08. Is there a way to do this in VB.Net? If so, example code would be appreciated. -Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I am writing a small utility to perform system maintainence tasks on Windows. In this, I am launching a MMC snapin as a process using BackGroundWorker and using the "RunWorkerCompleted" event handler to know when the snapin was closed. This works fine on Xp and Vista 32 bit and the RunWor...more >>