I have a Dell Latitude D800 that over the past month has slowed progessivley to the point that it takes about 10 minutes to reboot and opening applications is like working on a 386. I have opted to replace the computer and have backed up the entire harddrive. If there are any issues such a...more >>

Hi all, I've just upgrade our site to the latest asp.net 3.5 using visual studio 2008. However, I can not get the AJAX component to work properly. My application runs fine but it keeps doing a postback on the whole page when testing AJAX. I tried this Microsoft example as well and same thing ...more >>

Hi all, I would like to remove the oldest rows beyond a predefined size from a DataTable. Is it possible to remove a bulk of rows in one shot or do I have to loop and do a DataTable.Rows.RomoveAt(0) Thanks, Avi ...more >>

After several months of working in SharePoint to get it ready to implement our intranet using the CMS features, it's been decided that the organization doesn't feel that sharepoint is the right product for this. It's a long story. ;o) So, I'm now tasked with finding an alternative. The l...more >>

I have a gridview that I will output to an email. I try to format a certain cell but it doesn't seem to have any effect, Can I set the htmlencode for a bound column = false in code? I have this code: Dim myGrid As New GridView myGrid.DataSource = cart_ds myGrid.DataBind() 'Forma...more >>

How do I keep the same format of a worksheet with a chart when copying/moving it to another workbook?...more >>

I HAVE OEM XP-PRO DISK AND I HAVE RECENTLY CHANGED HARD DRIVE AND MEMORY IN MY HOME BUILT COMPUTER THAT WAS WORKING. I WANTED TO DO A CLEAN INSTALL AS THERE WERE MANY INSTALLS/UN INSTALLS OVER TIME. WHEN I INSERT THE CD I GET THE CHOICES AND I CHOOSE CLEAN INSTALL AND IT FORMATS THE DRIVE AND...more >>

I just dowloaded the 60 day evaluation copy of office pro 2007, I am teaching a class in my school on the usage of office 03. my question is can I copy the demo version that i downloaded onto a disk and share with the class the same demo product code which i guess should expire in about 60 day...more >>

I've run across many situations where I want to store the time delta as a TimeSpan (e.g. sampling interval) and then I want to skip every 3rd sample so I want to multiple the delta by the int 3 but I'm forced to multiple the ticks by 3 and then construct a new TimeSpan with the resultant ticks. ...more >>

I try deploying a very simple (very simple indeed) Vb.net application by following the basic steps according to some tutorials. My pc runs Visual Studio 2005 and it reports "Build successful" but I build my application. Then I run setup.exe from the debug folder on the same machine that d...more >>

Greetings... From this: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;317881 article I've knew how to create access 2000 databases. But what with 2007? Best regards......more >>

I have a string array tags with content as follows string[] tags cat animal pet I need to insert all 3 rows with a single INSERT statement INSERT INTO Tags (TagName, PhotoID) VALUES (@Tag, SCOPE_IDENTITY()) command.Parameters.Add("@Tag", SqlDbType.NVarChar).Value = tags How can...more >>

We have a written a C# application that interfaces with Outlook using the API. Since Microsoft Office 2000 SP1, our users have had to put up with the very annoying warning popup about a program accessing Outlook and do they want to allow/deny. However, since migrating many of our users to O...more >>

When I import contacts from excel using the import wizard, even after matching fields to field for some reason I can only get the first three to five from my list of 190 to import the phone numbers althought other fields all seem to be there. I have even tried coping the phone numbers to othe...more >>

Hi guys, I have a problem with an old application. The client has now a new printer, where he wants to direct his reports to different trays using Crystal reports from VB6. Who can give me a hint to a working (sample, link or whatever) to solve this problem. Cor ...more >>

Let's just say that I am foolish enough to code and distribute a free app to the general public over the web. What is the best (cheapest, smallest bandwidth, easiest to code) way to publish updates to my .Net application? I'd like to save bandwidth by only updating the changed portions if ...more >>

Hi, can you guide me, which MS technologies are suitable to create drawing application (simple CAD application) on the web - to allow 2D/3D drawing on some canvas and use data stored on server (in some databases)? The resulting application can be either embedded on the web page or runnable d...more >>

Hi, How to start to edit listview items programatically, like in explorer when user right click on a file the select Rename? I know how to make items editable with a click, but I want to add a button / right click menu for this too Thanks...more >>

Please accept my apologies if this is an inappropriate posting for this group, but I'm very new to dot net - in fact it is still in my future, not my past - and I'm struggling to find my feet. I'm looking for a team of consultants to build the domain specific frameworks for a new version of ou...more >>

Hello, I am male 24 i graduated with a batchelors in computer science in december of 07. long island NY this is my first job in this field have been working as a junior programer for past 4 months (VB.net, sql, web(asp html css development) its a small and other programers are older unix...more >>

how to determine what language a c# string is written in? is there any C# method to take a string and return what language it is in? e.g. english, hindi, spanish, etc. ...more >>

In a styled WPF application, I need to write a custom file browser in C#/WPF. As it is styled differently to generic Windows apps, I cannot use the standard open file dialogs. Writing a tree or breadcrumb is easy enough when it just needs to browse physical local drives. But how do I browse...more >>

Yes I am another sufferer of this malaise. My laptop has been doing this for 4 months now, and despite downloading all relevant Vista updates and service packs, and ATI graphics and CPU chipset updates I still get the problem whether I have nothing open (Desktop only) or if I am using Internet...more >>

I would Like to know how to print a blank spreadsheet, with col.letters and row no.s I know I can just do blank grid lines but can not get the rest to print....more >>

Hi All, I am facing problem when i am converting C#.net code(Delegate concept) into vb.net. I am unable to do that . Can someone help me to solve the problem. I am providing my C#.net code. ==================================my code is :- ====================================== [DataObject...more >>

Hi, I want to run my asp.net application from server.I have uploaded my asp.net files on the server and I want to run it ditectly from server but I am getting authentication error as 'An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent...more >>

Hi all, I'm trying to integrate a third party library that would parse an excel file and allows us to make changes to. Once I update the appropriate cells, I want to allow my users to download the modified file. It works by IWorkbook book = NativeExcel.Factory.OpenWorkbook(this.MapPath(Fi...more >>

Hi created a web app using the asp:Login component in machine A. SQL and VS2005 is also in machine A. I copied the entire project source to machine B and modified the machine B's web.config into <connectionStrings> <remove name="LocalSqlServer"/> <add name="SQLConn" connectionStrin...more >>

I try to experiment deploying my Vb.net application by following the basic steps but encounter this error. I follow every step and every display agrees with what the tutorial says and the IDE responds with "Build successful". When I started the setup.exe file in the debug folder with the sam...more >>

A few days ago I used the RunAs command for the first time to launch VS under a different profile which had different security settings. Since then I'v rebooted the machine several times and started VS several times assuming I was starting VS as the same user I log into the machine with. How...more >>

Could You tell me, whether VS2005 allows passing parameters to custom actions as it was possible in VS2003 by creating a form in custom installed and doing it through Dynamic properties/key mappings. When I try the same all properties are disabled. Thanks for answer in advance...more >>

Hi I have a problem printing to a network printer from my VB.NET code component. When i try printing to the network printer from my development PC all works fine.. But, when i publish the code to the server and try the print, i get the following message.... Settings to access printer '\...more >>

Hello, Can anyone tell me whether VS 2008 has test-driven development facilities in it? If so, in which versions? Thanks, Roger Pearse...more >>

I am using the CLR Profiler to investigate the memory efficiency of my .NET applications; however, I am puzzled as to the memory allocation size that the tool reports for my applications. I am profiling 2 applications: (1) a simple app that has 1 button which when pressed displays the strin...more >>

Hi All, Suppose you need to release unmanaged resources when you remove an item from a colletction. We are now using an override of the ArrayList.Remove() method that dows the job. We wanted to move to generics but the List<T> collection does not feature any virtual method. How shou...more >>

When try to open thr help button in windows live it tells me to go to the control panel mad open file options to set a extension to open the program. an anyone tell me what the ext. should be and what it should be tied to -- sureshot...more >>

Hi. I have written a .NET C# program and have also made a setup project for it. Everything works fine, except that I would like my setup application to remove any existing version of my program before proceeding with the setup. This is because I get the following message if there is a previ...more >>

I need to write a VB.NET application for the network team at work that will backup a firewall configuration each evening. I found that I may need screen scraping to do this, but am not quite sure how to go about it as I have never done it before. The web login page is at https://firewall/a...more >>

I'm running WinXP SP2 and IE 7.0.5730.11 I ran MBSA 1.2 and I got a report that I needed to upgrade MBSA to version 2.0 I ran MBSA 2.0 and got this error message: "Failed to download security databases. The catalog is damaged or an invalid catalog." I upgraded to MBSA 2.1 (beta) and go...more >>

I have a full version of Visual Basic 6 and upgrade versions of Visual Studio 2002, 2003, and 2005. What is the easiest way to do the install? I know in the past, I have done Visual Basic 6, then the 2002 upgrade, then the 2003 upgrade, then the 2005 upgrade. Do I have to perform all of the...more >>

Situation: .NET windows service All works fine until we digitally signed the service exe. After that starting the service often fails (A timeout was reached (30000 milliseconds) while waiting for the ... service to connect.). I can reproduce this behaviour with XP x64. Looks like windows...more >>

I was searching in Visual Studio for a property that determines if a control is on top of another. Is this embedded in the Visual Studio code? Can I control this? ...more >>

Today I stumbled upon a very interesting 'feature' of .net 2.0 My application uses a generic SortedList class for storing a sorted list of objects (on a DateTime key) - that is, SortedList<DateTime, object>. However, the program kept crashing for some time until I debugged it to find out that it...more >>

Hello Everyone, In my application i need to develop a keyboard which type Hindi characters. As a control i make it. On clicking of this i can create code but how can i type a hindi char in coding ? Please help me. Thanx...more >>

Dear All, I have an application writtern on VC++.net my question is how to compile that application in command line. I tried to compile it using msbuild <.vcproj> /configuration = Release it is compiling but my problem is how should i specify which sdk it should use. Either pocketpc 2003...more >>

Being lazy here... How many bytes are used to store a string? I would guess the (number of characters * 2) + 4 is that correct? cheers Guy...more >>

Hi, i got machine A that has sql2005, vs2005 project. project runs okay there. But when i copied that whole project folder to machine B, running sql2005, VS2005, edited the web.config file to point to SQL2k5 machine A, and then run it at VS2005, it cant connect to the DB at machine A. It sa...more >>

i DO NOT KNOW HOW TO EMAIL MATERIAL FROM EXCEL 2007. Also do not know how to print out material from same. PLease help-very important!!! -- COMPUTER NOVICE...more >>

I've run into a strange problem that I'm having a difficult time tracking down. I have no idea what's causing it, so this seemed as good a place to ask as any... If anyone is familiar with Neo (entity object framework), it deals with that. Basically, I have two versions of the code. ve...more >>

When a clr has the input type of SqlString it causes nvarchar(4000) to be the parameter type of the function in sql server. how to modify my CLR function to use nvarchar(max) ? ...more >>