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 >>

Hello, Folks! Does anyone know of a website that lists the local phone number formats for each country? TIA......more >>

Suppose I have the below code: FileStream fs1 = new FileStream(...); FileStream fs2 = new FileStream(...); try { fs1.Write(...) fs2.Write(...) } finally { if(fs1!=null) fs1.Dispose(); if(fs2!=null) fs2.Dispose(); } My question is what happens if...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know the reason? Thanks, gz...more >>

I am looking for good reference material (books, reference applications, articles etc) that address localization and globalization in .NET... satellite assemblies etc. I'm designing a new ASP.NET application (in .NET 3.5) that will need to be available to users in multiple cultures. And ...more >>

Greetings! I have this System.Windows.Forms.Timer which I create on the fly from an instance method (let's call it MyMethod). It has a handler for the Tick event that throws an exception, something like this: throw new Exception("Timeout in yadda yadda..."); I place the call to MyMethod i...more >>

I must have hit a key on my kepyboard because now my monitor/display shows sideways instead of looking head on. What keys do I hit to correct this problem. I can read if I cock my head sideways. -- bobbie...more >>

Hi all , I have got problem when i am tring to exportGridview Data into Excel format. It is going into text format ,but what i want is if the field is number/currency then it should go into number/currency format itself .Data exported to excel are all exported as text. Export to excel should...more >>

VS 2005 wont let me switch from source to design view bacause of the following code <hr align="center" width="40%" size="3" color="#3366FF"/> it really does not like the color command.. can anyone tell me why and how to correct it so my horizontal rules are nice and colourful.. th...more >>

Get the black screen asking me which startup method I want to choose, ie. safe mode, etc. Anything I choose loops back to the same screen. The error message starts off by saying sorry for the inconvenience and that the system did not shut down properly, it says the error might be a software ...more >>

I am using Studio 2008 with .Net 3.5. and my Brain is Fried :) My user will use typical 'next' and 'previous' buttons to navigate records in my app. They will sometimes be in the habit of hittting the next button repeatedly not giving the screen time to finish refreshing it's current recor...more >>

I'm looking for sample code to help me learn how to write a toolbar add-in for IE. It can be VB6, VB.Net, C# ... heck, I may even try a little C++. Whatever you've got....I want it. Thanks! jim ...more >>

Among other issues with my printer spooler. I received the follwoing message. SPOOLSV.EXE Application error The instruction at "0x73001347" referenced memory at "0x0074169a". The memory can not be read. Can someone advise?...more >>

In the last few weeks my arrow keys have quit working in Excel 2003 only. I have changed batteries in both my mouse and keyboard with no results. Has anyone else experienced this problem? The arrow keys still work in Word and all of my other software programs...more >>

To all, I'm using the following to create a string of text and to insert into a table/column: strBuilder.append("User Full Name") ....this is inside a loop that may increment 35 times. For 35 different names. I then use the following code to insert the data into a table/column: sql...more >>

I have upgraded from autoroute 2003 to autoroute 2007. The 2003 version allows me to search for motorway exits/junctions but the 2007 version does not. Is there any update for this or any other way to search for motorway exits/junctions? -- Craig...more >>

While attempting to setup file sharing between a wireless laptop and a wireless desktop, I made a change to "mycomputer". I clicked the "computer to part of a network". As a result, when I rebooted and got the ALT-CTL-DEL screen and then the logon to Windows, my previous username and passwor...more >>

VS2005 I have a solution containing (amongst others) a Business layer project and a DataAccess layer project. Within these two projects I have a Class DoStuff , the business layer doStuff makes calls to the DataAccess layer DoStuff. some of these calls involve passing an enum as a parame...more >>

Hi all, I built an app with the "Platform target" of x86. Then I installed it as a Windows Service. When it's running, I can see in the Task Manager that the executable has "*32" following it, which I think means it's running in 32bit. But after I changed the log on account of the service, ...more >>

I've been stuck on this error for days. I use global.asax to do url rewrite. which works fine on one server but not the other. they are both windows server 2003 R2 IIS6. if I do http://test.com/photo/123 which would rewrite to http://test.com/photo/default.aspx?photo=123 on the server tha...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to install two different versions of office dll's(2.2.0.0 & 12.0.0.0) using click once I always get the error version doesnot match with reference in the manifest Can some one suggest me how to publsih two different versions of office dll for a windows applicat...more >>

Hi all, I know that Sp2 of Windows Xp is a requisite in order to execute applications written with VS2008 targeting .Net 2 Sp1 on Windows Xp (as stated in the download page of .Net 2 Sp1). Also on download page of .Net 2 (the first version, without Sp1), there is Sp2 of Windows Xp as a requi...more >>

Hi, I have a question about Team GFoundation/Team Explorer 2005 - Workspaces. Under which group should it be posted? Thanks in advance, Richard...more >>

I am trying to backup my pc but I keep getting this error code 0x80070005, I have tried to reuse the first disk that I ran pc backup on and it was denied, I have tried to use two new dvd+rw's and I still get the same error message. I am running Windows Vista Home premium. Any help would be a...more >>

Hi gang, I've just opened one of my web projects (C#, .net 2.0) in VS2008 and ran the conversion wizard. Everything went ok, but the site won't work. My ConnectionString on all my database connections is wrong. :( I've just had a look, and notice that the Access MDB file the website us...more >>