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all groups > dotnet general > february 2008 > threads for february 22 - 28, 2008

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Windows XP - undoing a registry entry
Posted by oumalou at 2/28/2008 7:07:06 PM
Help - I ran a file from Kelly's Korner, regopen.vbs and now my taskbar is permanantly locked. how can I undo this registry entry? -- oumalou...more >>


DS2 Lost Character in v2.0 can I get her back? played game in 05.
Posted by Irish Lad at 2/28/2008 5:26:01 PM
I cannot see older avatar named Melandra when main game screen comes up. I was in Act II with her and 3 other characters and I do not want to start over. Current avatar named Goober is there, but not Melandra. ...more >>

App config not seen when running from a logical drive on Vista??
Posted by José_Joye at 2/28/2008 2:11:47 PM
I'm currently facing a problem when runnning an application on Vista from a logical drive (created with "subst"). The problem occurs when the application is run from command prompt. All is ok if the application is run from the debugger. Say I have an application that is located under C:\te...more >>

Sending Email with System that Has Antivirus Installed
Posted by Chris K. at 2/28/2008 12:34:12 PM
Hello, I am writing an application that processes and sends electronic mail using Visual Basic that has no issues as is. However, when running concurrently with an antivirus package that is installed (such as Symantec Antivirus Corp. Client) any mail that the application sends th...more >>

XML Deserialization Attribute vs. Element
Posted by Todd at 2/28/2008 10:31:00 AM
I'm developing an application that accepts XML input from a diverse set of clients. Some clients specify values as an attribute, and some specify values as a sub-element. The XmlSerializer doesn't seem to handle both cases (attribute vs. element) by default. Is there a way to get the Deser...more >>

to enumerate all the members of a object
Posted by M at 2/28/2008 8:57:17 AM
I am wondering if there is a way to enumerate all the members of a object For instance to list all the properties of System.drawing.color Thanks ...more >>

C# network security management
Posted by cryptic at 2/28/2008 1:19:02 AM
I created a C# assembly with no security permissions, started it from a mapped network drive and execute a file io algorithm - it fails with a SecurityException (FileIOPermission). If I added a FileIOPermissionAttribute and a ClickOnce Manifest, it fails with the same error. Next step was that...more >>

Regular expression for nested HTML tags
Posted by Sudheer at 2/27/2008 10:31:27 PM
I am looking for a regular expression for finding a certain content presnt in a HTML page The html page looks something like this: <div class="info"> <h5>Genre:</h5> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Genres/Action/">Action</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Genres/Adventure/">...more >>



Cannot create new account or turn on Guest
Posted by Ken at 2/27/2008 7:50:00 PM
I am running Windows XP and I have an administration log in that works fine and is password protected. If I turn on Guest or create a new account they do not appear on the log in window or when I start the computer....more >>

Which version of VS 2005 should I upgrade to?
Posted by Anil Gupte at 2/27/2008 3:51:51 PM
I am using Visual Studio 2003 Enterprise Edition. Now that VS 2008 is out in beta, I figure 2005 is stable enough for us. :-) Which version of Visual Studio 2005 is the logical upgrade path for us? Thanx, -- Anil Gupte www.keeninc.net www.icinema.com ...more >>

Removing an XML node
Posted by Leon Mayne at 2/27/2008 2:49:57 PM
I have an XmlDocument object, xdReportGroups, and I would like to find and remove a node with a particular ID from the document. The node could be several levels down the tree. I have tried the below code: Dim xnNodeToRemove As XmlNode = xdReportGroups.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode(St...more >>

Very Basic .NET Q
Posted by JohnO at 2/27/2008 2:39:05 PM
Be nice...I'm not a programmer or developer, I'm a hardware guy who is very confused about the .NET versions. An application I use installed .NET 2.0. Everything is great, but the app is a bit fuzzy in certain areas. I'm told that the application will run much better if I update to .NET 3.5...more >>

VB.NET application cliick-once deployment via internet - Error - Unable to read data from the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibl
Posted by Peri at 2/27/2008 2:00:38 PM
Dear All, I have deployed VB.NET application at our client place using click once deployment. If I download via LAN it is working fine. But if I download via internet (very low bandwidth), exactly after one hour I am receiving this error. Can anyone please let me out to resolve this? ...more >>

Getting Started With WCF in VB.NET
Posted by Wiz66006@nospam.nospam at 2/27/2008 11:51:00 AM
Does anyone have sample VB.NET code using WCF to communicate between two running apps on the same machine? I have no experience with WCF and a very, very simple example would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Dave ...more >>

WPF: Extending the list view (problem using extended object)
Posted by Griff at 2/27/2008 11:12:07 AM
I have a window with multiple ListViews in them. When someone right-clicks on any of the listview items, then I want a context menu to appear and one of the options is to copy the data displayed to the clipboard. For a single listView this is simple - I just use the right-mouse-click eve...more >>

<file> element of Clickonce application manifest
Posted by Ken Lemieux at 2/27/2008 9:09:07 AM
Hi, I'm adding an icon file programmaticlly to a Clickonce application manifest. How do I, or what classes do I use to, generate the SHA1 hash of the file? I looked into using the SHA1 property of an instantiated Hash class. However the Hash constructor only accepts an instance of type As...more >>

Stability of VS2008 Compared to VS2005 SP1
Posted by Aaron Smith at 2/27/2008 8:55:44 AM
Is VS2008 more stable than VS2005 SP1 on large VB projects? We get out of memory exceptions and strange errors throughout the day in 2005 and it's getting annoying. We are all running Vista x64 with 4 gig of ram (quad core processors) and it runs fast and smooth, but every once in a while it just...more >>

office 2004 for Mac/ problem opening files
Posted by loran thompson at 2/27/2008 8:41:02 AM
When I go to open a Word Document, the following error comes up "Blahblah.doc is being used by another user. Do you want to make a copy?" I click OK and then it says "Word cannot open this document. The document might be in use or might not be a valid Word document." I've been using Offic...more >>

Can Microsoft beat Google in search?
Posted by clintonG at 2/27/2008 8:21:15 AM
I happen to think so, most especially if Microsoft is successful acquiring and integrating Yahoo!'s assets which I don't think is going to happen but that's another issue ainna? My reason? Google has become the world's largest land dump full and what are land dumps full of? Garbage! Using G...more >>

How do I check if class library is being used by web or windows ap
Posted by rgliane at 2/27/2008 6:51:01 AM
I have a method in a common class library that reads the application config file. If the library is used by a Windows app, it should use ConfigurationManager to read the app.config file. If the library is used by a Web app, it should use WebConfigurationManager to read the web.config file. ...more >>

Big delay starting up web application
Posted by seguso at 2/27/2008 2:34:14 AM
Hi, We have a problem with the startup delay of a VB web application. The site is made of 31 toplevel .vb files (containing vb classes), plus 68 pages (one .aspx and one .vb file for each page). We don't use external dlls or webservices or any uncommon stuff. The overall weight of .vb files...more >>

OT: laptop recommendation please
Posted by guy at 2/27/2008 2:30:00 AM
It is time to replace my laptop and I want to future proof it as much as possible. My current spec is 4Gb Ram and 1400x1040 screen. It will be used primarily for software development, but one app I am working on handles a few***very*** large byte arrays. Apparently Dell do not do any lapt...more >>

outlook express 6 shuts down
Posted by Bambi at 2/26/2008 1:21:01 PM
When I am in the middle of typing an email my outlook just shuts off or when I hit reply it does it too sometimes. Can anyone help?...more >>

ClickOnce to deploy a Word file
Posted by altja at 2/26/2008 1:03:18 PM
I want to use ClickOnce to deploy a word document. It is not a help doc so I don't want to use that. It cannot be converted to a text file since it has bookmarks, which I use later on. I understand and see how to deploy a ico or a txt from the resources folder, but I don't get how to deploy...more >>

Outlook Express 6 shuts down
Posted by Bambi at 2/26/2008 12:51:01 PM
My outlook express shuts down and turns off when I hit reply to an email or when I am in the middle of typing my email. It is very frusterating. Does anyone have a solution to this or experiencing the same thing?...more >>

dotNet and DTS problem
Posted by Andrew Baker at 2/26/2008 11:07:46 AM
First, sorry about the cross post but I desperately need an answer. I have a VB.Net application which uses a SQLServer DTS package which I am trying to get running on a SQLServer Express host (running Vista). I have installed the DTS services for 2005 (SQLServer2005_DTS), but the app is th...more >>

search folders for .config files
Posted by NormD at 2/26/2008 9:32:03 AM
It isn't clear this is the right place to post this, but it IS related to ..NET CONFIG files... Windows Explorer (at least on W2003Server) doesn't seem to know that .config files exist. Searching for them as .config, *.*config, *.exe.config and other combinations, even when you can see the...more >>

reinstalling windows xp
Posted by whisky at 2/25/2008 7:10:00 PM
Hi,this is whisky i have a problem with my pc. It appears that (3) items have been removed by accident. the following items showed as pop-ups. 1.Tcpip,netbt,(715e364-8f65-4ffe-b430-65c629597e64). Is there a way to reinstall just these (3) item,s. I have a gateway recovery dvd but it says ...more >>

Cant get playstation to play online games
Posted by cory at 2/25/2008 3:03:02 PM
i cant get the playstation 3 to connect to call of duty 4 online through the router but i am able to connect to the game online through the modem. I am able to still get on the internet through the router on my playstation just cannot connect to the game online. ...more >>

LINQ question - reading structured files
Posted by Griff at 2/25/2008 1:14:48 PM
Hi Is it possible to query a structured file that is a FIXED WIDTH file rather than a delimited file? I think it would be great to first define how many columns one is expecting and the width (in characters) of each column, and then to be able to write WHERE clauses in the Linq query e.g...more >>

Listing PC on a network
Posted by Michel Racicot at 2/25/2008 12:43:12 PM
Hi, i need to know what classes I have to use to list all the computers and devices (including shared printers on a network). thank you ...more >>

Need MSDN support: Who is MSFT's rep for the University of Washington?
Posted by Ken Fine at 2/25/2008 12:14:59 PM
Sorry if this is off-topic but I can't find a better MSFT-managed newsgroup for the question. I'm looking for contact info for Microsoft's campus rep for the University of Washington in Seattle. This isn't specifically "academic alliance"-related. The most appropriate person would be a rep ...more >>

Automatic Update of XP SP3 Takes over 30 hours?
Posted by Doug at 2/25/2008 11:54:03 AM
Automatic Update has started installing XP SP3 on my Dell P4-2800 running XP Home. It has been at the same point "Finishing Installation" with details of "Running Processes after install" for over 30 hours. Is that normal? Should I worry, yet? Thanks!...more >>

Print spaces with Underline
Posted by Jon Jacobs at 2/25/2008 11:36:03 AM
_Grp.DrawString(S, F, Brushes.Black, X, Y) F is a font that included the underline style. S is a string right-padded with spaces to give it a desired width. Unfortunately, the undeline only appears witht the left part of the string. All the trailing spaces are ignored. I get around the probl...more >>

wrong search
Posted by pp2 at 2/25/2008 7:22:10 AM
just recentely every time i start a search when im taken to resuts i click the one i want but instead of taking me to that site im taken to something completely different like ebay or some other site thats not even connected to what im looking for dont know why its happening -- peterp...more >>

creating a separate solution from an existing one
Posted by Oded M at 2/25/2008 4:07:00 AM
We have a solution that is mainly in ASP3 under VS 2003. I need to create a separate environment for the next version. How do I create this solution from the existing files? Thanks in advance Oded...more >>

Weird Error Message
Posted by Please Advise at 2/24/2008 5:24:00 PM
Twice I have tried to manually turn off my computer, and a Windows msg box appears saying "Other people are using this computer (might have said connection), all work will be lost...are you sure you want to shut down computer? What does this mean? Who else is using the computer? Thanks!...more >>

Computer slowing down with OneCare
Posted by Adprof at 2/24/2008 2:28:00 PM
Since I installed OneCare I have noticed my computer slowing down significantly. Has anyone else experieced this?...more >>

AdAware and OneCare
Posted by Adprof at 2/24/2008 2:26:01 PM
Why is Adaware suddely incomaptible with OneCare? Just about two weeks ago I began to get a warning, indicating that I should remove adaware because it dangerously interferes with OneCare (up until then I had Adaware on my computer for at least a year, with no "warning"). The red warning persi...more >>

Visual SourceSafe (Internet) not working!
Posted by plugwalsh@yahoo.com at 2/24/2008 7:35:13 AM
Hi I'm having a problem accessing my dotnet projects through Visual Studio 2008 & SourceSafe 2005 (Internet) on XP Pro. Firstly, I've set up the Source Control in VS2008's Tools -> Options for both: 1. Current source control plug-in = Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (Internat) 2. Always use S...more >>

printer and files sharing
Posted by BYufan at 2/24/2008 6:32:00 AM
I have tried to share two computers with router and assigned both same workgroup and cannot link them together. I have tried network troubleshooter and network connection wizard no luck.... what am I missing I run xp one one compter and xp home on the other...more >>

Local machine SID
Posted by h.schoenfeld@gmail.com at 2/24/2008 6:15:45 AM
Does anyone know the .NET and or Win32 API calls needed to get the local computer SID of a remote machine? If not, how about just the local machine SID of the local machine? Any help is appreciated.. ...more >>

Standby
Posted by etihwdj at 2/23/2008 8:56:00 PM
Recently, the button for "Standby" has gone gray in the window that comes up after clicking "Start" and "Turn off Cmputer". Any ideas how to get it back?...more >>

Balloon Tip Custom Icon
Posted by Kevin Cochran at 2/23/2008 5:08:00 PM
Greetings, I am using .NET 2.0, and I would like to specify a custom icon for the balloon tip using NotifyIcon. I've noticed in the platform SDK that a custom icon can be specified for a balloon tip using TTM_SETTITLE, but I can't figure out how to get it to work. Any help is appreciated...more >>

Static/Shared Members
Posted by Scott M. at 2/23/2008 2:39:17 PM
When a type member is declared as static (C#) or Shared (VB .NET), does the CLR have to load one (1) of those types into memory in order to utilize the type? ...more >>

Deployment methods in VS 2008 Standard
Posted by MS at 2/23/2008 2:38:45 PM
Excuse the cross-posting, please but no response in "Setup". When I was using VS 2003, there was a setup project template available. In 2008 Standard, no such template. According to Wikipedia which sources Microsoft, Standard edition does not have setup projects, only "one-touch" (not that I c...more >>

Works version
Posted by JustJim at 2/23/2008 2:10:00 PM
I have a 2004 Dell which 'had' works on it. Crashed, no longer have 'Works'. My pc is too old to get a new copy from Dell. I will have to buy a newer version. I need a version that has the 'sports' programs as part of the package. My question is, does anyone know the latest version which still...more >>

Passing Messages from One Running Application to a Second Running
Posted by Wiz66006@nospam.nospam at 2/23/2008 1:53:00 PM
We have two projects that we are trying to make work together. The first is CEDAR a PHP web based application. The second is Falcon, a VB.Net WPF application that produces a graphical replay of Air Traffic for the FAA. Falcon is about 400K in size and will be deployed to 95% of the users as...more >>

Office Accounting professional 2008
Posted by Prdnjoy at 2/23/2008 12:46:01 PM
I know how to make a template for word to make an invoice. But how do you make the Accounting Professional 2008 automatically use that template every time you want to print an invoice. I can't even get it to automatically put the information from the invoice into the new template. Please help....more >>

invalid viewstate error caused by client?
Posted by steven at 2/23/2008 10:18:00 AM
Hi I've got a client who's getting intermittent errors about invalid viewstate. it happens on random pages. I never get these errors myself. I've already done everything Microsoft recommends to address these kinds of issues short of disabling antivirus protection on my client's pc. From what...more >>

Visual Studio and .NET de-support dates
Posted by @rthur at 2/23/2008 7:55:04 AM
I'm looking for any documentation around de-support dates for versions of Visual Studio and .NET, specifically VS 2005 and .NET 2.0. Thanks in advance, Arthur...more >>

windows mail
Posted by todeb at 2/22/2008 6:20:00 PM
Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. Account: 'mail.strato.net', Server: 'mail.strato.net', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10053, Error Number: 0x...more >>

postings
Posted by Robert at 2/22/2008 5:38:00 PM
how do you find the posting,,is there an easy way...more >>

Can't delete all e-mail that is in the Delete folder
Posted by BT at 2/22/2008 4:15:01 PM
I am having problems with deleting some of my e-mail that has been put in the delete folder. It started with a few e-mails and has expanded to over 100 now. I get a Message that says ,Message could not be displayed Windows Mail encountered an unexpected problem while displaying this message....more >>

CSS layout problem in firefox
Posted by Scott at 2/22/2008 6:13:11 AM
I've been trying to use css stylesheets to lay out a header, a left column and a main content area using width as percentages so the layout can expand and contract with the browser. I'm using Visual Studio 2008 professional with VB as the codebehind language on the aspx pages as well as having ...more >>

email sending with asp.net/vb.net 2.0
Posted by Dhananjay at 2/22/2008 5:30:41 AM
Hi all , I have notify.aspx page. On this page i have 10 textboxes with some values coming from database.and i have also placed two buttons namely send and save . when i click on send button, the mail is going to target emailid(To). but all the contents means textboxes values are not going wi...more >>

Deploy COM library
Posted by NooS at 2/22/2008 5:11:00 AM
Hi. I'm a newbie of .NET tecnology. I try to develop a Class library project with Visual Studio 2005. I add a COM class at this project. I write my method and properties. I compiling the library and obtain a dll file. Well, when i try to register the DLL COM library, regsvr32 return this erro...more >>

adding References of References
Posted by Relaxin at 2/22/2008 3:06:32 AM
First an example: "ClassA" is defined in A.dll public class ClassA {...} "ClassB" is derived from "ClassA" and has a reference to A.dll, and all of this is defined in B.dll public class ClassB: ClassA {...} "ClassC" is derived from "ClassC" and has a reference to B.dll, and all of t...more >>


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