What Newsgroup Is Best for Posting Questions on Visual Web Developer? I'm going nuts trying to use VWD ! Thanks! Ross ...more >>

Hi all, Just a quick question as I'm not entirely certain what phrase to google for as all attempts so far have failed to illicit anything useful, and the best anaology I can think of comes from hardware :-) I'm curious as to whether there's some form of API in .NET that's the software e...more >>

everytime i open this certain program i get xmirage caused invalid page fault in module 32 dll atd67 bff88396. can someone please help with this ...more >>

I am trying to build a query tool that works like the sql server 2005 report builder connected to a report model. But instead of building a report, I want the tool to design sql queries based on a report model. I would like for the users to select items from the model, apply filters, groupi...more >>

In attempting to defrag my system my computer does not display the %complete or the colored matrix like it used to. I can hear the system operating but all it get is a blank screen or when I post the 2" x 6" window showing the building blocks being stacked the % complete never gets off zero. ...more >>

I do not know what started this, but my quick launch and start menu disappear after one second, and I can't click on anything.I tried system restore to before this started, but it keeps failing and not working, this is VERY annoying, I can't open any of my programs! I have to use the computer ...more >>

Hi there, I'm currently making a wiki to help developpers in our team to find some documentation about our framework. However, I need a tool that will output our namespaces, classes, methods, properties and so on in a easy to parse XML or formated text file that will serve to generate th...more >>

I'm not sure if this should go in FAQs or general. I have a home network with a primary domain controller running Windows 2000 Server. It has .NET framework v 1.1 on it, and IIS 5 (probably 5.0). I also have a workstation running XP Pro, Visual Studio 2005 with .NET framework 2.0, and IIS 5...more >>

I have decided on a basic architechture to quickly refactor two processing functions of my winforms application until we get the chance to rewrite it. Basically it will consist of 2 applications:- 1. A service running on the server to take jobs from a queue table in a SQL database, perform the...more >>

Looks like we're getting Vista soon. Alas, we're still maintaining a few apps in 1.1 using VS.2003. Are there any issues? Does it run on Vista? I found this which appers that MS doesn't SUPPORT it, but that's not really an issue...as long as it runs. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vs...more >>

Hello I need help I have a 1998 hp and have installed windows xp I can't seem to install a printer driver to make my computer communicate with my old hp 722c printer..I've installed the ones from the internet and nothing seems to work...do I need a HP cd or a different electrical cord..the p...more >>

I have been developing on my Laptop (1.9Ghz 512MbRam) in VB.NET2005 for two years now and all of a sudden my performance has reduced dramatically. I have defragged the hard drive, but no performance increase. Does anyone know if the registry or any other system files need cleaning out, and if...more >>

how could I set up mz vs 2005 to halt on some errors even if there is an exception handler? (in debug mode) ...more >>

Very weird page display going on. //XP Pro IE 7.0.5730.11 Page displays as designed //Vista IE 7.0.6000.16609 Page is FUBAR BrowserCapabilities returns 0 for MinorVersion as expected. How would you detect the third octet (6000) when using IE7 in Vista? I'd detect Vista itself but that...more >>

For some reason, I cannot install updates. My computer downloads the updates, and it says they are ready to install, but when I click to install them, it always lists the updates saying they failed to install. I've tried many techniques to sort it out, none of them working. Can anyone help he...more >>

I recently purchused the "Microsoft lifecam vx-3000 webcam. When I install the software I get a "not passed Windows logo testing ....." failure. I can not complete the installation. I run Windows XP sp2. how can I resolve this problem (for a new product with a MS logo)...more >>

I need to find the fastest way in terms of storage and searching to determine if a given string contains one of a member of a list of strings. So, think of it in terms of this: I have a string such as the following: "Smith said the dog belongs (or did belong) to the secretary, an employee of ...more >>

Hi, I'm working with VS2005 and I have a setup project that installs a Windows forms application. I have a config file ( it's the app.config file - MyApp.exe.config) which I want to leave on the target system if the application is uninstalled. In the Setup Project File System designer I set...more >>

I receive certain emails with attachments that have ".wmv" and when I try open the attachment the next screen says the file type is "video/x-ms-wmv", when I try to download, I get the error code. I had a new video card, put in,G-FORCE 6200, is there something wrong with installation? Or is s...more >>

How can I make my application to expect config file under “C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\MyApplication” folder rather install folder. My app performs read/write operation on application configuration file that gets installed under application folder (c:\program fi...more >>

Hi. I am developing a DLL that will be used by localizable applications. The code of this DLL has some text that is send to the client applications. I am creating some resource files for this DLL and when I compile it, VS.NET creates a bunch of resource.dll files for the project one for each ...more >>

There are a few apps out that allow a user to mouseover a webpage and the app highlights the portion (be it a DIV, cell, table, whatever) of the webpage that the mouse is over by placing a colored box around it and allows the user to select this portion. One such app is an addon for Firefox...more >>

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I see this problem all over the net, you download and try to install you get this error(s) for months now but I dont see any cures to solve this problem I too have this problem with no solution in sight is there anyone out there who can help. I also have Network Magic and there's an update wai...more >>

I suspect this is super simple, but I'm just getting started with linq. I have a collection, say Orders. Under each Order I have a collection of Lines. I want to get a distinct list of ItemNumbers for all Orders. Does anyone know how to do this? Is it a SelectMany()? Thank you....more >>

I have a Toshiba Satellite purchased in 2004 with Windows XP Professional. It came with an Atheros 802.11 super G installed. It has been working fine out of the box until around August of 2007. At that time it began to show the following behavior. On boot, it would display found new device...more >>

Hello. Using XP Pro w/SP4 and VS 2003. Is it normal for this procedure to run before I have even seen the Form1? I can write code to work-around this. I believe that what it is doing is as soon as TextBox4 is initialized, it is detecting the text in the TextBox4.Text property (which is TextBox4)...more >>

Hello Everyone, I have a C# component that is referenced by a VB6 standard executable. The C# component has a method LaunchProcess that subsequently makes an API call to CreateProcessWithLogonW in the advapi32 library. This is used to shell open an external application such as Excel or Wo...more >>

I'm writing an application to assist in the deployment of some complex database schema out of a working DDL script that has already been generated. We're targeting SQL 2000 and 2005, and the script runs fine now inside Query Analyzer / Management Studio. It's *long* though, and creates thous...more >>

I have seen many posts on this subject all with cumbersome work arounds. What I would like is for someone to post a simple and concise If - then statement that will suppress the blank line created when in certain situations my address does not have an address2. Is this possible? Th...more >>

Hello Friend, I need to take a particular non-UI-related action when the user changes the screen resolution. How can I detect when the screen resolution is changed by the user? Here's my first approach. I created an internal class called ScreenSize that exposes a dependency property call...more >>

I have a "Save Changes" button on the form. I'm binding its IsEnabled property to a property of the object that I'm dealing with. When I connect the panel the buttons are in with an object (set the DataContext when the user selects an object from a list), the buttons correctly evaluate. When I...more >>

Hi, I have ans issue with xp i think. I just built a pc and installed xp. Well a couple days after i installed xp i started having this issue. If i reboot my pc i get all the way to the login screen, after i type in my password and hit enter i see the mouse cursor and can move it but i have ...more >>

Where is Mscorcfg.msc or caspol for vista running version 3.5 of the framework? If these are no longer available, what is the new procedure for setting trusted locations for .net or for vs2008 projects?...more >>

Hello, I have a list of elements and I want to perform an operation on a subset of them and then remove them from the list. If I build a sequence of elements via LINQ to drive the enumeration, as soon as I remove the first element the enumeration operation is broken. This surprises me. I t...more >>

I am using a static event from the .NET framework and MSDN says: "Because this is a static event, you must detach your event handlers when your application is disposed, or memory leaks will result." But I am using the event in a static class in a DLL so I can not implement the disposable int...more >>

Hi I use windows xp media center edition 2002 version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254 : service pack 2) copyright 1981-2001 microsoft corp with toshiba notebook qosmio F20. i dont see any color when i turn on Live TV through media center. the tv runs in black and white. it also r...more >>

i have som code that does e number of operatoins, if any exception occurs during the execution path, the exception is stored in a list, and in another place, the errors are logged. for example, method a calls b, that calls c. c throws an exception, that b stores. When using the exception.ToStr...more >>

Hi As a newbe to the vb.net environment I'm unsure that I'm going the right way. I've created a Connection to SQL express where I've got 20 tables. When I open the DataSet designer in vb its a jungle of all the tables. I can't find a zoom factilty as you have in Project. so I'm thinking ha...more >>

Trying to deploy on SBS2003 server an app developed in Visual Studio 2008 (which runs fine on local machine), I get a message about an unknown type: sectionGroup name="system.web.extensions" type="System.Web.Configuration.SystemWebExtensionsSectionGroup, System.Web.Extensions, Version=3.5.0...more >>

How can I get my C# DLL to be aware of changes to the system date/ time? I am familiar with using WM_TIMECHANGE in a C++ app but how do I get a C# DLL to see the same message? Thanks, Mike...more >>

I came across this disturbing problem. The code adds 10000 rows to a DataTable and then changes the value of one field on each row. It should be super fast right? As written it takes 19s to complete on my machine. class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { DataTab...more >>

I'm stumped. I'm working with the 3.5 runtime in VS 2008. I've added "using System.Collections.ObjectModel". ObservableCollection is not known. In fact, if I type "System.Collection.ObjectModel." the intellisense only lists Collection<>, ReadOnlyCollection<> and KeyedCollection<>. In the objec...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create a VS2005 Setup Project. I have a config file (MyApp.exe.config) that I need to deploy only the first time the app is installed in a particular location. That is the file should not be overwritten if a new version of the app is installed in the same location. I know ...more >>

I am trying to find something definitive on whether, for a COM DLL (we'll call it XXX.dll) that I want to use in C#, I should reference the COM DLL and let the IDE create the Interop.XXX.dll file, or create it the Interop.XXX.dll myself and reference ONLY the Interop.XXX.dll in the project and...more >>

Hi again, and thank you everyone for your help so far. I was wondering if there is an 'upgrade' available or do you just purchase the 2008 software, I didnt see online an 'upgrade' from say 2006 to 2008. Also, can the pushpins from 2006 be imported to 2008? and When does Microsoft introduce i...more >>

I working with vb.net 2005. I created a Class Library project and add a COM Class to the project. I set COM interoperability, and COM visibility of the project. Also I set a strong name of assembly. I compile all in a dll file. Now, if I refer it in Excel 2003 VBA macro I view method and prop...more >>

How do you change your display name in windows mail? -- Trisha...more >>

Hi All, I have one asp.net site and my page gets refershed on selection of dropdowns from that page. I want not to refersh the page .how i will do this. and i have made autopostback=true because i want selected chage og that dropdown and for validation also i want that evemt to be true. Also ...more >>

Hello, I have declared a Public Class MDIMenu that Inherits from System.Windows.Forms.Form. In the InitializeComponent Sub I declare it as a MdiContainer with this statement: Me.IsMdiContainer = True In my Sub Main I start my application by calling an instance of the MDIMenu class in ...more >>

Once I make movie what video size will it be? The same size as screen in preview of movie maker?...more >>

I have a friend of mine who has oulook 2007. When he sends an email, it gets sent to his outbox, but does not get sent to its destination. How do we solve this issue -- Eddie Evans eddiemevans@verizon.net...more >>

in my deleted folder I have 25 emails that say message cannot be found. How can I fix this?...more >>

I've just started to get a Blue screen and close down for no apparent reason, can anybody help me in plain language how to cure the problem. I'm running vista premium that was upgraded from XP....more >>

Hello, I wrote an application with a web server (web service) and a windows forms client with .NET 2.0 I plan to write a new version using VS 2008. Can you give me some guide lines according to the following whishes ? (I read about WCF but I'm not sure I understood every details) So : t...more >>

I am looking for a files .net 1.1 .net 2.0 .net 3.0 that can I integrate with Windows XP installation CD for unattended install. I am looking for an patches for it also....more >>