Our PC keeps trying to start, gets to the start Windows screen and then crashes to a blue error screen with the message "a problem has been detected and Windows has shut down to prevent damage to PC. BAD_POOL_CALLER. Error messages are STOP 0X000000C2 (0X00000043, 0X30ZD0000, 0X00000000, 0X0...more >>

Hi guys, I'm thinking of buying a laptop time this time and I was wondering if anyone has any experience with running VisualStudio 2008 and MSSQL 2005 on a laptop? Please include your processor, and memory as well. I'm looking at this one which has 2 Gigs RAM. http://www.futureshop.ca/catal...more >>

hi, question is, there was a motherboard transplant, different computer, its running slow, yes there was a repair install, but we're trying to find the drivers, where and how can we find the drivers??? please if someone can help Thanks a lot...more >>

Hi All, One disappointment in VS2008 is that Microsoft has not improved the 'favorites' section of the help browser. Specifically, an ability to organise favorites in folders, and to sort them by name would be nice. I'm hoping these features are already there and someone here can enlig...more >>

i have 5 non-static classes Class A, B, C, D, and E Class A creates an instance of class B. what would be a way for classes C D E to pass data into that instance of class B. Class A { B b = new B(); } Tem ...more >>

Assume I have a set of items, integers let's say, and I need to determine if a particular integer exists within the set. If the list contained 10,000 items, clearly I'd want to use some type of dictionary class (Dictionary<> or HashSet<> or SortedList<>) instead of a List<>. If the list onl...more >>

..NET 3.5 If I understand correctly, extension methods must be in a public static class. I have some code that executes in a COM+ application for object pooling purposes. I am trying to update it by using LINQ and an extension method. I think my code that inherits from ServicedComponent cannot ...more >>

Hi, VS2005 running with SQL Server Express. My app needs a simple table, if I include the mdf with the deployment, then the database will be overwritten with updates (losing the data). So does anyone know of a good article/tutorial describing how to deploy a simple table via scripts particu...more >>

Dear all Are there any popular newsgroups or some other places on the web where third party products for .NET developers (libraries, components, build and test tools,...), open source and commercial, are being discussed / supported and announced? Best Regards -- Michael Justin SCJP, ...more >>

I have tried multiple times to install Vista SP 1 through Update and from the web site. Neither approach has worked. My latest attempt gave me an error code, 0x8000405 and I can't find any understandable information on this problem that pertains to Vista SP 1. Does antone out there have a secr...more >>

I'm running XP Pro/SP2 + patches and updates, with Visual Studio Professional 2008 (and no prior installation of Visual Studio ever installed). When attempting to open an ASP.NET Web application project, Visual Studio shuts down immediately and with no error message. I can open Visual Studi...more >>

Marc has sorted my problem with the collections, however I am now in a = new scenario; I am trying to compare a generic property value before = setting it as shown below ... public T Value { get { return this.value; } set { if ( this.value !=3D value ) { ...more >>

I am still a novice with .NET and I am little bit struggling with debugging. I am trying to find the cause of the error. Is it the problem with system.data.dll or libdata.dll or what? Any feedback from your experience is greatly appreacited. Thanks. Justin ---------------------------------...more >>

I do not know if what I am trying to do is impossible, however since I = cannot work out how to do it I thought I would post it here in the hope = of some assistance. Consider the following code ... using System; public class Parameter<T> { private T value; p...more >>

I have been searching for the clue for long time, but I am out of resources. 1. I would appreciate if anyone let me know the difference between using SSPI and other one on the bottom: <add key="Prod" value="server=SIMSQL123;database=Prod;Integrated Security=SSPI" /> <add key="Prod" valu...more >>

Hi, I want to write a reponse .aspx web application to dump a word document to the browser. I am finding that the browser plugin for microsoft word puts the url that the javascript window.open(url) command uses to execute the responsdoc.aspx application on the server. (responsedoc.aspx writes ...more >>

Will someone tell me if this is an efficient and appropriate way of storing strongly typed class properties? I want a cleaner approach to "property per flag" method and I want things strongly typed for design time if possible. class Program { static void Main(string[] args) ...more >>

Hi All, I was looking to use user settings to store some, well, user settings, but right now the directory used to store changes periodically and I haven't been able to work out what causes it. It's storing it in a path that follows the pattern: \Local Settings\Application Data\RHD_Rese...more >>

Hi All I have an older application that utilizes the old VB6 control FlexGrid. I would really rather find a way to get my current VS 2005 running the control rather than try to re-write my application for something other than FlexGrid. Now that said, I did find this: http://www.ascentive....more >>

I have a singleton object that's accessed via remoting by way of Activator.GetObject(): SomeObject someObj=(SomeObject)Activator.GetObject(typeof(SomeObject),someUrl); My question is: Is the proxy returned by Activator.GetObject() thread-safe? I know that my IMPLEMENTATION of SomeObject ...more >>

So I'm starting a new ASP.NET project and want to proceed with a test-driven approach as much as possible. I have decided that I will ceratainly NOT use the ASP.NET MVC framework, and instead go with the traditional web forms approach. The first issue I ran into is that, in order to create ...more >>

I have some ASPX pages that I would like to display by browsing to http://localhost/, but whenever I do, all I get is MS's 404 "Webpage cannot be found" page. I have IIS configured so that it uses "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot" as the Local Path under the Home Directory, and I have tried using differ...more >>

Hello. I had this error for a long time, and I need some help. My program is a very simple System.Web.Mail program that calls a stored procedure “spSendEmailNotification” and get data. And based on the value that I get from the stored procedure, Web Mail is sent of not. Basically, I ...more >>

Hi, as title suggests, I want to create a windows service that can be notified that the computer is shutting down. When it receives this signal it needs to block for about 10 seconds to write some stuff to a file before allowing the machine to continue with shutdown (or possible stop the ...more >>

Ran all updates and got ie7 for Windows XP SP2 Pro. At shutdown, I get an application error on explorer.exe. The error states error 0x00127dc0 reference and memory on a "write". Please help!!!!! thanks!!!!...more >>

Good evening all, I was wondering if anyone knows how to exclude files from an OpenFileDialog object; for example if I want to find all *.TXT files except those starting with A; usually to find the files I would type: Text Files|*.TXT; but I have no idea how to exclude those that start with...more >>

Hi, I have some problems locating .NET Framework Configuration Tool for configuring an snk as fully trusted. On the PC I want to do this only the frameworks up to 3.5 were installed therefore I wanted to download the .Net SDK 2.0 - but the download page said that it is outdated [1], supersede...more >>

This is ridiculously annoying... I want to my form to be maximized when it loads, and I want the maximize box to be disabled. However when I set WindowState = Maximized and MaximizeBox = False, the form expands to the entire size of my screen, covering the taskbar. If I set MaximizeBox = True...more >>

At 8:45PM, 4/2/08, I received a call from Microsoft Tech Support and was informed that "my" issue with the inability of deleting Favorites (they would reappear eventually), has been RESOLVED!!! After deleting some old Favorites, I tested it repeatedly by browsing other internet sites, turning...more >>

Does anyone know of a good GIS plugin for VS 2005? Thanks ...more >>

One thing I've never really understood about C# is the inability to upcast generics based on templated type. If I have: interface ISomeInterface{} and class SomeClass:ISomeInterface{} and I have a List<SomeClass>, it seems like I should be able to assign it, or at least cast it, to a...more >>

I'm looking to formalize my development process and methodology and currently plan to use NUnit to assist with automated unit testing, and FxCop for code analysis - to help ensure that my code conforms to current guidelines. I have done some research and it appears that ReSharper is quite p...more >>

Hi, I have a winform application with a webbrowser control. I can print the content by doing myWebBrowserControl.Print(). But I'd like to use a PrintDialog control, which I need to pass a PrintDocument. That's where I get confused. How can I 'convert' the content of my WebBrowser control to...more >>

Hi, I developer ASP.NET File upload component with progress bar + it does not require page postback. I tested it and it works on my versions of IE6, IE7, Firefox, Mozila, Opera and Safari (for windows), but i would like to know how it works on your versions or other browsers. Test compon...more >>

Hi, I am going to release a C# desktop application to a customer. I know this customer have friends interested in this application. I would like to protect this application from being used by someone else than my customer. This application connects to a web service at startup using the custome...more >>

So, I have an app. (vb.net 2005) that is a multithreading app. and this application is blocking after some time. I have a 1-20 threads doing some jobs and after some time (not at the same place every time and not always), threads are just stopping at some place (all of them on the same place)...more >>

I am working in C# ASP.NET framework 1.1 and for some reason Regex.Split isn't working as expected. When trying to split a string, Split is returning an array with the entire string in element [0] and an empty string in element [1]. I am trying two different ways (an ArrayList and a string arra...more >>

I am using an invoice template in microst publisher 2007. How can i add invoice numbers to them and change them with each invoice. -- evangelistjerry...more >>

Hi, We have an old .asp application. We want to write a new .aspx application to replace it. However, many other programs still reference the old .asp. What I want to do is have the .aspx run instead of the .asp when these other applications run the .asp program. Can the main.asp program be...more >>

My hard drive was crashing, so I had another one installed. All my data was saved and transferred to my new hard drive. When acceessing Microsoft Money 2004 my data is not there. I see it on my drive but it will not access it. Any suggestions on what I can do to acces it? Thanks!...more >>

So in Visual Studio 2008's code analysis features, I can run rules against my codebase to enforce certain standards. Question: how do I actually define new rules? Any pointers appreciated. Thanks, Stephen...more >>

Hi, my C# dotnet application runs into problems when it cannot open some of its files. When this happens on the customer's computer I would like to display a friendly message that explains the problem and that states the name of the offending process. I thinking of a virus or spy scanner or pos...more >>

Hello, I am working on deploying a WinForm solution that I inherited -- v1.1, VS 2003. I've made my changes to the forms and classes, and the solution already has Setup projects for my working projects. However, when I build the Setup projects, the MSIs they are producing are way too small ...more >>

My Newsreader is telling me that there are no messages in this newsgroup for 1st April. It is not 11:13 GMT. Granted this could be nothing, but I thought that a test was in order. -- Rory ...more >>

I created a asp.net web site with a web service in it. My web service returns a object "Person" which is serialized into JSON, when I make a ajax call to this service this is my return output. {"d":{"__type":"Person","FirstName":"Foo","LastName":"Goo","Age": 99,"Address":{"Street":"One Micr...more >>

I have been trying to back up my hard drive using Vista's built-in back up. It has worked before but now i keep getting this message.... The backup did not complete successfully. An error occurred. The following information might help you resolve the error: Access is denied. (0x80070005)...more >>

I can't install Norton Anti Virus 2008 withou having first installed installed SP2. When I attempt to install SP2, it aborts in the middle and un-installs anything it had already installed. I get NO error msg or any reason for the abort...more >>

Hello, Trying to compile some code I was given. Vs 2005 patches applied AFAICT. Help / About reports visual studio versiopn 8.0.50727.867 and framework version 2.0.50727. Code references SqlDbType.date and receives compilation error that the enumeration does not contain a definition for Dat...more >>