Hi, there; I have a problem with my datagrid control. I declared it in one of my form, set with DataGridTalbeStyle as well, and when I click on button, I would like to retrive Data from Database and bind these data to my datagrid in the form, when I click the button first time, it work fi...more >>

Hi Folks, Problem is, that on one of my controls the DEL key wont work in textboxes. i have different controls of this kind in my app and this is the only one the DEL Key wont do his job. BACKSPACE and rightclick menu delete works either. seems the DEL Key fires no event ... i insert followin...more >>

How can I capture the key press AltH in a button control. -- Ron Vecchi ...more >>

Hello group, I have the follwing problem with microsoft web browser activex control. I have a fileopendialog control. I open different files in the IEActivex control based on the filename in the fileopendialog control. When i open ppt or doc or pdf files it is nice that it opens them in its ...more >>

Hi, I'm new .NET & C#. I have to do a form which has a tab control with 4 tabs. I want to be able to switch between these tabs with an access key. MSDN says that the '&' in a text of a button or label will enable an access key. But MSDN says this is not allowed for tab control. Is there any...more >>

how can i move objects in a form?? i.e: i want to click on a picturebox and move it to another place?? ...more >>

Hello, Is there a way to connect (through automation) a c# application to a running Excel 2003 instance on a specific workbook ? In the past, i used to use GetObject(...) function in VB6. Regarding C#, I have heard about System.Runtime.InteropServices.marshal.GetActiveObject ("Excel.Ap...more >>

I have two tables in a parent-child relationship. Details on the tables are as shown below: Table1 ------- Item_ID (primary key) Item_Owner (foreign key to Table2) Table2 ------- Owner_ID (primary key) Owner_Name I wish to display, on a form designed for maintenance of the data in...more >>

I'm using oledb. how do I update a database after a record has been modified in the data set? thanks. ...more >>

I'm trying to translate the CompareFileInfoEntries class from this page: http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/060403-1.2.aspx I have to just be missing punctuation or something dumb somewhere, but it won't work for me. Here's what I have: public enum CompareByOptions {FileName, LastWri...more >>

What is the C# equivalent to calling PostMessage() in Win32 in order for an object to queue a message to itself? Thanks Mountain ...more >>

We call a web service with a method called "AddNewRecord". We call that method asynchronously via the "BeginAddNewRecord" method, specifying one of our methods as a callback to execute when "AddNewRecord" is done. The question is this... In our callback method, how can we tell if the "AddNewR...more >>

Error Message on execution: An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidCastException' occurred in CastObjectToDecimal.exe Additional information: Specified cast is not valid. The code in question is: object x = 15; decimal d = 0; d = (decimal)x; Any work arounds for this?? Thank...more >>

Hello, When the user try the close the application (click the top right side button "X"), I would like to do a checking first. If the checking return false, prevent the application terminate. Anyone know how to do it? Thanks. ...more >>

Does anyone out there know of where I could find some C# example programs for accessing USB Devices. There just does not seem to be much out there on this subject. Even after doing a Google, Yahoo, Lycos search engines. Any feed back would be appreciate. Bradley...more >>

SCENARIO ======================================= I have a Grid and I want to save the values on an XML. Let me say that I am NOT using DataSet to load valus on my grid. PROBLEM ======================================= When I am saving a Grid to XML I get the following exception: "Token S...more >>

Hi, I'm developing software that requires business rules that constantly need new versions for different quarters, years, etc. I created a business rule factory that stores these different business rules in a hashtable indexed by the year, ie "3Q2003". Now based upon the key that I giv...more >>

So, I wanna have a panel with some buttons "outside" my mainform. How can this be done ? Do I have to make a new form, with the panel in it, and put it beside my mainwindow ? If I just can make a panel, is there some way to dock it outside my mainwindow ? Also, how can I get the coordinates f...more >>

Why this does not work? /*first option*/ String path = @"C:\TestMethod.dll"; //There is file named TestMethod.dll at C:\ /*second option*/ String path = "TestMethod.dll"; //There is file named TestMethod.dll at Current directory Assembly a = Assembly.Load(path);//File Not Found except...more >>

I was under the impression that in an interface declaration I could inherit another interface declaration and the result would be that the inheriting interface could include the methods and properties defined in the inherited interface. However when playing with this and defining a class to im...more >>

I'm creating a windows app and i have some message boxes included in it for certain things. In VB I have icons and titles on the message box, how can i do the same in C#? ...more >>

Hi! I will get the date from now (DateTime.Now is 18.12.2003) but exact 16 years ago (18.12.1987). when I make something like this: //we set min. employee age to 16 years TimeSpan minEmployeeAge = new TimeSpan(5840,0,0,0); DateTime maxDate = DateTime.Now - minEmployeeAge; maxD...more >>

<code> string x = "(813)999-9876"; string dialString = null; for(int i = 0; i < x.Length; i++) { if(x[i] != '-' || x[i] ! = '(' || x[i] != ')') dialString += x[i]; else MessageBox.Show(x [i].ToString()); } MessageBox.Show(dialString); </code>...more >>

I am creating a windows service that requires parameters to start. The service Startup Type is set to automatic therefore it starts when the computer is started or rebooted. However the service fails because the parameters do not persist. If the service is started manually and the parameters e...more >>

Is there a way to make a modeless dialog remain as a topmost window to your application, but not to all other applications. In other words, how can I keep a form(s) on top of my application all the time, but minimize when the main application minimizes? Thanks, Jacob ...more >>

The following message was a request made by sxbyl (sxbyl@netway.net.cn) on 2003-04-29 19:23:34 PST. I attempted to email this person but the email was non-delivered. >>>>>>>>> I have look at the framework about Microsoft.Win32 namespace and System.IO namespace, but I have not found any meth...more >>

I need to access the system settings and return the current system Time Zone and Area Code. Can anyone help me here? ...more >>

What care should be taken when writing a C# application to ensure that it will support multiple monitors?...more >>

Hi, It would be nice and a natural way to use a property set by permitting it to be set via a REF parameter on a method call. Why this isnt being allowed is beyond me, yes I know they are wrappers for get_ and set_ methods but if they are there to give the impression of a FIELD, then th...more >>

Hello everybody: I'm getting trouble with global.asax. Inside it, i define a sqlconnection, a dataadapter and a dataset. In the Session_Start i declare the session variables calls conn, da and ds. Later, i make a webform and when i instante the session variable da, its point to null and t...more >>

Is there any way to convert a vb .net project to C# project? ...more >>

Hi, I have two questions: 1) We can create DLL from C#. But does the resulting DLL requires the present of .NET runtime environment? 2) Can C# works with shared memory? Thanks...more >>

I am new to C# and I am trying to implement a class that implements the System.Collections.IDictionary class. So far this is what I have. using System; namespace Test1 { public class Preferences: System.Collections.IDictionary { private System.Collections.SortedList mPref...more >>

I am developing a Windows Forms application that will need to check the status of the various network devices installed on the host machine. The machine in question is a Tablet PC (Tablet PC OS which is essentially XP with the whole ink superset etc), equipped with a sprint air card, a wireless ...more >>

Hi, Could someone tell me what I'm making bad? I put a XML file in a XMLDocument using Load command. After I modify some values in nodes and use Save for solve changes. So, while I'm in the application I can look all the changes (they are made in the XMLDocument) but, really changes a...more >>

In my C# client-side application, I want to give the user the ability to run algorithms that they write. Given the rich features of VB and C# (and Java), I would like to enable the user to write their algorithms in these languages. My program should be able to interface to the algorithm ...more >>

I have developed a client-side C# application (based on System.Form objects, the Application object, etc). Is there any easy way to run a client-side application in a Web Browser? Can ActiveX do this easily? Are there newer technologies in .NET to do this? Thanks! ...more >>

I have a grid that shows the file list from a folder. On the postback, how do I get a Dataset from this grid? Thanks, Filippo. ...more >>

Anyone have any experience using Mabry products? ...more >>

1. does anybody have a discussion of pros and cons directx9 vs GDI+? is GDI+ simply last year's version and directx9 the future, or do they each have advantages? 2. does directx9 do everything gdi+ does (display jpegs, draw polygons, etc?). 3. where is the most current directx magaged d...more >>

anywhere user drag and drop in treeview??? please, send me example... Wiran ...more >>

Hi there, I have a simple GENERIC grid that can load different type of data. I would like to be able to create an XML file based on the current values loaded and save it on the server as follow: ============================== for each column (these are the Tag names) for each row (these...more >>

Hello, I have a C console application that I'd like to convert to C# (Windows 2000). It currently calls some functions in a GNU static library (.lib) so I've been compiling it with GNU (for Windows) just to keep it simple. Is there a reasonable way I can call these library functions fro...more >>

Hello, I've inherited the following code and am trying to get it to work. As I understand it's purpose, it creates a server, listens for a client to connect, does some work with the client, then loops back around and listens for the client to reconnect again in case it should become di...more >>

I have an application which is multi-tiered. I want to return a sqldatareader object from a function called in the data access tier. I know that the preferred way of transferring data through tiers is with a dataset but I want to use a datareader. My question is it possible to do this given that...more >>

Will Whidbey will include the ability to put inline assembler into C# code? I found a previous thread in which it was implied that a future version of .NET would support this. (http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=eDQxAcx3BHA.2224%40tkmsftngp02) My team is workin...more >>

Hi, For some reason, the VS.Net IDE does not have a scroll bar at the buttom of the code editor page and it is wrapping the code not shown in the screen. I do not know why this is happening. How can I change this? Thanks ...more >>

Is there a way to expose an internal class as a public property of its parent object? Let's say I have a Customer object with Public accessibility. It has an Addresses collection property that it populated with Address objects. This property has Public accessibility, as well. To keep the assem...more >>

Is there any function to know if a char is a digit Thanks in advantage.......more >>

Hi Friends; I want develop a group logic with C# (n tier refraction).I know I must create a Class and inherit it But I don't have enough know-how about develop classes. Somebody can help me? An Example For My Group Logic: 102 Banks 102.01 Credit Banks 102.01.01 Abn Ambro 10...more >>

is there any function to know if a character is a Digit Thanks in advantage......more >>

Hello, In my code, when I run into an error, I would like to dump the callstack into error log, how do I do that w/o throwing an exception then catching it just to get the callstack? Exception structure has callstack information but I thought there must be a way to directly retrieve it. Than...more >>

Greetings, How do I get the line number that an exception ocurred in so I can format it or log it in my own way. The only way I know of at the moment is to call [ExceptionObject].ToStriong() and then RegEx it but there must be a more direct way. Thanks, Shawn ...more >>

I'm running an ASP.NET application which uses impersonation & Windows authentication to set the current Principal. One of my methods was taking an awful long time to run, so I decided to launch it in a new thread using the following two lines of code: Thread bob = new Thread(new ThreadSt...more >>

My override of DataGrid's OnPaintBackground gets called, but the final display only shows whatever was set in BackgroundColor. Why is DataGrid repainting the background after my override?...more >>

Hello Everyone. I am in the process of writing an Internet connection wizard program for the company I am working for. At present, I have all the pieces together beside the part of setting the email account password for outlook. If anyone have any ideas that could help. Please let me know Curr...more >>

What object would I override in order to control painting of Grid Lines in a DataGrid?...more >>

I need to populate a ListView and associate its LargeIconImage list with a series of thumbnails. I have a created a method that returns an ImageList. That seems to work. The method takes a path and populates it with all the .jpg it finds there. All images are 16x16. Ive stepped through the cod...more >>

Hi Everyone, How do you convert the XML to EXCEL SpreedSheat... Please give me example or something to help me out. Thank You...more >>

Hi, My problem is about I have a class name in a string=20 variable and I need create objects for that class. =BFHow am=20 I able to use the string variable for it? I have another problem. The class in the first problem is=20 a form that I'm try to open. The form is created=20 externally b...more >>

Hi. I want to use the following code in order to open a excel file through my program ( written in C# ). In my pc it is installed the excel 2000. Application excel = new Application(); excel.Workbooks.Open( ..... ); The problem is that I don't know what parameters to pass to...more >>

hi Thanx to all, I'm created an usercontrol and writing my own properties its working fine. But whether i grouped my properties as unique it works but it won't assign values to the control Eg. MyUsercontrol having only one textBox. I'm writing two properties like FirstName and LastNa...more >>

why on earth does: for(int i =0;i<5;i++) { Response.Write(new Random().Next(0,1000).ToString() + "<br>"); } give me: (for example) 400 400 400 400 400 ?? (I was sort of expecting a different number each time) any ideas very gratefully received - apologies if I'm being thick...more >>

Hello, I have a little problem when I try to use a class of a DLL. Example : I have a DLL with the object MTSync with a function Sync() I try in another program to use this dll like this : MTSync sync = new MTSync(); sync.Sync(); OK, now the problem: The problem is NOT that this does not w...more >>

Hi, Can somebody give a quick advice? I call a new form from a main form, like: CNewForm nf = new CNewForm(); where I should insert a string into a TextBox.Text field. Then I should return this string to a main form to the place from where I created and called this child form. Everythi...more >>

I understand that it's supposed to contain text, usually. But as it takes an object can you be really cheeky and put a very complex object in there instead? Would any problems come from doing that? jax...more >>

Hi All Java has a facility where you can send output to a DOS window using System.out.println. This is useful while developing as you can see what it going in your code. Does .Net provide a similar facility? I notice that when a Windows app runs there is an output window that contains messa...more >>

"Rob Teixeira [MVP]" <RobTeixeira@@msn.com> wrote in message news:e2UoQqawDHA.3116@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... > <snip> Sorry to be so blatantly ignorant, but what does MVP mean? Patrick. ...more >>