Hello, I am fairly new to C# so bear with me if this is a simple question... I couldn't find much help searching for it on the web. Ok so I am trying to generate an XML document using the XmlTextWriter class. Here's the pseudo/code : XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(stream, ...more >>

Another this vs that post. Any real difference in declaring variables with default values, eg. public class MyControl : UserControl { public int RowHeight = 20; } Over just declaring the variable, and setting it to 20 in the Constructor? Currently, everything in my constructor could ...more >>

Any reason why I should use one of these over the other? Overriding: protected override void OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e) { base.OnMouseUp(e); // etc. } Events: this.MouseDown += new MouseEventHandler(thisMouseDown); public void thisMouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e...more >>

Stepping through my code the click eventhandler code executes through a few times before it finally stops. Even though I only click the button once, is there a reason for this, I have a few if else and method calls in the eventhandler. -- Thanks DEK...more >>

I've got a control with a scrollbar docked to the right-hand side. The scrollbar works fine, I've got an event: bottomControlVScroll.Scroll += new ScrollEventHandler(HandleBottomThingScroll); Which calls this.Invalidate() on my control, and all is good. However, the MouseWheel does naff all...more >>

Does the page automatically reload when it processes en event or a method? When I click on a button and it processes the information, it loads everything into their respective textboxes but immediately then does a refresh. Unfortunately, on my page load event, I tell it to clear everything (then...more >>

Hi I'm currently working on a forms designer for a free .NET IDE (SharpDevelop -> www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD). problem: I try to put 'custom' components (user controls from the current open project) into the forms designer. The project must be compiled for making this work. Now af...more >>

How can I add code to a specific event (EG. add code to GetFocus of a textbox or an activate of the form)? I can't seem to find those events and if I double click on a control (eg. button ) I can only code the Click event. Thanks,VM ...more >>

Hello, I'm making HTTP requests with System.Net.HTTPWebRequest and I want to capture the entire header of the request as a string. I'm able to do this with responses but now the requests. Am I missing it in the API somewhere or is there another way? thank you...more >>

Does anyone know how to print without using a margin. I mean printing at the absolute top or bottom af a file? Thanks in advance ...more >>

I am interfacing to a non .NET app and one of the params is of type variant. In C# it is asking for an object. I went down that path with no luck. I ran across using "marshal as" to convert an object to a variant. I cannot see how to do this? I have 10 params to send a method by reference as type...more >>

Hi, Currently, I have a console application written in C# and an unmanaged legacy DLL written in VC++ 6.0. In the DLL's previous application, when an event occurs in the DLL, a windows message would be sent to the host GUI application via PostMessage to WM_USER + X. The GUI application would...more >>

Hi, all, I'm trying to use Conditional Compilation Statements in my code. using System; #define DEBUG public class MyClass=20 { public static void Main()=20 { #if (DEBUG) Console.WriteLine("DEBUG is defined"); #else Console.WriteLine("DEBUG is not...more >>

Is there a way I can completely take control of what happens when a user press's return inside a textbox... I can not get it to do what I want because I'm using linkbuttons instead of buttons it will not default to them? Thanks Regards Gavin ...more >>

I need to create a custom combo box that lists items and subitems along with descriptions in a particular format. For example Format of the Data Listed In Combo Box: Item Description Item Description Subitem Description Subitem Description Subitem Descr...more >>

I'm looking for some resources online to learn C# from begining to end. From Windows app, web services, to asp.net using C#. I'm currently a VB, vbscript, (with some VB.NET) developer and looking to migrate to C#. Can anyone point me in the right direction to help me get started? thanks for ...more >>

I try to add a custom control icon by setting the project property page->application icon. But seems no effect. how to do that? ...more >>

I am exectuing a query (against an Access database) and the results are not an exact match of the search criteria. I have a list of packages saved in an Access file. Before doing certain operations, I want to see if a tracking number has already been saved to file. The tracking number "1234...more >>

How do I change the datagrid column width dynamically when the grid's being loaded? VM ...more >>

can anyone point out some examples of this? essentially, I want to have a service application that controls inbound connections, and a console/control application that communicates with it to view current connections, and stats etc... Was thinking of running a service on a given tcp port, an...more >>

I'm successfully using SendInput to emulate mouse events for a legacy app, delcared like so: [DllImport("User32.dll")] public extern static int SendInput( int theCount, ref INPUT pInputs, int theSize ); From the MSDN docs, SendInput appears to take an array of inputs: "pInputs [in] ...more >>

I've downloaded the polish language pack for .Net Framework 1.1 and I've installed it. Now I expect to see any exception messages in my native language but I still get english texts in exception messages. I think that I should somehow tell my application that it should use the installed langua...more >>

MSDN help says you can use a UNC path for any methods that accept a path, and I'm wondering if I can also substitute an IP address for the UNC....??? Example: Using System.IO.File.Move() File.Move("\\\\MyServer\\share\\dir\\myfile.txt", "\\\\YourServer\\share\\dir\\myfile.txt...more >>

Hi, In a rich text box , I select a text and make it Bold it turns bold and i make it italic the bold nature is lost.... I do not want this to happen..how do i avoid this? I want the style to be both italic and bold or whatever is being done on the selected text.i.e just exactly how the...more >>

Is it possible to bind to a datagrid the result of a select with several tables? With one table, I have : mySel = "Select statement"; ... DA.Fill(DSAtt, "intemp"); DataGridAttendance.DataSource = DSAtt.Tables["intemp"]; DataGridAttendance.DataBind(); but, if my Select ha...more >>

i'm reading from a database and found special character showing up as \0 or �� when i serialize to xml. trim does not work and using the string.Replace doesn't either. how do i remove these? ...more >>

Hi, Iam trying to develop a client in C# on .NET, that would acess a webservice written in Java.I dont know anything about what kind of WSDL would be required, how to set the web references programtically , dynamically during execution to pick a specified webservice( VS.NET provides a wa...more >>

I have an abstract class, RuleResponse, and then create a new class base on it, RuleResponseSequence, and override the ++ operater. If I try to cast a RuleResponse as a RuleResponseSequence and try to use the ++ operator the compiler tells me "The left-hand size of an assignment must be a vari...more >>

Hi, I have 2 questions: How to call a class member function from another class and these 2 classes are in the same namespace? Also, how to use another project's dialog box and this 2 projects are in the same VS.NET solution? Thanks for any help, CT ...more >>

I got a book : C# Primer Plus, this is about the C#. I am going to learn Visual C#, another book recommendation about this specific topic ? I don't want a book repeat the C# stuffs already in my book. ...more >>

Hi everyone, I've been trying out examples and reading documentation on CeSetUserNotificationEx for a couple days now and still cannot find the problem in my code. All I want to do is launch an application when the PPC wakes up. I'm deploying the solution on a Siemens SX56 with PPC 3....more >>

I keep geting the exception: System.InvalidCastException: Specified cast is not valid. I get this when I try to pass a DataRow into an object method. The line that causes this error is: policy.SetValues(dr); Here is part of the class that contains the method that I want to call: ...more >>

Java JDBC defines four types of database drivers. A type 4 driver is a native protocol, fully Java-enabled driver. For Oracle, this means the driver is written to the socket based protocol supported by Oracle's TNS Listener. Oracle's type 4 driver for Java has been widely used in the Java com...more >>

is it legal to distribute axshdocvw, shdocvw and mshtml.dll with my application? is it legal to distribute Microsoft.mshtml.dll from 'Primary Interop Assemblies' folder (I assume it comes with Visual Studio)? thanks for any clues, Wiktor Zychla ...more >>

Can I bind a web form datagrid to a dataset? How would I do it at runtime? Thanks, VM ...more >>

Hi all, I'm having a problem with <nant> tasks to build sub-projects into an overall solution. I have the following directory structure: JobManagerSolution |_ | JobManager |_ JobManagerController where the ove...more >>

I've got a custom control that works fine, it's DockStyle is set to Fill for the panel it's in. I've just added a VScrollBar docked Right in the panel. It appears, and works fine, however in the OnPaint method of my custom control, I need to know where the scrollbar is, so I can paint the rele...more >>

I'm sorry for my ignorance....But, can anyone tell me what is the exactly meaning of MVP ...more >>

Hi, I want my service to sit in an endless loop and run a stored procedure every say, 1 hour. protected override void OnStart(string[] args) { while(1=1) { open connection run sp close connection } The problem is that the service cannot be started and bombs out. What am doing w...more >>

Hi, I'm programming a WinForm application. I would like to enter commands that will send output that will help me to locate bugs in the future. I know that there is a way to send output by using the Console.Write command. The question is how can I see the outputs in the client machi...more >>

Hello, I have an assembly that references about 50+ assemblies, but when I load the assembly using Assembly.LoadFrom() and view the referenced assemblies by calling GetReferenceAssemblies() it shows about 31 assembly references, I cannot see the rest. I've also notices by us ISAM or any...more >>

I'm try to run one of the sample(.net documentation) to use office: Microsoft Office Technology SampleThis suite of samples demonstrates the use of Microsoft Office applications (Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word) from a managed application. Readme Locations For more information, see t...more >>

It's been 30min and haven't seen my post yet (sorry to post twice). Q: How do I get the file name(which is opened) of a text/doc file if I have the process information of the application(notepad/word) that opened/ceated the file. Thanks alot....more >>

i using .Net1.1 and develop a windows form application. i put some application settings in the web configuration file and load the settings when the form is loaded. however, everytime when i build the project the configuration file is missing and deleted even from recycle bin. can anyone tell me...more >>

Hi All, Does somebody know how to work with this class directly? I know that we could redefine some internal predefined variables in C++ to force some methods to run much faster. For example. If you use "string sOldString += sNewString;" in a loop the string class has to reallocate the memory ...more >>

Hi, In my application, I would like to use a FontDialog which allows users to change some options of font of the data in DataGrid. However, I don't want to let the users to modify the face of the font (the options that would be allowed are bold, italic, color...). I wonder if somebody know...more >>