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Can I include .C & .H file in C# project?
Posted by Jim at 9/9/2003 11:52:44 PM
I have a DOS application done in MS C++ 6.0 that was written in C. Since it's DOS, I'm creating a GUI for the application in C# but would like to use all the original functions from the .C and .H files. Can I include these in my C# project or do I need to modify them? They're about 10,000 lines ...more >>


design guidelines on msdn
Posted by Michael Roper at 9/9/2003 11:21:32 PM
http://tinyurl.com/2vnd This is a very painful section to navigate as every atomic bit of information gets its very own page. Is this information available anywhere in a more printer-friendly version? Or even better, in a book? Michael Roper ...more >>

notifyIcon question...
Posted by Zanthor NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 9/9/2003 11:15:16 PM
Ok, I've got a small App I'm trying to make minimize to the system tray... The behavior I'm after is that while the forms FormWindowState is Normal I want the form visible in the taskbar, when it's not normal (I've disabled maximize, so the only other state is minimized) I want it to be not v...more >>

list of assemblies for use with reflection
Posted by memememe at 9/9/2003 11:02:51 PM
I wanna get a list of all loaded assemblies so that I can access them with reflection. ...more >>

putting ASP.NET C# website online
Posted by Mark Jones at 9/9/2003 10:50:09 PM
I've recently put a data-driven website that uses C# online but am having a few problems getting it to work properly. On the first page is a login form that works perfectly on my localhost but doesn't on the external hosting - I keep getting a default 'login failed' response when I put in details...more >>

disabling controls
Posted by Mike at 9/9/2003 10:14:01 PM
That is exactly what I am looking for. Just one thing, after I turn the cursor into a wait cursor, is there a way to disable all the controls (e.g buttons, textboxes) so that I can't click on anything, or do I have to disable each control individually. Again , thanks for the reply. >-...more >>

path of dll loaded in exe
Posted by john at 9/9/2003 9:43:01 PM
I have a dll that is referenced by an exe. the default path of the appdomain is the path to the exe, but i need to retrieve the path to the dll. how can i do this when the exe has loaded the dll?...more >>

Sorted List Problem
Posted by Robert Zurer at 9/9/2003 9:04:18 PM
Assuming that I have created a strongly typed collection and overridden the appropriate methods, i.e. this[], Add, Insert etc., so that a sort order is maintained, it's still very possible for a property of the 'ListMemberObject' which is instrumental in the sort to be modified unbeknownst to t...more >>



COM Problems
Posted by timtos at 9/9/2003 8:47:42 PM
Hello. I want to use the function IShellExtInit::Initialize HRESULT Initialize( LPCITEMIDLIST pidlFolder, IDataObject *pdtobj, HKEY hkeyProgID ); in C#. I´ve used the [DllImport] a few times, often with no problems but this time I think I have to give up! I´ve searched...more >>

I need a good books for C# for ASP.Net and Windows App.
Posted by Marc Lefebvre at 9/9/2003 8:43:43 PM
I need a good books for C# for ASP.Net and Windows App. Thanks Marc ...more >>

Performance - ODBC vs OLEDB vs SQL Providers
Posted by PeteZ at 9/9/2003 8:37:17 PM
I've come from a strong ODBC usage background (using DSN's on servers) and am wondering whether I should start recommending OLEDB or SQL data providers rather than ODBC It seems that ODBC support was only provided in the .NET Framework Ver 1.1 - should I be thinking ODBC as "old" legacy data p...more >>

Question about passing reference type to a method
Posted by Alex at 9/9/2003 8:10:42 PM
When I pass a reference to a method by value, the reference argument to the method is copied but still points to the original object, and that method can modify the object. Can I apply const keyword to the argument to prevent this? f.e., instead of: void Method(mytype obj) { // can m...more >>

help
Posted by Reb at 9/9/2003 8:00:10 PM
Hi, Could be a silly question. I have 2 classes as written below. how can i make the control tv (in WebForm1 class) to be available in test class. thanks Reb using System; using System.Collections; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Web;...more >>

lock statement
Posted by Sunny at 9/9/2003 7:24:03 PM
Hi, I can not understend completely the lock statement. Actally what is locked: 1. the part of the code between {...} or 2. the object in lock() In the docs is written: for 1: The lock keyword marks a statement block as a critical section by obtaining the mutual-exclusion lock for a given...more >>

Reverse engineering of DotNet is SO EASY ! (Crackers rejoice!)
Posted by Ed Sutton at 9/9/2003 5:55:17 PM
Try using this free web-based de-compiler on your .NET binaries. I was shocked. 1 - Press the Browse button on the webform and go select a .NET Dll or Exe you are proud of. 2 - Double-click on a class in the treeview to decompile. (It looked like I wrote it without the comments.) http://w...more >>

Web Service -- Can't Add Reference to it
Posted by Steve Harclerode at 9/9/2003 5:45:27 PM
Hi all, I've been doing web service development for a year, with a break for the last few months. What I remember is how easy it is to reference a web service using Visual Studio. So today, I go into a project that I'm working on, let's call it Project A. I choose to add a web reference, an...more >>

How do I Catch if the text have changed in a specific cell ?
Posted by mario at 9/9/2003 5:40:21 PM
Please Help!!! ...more >>

Regular expressions question
Posted by Carlos_Guzmán_Álvarez at 9/9/2003 5:35:11 PM
Hello: I want to know if it's possible to obtain the SQL commands stored on a string using as delimiter a ; character using Regular expressions (i have tryed it for some time without any result :)),anything like this (but supporting any combination of SQL commands ;)): "INSERT INTO TES...more >>

Questions re DataGrid
Posted by Jeff Cook at 9/9/2003 5:22:00 PM
Hi 1. In a DataGrid, I'd like to respond to a click anywhere on the line, but it seems that the click event only works on the first column (the "indicator" column). 2. In my click event, I want to get data from the correct row of the DataSet (XML). This what I've done so far, and I r...more >>

making a bitmap file from arrays
Posted by Jeroen Ceuppens at 9/9/2003 5:00:15 PM
I have the colormap (ARGB, 8bit , so every color from 0 to 255) , put it in an array (1dim) I have the pixel date (array 640x480) What is the best way to make with these array's a bitmap file? Thx Jeroen ...more >>

VB.NET to C#
Posted by Juan Irigoyen at 9/9/2003 4:55:13 PM
Can I traslate this line Private Scanner As New CScanner(AddressOf HandleNewBarcode) to C#, .... Sample of HandleNewBarcode Private Sub HandleNewBarcode(ByVal Scan As CScanner) Dim frmSearch As New frmSearching End Sub ...more >>

Share Data Between Classes
Posted by cksj at 9/9/2003 4:39:39 PM
I'm working on a VB.Net DLL project. It has 6 classes. One of the classes has the properties for the database path, database name and server name. The purpose of this class is so that the DLL can be tested on different servers. Without using the keyword "Shared", how can I share these data to the...more >>

Variables passing problem
Posted by Reinier Beeckman at 9/9/2003 4:30:37 PM
Hi, In a program i'm working on i got several classes. 3 of them have relation to my problem. Let's name them classes class A, class B and class C. classA { public static ClassA A = new ClassA( ); public static void Main() { Example(); } public static vo...more >>

System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Blocking = True doesn't work
Posted by Robert A. van Ginkel at 9/9/2003 4:29:21 PM
In news:OZ0W9RsdDHA.2432@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... I ask the question how I can see if all the data is on the other side of the connection. I got as answer that I should use the blocking property. I tried this I don't see any diffents, I am sending 10Mb and the Send/BeginSend command doesn't wait ...more >>

Need 2 forced garbage collections?????
Posted by Richard at 9/9/2003 4:16:47 PM
Hi, I'm writing an MS Outlook 2000 Addin in C#. I have created C# classes that monitor folder events and do other business logic. Things work fine until I want to exit Outlook. When I exit Outlook I have to force 2 garbage collection cycles in order for all of my folder monitor class...more >>

strongly typed
Posted by Mark at 9/9/2003 3:54:27 PM
Just wanted to confirm that my understanding of a strongly typed language is correct: 1. .NET is a strongly typed language because each variable / field must be declared a specific type (String, Int, Float, etc...) 2. VB 6 and VBScript were not strongly typed because both allowed you to ... ...more >>

how make a stream of 2dim byte-array?
Posted by Jeroen Ceuppens at 9/9/2003 3:40:30 PM
byte[,] bytes=new byte[50,100]; for (int i=0;i<50;i++) { for (int j=0;j<100;j++) bytes[i,j]=i+j; } Stream stream; stream.Write(bytes,0,bytes.Length); I get this error when compiling: Argument '1': cannot convert from 'byte[*,*]' to 'byte[]' ...more >>

formatting datetime data from a data reader field
Posted by Lauchlan M at 9/9/2003 3:39:14 PM
Hi In an ASP.NET application, I am doing the following (dtrData is a data reader that has been loaded with data already): if (dtrData.Read()) { lblEDPresentationTime.Text = (DateTime) dtrData["EDPresentationTime"].ToString(); } Currently this is giving me values such as "24/07/200...more >>

Locating application config file
Posted by Thomas Koch at 9/9/2003 3:10:25 PM
Hi - I would like to load other files relative to the application config file. Do anyone know if this is possible? If I do Environment.CurrentDirectory it will work if the program is launched directly from there. Another approach is to combine CurrentDirectory with the CommandLine string in...more >>

Architecture, entity states, the meaning of life?
Posted by Martin Platt at 9/9/2003 3:07:17 PM
Hi, I've been working on designing new architecture to be used for future development using C#. We're going quite well with the architecture, having originally decided not to use the dataset, datatable, dataadapter type implementation. Instead we are using our own implementation using...more >>

.sln file in VSS
Posted by Mark at 9/9/2003 3:05:40 PM
Where do you typically store the .sln solution file when using VSS on a team? By default, the .sln file is stored in my My Documents folder, inside a VS.NET folder, etc. I am aware that you can change the default location of the .sln files for VS.NET. What's the ideal setup? Should I setup ...more >>

Compile One, run Everywhere
Posted by Michel Racicot at 9/9/2003 2:50:14 PM
Ok, I heard that C# code was supposed to run on many platforms/OS, as long as you have the CLR installed. Where can I download the CLR for other OS? Thank you ...more >>

Documenting namespaces in C#
Posted by Thomas Koch at 9/9/2003 2:45:40 PM
Hi - does anyone know if it is possible to document namespaces in C# using the XML documentation tags or something similar? Cheers Thomas Koch ...more >>

Dynamic add to context menu only works 1st time??
Posted by Ed Sutton at 9/9/2003 2:37:37 PM
I am dynamically appending to a context menu when user right mouse clicks on a treeView. The first time I right-mouse click I see the appended menu. Subsequently, the menu items I append do not display. this.contextMenu1.MenuItems.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem[] {this.mnuParent})...more >>

Interfaces and web services in .Net.
Posted by Ollie at 9/9/2003 2:18:35 PM
Can I specify a custom Interface as the return type for a web service in ..Net? I can see that you can't define ICollection as the return type but you can defined IList as the return type? Why is this? Cheers Jim ...more >>

VB.Net to C#
Posted by Juan Irigoyen at 9/9/2003 1:59:47 PM
I have this code in VB Dim CallbackThread As New Thread(AddressOf Me.ThreadProc) CallbackThread.Start() How I traslate (AddressOfMe) to C# ...more >>

Date convert to Julian
Posted by google at 9/9/2003 1:57:04 PM
I need help in converting a normal date to Julian. Can someone help me please. Thanks G...more >>

Problem with object to array convertion
Posted by Jeroen Ceuppens at 9/9/2003 1:49:48 PM
I get an object from a function (tt.array1_10), it is a 2dim array I do this object o=new object(); o=tt.array1_10; (you can see through quickwatch the correct values in the "array" o) But you can't do this: o[0,0] => compiler tells: o is object not object[*,*] Is there ...more >>

Send fax.
Posted by PawelR at 9/9/2003 1:44:59 PM
Hello Group, I've two questions. 1. How send fax from my apps? After OnClick button fax must be send, without question to user (backword application). 2. How send fax from command line? Thx PawelR...more >>

Help Please
Posted by Lampy at 9/9/2003 1:41:57 PM
Can someone reccomend a book on C# WinForms? ...more >>

Reactivation of a closed MDI child
Posted by zobie at 9/9/2003 1:33:05 PM
In the parent of my MDI application I declare a child form private frmChild = null; which is to be activated on a menu click. In the click event I am using the following code: if (frmChild == null || !frmChild .IsHandleCreated) { frmChild = new frmChild (); frmChild .MdiParent ...more >>

DataSet DiffGram Question
Posted by John Lee at 9/9/2003 1:28:21 PM
Hi, When I use DataSet.WriteXml(filename, XmlWriteMode.DiffGram), the xml file contains current values (at <InvDataSet> node) and original value (at <diffgr:before> node) - this means the original values are stored somewhere in DataSet, Can someone tell me how can I access those original value...more >>

Socket still sending?
Posted by Robert A. van Ginkel at 9/9/2003 1:21:12 PM
Hello Fellow Developer, I use the System.Net.Sockets to send/receive data (no tcpclient/tcplistener), I made a receivethread in my wrapper, the receivethread loops/sleeps while waiting for data and then fires a datareceived event. Within the waitingloop there is a timeout function, but I want...more >>

Find dll version number
Posted by beaninkc NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 9/9/2003 1:10:53 PM
I'd like to be able to loop through files in a directory and file the version number of each .dll I find. Does somebody have an example of how to do this? Thanks, JK...more >>

Managing multiple forms
Posted by john sutor at 9/9/2003 1:07:38 PM
I have a main form in a project that launches other forms. How do I ensure that the same form does not get launched twice without killing the orignal form. I other words I need a method to manage multiple forms in an app. Thanks John ...more >>

C#, Crystal Report and Stored Procedure
Posted by Lalit Parashar at 9/9/2003 12:58:19 PM
Hi, I am clueless on how to integrate stored procedure in Crystal Reports using C#. Any pointers please? Thanks Lalit ...more >>

COM Interop - Cannot instantiate objects
Posted by Bobby C. Jones at 9/9/2003 12:27:28 PM
I'm trying to use some classes defined in a COM component that I did not create. I have successfully created the RCW via Tlbimp.exe and referenced it in my project. All is well until I run the project and it chokes with an "Invalid access to memory location." error when I try to instantiate an ...more >>

empty recycle bin with c#
Posted by thx NO[at]SPAM mindlab.at at 9/9/2003 12:11:51 PM
Hi, I wrote some code using the shell32.dll to query the size of the recycle bin. The function does not produce an error but the results are not correct: [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet=CharSet.Unicode)] public struct SHQUERYRBINFO { public Int32 cbSize; public UInt64 i64S...more >>

string.split
Posted by Alberto at 9/9/2003 11:53:15 AM
Can somebody tell an example of how to use the method split? Thank you ...more >>

ignoring mouse clicks
Posted by Mike at 9/9/2003 11:51:26 AM
Currently, when my application needs to write/read to a database, there is a time lag. In that time lag, a user can click the same button multiple times causing my app problems. I want to turn the mouse pointer arrow into an hourglass and ignore mouse clicks until my app finishes working...more >>

dynamic properties
Posted by Leon Jollans at 9/9/2003 11:51:07 AM
Hi all Is there a way to catch all property requests and resolve at runtime internally within the class? I ask because I'm looking into creating a dynamic CrystalReport web service, and all the sections are explicitly named properties in the generated asmx rather than being indexed. Thanks...more >>

adding controls programmatically on winfform
Posted by jj at 9/9/2003 11:47:28 AM
i try to add a group of linklabel to winform as following, but when running it, i can only see one linklabel added (the first one). Could anyone help me to solve it and tell me why? thanks jj --------------------------------------------------- LinkLabel[] lnkCase = new LinkLabel[caseCount]...more >>

performance issue (Tech Questions)
Posted by Champika Nirosh at 9/9/2003 11:15:39 AM
Hi All, I just wonder the differences between fallowings if (myValue > 0) { DoThis(); } & if (myValue>0) DoThis(); ____________________________________ AND ____________________________________ If I call a variable with the "this" reference and if I call the same ...more >>

aximp of shdocvw.dll -> problem with ShellExecute
Posted by Wiktor Zychla at 9/9/2003 11:03:29 AM
I have a problem I cannot solve. My application hosts IE activex control. I follow the standard procedure: I just aximp shdocvw.dll. Note that this gives you two files: axshdocvw.dll and shdocvw.dll. And there comes the problem. I reference the libraries from my project. For this to work, I...more >>

Error editing and deleting AD
Posted by Bryan Yeo at 9/9/2003 10:32:19 AM
Got no problem adding an AD account using the LDAP connection, but error when finding a record to edit: DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://MyDomainName, DC=MyDomainName); DirectoryEntries entriesChild= entry.Children; DirectoryEntry entryCheck = entriesChild.Find("bryantest"); ...more >>

ActiveX control in new thread goes slow
Posted by Martin Baker at 9/9/2003 9:56:05 AM
I have an activeX control which I am calling from a C# program, this works fine. I now want to call the activeX control from a seperate thread, this works but is very slow. This is far too slow to work properly, can anyone suggest how I can fix this? The program is not doing anything else w...more >>

Installing a Windows Service Programmatically
Posted by Hardy Wang at 9/9/2003 9:49:43 AM
Hi all: I read an article from http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Code/2003/Sept/InstallingWinServiceProgrammatically.asp about how to install a windows service programmatically. Based ont the code sample, it provides the feature to install service under LocalSystem account. What I need ...more >>

Primitive types and threading
Posted by decrypted at 9/9/2003 9:47:03 AM
Is it generally ok to access static primitive types defined on the main thread from a worker thread? ...more >>

Transfer file between webservice and client
Posted by Sunny at 9/9/2003 9:34:11 AM
Hi all, I have to prepare a webservice (framework 1.1, C#) and winapp client (fw 1.1, C#). The service will prepare a file and soul send it to the client. Any help in that direction, how to implement file transfer between webservice and client? Thanks Sunny...more >>

Adusting form size to screen size
Posted by Sagiv at 9/9/2003 8:49:11 AM
Hi, I guess this should be an easy one (and yet..) How do I adjust my form's size to the screen upon which it is displayed(programmatically ,of course). Thanks, Sagiv...more >>

[ANN] LLBLGen Pro has been released!
Posted by Frans Bouma at 9/9/2003 8:41:53 AM
LLBLGen Pro has gone gold! LLBLGen Pro, the new O/R mapper and data-access tier generator for .NET has been released. LLBLGen Pro generates a complete data-access tier and business facade/support tier for you (in C# or VB.NET), using an existing database schema set. In seconds. The generate...more >>

Array of FileSystem Objects
Posted by timb at 9/9/2003 8:26:20 AM
Hi, i want to declare an array of file system watcher objects. The idea is that my config file specifies how many directories to monitor and then i dynamically declare the filesystemobjects and add them to an array. This idea was so i can create a event for handling these events since i do...more >>

Reading The Event Log On a Remote System
Posted by Greg Smith at 9/9/2003 7:37:55 AM
I have an old application that analyzes the data in the event log on one of our servers. I would like to convert it to C#. Does anybody know of any examples of reading the event log on a remote system in C#. Any help is greatly appreciated. ...more >>

Spliter in an application Windows
Posted by PABLO at 9/9/2003 7:37:41 AM
I need to use spliter in an application Windows, if they can help me with that I will thank for them very many...more >>

Printing a string to multi-page
Posted by Hai Ly Hoang at 9/9/2003 7:34:29 AM
Hi, I have string which contains linefeed and carry-return characters (eg. "Banana \r\n Apple \r\n..."); To print this string, i make use of PrintPage event of PrintDocument with DrawString methods. It causes a trouble, when the string is covered more than one-page when being printed, some ...more >>

Dereferencing a property
Posted by Max Sandman at 9/9/2003 5:54:52 AM
Say I've got a control c = textBox1 and a string that is a property of c, say string s = "Text". Is there a way in C# to use c and s to get the contents of textbox1.Text? sandman *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for...more >>

MDI problem
Posted by Bevo at 9/9/2003 5:50:26 AM
I use reflection to invoke a class derived from System.Windows,Forms.Form and I want this form to run as an MDIChild. When I run it as a non-MDIChild the world smiles, when I run it as a MDIChild its Show-method gives me this exception: 'An unhandled exception of type 'System.Missing...more >>

Xml Serialization Error
Posted by ron at 9/9/2003 5:31:26 AM
Hi, I have class object that i serialize using the System.Xml.Serialization class. Intermittently the object is not getting serialized correctly, using System.Xml.Serialization classes. Therefore the application errors out when deserializing the xml data. It places the some part of the...more >>

Equivalent of PreTranslateMessage in C#
Posted by Vibhesh at 9/9/2003 5:29:56 AM
Hello, I have designed a form in C#. There are several controls on the form. I want to trap all the events at the form level before they are passed on to the controls. For eg : Suppose there are two buttons on the form. At any moment one of the two buttons will be focused. When I press...more >>

C# equality to Java >>> operator
Posted by Dennis Myrén at 9/9/2003 5:13:12 AM
Hi. Is there a C# operator that is equal to the java operator: >>> Regards Dennis *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!...more >>

How to get the differences between two DataSets in a thrid one?
Posted by ah2003 NO[at]SPAM gmx.net at 9/9/2003 5:00:15 AM
Hi there I have two typed DataSets. One represents the state of a certain DB table some time ago, the other represents the current state of the same DB table. Now I would like to get the changes in a third table, each row with the appropriate row state Added, Deleted or Modified. Is there any...more >>

Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls.TreeView
Posted by Reb at 9/9/2003 3:03:56 AM
Hi, Can I have any simple example for Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls.TreeView? I need to use Treeview, but i have no idea of how to go about doing this. Thanks Reb...more >>


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