Does anyone have an example of how to access Global Address Book using Outlook automation and c#, preferably late binding, but any example will be appreciated. Thank You Peter ...more >>

Hi, I have a problem with displaying unicode strings in ASP.NET (C#). I recieve data from MS SQL Server database and use them to construct navigation on the page. Because I'm from Poland, I have to display Polish accent characters and here is a problem. On my testing/developing server (Window...more >>

As I'm not working on many c# projects at the moment I thought I'd spend some time investigating the subject line. Getting quite close to a conclusion, it works, it's a little slow (but still in development), supports 1:1, 1:m, m:m relationships etc. I've seen several "previews" of ObjectS...more >>

This code has to go into the global.asax Application_Start code block. I'm just not getting this one right and the web-based code converters choke on it. Can somebody rewrite this VB snippet to C# for me? Sub Profile_MigrateAnonymous(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ProfileMigrateEventArgs) ...more >>

I have an application that opens a socket and connects to another application listening over a port. The problem I am encountering is that when the listening application is closed my application cannot detect it to take appropriate action. I am using "Connected" property of the Socket class, b...more >>

When marshalling a char array in a structure from C to .NET, I get the following error: System.ArgumentException: Type could not be marshaled because the length of an embedded array instance does not match the declared length in the layout. namespace RemoteClientNew { [StructLayout(LayoutKi...more >>

Hi folks, I have a simple form like this: public class Blah: System.Windows.Forms.Form{ private OleDBConnection conn; public class Blah(){ conn.ConnectionString = "... ...."; try{ conn.open(); } catch(Exception e){ ...more >>

Dear, I've made a little tool that synchronizes my ISA Server block list with a database. However the performance of this is very low. I'm retreiving 41140 rows from the database, storing them in a hash table and clearing the input tables within 1 or 2 seconds. Getting 41140 rows from the I...more >>

Hi I have the following scenario... public class aclass { private bclass mbclass public aclass() { bclass = new bclass(); } } .... there is more but I cut out the interesting bits. My question is whether or not by reflection I can in someway modify the value of (for inst...more >>

Hi Newsgroupies, I'm writing a Web Forms program using C# (VS.NET 2003) and trying to monitor it whilst running using "System.Console.WriteLine(<params>)" but can't for the life of me find where it outputs too. Am I thick or just unlucky? Please help! Lost & Bewildered, UK Ps: Bac...more >>

Some xBase languages have a command called AT (remember this?) In C# this might look like int retPosition = AT(searchedString, InString); in xBase dd = AT("DD", MASK) It return the position in "dd" searching into "MASK" the "DD" string. I was looking in the help, but i was ...more >>

Hi, I'm using a method (from an API) that return an object which is a string array. How can I casst it to get a string array? Thanks. ...more >>

HI, what is the purpose of XmlConvert.ToString() ? why not just use Convert.ToString() ? e.g. Int32 vInt32 = -2147483648; string s1 = XmlConvert.ToString(vInt32); string s2 = Convert.ToString(vInt32); s1 and s2 result in the same string. so what is the added benefit ? ...more >>

Hi, I have two threads, one parent thread containing UI and a child thread waiting for some events from the parent thread. Now, I have two issues: 1) to keep the child thread active till the end of parent thread. 2) Fire event from the parent thread to child thread. To keep the child thre...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to specify single-quotes to be used in xmlAttributes as follows : XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter (filename, null); //Use indenting for readability. writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented; writer.QuoteChar = (char)39; --> but he still generates doub...more >>

How can I copy the contents of a directory without having to 1) create dir, 2)copy files ,etc...? Thanks. ...more >>

My custom control includes DataGrid as one of the constituents. I want to be able to expose this DataGrid as public property "get": public DataGrid InternalDataGrid { get {return MyDataGrid; } } At the same time, I don't want to let user change the grid's properties or content. In ...more >>

Hi, How can I change the font color of a dissabled label control? Chester. ...more >>

I have some classes that basicly do the same things but different way. There are no default constructors in those classes each constructor should recieve same value So Fooclass:MyBasicClass or Fooclass:IBasicClass and I want to be able to call form program something like this: MyBasic...more >>

I have a vb class which returns a string to my C# app. I'm finding that if escape characters are included in the string the C# string becomes a @ string and the escape chars are ignored. Unfortunately I need the escape characters. Anyone know of a way I can either avoid this behaviour or to ...more >>

How do you get the total free and used space in a computer which I have a share to specific folders ONLY? (Without using WMI) Example. computer2 is another computer and I have access to say computer2\shared folder. But I want to know the total free and used space in that computer. Any help ...more >>

Hi, I have a C# window application, and I would like to run this program from DOS. Does anyone know how to trigger the window application, and then close the program after it runs? Thanks...more >>

Is it possible managed detect that one form inaplicationcontext is above other ? -- Tamir Khason You want dot.NET? Just ask: "Please, www.dotnet.us " ...more >>

Hello- I'm looking to do something similar to Assebly.Load or Assembly.LoadFrom, but rather than specify the file name, I want to give it a URL, so, I could do something like this: Assembly a = Assembly.LoadFrom("http://mysite/myAssembly.dll"); Does anyone know how to do this, or s...more >>

Hi all, I'd like to personalize my Windows app for each of my customers. Is it possible to create a custom CultureInfo like us-Customer1 and us-Customer2 ? Thanks, Thierry. ...more >>

Hi all, getting a bit pissed off using Lutz Roeder's external (from VS.NET) resource editor. Anyone know any good free ones that add-in to VS? TIA Sam ...more >>

Hi,, I have two questions : 1) Is it mandatory that config file of a desktop application must be App.config 2) Is it possible to update config file in your code?? thanks for your help. ALI ...more >>

Shall I use stringbuilder in the following statement? why? string devInfo = "<DeviceInfo>" + "<Toolbar>False</Toolbar>" + "<MarginLeft>0in</MarginLeft>" + "<MarginRight>0in</MarginRight>" + "<MarginTop>0in</MarginTop>" + "<MarginBottom>0in</MarginBottom>" + "<Pa...more >>

I need to: a) Close a windows form from within the form's code itself b) It must be able to occur after the form's constructor function is called (like from another function that's called before .Show()) c) It must be able to occur before the form is actually viewable. It's for security purpo...more >>

After trying out various methods, I couldn't get the below structure to work. I read on some forum that combining value to type and reference type in a [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)] is not valid. And to implement a union struct, we need to use [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]. If I ...more >>

Hi All, I need to put the program version info into it's about box. How do I get the various version number (major, minor, rev, etc, etc) I have tried this (major part only) but am getting a method was expected error strversion = "Version:" + System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo.GetVer...more >>

Hi, I've really flailed at this today, and read many posts and MSDN help areas. I would really appreciate a sanity check. The DLL is for OziExplorer API, the function declaration from the documentation is: function oziGetExePath(var Path:pansichar; var DataLenth:in...more >>

Hi All, How to get the list of all possible DateTime formats in culture set on machine? Thanks in Advance Sakharam Phapale ...more >>

Hi, I'd like to know how to work with excel using C#. I known how to do it in Delphi but I new in C#. I just want a small exemple. And if anyone knows if there are diferrence working with excel por pocket pc, let me known. I just want to put some values and format some cells and columns... A...more >>

Does anyone know if it is possible for an Event to be raised/fired in C++ and then caught/handled in C# and vice versa in a .NET environment? If so, does the C# and C++ code need to be in the same solution, different solutions, different threads? Thanks in advance, Andrew S. Giles...more >>

'm using HttpWebRequest/Response to get content type of urls (a lot of them) It takes a while, so is it possible to tell to request/response just get a content type (download only headers) ? TNX -- Tamir Khason You want dot.NET? Just ask: "Please, www.dotnet.us " ...more >>

Hi, I am having a problem enabling a timer in my class. I have attached some sample pseudo code (see "Sample code illustrating issue") so you can see what I am talking about. Whats the issue? ================ I am unable to pause the timer when a timed event is thrown due to my event han...more >>

I'm trying to call the GetNextWindow API function via C#. I've tried two different definitions for it (both are similar), but i always get the same error: An unhandled exception of type 'System.EntryPointNotFoundException' occurred in MsgTestCSharp.exe Additional information: Unable to find...more >>

I am using MySQL ODBC driver and System.Data.Odbc package to connect to database. I am using OdbcDataReader to read the recordset returned as a result of a query. I do check if the column value is null or not before reading it using OdbcDataReader.IsDBNull(column_index) This function throws ...more >>

In my application, I have created a base form that contains the common functions used across all the forms in my application. I want to make some functions of this class abstract, which makes the whole class abstract. Now, when other developers derive their classes from this class the .NET IDE f...more >>

I have defined a public enum in my assembly and I am trying to have access to it through reflection: Type theType = Type.GetType("MyAssemblyName.ParameterTypeEnum"); but I get this error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Why if I put for instance ,"Syste.Reflect...more >>

I would like to create a regular expression that seperates 2 sentences. For example, This is a test. Another test. Is it possible to seperate them into 2 sentences using Regex in .Net? ...more >>

Have this code but does not delete right columns. When I ran the folllowing code only columns 14, and 15 is deleted.Col 12 and 13 are still there. Any ideas? Thanks for (int colDel = 12; colDel <= 15; colDel++) { columnDelete(ref objSheet,colDel); } private void columnDelete(ref Excel...more >>

I want to provide an abstract class to derive all nodes from. In the example below Parent in the base class is of Type Node, but in the custom class I want Parent to return a Type CustomNode. When CustomNode is accessed by a helper class as Node Parent is always null. Is this a poor design, Im ...more >>

I have always been under the impression that LDAP was optimized for speed. Fast queries, fast access, slower writes. I have a block of data in LDAP and in SQL. Exact same data. The query is fast but the first access to the result set takes longer that to do the query in SQL and process the s...more >>

Hi, just curious about how a double value is stored internally. I can go: byte[] foo = BitConverter.GetBytes(45.78); foreach(byte b in foo) Console.WriteLine(b + " "); I get 8 bytes, which makes sense, since a double is 64 bits, but how is the number actually stored internally? Is it some ...more >>

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01C4D20D.84F9AEA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Do you know how to create a RTF file? Do I have to use a third party = component? Thanks, Dennis...more >>

I have a large record with many enumerated fields. The record is stored in a file and the fields have to be extracted. I validate the data as it's read, but there's so many tests similar to the following that I wondered if it's possible to create a single generic function to perform the valida...more >>

Hi, I have an web service method that accept an xml document and returns a different xml document. Based on the input xml I fill a dataset with information from a database. If the dataset has rows then I need to return those rows to the consumer. I can't tell if the consumer of the web serv...more >>

Hi, I would like a component that is similar to a progress bar but moves automatically, ie when it finished it restarts again. Exactly I require something similar to that bar shown while loading windowsXP. Does some sort of this component exist. Thanks...more >>

I would be also interested in knowing if there a way to make a proxy for a web service at runtime - the web service not existant when execution starts -. Let me explain. My executable starts running and while processing it does something that in turn deploys a web service on a server runni...more >>

Hi, I have a program, that connects to a webservice to retrieve data. While it is connected and retrieving data, and I click on some component like a text box or button, the window freezes till the connection to the webservice terminates. Upon connection, I was to disable every component...more >>

Hi, I need to build a port scanner ,able to scan a remote computer ports.... Kindly help ciao. AA...more >>

hi Hi I have a problem with a dataset. Im trying to update the database but it doesn't updating the database this.oleDbConnection1 .Open (); OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand ("",this.oleDbConnection1); cmd.CommandText = "UPDATE Manufactor SET ,factor_Size=" +company.manufacto...more >>

Hey, does anyone know of any good sites or examples showing me how to create a datagrid which i can easily navigate through. I would like to be able to navigate through a datagrid using wee link buttons. Can someone please point me in the right direction of how to do something like this. He...more >>

I have heard that if I add a constructor it is not good, it complicates things and that it is better to use the Dispose. Can anybody explain this for me? -- Regards Sharon G....more >>