What's the current situation with VS 2005? I've heard about prerelease and even downloaded something. What about release, how soon we can expect it? Just D. ...more >>

Does anyone know if there is a utility that VS uses to generate the Strongly Typed Dataset classes for C#? Right now, it blows when you try to have a default on a DateTime column because a DateTime is not CLS compliant. BTW, what date / time type are we supposed to use if we need CLS compl...more >>

In my application there is need for only upper case chars.. Currently I am making entry to upper case when user leaves focus of the text control. I want to do some modification here...When user enters any char in small case...during that entry it should convert in upper case... It is very easy ...more >>

Okay something has been driving me crazy. I see in the MSDN documentation that ToolBar.ToolBarButtonCollection implements the IList interface. The I look at members in the ToolBars.Buttons collection like: public void Add(ToolBarButton button); public ToolBarButton this[int index]; which...more >>

Hi All, Please advised. Thanks alot. y = myTable.Rows.Count; for (i=0; y > i ; i++ ) { DataRow dataRow = myTable.Rows[i]; <----If using this syntax, Error Message: Exception Details: System.ArgumentException: This row already belongs to this table. DataRow dataRow = new DataRo...more >>

hi guys, im looking for activeskin like skining control fot my winform app. i want my users to be able to change the app theme/skin at runtime in my .net app. plz suggest best solution. tia. regards, // chall3ng3r // ...more >>

hoi, I just wanted to add a static method to my interface, but that's not allowed! Is there a reason for this??? (Yes, I could make an abstract base class, but that's not what I want, since I don't need an implementation.) thank you in advance, bauscharln...more >>

Please advice. I am not familiar with the concepts of windows service. I am trying to access a xml configuration file from windows service. But it is failing. configuration file is in the same directory from where I install windows service. I dont want to give an absolute path to the location o...more >>

is there any way to get to a unique build verion of an assembly at runtime? e.g. a version that is unique to the time that the assembly was built? ...more >>

I'm a new user of Nunit and have done some testing against Class Libraries, but haven't figured out how to test a Windows Application. Do I have to include the Nunit test classes with the EXE project? ...more >>

Is there any function to detect if a valid path is a file or a directory ? I've tried with (System.IO.Path.GetExtension(path)==""), but it doesn't work, since some files haven't any extension and some folders have some dots inside their path. Any suggestions? ...more >>

I am trying to select the item in the dropdown list the matches a value pulled from the database and set this matching item's selected property to true so that it is the selected item in the combo box(dropdown list). How would I do this in C#? It seems like it should be real easy but I can't...more >>

Hi All, I wrote a program insert new row between rows while the datatable is looping. It display the error message. Exception Details: System.ArgumentException: This row already belongs to this table. [ArgumentException: This row already belongs to this table.] System.Data.DataTable.Inser...more >>

Hello, I have a DataConnector (.NET 2.0) bounded on a DataTable. I'd like to set the current Item to the DataRow wich contains "XY" in the column "Name". How can I do that? I could use the method Find(PropertyDescriptor prop, object key), if I would know, how to get the PropertyDescriptor f...more >>

Who's asking this question: 1. A newbie. 2. This is my second C# program. 3. I've done VB programming in the past. 4. I'm rusty on OOP - usually where I trip up. Here's what I want to do: 1. Create a task in Outlook from within my program. I'm using this as a reference: http://msdn.micro...more >>

Hi, Need I Create New DataTable ? Looping Existing Datable, and Move Existing DataRow Into New DataRow ? If need, How to do that ? Thanks...more >>

dear all, could anyone help me about telling me how can i make a background thread displaying loading... when I cam calling a console application?? thanks.. jam ...more >>

Folks, 1 How can I retrieve the current-user's XP login-id and display it in a win-form 2 How can I retireve that same login-id and display it in a web-form. Many thanks, Avi avi_farah@hotmail.com...more >>

Dear All, I am writing a console and it send a email out when it hits error it calls this static void SendErrorEmail(string error) { System.Web.Mail.MailMessage mail = new System.Web.Mail.MailMessage(); System.Web.Mail.SmtpMail.SmtpServer = smtpServer; mail.To = emailaddres...more >>

Hi I am writing an application very similar to notepad and I have to implement the status bar feature, which mean that I have to follow after the cursor is there any event that raised when cursor location change ? I have tryed the text change and the click event on text box but its not...more >>

Is there such a thing as a static constructor of an assembly? In other words is there code that is called when the assembly is loaded? There must be. Is there a way to customize this code? Is there a "DllMain" that is called that code can be written to (i.e. customized)? I am trying to ha...more >>

I'd like to affect specific items in a List Box. In other words, I'd like to take any one (or more) elements of the List Box Collection and, say, turn it red, or turn it bold. Anybody know how to do this? ********************************************************************** Sent via Fuzzy So...more >>

How do I get the datagrid to page using C# in ASP.NET??? I have always used vb and to make a datagrid page the vb code that works is.......... Private Sub DataGrid1_PageIndexChanged(ByVal source As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridPageChangedEventArgs) Handles DataGr...more >>

Hi folks! :O) We'll be sending emails automatically to our users and would like trap all the "failure notice" email type that might get back. We've decided to use Events Sink to do this. The exchange server isn't on my computer... and according to this sample : http://www.codeproject.com/cs...more >>

I've had no success in trying to dynamically set images at runtime in a Crystal Reports 9 report using C# 2005 Beta. I've been doing research along these lines & all the posts I've read say this can't be done. I was wondering if I've missed anything or if Crystal Reports 10 has added this f...more >>

Hello NewsGroupies, Not a problem nor a show stopper, just want to ask whether a public not creatable class in VB6 equates to a class of static members in C# (or static class in the new C# to come). Just built a whole lot of interface classes in C# and want to allocate the interface to th...more >>

Dear All, I have a command process running xcopy in console, and now I want to execute the program Rsync After the files are copied...how could i do?? Process p10=new Process(); p10.StartInfo.FileName = "cmd.exe"; p10.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false; // p.StartInfo.Crea...more >>

I'm looking for a good article that explains how exception handling should be implemented in an application. It's not only the tecnical implementation (try-catch-final thing) but a good general rule to follow I wanted. Are you aware of one you would recommend? Thanks, Ole ...more >>

I have a DataGrid which I added a MouseUp event: datagrid.MouseUp += new MouseEventHandler(onMouseUp); which simply does: if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Right) { if(hti.Type == DataGrid.HitTestType.ColumnHeader) { main_dg.ContextMenu = columnHeaderMenu; } else if (hti.Type ...more >>

Howo do you convert this vb to c#? Asc and Mid functions are not in c#. any help is appreciated. If Asc(Mid$(Text, i, 1)) < 128 Then strTempChar = CType(Asc(Mid$(Text, i, 1)) - 49, String) ElseIf Asc(Mid$(Text, i, 1)) > 128 Then strTempChar = CType(Asc(Mid$(Text, i, 1)) + 49, String) E...more >>

Hi, when I call ExportData I have this error: Invalid attempt to Read when reader is closed. Telling me that there's a problem with this line: while(_dataR.Read()){ Code: ************************************************* public void Export2CSV(){ SqlDataReader _dataR = ExportData(); ...more >>

Hey all - Excuse the cross-post ... I'm not sure what the appropriate newsgroup would be for this question. I have a question that I'm not quite sure how to ask. For all I know, I have the verbaige completely wrong, but here goes nothing ... I'm currently using the MS Data Access Block fo...more >>

New to C#. Ive got my data coming out in the form of a datagrid. I want to take my data which comes from a "text" field inside sql server 2000. Ive tried forcing the data into a string as: string xyz= ds.Tables.["news"].Columns.["article"].ToString(); and richTextBox1.DataBindings.Add( ne...more >>

I have a Winform news kiosk app which connects to a SQL database. When the main form is running, it reaches a threshold time or number of sequential operations and then loads another instance with a different dataset. The datasets are based on local settings which I'm determining from IP space...more >>

Dear all Process [] checkpro = Process.GetProcessesByName("abc"); Console.WriteLine(checkpro [0]); correct ma?? how should i do?? jam ...more >>

Is there somebody who can guid me to an example of marshal by value implementation of remote object?. I have read a lot of docs but they are mostly focused on marshal by ref and there is no complete implementation of marshal by value. Thanks for your help. ALI ...more >>

Hello, I'm using an xml schema (xsd file) to validate input xml. This xsd is used by the C# dll and must be distributed with it. The xsd isn't modified. So I would like to embed it in the DLL so that I don't have to worry about the path where the file is stored... How do I embed the xsd file in...more >>

Can anyone provide a practical short example of why in C# I shouldn't compare two strings with == ? If I write this in JAVA String string1 = "Widget"; if (string1 == "Widget") System.Console.WriteLine("String1 Equal."); String string2 = new String("Widget"); if (string2 == "Widget")...more >>

Hello all, What i want to do is the following. I want to call a c#.net file from an html page. this htm send some parameters to the C# (asp) file. In Vstudio2003 what kind of file should this be? don't think its a webservice.... And from that point... i would like to open a new page that...more >>

Hi All, Do any of you know a pure manage control, that render html pages. I know microsoft web browser com, but it is not a manage one. Thanks, Nirosh. ...more >>

Hi All, I wrote a windows service which is supposed to stop after specified amount of time. I am calling OnStop() after specified time. OnStop() methods executed but I dont see the service stopping. Please advise how to stop the service. Thanks, SP ...more >>

I am having a major issue with strongly typed datasets. I have been using the Server Explorer in VS.net 2003 to add tables from the database into a DataSet. I cannot access the rows or columns of some of the DataTables. What can I do to fix this, or why can I not do this? I cannot find any i...more >>

Dear friend,Now ,i am writing a Smtp Client. but there have problem bother me that it is send Russian Language Html ,Mail is found identify code like "??" in mailBody. Mail source content,that it is Russian language HTML Page: ---------------------------------------------------------------...more >>

Does anyone know how to populate a listbox from an arraylist with delimited values. Either that or with just two values. *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!...more >>

Greetings, I have a VB6 app that uses API's from wininet.dll for FTP- ing textfiles to and from Mainframe computers and doing directory searches on the mainframe from a windows desktop computer, etc. I want to migrate this app to C#. So before I start re-inventing the wheel (with Inter...more >>

Folks, I was trying to achieve the following thing: I have a "structure" that basically is a two-dimensional array of numeric values. Both dimensions are handled by enumeration types in C#: public enum Level = { low, medium, high }; public enum Foo = { bar, subbar, superbar }; Now my id...more >>

Hi, I have created some complex form design using Visual Studio 2003 in a C# Windows Form Project. On the form I have aligned the controls using pixel precision. After that I save and then reopened the form, now the controls are not in the same position. Is the Designer not able to save the ...more >>

I am writing a simple C# application to read some files in an FTP drop directory. Occasionally the program will attempt to open a file that is in the process of being written. FileStream will throw an exception if the file is busy while its constructor is attempting to open it. I would prefer to...more >>

Hi, If I remove from a C# program the line Application.Run(new Form) with the line (new Form).ShowDialog() the program runs without any changes. Why is that? The form shouldn't process any messages, but it does! Where is the message loop? Thanks, Diablo ...more >>

Good day! i have a little problem, which I can't undestand. In VS.NET 2003 create emply VC# project, add empty code file, and write next simple code: //////////// using System.Text.RegularExpressions; class Test { static void Main() { } } //////////// While building, I got er...more >>

Hello, Does any one have an example of how to create an ArrayList of objects? i.e. ArrayList of ArrayLists or an ArrayList of Hashtables? Thanks in advance KC ...more >>

I have code to add a domain user to a local group but I'm not sure if it will work with NT domains or whether it will only work with Active Directory based systems. Here's the code: public void AddDomainUserToLocalGroup(string computerName, string groupName, string domainName, string userNa...more >>

Hello, I want to create a program that records a sound track from the microphone, and save it into a file. Can anybody tell me please how do I get the audio from the microphone? thanks for your help...more >>

Is there a way to read check file permissions on groups of files, via xml. I am just looking for a sample of how to read a file /and/or files and get the file permissions , same goes for registry, anyone know of any good tuts or have any pointers / books for me to look at or reccomend ...more >>

Hello NG I'm using a named mutex to protect shared data between 3 processes. I've noticed that each process that waits for the mutex uses 50% of CPU usage... Can someone tell me what to do to minimize the CPU usage in the waiting processes? thanks patrice...more >>

Does anyone know how to get the Caller ID from a phone and make use of it in a computer? T.B. ...more >>

Hi all, I 'm trying to do some pretty simple stuff but can't get it to work. I want to get some data from a database (on sql server) and show a column from the table in a combobox. I can copy the data from the database (an actual table) into a DataTable but at this point I'm stuck. The DataT...more >>

Hi, Can anyone point the way to some examples which show you how to read Outlook email items in C# ? I need to be able to read Outlook items stored in a folder. Cheers ...more >>

Hello, I want to create a program that records a sound track from the microphone, and save it into a file, but I don't know how and where to begin, Please give me any piece of information about this issue. Thanks ...more >>

I've converted "[] byte" to "byte *" at times, using 'unsafe' and fixed { .... }, but the reverse does not seem to work. In this case, a C++ DLL returns a byte * and a length. What is the best way to convert these to straight C#-compatible straight "[] byte" arrays? PS: The C++ DLL is a...more >>

If you have every had the following error when trying to use load a form in the IDE then read on!!! An exception occurred while trying to create an instance of GSL.Windows.Forms.BrowserFormBase. The exception was "Method Validate in type GSL.Shared.GridFilters.GridFilter from assembly GSL.Shar...more >>

Hi, Any help with this would be really appreciated! I'm trying to download a file from a remote server. The access permissions is okay but the problem I'm facing is that the file is getting downloaded before the Save As dialogue appears. As we will be downloading some large files, it's un...more >>

Hi All, I have to the following problem on add new row into existing DataTable while the DataTable Looping. for (i=0; myTable.Rows.Count > i ; i++ ) { DataRow dataRow = myTable.Rows[i]; dataRow["Stockroom"] = ""; dataRow["CurrencyCode"] = ""; dataRow["TotalPrice"] ...more >>

Hi, I start a new thread (previous one was "thread timing") because I have isolated my problem. It has nothing to do with calling unmanaged C++ code (I removed it in a test application). I have a thread "_itTaskThread" running. The application is listening on a TCP port. It accepts 2 connec...more >>

hi all, I have executed a query and put the result in a dataset. How can I get data from this dataset? Can I alter it directly or do I have to convert it into a new type to get the data from the dataset. Regards Stijn...more >>

Hi The code below saves data from my edit screen, it shows no errors and seems to run but nothing is written back to the table, Can anyone spot my mistake Thanks private void updateRec() { try { SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection("Data Source=10.0.0.3;Initial Catalog=map...more >>