Hello all, Is it possible and if it is how do i allow a child panel to exceed it's parent panel's bounds? ( Essentially appearing to overlap it's parent.). Currently all controls within a panel appear clipped at the parent's edges. Thank you for any help. -- Anonymous ...more >>

Hi All I've got some code that enumerates the public message queues on various remote servers and I've run into a snag.. First, here's a code snippet that is mostly working MessageQueue[] qList = MessageQueue.GetPublicQueuesByMachine( mName ) foreach(MessageQueue queueItem in qList tr ...more >>

Hello Experts, In C#, how can I find out which object (i.e. return me the object name) causes the exception error in the try..catch... statement? I want to display the object that caused the exception in the error message. Thanks in advanced, Benny *** Sent via Developersdex http://www...more >>

I have a usercontrol that inherits from control. I want to "remove" properties that are not relevant (backcolor, backgroundimage) etc.. How can this be accomplished? TIA John ...more >>

How can I add a dll (written in C-language) to my Windows C# project so that I can call functions from it? Also, once I add it to my project, how do I do the actual function calls? Thank you, Angel ...more >>

I was wondering if anyone know how I might be able to resolve the = NetBIOS workstation names (from the WINS server) into an IP address. = Something along the lines of Dns.Resolve (address), but for WINS = entries. I tried it out just to see, but it only works on names = registered with the DNS....more >>

hello, i have got a problem of how to capture two keys when pressed together i.e in my task i require certain action to be performed when the ctrl and 'A' keys are pressed together i.e i need to perform some action when entire text is selected. how can i approach this problem of capturing...more >>

Can I manually modify the Display Properties->ScreenSaver tab values from within aWindows C# application? During setup of my screensaver, I'd like to be able to configure this tab (specifically, Screen Saver to use and minutes) so the user doesn't have to go there and do it manually. Also, is...more >>

No, I do not have it in the directory it specified in the error. I don't even have an E drive or any directory that sounds like that. Where'd it get that path from...more >>

Hi, I am having one Tool, which will convert components from vc6 to Vc7 through programaticllay. (ie converting from .dsw to .sln.) While converting, the following MessageBox is comming ," The project Needs to be Converted to the visual C++ 7.0project format? Do you want to convert...more >>

Hi Guys I need a dll that just unzips zipped files...does anyone know of a freeware or cheapo shareware one that does this. I know there are quite a lot of rather sophisticated ones out there that do achiving and password protection and create achives and bells and whistles but they are $100+ ...more >>

Hi I am new to c# and working through a problem in a book: Design and develop a program that prints the following diamond shape. You may use output statements that print a single asterisk ( * ), a single space or a single newline character. Maximize your use of repetition ( with nested loop s...more >>

Hi All! Is there a shareware / freeware / MS tool that does the same as the APIViewer did in Visual Studio 6.0 (a DLLImport tool for C# - APIViewer was an API tool for VB). TIA Per Rollvang ...more >>

I created a webcontrol with inside a dropdownlist, and exposed its proprieties DataSource,DataMember,DataTextField,DataValueField But I can't set the DataSource from the aspx page (DataSource='<%#this.DataSource%>' ). If I set a breakpoint inside the DataSet propriety, I see that the thread nev...more >>

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Hi All! Is there any way to use the "BrowseForFolder" dialog in C# (.NET 2002, Framework ver. 1.0)? If not, can someone help me out with a link or code for using it? : ) TIA Per Rollvang ...more >>

Hello, I hear some hypes about creating code to generate C# or VB .NET code, that is, code generation (sounds straight forward enough). I haven't really seen how it's done in real world. I'm wondering in what kind of situation code generation makes most sense. I'm think that sort of tricks can b...more >>

Hello, When I expand the treeview's nodes its height extending.I want its height be fixed and view a scroolbar.Is this possible?? Thanks ...more >>

I have my Csharp exe stored as csharp1.exe. I ran: mono csharp1.exe However, I got the following error: The assembly mscorlib.dll was not found or could not be loaded. It should have been installed in the `e:/cygwin/home/danmorg/mono/install/lib' d irectory. Do you know what's up wit...more >>

I have looked through the docs for the XML documentation tags in the C# Programmer's Reference, and I haven't come across a "MAINPAGE" tag like you find in Doxygen. This tag is nice for when you want to give the reader a broad overview of your software architecture and then give them links to th...more >>

Can I change the font and backcolor of individual cells of a propertygrid control ?? And what if I want to make this change row-wise?? Say, show diff prop in diff colors?? ...more >>

Hi, I made a simple form , a next,prior button, a datagrid and few text field with an access DB, if a press next the datafield hare update to show the current record info, but the Datagrid stay where it was ???? How I can keep the DataGrid alligned with the Database cursor ??? Thanks. Paolo ...more >>

Hi guys, Something werid happening to me. When I run a query against every xml I have, below query works fine and returns what it should be returned. but there is another xml file as below, which doesnt' return what it should! I run a query like: //*[contains(.,'the string I'm looking f...more >>

Hello! I have the following problem: I've a combobox in a windows form (DropDown style). Now it happens that the C# property ComboBox.Text returns an empty string although there is a string on the screen. Even if I set the property to an empty string the string on the form does not disappear....more >>

Imagine the following scenario. You receive a byte array from a socket. This byte array contains both text and binary data; it contains text fields delimited by specified byte sequences. For example: "one \xC0\x80 two \xC0\x80 three" The way I'm currently dealing with this is to con...more >>

I wonder when CheckedListViewItemCollection is updated? Before ItemCheck event? After the event? How to force CheckedListViewItemCollection to show updated items list after check in the ItemCheck event? Boris ...more >>

Hi all, I have using ADO.NET for awhile now but am finding a HUGE variety in approaches since it can do so much. Can anyone refer me to a good source of approaches and best practices that are really used in the industry? Thanks ...more >>

Hello, I have a custom Excel 2003 .dll assembly, and each time i rebuild the assembly and place it on the client PC, i have to apply again the security on the new assembly (same location). Is there a way to deploy an assembly without having to enable again full permissions on it once it ...more >>

Hello Everyone, Looking for a better way to do this. I have several separate processes running on 5 + machines on the network. These processes are identical. What they do is, they look at a table in the DB and based on entries they perform some tasks.Once entry is read it changes a status. ...more >>

So, I was able to compile my Csharp program using Mono (http://www.go-mono.com/). It seems to still rely on .NET though. Is there a way to compile it so it will run independent of .NET? ...more >>

When you create an XslTransform object, you do a load with the Starting XML object and an XmlUrlResolver. The Idea is that it will resolve all of the imports and includes. I would like to see what the resulting XML looks like, (after it has been all resolved and stuff). I think I am using th...more >>

I have two projects each with a different namespace. The first defines an interface with two methods. namespace SWPStandards { public interface ISWPDisplayMessage { void DisplayMessage(string message); void DisplayMessage(string message, bool popUp...more >>

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Hi all If inside a try-catch-finally block, return statements are used, will the finally block get executed or not? Your replies are very important to me. Thanks a lot....more >>

I am trying to get reponses from multiple devices on my network by sending the following message via UDP: // Create the message Byte[] bytesSent = new Byte [] {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xF6}; Socket s = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp); // Send the messag...more >>

I have a static, thread-safe class with a DataSet as a property. When the class is instanced into an object, some callers add rows to a DataTable in the DataSet. Other callers read the DataSet. When any caller reads the DataSet, I want the object to delete all of the rows in the DataTable...more >>

I'm trying to get clearer on limitations of assignment/modifications within a foreach. Why does the following gives a compilation error if MyType is a struct, but it does not if MyType is a class? public struct MyType // change to class, and it compiles clean { public int f; } public...more >>

Hello, I have a Windows form that displays some data from a database. The only two controls worth talking about are one ComboBox and one Rich Text Control. When I show the dialog, the focus goes straight to the ComboBox. I set a txtBox.Focus() for the FormLoad but that doesn't do the job.....more >>

Using VS.NET 2003 I have one asp.net application where the modified date never changes. I have other solutions (asp.net/desktop) where the modified date does change. This has been going on for several weeks - it claims it wasn't modified for the past month which is certainly false. Any ideas ...more >>

I have a Webservice which calls another component sitting on different machine Machine A Machine B Webservice ------------------->Component Due to network problem when webservice calls component it kinds of hung. I want to give a timeout to it and if within that timeout period nothing c...more >>

Greetings, When I add a resource to the project (VS.NET) it places a .resx file. There are many columns in the grid to input data. I just want to specify a Name/Value pair to hold a resource of strings. My problem is that I also have to specify a type. So I usually specify System.String....more >>

Greetings, I'm creating a program that I don't intend to profit from so I don't want to know about any pricy controls (such as essential edit $499 ouch). I am looking for a syntax highlighting .NET winform component. Hopefully it will have line numbering and the ability to specify my own nu...more >>

Hi there, I want to create user control like Line, Shape (Rectangle). Which base control is best to inherite or do I need to create it from scratch? Please advince. Kids ...more >>

Hi How can I download a webpage into a String? It's actually an online xml doc that I want to store in a DataSet, any ideas Jennifer....more >>

Hi, I'm new to xml and sometimes gives me a hardtime. is there any xpah query that returns a particular string I'm looking for? I used: //*contains(text()="foo") the "foo" could be in any part of xml file. it could be text or attribute or .... any idea? thanks in advance c# newbiew ...more >>

Does anyone know the best way to update a DataTable row column using specific values for a multipart primary key? For example, updating an OrderAmt column in an OrderDetail table where the primary key consists of an OrderNo and DetailSeqNo? ...more >>

I need to get the size of an objet in memory. I have tried: System.IO.MemoryStream m = new System.IO.MemoryStream(); System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter b = new System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter(); b.Serialize(m, Obj); double size = ...more >>

I am currently trying to access a method in a form that modifies the properties of controls on that form. I can't instantiate the form otherwise i will get a duplicate. Is there a way to do this? ...more >>

Hi How can I get the Real Hard Drive Serial # that will work on windows 98 as well, and not require an admin account on XP I know I can use System.Management on XP, but It requires admin access, and will not work on 98 Thanks for any pointers....more >>

Decimal.Round(num,0) method returns: 4 for 4.4 4 for 4.5 5 for 4.6 I need 5 for 4.5 is there any other way for rounding? ...more >>

I have a web page that displays contact people in a drop down. the users selects a person then clicks the go button. The datagrid should pop with all the information on the select contact person, correct? Well, now my issue. I have 5 contact names in the drop down, (pop from DB) when I select...more >>

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I'm looking for an API to get the memory statistics of the running CLR. Is this possible? I spent some time looking over System.Runtime.InteropServices and the Environment class, but didn't find anything Has anyone out there done this in C# ~harri http://www.harrisreynolds.net/weblog...more >>

I know it can be done in a dll, but is it possible to call a c++ / c function directly from c-sharp. -chip ...more >>

Hi, is there any way with the Visual C# debugger to selectively step a single thread at a time? All I can find is the step command, which steps all threads. Thanks, Michi....more >>

Hi, I have a C# class libary (Class1) which is inherited by another class in a Windows Forms app. I want this other class to implement some, but not all of the features of the base class. How can I completely hide (within the IDE) the members of the base class library i.e. only expose those me...more >>

I know you can screen scrape a website using the System.Net.HttpWebResponse & System.Net.HttpWebRequest classes. But how do you screen scrape a secured website (https) that takes a username & password, I guess what I am asking where does the username & password go and where do you store any re...more >>

Please, i've created a webservice that receives a XML string that i need to work as a Dataset. I've tryied the ReadXML method from the DataSet. First i write the XML string at the disk and then read it, but i think it's another way to do this in memory, using MemoryStream or other object. ...more >>

When running my unit tests for our web project, I am having a difficult time getting values from the config file. When running from the web server, the config file is able to be read from the web.config. When I run from nUnit, I get a null. I added our config settings to the nunit-gui.exe.co...more >>

This message is in reply to a prev 1 . My application refues to close . Some one had suggested that I might have threads running.. but i solved that problem too . The app still refuses to close . !! Here is the code for one of them !! I call a stop function to disconnect all objects (clo...more >>

I was playing with control events and noticed that if try to change the color of a button or text in a MouseHover event, it is slow to respond. It takes about half a second to notice that the mouse is over the button. Is any way to accelerate this?...more >>

Hi all ! After I run resgen my.fr-CA.txt my.fr-CA.resx I got my.fr-CA.resx without any french characters, they were cut at all. How to let resgen know about language specific encoding ? Thank you very much in advance, Roman...more >>

I have a control (I'll call it ParentControl) that derives from System.Windows.Forms.Panel, this control hosts another control (I'll call it ChildControl) that I expose as a public property so that I can edit it's properties in the property grid at design time. I am able to set the properti...more >>

I want to build a generic application that runs one of a set of class methods depending on data extracted from a database table. For example if I extract value X from the database table I also extract a string variable that contains the corresponding method name. string sMethodName = null; ...more >>

I create an object "A" dynamiclly using Emit, I tryed to cast ti "A" the obtained object and it throw a cast exception I saw that as strings the types are the same but the follow condition return false if (typeof(A) == objectObtainedDynamicly.GetType return true return false ...more >>

Does anybody know why Folder Browser Dialog stops to show folders while run from some form with image? If I clear Image property of Picture Box Folder Browser works fine after image restore it dont works again? WinXP Prof Vs.Net 2003. ...more >>

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I have a windows service that kicks off a 'monitor' thread which in turn kicks off 4 additional threads. These 4 threads basically are listen on a designated socket and report back any errors (exceptions) to the monitor thread. Of course, all works well on my box. Yesterday I installed the ....more >>

Hi, I was wondering what is the best way to include resource in library. I saw an example with a library which only contained one class (Person) and the resources file associated with it (Person.resx and Person.en.resx). But what if my library contains 50 classes ?? Is there a way to put all res...more >>

hi i am doing a pocket pc project and i need to display today local weather forcast . can any one tell me how to that and where from i should get the data and is there any charges i have to pay to access these services thank and if there is any example or source code available to get weather forcas...more >>

I had see that an MouseEventHandler is marked as serializable, but when I try to serialize, i have that "(192): The event 'System.Windows.Forms.Control.MouseDown' can only appear on the left hand side of += or -= What I need to do, to serialize an MouseEventHandler thanx in advantages.....more >>

H i need to validate a textBox.text containing a email address the enterd email address text into the textbox needs to be validated for correct forma example : xyz@abcd.co how to validate whether a string or text enterd into a textBox is a valid email format r not -----------need hel ...more >>

I was wondering since ASP.Net and C# work server side, is it possible to run command line programs from a Web page? I was wanting to active an exe like program on the server from a hyperlink. Help appreciated. Thanks. *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just ...more >>

I have declared a brush i.e. Brush FillBrush; later FillBrush = new SolidBrush(.... everything is set in the constructor and then I use the brush to paint. later FillBrush = new LinearGradientBrush(... FillBrush.InterpolationColors = .... this does not work. It says that Int...more >>

hi, i am having a problem catching a user defined exception, defined in a class A library on its own, thrown from another class B. I am trying to catch it in a console app which invokes class B using the Activator class like this: instob = Activator.CreateInstance(type, args1); The prob...more >>

Hey I need to search an array list to remove duplicate Data The list is populated by a search function that enters in a name if the it is told too This causes duplicate names to be entered into the array, the search function is not changable e. the array list has 5 values "jonny", I need to...more >>

Hello! I'm trying to bind an array of custom objects to a ASP.NET DataGrid: private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { DataGrid1= new DataGrid(); DataGrid1.DataSource=getAllShow(); Label1.Text+=getAllShow().Length; //This is OK! //Controls.Add(DataGrid1); } The ...more >>

I have made several applications (not all are done yet) using the .NET framework but none of them seem to close well with the Application.Exit function. I use Windows.XP so when i do a Processes check they still remain in memmory after the function has been called ? Since they are still bieng r...more >>

I have a basic question about if statements. Is this the right way to have an if statement if (condition a or condition b) then ... if ((strCash != "" && blnValidRSValue == true) || (strCash == "")) Thanks, Mike *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't j...more >>

Hi Friends, I am creating a application using C#. In that application I am using RichTextBox (System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox). My query is how to create a file link in Rich text box. Means, I want to embed file in Richtextbox. If the user click / doubleclick / Ctrl+click the link, that...more >>

Is it possible to do something like this ? string methodtoexecute="GetCount"; myclass.methodtoexecute(); now i solve it using a switch construct like this : switch(methodtoexecute) { case "GetCount": i=myclass.GetCount(); break; case "GetRunTime": i...more >>

Anyone ever try to place one pixel on the drawing surface ? The code below provides two pixels. When x+1 is changed to x, nothing is drawn. So I guess the shortest line is two pixels. Graphics g = e.Graphics; // Grt a drawing Surface Pen redPen = Pens.Red; int x = 50; int y =50; g.DrawLi...more >>

Can I modify the Display Properties->ScreenSaver tab values from within a Windows C# application? During setup of my screensaver, I'd like to be able to configure this tab (specifically, Screen Saver to use and minutes) so the user doesn't have to go there and do it manually. Also, is it the sam...more >>

Can somebody please help me figure out why the following method exceptions out? Execution at the line marked with ********** hangs for about 15 seconds and then I get an error that says an Unhandled StackOverFlowException occurred. The execution does not even get passed to the catch block. At...more >>