I would like to find a way to use the data grid to hook in to the AD. Was looking at the choices for data sources and i didnt see a way to do it, but figured i would ask to see if i missed something using C#, connecting to the AD with System.Directoryservice and would like to use a data gri...more >>

I can't seem to find any resources to help me change a filename using C#. I see a Path.ChangeExtension, but it only takes the full path as a string and changes that string. It doesn't actually change the file (at least not from what I have seen). I tried moving the file into the same directory...more >>

OK, I give up, whats the windows form control that gives the nice 3d horizontal line common on so many dialog boxes. Anyone? TIA Nick...more >>

What is needed to be able to run .net app located on server from client computer(s)? WinXP OS ...more >>

Hello all. Ever since the latest patch for IE 6 it is impossible to pass the username and password to Exchange 2000 (or any site) in the url (i.e. http://username:password@exchangeserver.mydomain.com) ... so I've possibly came up with a solution (which I'm sure is thought of and implemente...more >>

Hello I am working on a Telnet Server using asynchronous sockets. The problem I am running into is that the Receive Callback functions are not being called until Enter is pressed on the client. This is not the normal method of Telnet. I need to be able to process each packet as it arrives, no...more >>

Does anyone know of an example application that demonstrates how to edit a web.config file programmatically using c#? ...more >>

Why is the cast in Child.Test valid and the cast in Base.Test is not? "C# Language Specification" section 6.4.4 makes me think that perhaps the Base.Test cast is ambiguous in some way, but I don't see it. I'd expect an implicit conversion of Value to long, Derived.Derived() to turn that into a D...more >>

Need some help on how to make the following faster.... Public XmlDocument ProcessXML( XmlDocument xmlData ) { XmlNode originalXML = xmlData.Clone(); try { // Process XML data here... } catch { // if ANYTHING goes wrong with XML processing ...more >>

How can I replace the character literals in the stringbuider below with variables? StringBuilder sData = new StringBuilder("<CABDETAILS CabNumber=\"43877\" CabSKU=\"6633\" ExpDate=\"0106\" />"); For example, I will have a variable representation of "43877" in the stringbulder. variable already de...more >>

Hello, I have interesting problem. I need to create MDI application with custom MDI child's windows. MDI childs should have rounded corners and border with own style (not like windows default style). So I need to cut corners, cut title bar (instead use own). But, when I cut all borders (or use...more >>

It's a _great_ IDE. It has so many handy features! To top it all off, it's super-fast on here. It usually loads up in less than 1000ms, presuming it's going straight to the Start Page and not initially loading a project. It's so versatile too -- I use it to write HTML, XML, and even surf...more >>

Can any one put me a piece of code to write binary data into Registry?...more >>

Hi, I was wondering what's the point of "finally" is in a try..catch..finally block? Isn't it the same to put the code that would be in the "finally" section right after the try/catch block? (ie, forget the finally block and just end the try/catch and put the code after the try/catch block)...more >>

Hello, Does anyone know any open-source serial port communications component? google didn't really help me with that... Thank you, Andrey ...more >>

Hi, Maybe someone can help me? I have a combox filled with a couple of items (DropDownStyle=DropDown): - combobox: - abc - def - ghi When I type an existing item, lets say 'ghi', the cursor will automatically move back to the first position? What is that? Ho...more >>

I have a form where I dynamically add a control to a panel based on a menu selection. Problem is that if I attempt to close the form after changing the control the form does not close Here is my code This function adds the control and then at close I have tried the following this.close()...more >>

I was trying to find a way to select specific fields in listview with multiple column. but I can't seems to find a way to this without selecting the whole row. Any suggestion anyone.. Thanks in advance ...more >>

hello, i have seen places where the following syntax similar to the following is used: param={0}, sParam where {0} is replaced by sParam. How can I do that with string concatenation. I want to simplify the following command: sText = "Hello my name is " + sName + ". I am " + nAge + ...more >>

The FileSystemWatcher Class has a filter property where you can tell it what files you want it to watch for. I need it to watch for *.p** and *.f** files both and have tried giving the filter the following strings "*.p**;*.f**" and "*.p**,*.f**" and Each one on its own. Only when I supply each...more >>

Could anyone please tell me the difference between these 2 lines: myDate = DateTime.Now; and myDate = DateTime.Parse(DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy")); Seeing as later on in the code, the ExecuteNonQuery works with the first option, but not with the second. (I get : {"Data type...more >>

Hi All, We are using a web service and one of the methods returns a comma delimited file as a string. What I would like to do is then get that data into a datatable so that I can store it in a database somewhere. What would be the best way to get the csv data into a datatable and how would I...more >>

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I'm looking for a way to step through a hashtable while adding items to the table (This precludes using enumerators. They don't like HashTable alterations while they are active). There must be an internal structure that can be accessed sequentially, like an array. Is it accessible? Or maybe...more >>

hi, What is the command of finding out what is the path of the application ? thanks in advance ! ...more >>

hi, i have this problem: at runtime i add rows to a grid (actually to a datatable, that the grid is binded to) but the row is added down, after the existing rows and i want it to be the first shown in grid; i tried with dataview.sort = "<field> DESC"; but it didn't work i tried using d...more >>

string val = reader.ReadElementString(localName); //reader is XmlTextReader if ( val != null ) { if (val.Length != 0) { } } If the value of val comes out to be an empty string, it still goes in both of the if conditions :| :| :| :| ( I have even tried val...more >>

What's the current status of this feature for Visual C#? I guess Microsoft knows there's a heavy demand for it from the VC# community. Is it planned for inclusion in Whidbey? Juan Ignacio Gelos ...more >>

In my Win app, I have an event that calls method myMethod.Process() which returns a struct. This method Process() is composed of several other methods: openDB(), checkDB, expireDB(), etc... and all these methods return 0 (Success) or 1 (Fail). If any of these methods return a 0, the process is ...more >>

I've seen several posts around the Internet and many of them either don't work or only partially work. All I'm trying to do is record some action asynchronously from an html file, a sort of logging mechanism. The product is a CD catalog that will be delivered to many customers and they want the ...more >>

Anyone know how to use the IDataBindingsAccessor interface> I am trying to check if a System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebControl that I generate on the fly has DataBindings -- Ian ...more >>

Hello Everybody Am I missing something, or is there no way to format numbers right-justified using Console.WriteLine(), i.e. 23 223 1023 I can get zero fill on the left, but not space fill. Best Regards Julian N. ...more >>

Set "Common Language Runtime Exceptions: When Exception is Thrown" to "Continue" Execute button1_Click Debugger should break on line "SHOULD BREAK HERE" and not on line "SHOULD NOT BREAK HERE" Debugger breaks on correct line for normal class initializers class Ab static Abc...more >>

I can't seem to use my normal compiler constants from inside a macro ? It's possible to define NEW constants inside the macro, but this is not what i need. Does anybody know a way to get to them from inside the macro ? Thanks, Benne ...more >>

What's marshalling? I've had to use it extensively for a project but I don't know what it means. I tried to look for a definition in the Internet but I couldn't find anything that would explain what it is. Is converting a C-style struct to a C# class (or struct) marshalling? And what about the f...more >>

I am working on a win app, and when testing it, I encounter an error that results in a dialog opening and giving me a generic error (object ref not set to instance of an object or the like). It doesn't tell me what the ref or obj is, and doesn't give me a line number. Isn't this part of JIT??? ...more >>

Hi, We have a project that requires a .NET service to convert a Word document to a PDF document. Basically, a person would create a mail merge template in Word and through automation, we merge the data and spit out one or more PDF documents. It appears that the best thing for me to do is get...more >>

I have a windows service that creates a monitor thread which in turn creates 4 worker threads. Each thread is based upon a derived class (HL7Listener) of the TcpListener class. When running this service on my workstation I have no problems whatsoever. I then deployed this to another server an...more >>

Hi there, I wonder if anyone can give me some help here? I am a newbie at csharp, and am translating a C++ app that I wrote into csharp. What I have is a and XmlDocument in memory, referenced by a variable m_loadedFile = new XmlDocument(); This is then loaded from an Xml file, whose structu...more >>

Hallo NG, ich habe lt. meinem Verstä­­ndnis einen einfachen Sachverhalt, komme aber einfach nicht auf die L­ösung. Hoffe, jemand kann mir helfen. Ich habe ein DataGrid (WebForms) mit einer Vorlagenspalte, bei der ich in der Vorlage dafür eine Checkbox bei ItemTemplate eingef­ügt habe, damit ...more >>

I'm trying to create a FileSystemWatcher Array, however I am new at C#... I know its not instanciating form somereason or not getting the reference because I'm getting the System.NullReferenceException and Here is bascially what I have for my code: FileSystemWatcher[] watcher = new FileSystemW...more >>

Hello, I am trying to alter the default date format shown in the date picker control (windows) . I am using the "Custom Format" property and setting this value to "ddd M/d/yy", but this has no effect. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance for your assistance!!!!...more >>

Hello I hope someone could help me I'm trying to prevent code from running before the thread I created completes. Here's the code snippet DataTransformerWorker dtw = new DataTransformerWorker(strApplicationFolder, strSupplier strFile, lblProgress, ProgressBar1) //create new threa ThreadSta...more >>

Hi, My R&D department has asked me to look at threading in a Web Service written in C#, so I came up with the following code: using System; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Threading; using System.Web.Services; namespace CWSThreading { public class CThreading : System.Web.Se...more >>

I am trying to write 'StringWriter SW = new StringWriter();' to a FileStream. The code writes the text to file, but NotePad does not see the NewLines. Below is the code snippet taken from a large project ////////////// Main //////////////////////////////////////// StringWriter DataWrit...more >>

I have the following C# code to enumerate the list of groups in a domain using ADSI. The problem is if the domain contains machine accounts ($) it get those accounts too. Can somebody help me here to filter out the machine accounts so that I get only the NT group objects. public ArrayList G...more >>

I developed a series of ASPX pages using VS 2002 and 1.0 version of the framework. These pages save the sessions state information InProc. I have upgraded to VS 2003 and 1.1 of the framework and have run into the following problem. When I save the session state in proc, the images on my page ar...more >>

Does anyone know a good regex expression for removing all special characters from a string, allowing only alphanumeric? ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to test if two Pen objects are equal as shown below: Pen p1 = new Pen(Color.Black); Pen p2 = new Pen(Color.Black); if (p1.Equals(p2)) { Console.WriteLine("These pens equal"); } The problem is that the if statement doesn't return true, I would have thought that p1 and...more >>

String Information; Information=touristSpotInformation;//touristSpotInformation is a class name Type myType=typeof(Information); Object o=Activator.CreateInstance(myType); But "Information" not a class; How to change "Information" to class? I have try to do this: Type myType=Type.getType...more >>

Hi all i posted this question yesterday. no answers yet. please do reply if you have any ideas. thanks a lot. Subject: stack frame stack trace can the information from the stack be obtained only when exceptions are thrown? kindly reply. .. ...more >>

All code-behind written in C# but not certain it is a C# issue... I have a page that dynamically creates a csv file (maillist.csv) in a users' directory by selecting current data from their database. A hyperlink to this file is generated on the same page. If I look in the directory on the ...more >>

Hi all I have read the posting of Chris Bamford, but I still get the problem... Here are some pieces of code file IPlugin.cs public interface IPlugi string SayHi() file Class1.c public class Class1: IPlugi string IPlugin.SayHi( return "Hi" These excerpts ar...more >>

Hi I'm trying to test if two Pen objects are equal as shown below Pen p1 = new Pen(Color.Black) Pen p2 = new Pen(Color.Black) if (p1.Equals(p2) Console.WriteLine("These pens equal") The problem is that the if statement doesn't return true, I would have thought that p1 and p2 are the s...more >>

How do I enumerate all available serial/COM port in my system ? Thanks....more >>

What's the significant of private construtor ? public class Car{ private string m_strName; private string m_strType; private int m_nID; private Car(string name, string type, int ID) { m_strName = name; m_strType = type; m_nID = I...more >>

Hi I'm creating a control very similar to the ListView in Details mode. I'm confused as to how to go about drawing the column headers at the top As the column headers are static and stay in one position (hence, they do not need to be scrolled by the system when the AutoScrollPosition is changed)...more >>

my code is here String information; public Class temp{ infomation=touristInformation; Type myType=Type.GetType(Information); Object o=Activator.CreateInstance(myType); .. .. .. } touristInformation is a class name (touristInformation.cs) is it possible to do that to create touirstInfo...more >>

Selecting DLL's during program excecution Let's suppose I have 2 dll's. One is my.dll, the other is my2.dll. During program excecution, when those dll's are called for use, how can I select my2.dll first, and if that is not found, select my.dll? Do yo have a short snippet of code ...more >>