Hi there, I had this tutorial from Microsoft site: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;815813 I had 1 question. Just say i already serialize a xml file. But next time, i want to add on to the xml file, under the particular xml node. How can i do that? I do not want...more >>

I would like to have the control that is in word, where part of the toolbar can be dragged into what looks like its own form and back again onto the toolbar. Any idea how to go about this ? ...more >>

Hello, i want to write a password filter dll for windows 2003 server. I found an example in msdn http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;151082 wich is written in c++. I am not able to understand c++ in a way to port this onto ..net framework. Can anybody help me to find out...more >>

Hi I am in need of a way to launch my WinForms-app (app.exe) just by pressing a keyboard combination like (Ctrl-Alt-P). This functionality should be present "out of the box" after the app (app.exe) is deployed on the Client's PC. The only way I know - is to place a shortcut on the desktop ...more >>

I'd like to execute the osql application of sql server from a C# program. How can I do it? Thank you. ...more >>

I'm experiencing a threading problem that's really perplexing me. I have a multithreaded application that reads car ECU information that's sent over the serial port by the ECU and received by the laptop/program. I'll try to give a concise synopsis as the program is easily 10k+ lines. main...more >>

Hi I'm trying to call the method Contains in a loop: out of the loop I set the primary key of the dataTable. The method returns true one time at a certani value, but then, when the loop steps forward to check another value, the method returns false, although the value is contained in the da...more >>

Are there any built-in .NET classes that can be used to map drives and printers? I know I can run the shell command "NET USE" but if there are any built-in classes it would be more elegant. Thanks! ...more >>

A friend of mine is trying to open my program on his computer and he gets unable to initialize applicaiton. Anybody know a reason this might be happening? I tried the application on another computer it works....more >>

I have in a int32 a value and a want to show it in a label in this format: 1,234. I know there is an overload to the ToString method who has a string format. Which is string to see the numbers with the comma in the thousands? Thank you. ...more >>

Hi there, I'd like to display list of items in my form. Each item has 3 properties i.e. description , picture (1 of 3 kinds), and url. I want to display it in nice way, e.g. every second row should have different background, additionaly I'd like the background to change (3rd color) when mo...more >>

Hi! I usually enable visual styles in my apps. I do it in Main before I start my app with Application.Run. Today when I changed from debug to release mode in Visual Studio .NET 2003, the XP-style disappeared when I ran the app. I changed back to debug mode but I couldn't get the more appeal...more >>

Hello Experts, Currently I am working on a windows application using VS.NET 2002 with C#. On one of my form, I have a refresh button which will dispose created controls and re-create them. I need the refresh perform in every certain period, so I wrote a timer function to perform this: .....more >>

This might sound like a bit of a stupid statement (no change there then!) to some of the gurus, but am I the only one left a bit flustered by what appears to be around ten zillion attributes (and values) and their uses that can be applied to code (e.g. when to use when not to use). Im sure with t...more >>

I just ran into something that absolutely blows my mind! Consider the following: class Class1 { public: void SetHours (const double& h) { Hours = h; } double Hours; }; public __gc class Class2 { public: double Hours; }; Now, in C++ Managed extensions do this: Clas...more >>

I am desperately trying to figure out the following problem, simplified for discussion. I have a WinForm with a button, textbox, and datagrid. When I click the button, I want to execute the method defined in the textbox, which must return a dataset, and pass this dataset to the datasource of ...more >>

I need run a DNS query that retrieves all TXT records for a given hostname. The Dns class seems unable to do anything other than actually RESOLVE a hostname. What alternatives are there? Thanks! -- Adam Clauss cabadam@tamu.edu ...more >>

Hi, I'm reading data from a tape device using p/invoke. It's working pretty well, but when I'm trying to get data about the tape device, I'm doing something wrong. I believe it has something to do with the struct I'm passing in, but I just can't figure out what. Any help would be much appreci...more >>

Hi, What's the difference between Dispose(), Finalize() and Close ? Regards, R.Baskar ...more >>

I am writing a class that inherits from TextBox. My class, UndoTextBox, extends the standard control by enabling multi-level undo and redo operations. Annoyingly, some of the affected properties and methods (such as CanUndo and Clear) are not virtual and therefore cannot be overridden. I have...more >>

hi all, I have a winsvc which reads of messages out an MSMQ. Can someone help with this problem. If my server goes down and comes back up my WinSvc doesn't picks up messages accumulated in the MSMQ , although my WinSvc is set to automatic restart setting. I have to manually go and restart the s...more >>

Hi! Does anyone know if it is possible for a client server communication easy in .NET with these requirements: The client always initiates the communication The server only answers (responds) Uses port 80, skips firewall The server computer doesn't have a IIS or web server I have thoug...more >>

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Goodday group, how do i make it possible that, given the fact that all required language packs are installed, a website can present any kind of language. I want to build a knowledge management system that meets all criterias for beeing internationally used. I think it is not that difficult. ...more >>

I have a page that is opening another page using the showmodaldialog. In the page being shown there are two asp buttons. When the code finishes in the click event for either button I want to close the modal window. So on the click event of both buttons I put in: me.registerstartupscri...more >>

Hi I'm looking for a small and light file structure for my app. I need to store a bunch of small streams. It is always like key - data. I need to be able to get, add, delete and update these streams. I also should be able to iterate through the entire table. No complex sql queries, etc... ...more >>

What code can I use to test if Microsoft Office is already installed on a machine? Jak S. ...more >>

Hi, How can i make this. When i maked a program in C# and then when the program is execute on computer without .NET Framework, how can i automaticaly invoke instalation of Framework after execute the program? How files (instalation files for Framework) i have to distribute with my program? T...more >>

I want to call and API function. And this is just an example, there are a lot of them that require flags. This one is from user32.dll BOOL AnimateWindow( HWND hwnd, DWORD dwTime, DWORD dwFlags ); I import it like this: [DllImport("user32.dll",EntryPoint="AnimateWindo...more >>

I've got a C# program that uses the algorithm for Levenstein Distance. (C-source at http://www.merriampark.com/ldc.htm) This function is called _very_ frequently, and uses up lots of cpu time. Therefore Im interested in any optimizations that would speed things up a bit. Would there be anytin...more >>

Hi all, I got a problem with Return key in my C++/C# application. On CView dilalog I put my C# control. This C# control has couple other controls nested. I have problem with RichTextBox control which is at the bottom of my control hierarchy. It does not process VK_RETURN key down. So I can...more >>

Have any one evaluated this product, have any comment ? I seen it using ..Net framework 1.2, what main changes of this version? ...more >>

Hello, I have a question about trace as MSDN seems confuses me.(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemDiagnosticsTraceClassTopic.asp). My answer to my question is NO, as it's decided at compile time. Basically, from what I understand is if you ...more >>

What if i want to validate the return value of a method but this method has serveral points where a return statement is. I know in MSIL there is only one RET opcode in each method and this means that the method always knows its return value at this point. int GetValue() { try { // calcul...more >>

There is a way to show the result of a sql query (sql that return a DATASET) direct in the Microsoft Word??? How can i do??? Thanks.......more >>

My web page contains only a panel control and I add datagrids at runtime. Viewstate for the datagrids are enabled but every time I postback the page I have to re bind data to data grids. I figured out this: (?) when I do a postback , asp.net looks to the html of the page and can't find the dat...more >>

A small poser. Given 5 random numbers betwen 1 and 6, what is the easiest way to add up the 3 highest numbers. I have a somewhat long winded method, but I wondered if anyone has some simple ideas using the Math class, or any other method. Thanks in advance ...more >>

The base class obviously can't know anything about a class which inherits from it, but is it acceptable to have a base class method which will be given information from an inherited class? For (a stupid) example: ----------- public abstract class BaseClass { private int _someInteger=...more >>

I'm trying to dynamically add images and set their background colour with hexidecimal values that are being returned in an array. I'm using this to declare the images: System.Web.UI.WebControls.Image imgImage = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.Image(); Is there a better way to declare th...more >>

Hi !! I have to find some words in a string. I can use string.IndexOf, LastIndexOf, etc, but they are case sensitive. And there is another problem : If I found the word, I have to get three words before and after the found word . Example: string s = "This is an example about how to find...more >>

Hi, How is the number 8000 displayed in French? 8 000 or 8,000? -- WWW: http://hardywang.1accesshost.com ICQ: 3359839 yours Hardy ...more >>

Good morning sirs, I'm new on deploying .NET application, and now I need to deploy one. I will try myself to find information about the installing of the framework (if you have some interesting links/info, tell me) but the main question of this message is: 1) Assuming that I have successf...more >>

Hi, I am creating an online trading system and I need to display currency rates on my client machines over internet. can anybody tell me if the multicasting is the right choice for sending data to thousands of clients and please let me know if there is any other alternative? or should i send ...more >>

Does anyone have a simple example on how to sort using the icomparer class? I want to be able to sort by two properties of an object. for example first name lastname. Here is my code //Here is my IComparer class that takes the MapItem ojbect the mapItem object contains first and last name...more >>

I've got different result when comparing two strings using "==" and string.Compare(). The two strings seems to have same value "1202002" in the quick watch, and both have the same length 7 which I have tried to print out by debug.writeline(). But the "==" operator results false, and st...more >>

Hello, I've been given the task of searching all our company computers for PST files and I want to do this using a c# console app. The ideal script would query the AD for machine name, then map to the admin share of the workstation, and search for files ending with extension PST. Any ideas? ...more >>

I'm calling C functions (in a DLL) using platform invoke. This is NOT a COM dll. Is it possible to pass a C# function pointer to C so it can call C# functions? Thanks, Siegfried ...more >>

I have a C# web service and I need to pass a vector of bits implemented as an array of integers to and from my browser resident javascript client. Does anybody have a nice class already written with overloaded operator[] that I could use to test to see if a certain bit is set in the array? Tha...more >>

Hi all, I have an arraylist filled with 4 objects and defined as shown below. ArrayList items = new ArrayList(); public Item GetItemAt(int index) { return (Item)items[index]; } Problem is, no matter what value I provide for "index", it always returns the LAST item in the Array...more >>

Hello all, for my image processing application I need a large amount of virtual memory. I read, that it is normaly possible to get 2GB of virtual memory for each process and when you modify the boot.ini file it should be possible to get 3GB vitual memory for one process. I have tried to alloc...more >>

Does anyone know how to access a field in a row on a datagrid? I need to be able to pull out a typed in value from the grid, so that I can take that value and use it as a look up on the click event of a button on that row. Example. They will type in a UserName, click a button, this will pass ...more >>

Hello! I am new to Crystal reports an I have problems passing parameters form outside to Crystal report an creating a report with data from more than one table This is the problem: I have to make a report( VS.NET, C#, Web Form) with 3 parts and with data from three tables: 1st part: all...more >>

Hi, I need load in a string about 500 characters. String type has a capacity of 256. What type i can use? Thanks!...more >>

Can anyone please tell me which is the best method of turning a requirement in to a specification for developing an application as well as correctly estimating correclt how long itwill take,taking into account that there might be delays if thing go wrong, as there are so many ways i would like to kn...more >>

Hi ! I have an object with Font property, but i don't need all Font's properties. How can i show just some Font properties in PropertyGrid(like font name & size) ? Thanks...more >>

Can you make vertical text in a richtextbox or is there any way around this like make the string vertical outside the textbox then try to paste it in that way into the textbox?.... *** Sent via Devdex http://www.devdex.com *** Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!...more >>

Hi, I need to walk through the values in an enumeration, how is this accomplished. brgds Jesper...more >>