How would you go about custom drawing the title bar of a form? I'd like to change it so that I can add different colors to my title and also change how the close button works (since I override it and cause the form to minimize). Thanks in advance, Benny...more >>

I have a .CSV file that I need to read, reformat, and write back out as a TAB delimited file. I can't use a slick utility such as DTS, because I have a lot of tweaking I need to do on the data before it can be output. The data is true .CSV fasion, in other words, a record may look as follows...more >>

I have a DataGrid which displays data from a table in a MS SQL 2000 database. My problem is that I have a bit column in the database whose values I want to display as checkboxes in the DataGrid. I want to display "1" values (True) as checked boxes, and "0" values (False) as unchecked boxes. I ha...more >>

Hi Daniel, The exception I am getting is "OleDbException". The full exception details are: ?e.GetType() {System.RuntimeType} System.Type: {"System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException"} _pData: 61904000 Assembly: {System.Reflection.Assembly} AssemblyQualifiedName: "System.Data.OleD...more >>

Hi. I have two Forms. Second one is obtained by clickin button in first one. Would like to deny acces to first window, when second has focus. Its commonly used technique but i dont know how to do this. PK ...more >>

I am looking for some code to duplicate something like on http://www.charmeck.org/Site-Info/Home.htm when someone prints the Print This Page link. This site is using MSCMS so it might be using something built into that, but I am looking for straight ASP.NET/C# code. I was thinking of adding ...more >>

I am trying to cache an array. 1st - can I do this and 2nd -what is the syntax please? I have added the namespace System.Web.Caching. I tried cache.add("myArray") = myArray; from here [http://www.dotnetspider.com/qa/Question23244.aspx] and a few other derivatives but my web searc...more >>

I am developing an application to implement the Kleinberg web search algorithm. I use the axWebBrowser control but whenever I navigate to specific pages like "http://www.minotel.com/" i get a runtime error. However, if i use the Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox this error does not appear....more >>

Is there a built in way in .net to retrieve all the files in a directory one at a time? I have to process a bunch of files serially and there can be more than 100K files in the dir. I am trying to avoid FileInfo[] or System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() as I don't want all the info loaded i...more >>

Hi all., I am using the Listview control to display my data in table fromat Is there any way ( simple or complex) to Limit the number of rows displayed to avoid the empty rows which is also displayed now . Is there any other C# component/control to show my data as table like vie...more >>

Hi, i have an ActiveX control placed on my windowsform. Visual Studio has wrapped this and everything should be fine, but it isn't :( The control shows different behaviours between the Visual Studio Designer and the compiled app. The ActiveX control works as a container for documents so it c...more >>

I have VS 2003 installed on one machine, and the newly downloaded VS 2005 release on another. Both XP Pro. I have code like this: string s = "Extended characters: <spade> spades"; MessageBox.Show(s); where <spade> is the symbol for a spade suit in cards. You can enter this into the VS ...more >>

Hi I have a piece of development code that is to build a class library that i run within another application. I find it hard to change the name of the project after I have started the project. For example I have a folder called c:\eg_3 and the project is called eg_3. How do I change the p...more >>