Hi, I need to create a program that opens multi ie browsers that point to the same url, then be able to kill them off all or any number at a time (I am using this for a SQA Test) Thanks Bill ...more >>

Hi All, When I'm trying to compile a class library with no web reference to x64 Release I Succeed. When trying to compile a class library with web reference to x64 Debug I Succeed. When trying to compile a class library with web reference to x64 Release I get an error : Error 1 "sgen.exe" ...more >>

Hi there, I'm developing an application to catch OBD sensors' data from my car. I connect it via a RS232 interface. Now. with HyperTerminal I can connect and send/receive data, but I'd like to do this from inside my C# program. Anyone can write down a very small (or tell how to do it myself...more >>

Hi, =20 How can I "mix" two Icons (or add an Icon to another one.) ? =20 I would like to make a system like Windows's shortcuts that add a = little curved black arrow in a white square to the icons that represent = a shortcut on the window desktop. =20 Thanks for any help ! ...more >>

Hi, Can someone tell me how can I seralize the following PurchaseOder class to xml. public class PurchaseOrder { [XmlElement(typeof(USAddress))] public IUSAddress shipTo; } public class USAddress:IUSAddress { private string _city; public string city { get {return _...more >>

Is it possible to print directly to file without PrintDialog or PrintPreviewDialog? Have any succeeded to program this feature? Cheers, ...more >>

Hi, Can anyone point me at the class to convert a string so that it displays escaped chars as \r, \n etc. please Its done in the 2005 debugger so I hope its available as a class ??. Thanks Graham ...more >>

Hi, I have a Windows form that has several ComboBoxes on it. I would like to be able to clear the existing values when the user clicks on the Clear button, and then I need some of the Combos to be disabled. The problem I am having is that all of the Combo boxes retain their last selected...more >>

Howdy folks, How would one go about making a splash screen (message appearing while main program loading) in c# cheers in advanced Steve ...more >>

Hi. Can anyone confirm please. Basically, the difference between const and readonly is that const fields need to be known at compile time, whereas readonly fields are unchangeable fields that can be initialized at runtime. Am I getting this right? ...more >>

Project/add/existing item/File type *.* --> temp.txt how to read temp.txt ...more >>

Hi there, Are there any slot machine c# sample codes for reference ? Thanks !! Best regards, Paul ...more >>

I have console application open running that you need to press Escape on to get it to exit. Usually once a day/week etc I want to close that process and start it again. Is there any way to find a process running on a machine and send a command to it from a c# app? I don't think this application ...more >>

I have one dataset with columns a thru c. Then another that gets columns a and d thru f. I need a dataset that has columns a thru f. What is the best way to do it? I currently have a thru c in dataset1. Then I use a datareader for set #2 and start constructing a new dataset in the reader lo...more >>

I seem to be having some trouble posting to the board, can someone please reply back if they could see this? Thanks very much. -- <font face="trebuchet ms"> Mark Ribau Lead Windows Developer | <a href="www.redbugtech.com/blogs/mark.php">My Tech Blog</a> <a href="http://www.redbugtech.com"...more >>

OK, now I'm getting excited. I actually created a master page and added two content place holders to it. I also added a label which will serve as a sort of one line help and a little image button beside it to turn off the help. I wrote a public method in the master page that looks like this: ...more >>

Hi PHP has a function called pack() (http://us2.php.net/pack). I need to translate some code that uses this function to C#. What's the C# equivalent of pack()? Thanks, Brian Example code using pack(): <? /*/ security improved by by TRUI www.trui.net Originally posted at www.flash...more >>

Is there a callback example for TcpListen? I don't see a way to create a trigger in .Net that would listen for socket requests and then trigger my acceptConnection (thsClient) method. BTW .. I am checking pending so that I can stop the thread and switch ports to listen to if needed. Otherw...more >>

How would I go about using a custom select string that is passed from a form to the SelectCommand parameter of SqlDataSource? I tried: SelectCommand = "<% Request.Form("hdnSelect") %>" but I got an error about putting <% %> tags in a literal. I tried taking out the quotes (the " ") and i...more >>

Hi! I'm working in an application in VS2005. I have a Website that has a page where the user has to fill in some dates. In 2003 I used to have a function in javascript that would popup a calendar, the user would select the date there and then that date would be entered in a read-only textbox,...more >>

I have developed a web service application. The server and client = software executes correctly on my local computer (localhost). Sending = the client application to another individual and attempting to execute = the code results in the error message, Doesn't initialize properly.=20 --=2...more >>

Greetings, I'm creating a little program that acts as a glorified Registry explorer. The TreeView doesn't allow you to show a plus sign unless a node has child nodes, so I need to determine whether a registry key has subkeys and add a dummy childnode. The way I'm doing this is to populate ...more >>

Does the BCL have built-in support for reading/writing standard ini files? Thanks! BT ...more >>

i have a strongly typed dataset that i will continually refill with different data using SQL queries and want to process the data in each. I get the first dataset fine, using a SQL command object and using a dataAdapter.Fill() etc, and everything works fine. If i want to refill that dataset wi...more >>

I have a situation where I am transferring data from an Access database to a SQL Server database. Basically I am populating a dataset from the Access database and now I want to insert that data into SQL Server. The schemas are the same so I was wondering if there was a way to just perfor...more >>

Is there a way to change the sieze of the buttons on a toolstrip at runtime? I want to give my users the option of using either small (normal) or large (32X32) buttons. Thank you, Fernando...more >>

How do I use My.Settings equivalent in C#? Below is part of MSDN = documentation about accessing settings file. I wrote C# console = application using VS 2005 and .NET 2.0 and would like to use new = settings file in 2.0 and can not find any documentation about using c#, = there is some for VB.N...more >>

Just testing if I can post using HTML in this newsgroup. G...more >>

I have a need to build a listbox with a list of available drives on the local workstation within my VS.2005 application. Can someone please show me how to create a control with all the drive letters in it so one can be selected. Any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

Can someone please explain the following for me... I am trying to link to a .NET DLL from Excel. Excel needs to pass a reference to itself to the DLL and then the DLL needs to perform some work on the running instance of Excel via that reference. As an example, a VB DLL to return the path...more >>

Hi all: I think I had a problem with using out parameter , why the instance of 'SubClass' can't convert to 'BaseClass' ? my code is : ---------------------------------------------- using System; namespace ConsoleApplication2 { class Class1 { [STAThread] static void Main(strin...more >>

Is the following behavior correct? If so, can somebody explain why? public interface IObservation { string ID { get; set;} } public class Observation { string m_ID; string ID { get { return m_ID; } set { m_ID = value; } } } public clas...more >>

Hello, By default, when you create an App.config file it gets named as MyApp.exe.config after build. I don't like this name and would rather have the file named MyApp.config, the .exe.config thing might confuse my users. Is there any way to do this, or am I stuck with MyApp.exe.config?? Th...more >>

How would I go about changing text labels on a parent form from a child? For example Changing text labels on Form1 from Form2, and Form2 is opened from Form1? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. ...more >>

Hi, can someone explain me, when to use: (DateTime)DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "dateField") OR Convert.ToDateTime(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "dateField")) Sometimes (DateTime) works sometimes not, on the other hand Convert.ToDateTime() always works. The same proble...more >>

Hi, There is reference about accessing settings file in VB.NET but nothing about C#. How do I read settings in application settings file with C#? Thanks, G ...more >>

What's the difference between int.Parse(...) and Convert.ToInt32(...)? Thank you ...more >>

Hello, I'm designing new distributed application which may result in many .net assemblies (dll/exe). Obviously there has to be mechanism for them to communicate with each other. But I don't want to reveal datastructes in my components i.e. how should i take care all individual components can o...more >>

Fellow programmers, How many people are paid to write frameworks in c# ? What kind of frameworks are they developing ? Regards, Rick ...more >>

what is the c# equivalent to java.net.URLEncoder.encode("youruserid"); Thanks, Vinny Vinn...more >>

Is this the right forum to post questions concerning TCP/IP Socket questions?...more >>

We are currently looking into triggering printing of an HTML file to a designated printer in such a way that the print dialog box is not viewed. It is possible to use the print method of a default browser and let the browser handle the output, however this pops up the print dialog box. The alt...more >>

Is there an intrinsic method in C# that is equivelant to "Modal" in VB? ...more >>

I need to create an Image with more then 256 gray scale. this is my code, i've some problem setting correctly the pixel value. any idea? There is another way to create an image with more then 256 gray Bitmap myBitmap = new Bitmap(256,256,PixelFormat.Format64bppArgb); BitmapDa...more >>

I can retrieve the path of a Windows form using the Application object. However, if I write a class which will be compiled into a DLL, would it be possible to retrieve the DLL path (without passing the Application object to the class) ??? ...more >>

I remember that in Java you can compile and run each class individually as long as it contains the method "main". However, is this possible in C# as well? I tried it a while ago but it didn't work. ...more >>

Hello, Im using WMI to get CPU information through Win32_Processor. It returns a collection but some items are "not valid". ..... foreach( ManagementObject oReturn in oReturnCollection ) { Console.WriteLine(oReturn["Manufacturer"].ToString()); Console.WriteLine(oReturn["Processo...more >>

Then I use a NotyfiIcon, I can't close Windows?? Any answer out there!...more >>

I have a webservice which takes a hostname and drive letter as input and returns the free space for that drive on that host as a long. Sometimes it will take forever to get information from a recalcitrant host, but it keeps trying far longer than I want it to. How can I set up a timeout for the ...more >>

I have created a "DLL LIB" in c# that I use in several ".EXE" projects. But I need to know where this DLL fil is located on disk from inside my DLL, NOT where the EXE file is located. What function must I use to get the directory of the DLL file ? ...more >>

Hi Guys (and girls), I am in a bit of a bind. I'm looking for a simple "proof of concept" C# app (WinForm OR console) that sends a web request to a simple PHP script and receives BINARY data back from the PHP script. Binary data is necessary because I want to be able to send files as well a...more >>

Hello, I am trying to create and use a COM object with C#.NET 2005. The assembly is set to "Register for COM interop" but when I am trying to call it from VB on Word 2003 I am getting this error: Run-time error '-2147024894 (80070002)': File or assembly name COMTest3, or one of its depen...more >>

Hi all, i have a question about the framework reflection. I have a project with some pages and a component class file. Inside this file I've placed some custom objects. Using the reflection and the Fieldinfo[] class i can look inside my component and know names and properties of this objects. M...more >>