I was looking at some Regular Expressions and I noticed some of them have the following character in them "/i". For example: \b(?:college|university)\s+diplomas/i In the .Net documents I can't seem to find any reference to /i - can someone tell me exactly what /i does and if it is supported i...more >>

Hello, I cannot seem to find this in the MSDN documentation: what I would like to ask is whether the System.Collections.Hashtable.Add should throw an exception or replace the old value when an element with the same key value as an existing one is added. For instance, is the following code l...more >>

How can I convert a stack to array? I have a Stack of System.Drawing.Point's and I would like to invoke Graphics.DrawCurve, which takes a Point[] array as parameter. I tried Stack.ToArray but it only returns an object[]. I tried to do element copy, but I cannot foresee the size of the stac...more >>

Hi, I have a problem. Here is the description: I have a dll which I call from a C# program. The C# program passes an array of doubles to the dll function. Everything works fine as long as I don't change any array element in the dll function. The problem comes into picture when I want to...more >>

Hello, I have many fields in my SQL database that are of type decimal(9,3). How do I detect a decimal value (type decimal in C#) will overflow the db column of sql type decimal (9,3)? Is there a way to figure out the min/max constants of decimal(9,3) to compare against in C# to make sure th...more >>

If I use Perfmon to look at the number of GC Handles for my application, and it stays about the same over several hours, I don't have an issue with freeing up unmanaged resources in my app. Is that true? I have an application that is using up memory. Using Perfmon, # Bytes in all heaps stays...more >>

Hi I have a C# Winform app which runs using SQL Server. I want to package up the app, so that it deploys with MSDE. Can anyone offer any pointers or references to help?? Thanks ...more >>

I am building a ASP.Net web application using C# and added code to the Session_End function in the Global.asax.cs to delete user files when the session times out in ten minutes. I have a page that displays the accounts in a datagrid with two columns. One column contains the account name and th...more >>

Try getting this bug to occur! Run the following code in debug mode (i.e. hit F5). Then literally just keep moving the mouse around in the main window form area (the big gray box). IT TAKES OVER A MINUTE, even! But *eventually*, a window pops up with the error message: "An unhandled ex...more >>

Is there any core assembly class that can compress/decompress files similar to winzip? I found how to create custom actions. What I would like to do is write something that decompresses winzip files. I tried adding the files to the deployment project, but they are so large that compiling, an...more >>

I have data types stored in a field in a database and would like to use something similar to GetType when reading these values. string datatype = dr["DataTypeColumn"] // something like this would be nice. ConvertStringToCorrectDataType(datatype); I guess I could just list all the string v...more >>

Anybody? thanks, Sean ...more >>

What's the best way to go about doing this? I see the "Readme" dialog you can add, but that seems like only a small text box to put some .rtf text in. I would like to pop up a somewhat lengthy .pdf. Thanks in advance! ...more >>

Hajo, VS.NET designer generates method for event using following pattern: controlName_EvenName. Now If you have variable name written lower case then your method will start its name lower case too. And in .NET method names are upper case. What is more you get this ugly underscore in the midd...more >>

I created a form and overrided OnPaint, OnClick and OnResize methods. My OnPaint calls base.OnPaint then repaints the whole screen. The screen flickers a lot! It didn't happen when the app was written in C++. What is the general strategy to reduce screen flickering with C# Forms? Perhaps sav...more >>

I'm working on a program that will display a modal form containing 2 datagrids (but might as well focus on just one for now). These datagrids display read-only information that is stored in arrays. I'm completely new to datagrids, so I don't know what I am doing wrong as I'm getting runtime er...more >>

I can't access the rows of my dataGrid after I call a dg.Delete() on some of the rows. I populate a datagrid from a datatable like this dataGrid1.DataSource = dt; Then I loop through each datarow deleting some of the rows like this: dr.Delete(); I then refresh the grid to get the re...more >>

Hi, Can any one help me in creating the custom control in C-Sharp .Net. I want to create a transparent resizable rectangle which when placed on any window should be able to see the contents of the window. Thanks in advance ...more >>

Shouldn't I be able to do this: if(1) ++count; it seems really a pain to have to do if(1==1) ++count; -- Texeme http://texeme.com...more >>

With XP's default theme (Windows XP style / Default (blue) on the Display Properties/Appearance tab), the taskbar clock foreground color is white. Change that to Windows XP style / Olive Green, and that taskbar clock foreground changes to black. So my question is, how do I get that color pr...more >>

Good Day All, I am writing a Smart Client application that will be used both internally and externally within our organiztion. The user will need to log on to the application. Since I can't store the external user's information within our Active Directory my plan is to store them in SQL Ser...more >>

I kick off a bunch of threads inside the ThreadPool. How do I know when the thread is finished running? Thanks....more >>

Hello, I have a situation where I am appending text to a multi-line (rich)textbox in a C# form. Now depending on which event does the appendtext, i want to distinguish the lines in the textbox by having them written in different font colors. So my multi-line textbox will contain lines of variou...more >>

Hi newsgroup, What I intend to do: Write a small programm, that will add a new Button to every Window right beside the Buttons for minimizing, maximizing and closing the window in the window's titlebar. When this button is clicked the window itself should be minimized to the systray On m...more >>

I just realized that there are 2 modes for garbage collection modes: server gs and workstation gs. Would someone know how I can go about changing the mode for my web application written in C#? I want to make sure it's using server gs mode. Thank you for any comment or advice. -zeng ...more >>

This is an obvious bug in the String.Replace function: //load a XML string into a document XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument(); doc.LoadXml("<test id='' />"); //Obtain the string again...Converts my '' to ""...strange, but ok. String strXML = doc.OuterXml; //trying to convert back the si...more >>

I would like to scan the network to make sure every machine has all the hotfixes and patchs - Is this possible and can I extend it to check for other kinds of software like gator and spyware. Once it scans the network I would like to save info mation to an access db like :machine name missing ...more >>

I need to put it in a specific place. Here is the old code switch(CAMERA_TYPE_ID) { case "0": case "7": // this is an image Response.Write("<img id='RTC' SRC=" & url & ">"); Response.Write("<script>"); Response.Write("window.onload=starttime"); Response.Write("</script>"); ...more >>

Greetings, Is anybody aware of any code that will allow me to read .rtf or .doc or .pdf or .htm as plain text (so I can do a streamreader off them). Thanks, -Dave ...more >>

I've got a base class in an assembly, then I have a lot of other assemblies that inherit from it. Now I modified some of the private methods in the base class, and I want to deploy the new base class. Do I have to recompile all of the child class assemblies that inherit from it, or will ...more >>

Hi I was just wondering - when you you use the using feature in C# to reference a namespace in your project - does it enable you to write classes that inherit from classes in the referenced namespace? Thanks. ...more >>

When I run the following code: { if (e.Item.ItemType == System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListItemType.Item || (e.Item.ItemType == System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListItemType.AlternatingItem)) { int i = e.Item.Cells[6]; string s = i.ToString(); if (s == "0") { e.Item.C...more >>

Hi, Could you please help me how to declare an araay of pointer in C#. In my program I declared an structure public struct SEventQ { public uint uiUserData; public uint uiEvent; public uint uiParam0; public uint uiParam1; } Now I want to delare an array of pointer look likes...more >>

Basically i have a database record field that stores long string. <Field Name = "Data", value="xxx"/Field> xxx could be very long. Is there anyway that I can url encode it or reference the text? ...more >>

Is it possible to draw directly to the title bar on a window? I'm wanting to add another button to the window to pin it on top. Any ideas? Darrell ...more >>

When I run the following code: private void applicationPermissionGrid_ItemDataBound(object sender, System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridItemEventArgs e) { if (e.Item.ItemType == System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListItemType.Item || (e.Item.ItemType == System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListItem...more >>

Hi, I have a class called Person that have this properties: - ID - Name - Height Another called Persons that derived from Collection base And a listbox... I use DataTextField and DataValueField to assign these values to the ListBox, but i will like to Include the Height too using...more >>

Using visual studio.net I have made a set of aspx web forms. They work on the iis webserver but when moved to the web I get a Inherits error. can some one help out. here is the code at the top of the first webform <%@ Page language="c#" Codebehind="1.aspx.cs" AutoEventWireup="false" Inheri...more >>

I am working with the Windows Media Encoder SDK, and at one point in the code, I have a need to display the Property Page of a Device plugin. The only code I have for doing this is written in C++ and looks like this: // Retrieve the plug-in object. if ( SUCCEEDED( hr ) ) { h...more >>

does .net have any api for reading outlook express files (dbx files)? *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!...more >>

All, 1. Did anybody write Serialization/Deserialization of some custom class derived from the CollectionBase class? The custom class is like a container of many different simple classes, each one of them is serializable, these methods have been added and work properly. As an additional he...more >>

Two quick questions: 1.) Given only a string containing fully qualified type name (e.g. "System.Drawing.Rectangle"), is there a consistent way to get the Type object that the string corresponds to that will work with most types? 2.) If no to question 1, then given the string containing the...more >>

Does anyone know if Microsoft plans to implement an C# (.net) API for MS Cluster like the one in C++? Or has someone else written a C# wrapper for the C++ API?...more >>

Hi, I didn't know which newsgroup to post, so I'm posting here hoping to get a help on Regular Expression. Here is what I want to do. I want to find Matches using Regex for the following cases. String look like the following. MyObject.ExecuteWhatever(parama, paramB, paramC...) Or ...more >>