I'm using the NotifyIcon component on a form within a Windows application that will normally show no interface. NotifyIcon does add an icon as required to the notification area of the Task Bar. Unfortunately the window is showing up in the little window that is displayed when user uses Alt-Tab ...more >>

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How can I find out witch is the decimal separator in a particular configuration of a operative system? Thank you ...more >>

Hi, I have DataTable and I want to actually put a LinkLabel in one the columns where I can click an do something BUT it seems I can't put LinkLabel in the table cell of DataTable. So as an alternative I thought if I can detect double click events on a cell I can get the text in there and do s...more >>

Hi I want to package my C# winforms app, to be deployed with MSDE, as easily as possible for the end user. I want to create an MSI or Installshield (prefer MSI), to setup my C# app, together with MSDE (if not already installed), and the MSDE application DB. How can I detect if MSDE is alr...more >>

hello, now, i wanna port a c++ program into C# project. a DLL written by C++ and keep it no change, and UI wirtten by C#. my C++ UI code is as below: // error handlers --global function callback function // C++ dll would invoke this function if needed void ImageConv_Callback_Handler(const ...more >>

Hi Group, Has anyone ever seen a DAX Error before? Screen shot of the error: http://dowhileloop.com/nicelabelerror.jpg error happens at: niceLabel = new NiceLabelWR.NiceAppClass(); line This is calling on a COM object. It's registered and it works. I have tried to give that user Administrative ...more >>

got the error when I try to compile(csc AsyncResolve.cs): AsyncResolve.cs(6,20): error CS1514: { expected AsyncResolve.cs(6,24): error CS1519: Invalid token ':' in class, struct, or interface member declaration What's the problem? Please advice. AsyncResolve.cs ==================...more >>

Hi, I want users to have the possibility to change their password by web of the active directory or the password of their workgroup. This is needed for users who have lost their password of a SharePoint server. Does anyone have an example? Thanks in advance. Angelo ...more >>

Perhaps this is a stupid question, but here goes anyway. Given an instance of an arbitrary class, is it possible to change its base class at runtime? Here's my problem... I need to extend class Foo, which I can't change. Foo holds a reference to a collection of Bar objects and/or objects de...more >>

Hi everyone, My question is not a technical one. I'm just curious about the future of Win32 (and Win64) programming. Most of the books about Win32 from MS Press (like Programming Windows, Programming Applications for Windows, etc.) are not published anymore. Almost all new articles in the l...more >>

Hello all. Due to the short time remaining to my project handup for my Air Hockey game, i've abandoned the idea of implementing it over a network. But since the only real way to play Air Hockey is using a mouse, i was wondering if it is possible for 2 people to use 2 mouses while on the sa...more >>

Hello all: I am trying to search for more than one extension in a directory at the same time with the following code: string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(sDir, "*.doc*.dot"); However, this does not work nor does something like this: string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(sDir, "*.doc, *.d...more >>

This little bugger of a problem took us most of the day to track down but I'm glad it happened as I would like to know why the WSDL generated code that operates inside of a try..catch block throws an exception to the screen when it craps out instead of being caught by the try..catch block. ...more >>

Hello, I need to write a routine that get executed every 2 hours independantly in the backround on my asp.net web application. How can this be done? Many thanks in advance JB ...more >>

I have an async socket callback for a UDP socket. When the callback is fired after receiving a packet, I want to map the packet to a structure I have. note, all unsafe code blocks here. // note, i know the following is not an entire DHCP packet, I just didn't want this msg to get too long. [...more >>

Hi not sure if this is the write place, but i really need some help with this...! I have a piece of code that sends email using the SmtpMail class, in an ASP.NET web application, with integrated window authentication. it does work, and works fine on my dev machine. it also works fine on the ...more >>

Hi, Please, could anybody help me out to fix this... When I put this code: Process [] aProcesses = Process.GetProcesses(); foreach (Process proc in aProcesses) { if (proc.MainModule.BaseAddress.ToInt32() == ExcelH) { Temp = proc; } } What I get is error, A...more >>

Anyone know what the price of the new C# will be? :)...more >>

Hi! I want to prompt the user an inoput box and get the result in a variable I know how to do this in VB but how do i do it in c#. Regards, Abhishek ...more >>

I need to cut out illegal characters in a string submitted from a mobile phone to a web form. I need a way to check for the illegal characters in a textbox. I intend to loop through the text and remove the illegal characters. Is there an equivalent function to c# to chr() in Visual basic? I w...more >>

Hi! I need to develop a FTP server for my application. I want it precisely on C#. I want it to have the basic FTP server facilities like logging in and being able to traverse within the directories through GUI. Something like CuteFTP. Any links or refrences or codes wil be greatly appreciated ...more >>

Hi, I want to create a separate container for a bunch of constants used in different classes, like: internal class Constants { private Constants(){} public const string CONST1 = "1"; ..... } So, what's better for this container, to be class or struct? Why? Sunny...more >>

Hi All Here iam getting this Error "Specified cast is not valid."=20 My Project has Onc solution diffrent class libarary In that solution = DALfactory solution iam getting this error=20 I was calling this function in DALFactory class library(this library = generate the DAL.dll) Another c...more >>

Is there a way to check if a certain variable is an enum? Example code: public enum MyEnum { Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday } public void MyMethod() { MyEnum myEnum = MyEnum.Monday; string myString = "Bla bla bla"; bool firstTry = IsEnum(myEnum); bool secondTry = IsEnum...more >>

Hi, if I write to a tet file via a System.IO.TextWriter the changes to the file are not done before I close the file. Is there a possibility to always save the file with every change? The point is that I want to write to my log file even if my app crashes. As the log file is not closed cle...more >>

I have created a class library which is shared by multiple projects. One project is the web service. It has a web method that when invoked is to return a class populated with all of the properties and such. The client windows application that makes the call gets a null object. However, when...more >>

Hi, I'm working on a project based in Windows Forms, and I need to open the user's default e-mail client (a new e-mail) with some attachments ready to send. Since the destination of the e-mail is unknow at this point I can't send it using the SmtpMail.Send() method. And because of the attachm...more >>

Hi all, Is there any way to, given an IP address(or NETBIOS machinename - I can convert from one to other) from my network, and assuming that everyone needs to log on a NT/2K/Windows Server 2003 Server, to discover the user name for the user logged on that machine? The final result desired i...more >>

Hi Guys, Just wondering how we can build up a string which needs to contain speech mark symbols in the text itself. For example doing something like.. exampleString = "Join the "2" groups together" I am not sure how to do that in C#. Currently I can only able to acheive something like t...more >>

I'm geting a object null reference in this method SqlConnection cnn = new SqlConnection("server=(local);database=varired;trusted_connection=true") ; SqlCommand cmm = new SqlCommand(); cmm.Connection=cnn; cnn.Open(); cmm.CommandText="Delete from estados where id_estado="+Co...more >>

I would like to add a to z buttoms at runtime...more >>

i'm trying to convert some code from VB to C#, i know i can use both in .net, but we know C# better and want to be able to change some things around for our own needs. i have all of it converted except for the "public event..." of the following code. is there anyone that can help me convert ...more >>

When I execute 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.ListItemT...more >>

Hi, I've written a class which inheritates from the CollectionBase class public class MyClass : CollectionBase { } An object istantiated from MyClass can be transformed in a DataSet? does exist a method which transform it into a DataSet? MyClass myObject = new MyClass(); Thank you....more >>

I had used the following code for taking registry back up. [DllImport("advapi32.dll", EntryPoint="RegSaveKey")] public static extern int RegSaveKey(IntPtr hKey, string lpFile, int lpSecurityAttributes); IntPtr user = new IntPtr((int)RegistryHive.CurrentUser); RegSaveKey(user, @"C:\regbackup...more >>

Hallo people... I desperatly need help with one problem... I've got this .net web application that I need to pass some parameters from, to a payment form page some other place. My problem is that I've got this control, which contains some input fields and some pictures, I use this control in ...more >>

Hi all, I'm writig an application that sends an http request to java servlet file. I have to pass an xml file to the servlet. How should I pass xml file to the file. When I try to access the url directly it shows me Forbidden You do not have permission to access /RequestListenerS...more >>

Hello all! I couldn't find a web application-newsgroup for ASP.NET, so I'm sorry if this is the wrong forum! Synopsis: In my webform I have 3 nested repeaters: rpWeeks ----- rpTime ---------- rpClasses I am databinding the first repeater in the !IsPostBack event of the page, and t...more >>

Hi, Im trying to get a xmlnode having the value of an attribute, but without success this is my xml file: <promotions> <promotion id="0"> <image>images/gifs/Panel4/Panel4_Prom2.gif</image> <text>Text of promotión 1</text> </promotion> <promotion id="1"> <image>images/gifs/P...more >>