Visual Studio is too expensive for me. Are there any other quality C# editors ?...more >>

Hello, I have an application in C# that makes calls to a web service and the app currently contains a reference to a WSDL. Since the server technology is a commercial product, some customers have their own servers, etc. I was wondering if it is possible to dynamically point the applicat...more >>

can anybody help me?? using the mouse i let the user to draw a shape about a set of points, i want to define the points enclosed within this shape, the shape is irregular, i have saved all the points of that shape (which are defined by the mousedown event), the shape is not completely continous ...more >>

can anybody help me?? using the mouse i let the user to draw a shape about a set of points, i want to define the points enclosed within this shape, the shape is irregular, i have saved all the points of that shape (which are defined by the mousedown event), the shape is not completely continous ...more >>

I need to know the API call to disable the CTRL-ALT-DEL in a C# windows form. We have created a time clock application to run on a tablet PC to replace the windows shell, we are going to hang it on a wall for associates to clock in and out and check their benefits. I will disable task ma...more >>

The reason some people don't know for sure if they are going to Heaven when they die is because they just don't know. The good news is that you can know for sure that you are going to Heaven which is described in the Holy Bible as a beautiful place with no death, sorrow, sickness or pain....more >>

I currently have the IE ActiveX object embedded inside an application. I'm running into a problem where when I make the control visible or have it navigate to a different page, the application hangs. It doesn't crash, it just sits there as if its deadlocked. The stack crawl looks like this:...more >>

How do i get the text of an Item selected in the start menu ? ...more >>

Hi, I need to get the windows current logged username and domain. Is it any possibility? 1qa2ws ...more >>

I have installed (int his order): - Windows 2003 Standard - Visual C#.NET (comes with the Visual Studio IDE) - VSS 6.0d (full version). I cannot seem to get the Visual Studio IDE to recognize integrated source control? Is there anything else I have to do? -- Thanks, TheBurgerMan at gm...more >>

I was wondering how to cause a new line break, I thought it was /n. This is not causing a line break when I look at the output. I have got this mixed up? Thanks in advance for your assistance......more >>

Hi all, I am using a CheckBoxList control on my aspx page that I bind to an array at runtime. After I databind it, I check two of the items in the CheckBoxList controls. Now I also need to disable these two items so that users can't uncheck them. But I don't know how to disable individual ...more >>

Hi y'all, I confused myself on a simple thing. What is the difference between "Object' (with an upprecase 'O') and "object" (with a lowercase 'O')? Thanx, Bill ...more >>

What is wrong with this code. All i am trying to test is 3 progressbar and one button. On buttonclick i create 3 threads and each thread calls a method which in turn updates the progressbar and it works. I would to know if this can be used. Thanks private void button1_Click(object sender, Sy...more >>

Is there any tool to convert source code, e.g. of a C# method, to = opcodes being used in System.Reflection.Emit? It's a real pain to do = that manually, especially for big pieces of code. public static int Rule001() { return 1; }=20 =3D=3D>=20 ILGenerator methodIL =3D ruleMethod.GetILGener...more >>

Hi! I am adding a file to my solution written by someone who left. But I'm getting a build error on the line: using URLEncrypt; Build error: The type or namespace name 'URLEncrypt' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) I think I need to add a...more >>

Hi all Using Visual Studio C# Have a string string st = "Hi, these pretzels are making me thirsty; drink this tea. Run like heck." ****** How would I go about counting the number of characters in this string without including the commas, semicolons, spaces, and periods. Would like ...more >>

I am new to writing apps that use a database in general and in .NET. I have read about how to use SqlCommands and executing strait SQL for inserts, selects, etc... I have also read about datasets & dataviews. My question need here is for information on how/when to utilize these different meth...more >>

Hi Sharpies, This is a very basic question. I am using .Net IDE 2003 and System.Drawing.dll (1.1.4322). I wrote a simple program like this (ommitting the commons) using System.Drawing; .. .. .. private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { Graphics graph = new Gr...more >>

What is the performance impact of setting a [Serializable] attribute on a class? Is there a performance win if I remove the attribute? I am doing some perf profiling and realized that all my strongly type collections generated by CodeSmith have a [Serializable] attribute on them. Thanks...more >>

Greetings, I have a very "novice" question to ask, so hopefully it will be easy. At any rate, I have a label on a Windows form called "label1". I simply want to change the "backcolor" property to a different color (e.g., "blue"), but I haven't figured out how to do it. I want to do this when...more >>

Hi, I need to have a label with specific width, and AutoHeight. How to do it? Thanks, 1qa2sw ...more >>

HI, I'm using saveFileDialog to get or make a file to save my stirngs to. saveFileDialog1.Filter = "txt files (*.txt)|*.txt" ; //display dialog saveFileDialog1.FilterIndex = 2 ; saveFileDialog1.RestoreDirectory = true ; DialogResult result2 = saveFileDialog1.ShowDialog(); This...more >>

If I setup a connection and the appropriate items in C# to link a queried dataset that comes back with 100,000 results to a grid component on a windows form, does that mean that my program just read 100,000 records over the network at once? Or does the grid and dataset have built in knowledge t...more >>

I have an application on a server which I have used the .Net wizard to provide "full" trust to the application. Works fine from the server, but when I invoke the application logged onto my local workstation and double clicking on the bat file that invoke the application on the mapped drive fo...more >>

Here's what I'm trying to do: Have an xml config file like: <ObjCollection> <object assembly = "myAssembly.dll,version,neutral,pkt" typeName="MyObject" title="" description=""/> </ObjCollection> I want to be able to read all the objects listed in this config file, and be able to creat...more >>

Ive not done any database in dotnet, Ive come from delphi background and done a bit with that I'm trying to write a small application for my own use. Ive created a source database in Access. Ive been following the help files and examples, dragged an OleDbDataAdapter onto the form (which crea...more >>

Hi, I'm not sure the best way to do something and I hope someone can help me. I'm developing a web application that a user enters test questions in. I store the questions in a database. When a person takes the test I need to be able to display the questions. I can use a multiline text box but I ...more >>

Has anyone got any idea what might be causing this message to be shown? It occurs whenever I try to copy / cut my custom control from the Form Designer: http://img13.echo.cx/img13/2061/notmarkedasserializable5ok.png...more >>

All, I'm wondering if anyone can help with a small little issue I'm having. Here's the hypothetical situation: I have an Assembly called FooBaseAssembly with a classed called FooBase. I have another Assembly called FooMaster which has a reference to FooBase. I want to expose the Foo...more >>

I have created the following classes (psuedo code example): BaseClass protected method BaseClass.Foo(object Test) { Test = new object(); } MyClass : BaseClass private object myProperty; MyClass() { Foo(myProperty) } AnotherClass private MyClass myClass; Anoth...more >>

Anyone aware of c#, ado.Net dbase IV code sample? I would like to just open and view a .dbf table. Thanks, Trint ...more >>

Hi, Im starting develop a portal, and i never used interfaces in the past. As any portal will be possible register (add), delete, modify a user. In this portal also will be possible register(add) , delete, modify bussiness... I have a class called user, and another called bussiness... ...more >>

Hi all, I'm trying to access the extended Passthru from http://www.wd-3.com/031504/PTEx3_index.htm using C#. Anybody know how to get the correct iocontrol codes of : IOCTL_PTUSERIO_ENUMERATE = ?; IOCTL_NDISPROT_OPEN_DEVICE = ?; There is an example using with ndisprot protocol dri...more >>

I have just come across a real life example in which the C# syntax for calling constructors from within other constructors is rather inconvenient. Imagine a class with a default constructor and another constructor that takes a parameter: class MyClass { public MyClass() { } ...more >>

I know it is an ongoing issue, yet, I still look for a solution. I saw a solution using a DataGridComboBoxColumn class. I use C# with Visual Studio .NET 2003, and that class is not recognized. Any idea what is going on here? Can anybody finally show me a simple and complete way of turning a Win...more >>

Hi there I am working on a divelogbook program, at the moment i read in an XML file containing all the dive data and samples of depth during the dive. At the moment my XML files has 307 dives (consists of 45 fields) and about 37000 samples (consists of 12 fields). But i know some dives ...more >>

In an invoicing program I draw lines in a text file using: new string ("-",73) new string ("=",73) These lines look awful. Is there a better way? Much obliged. Zach. ...more >>

I'm moving from java to C# and have a lot of fun doing it. But something I've noticed I want to double check on in case I'm not learning properly is checked exceptions. Does C#/.NET have such a concept? If I create a class that throws some exceptions, how can I ensure any other classes call...more >>

Hi all! Is it possible to join for example Oracle and MS SQL tables in one dataSet and show it in one dataGrid? I'm writing in C# and using standard ADO components that come with .NET platform. I can put Oracle data into one table in dataSet and MS SQL data into another table in t...more >>

Hi all! I have a problem here. I have a web page for user administration. On this page I have a textbox for password. This textbox are in TextMode password. But when I get data, via a data reader, to my password textbox, it´s empty. How can I get around this? /Marre ...more >>

hi all, Would u pls tell me which components (freeware or payable software) is good to convert HTML into PDF (with style support) using .Net (C#)? thx alot.^^ rgds, beachboy ...more >>

Hi All I am getting following the Error when I am running my web application(C#) using the SQL Server as my Database. Frequent clicks on multiple links causes this error. ERROR: "Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to obtaining a connection from the pool. This may have o...more >>

Hello, I need to derive an interface in C# from a COM interface that has been declared in C++, and this parent interface uses the type IEnumVariant a a function parameter. Since the stdole namespace does not know about this type, the C# code fails to compile. I have no idea what to do, I ca...more >>

Hi I have a drag and drop app. now i only change the cursor style while dragging ,how can i add a thumbnail to the cursor while dragging. (The style used in visio and many other programs where graphics are dragged.) Is there some example available that shows how to implement this ? Johan...more >>

I need to find a way of automatically creating RGB images from CMYK images. I am developing a system where the client will upload CMYK 300dpi images and I need to develop a script that will automatically convert them to 72dpi, RGB and resized. Any ideas? ...more >>

I am building a data bound application for SQL server which all the forms I use sqlconnections generated by VS. I want to have a login form that changes the connection depending upon login parameters. The only way I can think to do this is to: 1. Connect in the login form. 2. Get the con...more >>

System.Data.OracleClient requires Oracle client software version 8.1.7 or greater. My oracle client is 10g! ...more >>

Hi, i've got a problem woth localized assembly resources. My app namespace is GM, and i heve 3 languages.. en as default, it and es. So i've created 3 text resources called: Messages.txt Messages.it.txt Messages.es.txt so i created the resources using resgen: resgen Messages.txt GM...more >>

How to get a parameter from store procedure ? Hrcko ...more >>