I have created a control with a property BoxStyle, an enum, which is in a dll Graphics2D.dll. Normally when the editor picks everything up it will give me context help eg. NewControls.ColorComboBox.BoxStyle.fullBox prompting at each step. When I remove the reference to the dll and add it agai...more >>

I'm compiling a c# csproj project from the command line. However, I'd like to pass in different defines to that project for different times that I build it. I don't see any parameters on devenv command line interface that seem to allow this. Should I be using something else to compile the csp...more >>

Hello, I have two forms (Form1 and Form2) . Form1 contains one Combobox and a button which calls the second form on on_click event. In second form I have a textbox and a button. on click of this button i want to add a item in the Form1's combobox. How do i do this using c# in windows app...more >>

Hi, I'm writing a server applicaiton using C# and .NET Framework. This server sends out time to all the clients. The clients are expected to be written in various platforms for example, Delphi, VB 6.0, C/C++, Java etc. How I can send the DateTime from .NET Framework to all these oth...more >>

Does anyone know how to generate mouse click in another application? using C# and Windows XP.. The Idea it to click ok buttons on a form where you know the position of all the buttons, or you can train the mouse on the correct locations. oh the other application may or may not be dotnet Tha...more >>

Hi, This is my 3rd post on the issue, but I am getting closer to a solution: I have 1 project with 50 winforms name test01 to test50. These forms have a public method named: MyVal Right now I have the following code (where fName holds the form name): string st = "init"; if (fName == ...more >>

I have a TCP server to which a number of mobile devices connect. If a device disconnects(mostly no clean close as they usually lose cell coverage or shutdown), and the server then tries to send data using the Networkstream.Write method, its NOT throwing an exception. I am using the TCPClient...more >>

Did Microsoft announced date and price for Visual C# Express edition? ...more >>

Hi, I have a sql question need help. Thanks! below code works, ------------------------------------------------------------------ mySelectQuery = "Insert into Performance4 (FUNDID, FUNDDATE,[RETURN] ,NAV,FINAL,SOURCE,Periodicity)"+ "VALUES (20222, '" + valDate + "'" +",0.6012," + valNa...more >>

Hi, I have a relatively simple question. I created a blank project, and put a listbox on the form. Then in the "Form1_Load" function I added one line of code. listBox1.Items.Add("Scott"); When I compile and run the program it runs, but the listbox appears to have an item (I can hig...more >>

I'm using VS.NET 2003 with C#. When I type // TODO something here It never appears in my Task List window. I've saved the CS file and also built the project. Still nothing. Any suggestions? Thanks, Brett ...more >>

Hi: I'm a VB.NET programmer who has made amazing progress in the C# world in about two weeks. I've come accross something that I can't figure out - I've checked MSDN and Google extensively so I'm obviously not looking in the right area. In VB.NET there is a simple function to tell if one ...more >>

I am trying to update some Active Directory attributes in C#. The C# app creates new computer objects and then populates some attributes. However, I am having problems with one attribute named netbootGUID, which is of type Octet String in AD. I haven't been able to find any working examples on th...more >>

Hi there, I have got the following piece of VB code to be translated to C#, I used System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetBytes(myStr, 1, 10, aBytes, 0) but the result of aBytes is different from what I have got in VB, please help! Thanks! VB code: Dim mystr As String mystr = "<PURCHASE_O...more >>

I need to create unique file names while in a loop. Each interaction will produce a file name. Also, there may be 10 threads, each with its own loop producing files, all going at the same time. The files are actually images being created by a special printer driver. I thought using a lon...more >>

Hi, I need to add a tooltip to a textbox, but only if text doesn't fit the textbox. So i need to somehow find out if text length is bigger than width of a box. The problem i have is more generic, i need to add this functionality to different tyes of controls/user controls, but i coud star...more >>

I could never get a solution to my delimma, so I'm trying in a last (hopefully not futile) attempt to get past this damned issue!!! I would REALLY appreciate someone helping my dumb-ass out here. Alright, I have an asp.net program I started writing. I created a class called tank, with some ...more >>

Hi, I would like to know if there is a C# version of a servlet, or of J2EE equivalent. If not how do i write in C# a small "servlet" that simply parses some HTML code into text, that in turn interfaces with a database, does the .NET platform support these operations, or is there a speci...more >>

We have a small application that will be localized world-wide. I have everything set up so that the application correctly mirrors (flips from left to right to right to left). My issue now is how do I determine if the Window's regional setting are set so that my application should be Right-to-lef...more >>

Hello, I'm creating an Access file with the following code, but later...it won't let me erase it after creating it. How can I close the file after creating it? //this is how I create the file ADOX.CatalogClass cat = new ADOX.CatalogClass(); cat.Create("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" +...more >>

I am having trouble using System.Web.Mail to send emails from a desktop application. The following is my code. MailMessage _mail = new MailMessage(); _mail.From = "me@myemail.com"; _mail.To = "you@youremail.com"; _mail.Subject = "howdy"; _mail.Body = "how's your dad?"; _mail.BodyFormat =...more >>

Hello, I have a doubt. I would greatly appreciate it if somebody could help me out. I created a dll(xyz.dll) and installed it in the GAC using GACUtil.exe. Now, I want to use the dll for my application(abc.exe). Both the compilation and running of the application is done thru command line...more >>

I've just read an article that says that GDI+ Graphics objects (such as the Pen object) are unmanaged, and that the programmer must explicitly call Dispose() on these objects in order to release membory allocated for them. Is that correct? I haven't seen anything like that in any other GDI+ ...more >>

I'd like to make an application to print labels. I have to print an image and text, the label size is 10cm x 5 cm. I'm wandering how to do it in c#. My first thought is to make an acrobat "form" with the image and text, but I have to send a date in the label so I need to open the pdf and send the...more >>

Hi all, Is there a way to copy multiple objects into the clipboard and then paste them? What I want to achive is to be able to copy UI controls (textedits, dropdowns, etc) from one form and paste them into another form. Your help is much appriciated. Thanks in advance, Greg. ...more >>

Hello, I have 2 columns in list view and I want them to spread over all the area of the list view (to see only the 2 columns -no extra space of list view) How can I do it? Thank you very much! *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***...more >>

Hello! I need help in converting the vb code below to c#. Thanks in advance. ' SELECT THE LAST_PROJECT NUMBER FROM PA_CONTROL sLPN = "SELECT Convert(last_project_no,'US7ASCII') FROM pa_control FOR UPDATE " Set rsLPN = db.Execute (sLPN) While not rsLPN.EOF Session("LPN")="" lpn...more >>

I am creating a web form to generate a calculation based on a 2 digit input from a user. Depending on their input it creates an array prefix of numbers. The 2nd part of the array comes from an access database where it holds the next available number. This is where the problem sets in, when I pu...more >>

I need an algorithm to create all possible anagrams from a given word. It should be quite straight-foreward, but I can't seem to get my head around it... :-( - any suggestions? Thanx in advance, Pryce...more >>

I am having a peculiar problem. i have a servicedcomponent class1.method1 with a method (more than 18 parameters). i am calling this from another serviced component called class2.method. When an exception is thrown from class1.method1, the Exception.Message is not visible. when class1.me...more >>

hi, this is regarding the Problem in Including Crystal Reports Decision while making a setup project. when i make a new setup project to make the setup kit for my c# exe then due to its dependency for crystal reports, its automatically includes the crystal report assembly. and at end i fin...more >>

Hi, I have many thousand lines of C# code that uses System.Windows.* frequently, so it has a lot of GUI. This program processes data that is located on the local machine and displays a graphical representation of this. I wish for users to be able to use this program through the Internet, w...more >>

Hi, All According to C#.Net string s = "foo"; string z = "foo"; s and z gonna share the same memory location, correct me if I am wrong. If it is correct, how can I prove this. Is there any tool can show me the memory location. Thanks in advance! ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create a simple program that can create report using the VS C#. But since i'm new in c# hence i got a lot of confusion. Is there any suggestion or even better an example of such code ? I'm thinking that the area where the user manipulate the report should be a form whi...more >>

Hi, In my C# applicaiton, I use ADOX to reach and check the user permissions in my Access database. To do this, there is a function named "GetPermissions". This function gets 3 arguments where the 3rd one is optional. But the C# compiler doesn't accept giving only 2 parameters and whatever ...more >>

I have a need for a variable to hold a bitwise mask that can exceed 64 possible values. What is the best way to do this using C#? For example, currently I have a variable called optionsMask that is defined as a Long. Then I set the constants like this: public const long BLACK = 0L; ...more >>

How to compute the age of a person? For example, a person with birthday of 1964/09/25. How to compute his age with c#? ...more >>

Hi there I have played around a bit with FxCop. Does anyone use it ? Some of the warning/errors it gives are okay, when there are implementation errors, but i think it is annoying it keeps complaining about how i case my variables and more. What is your oppinion about the program ? ...more >>

Hi guys, could you please recommend a good book on OO programming with c#? I'm an advanced user and I'd need something thorough and detailed. Thanks in advance for your answers, Gino -- Saluti, Ginello ...more >>

Dear all, I have about 500 rectangles on the picturebox, and if I take one with the move and move I MUST clear the whole picture and redraw, which takes about 1-2 second. The rectangles are drawen with FillRectangle(.). Is there a better way to have the whole rendering much faster. (I have ...more >>

Someone ever did textmode progress bar (as like as it in Unix enviroment, e.g. WGet ?) Please advice if it possible at all to build it. Is it possible to clear previouse string that sent to output command window? Etc. TNX ...more >>

I have a string string dd="1992/12/03", How to convert dd to DateTime type? ...more >>

we are developing an ASP.NET application with SqlServer at backend.. there are an supplier and about 3000 customer, and each customer has about 3-4 users. they are selling mobile phone counters. while a sale occurs, we are selecting customers stock amount, if it is bigger then sale amount,...more >>

Hi I was wondering if it's possible to embedd a command-line executable into my project and call it from there. The way I'm running now is with an external exe-file and calling it with System.Diagnostics.Process and it works just fine but it would be great if I could embedd the exe-file int...more >>

Hi, What is the funciton to get the BIOS's date and time? ...more >>

Dear all, I have a bunch of COM objects, which I want to use in the signed assembly. But at the compile time I have gote a error "XXX is unsigned can't link" (or something like this). Now I use tlbimp XXX.dll /keyfile:YYY.snk this generates a file, which I add as a reference to my project. B...more >>

Hi, Are there any know bugs with reading images from file and not freeing the object after? We are reading numerouse image scans, which are in .PNG format and finding that the garbage collector is not freeing the memory after reading the images. Any help would be most appreciated, ...more >>

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I've written a simple application. It consists of main window, menu and a label. I added event handler to the main form (KeyDown), so when I push a key on the keyboard, then it's key code should be displayed using a label (label.Text = e.KeyCode). It works fine with "A", "B" etc. but when I pr...more >>

Hello, I posted a similar message a few days before but now things have changed a bit: I'm simply trying to get the icon of an exe file (I have the path). Till now I only managed to get the icons associated with file types (such as doc, zip, etc.) which is fairly different from what I want. ...more >>

How to remove data from dataSet using store procedure ? Hrcko ...more >>

Is there a simple way to "switch" treenode with one above or below it on the same level? Since prevnode and nextnode are read-only, the only way I can think to do it is to get the tree node collection for my branch of the tree, remove them all and then re-add them in a different order. Any i...more >>

Im using table adapter to retrieve some data from clients table (Vs.Net 2005). There is a column "Name" char(50) with value "Mark". Table adapter is filling a data table but the value isn't just "Mark" but "Mark"+46 white spaces ... How to specify that ADO net should parse string values with T...more >>