Need example of using WinAPI "CreateWindowEx" in c# any help would be appreciated. ...more >>

I have an MDI app and would like to some text and place it in a ToolStripStatusLabel. How can I accomplish this?...more >>

I'm currently developing a client that connects to a server and exchanges data with the server back and forth. The client retains the data in specified classes depending on what was received. While adding a plugin type API I ran into the following problem: I want users to be able to dynamic...more >>

Hi guys, I wonder if there's any namespace or class within the framework that allows me to create a new c# project by code, manage its references, and build it from another C# application. I'm not talking about CodeDom, I've already done that part. I just want to be able to manage project me...more >>

Dear all, I would like to cancel the keydown event after I handled it in my control. But the handled=true of the event don't do the job. Is the some stronger method to clear key buffer and remove enevnts? Thanks, Boni ...more >>

I am new to c# In VB when I want to create an event handler for a form control I select the control in the editor left combo box and then select from the editor right combo box the event. How do you do it in c# ? Thank you! Best Regards, Alejandro Lapeyre ...more >>

VS 2003, .NET 1.1 I'm throughly puzzled here. I can't seem to get the method below to work... private void AutoSizeHeight() { Graphics g = this.CreateGraphics(); int x, lineCount; SizeF layoutSize = new SizeF(this.Width, this.Height * 100); // oversized height this.Hei...more >>

does anyone know how to generate keyboard events in another application? like [DllImport ("user32.dll")] public static extern int SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, int Msg, int wParam, int lParam); can be used for mouse events... how would you do keyboard events? assuming that the other appli...more >>

How do I make a dataset available to all forms (including dialogs) in a Windows Form based application? Thanks, eXtreme ...more >>

Hi there, I'm working on a class library. The class library contains a couple of public classes which should serve as class factories and I'm wondering how to implement this strategy correctly. Let me explain using a simple example: I've got a class called SecureUserFactory and another o...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to get some private class members using reflection, but am having trouble: Example using System; using System.Reflection; public class Customer { private string _fname; public string FirstName { get {return _fname;} set {_fname = value;} ...more >>

I would like to be able to update an xml file located on my hosted server from my local computer. The server requires a user name and password to access the web site for writing or updating files. Could someone refer me to a doc that explains this or provide some sample code? Thanks, ...more >>

This may be an Excel question, not a VS or C# question. I create write a table from a dataset using XmlWrite. Looking at the xml file, the column order looks the same as the SELECT statement that created the table, but when I read it into Excel, the columns appear in sorted order. UGH! How...more >>

In the Messagebox I can select various MessageBoxIcon. I'm sometimes confused as to which to use. For example, If the app user tries to use the app to change something she has not the privilege to change and I tell her that "Access Is Denied" is that an Error, a Exclamation, or a Warnin...more >>

Have problem updating a web form. Unfortunely when i edit one of the feilds and press the button, it loads the old data back without any change !! I be happy if some one help me fix this update problem.Thanks I use the wizard for generating sqlconnection, sqladapter and dataset. AutoPostBa...more >>

Hi After installing Visual Studio .NET , if if try ot create either a C# or Visual Basic Project using the Wizard , if get the following error message VC package not available or not registered TIA Barry ...more >>

Hi, i am new to Visual C#. i am trying to develop a file searcher utility similar to that of Windows own 'Search for files and folder' for desktop. i want to know is there a method that can return all the valid hard disk/partitions on a system, so i can have a option like 'Local harddrives' ...more >>

Hello, How can be synchronize dates of two computers. I tried this using net time command but this works fine in Console application but fails in web application. Can any help me out. My code is as follows FileStream stream = File.Create( @"C:\batch.bat" )...more >>

You guys who hang around here are some of the sorriest and most incompetent programmers( if you can even be called that) ever!!! The only thing you know are reference books and theory that's been proven wrong in the real world You sit in front of your computer answering the SAME nickel and dim...more >>

Hello, on the following line: Thread startThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(plugin.StartPlugin(session))); I got an error from the C# compiler: [csc] c:\XXX\foo.cs(407,53): error CS0149: Method name expected Column 53 is the T of ThreadStart. I don't understand what is wrong. I' foll...more >>