It looks as if there is no equivalent .Net regular expression method that is comparable to tr/// (Translate) in Perl. I was looking to squash a specific duplicate character in a string. In Perl its pretty trivial. $myString =~ tr/././s; This will essentially remove duplicate "." period...more >>

hi all , i would like to know how to draw on top of the Button control, (vertical lines with different sizes ). thanks in Advance...more >>

What is Smart Client Software Factory and how does it related to/fit in with Composite UI Application Block (CAB)? Thanks, Ron ...more >>

I want to match some HTML string using Regex but the linebreaks are getting me. Is there a way to just completely ignore linebreaks in my regular expression? If not, how would I specify a linebreak in the regex? I know how to do begin line/end line but that only works in non-singleline mode...more >>

it is accepted to combine in one system both C# projects and vb.NET projects? if i have a system that wrote in vb.net and i'm C#-er, can i continue to develop the system with C#? thanks koby...more >>

Hi Working with a large solution with many projects and many different people working on the code I was looking for a way to loop thru all projects and file to ensure everyone has done some standard things ie -all forms have localizable set to true -name spaces following same format ...more >>

I want to use Access Object Model from .NET to open access database files and change/add/delete Tables, Views, etc and to repair/compact Databases. MSDN is lacking this kind of information. Any links where I can get source code examples? Thank you ...more >>

Hey, Is there a way to duplicate a certain string multiple times? I.E: I've got the following string: "<0>" and would like to create: "<0><0><0><0>". Is there a CLR API for this behavior or should I create this function myself? Thanks --sternr ...more >>

I need to maintain data in a flat file (probably a tab delimited .txt file) and would like to access it with gatagrid. I would populate it during startup and save it on exit. Can I access a flat file with datagrid? If I can can you point me to a simple sample. ____________________________...more >>

Hi, I try to design a window application to grab attachment from a list of given URL and save them to a user difined folder on their local drive. The list of URL for me to grab attachment will be saved in text file format. The URL's might be ending with attachment file types: .jpg, .gif, pdf...more >>

I am trying to look for change in an instanciated object that contains a generic list<>. I first get an int value of objA.GetHashCode(). I add a few objects to the list<> collection in objA I compared the initial value with the current hash code of objA and they were still the same. OK I thou...more >>

Hello There. I hava a Myclass [] obj1 in wich I add my computer hardware configuration. After this object is "filled", I serialize it, into a dat file. Then I deserialize it into obj2 and I compare the original and the deserialized object, and they do not match! They sould match, I think....more >>

I have a combobox with items like this: {one,two,three}. The selected index is 0, so "one" appears in the combobox text. When the user drops down the list, and selects "two", for example, I modify the Items collection to be {two,one,three} and now want "two" to appear in the combobox text. How...more >>

Hi, All. I am creating a setup program. The way it works is that the user creates their setup info, my program generates the C# code for a setup executable, embeds the xml file containing the info for the setup, and compiles the whole thing into one EXE. How do i embed resources, and access them...more >>

Can someone show me how to speed this up? 1. Whats the fastest way for Unsafe C#? 2. What the fastest way for Safe C#? public static Int64 ToInt64(Int32 low, Int32 high) { Byte[] lowBytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(low); Byte[] highBytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(high); Byte[] bytes =...more >>

Hi Everyone, I am trying to ensure displayed items at the top most portion of my ListView when being added to my ListView, no matter where the items are being added with in the listview. So that the users can easily find where their added items are located. Can this be accompished with "Top...more >>

Hi, I want to change the default installation folder to my own path. I did it by changing the application folder's DefaultLocation property. The installation works fine as long the path that I give is complete path. If I give relative path, there is an error. The path is relative to the locatio...more >>

Here is what i am trying to accomplish. I have a group of user defined controls and i have a form. the form has a tab control and a menubar. the user defined controls will be add one to a tab page. what i want to do is create a class that will manage the tab control. it will have methods th...more >>

When I compile the application and run it (on my computer) it works fine, by on the other computers exception is thrown: "Request for the permission of type 'System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' failed." E...more >>

System Properties show the User. I would like to be able to extract that information in an application (not change it, only retrieve it). How can that be done? Thank you, Adrian. ...more >>

What is the best way to determine if a remote server is available? HTTP server. Mail Server _______________________________________________ Thom Little www.tlanet.net Thom Little Associates, Ltd....more >>

Hi all, The Stacktrace class (system.diagnostic) in CLR 2.0 (Framework 2.0), still offers a constructor to allow showing the stack-trace of another thread. However, the usage involves suspending the diagnosted thread. Now, CLR 2.0 turns the Suspend method into obsolete, which leaves the abo...more >>

Hi, long time reader, first time poster I have an application that will be doing this 5 times a second: Get a bunch of data from a NetworkStream and convert it into a Bitmap Therefore, the process looks like: Read the NetworkStream to find out size of the data Allocate that amount as a byte...more >>

I am looking to take data from an excel spreadsheet into a csharp application to manipulate the data in various ways. Currently, I am using VS2005 (self-taught C#) and Excel 2000. I have researched into using the Excel.Application object and have successfully openned a worksheet in Excel (thou...more >>

Hello, I have a very frustrating issue I've been working on. I have a routine that does the following: 1. Load a large (declared local to the function) DataSet from the database. It contains 5 tables. 2. Load the database into a fairly complicated object model. 3. I dispose of the Data...more >>

C# novice... Can I create a console application (think the Pine email reader or even 'edit' in DOS) where I can use my up/down/side arrows to move around the app? I'd want something with a simple menu system as well as popup functionality. Any hints/pointers to get me started? Marco ...more >>

HI, I have showed a Save As dialog in ASP.Net many times. Now trying to show one in windows based application but to no avail, can anybody tell me how to do it ? My application is writing a file, and I just want a Save As/ Open File dialog, like the one we have in web based applications. I'll ...more >>

How do I get the file size of a JPEG and resize it if it is too big in terms of MB or KB? I am using Windows Forms, .NET 2.0, C#. I want to put this image in a database so I want to make sure it isn't too large (ideally no more than 200K. I tried discovering the size of a JPEG using sizeof but...more >>

I have some code that ends up looking alot like: ushort x = (ushort)(m + b); whereas both m and b are ushorts also. This is due to the automatic casting of values to int. Some quick questions: 1 - Why? Why would they do this, this way? Why not automatically cast it to the size of the r...more >>

I like your opinions about the best way of documenting the code in Csharp. To my particularly I like the solution given in VST 2000 but that they (Microsoft) removed of 2005. That you think about Ndoc and others? What do you prefer for VS2005 and ..Net 2? Thanks... ...more >>

How to use XmlWriter Class to convert a Object with data to Xml format? Regards, Sugandh ...more >>

Hi, In my C# Windows form MyForm, I have a ListView LVW1 and it's size is pretty big, says it can accommodate approximately 25 rows. The LVW1 is in a GroupBox. Now that I only have 5 rows of ListViewItem in the LVW1, and we leave empty space on the LVW1. In some situation the color of the ...more >>

Hi there. How can I modify a form control property from another form. Let's say, I have a frmMain that has a ToolStripMenuItem with the current user info. Then, I open another form (frmChangeUser) and after I enter a password in that form, the current user will change and the frmMain ToolSt...more >>

Hi i have datarepeater in which i have textboxes, how to create txtCustID_TextChanged event in datarepeater like simple textbox its easy double click it and it create automatically the event but in data repeater we have multiple textbox and cannot directly create event handler for that textb...more >>

Hello! I have some images (for instance in .jpg files) which I would like to apply digital rights management for, i.e. that only authorized users may wiew then using their www browser, i.e. if a non-authorized user is attempting to address the .jpg file with a url, or for that sake gets a c...more >>

Hello, I have an array of strings and need to find the matching one with the fastest possible code. I decided to order the array and then write a binary search algo. What I came up with is the following. I noticed that if I set: int upper = strings.GetUpperBound(0); I never match the l...more >>

Hello, using the WriteLine method of the Trace class I noticed that strings containing null characters (i.e. \0) get truncated in the output window at the first null char and anything that follows simply gets lost. I'm using ..NET 1.1 (have not tested with 2.0). Try the following to see ...more >>

Hello, is there a way of retrieving the type of the class containing a static method from the method itself when it gets called? I have this situation: an abstact class that defines a static method, a class that derives from the abstract class and I need to retrieve the type of the concre...more >>

I need to form an xmlelement like the declaration below: <message xmlns="http://abcd.com" xmlns:s2s="http://abcd.com" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://abcd.com message.xsd"> Can you please let me know what needs to be done. I need the solutio...more >>

Hello, I am trying to manipulate the properties of a form's controls from a class. I dont want to make the form's control public. Attached is a code snippet of what I am trying to accomplish: Public Form1() public void SetLabel4Text(string theText) { label4.Text = ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to parse some text into c# commands using reflection. I am new to this so there may be a simpler way of doing things. Anyhow, the below code works fine except for enums. PropHere is an array containing the string name of the property I want to set and newValues is an array co...more >>

Hello, Is there a way to convert .Net2's DataGridView into an HTML table? Any pointers appreciated. Thanks, --PhB ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to display a MessageBox after a FolderBrowserDialog. I see that it gets displayed, but not activated. The form is not in front and when I have some other forms open the MessageBox is hidden behind them. The problem seems to occur only after using the FolderBrowserDialog. H...more >>

Hello NG, Originally I posted this question on microsoft.public.xml but did not get any reply all day so cross posting it on this NG in hope of getting some answer - I have a very basic understanding of XML so need some help here. I have a XML file (structure given below). I want to chang...more >>

I am using a method to serialize objects to xml. this method is working fine to serialize most of the objects to Xml. For one collection object, it is not doing so. The Collection and its containing object are marked [Serilizable]. What could be the reasons for the object not getting serial...more >>

How can I kill or close a MessageBox that is shown in a thread that I later abort? In the following code, the MessageBox will always stay open until closed by the user, even when the other event terminates first and the main WaitForData method returns! static public void WaitForData() { ...more >>

Hi, My application supports different languages, and i have a problem with the decimals: In this application, i receive datas like "10.528". When i use CurrentCulture = "en-US", no problem. But with "fr-FR" for example, there's a bug. Of course, one way to solve this problem is to test if...more >>

Hello NewsGroup, Reading up on Generics in the .NET Framework 2.0 using C# 2005 (SP1), I have a question on the application of Generics. Knowingly, Generic classes are contained in the System.Collections.Generic namespace. Literature I have read on this ties generics in with collections, ...more >>

/* Hello, Its maybe simple but i cant fix it :( First i would say sry for my english, but i will try my best :) Its web application and what i have in the files: In aspx: <table> <asp:PlaceHolder ID="placek" runat="server" /> </table> In cs: */ protected void Page_Load(object sen...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to build a deployment package for an application that was migrated to ASP.net 2.0. My problem is that after I deploy the application, I still have to into the IIS manager, go into the web sites ASP.net properties and switch the ASP.net version to 2.0 because by default the 1...more >>