Does anyone know of a resource with info regarding Outlook Tools for Visual studio 2005. I want to create a contact in outlook 2003 and I don't know how to do it, so im looking for some help online or any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance ...more >>

Hi, This is what i would like to do : I have an Hashtable where all of my Keys are intergers. The user choose a number, and i want to find the Closest minimal values of my Keys. For example : mys Keys are : 0, 100, 250, 500. The user enter the value 200, the programme should return...more >>

Hello ! I made some test with webbrowser control in VS.2005. When I load a word document in webbrowser through .Navigate method (from my hdd), I want to get the stream of the loaded doc file with .DocumentStream, but this property is null. The property .DocumentText is = "" too. Am I missin...more >>

Hi, I have a C# windows desktop application that will be used only by one user at a time. The database server (SQL Server 2000) also resides on that machine only. This application has three logical layers (UI, Business layer and DataAccess layer). Currently, SQL Server connection is opened ...more >>

Hi, I am using C# 2.0 (VS2005) to build my user control that contains a number of dynamically loaded ListViews. ListViewItems have their ForeColor properties set to either black or blue to distinguish between ListViewItems. As long as no other application window (i.e. word or calculator, o...more >>

I am having a problem accessing/sharing classes/objects between projects contained within a single solution. I was under the impression that namespaces was the answer I was looking for, but it seems I am not getting anywhere with it and I hope I can get a little help. I've browsed the on-lin...more >>

PropertyInfo[] props = obj.GetType().GetProperties(); foreach (PropertyInfo p in props) if (p.PropertyType is ValueType) this._commonProperties.Add(p.Name, p.GetValue(request, null).ToString()); I get a warning that says p.PropertyType will never be ValueType....and it was righ...more >>

Hi, I have built a user control that contains several ListView controls displaying various data. ListViewItems display text in different colors. I have noticed however that when I move another window (say a word docuemnt or whatever else) over my application window, the font color of each...more >>

Please take your time to read the following, it's simple although the text is 3 paragraphs... Everytime an user is logged in I need to make a call to my sql server database to grab some specific user settings and load into Session variables. So, I have a "Loggedin" event in login.aspx which...more >>

Hi, Does using the the conditional operator (?:) instead of the common "if" statement will give a performance gain in a C# .NET 2003 application (even in C# .NET 2005?). What is the advantage of using it in C# other than typing shorter if ? Thanks, Marty...more >>

Im currently trying to create this web application that allows the user to place a help desk ticket. The problem that Im having is that instead of having the user place their email address in a text box I wanted to be able to get the users email address by code. Is this possible? Ive tired us...more >>

as subject. I have two classes, one is sealed class that will call or access the another class properties or methods. But, now, the another class is for future use and unknow what properties will add. I don't want to modify sealed class when the another class properties or new methods ad...more >>

What I am trying to do is loop through all my session variables and log them if there is an exception. I want to loop through and, if they're a value type, I want to add them to a NamedValueCollection and log them. How can I loop through and say for(int x=0; x<Session.Keys.Count;x++) { ...more >>

Looking for your highly subjective opinions (from those of you who have been working extensively with VS 2005). I have a client that needs/wants a complete rewrite of an existing application. I will be proposing a .NET Windows application with a supporting SQL Server database. It will likel...more >>

I am working on a player application for my podcast, currently all it does is make a Windows Media Player control open the MP3 file you select from a listbox populated by the RSS feed. I am trying to add a 'save' feature that downloads the MP3 to the local file system, but everything I have...more >>

Hi, I have two questions: 1.)Is it true that an rectangular array is really just an single dimensional array that lets itself be treated as a multi-dimensional array? For example the following declaration: int[,] rectangular = new int[5,10]; has it's memory layout in a sequential conti...more >>

Is there any function in C# to do as: result true if InList('abc,ihjl,dkfd,ooo', 'abc'); ...more >>

Hi all, Is anyone of you can help me how to make ISAPI filter in C#? Because i need to capture all the request on IIS before processing it. many thanks in advance. Wirawan *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***...more >>

Hi Can any one let me know the websites/Pdf for learning Aggragation in C#?? Thanks Senthil ...more >>

OK, I have class A defined as follows: class A { A(Queue<B> queue) { ... } } Now, I then have a subclass of both classes A and B. The subclass of A (SubA), more specifically is passed a Queue<SubB>. class SubA { SubA(Queue<SubB> queue) : base (queue) { ... } } ...more >>

I'd like to loop through all text boxes on a winform and check if they are empty. private bool emptyTextBoxes() { bool isEmpty = true; foreach(Control ctl in Controls) { if (typeof(ctl) == TextBox) //error here if(ctl.Text != "") isEmpty = false; } ...more >>

All, Is there a faster way to do this in C#: byte[] buffer; buffer = new byte[43]; for(int i = 0; i < buffer.Length; i++) buffer[i] = 0; Dave ...more >>

I have an application where I am required to run a full text query. My database is MySQL and code in C#. The way all queries are SELECT * FROM table WHERE firstname = ? and using command parameter the value of ? is added. But, how would I do the same in case of full text search. SELECT *...more >>

I accidentally deleted the toolstrip which had the ToolStripDropDownButton. Is there a easy way to get it back. The code for the toolstrip still exists, its just that I cant see it in the designer. I was wondering if there was any other way rather than re-doing the entire thing again.. Thanks...more >>

Hi. How do i "bulk update" data rows on a dataset table from another one DataTable? i have a dataset ds1 with a table "Groups" and a table "newgroupdata" and i want to update the records in ds1.Tables["Groups"] from the data in ds1.Tables["newgroupdata"]. Additional i want to insert groups...more >>

Hi, I'm new to c# an missing functions like memcmp and memcpy from C. Is there something similar ? cu Alex ...more >>

Well, I'm trying to create my own file uploader, just to start with something that can be usefull for me in the later days. I did it. Certainly it was so simple as I thought, actually I've some little bugs that I'm going to correct. But the thing that I'm not able to do is understand why, de...more >>

I am trying to migrate an existing Web Site (written in C#) from Visual Studio 2003 to 2005 but I am having some problems :( The Web Site have in VS.2003 a couple of projects Web - The GUI of the Web Site Web Service - The Web Service with some functions used by the GUI... Data Layer ...more >>

I'm writing a custom Find() function on a collection class derived from List<T>. The function will return an object of the type held in the collection. How do I specify the return type of the function? Thanks. -- David Veeneman Foresight Systems ...more >>

How do I compile things in release mode... I have only done a web projects in Visual Studio 2005, and I go "Publish Web Site" when it's time to release that. But now I have created a Windows Service that I am ready to release. In the 2003 version I would just change the dropdown from "Debug...more >>

Is there a simple way to return a COM enumeration interface from .NET? I am porting a C++ COM Object that has an enumeration interface containing the DISPID_NEWENUM and DISPID_VALUE properties and the count property and need to create the equivilant in C#. I'm hoping I can just return an arr...more >>

hi all, i have one requirement in my project.The requirement is i want to fix some domain sites in TcpIp like proxy servers behaviour.When ever end user passing the inforamtion of that domain sites,at that time i want to get the inforamtion and i ahve do some operations.How can i implement this ...more >>

Thanks for reading this... Our current Win app employs a ListView control wherein the tag for an item is, for example, "ContentManager.DataModel.PowerPointContent". The following code exists (and works just fine) for when the user clicks on any item within the ListView: private void lis...more >>

How to return the class name using static getter from a class? The base class as: class abcbase { .............. public static string ObjectName { get { return ??????????? } } } class def : abcbase { ..................... } class ijk : abcbase { ...more >>

I have a problem dealing with passing a function address to a COM callback. I use this COM function for communicating to a hardware. My original project was written in VB. I have converted it to C#. One of the problem is passing a function address to a COM function as a parameter with another...more >>

How do I go about overriding a Control's OnPaint Method? I would like to prevent a control's color from changing when it is disabled. I have overridden the Form's OnPaint Method but I need to do it at the control level. Thanks, Ron ...more >>

Hi, I have a situation where in a dll a SqlDataReader is created on a function call but is never closed. The datareader gets passed back to the asp.net page calling it. How should I close the SqldataReader in the function where it is being created properly? If I close the SqlDataReader in...more >>

I have the following DataGridTableStyle: DataGridTableStyle gridTableStyle = new DataGridTableStyle(); gridTableStyle.MappingName = "myStyle"; DataGridTextBoxColumn dgsc = new DataGridTextBoxColumn(); dgsc.MappingName = "FirstName"; dgsc.HeaderText = "First Name"; dgsc.Wi...more >>

Hello, I am attempting to retrieve a numeric type froma a table. I get an invalid cast exception when I use the following code in my data layer: //The problem definitley occurs in the line"id = (int) cmdSelect.ExecuteScalar();" public int GetId(string handle) { string strSelect...more >>

I have a string where I want to remove only those characters that are letters or numbers. Does .NET provide an easy method to do this? TIA! ...more >>

Is it me or is the speed of VS2005 actually slower than VS2003? The startup is pretty bad - even though I changed VS to display an empty environment. When I create a new form and want to change its size: while I am resizing, an hour glass comes up for a few seconds. There a lot of other slo...more >>

Hello All, While replying to my post many lost the track of what I was asking but = it was nice to know few extra things. Well coming back to my problem -- My field is varbinary in SQL db. Do you think converting it into = ToString()=20 might create problem. "FullName" col is just an exampl...more >>

Hi, I am working on a project and I need to obtain snapshots of the HTML pages. Currently I can only get the visible part of one page if the page has scroll bars. I searched on google and find some sample code but they are all have the same limitation. Does anyone have any ideas on this? ...more >>

Hi, we are planning to rewrite an extisting C++ image processing application/library in C#. Now several question arouse where I hope you can help me: So far we allocated a block of memory as image buffer, handed this to a driver dll and got raw image data back in this buffer. We then han...more >>

I've added a TextBox to the MenuStrip control in VS2005. The MenuStrip control has a height of 27 pixels on my system. For whatever reason, I can't seem to get the TextBox to be 27 pixels as well. It maxes out at 20. If I enter 27 for Size.Height, the Properties grid promptly changes it ...more >>

Hi, I wrote a program that runs on about 20 machines. Each machine is connected with a socket on all other machines. Each socket has its own handling thread. The main reading loop is using Poll () with a 100ms timeout and Receive () to check incoming data. Send () is used to send data. The...more >>

I am slowly getting the hang of objects and creating my own. I was given some help in assigning an object to a ComboBox collection. I have been looking at it and I get the concept which is very powerful but I'm having a bit of a problem conceptually. I was hoping someone might be able to ...more >>

Hello, I have the following problem and I do not know how to accomplish this. I have an (existing) powerpoint presentation that should be displayed not within its own window, but within a control of my own form. So I added a reference to the Microsoft PowerPoint Object Library and tried to...more >>

I want to call a method passing a parameter. I want to do this call on a seperate thread. For example, public class Foo { public static void FooSend(Message message) { // Start a seperate thread to call Send(message) method // everytime someone calls this FooSend method ...more >>

I have a question about BeginInvoke method found on the Control class. To quote the docs: "Executes the specified delegate asynchronously with the specified arguments, on the thread that the control's underlying handle was created on." Which is fine, but I'm wondering how does this method g...more >>

Hey All, This is probably a easy question, but I'm really stuck. I have a command console program written in C++, that I want to convert it to C# to make it into a windows app. The problem is that my program uses a third part dll. So I tried to write a wrapper class for it. Even though I ...more >>

I'm currently working on an assembly that has both forms and controls in it. When I create a new control based on UserControl and compile, it shows up in the toolbox for all forms in this assembly. When I create a subclassed control (from label in this case), it does not show up in the tool...more >>

Hello. OK, Thanks to the help I have the remote debugging worked out. Here is my next hurdle. I have a service that is supposed to be catching Event Log written events. this.eventLog1.EntryWritten += new System.Diagnostics.EntryWrittenEventHandler(this.eventLog1_EntryWritten); It catc...more >>

Hello. I am trying to debug remotely for the first time. I have 2 machines, identical credentials. Machine 1: Running VS2005.Net Machine 2: Running msvsmon.exe from a network share pointing to Machine 1. On machine 1, I can point to machine 2 and attach to the process just fine. However...more >>

Is it possible to force a cast to an inherited class? class Program { static void Main(string [] args) { Father Dad = new Father( ); Son boy = (Son) Dad; // <<== fails at run time with invalid cast } class Father { } ...more >>

I've got a dll which houses a namespace hierarchy of useful utilities. I decided that I wanted to add another class to this namespace today. I then started up the project, copied the class file to the project directory, clicked add existing item, and added the class. I then recompiled the dll. ...more >>

Is it possible to make, build and deploy a windows .Net application which can be installed in any pc without installing .Net framework on it?? In VB6 it's possible because you can deliver the .dll files with the setup file togather(in the same folder). It's a pity if it's not possible with VS ....more >>

hey, anybody help me. my problem is that i am doing xml seriazation through top most class. so many place i need indentation. so what i did i put hexadecimal code(&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;) class sample { private string _title; public string Title { get { return _title; } set { _title...more >>

Using C# Express, I am able to create a DLL that is usable by non .NET clients such as Excel. // Create a late bound instance, works Set CDLL = CreateObject("ClassLibrary1.Class1") // Call a method in it, works CDLL.MyMethod That is, all the methods are exposed. However, none of the propert...more >>

Hi, I've made a class with the following operator overloads listed below. However, If I test a 'pointer' for an instace, I get an exception that the object is not set to an insstance of an object. ID id = new ID(1,2) ..... e.g. if ( id != null ) <- this line calls the static overload, I...more >>