Hello. How can I retrieve private fields from instance of my class with GetFields method? Thank you. ...more >>

Hi, I'm new to c#. Is it possible to map network printers with it? and change devmode? Thanks....more >>

VS2005/NET 2.0 provides easy way to manage configuration files using "appNamespace.Properties.Settings.Default" class. It seems initial values entered at design time through VS2005's property are saved in appname.exe.config file. These values can be changed and saved by the application at runt...more >>

C# .NET 2.0 - Crystal Reports XI I am trying to connect Crystal Report to DB2 database from my C# application. After I run the connection info code and try to export the report I get {"Database logon failed."} System.Exception {CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.LogOnException} ...more >>

This is wrong but it seems I might be on track somewhat close: I want to display my ArrayList of Random numbers in the list box. Below you see this as aLRandoms. There seems to be a provision to load a range : listBox1.Items.AddRange(lboxObjCol); so I try to load the lboxObjCol as shown: S...more >>

Can this be done? Also if anyone in Seattle would like to moonlight for a small project on this let me? -Jim jd at qiot.com ...more >>

I'm trying to save data from a custom object into the profile object, but it is not structured the way that I want. I'm trying to get the custom object to serialize as xml to a Profile object like so: <Teachers> <Teacher> <Classes> <Class> <Students...more >>

Hi, I am using VS2005 (C#) and SQL Server 2000. How can I make sure that: 1. Client A queries info from database and displays it in a list view or other controls on a form. If Client B changes some of this info that is displayed by client A, clint A gets its info updated 2. If clint B...more >>

Is there a way to properly sort by date (not string) in a datagrid? The date is shoved into a DataGridTextBoxColumn type, which seems to be the only alternative. Then is sorts by string instead of date. Thanks, Brett ...more >>

In VS.NET 1.1, when I commented-out a block of code, VS.NET put the comment slashes on the left margin, rather than next to the code. This made it very easy to identify blocks of code that I had commented out. VS.NET 2.0 puts the slashes next to the code, which I find far less convenient. B...more >>

I have a web application in .Net 2.0. It generates. I have a web for where user enters data and I need to generate an excel sheet from that and send that as an emil to certain email addresses. I have no clue how to create a new excelsheet from a template. If someone has a code sample that would...more >>

Hi, I have a datagrid in my windows application, where data of a MS SQL Server should be displayed. I did this and it works fine. Now I have the problem of changing the format for displaying the date which is stored in the database. The format in the database looks like this: yyyy-mm-dd hh...more >>

Hello, I am trying to automate deployment of the same project to several servers in one shot (e.g. dev, qa, etc...). Depending on the server, the app should access a different web service. The web service seems to be defined in the Settings.Designer.cs (which is a generated file). I am wo...more >>

Hi all, I'm used to VB.net (in VS2003) but just starting out with C#. I have a silly problem, I can't access the properties and methods of controls to add code. In a VB Project, I could double-click on (for example) a button and it would add a bit of code for the click event, but if I did...more >>

VS2005. It's possible to avoid circular references like in C++? ...more >>

I know the question of whether or not a SWF file can be read in by a ..NET application has been asked a billion times, however, what I'm asking is whether or not it is possible (any examples? tutorials? Flash Object COM readme?) to embed a SWF file into your VS.NET project as a resource, and the...more >>

Hi, I need to open an Excel file from within my ASP.NET app and read data. I'm guessing the most like format in ASP.NET would be a DataTable. Regardles,, how do I get the data into my ASP.NET app from the Excel file? I have made a reference to the Excel 11.0 object library, but am not sur...more >>

I have a generic collection which I am using in classes to store a collection of embedded objects. Class Employee: IEntity { Private string mName; Private int mEmployeeID; …. Private GenericCollection<Address> mAddresses; //property Public GenericCollection<Address> Addresses {...more >>

I am beginning to write some C# pages to an app I created with VB.Net. There is one VB routine I use frequently - a javascript alert box. I have created a C# version, but it does not handle newlines. I get an "unterminated string constant" error message. Googling this problem gives some h...more >>

Is there any way to specify a different executable name for my project based on value that I have set in my conditional compilation constant. For eg: If I have FIRST specified in my conditional compilation constant then I would like the executable to be XYZ.exe and if nothing is specified then ...more >>

how do I call a method from CellClick if a user performs a single click on a datagridview row and the same time allowing a double click event to be passed onto CellDoubleClick if the user performs a double click action? As it is now, the CellClick traps the single click event but does not all...more >>

I've created a custom datagrid and would like to get only entries displaying in the grid. The datasource may be a table or dataview. So I check for this in the custom datagrid class: if (this.DataSource.GetType().FullName.Equals("System.Data.DataTable")) dt = (DataTable)this.DataSource; ...more >>

Hi, Has anyone managed executing a DTS package in SQL Server 2000 from a windows form created using c#? Also, I specify the path of the new file everytime through this windows form. Please HELP! I've see examples of windows console based execution, but nothing from a windows form. ...more >>

I am re-creating an application that is outdated and originally created in C++ This app, reads values in, creates objects for each line and populates fields, then runs some conditions on the data setting various flags, then outputs it all to a dbf (foxpro) database. I want to keep the struc...more >>

Hello, I am trying to use msbuild to try and automate the building process. It does compile fine, but I get the following warning: CSC : warning CS1668: Invalid search path 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\VC7\ATLMFC\LIB' specified in 'LIB environment variable' -- 'The s...more >>

Hello, I am trying to download a pdf file using HTTPWebRequest class and then save the downloaded pdf to a SQL Server 2005 database image column and then display the pdf on a web app. When I try to display the PDF, Adobe reader comes up and shows an error msg "an uncrecognized token aID was fou...more >>

The way I understand it, if I have an object Listener that has registered as a listener for some event Event that's produced by an object Emitter, as long as Emitter is still allocated Listener will stay alive. Is this correct? If this is correct, I've got a problem. Let's say I've got an obje...more >>

hello, can someone point me to an example or show me how to grey out or hide a text box when a certain radio button is selected? i've searched and read through the internet for a couple of hours and couldn't find an example of how to do this. Below is the code for my radio button and text box...more >>

Not sure where I should be posting this question but... I want to loop through all the messages in a pst file and forward them to another address. My purpose is first to test a spam filtering solution, then to train a baysian filter. I would like to use C# but am finding that .net/mapi don'...more >>

I have recently switched from VS2003 to VS2005 and at the same time from V1 to V2 of the .NET Compact Framework. The target is a Windows CE 5.0 device and an ARMV4I processor. System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.WriteInt32 used to work fine but now is misbehaving. I wrote some native-co...more >>

Hi, this may be a stupid question: How can I can call the DoWork-function of a BackgroundWorker synchronous? Or in other words: How can I extend the BackgroundWorker class with a function RunWorkerSync()? I want to write a class that I can call functions synchronous and asynchronous. ...more >>

Hi, Are static variables thread safe? I have a static byte array. This will be accessed from more than one thread. Is it automatically thread safe by being static rather than an instance or do i need to write code to make it thread safe? Cheers Macca...more >>

I want frmMain.text to show the current publish version. What is the code to get the current publish version? For example. frmMain.text = "My Application Version: " & project.publish.version But I don't know how to call the project.publish.version numbers. ...more >>

Hi everyone, I need to be able to compare to dates to ensure that one is at least 1 day greater than the other. Im trying to do if(toDate !> fromDate){ // handle } This works but the problem is its comparing the datetime down to the minute and second. I need to be accurate only ...more >>

I have an abstract class that is a windows form called "BaseList" that contains a grid control. This grid control is then populated by any concrete class that inherits from BaseList. I have a class SpecificList class that is a kind of BaseList (class SpecificList:BaseList). When a user intera...more >>

I'm trying to associate a file extension to a program I've created. I have browsed for the program in Windows Explorer | Tools | Options and set it there. However, Windows always keeps Notepad as the program that should open this file. I'd did the exact same steps a few days ago and the pro...more >>

How do I set the publish wizard to add a shortcut to the client's desktop?...more >>

I have been updating my windows application written in C#. I have added several region statements to organize my code. The forms inherit from other forms. The application runs fine. I am having problems with editing the forms and adding new code. If I double click on a new event it adds the e...more >>

Hello, I have an enum that uses the # sign in a Constant and I'm getting syntax errors. How do I excape this in my code. enum Notes { A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G# } Thanks Mike ...more >>

Hello, I am developing ASP.NET 1.1 application against SQL Server 2000 db, where users have ability to construct their own select criteria (for a where clause). I already developed a user control where user can select field name, operator (equals, like, begins with, etc) and value of the se...more >>

hello we are developing one tool where we need to open and make password protected zip files. we found some solutions but they don't support password protected things. does any one knows about this or any aproach for this. We need to open password procted zip file and then again recr...more >>

Hi We have a application with Framework 1.1 and Vs .NET 2003. the application has a service with pooling; like a File system Watcher, but works. the system works fine in the development enviroment with a performance very good; but production not. ------------------------------------------...more >>

I've stripped down my code to barebones to demonstrate (below). I have interfaces and classes which implement them. I force my generic collection to accept only the interface type. If I create an instance of the generic class using the class implemention of the interface I find it can't be con...more >>

Hi I need to get a unique identifier to a machine, I chose to use a MAC address. The problem I am having is that the methods I have found on the internet and through Google groups aren't sufficient for what I require. Option 1 - using WMI Unfortunately I'm using Framework 1.1 http://grou...more >>

Hi, on shutdown I receive the exception ReleaseComObject. Following the call stack when the exception occures. mscorlib.dll!System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.ReleaseComObject(System.Object o = <Nicht definierter Wert>) + 0x18 Bytes system.management.dll!System.Management.Instrumentati...more >>

I'm trying to inherit from System.Diagnostics.ProcessThread but I keep getting the same error no matter what I try:The namespace 'CSRSystem' already contains a definition for 'Program' None of these pieces of code work: using System.Diagnostics; namespace CSRSystem { class Program : Proce...more >>

My solution (C#) contains binary references to .NET Framework components. The sources for those components are available. But it seems that these sources are not reachable by DevStudio: I cannot set break points, I cannot browse source code from Class View or Object Browser and I cannot see XML-...more >>

Hi, I just started programming with C# and have big troubles with reading from an excelFile.... plz, could anyone help med with the code -- LZ...more >>

Anybody know how to get the exact (X, Y) position of a file on the desktop? ...more >>

Hi, I have a DataViewgrid that is filled with records sorted on a column 'Date'.When double-clicking on a row do I view the selected row in another window. So far so good But when I sort the DataViewgrid on another column and dbl-click again do I get a different row than the one selected ??? ...more >>

If you type directly this address http://www.parkoz.com/zboard/login_check.php?user_id=xxx&password=xxxx&auto_login=false into your browsers (IE or Opera) and press enter, it shows a page anyway. But in the following code, just throws a time-out exception. I think the server is checking the cli...more >>

Framework version : 1.1 For a given directory (which may have subdirectories), I need to identify the number of text files (*.txt). For this I have tried recursive method to search files, it works fine for the directory which has smaller size, but it takes 2 or 3 minutes to search the direc...more >>

Hi, After converting my project from VS.NET 2003 to VS.NET 2005 I am receiving the error: The call is ambiguous between the following methods or properties: 'System.Math.Floor(decimal)' and 'System.Math.Floor(double)' For the line of code: byte upperValue = (byte)Math.Floor(bytes[i]/...more >>

My service is running fine when i give full path like this "E:\c# windows\clamservice\bin\Release\database" but when i tried for dynamic "/database" it compiles well but when i go to Computer Management ->Services and start it ,it gives "The clamservice on local computer started and ...more >>

Hi all SQL Server 2000 & C# 2005 Currently if I want to execute a batch of INSERT's I will join all the inserts up with ; and then execute them at once in one execution, however I am considering the use of parameterised queries - I'm wondering if there is any major performance issues her...more >>

I would like to make a notyfication icon showing all the time my service is running ... The problem is that in implementation above requires to check "Allow interact with desktop" in service properys tab to work properly ... Why? How to make my notyfication visible without doing anything manual...more >>

I cannot seem to display any info with my Data Grid ... the online examples I have seen 'appear' to say the same thing. create a DataTable then simply call something like this myDataGrid.Source = myDataTable. I'm missing something fundemental here cos I get big black nothing. here's some c...more >>