Hi, I have an file "painting.ico". I use an class which has an "Icon" property. How can I set this property. I tried - Build Action: embedded resource But it crashed during the assignment - class.Icon = new Icon("painting.ico"); Anybody know the right way? Thanks in advance Tho...more >>

Hello all, any FREE solution for export data into excel file? Thanks in advanced. ...more >>

Hi, I am saving a forms location by getting the x and y coordinates as such;- this.Location.X.ToString(); this.Location.Y.ToString(); when i again load the form i am using the saved x and y coordinates as such;- public void setLocation(int x, int y) { Point moveTo = this.PointTo...more >>

I have data I am reading from a database. I want to take that data, parse it, and put it in between html tags. When I have that row completed in between all the tags, then I want to save that file as an .htm. I'm not asking anyone to write code. I was hoping someone would point me in the...more >>

In the following code, I want ArrayList object x to be of type double. How can I do that? --Thanks SqlConnection objConnection = new SqlConnection("server=(local)\\SQLEXPRESS; database=Northwind; integrated security=true;"); String strSQL = "SELECT ProductName, Un...more >>

Hi, I have a rich text box that can have hyperlinks ect within the text! when I save this data to file how should I do it? that is can I just save it as text? or do I need to serialize it beforehand to preserve the hyperlink info? thanks in advance ...more >>

What is the difference among filestream, memoryStream and byte stream, how do i use each properly. i confused by them appreciate for any advice ,please help ...more >>

I want to create a html email with c# and the class System.Web.Mail. The assign html code is correct, but the produced email has a lot of strange errors in the text. there are ! in the text, spaces and new lines in the tags. Is there any solution for this problem? Thanks Thomas ...more >>

Hi I'm a little confused by this so would appreciate some advice on ways to deal with the following. When I call the CodeMaker.Update static method for the second time I want the dt parameter to have the same value as when called the first time. What would be the best approach (and simplest...more >>

Windows XP MS SQLExpress VS 2003 ..NET 1.x SP1 {for Application} ..NET 2.0 {for SQLExpress} MS Enterprise Library June 2005 This works from a command prompt osql -E -S localhost\SQLEXPRESS > use <MyDatabase> > select * from <MyTable> > go However on the same machine, attempting to...more >>

Hi, I have a situation where I have a dynamically loaded DataGridView and I need to see if a particular column exists in the DataGridView before I enable it for editing. Is there an easy way to see if the column exists? Thanks! Ron ...more >>

Hi, I have an application that loads data into a ListView object, is there anyway for me to loop through that list row by row, column by column. Currently the user selects a name from a dropdown and the listview refreshes with data on that person, I need to then write that data out to a file, b...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to convert a string to a date time in a C# web service. I'm passing in a string parameter and I have a localization setting in my Web.config file: My app is blowing up on the first line here, with a"Value does not fall within the expected range" error. CultureInfo ci ...more >>

DESIGNER: <asp:Button runat="server" ID="b1" Text="<%$ Resources:Products, PopularProducts %>" /> CODE BEHIND: protected void Page_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e) { Response.Write(Resources.Products.PopularProducts); } These two should both be linking to the same resource,...more >>

I have an icon file stored as part of a program as a resource (Embedded Resource). How can I get the file out of the resource to be able to set a window's icon to the icon? (I know the icon is there because I can pull it out as bit map and display it.) TIA - Jeff. ...more >>

I'm having a little trouble using the Regex.Replace method. I am trying to perform a search and replace based on string pattern. I've been successful in replacing string from it's starting position to the end of the string value, however, I want to better define an ending position. Below foll...more >>

I have the following code: OracleConnection ocn = null; ocn = new OracleConnection(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ODB_Connectionstring"]); OracleParameter omid = new OracleParameter("OUT_MESSAGE_ID", OracleType.Int32); omid.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output; OracleParameter...more >>

Hello, I am trying to get a system image, like the ones that appear in the message boxes, to go into my picture box on a winform. How do I do this? If possible, I'd like to keep all the nice translucency just like when appear in message boxes. Thanks....more >>

I recently developed an internal website with various queries against our SQL server. I added buttons with Response.Redirect. These buttons do not work with Internet Explorer, however when using Firefox the page works flawless. Does anyone know why this is happening or how to fix it? ...more >>

....or, to put it perhaps more communicative, something like this: Type someObjectsType = someObject.GetType(); someObjectsType newObject = new someObjectsType(); Is this possible? If so, how? Thanks very much in advance, Daniel :) ...more >>

Hi there. My goal is to write a windows service that can act as HTTP Request server. How can I do that? I know that I can use ASP.NET to develop a web site to achieve this purpose, i.e. receive HTTP request. However, I'd like it to exist in the form of a "Windows Service". I also under...more >>

I have written a winforms application that launches approximately 150 threads with Thread.ThreadStart() Each thread uses CDO 1.21 to logon to a different Exchange mailbox and send/receive a number of mail messages, reporting back to the UI thread through the use of a Queue object. When all m...more >>

I have written an application that launches approximately 150 threads with Thread.ThreadStart() Each thread uses CDO 1.21 to logon to a different Exchange mailbox and send/receive a number of mail messages, reporting back to the UI thread through the use of a Queue object. When all messages...more >>

i have like tasks to migrate an applcation (a great application , so many packages and much design) coding in C#1.1, and i have ti migrate it in C#2.0 (VS 2005), i hope so for help to doing a strategy and how i can doing this work, i m justing coming from java_world, i dont have so many experien...more >>

Hi, I'm working on an application in C# that will allow the user to create simple CAD drawings on a CEPC system. I would like to be able to change the cursor shape depending on the drawing mode selected by the user. I started out by setting up P/Invokes for LoadCursor and SetCursor. Calling...more >>

If a newer version of the application exist, the user will receive a popup question that states, "Update Available. Application update. A new version of projectname is available. Do you want to download it now?" OK button and a Skip button are show on the popup question. I don't want the ...more >>

I’m looking for a way to create a generic dictionary of generic dictionaries grouped by type. Something like this Class the Grouping ChildItem<T>{…} Class ParentGrouping { Dictionary<Type, ChildItem <theGrouppingItemtype>> myDimDict; } So I would access it like this ParentGroupin...more >>

hi i have a screen with customer details on it. for some items i only want to make a combobox available. eg. country - this will hold a defined list of countries. my question is how i set up the datasource etc. on this combo. of course, when opening the screen, i want the existing value for...more >>

Hello all. Not sure which group this problem best relates to, so I'm posting to both with a follow up. I started learning C# and .NET last august for a project for my employer. The project involved extending explorer by creating a context-menu extension and allow certain actions to be perfor...more >>

Hi, I'm writing an add-in for outlook 2003 which automatically schedules the users tasks from the task list in to the calendar with respect to priority. I can sort the tasks by priority within the task list via; _Items olTasks = olFolderTask.Items; // MSO items collection in f...more >>

Hi, I try to use a c++ dll in a CS-project. First i call a test method to receive the given parameter an compare both: extern DLLEXPORT char * DLL_Test(char *str){ return str; } This method is defined in a header file, in a seperate project of the solution which provides the dll function...more >>

Hi guys i need to deserialize the xml file in C#. and that file has about 300 nodes? how can i do that. plz help me. its urgent thanks in advance Sanjiv ...more >>

I have a native function which returns an image in the form of a BYTE* lpDIB array. How do I convert it to a Bitmap, so that I can work with it properly in C#? Thanks in advance, Cosmin ...more >>

I understand that Point is an object used for storing co-ordinates, such as mouse location. I can't figure out what the e's do in the above example can someone explain please. Thanks, Gary. ...more >>

Hi, How can i save the specific RichTextBox in the selected tab if i have several tabs with RichTextBoxes in? The application is a text editor type program and when i try to save the most recently opened text file in the rich text box my application saves that file over the other files?? Can ...more >>

Does anyone know the difference, in practical terms, between Thread.Sleep (10000) and Thread.CurrentThread.Join (10000)?? The MSDN says that with Join, standard COM and SendMessage pumping continues, but what does this mean in practice for a typical Windows Forms or Windows Service applic...more >>

Hi, Does visual studio come with a compiler setting to obsfucate the assembly, or are there 3rd party products that do this? John. -- "I have nothing but the greatest respect for other peoples' crackpot beliefs". -- Sam the Eagle. ...more >>

NewBie question. How can access the project setting in C#? I can access the project setting in VB (My.Settings). ...more >>

Hi, I have a Hashtable, key is string and value is ArrayList. The problem is I cannot cast the value from object to ArrayList. like this: Hashtable ht = new Hashtable(); ArrayList al = new ArrayList(); al.Add("test"); ht.Add("key1", al); ArrayList al1 = (ArrayList)(Hashtable["key1"]; ...more >>

I can use SpecialDirectories.Desktop to Get the user's Desktop folder. But I can't find how to get the Dedktop folder of All user. How can I do? ...more >>

Hello! I try to build a class library but I run into some problems. In the code for this class library there are some rows that have this kind of look public bool IsBottomMixValid(MeltPracDataGmix.BottomBlowing mix, int maxBottomFlow) As you can see here we have a class named MeltPracDat...more >>

Hello! I'm trying to build a class library which has a class called AvestaPlantFunc. In this project building a class libray exist a class called AvestaPlantFunc. In this class is there a method called IsBottomMixValid. Code not relevant for the question has been removed. This method IsBotto...more >>

hello all, this is my code: LINE_1: CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument aRep= new CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument(); LINE_2: aRep.Load("c:\rep1.rpt", OpenReportMethod.OpenReportByTempCopy); in line_2 whatever option I use in load method error occu...more >>

How to get the name of sql server that is running in application? In another words, i need the name of sql server that i'm using in my application for getting data. Hrcko ...more >>