how can i find cpu speed , ram capacity and cpu's free cycle in C# ..Net. Please reply urgent. ...more >>

Hi all, I have developed an application in which there are uptill now 12 projects and few of them are dependent on each other. The problem is I am not able to manage the references across different projects. Previously I used to get one error it says something like the object of typ...more >>

If (Not MyBooleanVal) Then Begin // Do Something End; if (! MyBooleanVal) { // Do Something } Same right? -- Warm Regards, Lee "Upon further investigation it appears that your software is missing just one thing. It definitely needs more cow bell..."...more >>

Hi all, in creating a C# Windows Forms library to create professional applications with. In searching for a good reporting tool to create and distribute my applications reports with. Does anyone know a good reporting tool for .NET? Crystal Reports is, of course, a good reporting tool, but ...more >>

I'm using a custom Configuration to build four of eight projects under the same solution. For this configuration (call it ConfigA), I have the four projects set to build. However, the order is important. When I update a DLL that happens to start with the letter "u", the EXE, which happens to ...more >>

Deleting some files with C# fails with "Access to the path 'X' is denied". I have files copied from a CD that I burned (and not locked by a process) and a text file that I created in Windows Explorer. I can delete all of them through Windows Explorer. I can programmatically delete the text...more >>

Hi, I am having a problem with my form being too slow to load up. I have a 4-5 of comboboxes on the form that load a lot (~30,000 records) into them. So this is causing a lot delay (5-6 seconds) for the form to load. Most of the time the form will be used for viewing data only. But sometime...more >>

I have a custom dictionary and i would like to bind it to a control. Since Dictionary doesn't implement IList i would have to write it. Is the only way to do this to keep another collection that matches the key in the dictionary to an index in the collection? dan Here is the code i want...more >>

Hi, Can I use System.IO.Ports to read virtual COM ports, created by a driver? I need to know it before buy a Serial-to-USB cable! hehe Thanks, Jos=E9 Valim. ...more >>

There are situations where it appears code can go either in the form Designer's class or the form's class. Is there a best practice regarding where code should go? Does it matter? Here are some examples: 1) If I have multiple TreeViews on a single form (Form1) and I want to consolidat...more >>

I'm a little confused about the Facade pattern. As I understand it, it's supposed to be a single, simplified interface into a larger amount of subsystems. The question I have is basically how simple and interface is it supposed to be? Lets say I've got an application with multiple layers...more >>

Hi Everyone, I'm looking for suggestions for touch screen form sizes. Or better yet dealing with forms very various screen sizes. How to deal with anchoring buttons etc and so they don't overlap with bigger screen size. I'm trying to build a hospitality touch screen application w/ Window f...more >>

Cannot seem to install Standard Visual C#.net 2003. Was previouslly installed and framework got wiped out. Reinstalled framework 1.1 from Prerequisics disk OK but installation of C# produces this error: " [03/03/06,10:48:33] Visual C# .NET Standard 2003 - English: [2] ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND ...more >>

Question regarding the use of a FormView control. All I need is the ability to submit a form (insert a record) and return back a "Thank You". I am defaulting the FormView to "Insert" mode (InsertItemTemplate), but after the post I would like to put my Thank You message in the ReadOnly template...more >>

In C#, how do I convert a data (could be any primitive types or user defined structures such as int, short [] ...) to byte[]? How do I convert it back assume I know the type in advance?...more >>

hello how can I convert DateTime from "25.12.2005" to "2005-12-25 00:00:00.000" ? Now I have DateTime as string (I get it from <asp:label>). Thanks ...more >>

I'm reading the book Wrox-Professional C# 2005 and it's trying to demonstrate an anonymous method in an event handler. I would not do this in a real app, but am trying to understand how this works. They have a windows form with a button on it. Rather than wiring up the click event to a me...more >>

I'm trying to add Microsoft Word 11.0 reference to the project. It adds with a yellow mark and it doesn't bring anything in Object Browser.. I tried it in VB 2005 and C# (VS 2005) on 2 machines (Windows XP Pro) with the same result. What's wrong? Thank you Al ...more >>

I ran into a problem a while back when attempting to convert existing .NET 1.1 based code to .NET 2.0 using Generic collections rather than Hashtable, ArrayList, etc. I ran into an issue because the old code allowed me to do what basically was the following assignment: class SomeClass { ...more >>

public class ClassA { [MyCoolAttribute] private string _FieldName; public string FieldName { get { return _FieldName; } } } public class ClassB: ClassA { // [MyCoolAttribute] // Must be explicity typed in attribute or implicit in // the base class? ...more >>

I want to be able to load up the items collection of a combobox with string values I create in Application settings. I have created a collection of strings in the Settings window, but I am unable to bind it to the "items" member of a combobox because that member is not available in ApplicationSe...more >>

How does one bind a SortedList to anything. If it cant be done why would anyone ever even use a sortedlist? We are currently (via business objects that use interfaces etc) binding gridviews to List<T> type with zero problem which was an upgrade from our previous methodology of doing the exa...more >>

Basically my dept. needs to rewrite a big powerbuilder app into C#(vs 2005) and since we're doing it in modules, the 2 apps need to talk to each other(like passing string back and forth). Does anyone have an idea on how to aproach that? Any sample code would be great Thanks in advance...more >>

Hi, Despite me being able to type the following in to SQL Server and it updating 1 row: > updatestockcategory 1093, 839 In my code, it is not updating any rows. dataSet = new DataSet(); dataAdapter = new SqlDataAdapter(SQLCommandString, conn); dataA...more >>

Hi I've got a c# application that will often run in the background as it is used to monitor connections to a host. An activex control displays the communication between the app and the host. When the host disconnects the app, I want to take a screen shot of the active x control. Two met...more >>

hi.. we are planning to do a file distibution system in dotnet 2.0 (the system will recieve request for file transfers from one legacy system to another using connect direct api, the execution of the file transfer itself will be multi-threaded. are there any differences between 1.1 and 2.0 ...more >>

How do I copy the binary data (possibly longer than 8000 bytes) to a DataTable? What is the syntax to add a column and add data to it like below? DataTable.Columns.Add("MyBinaryField", ???); (What is the syntax for the 2nd parameter) DataRow dr = DataTable.NewRow(); dr["MyBianryField"] = ...more >>

Moin! I've 'composed' a special UserControl I need for my current project. On this Control I put a ComboBox. The user is not allowed to access the ComboBox directly (to protect some properties), so I used Properties to enable the user to do some things in design mode. It all works fine except...more >>

I have a binary data to write to sql database by using a stored procedure. What is the syntax for data type passed to the following call for adding the parameter? What if the data is longer than 8000 bytes? cmd.Parameters.Add("Data", "data type");...more >>

I loop through all the folders in a directory. I want to be able to check if a folder is set as hidden. I've been playing around with FileAttributes, see below. But its not working. FileAttributes fileAttributes = File.GetAttributes(fileName); It returns a value of 34 which is not one of th...more >>

Hello friends, i m working on a project for developing a framework component for multilingual support in C# .net. I have a class library project so i want to convert this dll to a exe so that the deployer can use my component without exposing coding details. ...more >>

Hi all, i have to check if a value is a valid date format depending on a "format string" the user specified. For example: Format String: "dd/mm/yyyy" Date Value: "01/12/2006" Valid: Yes! Format String: "yyyymmdd" Date Value: "01/01/2006" Valid: No! Format String: "dd.mm.yyyy" Date ...more >>

Hi, I have to create an application using a database. There won't be client/server access (only one user...). What is the best solution ? Access ? MSDE ? Something else ? Thanks ! ...more >>

Hi, In a windows service, I have some appSettings. If I during runtime changes one of the values, is it availabele to the service from that moment? Or do I have to restart the service before I can access the new value? Ex. I have this entry in my .config file: <add key="Path" value="C:...more >>

Hello, I've got a design problem that I can't figure out. I need to override a static method which happens to be referenced by methods inside nested classes. In the sample below, in the call tst.runTest() I need the result to display "child", however it always displays "parent". I can un...more >>

In C# is it possible to initialize the items of an array when the array is an array of structures? When I try to initialize the items of the array (as shown below) using the method I would use in C++, I get the compiler error "Array initializers can only be used in a variable or field i...more >>

I want to read all the files of a directory using this: DirectoryInfo d = new DirectoryInfo(Environment.CurrentDirectory + @"\Documents"); The application is stored in another machine and when I try to execute it, an error appears: System.Security.SecurityException. What can I do? Thank ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to get a usertoken from a particular process running on the computer, from a Windows Service to do a Windows group membership of the user running that process. I was planning to use a API call to OpenProcessToken and use the Tokenhandle retrieved to build a WindowsIdentity...more >>

Hello, I'd like to be able to (programatically) determine the following about the computer my application will be running on: * whether the machine is a laptop or a desktop * whether DirectX is installed, and if so which version For the DirectX I know I could check system32 for s...more >>