I have a couple of classes looking like this: ======================================== [Serializable] public class AdminSettingsData { public string adminSettingsPath; public string adminSettingsFile; public string usersSettingsPath; public boo...more >>

Hi there I have a custom label control (GradientLabel) which enherits from Label and basically just paints the background of a label in a gradient. In my code I have the following for the overidden OnResize event: protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e) { Graphics g = e.Gr...more >>

Hi Does anyone know a Web service for IP address to Geographic location resolution? Thanks P.S. I am in the UK, but I assume any good web service would be worldwide?? ...more >>

Hi I'm trying to fix an expression, to grab all sets of 2 words with a space between them, ie: hello word (valid) C# sample (Valid) hello. world (Invalid) hello world. (invalid) <-- need to stop capture before the "." and cannot use \b since \b includes "#" this is the expression I am trying ...more >>

Hi, Accessing a block of memory in stack from Heap or viceversa, is said to be unsafe and a potential security threat. Please calrify why is this so. ThankYou....more >>

Hi All, How can I get to scroll bars of a listview, I am trying to sync two listviews so I need to overload one of the listview, How can I achieve this ? Thank You. ...more >>

Hello, Can anyone point me a documentation that show what kind of XML-tags are existing when you whan to modify your wsdl file? I understood that the only way to modify .NET Webservice's wsdl is to embed XML tags into code, I'm I rigth? So, any help appraised. ...more >>

Hi All, I have a DataTable in a Windows Forms project that I would like to use a Select statement. The problem is, I'd like to be able to do wildcard searches (including single charcater searches). What are my alternatives? I'd rather not have to go back to the database, unless that ...more >>

Form form = new Form(); when you call ShowWindow(form, SW_SHOWNOACTIVATE); the form disappears the next time the garbage collector is called, assuming the form variable has gone out of scope. When you call form.Show() you don't get this behaviour. Why is this? How can you make ShowWindow...more >>

Hello, When I create an XML header using this code: XmlDeclaration header = doc.CreateXmlDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", null); XmlElement rootElement = doc.DocumentElement; doc.InsertBefore(header, rootElement); It adds some invalid characters before the header itself, only viewable with...more >>

Hi over there, We are a team of 6 developping web applications (ASP.Net/C#/VB.Net/SQLServer). What happens is that randomly, each of us get the below error in (PS). We believe that the "acess is denied" error description [probably] is a "dummy message" b/c the file name changes the very next...more >>

I have the professional version of visual studio 2005 and I'd like to know if I can create associations between classes in the classes diagram. Thank you. ...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to block the debugger to Step Into a function ( in VS 2005 or VS2003 ) - Even If I press F11 (the Step Into Key)? //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////// Example (plz read comment ) void Main() { Foo1(); ...more >>

Hello, I am trying to use DataGridView control in C# 2005. Currently I am using Video Soft grid control in VB6.0 with which i can do a lot of stuffs like, Merging rows and columns, Heirarchical view, Each cell can have different data type like boolean,combo,date etc... How far can a DataGr...more >>

Hello, I am trying to change app.config via xpath (in a nant script). The app.config is as follows: <configuration xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0"> <appSettings> <add key="CRMMetadataServiceUrl" value="devLANI-RF1"/> </appSettings> </configuration> The fo...more >>

If Assembly A references Assembly B and I include Assembly A in my project, does it implicitly import Assembly B? -- Warm Regards, Lee "Upon further investigation it appears that your software is missing just one thing. It definitely needs more cow bell..."...more >>

I have this situation: myEXE <needs< DerivedClass <which needs< BaseClass Meaning, myEXE is using a type defined in DerivedClass, which inherits from BaseClass. I include a reference to DerivedClass in myEXE, which gives this error: The type 'BaseAssembly.SomeClass' is defined in an ...more >>

Hello, I'm writing a program (which will be running in the background 99% of the time) and I want to be able to work out how long it has been since the user last used the mouse and/or keyboard. I plan on using a Timer to do the checking periodically, but I'm not sure how to get the time of...more >>

I have an application which uses Windows Authentication to identify users and ensure that they are on a domain. Once access is granted at this level, I then check their login name against a database of validated users to determine whether the particular user can actually use the system. If ...more >>

Hi Everybody, I'm a newcomer from the Delphi world and I'm going to start developing my new project (a robot control app) in C#. One of the requirements is to communicate using RS232 (well, RS485, but the app doesn't care really). I was googling a bit and I saw a couple of good articles us...more >>

Hello, I have developed a library of controls but for the life of me cannot get ToolboxBitmapAttribute to work -- my image simply will not display in the toolbox of any project using my controls. First, what I have: Visual Studio 2005, .NET 2.0. An assembly name of "Jfx.Framework" and ...more >>

I want to show a tooltip over one of my WinForm controls at startup. The control is part of a UserControl that I'm hosting in a CAP DeckWorkspace. In other words, I have many user controls that I activate or show by bringing them to the front. I have a tooltip control setup to be a balloon...more >>

Hi, I have a client that's interested in developing a complete shopping cart for her site. It seems like a very interesting project and I'm looking for some help on the Web since I'm mostly a Windows software developer. Anyone know of any links that may help me work on this type of project (a ...more >>

I have installed and uninstalled IE7 beta preview 2 a few times and each time I've installed, MSDN loses line breaks in code sample sections. Just FYI -- Warm Regards, Lee "Upon further investigation it appears that your software is missing just one thing. It definitely needs mor...more >>

I have a simple question. If i have a button on form1 that creates : Form2 newform = new Form2(); newform.Show(); As I click the button a new form shows,but acording to my code each one has the same name.Are they really there(I can move them around and close them).If they are how do they ...more >>

hi! i am trying to use [DllImport("winmm.dll"] private static extern int PlaySound(String pszSound, int falgs); but it doesn't play the sound although it exists (even by checking file.exist) any solutions? 10x ...more >>

Hello, I have a native DLL (written in C) which is supposed to call a managed DLL (was written in C#, and an entry point was injected modifying the ildasm'd code). The exectuable calls the native DLL but the native DLL fails to load the managed DLL. The paper that addresses the 'mixed DLL p...more >>

My app has an asynchronous socket server. It will have 20 clients connected to the server. Each client sends data every 500 millisecondsThe Connections once established will not be closed unless there is a problem with the connection. I need to know which client has sent the incoming data a...more >>

When the enum inherients a type it would be nice not to have to do a cast to that type. enum MyEnum: int{one=1,two=2} MyEnum Mine = 1; // no error! It would be nice to constrain an enum to a function call (makes code easier to read, and prevents bad calls) public int MyRouting(enum inEnum{...more >>

Hi guys; I got a single processor computer, running an application that launches 2 threads. Each of these threads listens for incoming connections in a specific port, so there is a Loop . Until inside each of them. When a packet is received the thread calls a method that process the ...more >>

Hi everyone, I’m am new to C# and trying to convert to C# from VB.Net an article I found at 4GuysFromRolla.com: http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/090104-1.aspx titled Extending the Calendar Control’s Date Navigation by Mehmet Genc. What I am trying to accomplish is enhance the ...more >>

Hey guys I have written a small application that will send keys from the keyboard depending on the users input. My thing is I can't use SendKeys.Send because i need to emulate the keyboard pressing the keys so I am using Keybd_Event from user32.dll. When the user gives their input they pla...more >>

I'm using VS 2003, C#.Net 2003. I built a simple windows form app. with the following attributes: - has a BackgroundImage set to a jpeg I built a very simple user control that contains a picture box set to an icon. The UserControl constructor sets SetStyle( ControlStyles.SupportTranspa...more >>

Hi All, I have a windows application. I've built a report section that fills typed datasets and builds crystal reports off those datasets. They work fine on my local dev machine, however on other machines I get a Logon error, and a prompt appears. Anyway ever seen this before? Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to create an XML file from a C# application. I can create children of the root using this code: ------------------------------------------------------------- //Save the variables pbName = selPBTextbox.Text; pbUnit = unitList.Text; XmlDocument xmldoc; XmlNode xmlnode; Xml...more >>

Hi, What is WMI? Is it possible to use WMI event to capture a Toolbar button click(using RSOP_IEToolbarButton object) from a DLL(A Browser Helper Object in my project)?If so,please provide me some help on this issue.. or pls help me out if any other alternative exists in capturing a button c...more >>

I created a webservice, uncommented the default code to show helloworld webmethod. When I open the Service1.asmx page in the browser and click on Helloworld/Invoke button, I get this error "File or assembly name vme102_l.dll, or one of its dependencies, was not found." Did I miss somethi...more >>

I've got two apps that need to share a configuration file. How can I do that? It seems like ConfigurationSettings has built in to it to figure out the name of the file. ...more >>

I'm becoming crazy! I thought was simplest! How can I insert a button in a records of a DataGrid ? ...more >>

Hey guys, Kinda stuck in a rut on this one. I'm designing a online stats tracking web app for the game battlefield 2. I want to display the players rank represented by an image. That is in turn based on a variable int number. I have this work in a win32 application. Just can't semm to convert...more >>

Hi Everyone I'm using the standard ListView control of VS 2003. I would like to know if there is a way to catch the event of the scrollbars attached to a ListView being 'scrolled' or 'clicked'? I would like populate a ListView with 20 items at first, and then add items as the user scrolls. ...more >>

For the Ensemble studio game "Age of Empires" i'm trying to detect a remote connection to my computer at port 2300 (when a online game is started from the game on the client). I also need the process ID that har accepted the remote connection (Age of empires). i tried about everything i cou...more >>

Hi, Im new to these groups, Im wondering is it possible to develop a windows application(c#) and embed it into a browser. So if a user goes to this page, the application woudl be downloaded. kinda the way you can embed applications in applets for Java, Thanks John ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to get information about 16-bit applications using Process.GetProcesses and variants, but none of the 16-bit applications show up with these methods. I tried to get at them by looking at the properties of the ntvdm process (see http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/india/Pages/W...more >>

I'm curious - does StreamReader.ReadToEnd() handle chunk loading of data or does it block until the whole stream is loaded? I've been use to handling the buffer myself but I'm thinking maybe this is a quicker way of doing it. In particular I want to ensure the UI doesn't hang whilst loading, for...more >>

Hi, Background: I'm a Java programmer new to c# and Visual Studio. Problem: When I compile in Visual Studio 2005, the compiler complains, that it can not find several different namespaces. Examples: Error 1 The type or namespace name 'Soap' does not exist in the namespace 'System.Runtime....more >>

I am having a problem matching some text. It is a very simple pattern but it doesn't seem to work. Here goes. <td[^>]*>.*?</td> That is the pattern, it should match any <td></td> pair. Here is my input data. <td valign="top">Buyer<a href="http://www.google.com">google</a><img src="www...more >>

I have an unmanaged DLL, which includes the following struct : typedef struct TB_Board_Inf { char BoardOwner[20]; WORD BoardId; BYTE BoardRev; //A,B,C... } TB_Board_Info_struct; and the following API : TB_Board_Info_struct *iTB_BoardInformationBlock_Read( v...more >>

Hi, I am trying to figure out best testing tool for my project. I have narrowed down my requirements to two tools NUNIT and VSTS unit. But I have used neither and I have to use only one of them. Hence can someone who has used them before share his/her experience on them so that I can get ...more >>

Hello Is it inefficient to create an application that has many threads that individually may do a small amount of work over a given period of time as opposed to an application that has a smaller number of threads that do a larger amount of work over a given time period here is an oversi...more >>

Hello. If I just want to check whether a specific URL returns error (404, 403, 500...) or not, I do this: HttpWebResponse oResponse = null; try { oResponse = (HttpWebResponse)oRequest.GetResponse(); } catc...more >>

Can I Run SQL Statement for DataSet ? ...more >>

Can I Join two Data Table in Data set ?? Is it using the DataSet.Merge ? Any example ? ...more >>

How to I sort an IList object? ...more >>

Hi, This is a dump question most proably but totally fogot the SQL commands an need a refresh. I have a table containing a list of cutomers (pcst), then I have an other table (pcstmes) which contains some details about some of the customer not all. The 2 tables are related by a fields named ...more >>

Hello. Please tell me how can I grow size of arrays? Now I do something like that: sbyte [] a = new sbyte[ 1 ]; for( int i = 2; i < 10; i++ ) { sbyte [] new_a = new sbyte[ i ]; a = new_a; } But I fill that it will be memory leak. How can I free memory taken with "a" variable? Or m...more >>