Hello, I'm trying to retrieve the user's properties from Active Directory. I was able to retrieve all the user properties, however, I wassnt able to get the manager's user name. What I got was the path of the user name : CN="Display Name", CN=myCompany,CN=COM.. Here is the private string...more >>

Could someone help me translating the following C# code to VB? Is there a different newsgroup where it would be better to post this? [ListBindable(false)] public class CategoriesInfo : CollectionBase { static CategoriesInfo instance; // create the static instance of the class static Ca...more >>

Greetings, I am using a user control to do the work, and have figured most of it out so far, cept the below: I am currently trying to do the following: - query to get a count of items in a db - for each item, query a different table and display results So far I am able to query the tab...more >>

Is there a forum/newsgroups for developers to talk about commercial application development? Until now my experience has been in custom software for clients but I have an application idea that I will want to sell commercially and am looking for tips/tricks/pitfalls (commercial application ...more >>

Shouldn't if (this!=null) generate a compiler warning? in fact, it does not. ...more >>

Does anyone have any feedback on the version of crystal reports that comes with VS 2005? I have always just rolled my own reports. However, one app I am working on has a little more complexity to the reports than normal and needs to be able to export to Excel. PDF would be a plus too. I can...more >>

Hi! How can I rename this tab in Crystal Report Viewer from "Main Report" to something else? Thanks!...more >>

When I try to deserialize a filestream based off a class I have written, I get error back saying there is an error in Xml document. I know for a fact the Xml is well written. Does the serializer require an schema document 1st? There is nothing wrong with the xml file, it is well formed....more >>

Hi all, I am using SharpDevelop to try and create an Excel Add in. Does anyone have any tutorials for going about this? I have a couple from microsoft, but they all refer to setting up the add in, in ms visual studio or visual c#. One of the first steps listed is to click on new project, e...more >>

I have a custom exception class MyException: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException { ..... } and code like this try { ..... } catch(MyException ex) { //Some code } catch(Exception ex) { // Other code } I put a break point in the MyException catch block, and another ...more >>

I know this is the wrong way to do it, but maybe someone can tell me the right way to do it... I have two different databases that I need to synchronize. The database doesn't have keys exactly, but it does provide a rowid function. So, I am storing a dictionary of <string, long>, stri...more >>

We've created a robust client server application over the past 3 years on the .NET framework version 1.1 using c#. We layed all of our marbles in creating strongly typed datasets and for the most part we are extremely happy we did that. However, there's an incredibly huge bug (in my opinion) ...more >>

I have a WinForm class that has accumulated a tremendous amount of logic code. Can anyone point me toward a good article on factoring logic code out of a WinForm class? Thanks, -- Randy...more >>

Hi! I need to check for a correct syntax of a code that will be executed in the DB. I think thaht the regex is the best way. The code is like this: COUNTIF (([minmeasure] - [avgpreasure]) >= 300 and ([minmeasure] - [avgpreasure] ) < 400 ) I did it this regex, but i don't know how to continue...more >>

Hello to everybody I'm new in win apllications and C#. I have a problem with Threading. Here is my problem: I have a form with button named: BupisiStudente, when I click on it a call next method: private void BUpisiStudente_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { ...... //calling method fr...more >>

Ok, maybe thats not the best name for a method, but I'm looking for something along the lines of ToUpper() or ToLower() If I have an input like john smith or johN smitH ... Is there a way to cleanly make it John Smith ? Normally, space would be the delimeter, but knowing how...more >>

I need to communicate between two applications. The legacy application is in VB6. New development is in C#. Here's the scenario: The VB6 app will be pumping document files into a folder. We'll be writing a new (C#) class for this new feature. The C# Application (as distinct from the file p...more >>

Hi, Is it possible like Visual Basic that when you are in Design mode so you can add controls etc to a windows form that you can draw on it? like draw a line or a shape? Bob *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***...more >>

Again, I'm manually converting a large vb.net project to C# in order to learn C# and I have another difference I don't understand. I'm using Framework 1.1. I have a strongly typed dataset that was generated from a design time Data Adapter named dsMyDataSet. I'm in a datagrid delete even...more >>

Hi, i am trying to find a windows control, just cant figure out what it is called. (Open a folder with files, right-click and press View->Details, this is the control i want. Like a listbox but with columns. Name Size Type etc Patrick *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersd...more >>

Hello, I want to view the calendar in another culture, for example let it show in Arabic. I use this code in the Main, but the calendar is still in the same culture: CultureInfo sa = new CultureInfo("ar-SA", false); sa.DateTimeFormat.Calendar = new System.Globalization.HijriCalendar(); /...more >>

Hi, when i try to open document word for reading and writing with C#, the program stop on this line [ Word.ApplicationClass WordApp = new Word.ApplicationClass(); ] And the program give me this error : 'DefaultDomain' : chargé 'c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v1.1.4322\mscorlib.dl...more >>

Hi all: I have a HEX string such as 0x0010026AB0, I can I convert it into an integer in C#. Does it have some build-in function. Thanks in advance. ...more >>

I am trying to create a couple of event and a memory mapped file for interprocess communication that have security settings such that they can be used between any two users. I have found some horribly complicated code on the web and have got totally bogged down in scals and dacls. Can someone ...more >>

Hi, This is probably a mute point, but id like to know when to choose a console application to a windows application. What i meen is this. Most coding in books is with the console application. I think this is possibly because as a beginner its easier to demonstrate c# principles. But I got to th...more >>

I'm new to the datagridview control, and am left wondering how one goes about restricting input to numeric only. Is it possible to trap key presses at the cell level, and in the relevant columns, ignore them if non-numeric? Greg. ...more >>

How does one convert between byte[] and string? MF...more >>

Hi there, I figured that there must be someone knew this-- I'm looking for a runtime expression evaluation engine for our business rule engine. A typical case is passing in a expression at runtime and engine return a bool/ calculated result. I found some code on the internet, like http:/...more >>

I am trying to insert a byte array into an Oracle DB. The type of the column in the DB is Raw The C# type I have is a 16 byte byte[] array. Whenever I try to do this I get the following error message: "Type System.Byte[] can not be marshaled as an unmanaged structure; no meaningful size o...more >>

Hi I have a combobox binded to a Datatable something like combo.DataSource = dt.DefaultView; combo.DisplayMember = "descField"; combo.ValueMember = "valueField"; it works fine. Now if I update the datatable I want the combo to reflect those changes. I'm trying to rebind the combo doi...more >>

Hi all, Using C#, I've created a simple wrapper class for using Excel. I have Office Pro 2003 installed on my devel machine. The wrapper class works great, reading and writing to/from Excel. To do this, I created a reference to "Microsoft Excel 11.0 Object Library", and have a "using E...more >>

I am trying to create one RegEx pattern, something like, \s*(?<typename>\S*){1}\s*(?<varname>\S*){1}\s*[;|=]{1}\s*(?<varvalue>.*)[;]* out of the following 2 expressions and am not having much luck. Expressions ----------------------------- (?<typename>\S*){1}\s*(?<varname>\S*){1}\s*[;]{1} ...more >>

Hi All, I'm having problems marshalling an array of strings between C# and C++ C# [DllImport"ABC.dll", EntryPoint = "Func",ExactSpelling = false)] static extern void Func(out IntPtr num, ref IntPtr str); IntPtr strPtr = IntPtr.Zero; IntPtr num = IntPtr.Zero; Func(out num, ref s...more >>

Hello All, [ This was originally posted in the microsoft.public.excel.programming newsgroup, but did not receive any replies ] We have developed a control in C# that is used in an Excel Add-In. It appears to work correctly, and the Add-In continues to function after using it. However...more >>

I have a datagridview that will not always have all its rows populated with data, but they all need to be visible. Currently, the grid is only showing rows with data. Is there a way to override this behaviour? Greg. ...more >>

Vote for this idea if you like it here http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/viewfeedback.aspx?feedbackid=5fee280d-085e-4fe2-af35-254fbbe96ee9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a consortium of ideas from another thread on topic --------...more >>

How to change disable color of Checkbox??? I have a checkbox with forecolor in red but when i disable by set Enable properties to false forecolor is changed to gray color but i don't want it. how to make disable color as the same before set enable = false Anyone can help me????? ...more >>

Hi, I have a number of queue structures. I want to have multiple instances of these, i.e Instance 1 Instance 2 Instance 3 ... ------------ ------------ ------------ queueA queueB queueC I was thinking of usind a st...more >>

I still failed to pass DataTypes as parameters, as in the following 3 examples: this.mainObject = (mType)Session[mName]; this.mainObjectDt.AddMainObjectRow(this.DataSet_GUIDs_C1Row); mainObject.UpdateMainObject(ref DataSet_GUIDs_C1DataTable) See the big picture here: ...more >>

Hi I've a C# windows application that scans for XML files at a remote URL address and downloads them to the local machine when they arrive. I can do that OK with HttpWebRequest or WebClient. After they've been downloaded I want to delete them from the remote location (or if not possible, m...more >>

Hi, In my C# windows form application project, I built MyApp.exe and installed on client's Windows XP. Is it possilbe to limit just one MyApp.exe runnig on client's PC? And how? Thanks for help. Jason ...more >>

I've created a form, MyForm, which Program creates an instance of in Main() like this: Application.Run(new MyForm()); but how do i get access to the instance of MyForm the app is using so i can use its methods? ta...more >>

Hello, I want to insert an image to a specific column of a dataGridWiew. I explain what I'm doing: - I define the ColumnType as a DataGridViewImageColumn. - I select the image (an icon of open folder). When I accept, in the design form, appears in the ImageColumn the typical red cross of...more >>

I am calling a c++ dll using DllImport and is loading a number of functions. I all work fine but I need the code to be able to react to a case where the dll is missing or some of the functions are missing. My C++ code looks like this: if(!Dll_) Dll_ = LoadLibrary(dllname_.c_str()); ...more >>