hi, This is the real workgroup of Visual Basic 2005 express goto : http://groups.google.com/group/VB2005 thank you ...more >>

Hi, I used soapsuds tool to create an interface assembly for a SAO. I created a client which uses this SAO and added a reference to the interface assembly. The client program worked well when I used RegisterWellKnownClientType method to register the SAO. However, when I used a configuration...more >>

Hi, I need to convert XML files from Japanese encoding to UTF-8. I was using the following code: using ( FileStream fs = File.OpenRead(fromFile) ) { int fileSize = (int)fs.Length; int buffer = fileSize; byte[] b = new byte[buffer]; using(StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(toFile, ...more >>

Hi, I have a program that has options to run as both a GUI and a console. The program entry point has a c# file with the "static main...." It checks some parameters, if no parameters, it launches the GUI by: if(args.Length == 0) { Application.Run(new MainForm()); } If I double click on ...more >>

.....Or can any one suggest a method of searching an array and retrieveing an object associated with the value I am searching for ? I have an 'Advisor' object holding info about... Sales Advisors. I need to hold these in an Array, but need to be able to retrieve and update the object value...more >>

Given: interface ICompass{} interface INorth : ICompass{ ... stuff ...} interface ISouth : ICompass{ ... stuff ... } interface IEast : ICompass { .. stuff ...} interface IWest : ICompass { .. stuff ... } interface Box{ ... stuff ... }; interface Carton { ... stuff ...}; interface Bag { ....more >>

Hello All, I am exploring and developing a plan for a C# web app or windows app to handle bounced emails. Basically, I need to develop a system where I weed out bad addresses in our db...but after reading the articles listed below, I see that there are various responses the server will ...more >>

I have a form with a label that should show an invoice number. The invoice number should be generated by sql Server using an autoincremented technique. However, after reading several articles, it seems that I can only retrieve this value after an INSERT has been done in the database. I want to...more >>

I am trying to find out where does Click Once put the files in Client Machine. I can not locate them in the Program files. Only trace I can find is under userid.local documentation. Could someone help me on this? Thanks. ...more >>

Hello, I need to port a fairly large app to x64, as it needs access to more than 2GB. So I ported the app to VS2005 (from vs2003). Now the Project Properties have a Build Tab, which has a Platform Target dropdown. There is AnyCPU and x64. I've been reading that AnyCPU means that the app ...more >>

Hi folks, Consider a client program that uses .NET Framework 2.0, and the Transaction namespace, to do some update/insert against a given database using the SQL provider: using (TransactionScope ts = new TransactionScope()) { //Do some update/insert commands against some tables... ts.Co...more >>

System.Drawing.Drawing2D.Matrix comes in two flavors, int and float. When doing graphics, you will you use float. Type double would be better, since it is, when well applied, simply more acurate then float is. But things are that there is no constructor for Matrix that accepts float. But th...more >>

I'm new to c# and Visual C# Express, and to normal programming in general (some background in web programming), and i have a question vital to my current project. Basically, i have been asked to learn how to create new extensions for a web application, and turns out that i need to use Visual S...more >>

Hi everybody. Is in .NET any class, which converts .NET data types to c# types? (i.e. gets a variable of one of .NET data types and returns native c# type?). Rgds, Komes ...more >>

I am having a problem with the TreeView control. What I am trying to do, *should* be simple. When the user selects a node in my TreeView, I first check to see if the data for the object referenced by that node has changed. If it has, I want to give the user the option of either selecting the n...more >>

Hi, This is a question brought about by a solution I came up with to another question I had, which was "Dynamic object creation". So, I'm curious if you can dynamically cast an object. If you have two object which have a common base class, they can both be cast up to the base class, but if ...more >>

Hello, I am developing a video recording (mjpeg) system which records large binary files. I need to read the JPEG data from the binary file and create a bitmap object to be displayed. Unfortunately I cannot find an efficient way to do this in C#. I need to do this at 10fps+ with 1hour+ data ...more >>

I there a way to compress the data that I have in memory so I can hold more. My program eats a lot of memory and would like to have it do more but can't because of the memory issue. ...more >>

Hello, I'm hoping to do something using Generics, but I'm not sure it's possible. Let's say I want to have a bunch of business objects and a data access class cooresponding to each business object. For each business object, I would have something like below: public class Apple { //...more >>

hi, I have two classes in C#, one is the base, the other inherits from the base class... both are generics... Here is the definition of the second class : public class CNetworkServer<PlayerInfos> : CNetworkClient<PlayerInfos> where PlayerInfos : CPlayerInfos, new() { } Here is the pr...more >>

Who can I contact to complain about this entire newsgroup UI? It's horrible, and half the time, the right pane doesn't load...even in other browsers. It's sluggish as well, just very choppy. -- dba123...more >>

I took the code from here and tweaked it to our needs. One of the methods is erroring out throwing an exception and I'm not sure why: object IConfigurationSectionHandler.Create(object parent, object configContext, XmlNode section) { throw new Exc...more >>

Hi, Has anyone seen any examples of how to create a treeview with 'big pictures' in it instead of the normal 16x16 images? Thanks in advance, James Randle. ...more >>

Hi, I have three interfaces lets call them parent, child-A, and child-B. I want to have one variable, that can be either child-A, or child-B at run time. I just can't seem to figure out how to do it. They both inherit from parent, and I tried holding a parent variable, and then casting it ...more >>

Hi Everybody! I just developed my first application in C#.Net 2005, but I encounter thatif I create a simple deployment application to install it in other computers, when the deploymentapplication is executed, always appears the message that asks for ".Net Framework 2.0" actualization in the t...more >>

Hi, can anyone help? I am fairly new to C# and need help with a functionlity in my app. What I need to accomplish is to be able to enable the SAVE button as soon as the user modifies a data in the form. Data could be in a datagridview or textbox. All data are connected to the tables/dataset...more >>

hello all, might be a dumb one, I have a StringWriter to which I write some text, after doing this I want to read this into a StringReader so that I can manipulate the data ex: while(strRdr.Peek() > -1) { // Read data and load into a Physical File - StreamWriter } I know that this ca...more >>

I have requirement to pause the system clock until a certain event (Win XP). Then the clock will be resumed to the real time. I think it can be done using core functions and/or redirecting the time/date call to a temporary service routines, then redirect to the original. I will appreciat...more >>

Two Questions: 1. Can you install Visual Source Safe on one box and the database (the code) stored on another. I know there might be a degree of latency over the network, but we only have 3 developers. 2. Does anyone know of any gotcha running Visual Source Safe on a cluster. Windows 2003 ...more >>

string.IsNullOrEmpty is a very flexible function but watch out sometimes you really mean to test not just for 'empty' strings but also 'blank strings'. In other words, if you use string.IsNullOrEmpty on string containing just spaces it returns false. Which is a correct behaviour but not yo...more >>

Hi How can i get the screen resolution of a pocket pc? ...more >>

I have the following code: foreach (System.Type type in this.slideModules.Values) { IDataObject ido = Clipboard.GetDataObject(); if (ido.GetDataPresent(type)) { slide = ido.GetData(type) as RC.Objects.RCSlideBase; break; } } The GetDataPresent returns true. However, the GetData...more >>

I wanna check if a control is inherited from an specific class, how do I do this? Example: I wanna check if a control is inherited from ContainerControl class. ...more >>

I was trying to do a batch process, where I have all the requests in a table. I need to scan the table and for each entry I need to run a thread (since it is long running process). This table get added dynamically while this batch process is running. So I am trying to findout the optimal way to...more >>

How do I add a carriage return in a Word Document using C#? When I try the \r\n it doesn't work, it prints the character that represents a carriage return, but doesn't actually do a carriage return. ...more >>

How to delete first row from an Excel Sheet using C#.Net. Please Help. Its very urgent. ...more >>

Hello everybody, I have a Problem with C Sharp. I have to use external functions in DLLs. This Functions are written in Visual C++ 6 like this: int (__stdcall *GetGlobalValue) (VARIANT Appl, VARIANT &vRetVal); Now for the first time I want to use C Sharp and I find some examples to use ...more >>

Hey guys I am working on a application, that will pull our inventory campus wide. I'm having troubles getting it to pull our software serial numbers. It keeps throwing a Exception when it gets to that point. Below is the code I am using. If someone could give me a few ideas. The app is in Consol...more >>

I have a VS.NET 2005 WEB application where I place all of my common controls (ie header, nav, footer) into a mater page template. Then all of my web forms inherit from the mater page template. All is well. In the code behind in my materpage I have tried to code the isPostBack and the Page.Mas...more >>

I am running Crystal Reports in Visual Studio 2003. I have CR version 11 installed on my system. I noticed on the page that the CRviewer has no "print" button in the toolbar. I went into the HTML and tried to manually install the "HASPRINTBUTTON" but this doesn't work. The "HASPRINTBUTTON" d...more >>

I've noticed that when you add a ToolTip component to a Form (or UserControl) the other controls on the form display a property in the property grid called "ToolTip on toolTip1", so you can set the tooltip text on the selected control. I'm currently writing my own component, and I want to add ...more >>

Hi I am working on report using print preview dialog control in windows application. Report is displayed properly in control. With paper size 850X1350 (Legal)(Lanscape mode=true) . But when page goes to printer for printing. It consider it as A4 size. and truncate printing document...more >>

How do you see what forms are running in your app. And how do you close them, even if the form you want to close is not owned by the form you want to close all the forms from. Thanks to anyone who can help. Regards ...more >>

Hi, I have a page called control.aspx and another called general.aspx I would like to know, if its possible put the control.aspx inside general.aspx as a control dinamically by code. -- Thanks a lot. Regards. Josema...more >>

Hi, I'm looking a TCP guru, so i apologise for any campanologists i may have attracted by my title. I'm using the following example code from MS (perhaps i am doomed from the outset!) .. Server: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconnon-blocki...more >>

Hi all, I'm wondering if it is possible in C# ( + Reflection ) to do something like this : Assume that a Server.exe ( which is a .Net assembly, let's say WindowsApplication ) is running on th PC. >From a Client.exe, Load the Server.exe assembly THAT IS RUNNING. I mean without creating a ne...more >>

Hi, I have a tree structured object. Each node of the tree has a haschtable. I need to XML serialize my object... what is the best way to xml-serialize haschtable -- LZ...more >>

Many in our development team have came from a C++ background and are in the practice of prefixing private class variables with an underscore to improve readability and avoid naming collisions with local variables and parameters. This has become our standard. ie private string _name; as opp...more >>

My application displays today's date on the form like; Friday August 4, 2006 This information is determined at the form's constructor. But what about the user has kept the form shown so long that the next day comes ( in this case, Saturday August 5, 2006)? One simple way is to check the today...more >>

Hi, I need to read word document file in ASP.net and place it in a text box . How to do it ? i tried : Word.Application app = new Word.ApplicationClass(); object nullobj = System.Reflection.Missing.Value; object file = @"C:\Suneetha\Ques.doc"; Word.Document doc = app.Documents.Open( ref ...more >>

Hi, I'm new to C# so please tell me in case this is completely wrong... I need to catch the change of DataSet.HasChanges() to indicate that data has been modified in any databound control. If this is possible to code, please, add some sample code. Maybe I could catch changes in all these databoun...more >>

Is there a way to determine what type of file it is? eg. MyDoc.doc returns Word MyDoc.xls or MyDoc.csv returns Excel MyDoc.ppt returns PowerPoint .... etc ...more >>

Hi, I'm not able to convert the following dll import statement in C# to VB.NET. Can any one please help me in this respect? [DllImport("iphlpapi.dll", ExactSpelling = true)] ...more >>

Hi, Is there any kind of check like #if DESIGNER ... #endif I don't want my control's OnLoad code to execute whan I drag it onto a parent container, only when I run the application. Thanks, JB...more >>

Hello, I'm currently developing a Windows Service that should dynamically load assemblies ("plug-ins") for special tasks. As the service runs with Local-System privileges I am not willing to load arbritrary code without verifying it first. My idea was to check if the assembly is signed with t...more >>

If I have a List<> and a ListBox.DataSource = List then it initially displays OK, but if I change the order of the List, the displayed text in the ListBox doesn't. How do you make this happen ?...more >>

.... programically: 1) Bring to user list of an e-mail in outlook express inbox or sent items. 2) Choose a message. 3) get an raw message or eml file to my application. Any links? ...more >>

Hi folks, I've been searching for this for some time, but all I seem to be able to find are pages describing how to set custom error pages, whereas what I want to do is simply redirect the user to a standard error page. This pseudo-code demonstrates what I want to do: if (condition) { ...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to do fast data streaming, for example displaying images with a pace of 15 or 30 frames per second, thru a Remoting-TCPIP channel? (Images can be 512x512 or 1Kx1K). Thanks, victor...more >>