Hi everyone, Has anyone looked at section 18.1.1 of the C# spec? It indicates 'new' and 'protected' are valid modifiers on struct declarations. First, how can 'protected' be valid on a struct, since structs cannot be inherited? The compiler gives an error (as I expect it should) if you try ...more >>

i have seen many examples to save a ppt as html. is there a way to load an html file into a powerpoint file. the ppt must display the web page not the raw HTML thanks ...more >>

I work for a company that has very rigid security guidelines. I have been given a project to convert a PowerPoint presentation into a web site that looks exactly like the ppt. this part was easy. Then I have to provide a button that will convert the whole web site into a PowerPoint present...more >>

Hi, I need to transfer data structures to/from a fixed file format, some of the format is quite easy its just a binary store of char/int/.../floats etc. however some of the fields are stored as variable size arrays of structures etc and some individual fields are stored as comressed. some ...more >>

Hi All, I am writing an IDTExtensibility2 interface as a class library so that I can use it as an Add-in for Outlook 2003. I have the IDTE2 interface building perfect and it creates a .dll for me. How do I turn this into a COM object so I can install it as an Add-in for Outlook. I have ...more >>

I am getting the following messages from my compile code: PageInit.cs(43,71): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'User' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) PageInit.cs(43,76): error CS0117: 'object' does not contain a definition for ...more >>

I get the following error: PageInit.cs(43,71): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'User' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) The error is from the last line in this snippet of code ***************************************** using ...more >>

We have several tables that we want to maintain on our webpage. User should just pick the tablename from drop down box, and then page should then populate the grid with the data from that table along with "Edit" button. If they click on Edit then they should be able to do an in-line edit of t...more >>

I have a file that I converted from VB.Net to C# that works fine in VB.Net when I compile but not in C# using the same libraries. The error I am getting is: PageInit.cs(9,7): error CS0138: A using namespace directive can only be applied to namespaces; 'System.Web.HttpCookie' is a ...more >>

Hello everybody, I have a pretty straightforward question regarding namespace. Is there anyone who knows why the following code does not compile on the line Type t = typeof(Name6.Name7.Name6.Class6) ? I am using Visual Studio 2006 by the way (.Net 2.0) As far as I know "Name6.Name7.Name...more >>

Evening, I have a slight erk with the ComboBoxRenderer running under Vista and was hoping someone could shed some light on this for me. I've created a custom control that inherits from Button - no problems there :) The problem comes with the actual painting of the custom button... The V...more >>

Hi, I'm looking for some network components ( ftp,ftps.. ) any one can suggest me some good one ? ;) Thanks to all Paolol ...more >>

Hello there, This is Chhaya from Dibon Solutions Inc. We have the following requirements on .NET. Kindly respond to me if you would be interested in joining these projects. The availability has to be immediate since the client is interviewing right now. Location : Baltimore MD Number ...more >>

Hello, First of all, I created Base Form called "tureyen_frm". Then i created a new form by inheritance using the Base Form. This name is "tureten" form. For each new form derived from the Base Form a , I created a class. And than some methods in Base Windows Form use in the the derivate ...more >>

Dear All I want to prevent the screen saver getting activated when my application is running. I have the following code, but still screen saver is activated. What corrections I should make to prevent screen saver running to the following code. public class MainForm : System.Windows.Forms...more >>

Hi all, I have 2 forms, "Form1" & "Form2", i have a button that currently opens form2 from form1 and then hides itself: Form2 form2 = new Form2(); form2.show; this.Visible = False; and then the same on form2 to get back to my 1st form: Form1 form1 = new Form1(); form1.show; this.Vis...more >>

Is there a newsgroup for people working with windows workflow foundation? I've looked around MS's news server and don't see anything for either "workflow" or "work", etc. Cheers, Jon ...more >>

I am working on an application that will store data in SQL Server 2005 Express. The database will reside on our server at the office. I need to write an application that can work with this data off site during the day and then synch the changes back to the database at the end of the day (or n...more >>

Does anyone know how to set a .NET Setup Project to have it look in the target directory where the installed files land up, and NOT in "C: \WINNT\system32"? After my Windows Service starts up i get the error: "Could not find file 'C:\WINNT\system32\ConfigFile.txt'" (as it's not there, it's in ...more >>

Hi All, Does anyone know of any config file reader classes that I can implement within my application. I am not attempting to read the current applications config file, but other applications. I need to be able to add sub nodes to existing nodes within the document. I am not opposed to ...more >>

Hello, How cam i execute CGI application with some parameters within asp.net form? Thanks ...more >>

Hi , I am trying to avoid behavior where everytime Button1Click is fired a new form is exposed. How can I keep the f object alive in the event so that a new object does not have to be created? Could I overload the Button Click event to accept the Form1 object? void Button1Click(object ...more >>

Hello, Could someone please tell me how I can get a list of c# keywords (e.g. 'event') programmatically at runtime? Many thanks, Ronnie...more >>

How is fastest way to construct an XML node then a bunch of slow xquery modify statements? This SQL Server 2005 logic is rather slow to simply add a new item to an xml document. Any way to do this all in one statement and faster for creating a new node without having to re-select to set the...more >>

I am writing a Web Service in C# ASP.NET 2.0 that takes two optional parameters. One is an int and the other is a string. Below is the definition of the Web Method: [WebMethod] public List<ModelFamily> ModelFamilySearch(Nullable<int> id, string name) { MyBusinessObject mbo = new MyBu...more >>

I have a problem where I am sending a series of commands using P/Invoke's SendInput function which may last up to a minute long. I want to offer the user a way to break the commands by pressing the Pause/Break button. The problem I have is it seems that my SendInput commands are being quickly ...more >>

I am currently looking for C# developers to work contract-to-hire positions in Richmond, VA. Please email a Word copy of your resume to elizabethc@synigent.com if you are interested in finding out more about this position. Thank you. ...more >>

Sorry to bring up a topic that is just flogging a dead horse.... but... On the topic of memory management.... I am doing some file parcing that has to be done as quick as posible, but what I have found hasnt been encouraging... I found that the *quickest* way is to use a struct to retrieve f...more >>

I am having trouble with this code. It is something syntactically, but I am not sure what. My ends result should clear the debug window. OutputWindow outputWin = new DTE2 dte.ToolWindows.OutputWindow; //dte.ToolWindows.OutputWindow.ActivePane.Clear(); OutputWindowPane...more >>

Does any one know how to create a control(like the timer) that when dragged to a form doesn't show up on the form, but only on the bar in the design window below the form? Thanks Ryan...more >>

Hi All... i have a situation where i have 3 different Types (classes) comming into a controling Class to Run Different Jobs in my main loop i want to use 1 Field to hold a instance of the Class currently Running example below public class controler( { // how to use the below process for ...more >>

I have sent several posts on this topic and feel my lack of information is not helping to find the solution. I am developing application in C# with Visual Studio 2005 to connect with remote SQL Server 2005. On one form, I have a textbox bound to a datetime column on the server. When the form ...more >>

Hello, I developped an ASP.Net Web Site in C# language. It can save the Project Server URL, connect to Project Server and create a Project on it. I debugged it and ran it correctly from Visual Studio 2005. Then, I published it on the local IIS Server from Visual Studio 2005. But I wanted ...more >>

Can anyone offer pointers to articles/examples of passing a Ref Cursor ***IN*** to an Oracle stored procedure. I find tons of examples for getting a ref cursor OUT of a stored procedure. I'm using the Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data.DatabaseFactory, NOT the ODT.NET library (please...more >>

I am trying to find a good example of SendInput. Doing a search on google I found two, one is incomplete and vague from the start and the other I copied the code and tried running it and it was first of all incomplete (compiler errors) which I had to resolve by guessing on some things like how...more >>

In order to avoid a race condition a recommendation that makes a lot of sense has been put forth.... create a local copy of the event handler delegate, then test and invoke the copy, like this: MyEventHandler hCopy = MyEvent; if hCopy != null) { hCopy (this, myEventArgs) ...more >>

How would you clear the output window using code (C#)? The Debug obj does not seem to have a method to do this? ...more >>

Hey All I know how to to get the service ( by RegistyKey and Registy) so I can start the Application by dobble ckich on the file, but how can I read (and save) the path to the file so I can save the result in same folder. Best Regard Kim Stroeh ...more >>

Hi there We are trying to build a C sharp solution in Visual Studio 2005 Professional. We have a number of other assemblies, that do not form part of the solution. Assemblies that do form part of the solution have been referenced using the Projects tab in the Add Reference dialog. Asse...more >>

Hi all, I want to get idle time of process. Means time in which process is sitting idle. Can i do this in c#. Because what i want is those process which are not running since say last 10 mins kill those processes. please help me asap. thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hi, Im fairly new to 2005 and I was wondering. In 2003, when you add a button, it also adds and AddHandler statement within the initialisation routine to wire up the handler to the event. In VS 2005, I cant find this construct anywhere, not even in the designer.cs in my WebProject appl...more >>

I am using a MenuStrip on a form and adding a Panel to the same form in the program. When the Panel is added the top of the Panel is behind the MenuStrip, so the top of the Panel is hidden. How do I make the Panel I have added appear below the MenuStrip? Is it something to do with the MenuStri...more >>

Hi, I can edit source code while I am debugging an application in VS 2003. Then when I continue debug, it will nicely ask do I want to restart my application. Now in VS 2005, seems I have to stop application to even just add some comments. Where is setting to go back to VS 2003 way? I c...more >>

Hi there, Hi have a console application which shoul "know" from where I'm running it. I thought it was a good idea to run a sort of "chdir" command from the application itself, but I don't know how to do it. Any suggestion? Thanks in advance, Giulio - Italia -- OnAir:...more >>