I would like to open a form from a button in the principal form. Ok that's easy...the problem is that I want to use methods, variables of principal application and access to data source from the second form....more >>

Our application needs to be able to print barcode labels based on the orders being shipped. Does anyone have a suggestion as to the best barcode label solutions that I can integrate into your application to print these labels? Any suggestions would be appreciated....more >>

Is it possible to do this ? i cant see any likly options. I have an exception handler but I want to examine the exception before it gets to the handler, Is there a way to do this ? At the moment i have to comment out the exception handler to examine whats going on at the time of the exception ...more >>

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The wait is over, get your copy of VS2008 RTM from here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/products/aa700831.aspx Willy. ...more >>

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I am Developing a web application and reading connection strings from Web.Config file, How can I write appSettings keys programmaticaly via a web page ? Thanks <?xml version="1.0"?> <configuration> <appSettings> <add key="SQLServer" value="SERVER"/> <add key="S...more >>

Hi, I have a potential destination for my 'ready to be beta tested' .NET c# program, but there is reluctance to install .NET onto some pretty old machines due to the unknown impact on other applications wich otherwise run ok and need to be certian they remain that way, as the .NET installation ...more >>

hello Im using Process Class to Run Wzzip.exe, Winzip's command line utility is there a way to hide the dos box that pops up ive Set oProcess.StartupInof.CreateNoWindow=true thanks ...more >>

Hi, I would like to have your advice regarding a simple SDI application. i have 3 forms : FMain, FMainHW and FMainSW. when my application run FMain display the main menu and interface of the SDI application. in this menu i have 2 items HW and SW. when i click on HW item, it should display...more >>

Hi, Im using reflection and I have a general handler for a container type object where I have the System.Type info of the container itself but I need to find out the type of the element contained in it. The full name of the Type info does usualy include the type, but is there a way of getting...more >>

hi i worked with VB6 then i changed to C#. i want define Variable thats i can accessed from any Form or Class in my project. in VB6 you can do that by define as "Global" in Module, but in C# i can't find Global for all forms in project. ----------- Tarek M. Siala Software Developer http:/...more >>

Before I download and install 2008, I have a question. One of the selling points of 2008 is multi-targeting. I work on a team where everyone uses vs2005. Can I use vs 2008 for development and have it target .net 2.0 and count on the IDE not to mess up the .csproj and .sln files, so that m...more >>

Hello! This may be a silly question, but anyway: If I have collection / list of objects: public class MyCollection : List<MyObject> { } public class MyObject { ... } And then somewhere in the code I add object to the collection: .... MyCollection col = new MyCollection() MyO...more >>

Hello, I am confused by dispose etc. and hope someone can set me right. 1. The Dispose(Bool) the IDE generates for a form has nothing to do with IDisposable, right? 2. So when is this called? When a form is closed? If this is caused automatically when a form is closed how can I then access ...more >>

Hello everyone, How can I sand a post to a web page? I want that when the page is trying to fetch a post variable, it will be something the program defined first. Please help, Ofir....more >>

Hi, I have no experience in doing time critical things in a .NET language. I need to modify 8 ISDN streams (each 64kbit) in realtime with max. 30ms delay. Has somebody experience in doing time ctritical things in C# or another .NET language? Could the garbage collector be a problem? Any ...more >>

Since VS basically uses MSBuild to compile everything you can send the value for /define on the commandline to MSBuild buy using MSBuilds property DefineConstants like so... /property:DefineConstants="CommaDelemitedList"...more >>

Hello, Newsgroupians: I have a simple question. I have a function that I want to return an array. I want the array to be other objects that were instantiated in the function itself. What's the correct way to return the array? Here's what I would like to happen... public object[] MyFu...more >>

The snipped of code below will not work unless I un-rem the "compressZip.Close()" instruction. Question: Why do I need to close the GZipStream object used for compression in order to successfully use a GZipStream to decompress??? To me they should be totally independent form one another. Wh...more >>

I need to some sort of data type that will hold a listing of ID's and their counts/frequency. As I do some processing I get an ID back which I need to store and keep an accurate count for how many times that ID is listed. For example I might get a listing of these numbers: 1,4,6,23,6,2,54,1,6...more >>

Hello, I am new to C# and am having a problem with my program. I have created a small test to try and find the problem but I can't seem to find it. The following code is my test. using System; using System.IO; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; n...more >>

Id like to know if .NET XmlSerializer can serialize "xs:documentation" elements. For example, consider the following code fragment written in C#: public class class1 : WebService { public struct SampleStructure { [XmlElement("NAME1")] public string S1; [XmlEle...more >>

Hi, I'm such a nood it isn't funny and apologize for this question in advance. I have a datagrid on my form and wish to populate it from a Sybase source using a dynamic select. so, basically I can create a select statement in a string and retrieve it using ExecuteScalar to retrieve. I ...more >>

I have a form with a loading bar as marquee so i don't need to play with the progress thing. It's just a form to show activity in other way. So what i need to do is start it at the beginning of the process which take 10-30 sec depends and have to stop it at the end. I have to use thread so i ...more >>

Hi, I have created a Singleton class to provide some database functionality in my mobile application. I have a public class called Utility which performs various operations on data. Is it ok to use the utility class in my Singleton class? Here is some code to hopefully make it clearer what ...more >>

Sorry if this is the wrong group, but I can think not of where else to post (excepting of course my cross group post to .NET Development/General) I have an inheritance hierarchy in place as follows ... PersonVisitor<T> <-- AlphabeticVisitor<T> <-- FamilyNameVisitor<T> public interfac...more >>

Hi, I am using a code similar to Database db = DatabaseFactory.CreateDatabase("MyDB") in every function of my DAL that interacts directly to database. But recently I have started getting connection pool errors. I think, it is because of incorrect usage pattern of Database Object of DAA...more >>

I am hosting a web application within a windows form using MsHtmlHstInterop.dll. I am opening the web browser window using: object flags = 0; object targetFrame = String.Empty; object postData = String.Empty; object headers = String.Empty; this.WebBrowser.Navigate("http://www.m...more >>

Hi All, I written one windows service and its working fine. I Need to check the recovery settings of that service from one windows application. How do I can get the recovery settings of(first failure, second failure and third failure) a service programatically. can any one please help me in thi...more >>

..NET 3.5: I have placed two controls at the top of an Mdi parent form. The top-most control is a Panel that is docked to the Top. Immediately below the Panel is a user control that is Anchored to the Top, Left, and Right. At runtme I can drag Mdi child forms toward the top of the Mdi parent....more >>