Hi All, I have used gridview in my application and i m using dataview to sort the grid. But when i sort the numeric column, dataview sorts it like a string. So, after sorting, instead of getting 1,3,11.... i get 1,11,3... in asc and 3,1,11 in dec.. Anybody has idea regarding this??? R...more >>

Hi Experts, I am working on a windows application that generates few text files and saves it onto the disk. Now I want that only my application can read the files i.e. I don't want the user to open and read application generated file from windows explorer. My main purpose is that file shoul...more >>

Hey I'm wonder if installing Visual Web Developer 2008 Express version an Express version of Sql Server 2005/2008 will be installed too or must Sql Server Express be installed separately?? ...more >>

Hi, When I try to compile the following generic class, the compiler gives me many errors "Cannot conver type '...' to '...'" on the lines indicated. Besides, the C# compiler gives me errors even if I don't declare and instantiate C_Filter_MA<Ti,Ts> in my program. Ti and Ts should be one of {B...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to write an Excel function that no only returns a value, but also formats the cell in a certain way. An example of such a function is "=today()" with formats the cell as a Date. Thanks! Pavel...more >>

Hi Guys, Ive seen this posted around on the interwibble a few times, but no post so far has helped me to understand the problem any better i appreciate the error is because of "well-formed" xml practices what i am trying to do however is read an "xml" file using the following code snipp...more >>

Is this still available somewhere for download? Can someone provide the URL? TIA- ...more >>

Can someone confirm that a) is illegal, and b) the solution? a) namespace Test { struct MyStruct { int a; int b; } using MyQueue = System.Collections.Generic.Queue<MyStruct>; class MyClass { MyQueue q = new MyQueue(); } } b) namespace...more >>

I'm trying to learn how to create a user control. As far as I can understand, Visual Studio contains a template named "Windows Control Library" to this end. However, this template is missing when I open the "New Project" dialog in Visual C# 2005 Express Edition. What I can do is add a "Use...more >>

Hi! I installed my app on clients Vista machine. It's very slow when it does database update and TCP messaging. I'm not sure which operation slow. Is there any know-how on what could be wrong? How would you approach troubleshooting? I can place some logging, this way I can figure what ex...more >>

All the talking about deadlocking the threadpool recently got me thinking. I'm just throwing this out there to promote some discussion on the topic, and hopefully see if some good ideas pop up... When I first encountered the Threadpool deadlock issues, it was due to calling synchronously ca...more >>

I have added a method to my main form that is generic and will open a window given the window name as a string. Unfortunatley, it fails... Here is the method: private void OpenWindow(string asFormName) { foreach (Form f in this.MdiChildren) { ...more >>

Hi, I'm totally new to this forum, and relatively new to regexp. What I am looking for is an expression that in a pieace of TSQL code, will move the function header, and then all whitespaces in it. I came up with this one: \s||(^(.|\n)*((create\s*view)|(create\s*proc)|(create\s*function)| (c...more >>

Hi, Is there an easy way to do 3d drawing using drect3d8 devices in c# ? please dont suggest using directx9 unless there is a way to use directx9 on devices with only direct3d8 support. the managed directx9 such as XNA does not support devices with direct3d8 only, the software rasterizer wor...more >>

Hi I can create types from dynamic loaaded assemblies (Assembly.Load) with Assembly.GetTyp( <typename> ) - OK I need a reference to the assembly (just Type.GetType() do not work ) now my question. 1) If i need different Types/Objects of the same Assembly in different app.sections, should...more >>

class Manager { public event ItemEventHandler ItHappened; public Manager { Item i; i.ItHappend+=new ItemEventHandler(OnItHappened); } void OnItHappened(...) { this.ItHappened(); } } class Item { public event ItemEventHandler ItHapped; } Above are simplified version ...more >>

Hi, I am using the following function to match any URLS from within a string containing the html of a webpage: public List<string> DumpHrefs(String inputString) { Regex r; Match m; List<string> LstURLs = new List<string>(); ...more >>

Hi, I have an application that uses embedded IE windows, which doesn't work if the user has set their IE security settings to high. Is there any way to programmatically obtain the security settings for Internet Explorer for the current user? I had a brief look through the registry but by compa...more >>

How to prevent the emergence of applications icons in the window, the operating system's displayed when you press Alt + Tab combination? http://www.alvas.net - Audio tools for C# and VB.Net developers + Christmas discount ...more >>

I'm trying to do the following xcopy from my Windows installer and it doesn't work. I even tried running the installer as user with credentials instead of LocalService. I'm running in 2003Server, so its not a vista issue. Any ideas why i cannot do this xcopy from my installer, yet it works ...more >>

I'm relatively new to NHibernate, and I am trying to figure out how to map a collection. I know how to map a collection that is held directly by a parent class, such as an Order class with an OrderItems property that is a List<OrderItem>. But what if the collection is held in an intermediate ...more >>

Hi All, The code below works as expected, returning 0.2857143 public partial class tests : System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { Single myVal = (float)200.00 / (float)700.00; this.Label1.Text = myVal.ToString(); } } ...more >>

All=E2h, Exalted is He says, "You who have faith! Have taqw=E2 of All=E2h and be with the truthful"; "...being true to All=E2h would be better for them"; "... men and women who are truthful...All=E2h has prepared for them forgiveness and an immense reward"; "Among the believers are those who...more >>

I have a Gridview binding to a DataTable source. I'd like to set the column with of the second column. I cannot do this apparently because when AutoGenerateColumns=true, they do not appear in the columns collection. I modified the RowCreated even to gridview, and I can change properties on ...more >>

I may be on the wrong track here but I thought I could do this, but it isn't working. I have a class which I have used a interface to define. This class is then inherited from, and many of them are used (conditionally) on a form. In order to simplify my dispose area, I thought I could u...more >>

hey all, i have a dataview with a single column in it which contains duplicates. What is the best way to eliminate the duplicates rows so i can turn this column into the primary key? thanks, rodchar...more >>

Hello together i just have a little bit tricky question about calling a function out of a compiled c++ dll (which do some special mathematic thing) from a c# application. The c# application works as cgi and should do, as said, some mathematical iterative things (the Levenberg-Marquardt method...more >>

I am trying to convert long system clock time (1.2841535619381043E+17) to Date Time as {{12/7/2007 17:21:22XXX.XXX } ie in order of us. I receive clock time as string object type. So I have tried something like: strValue = Convert.ToString("1.2841535619381043E+17"); longValue = long.Parse(s...more >>

I saw a code in a class where IDataReader is used to retrieve result from query, even if only one column is to be retrieved. It uses a CommandObject with ExecuteReader but not using ExecuteScalar. For what IDataReader is used and what are the benefits of it as compared to sime DataReader....more >>

I've created 4 user controls. 1 is the main control that holds the other 3. When the form loads it takes an object and creates the first user control which in turn takes aspects of the objects and creates the other three user controls. In the new event of the three user controls I set the val...more >>

I need to have 2 simple barcode reader applications finished by midnight tonight. I have never written any barcode reader software and need any help that you may be able to offer. I do not know what type of barcode the user will have, so I need to be able to accept input from any industry ...more >>

I ran my service and it crashes everynow and then. The following log is recoreded in the Application Event viewer An unhandled win32 exception occurred in XYZService.exe [9204]. Just-In-Time debugging this exception failed with the following error: Debugger could not be started because no u...more >>

I posted this in another group as well...but now I am trying my luck here... I have followign method which loads users from active directory private List<String> GetUserLoginsFromAD() { List<String> results = new List<string>(); DirectorySearcher srch = new DirectoryS...more >>

Hello friends, In my winwows form, I have two text boxes - textbox1 & textbox2 also the form has two buttons - button1 & button2. button1 will work for textbox1 and button2 will work for textbox2 . In other words, if type something in textbox1 and press Enter, button1 should be pressed and ...more >>

Hi, I want to create a setup for my C# 2.0 exe application. Exists there a project type for this in Visual Studio 2005? Is there something to consider (some traps I should know)? Christian...more >>

Got at java consumer to a producer that I want to connect to a pref. C# or some other .net app, on the producer side we went with java->jni- (thanks javah)>C->fortran program connecting to our rdb database but I hope thats not the thing to do on the windows end... can it be done in a more s...more >>

Hi, I haven't been able to find a good tool to modify and manage the ID3 tags of my MP3 files in the way I want, so I decided to write my own tool. Looking for a free .NET library on the internet to read and write the ID3 tags v1 and v2 of the MP3 files the choice is rather limited. I trie...more >>

Hi, I am using C# 2.0. Exists any .NET build-in feature for logging or any good freeware tool? Christian...more >>

Hi All, I have a managed class that inherits from an unmanged class. The question is, if the object of the manged class get garbage collected, will the memory be free automatically for me or only the bit that is used by the managed code? What about the unmanaged bit? Does anyone know of ...more >>