I have a multithreaded application that I now want to convert into a Windows Service. Does application.run work in a windows service? Are there things to take into consideration when creating a multithreaded windows service as opposed to a multithreaded windows forms application? E.G. ...more >>

i want to have an enumeration that can also act as bit-flags, and have values. using System; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace MyProgram { class HelloEnumerations { [FlagsAttribute] enum FlagColors : uint { Red = 0x01, Green ...more >>

What is the current thinking about specializing generic C# types? I've come across a situation where I'd like to do something like this: struct X<T,U> { ... } struct XCommonCase<T> = X<T,bool> Even if this example used classes and not structs, inheritance wouldn't quite be the righ...more >>

Hi there, I need to make a call into an unmanaged DLL from a C# application, and I am getting a SafeArrayTypeMismatchException which basically means that either what I am sending to the DLL is incorrect, or what I am getting out is not what the C# code expects. My question is this: Ho...more >>

Hello, I'm doing an exercise to simulate rolling a pair of dice 36,000 times, then count and display how many times the simulation rolls each possible sum. For some reason each time I run my simulation, one or more of my sums is zero, which is highly unlikely. So I'm sure there's a bug in...more >>

I read the content from a file encoded with UTF8 like this: byte[] data = binaryReader.ReadBytes(file.Length); And next step, I want to transform data to ASCII format, How can I do this? You know, Using Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data) can get a ASCII string, but I need a byte[]. I hope you get...more >>

Which method is better to remove a char from a string? A replace or a substring? Considering that first char is at 0 position. Using reflector, replace let lost its track in internal call, while substring show what it really does, so I'm not able to evaluate the efficiency. Any suggesti...more >>

How would capture an event such as a GOTFOCUS that happens in an external applications window? Along the same lines, how can you senda message such as click to a check box or a button in an external program? ...more >>

We are trying to find a system that would be good for a development team to share documentation on our .net solutions throughout our company. Does anyone know of any systems out there that are good for handleing information such as lists of what's changed, whats being worked on, what documenta...more >>

I am trying to get some information from Sql Server 2000 in my VS 2003 C# code. For example: if(dbReader["WSFilingStatus"] != DBNull.Value) wsFilingStatus = (SqlMoney)dbReader["WSFilingStatus"]; This gives me an error that SqlMoney is not a valid type. But in some of the docs it says...more >>

What is the most performant way to copy an array's elements into a List ? ...more >>

Hello NG, Maybe it is a wrong NG but posting here because I have got some great replies from here. I have inherited these web pages. One of the page has lots of stuff (mostly calls to make that page look cool). When I modify that page, somehow it is redirecting to default page. I have ...more >>

I am making a script parser and I need to interpret the word AND and "replace" it with an &, so that it can be compiled at runtime with the C# compiler. My script would read e.g: if( (iCounter1 < 20) AND (iCounter2 < iCounter1) ) How can I make the compiler understand that AND means &?...more >>

I have files that contain text in the "Comments" attribute (like if you were to right-click the file and then click properties etc). How can I read these falues programatically from within my C# app? I'm assuming System.IO will be needed but I'm not sure how to get at these types of values...more >>

Hi, I need to ad autoscroll on my form. The problem is that i have controls on the form which i don't want to be scrolled. Can i set auto scroll to be only in a specific x,y coordinates of my form? Meaning, I want to have 4 buttons on top of form and when autoscroll is being fired, the to...more >>

Hey guys, I am used to text files and such but thought I better get modern. I want to store/read the following (example) in an xml file: A list of DVDs each person has: Amy On Golden Pond Harry Met Sally Sleepless in Seattle Sam Cars Poohs Adventure Lisa Speed ...more >>

I have a Windows app that I will be deploying using ClickOnce. If I choose to allow it to be used online and offline, it will create a Start menu item and add it to add/remove programs. But, I don't really care about that. Also, the client PC will have to be connected to the network in order...more >>

I am using NetServerEnum to get a list of sqlserver databases in my c# code. I notice it does not return sqlexpress databases. What can I use to get a list of all sqlservers? Thanks ...more >>

I need to know how to connect to a SQL Server 2005 server, that contains multiple databases. I need to be able to read in the collection of Databases and get the tables in each and the properties of each field in each table. I have done this in VB6, but I cannot figure out how to do this in C# ...more >>

I have been developing ASP.NET applications. In 1.1 I added a <remark> tag for each class and inside it I added my modification history (HTML formatted). With the built-in function that allowed me to build web docs from my comments, this would appear in the generated documentation. This w...more >>

Hi I'm using DirectoryInfo.Delete so that when a product is removed, all it's associated images (including the folder they sit in) are deleted. This actually seems to work fine. However, the folder is not deleted, but stays and becomes totally locked down. I can no longer open it in Windows...more >>

In the example below, I'm trying to convert a fixed byte array to a string. I get an error about needing to use "fixed" but I have no clue where to apply it. Help? using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; namespace Test...more >>

It does not seem skmMenu supports a breadcrumb. I was thinking of using the SiteMap class for the breadcrumb. Has anyone done anything like this? My potential designs are: 1. Using menu.sitemap as the base layout and populating the skmMenu menuitem collection programmatically. 2. Writing a co...more >>

Is there no ASP.NET in C# express edition ? ...more >>

Hi, Anybody experimented calling C# components from java applications? I'm facing problems with the same. Any clue's are most appreciated. Thanks in advance. Ranjeesh ...more >>

Hi everyone Has anyone idea what would cause a TreeViewControl to show only the root node if I am using a bog-standard .sitemap file? Many thanks Darren ...more >>

How can C# be used for a website ? Would the person viewing a site need to have the .NET framework installed ? What other technologies would need to be used ? Would a database server be needed for dynamic content ? ...more >>

Hello i have made a custom control. i have placed a panel on it. I want this panel to behave just like the normal panel. The problem i was having is that the panel on my custom control doesnt accept other controls. The control i drag drop on it becomes the child of my custom control's parent ...more >>

Is there a way to determine which processor a thread is or was running on at a specific point in time? I want to examine patterns in how the thread scheduler assigns waiting threads to processors. -- Jeff S. ...more >>

Hi, searching this group and othher sources didn't found a match. My problem: Working with VS C#.Net 2003 I have a ListBox and like to retrieve the item which has the focus - not the selected one. In singleselection ListBox its mostly the same, thus the selection follows the focus. But in mu...more >>

Hi I have simple question. How to catch the event when my main application window is being minimized or sent to background by another application (no its own window) Thanks Shark ...more >>

I am developing couple intranet site. Cant decide what to use to get the Data I will be using Data Layer to get,update, insert, delete and report type queries.. Most expensive table will have 1 mil records.. Just a couple of tables will have that amount of data.. What would be affecient to u...more >>

We're rewritting an app using C# 2005 and it needs to read files in netCDF format. A dll is available for this and we've had success in calling its functions, unless it updates strings. We have tried several of the suggestions we've found on-line: Strings, StringBuilders, IntPtr, etc., but h...more >>

Is there a way to make menu controls behaviours like browser menu like. (file,Edit,View etc) or any other software menu dropdown.. I could do that with inbuild (<items> <asp:menu:item> and make the Orentation Horizantal etc) I know i could do that providing my items and asp menuitems behind the ...more >>

string[] lines = File.ReadAllLines(@"c:\text\history.txt"); foreach (string s in lines) { ArrayList results = new ArrayList(); string delimit = ";"; string[] currentline = s.Split(";"); MessageBox.Sh...more >>

Hello ! I want to ask You - do You know how i will develop the simple blog service ? Thanks ...more >>

I have a C# windos application. I want to show nearly 1 lakh invoice numbers for multiple selection in a search screen. Can you give me a best strategy ? Is it possible bulk data in a list box? ...more >>

I have a multi line text box, i'd like to store the contents of this textbox to a text file. However when I write the value of ' textbox.text ' to the file it is written verbatim spanning many lines if enter has been pressed. I'd like to store the value of the textbox on one single line in th...more >>

Hi, I've recently ported a .Net 1.1 application to .Net 2.0 and the one new feature that is getting on my nerves is that when there is an unhandled exception the application completely crashes, causing user to loose all the work they have done where they could previously just click continue a...more >>

I have a multiline textbox. The size of the text box should be 75 characters wide, and 5 lines in height like this: - <---75 characters--> <---75 characters--> <---75 characters--> <---75 characters--> <---75 characters--> I have used maxlength to limit the characters to 375 (75 X 5). ...more >>

what can be the good way to provide memory management in web based project....more >>

as sqldatareader is a class so why we can not create object of that class directly using new keyword....more >>