Hi, I want to create dates in the following format: dd-MMM-yyyy e.g. 13- Mar-2007 But are seeing some problems when running on a Japanese Windows XP. Regional settings are set to JP. Currently I am doing this DateTime dat = DateTime.Now; return String.Format("{0:dd}-{0:MMM}-{0:yyyy}", d...more >>

Hi, I my program runs other program(form) by process.start. In some cases the other program gets exception and dies. Can I get the reason of the termination of other program(Stopped by user, exception). Note that when the other program dies due to exception, it writes to messagebox. does...more >>

Hello, I wish to create a collection from labels on a form. I know the form has a control setting. But I wish to access specifically numbered lables only ( label20 to label50); any advice is appreciated. TIA, Bhads. ...more >>

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This works: Console.WriteLine("F: {0:F}", CurrTime); But this doesn't: Debug.WriteLine("F: {0:F}", CurrTime); Any reason why? Zytan P.S. How does Debug.WriteLine() (and I assume Console.WriteLine(), but maybe not) know to invoke ToString() for anything passed to it? Is it because it...more >>

Hi all I want to know diffrence between File version and Assembly version.. thanks in advance ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to use Bitlocker api: Win32_EncryptableVolume : http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa376483.aspx Is there a C# wrapper available for the api? Thanks, rsm ----- ...more >>

(This was posted in the Framework.Setup group a couple of days ago with no response. Hoping someone here has an idea on this.....) Hello, I'm unable to install (re-isntall) the 1.1 Framework. Recently, one user started having trouble running ANY .net apps (0xC0000005 Error - App Failed to I...more >>

Can someone tell me why I get this error? System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryServicesCOMException was unhandled Message="An operations error occurred.\r\n" Source="System.DirectoryServices" ErrorCode=-2147016672 ExtendedError=8406 ExtendedErrorMessage="000020D6: SvcErr: DSID-0310068...more >>

Hi! I need rekomendation on book's that will handle the subject on creating dataaware applications with MS-SQL server. Things to think of, and how to create applications that are fast, and how to build true client server apps. Regards Martin ...more >>

I am unable to find the documentation on rotating the WaitCursor. ----- code --------- try { this.Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor; // more code } catch { } finally { this.Cursor = Cursors.Default; } ----- end code ---- Can someone point me in the right direction? ...more >>

I'm trying to call a Webservice (Non-.NET) That requires the insertion of security credentials into the SOAP header. Up until know I've been creating Dynamic proxy classes to call web services and not been dealing with the inner workings of SOAP. Looks Like I need to learn a little about soap...more >>

I would like my popup ContextMenu to have a different backcolor than the form. How is that done? thanks, -Steve ...more >>

I'm developing a Wizard type program, and I'm flipping between steps by using a TabControl.. buttons on each tabPage move to the next or previous tabPage. When I press CTRL+Tab however, the tabControl begins to cycle through the tabPages, just as it does in Visual Studio, IE7 etc.. any tabbed ...more >>

Hi all, I went to an event at Microsoft some time ago and they demonstrated this new feature in Dot net where and application can check on Startup for a newer version of itself in a specific location or Web URL. I am not sure what it was called and I am having trouble searching for i...more >>

I have a user control with eight text boxes, if I start typing in the first text box in the tab order all is well, but if I mouse click into another box and start typing the text goes into the frst box rather than the one I put the focus in. The caret is in the right box, though no in the right ...more >>

Hello Any one have examples of how I can multihome my NIC with and additional IP address and subnet mask in c#? Thanks B ...more >>

HI All, I'm just starting on C# - I've .NET version v 2.0.507207 on my machine. I run a .cs having the following code from command line : __________________________________ using System; namespace FirstCSharpProgram { class FirstCSharpClass { static void Main() ...more >>

I am writing text out to a text file and I want to LEFT justify the text. I wave found examples for the following: // Format a negative integer or floating-point number in various ways. Console.WriteLine("Standard Numeric Format Specifiers"); Console.WriteLine( "(C) Currency...more >>

Greetings, I have been using the Click Once deployment feature of VS2005 - very nice. I had IE6 at the time when I started using Click Once Deployment, and everything worked fine. But then my workstation got upgraded to IE7, and now whenever I deploy an application and IE7 comes up for th...more >>

Hello all, I ran into a couple applications written in c#, but we do not have the full version of visual studio.net 2003, so I thought they were most likely written in the beta version. After some research, I found out that sooner or later the applications written in beta would just stop work...more >>

Anyone know the best way for me to offer an installation process for my c# app that I just completed? I need for it to install into the / program files directory and it would be nice for it to be zipped up into one executable. Thanks for any help. Trint ...more >>

Is there a 'sync to contents' button anywhere in VC# 2005, like VS 2003 had? I'd like to be able to see more what is to offer when I find myself in a help page. Zytan ...more >>

I want to write an Excel file (.xls format) from some database data. I don't want to use Excel.exe because of all the automation and security issues. Does Microsoft document the .xls file format anywhere? Is there any c# class that will let me do this? ...more >>

I wrote a c# web service that creates an Excel spreadsheet. Even though I follow all the formal procedures for closing the app and finalizing, an instance of Excel still remains in memory. Is this a problem? With that instance of Excel.exe eventually go away because of GC? I follow...more >>

Hello I'm trying to connect to a sql database using C# console application but I'm having trouble to connect.. can someone help me? // Create an empty SqlConnection object. using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection()) { // Configure the SqlConnection object's connection string. ...more >>

sorry for my bad english, i hope this group is appriopriate for this question task i am tryin to do is to write code [c#, managed] to extract some frames from popular (popular on a windows platform) movie formats, for example Quick Time (.mov), Real, WindowsMediaPlayer (.wmv), mpg, avi, v...more >>

Hi, I need to change a value of an element in an XML file, I have been trying to select the node to edit but can only get as far as component and have to itterate through.. XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument(); doc.Load("C:\\WINDOWS\\Panther\\Sysprep.xml"); // C...more >>

Hello, What is the fastest/most efficient way of doing string replacement in csharp/.net? An example would be: "Hello, my name is {FirstName}, and I live in the town of {City} with my wife {WifeName} and my {NumKids} children." I have this working with regular expressions, but I'm wond...more >>

I've written an application that can minimize to the tray and can reappear if you double click on the icon in the tray (ShowInTaskbar is set to false). I've also created a ContextMenuStrip (Visual C# 2005) so that you can write click on the icon in the tray for options. I then captured the eve...more >>

I am trying to send out an email that is based upon an HTML page. Is it possible to read the HTML page into something like a StringReader and then set the Mail.Body equal to the StringReader? If it is, does anybody have any code samples? *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersde...more >>

Hi, I would like to show users in my Windows Forms application weather conditions in a concrete point based on latitude/longitude pair values. At the moment I have different points identified by latitude and longitude pair values. In fact, I represent these points in a map using Virtual Ea...more >>

Hi, My app starts process. Some times this process exits because of exception. Can my app know if the process exited due to exception or gracefully? In both ways, the exit code of this process is zero. I tried using the following, but it goes to catch. ProcessStartInfo myProcessStartIn...more >>

Hi, I'm looking for help monitoring the communication of a client/server application. We are using the .Net default serialization/ deserialization with the binary formatter using .Net 2.0. I don't see any chance spying on what is going on during communication. We experience poor performance a...more >>

If on form2 i calculate a value how do i pass it back to form form1.I want to close form2 and at the same time pass the value back to form1.Thanks ...more >>

Can anybody Suggest a book that can be used as Referance from Scratch to atleast Intermediate level & is available easily in India So it should Contains the things from Basics to Experts.. Thanks for ypur valueable time Regards. ...more >>

Hi all I have a simple form with not much more than a datagridview control, and want to show and edit the contents of a table in my mysql table. So far I have managed to set the db table as a datasource for the datagridview, and display the contents. Code bit: public partial class FormEd...more >>

Hi all, I have one COM dll which i want to use in .net application. I don't know what security constraints are added to this dll. But when i try to add reference of that dll into .net appliction i am getting following error :- A reference to test.dll'could not be added. This is not a va...more >>

greetings, I have a datagrid view filled with some data, in that data some of the cells are null and I would like to not let the user select the rows with null values... the problem is that the selection goes there when I click and then jump back to last selected row... the correct behav...more >>

Hi I am executing a Sql Server SP from my C# app One of the parameters is of type varbinary. Since the content length of this parameter is variable I cannot set it to a pre-defined length. What do I set the parameter size to ? I can set it to -1 but does -1 means variable upto maximum size...more >>

Hi, I have a c# program where I need a numerical float input. Due to the culture difference, someone is used to type f.ex. 1,3; 2,32 (, comma) while others use 1.3; 2.32(. point) etc. so the program should accept both numerical expression. How can I do it? -- windsim...more >>

How can i get access to textbox or an object in another form.I need to insert a value from a textbox on form1 into a textbox on form2 but cant get the textbox to appear in intellisense.I am a beginner still learning C# thanks. ...more >>

Hi, I need to retrieve all usernames within an active directory security group (including sub-groups) into my C# application. Is there a relatively simple way of doing this? (I'm hoping for a simple ldap query but I feel I'm out of luck) Thanks, -rh ...more >>

I see many c# code samples that relate to strings or using strings in file paths, that have an @ sign. eg string path1 = @"mydir"; string path2 = @"\mydir"; what does the @ do ? Peted...more >>

I have a app.config file and I'd like to read and modify strings in it. I can read but I can't modify strings. The code I'm using is this: System.Configuration.Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None); string key = "myKey"; config.Save...more >>

Hi I have a dotnet application that communicates with a web service running locally on my machine. It connects fine and works ok when I run the application from the c: drive. Am having problems running it from my ftp location, so ftp://localhost/setup.exe In the Runtime security poli...more >>