can i dock windows in my programs like Visual Studio 2005 do (for example, the properties window) ? Thank you ...more >>

its there a application quit method to exit the application example thanks Mark ...more >>

are there functions in c# for just members of a class myclass.Method/function Thanks Mark ...more >>

I'm writing some code that will convert a regular string to a byte[] for compression and then beable to convert that compressed string back into original form. Conceptually I have.... For compression string ->(Unicode Conversion) byte[] -> (Compression + Unicode Conversion) string For D...more >>

Is it possible to span multiple rows with a single column? For example I may want to associate two items with a persons name and want that name spanned accross both rows (each item) . Is this possible? If not what control could this be done with? ...more >>

I need some help with a multilevel sorting problem with the List<>. I have a List<ItemToSort> ( see below ) that needs to be sorted in the following manner: Sort by Level1Id ( ok that was the easy part) Within the unique Level1Id's, sort by Level2Id Within the unique level2Id's sort by name...more >>

Hi, I want my app's user to be able to record sound through my app and save it to the/some file. How can I do that? Are there any classes in the .net framework that let us do this? Or will I have to buy some thirdparty components, in which case plz suggest some cool n tested links. Regar...more >>

I have an object in my page protected RProductList Rproductlist22; public class RProductList : R_ListBase { public RProductList(Page Page); public override void GenerateSQL() { if (base.SQL_Top == string.Empty) { base.SQL = this.getSQL(string.Empty); ...more >>

How can I catch an error and throw the exception message plus some custom text? For example, I'd like to do something like this: try { //generate error } catch { //throw ex + " my custom message"; // OR //throw ex.Message + " my custom message"; } How is this possible without w...more >>

How do you evaluate an xpath in c# containing a ' ? I tried using &apos; but it did not work Thanks ...more >>

Hey, I'm searching for a methode to get the the reference to an object I added into a listview. I got this class Address class Address { private string street; private string numb; private string city; private string country; private string phone; private string gsm;...more >>

.... Becuase GOD am I getting sick of happily whipping out a rexex pattern, and then spending 45 minutes squinting my eyes at the c# code, trying to see if I have 4 backslashes, or only 3. Suggestions greatly appreciated, cdj ...more >>

It appears that my user.config file got corrupted causing my "InitializeComponent" routine to throw an exception "Root element is missing." when I start my app. I figure I can just go into Explorer and delete the file to get things working again, but I'd rather just catch the exception and res...more >>

Hello, Does anyone know if there is going to be or already is a successor to the DSO Framer? I wonder what ever happened with the ActiveDocumentHost.... We use the DSO Framer in one of our C# apps but strange things are happening when using it with Word 2007 including some missing feature...more >>

Hi I am getting an Exception and trying to fix as MS suggest From C# help this comes >>Make sure your method arguments are in the right format. >>The format of your method arguments must meet the parameter specifications >>of the invoked members. >>When converting a string to DateTime, ...more >>

I have a class (base) which has 1 field (_MyField) and 1 method (DoSomething() ). This class is inherited by another class (MyClass). This class sets _MyField to a value and then invokes DoSomething. When Do Something is invoked, _MyField is always null. Why? public abstract base { ...more >>

This is my xml file content: <?xml version="1.0"?> <server> <mssqlChicago> <host>www.chicagoserver.com</host> <user>managerA</user> <password>ceoman</password> <db>dbCEO</db> </mssqlChicago> <mssqlLA> <host>www.LAserver.com</host> <u...more >>

FxCop gives a "Do not pass literals as localized parameters" warning on the dot Text properties of my Form1 components in Form1.Designer. These are the strings that label the buttons and form. I assume that I don't really need to retrieve these strings using ResourceManager, or do I? How do I avo...more >>

I have a simple app that opens in Program.cs with try { Application.Run(new Shell()); } catch (Exception ex) { LogErr(ex) } In the development environment, any exception thrown anywh...more >>

Does anyone have a simple function to clear the keyboard buffer? I need to make sure and clear any keystrokes before I exit my application. Thanks, Mike ...more >>

Hi, Do we have managed newsgroups for WWF and WCF questions? If not, which newsgroup should I use for WWF and WCF questions? Thank you, Max ...more >>

I have an abstract class. I want to define a field and a few methods which reference the field defined for that abstract class. The field is defined in the abstract class but is populated in the class which inherits the class. The only way to reference the field in the abstract class is to ...more >>

Hi, I'm analyzing the fields of an object like this: foreach (FieldInfo info in obj.GetType().GetFields()) { ... } Some of the fields are arrays, so I check for info.IsArray which works fine and info.FieldType contains MyType[] for example. But how do I get the base type of the a...more >>

Every time I open the C# project, it copies all assemblies the project references into the output path. How can I disable it? TIA, JoeZ ...more >>

Hi, I am trying to build my application into a single installation exe so that my client can start installing and test on their machine. My question can MS VS2005 publishing feature able to doing this? Many thanks in advances :) ...more >>

Hello, I made an application that uses the main thread for the UI, and another thread to communicate through the RS232 port. I would like the communication thread to be suspended immediately when the user presses the ESC key. It should resume when the user answers a dialog box. The Thread....more >>

I am trying to turn my html page into text only (except for <a> tags - links). I have changed everything except remaining tags. ************************************ // Remove remaining tags like <a>, links, images, // comments etc - anything thats enclosed inside < > result = ...more >>

Hi, I have two PCs: PC1: Visual Studio 2005 (including .NET framework 2.0. PC2: Visual Studio 6 (using Visual Basic 6) + .NET framework 2.0 installed separately. On PC1 I wrote and built a C# DLL (see code below), and created one .tlb and one .reg file to expose its methods to COM. On PC...more >>

Hi All, The problem is as follows: I have a table from where I am getting consultant's name and populating the dropdown list control. But I want to populate the default one which I got it as a query string from the previous page. How can I do that? I do appreciate your help. Thanks a ...more >>

Hi I am having a problem formatting a string when the time is in format hh.mm.ss - used in Europe Parse seems ok when the date uses "/" or "." as seperator but I get an exception when time uses "." as seperator as used in Europe I have US regional setting and I have tried switching my reg...more >>

Dear Friends, We are using Oracle 8i Enterprise Edition of Windows 2000 Server as the Backend. For backup purpose we are using the following command @ command prompt viz; c:\> exp scott/tiger file=07-FEB-2007.dmp Is there any other way for simple backup, so that the user by enter ...more >>

I want to invoke a static method of a static class using a TEXT variable which has the namespace and class name which should be executed. I looked at the "CreateInstance" method, but this looks like a way to create an instance of a class, which is not what is needed. I attempted to use this ...more >>

Typically, I create a command object and execute it and then if I want to execute additional SQL I create another command object to do this. Is this correct or can/should I re-use the existing command object? If it is appropriate to create another command object, do I need to use the Dispose...more >>

Hi all, I have a list of integers and simply want to check if a number exists in that list. In the manual I found the List.Exists method but this apparently only works for constants values via a predicate? Am I wrong here? What I want to do List<int> id = new List<int>(); ... populate li...more >>

I am usign the code below to find the current row and cell. Which works OK. Then hwat I want to do is get the value of each other cell in the row. So below I am trying to get at least one values. The last line gives me an error that I am not passing the correct arguments. But I am passing two ...more >>

The application i build in C#.net is crashing once a month. I can't reproduce the crash. Is there a way to track down where the program crashes, without putting logging everywhere in the code? Is there a way to get a stack trace of the crashing program (by the way, i'm new to C#.net, i have e...more >>

Hi, I have a 48x48 icon named <ApplicationName>.ico which, when I build my application, is therefore used as the executable icon. However, in Windows Explorer it is possible to use various different views that require different icon sizes. Explorer will automatically scale the icon to the corre...more >>

Please give a kind look on my question. and please comments. I am Using C# as development tool of Dot Net 2.0. I wrote a function read_data() that read data from Serial Port continuously.Till application gets close. But When Form loaded read_data() function take tooo much CPU. Even I can...more >>

Hi, I have a property grid used for editing the members of a class of which one is an int. If this int value is deleted in the property grid then I get a default error dialog box that says: "Property is not valid." [Details] "is not a valid value for Int32." I would like to be able to override ...more >>

I have a "funny" after upgrading to .NET2.0. The following code is placed inside an unsafe method in assembly "A" System.Object myIUnknownObject = Marshal.GetObjectForIUnknown((System.IntPtr)m_someClass.MyProperty); SomeClass is declared public in assembly "B". MyProperty get is declared ...more >>

Can you tell me how to read and modify a value in the app.config file using this class? Thank you very much ...more >>

Hello, As I am taking my first steps in C#.NET i wrote this but I always receive an error message. <%@ Page Language="C#" %> <script runat="server"> void Submit_Click(object obj, Eventargs e) { if (tbPass.Value == "mypass") { Session["Username"] = tbUser.value; Response.Redirec...more >>