Hi I want to draw grips around my usercontrol. Becorse the grips are around the customcontrol they are outside the controls drawing area. I tried setting the Region to infinit but that does not seem to work. Any hints or workarounds ? Johan ...more >>

i'm new to C#, but i'm trying to write a circular doubly linked list. theres a bug in my code somewhere (i think in my find() method or ToGo() method) that causes an endless loop after i insert a node in the middle of the list. anyone care to take a look? i'm stumped. i appreciate any help. ...more >>

I would like to declare variables that can't be modified (like readonly) however I want to declare them in a single class so I can always refer to the same class whenever code uses them. However I want to give them values in constructors in different classes in different files. What's the best...more >>

I am attempting to connect a progress bar to my application. I have created a separate form that has a label and a progress bar. I am making a call to CopyFileEx via interop to copy files over a network and would like to use the callback function to update the progress bar on the form. This a...more >>

Hi There, I am using a PrintPreviewDialog and I would like it to close the print preview dialog when I press the escape key. What is the best way to do that? I tried to make myself a new class that inherited the PrintPreviewDialog, and then I tried to override the key methods (OnKeyDown,...more >>

Hi There, I am trying to add the option to close a PrintPreviewDialog using the escape key. Firstly is there an option when creating a PrintPreviewDialog that would allow me to do that? I have tried to inherit the PrintPreviewDialog and override the key events. That didn't work. I als...more >>

Really want this, would be very glad if someone could help.. i´m most interested in the C# videos and how to use visualstudio videos.....more >>

Hi everyone, I have 2 listboxes that I need to move items between, they are both bound to DataTables which get populated from the database with a list of clients. Im getting a few problems, with remove I am getting InvalidArgument=Value of '0' is not valid for 'SelectedIndex'. Parameter na...more >>

Hey I'm wondering if it is possible create OpenGL applications using C#, or is this only possible for vc++?? I quess if this should be possible in C# then C# must have a managned OpenGL SDK installed?? Any suggestions?? Jeff ...more >>

Greatings, I started using the Team Developer version of Unit Testing and the Team Developer version of Code Coverage. One thing I really like about it is that I can create my Unit Tests in a seperate project in the solution and when I view code coverage, the IDE will show me the coverage ...more >>

hey, I have a datatable here, but I need to make it into a string array. how do I do that? ...more >>

Is it possible to have a custom dialog for setting the properties of a = custom WF activity? For example, in the designer, if you drag-and-drop a custom control onto = the flow chart, I would like to be able to double-click the flow node = and open a pre-built modal dialog box that sets the no...more >>

I have and web page 'ePimsRegister.aspx' and assocated with this is some code in ''ePimsRegister.aspx.CS'. the code follows: using System; using System.Data; using System.Configuration; using System.Collections; using System.Web; using System.Web.Security; using System.Web.UI; using Syst...more >>

I am using a single grid to hold different categories of data on my form. I store the data for each category in a list when the grid's Leave() function is called and restore it when the Enter is called. However, the contents of the last cell I edit are not recognized unless I move to another...more >>

I have a client who foolishly insists on running my application at 120 DPI. Many of the forms that look quite acceptable in their original 96 DPI design format have problems with the form's child controls being place below and to the right of their designed position, sometimes so badly misplac...more >>

Can anyone tell me if this is a confimed bug and if there is a workaround: - Create an form set as an mdi container - Add a Menustrip to mdi container and set form's MainMenuStrip property to newly created menu - Create mdi child form and set it's window state to Maximized When you run the...more >>

Hello, I have the following two classes: class Chunk<T,V1> { V1 value; T data; } class Feature<T,V2>{ V2 value; T data} I am writing a class that in essence transforms a Chunk into a Feature. class Transform<T,V1,V2> ... public Feature<T,V2> transform (Chunk<T,V2> foo)... Chunk a...more >>

Hi All, I am trying to Bulid Windows Mobile Forms Control with C# in VS2005 using CF2. On this control A lable is created and some text set for the control. My problem is that i dont know how lond the text is going to be. so i need to set the height and width of the label a cording to th...more >>

I'm looking for a way to invoke methods with an arbitrary number of parameters of arbitrary type from within a single method, when those parameters are known at the time of invocation of the containing method. I don't see a reason why this shouldn't work. I also can't find the language feature w...more >>

Hi there, I need to implement a light Http layer over a TCP/IP Socket as I have to create an application running on FW1.1 (so I cannot use the HttpListener class :-( ). Which approach would you use? 1) The socket reads all the data; after that it converts the read bytes into a string and...more >>

I would like to have a hint to solve this problem: I have a simple user control (myControl) and I'm writing a custom OnPaint event. I have the Graphics object passed through PaintEnventArgs. Now I would like to copy a region from the control 'canvas' to a Bitmap object to process it. How do...more >>

Hi, I'm writing a Web service (the first one I've ever written in anger, by the way) that has to do some AD manipulation and then has to create some directories on some remote servers. Doing the AD stuff is fine, because I can pass in suitable credentials: however this is not the case (AFA...more >>

I've been struggling with this for a while. I have a business entity Employee that has a Company entity attached to it. Ex: public class Compay{ // blah } public class Employee { private Company _company; public Company Company{ // get/set } } I'm looking for a good way...more >>

Hi, all. How can i hook up an InternetExplorer object to a WebBrowser control that I have in my windows form. Basically what I want to do is automate the WebBrowser control via the InternetExplorer object (instead of loading iexplorer.exe externally...). Thanks, ...more >>

Any good C# beginner blogs out there? Marco ...more >>

I am trying to populate a DataGridView Combobox column with a different data binding source (dataset) depending upon a selection made in a previous column. I can handle the previous column but how do I assign the following properties dynamically in code? DataPropertyName DataSource Displa...more >>

I have a DataGridView bound to a database query result. I would like to pick an arbitrary column from the DataGridView and pass its data to a method that requires it to be an IList. What is the best way to do this?...more >>

When using the .WriteXml() method of the Dataset object, is there any way to control how the xml is formatted? In other words, can one specify whether certain values are written as attributes or as elements? Thanks! *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***...more >>

Hi; We have a Javascript function which I have been tasked to move to a CSharp class. This javascript function uses Regular expression extensively. This function has a string input parameter and output parameter. My questions are: a. Can I expose a function in my CSharp code and internally...more >>

Hi, Does anyone have an example code snippet from a Windows App that loads a field from a strongly typed DataSet into a Combobox? Even dissecting the DataSet via the Immediate Pane I still can't work out what part of the DataSet I need to load. Thanks very much. Andy...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to dynamically remove labels from a windows form in csharp. I have a foreach loop similar to : foreach(Control c in this.Controls) { c.Dispose(); } The code does not find any labels but works fine for othet controls. I'm clearing the entire form (excluding menus) so th...more >>

Hey, I have the following class: public Child<T> { //Some Code } Can I (using Reflection or any other way) create a Child object in runtime without knowing what is T? like this: static object GetChild(Type t) { } Thanks ahead --sternr ...more >>

Hi all, I have a question I am unable solve. I have an inheritance graph like this: // CAR ----- MUSICAR ---- NICECAR // \ \ // \ +------ OLDCAR // \ // +---- HOMEMADECAR All originate from Car. In musiCar I introduce "public bool hasStereo" t...more >>

Hello, How to create/install & start windows service? Thanks sharwan ...more >>

Please help i cant connect to the database in C#Express.I add new data source,i call up the show datasources window.I then drag the table onto the form it automatically sets up the form.But when i run the programme then it doesnt save the data into the database.It seems to just get stuck in the ...more >>

Hi, I have my own UserSettings class that I wish to include within my windows application. To include it at the moment, I do something like this - namespace WindowsApplication1 { static class Program { static public UserSettings userSettings = new UserSettings(); ...more >>

Hi, I recently had an interview where I was asked a number of questions on C#. Unfortunately I didn't get the answers from the test and find that one of them is still niggling me. It was something like this: Consider the following code: int i = 0; Console.WriteLine("...more >>

Hi, I have a small managed code application (windows forms) that executes on startup and immidiatly minimizes to the system tray. It launches and shows the form when I double click it's small icon in the system tray. So far so good. I'd like for the app to maximize outside of the system tray...more >>

Hi all, I'm having a baffling problem with a windows service that I'm working on. Basically, I am using a typed dataset to insert a large number of rows into an SQL Server 2005 database. But there's a memory leak that seems to be to do with calling the data adapters update method. It's mak...more >>

Hi, Anyone interested in C# (zip compression) backup program. If you do go to http://www.apsorakhmer.com Enjoy ...more >>

hi all, I have some unsolving issue. i.e accessing a windowform listview in a classfile. I want access the listview control which is placed in a window form , with full features. Can any body helps. Thank you. Regards, Kamal. ...more >>