Hi I'm searching for the way to set up the default property of my class. I'm using v1.1 of the fmk. For example, when I drag an object of an ArrayList type into the Watch window, it immediately displays the value of Count property like this: myArrayList {Count=1} System.Collections.ArrayList ...more >>

Hi, I have some questions concerning thread pools. I've marked the questions by number in the text. First I'd like to know when which thread pools an application uses. I know ASP.NET uses the CLR common thread pool. (1a) Is there a way around this? (1b) Can ASP.NET application have it's own...more >>

Hi all, I have button which its flatstyle is popup. The problem is that it has border when user doesn't move the mouse on the button. How can I remove the border that only when the user moves the mouse cursor on that button, it sets border so it looks like 3d? Thanks, Eran. ...more >>

I can do this in VB: For Each fld As Field In _ fieldList.FindAll(AddressOf SearchSelOrKeyNotID) 'do stuff here Next where the function is defined: Private Shared Function _ SearchSelOrKeyNotID(ByVal f As Field) As Boolean Return Not f.IsIden...more >>

Hello Everyone, I really need help in this email. I am using pop3 service to connect to microsoft exchange. I have two profiles defined in microsoft exchange. One is west1 and another one is west2. When I am trying to connect to west1. I can succesfully connect to the excahnge mail bo...more >>

Is it possible, as in C? I don't think it is. Just checking. Zytan ...more >>

Hi, is there a clean way how to install windowsservice with some SETUP.EXE project ? I tried this out but after that installation I see my service in servicemanager not ! I also tried it with INSTALLUTIL but it's als negative. I only get this error: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Data or As...more >>

Hi, How can I write a word document to a database - I get the document as an object (it is embedded within excel file) and I would like to add it to the db. Thanks ...more >>

I've got a problem with the way that some dialogs, er ah, I mean forms, position their controls. On most machines, but not on my client's laptop, all of the forms and their controls display in the expected fashion but on my client's laptop, there are a couple of forms whose controls are placed...more >>

Hello Everyone, I designed a custom control that is entirely covered by a picture box. I then dragged this custom control onto a windows form application (called main) and I need to handle mouse events in my main application. Specifically, when a user double clicks on my custom control I nee...more >>

Good day, I read 1-n records from a database, For each record in the database I create a system timer. (then add the timer to a list of timers). I create an object to store the data for each record in: public class CustAckAttribs { public int CustomerID; ...more >>

I've made a very simple user control. It's only a textBox who only admits numbers. I've done it listening the event KeyPress. The strange thing is that it works fine in my home computer but it doesn't in my work. In both places I work with VS2005. ...more >>

Does anyone know an approach to knowing when your application with a notify icon is being shut down by windows? I have an application with a notify icon and a back ground thread. The back ground thread is a regular System.Threading.Thread with background mode set. It is not a "back ground ...more >>

One user of my application is experiencing an exception "input string not in correct format". But it makes no sense where it is occurring. It is occurring when a string from a textbox ("172") is being convert to an Int16 (using Convert.ToInt16). How can that be? There are other text boxes ...more >>

I created a simple C# Windows Application that allows Users to type comments and then click a 'Submit' button to sumit the entry and close the application. How can I create a Hot-Key like Ctrl-Enter that will do the same thing as clicking the 'Submit' button? ...more >>

Hello NG, Is it possible to share the settings of an application with a class libreary? In my case I have a application and a set of different reports (home made) put into a class library. The plan is to delivere different report.dlls with the main app. But it is essentially importent, t...more >>

Hi, How do you create a "solution" from an existing one with a different name? I renamed the directories and file but it still produces binaries with the old solution's name. Thanks, Gary ...more >>

I have a rather large legacy application written in C++. I want to add some new functionality which would be easier to do in C#. Is it possible to create a DLL in C# which can be called from my C++ application, with the C# DLL presenting dialogs and other GUI features? I know I can creat...more >>

Hi all, What is the best way to catch any and all exceptions when creating a windows service application? Is there some sort of global exception event I can use, or is it possible to surround the ServiceBase.Run(ServicesToRun); line with a try catch? Would that work? Also, when an ex...more >>

Hi all, Can anybody tel me how to programatically kill my service when an exception occurs? Whenever something bad happens I'd like to shut it down. Also, is there a way to programatically restart my service at a set interval or when a particular condition is met within the application?...more >>

I'm using a quasi open-source project and am running into an exception in double.Parse which is effectively this: double.Parse(double.MinValue.ToString()) System.OverflowException: Value was either too large or too small for a Double. at System.Number.ParseDouble(String s, NumberStyles...more >>

Hi all, I have a question about using XMLValidatingReader. I have a schema files (xsd), and a xml data file. In the xml data file, if I don't specify the schema file path, XMLValidatingReader always complains. If schema file path is included, then it doesn't complain. Is there any way ...more >>

I have a windows app that downloads Firmware to a micro. I display the % done on the form, but I would like to put it in the forms title so that when it is minimized you can see it on the toolbar. It appears you can't change Form.text at runtime. Is there a way to do it? I've tried MSDN and goog...more >>

Every time our application starts it prompts the user to allow it access to the internet because our application is checking for updates. Is there anyway programically to tell Vista to allow this connection without prompting the user? Thanks, Joe ...more >>

I've got a number of SNMP devices scattered around the globe that I want to get some information off.. I've got a couple of classes whcih get a quite complex table together from SQL and SNMP devices and return a DataTable Object. but as the devices are all in totally different locations (we ...more >>

This is probably a very introductory object-oriented question, but it has been nagging me for years, and since I've never been able to find the right answer, I've had to work around it with non-optimal code. However, I suspect there must be a proper object-oriented approach to solving this probl...more >>

Hi I am using C# and my class declaration is like this namespace UnitTestCaseTool { /// <summary> /// Summary description for RuleParser. /// </summary> public class RuleParser { public RuleParser() { private Object NextItem; RuleParser RulesProperties; } private R...more >>

I posted something relating to this earlier, but need to follow. I have a C# (2003) app running on a Citrix server, running Windows 2003. The app will run fine, but then all of the sudden it will produce a fatal error when someone tries to run it. They double click on the icon, and then a m...more >>

I have a dataset with one table and I want to change one coumn value to a fixed constant. Is it possible to do it without iterating through each row? Thanks. ...more >>

Back in COM time, it's possible to use #import statement in cpp to load COM object type info and use it at coding time. When the application is started, the underlying COM DLL will not be loaded until that part of code is called. Is there a similar thing in .Net (C#) application ? When I cr...more >>

Hello All, Just wanted to know if c# has a class which can handle communication between neighbour computers in same network so if i run a program on one computer it will be able to bring up processes and have all other properties of controling the state of that process through a service which i...more >>

hi my name is valentin and i started to programm in C# for 2 weeks using SharpDeveloper, My questions is how can i create child forms because now i'm using just parent forms like: void btPress(){ frmForm1 frmF1 = frmForm1(); frmF1.Show(); } Somebody please help me, so i can understand ...more >>

I'm trying to use an enum created in Managed c++ in a C# project. I can reach the enums name, i.e. namespace MyNS { public enum MyEnum { EOne, ETwo }; } in C++ makes me able to reach MyNS, but not MyNS.EOne. Why?...more >>

Hi I have a console application that in some cases could get a System.IO.FileLoadException Could not load file or assembly XXX, Version=5.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=YYYY' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. ...more >>

Given the following example class: public class genericClass<T> { public genericClass() {} public genericClass(IEnumerable<T> a) { /* do something with a */ } public genericClass(T b) { /* do something with b */ } } And the following code: Type t = typeof ( genericClass<te...more >>

Hi, is it faster to access the fields from an object directly by using reflection than accessing them by their properties using reflection? Thanks Christian...more >>

Hi, when I concatenate strings is it faster to use the StringBuilder or the string.Format function? thanks christian...more >>

How can I pass a C++ HWND to and from C# and Managed C++?...more >>

Hi, I need to convert a KeyCode from event KeyDown to a string. For example Keys.Decimal that's 110 to ".", but it converts to char 'n' that's the code ascii of 110. I'm a little confuse with this. []'s BD...more >>

How can I pass a C++ HWND to and from C# and Managed C++?...more >>

I know this is REALLY picky, but how would one go about preventing that hideous outline from showing up around a button when it receives focus in VS 2003? I'm known for my eyecandy UI's but this is something that has plagued me for awhile. Many thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hi all, I can't see what's wrong with this regex pattern: private int ParsePageViews(string str) { int ret = 0; string pattern = @"Visits.*\n\s*Total\s\.*\s(? <visits>(\d{3})|(\d,\d{3}))"; if (Regex.IsMatch(str, pattern)) ...more >>

Hi, I'm running a command line process from my C# application trying to catch the output messages from the process into a textbox in my windows form. But the text doesn't update (the ReadLine doesn't return) until the process exits??? Any help is highly appreciated! The code is like this: ...more >>

Hi, I would like to create a form and read the pixels of the layer under my form (think of a kind of magnifier glass), to do some processing on them. Do you have any idea about how to do this? How can I read pixels under a form? Thanks in advance MrAsm...more >>