Hello all, Recently I have started working in .NET 2.0. I am developing a web service application that references a DLL component written in C# 2.0. The component has its own config file which contains settings related to business logic coded in that component. I can reference and load the co...more >>

Is there a way with Visual Studio 2003 and 2005 to list the name a value of compile time constants like those created with #define statements. Right now I have the need to use the same C# code in 2003 and 2005 and need to know which version is doing the work. I could create one but if there is ...more >>

Given the following code: public class Test { static unsafe void StringManip(string data) { fixed (char* ps = data) ps[0] = '$'; } public const string Const = "Const"; public static readonly string ReadOnly = "ReadOnly"; static void Main(string[]...more >>

I have WinForms MDI application. MDI child forms are created by menustrip click enent handler AppDesktop.FormMgr.Show(new ChildForm1("param1", "param2") ); Every MDI child form "childform1" may have separate class with different name and different number of parameters. When application in ...more >>

I have a class that I started writing, then decided to have it inherit = from UserControl. I edited the class declaration to make it a partial = class, but when I edit the designer, the changes are place in the main = ..cs. So I created a Designer.cs file and added all the code that's = typical...more >>

I just got this question form a client and I cannot figure out a answer .. can some one help me out here.. He need me to give the hardware configuration for a server that host a system which does this... An application that could potentially host 500,000 registered users that wou...more >>

There's an architect at my 200 person company that advocates having many layers in all my C# apps. He wants web services, use case handlers, facade layers, data gateways, etc. When I ask why all this complexity is necessary, he gives me what if scenarios: "What if you ever want to access the b...more >>

What I have is a class A with a method Foo. I would like to create a thread that instances A and then calls Foo asynchronously while performing other duties. I think that the solution is to write an asynchronous version of Foo so that the caller can pass a callback as in the signature: p...more >>

Greetings, Lets say I have the following expression: (<A|ABBR|ADDRESS|APPLET(\s){1,}(.*?)>(.*?)</A|ABBR|ADDRESS|APPLET) Such that it'll match any HTML tag that opens with the above specified (simplified for brevity) and the closing tag as well. Assuming that I had a list of opening pos...more >>

Hi, I have a foreach... on a bunch of checkboxes in a groupbox. What order will this work in? I have to leave my processing on two of the checkboxes until after the others... is there any way to determine/alter the order it works in? ...more >>

Is there any way of renaming the properties of standard controls. I want to create a TextBox control inherited from a normal textbox control, but I want to use the property for something else. Let's say the program sets the Text property to "Mickey", then I want the TextBox to Show "Donald"...more >>

Hi, I have this theoretical problem: Say that I need a chat server that also has a database where it saves all conversations. However, I need several servers for availability and load balancing. Now arises the problem of how to synchronize the servers in the shortest interval (synchronize dat...more >>

Hi y'all I've got a custom control that is inherited from a normal TextBox. To that, I've added a new property that I call "Units", Which is a collection class containing members of a "Unit" class. When I put my Textbox on the form, I can access the "Units" property from the IDE's proper...more >>

Does anyone have anything to say about using xml to communicate between client and server over a tcp network connection? If the data i am sending is reasonably small, then i presume the added overhead of processing the xml is negligible (in comparison to just reading integers and strings, etc of...more >>

I need to search data in DataView with RowFilter property but I need that searching is case sensitive. How can I do that? ...more >>

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Im having problems with my program, in that if I close the main form while my new thread is doing work which involves writing to the main form, then I get an error about a disposed object. To fix this, i have added an event, with the aim the main form subscribes to the event when it is crea...more >>

Hey guys How can I painlessly execute some heavy processing in another process, so the main application may still be closed, but the processing will continue until its done? Also, how can progressing events be implemented in this scenario? Thanks in advance ...more >>

I have overridden the IsInputKey method on several .NET controls to allow and handle tab keypresses. However, now, when the tab key is pressed an audio alert is sounded. Can anyone tell me how to turn this off? ...more >>

hey all, if i had a list like ColorRed TestBlue NumberTwo What's the easiest way to insert a space between each word? thanks, rodchar...more >>

I have launched threads with void methods, like so: TestClass testClass = new TestClass(); Thread testThread = new Thread(testClass.Launch); testThread.Start(); Where testClass.Launch is void, this works. I want to make testClass.Launch return a value (bool). Can I do this? Titan ...more >>

I have written a tray program and I want the program to perform some scheduled job like copying files etc., My question is, if the user leave the computer on but the program in hibernated mode, will the program will run? Lets say, my tray program checks the timer and if it is 8:00PM, then it sh...more >>

Is there a way to hide the windows taskbar. Or change the option to auto hide it ? Thanks. ...more >>

Is it possible to do a local keyboard hook to a process running in a new thread. The process is a command line application and is instanciated when a button is pressed on the main form. I have had the hook working Globally, but this means that the hook logs keystokes from the main app as well as...more >>

Dear All, I am trying to make a class that inherits from SPFile sharepoint class: public class NDFile : Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFile { ... } When compiling, I get the following error: "The type 'Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFile' has no constructors defined" As Sharepoint documentatio...more >>

I have a form with two text boxes, a button, and a datagrid control which is bound to my SQL DB. There are two columns on the datagrid, one for each of the textboxes on the form. I have already implemented code which will put (both ints) data from the two columns into their respective text boxes...more >>

Hi, I have a web application, asp.net and c# done in 2.0, which is going to return rows from the db with dates or certain events. The db is going to have events dates for the entire year, but on the site we just want those events for the current month. Is there a way to check this, check as e...more >>

I have a project that gathers a list of directories on a computer. When it hits hidden, protected directories (like c:\system volume information) it throws an UnauthorizedAccessException error. As a quick fix, I've captured that error in a try/catch block and just ignored it (including ignorin...more >>

Hi, I have a C# Web application , in which I need to show tiff image in an image control.The image loading is from a bitmap object and not from a file. Please advise me .... Thanks and Regards Rinu ...more >>

Hi, I'm having quite a strange behaviour when using Generics classes and ComboBox controls in Winforms applications. Hope somebody has seen the same behaviour. Two combobox controls in my form. I want to load them with same data. I've got a generics list full of drinks (List<Drink>). If ...more >>

Is there a way to create an xml file in unicode format in MFC. I want to write some content in XML file using MFC. The contents may be in different languages. Thanks in advance. -- Nand Kishore Gupta...more >>

So what is the best version of Vista to use with VS2005?...more >>

Hi. I was wondering if it was possible to give a variable different values depending on if the code was compiled in debug or release? i.e. if the code was compiled in debug: string strConnection = "Server1"; if the code was compiled in release: string strConnection = "Server2"; Thanks!...more >>

I recently posted about my problem with connecting to a SQLExpress database from my C# application. One of the suggestions made to me was to download the Server Manager for SQLExpress so that I could create user accounts this way. Unfortunately, the database that was created from within Visual...more >>

Hi, I currently have a field which stores an amount in the database as an integer. It is stored as cents, so 155 in the databse it is really $1.55. Problem is when I Bind it to a datagrid using the Text='<%# Bind("RecurringPaymentAmount", "{0:c2}") %>'>, it displays as $155.00 instead of $1.5...more >>

hi there, in my vb apps, i used to use a module where i stored global variables, but in c# this doesnt seem to exist, what i want to do is create global sqlcommand,sqlconnection variables that can be reused from anywhere within the app. please advise. thanks, Paul ...more >>