hi all, I'll try and be brief, coz in the mood I'm in now if I start ranting there's no stopping. Actually I wanted to know if i can do any thing except, print debug messages in the final catch handler. From all the samples I've seen everyone seems to throw and rethrow the exceptions ad inf...more >>

I'd like to create a service-locator\proxy type service that I can use to simulate low bandwith situations and latency issues on the service under test. The request comes from the client, is processed through the proxy to the actual service. The reply is then ADJUSTED as the message is rel...more >>

Verify that TextBox1 is declared as public in Form2 class or that you have a public property to set TextBox1.Text. ...more >>

I am somewhat new to C# and I ran into a problem in a small program I am writing for teaching myself. I am handling a list ob objects and I want to delete some of them inside a loop like in: foreach (Object object in objList) { if (object.status() == deleted) { objLi...more >>

Hello Everyone, I am trying to add multiple connection strings in my web.config file. I searched in google to find out how to add multiple connections strings through enterprise library 2.0 , 2006. All of them are mentioning that I can go to enterprise Library configuration and go to f...more >>

"web develepor here trying to get to grips with winforms" I have a list of departments for a restaurant menu i.e Booz, Burgers etc and want to display a vertical list of buttons (depts pulled from db). This would be done with a repeater control in asp.net Regards ER ...more >>

I would like to pause an application while the GUI display a Label saying "Logging in...". System.Timers System.Windows.Forms.Timer System.Threading.Timer System.Threading ==> Thread.Sleep Which one? In the last case Sleep must be applied to what(Application, this or what)? Thanks, ...more >>

This is a beginner question: I wish to make a textbox searchable for strings. Is this possible with a property of the textbox, or do I have to wright a method. TIA. Bhads. ...more >>

Hi All, When I use applcation.exit() in winForm application, the form closed, but the process is still going!! ( The debug process is still running if debug in VS IDE). Environment.Exit(0) works fine. But how to do in such following scenario: if I need to give 2 option for user,1. Quit 2. Res...more >>

I've got a winForm that has a good number of custom controls with custom = graphics that are stored as resources in the project. Recently, I updated all of the graphics with a new look. Added all the = new images into the resource file and deleted all the old images. But whenever the form is ...more >>

Hi, Is there a way to assign permissions to native applications in Windows? Like app x can only access this and this directories, app y cannot impersonate the remote users, etc. Something similar to the .NET Framework code access security mechanism. Regards... ...more >>

Any chance that Visual Studio 2005 will support parallel or even discributed build on c# code soon? Lars ...more >>

I know it's a stupid question but... I want to use a class that represents the current user of my application, another one that reads position from a GPS receiver and another one that reads RFID tags from a reader. I don't want to create a new user each time a log in appens (only one login a...more >>

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bew39x2a(VS.80).aspx I was looking at above link and I just don't see the advantage of this. The main thread is just stopping and waiting for each of the connects/sends/receives to complete anyway so it seems to me using the synchronous methods would...more >>

Hi I tried to import an ActiveX into the toolbox. There seems te be a problem when the designer generates the wrapper assembly. Also tried to use Aximp with same error : The error is TYPE_E_CANTLOADLIBRARY. The ActiveX is properly registered and gives no problem when used in a html do...more >>

Hello, I want to implement a login window that should remain in focus until the user has entered the correct password. I am coming from the PowerBuilder world and there this was implemented has a response or modal window. I looked around in properties but can't seem to find anything...Can someo...more >>

I have written a very simple application that simply spawns IE then closes it. The issue I have is that CloseMainWindow() always returns a false indicating the message was never sent. Does someone know why? This application is nothing more than a form with a button. The button's code bel...more >>

Hi all you gurus out there ;) I am not sure i am posting this in the correct NG. But i will give it a go. I have a as you see from the snippet below, a datagrid, i have a daset that i fill with data. the data is not collected from a database but from the GetFiles method. Now, the column n...more >>

Can somebody explain hopw to store and restore settings values in .NET 2005? I read in MSDN that "The Application Settings feature of Windows Forms makes it easy to create, store, and maintain custom application and user preferences on the client computer." And then it goes on to explain th...more >>

I'm trying to call a C++ DLL with a parameter that is a vector<string>. The C# program Marshaling keeps throwing an exception. any thoughts? ...more >>

I am trying to retrieve the invikation list for aClick event of a button, and it seems impossible. The code: Delegate[] dels = _testButton.Click.GetInvocationList(); I get compiler error: The event 'System.Windows.Forms.Control.Click' can only appear on the left hand side of += or -=...more >>

Can someone tell me the cleanest way to achieve this --> I have a running C# tray application. It has a tray menu to let the user turn on and off things, like monitoring the CPU usage for example. Now lets say I have maybe a batch/jscript somewhere and it wants to do some work and then sen...more >>

Hi! I am going crayz, i cant get this to work. and i don't know what the problem is. I have this method public ArrayList ResolveData() { ArrayList workingList = new ArrayList(); Loop and stuff // do stuff workingList.Add(resolvedString.Split(new char[]{';', '--'}...more >>

Hi, I have a class which inherits from CollectionBase. I set it up long ago and it works fine. I just ran FxCop on my project and it wants me to "provide a strongly typed implementation of ICollection.CopyTo" for that class. OK, I read some documentation and that looks fairly easy. I ...more >>

I need to create a WS, that can be called by users who call it with a SSL Certificate a userID and password...Can someone tell me or point to resource how to accomplish it? Also can I have individual certs for different users? Thanks VS2k5/C#/IIS 6.0/Win2k3 ...more >>

Hello, I have to submit a file via HyperTerminal using my PC's internal modem on a daily basis. Does anybodoy know how to accomplish this in VS2005? Any language is good, VB preferred. Thanks. Regards, C a r l o s A n t o n i o ...more >>

hello all you gurus. I am struggling with releasing com objects. I have isolated the problem to the code below. Objects are released and the process ends until I use "int k = sheet.Count;" Then the process does not end. So I feel confident the problem occurrs here. It appears another referen...more >>

I'm coming from Win32 world. Now, I'm porting the existing code to C#. I cannot find the equivalent Win32 Waitable Timer in C#. I have a thread to perform some task periodically like following: While(...) { Do something ... SetWaitableTimer(hTimer, ...); WaitForSingleObject(...more >>

Hi there, In my application I have a Settings class which has two objects, userSettings and defaultSettings. When the application starts, I use a deep copy to set-up userSettings with the values found in defaultSettings. This was an akward process, as the Settings class contains many Lists, s...more >>

Hy, Is custom serialization a must for unmanaged classes? Is there an easier way? Thank you. Dan Ionut Fechete ...more >>

I am running a sample application that gives me performance time for each action. I am using Stopwatch class (found in System.Diagnostics namespace in ..Net 2.0) to get the Elapsed time. If I run my app in our server that has mutiple cups (4 cpu box) it gives me negative elapsed time and it i...more >>

Am I not supposed to be able to set the current cursor by assigning Cursor.Current? this.Cursor in the main dialog works, but not Cursor.Current other components. I am using a third party tool called SandDock to get Visual Studio 2005 look and feel. Could that library cause it not to work?...more >>

Hi, I'm using a VB6 client and a C# COM server. On invoking a method from the server component, I get an error saying: "Run-time error '-2147024894 (80070002)': Automation error The system cannot find the file specified." I've actually used the MSDN sample for COM interop: CSharpSe...more >>

Hey, Can we send an inherited object into a function which requires its base class as REF? class y class x : y func DoSomething(ref y) DoSomething(ref x); gives an error. If I send object without Ref, then modifications on object get lost when DoSomething func ends. Can someone desc...more >>

Hi all, I am having one confusion regarding hashtable. I am having function in which i am passing hashtable as reference. In function i am creating one hashtable which is local to that function. Then i am setting this hash table to hashtable which i am passing as ref. So my question is h...more >>

Hi, Have a question about an AppSetting's file in VS2005. Under Assembly \ Properties I got a Settings.settings which contains a table of name, type, value etc. I also got a App.Config file in the assembly which mirror the values in the table. When building the app it generates WindowsAppli...more >>

hi, How to Drag and drop the nodes from treeview into datatable columns using windowsapplication in c# Thanks ...more >>

Hello, Is there any general tips on how to solve this problem: my Debug version runs fine but when I do a Release version I get error messages!? I'm hoping it is a simple option somewhere or a flag I can set... Regards, Jonas ...more >>

I have a class "TestSuper" that implements the interface "TestBase". The interface has a property of type "ReturnType". The class "TestSuper" does not return "ReturnType" but a derivation "ReturnSuper". This gives the following compile error due to a bad return type: TestSuper does not implem...more >>

Hi all, class A contains a function "test". the delegate instance in class B is set to a.test. Now, I want to hand over this delegate from class B to class C. How can I accomplish this? When I try, the compiler says CS0029: Cannot implicitly convert type 'B.the_del' to 'C.the_del'. Here's the...more >>

I'm using this code to check click event on usercontrol. But I get an error: User Control:(GridFilter) public delegate void FilterText(string filterText); public event FilterText textFilter; private void buttonTrazi_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { if (textFilter != null) ...more >>

Hi, Can anybody show me how to minimize/maximize a window dynamically? I placed buttons for each of these commands and want to place the code which will minimize and maximize the window. Thanks in advance. Emil. ...more >>

In a property i do this: .... catch(XmlException e) { throw new XmlException("Error processing configuration file!",e); } Then I catch it in another class: catch(XmlException e) { MessageBox.Show(e.Message + e.InnerException.Message); } With the debugger I see that "Error pr...more >>