How would one obtain the parameter VALUES of a method that has already run? I can find the method using the StackTrace and StackFrame classes but once I find the method I would like to obtain the value of one of the parameters that were passed to the method. Is this possible? Even if I have ...more >>

Hi all Working on a winform app that will read a table structure and display the column names within a datagrid. I want to adjust the column widths to fit the control size where possible. Instead of attacking each column separately, I opted for a "higher level" fix for column widths, a...more >>

Hi All, I have created an ASP.NET project and for one of the pages I want to pop open a word template and fill in some info. In Visual Studio 2005, I added the COM reference Microsoft Office 11.0 Object library. This adds a few dll's to the \bin directory. When I run the code from visual st...more >>

is there a simple way to add an overline on the text in a label/checkbox/radiobutton? Any special chars that can do this similar to how & works with menus? Thanks, Jon ...more >>

I have a web browser control that I'd like to point at a HTML file in my installation directory. I am doing something like: string path = Path.GetDirectoryName( Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetModules() [0].FullyQualifiedName) + "\\howdoi.htm"; web...more >>

Can't seem to get csc.exe to run from my home machine which has asp.net 1.1 installed. I added the path variable and in the command prompt where I am running my make file I am getting the error: 'csc' is not recognized as an internal or external command,operable program or batch file. ...more >>

Hi, I've successfully built an application that loads plugins dynamically at runtime. I now have the requirement that I update these DLLs while the program is still running. Our app is 24/7 and it would be beneficial if we could update functionality without restarting the services (this is ti...more >>

hey all, how do i format my string that contains the date and time? c#: String dateValue; dateValue = 9/20/2007 10:00:00 AM but i'd like it to just contain the date: 9/20/2007 thanks, rodchar ...more >>

Hi, Ive built an application that gets live data every 5 secs and sends it to excel. In excel Ive got 4 small tables (9x9), which I use vba to sort the data and allocate to the correct table. This works well, infact Im chuffed Ive managed to do this. The next stage is to bypass excel altogether...more >>

I have a DLL written in C++. A number of the functions both expect a string (BSTR) and also return a string (BSTR) How do I define this in C# ? ...more >>

Hi, I don’t want any rows in the DataGridView selected initially on the form programmed in C#. How can I do it? I have tried to set DataGridView.CurrentCell = null, but it doesn’t work for me. Any help is appreciated! ...more >>

I have a color that was derived from Color color = new Color(); color = Color.FromArgb(alpha, red, green, blue); and I want to get the name of the color if it is known. I tried 'color.IsNamedColor' but based on MSDN, IsNamedColor will return false if 'FromArgb' was used even if the ARGB...more >>

The below source code is just for future reference, since I had problems understanding the use of access modifiers "protected" and "protected internal" with the examples on the net. Nothing beats doing a demonstration program yourself however. Actually the below example doesn't show how usin...more >>

hi, folks I am doing a automate tool to remove a project reference from the VS.NET solution file. Suppose the sln file has this project definition Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Project", "..\.. \..\Project.csproj", "{9D8A6B4A-8B37-4C2E-80B9-0DA4C5EF33B1}" How exa...more >>

I seem to be having some troubles inserting newline and return characters into my app.config file (I have them there for serial port newline settings). I can add them as (ampersand)#xA; and (ampersand)#xD; directly in the app.config XML, but if I (or any future developer) launches the settings page ...more >>

Hi all, I need to make a copy constructor for a collection class: public class KeywordCollection : BindingList<BaseKeyword> {} Class KeywordCollection is nothing more than a BindingList of BaseKeywod. I just don't see how I can make a copyconstructor in the KeywordCollection class. eg:...more >>

For an application I'm creating I want to create a 'fake' progress bar. By fake I mean a progress bar that looks like it's doing something but actually isn't. I know philosophically this isn't sound. But my little app is a 'fake' app and is designed to look like another - hence this seeming c...more >>

Hi everyone, I am learning c# and i don´t understand a piece of code , can anyone explain the meaning of this code please. public class vector { public double? R = null; //I suppose this is a Generic Type ??? .......... public static vector operator +(vector op1, ...more >>

hi guys, i'm having very terrible problem. I need to print a word doc into pdf. for this i'm using gostscript to create a virtual printer (http:// www.stat.tamu.edu/~henrik/GSWriter/GSWriter.html). and using microsoft c# code to call this printer and print the document into pdf (http:// support...more >>

Hi group ! How can I change the url paramters while processing a C# httpRequest object ? This particualr object holds encrypted url paramters which I need to decrypt so the application is able to serve out the page with the right data in it. Since I havent't found any way to manipulate the r...more >>

I am trying to use DateTime.Now to apply a frame limit to my 3d application. Below is the code involved. In this example I have hard coded it for 60 frames per second (1000 milliseconds / 60 fps). public void Execute() { while(!_close) { DateTime n=DateTime...more >>

Hi group, in my C# program, I have code like this : ListItem item = new ListItem("Show All", string.Empty); ..... <asp:Literal ID="Literal14" runat="server" Text="Something" /> .... What I would like to do is (in a translation purpose) to replace constant string by resource, to optain s...more >>

Hello! I just want to have your opinion about the problem. We have two applications running on two different plattforms in the same LAN network. On the first plattform we have windows and on the second plattform we have something called OpenVMS. The application on the window side is based on ...more >>

hi I want to call unmanaged functions that are implemented in a dll. The problem is about the method return values. for example #include "stdafx.h" typedef struct toOut { int (WINAPI* ONE)(int x, int y); char (WINAPI* TWO)(char a); }myToOut; myToOut x; BOOL APIENTRY DllMain( ...more >>

Hi, My project must connect to a Sql Server quite often to read/write datas. I am wondering : do i have to open the connection to the Sql Server at the beginning when the application loads, then leave the connection open and close it when the application closes ? Or is it more efficient too...more >>

Could anyone tell me why I cannot bring up the watch window. MS help says its there but no matter what I do, I cannot find any settings to enable this debug missing menu item. Searched Google, asked others and one other said he could not find it either. Usually MS says that you need enterpri...more >>

Hi all! Test: ----------------------------------- int MaxValue = 10; // =current value int remainder=(int)(Math.DivRem(MaxValue, 2, out remainder)); RectangleF[] fillRectangles = new RectangleF[(int)(MaxValue / 2) + remainder]; --------------------------------- (int)(MaxValue ...more >>

Because > int remainder= (int)(Math.DivRem(MaxValue, 2, out remainder)); Right is: Math.DivRem(MaxValue, 2, out remainder) RectangleF[] fillRectangles = new RectangleF[(int)(MaxValue / 2) + remainder]; Distraction on last degree and hurly-burly... :-) ...more >>

I want to detect user activity (mouse move, key click). For certain critical areas (Form in my app.), I want to check whether there is any user activity for a certain interval. If not, then I want to log off the Form. I don't want to user Timer controls. Is there any build in .NET class that can...more >>

Greeetings All .. For my users convenience I have mapped function keys F2 .. F12 to change the tabs on the Tabcontrol. Works like a charm <ominous music> until one hits F8</ominous music> That particular tabpage has a webbrowser object embedded in it .. and after it flicks to that tabp...more >>