Hello I have in a small application a usercontrol with 4 buttons. Btn1, Btn2, Btn3 and Btn4 these button is placed at the buttom of the usercontrol. On top of the usercontrol i place an anothe usercontrol depends on the buttons i click on. A little bit like the Outlook Side navigator. In...more >>

The following code: int test = 1; bool isTrue = (bool)test; results in a compiler error: Cannot convert type 'int' to 'bool' wtf, any ideas on how to work around this?...more >>

Hi, I have a to create a com object from a dotnet class. Now I have the following questions : - with Queryinterface you can get all the interfaces from a com app. How can I expose my dotnet classes with Queryinterface. - I can convert a dotnet class with Marshal.GetIUnknowFromObject. Is it ...more >>

I am processing cXml orders and the xml begins with the following: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE cXML SYSTEM "http://xml.cxml.org/schemas/cXML/1.2.017/ cXML.dtd"> I am attempting to use the following code to transform the xml: XslCompiledTransform transform = new ...more >>

Hello, I'm currently looking at available open source "Mock" framework. I found some by googling around. Some seems active other are kind of sleeping... Nunit Mock, Nmock, Easy Mock .net, dotnet mock... Since I'm currently using Nunit, I would like to investigate "Nunit mock" in more d...more >>

How do I programatically get the locations of the following, "Documents" and "Public Documents" on a windows Vista system. Also if possible, does the same return the equivalent in WIndows XP. TIA David McCallum ...more >>

how to force a .net application to use .net 2.0 ? this windows service is about 4 years old and im pretty sure is using .net 1.x runtime. Is there soem setting in the installer that says to use .net 2.0 instead of .net 1.0? this windows service is developed in visual studio 2002 ...more >>

I want to set some simple coding tests for an interview....Joel recommends (for C programmers).... 1. Reverse a string in place 2. Reverse a linked list 3. Count all the bits that are on in a byte 4. Binary search 5. Find the longest run in a string 6. atoi 7. itoa I'm tempted to use 1....more >>

Hi, im writing a program that uses the multicast address to send data to multiple clients at the same time. I would like to be able to get the multicast address of the current network programmatically...is this possible, and if yes, how? ive done google searches, yet i havent found a thing on ...more >>

Please anybody explain me (C#): 1. Why default constructors of structure types cannot be defined? 2. Why finalize method cannot be overrided in structure types? 3. Why structure type cannot be used as a base type? ...more >>

Greetings group, I have a situation where I'd like to visibly see disabled dates on a DateTimePicker. Frequently the Min and Max dates in the picker will be set only to days apart, and so I would like this to be reflected in a way other than it simply failing to select when they click. It s...more >>

I'm looking at practical string lengths and the capacity of a text box. I'm using a string to progressively add the status of a process periodically and dumping that text into a text box. I don't mind trimming the first x number of lines from the string when it reaches certain limits, but I'd ...more >>

Hi there, I've tried hunting for this in the C# specs but can't find the relevant info. Does anyone know what the official rule says (or doesn't say) about removing an event more than once. If you apply "+=" to assign an event for instance, can you safely apply "-=" more than once or is thi...more >>

I've implemented the ICloneable interface on a class of mine. I've implemented it in two different ways both of which I feel should work correctly, but only one does and I'd be curious to know why. Working: CallflowBase ret = null; ret = this.MemberwiseClone() as Cal...more >>

Hi All, How can I add a handler to the closing of a windows form if the user selects the 'X' in the upper right hand corner of a form? Basically I'd like to make sure that certain text boxes are filled in before the form can be closed. I haven't had the need for handlers untill now so I'm def...more >>

Hello friends, I am new to C#. I have some fundamental doubt. Please, try to answer it. 1) Ltes say, IFace is an interface which has proto of two methods. class A implements IFase. interface IFace { void func1(...) {.....} void func2(...) {.....} } class A : IFace { void fu...more >>

I've implemented the ICloneable interface on one of my class. I've written this simple code in two different ways and I think both should work but it's not the case and I'm curious to understand why. The working method: CallflowBase ret = null; ret = this.MemberwiseClone() as CallflowBase; ...more >>

Hi group, imagine I want to find number of values of a word in a string ... Look at my code : List<string> thingsToFind = new List<string>(new string[] {"error", "values"}); MyClass myClass = new MyClass(thingsToFind, data); foreach (KeyValuePair<int, string> aVal...more >>

Back in the good oll VS 6.0 days, programming c++, when I wrote the command 'break', the e.g. 'while' clause I was breaking out of was shortly highligted much like scopes are paired/highlighted in VS 2005. Anyone know of a plugin of some kind available for VS 2005 for that kind of candy? ...more >>

Hi I need to implement a method like this: object InvokeCOMMember(object obj, string memberName, params object[] parameters); The method takes a COM class reference (obj) and tries to invoke a member (memberName) using the specified parameters (parameters), then returns the result back. ...more >>

Hi, I have a combobox on a form with dropdown style. Is it possible to 'push' the dropdown arrow button from code - causing the combobox to dropdown. regards Jesper, DK...more >>

Hi i am trying to make a small mdoification to and exisiting dll control, in its source code. Im trying to expose one of its internal properties so the user can set it in the ide at designtime, but the property consists of enumerated constants used in bit operations, and when the values are...more >>

I was using ints for all my code which involved a lot of bitwise logic. Since in actuality I was just working with bytes I decided to change all the ints to bytes. Now none of my code works... I have to explicitly cast any time I use a bitwise operator just because C# thinks it has to be an in...more >>

I have the following code public enum pdfFlags { PFD_DRAW_TO_WINDOW, PFD_DRAW_TO_BITMAP, PFD_SUPPORT_GDI, PFD_SUPPORT_OPENGL, PFD_GENERIC_ACCELERATED, PFD_GENERIC_FORMAT, PFD_NEED_PALETTE, PFD_NEED_SYSTE...more >>

I have created a Resource file that stores common icons used in my projects. I have a solution that contains 2 projects, and I keep getting errors if I add the resource file to both projects. It complains about duplicates etc etc. I have tried adding it to the Solution, but then it doesn'...more >>

Hi, If you use just throw without parameter should preserve the complete stack trace and the exception information. for example: 1. private void Bar() 2. { 3. try 4. { 5. string s = null; 6. if (s.Length == 0) 7. return; 8. } 9. catch 10. { 11. // do some proce...more >>

Hi I am working on a trading application server, normally 25-30 clients connect to server in a time. And server continuously sending trading data to clients. I want to restrict server that, it should not send over 4KB/sec data to a client. I found LSP (Layered Service Provider) that can do this...more >>

I am trying to instantiate a new class using Activator.CreateInstance(). The class is actually a window's form. When the process executes the CreateInstance() method it generates an exception. The exception states that it could not find an assembly. In the original project that generated the d...more >>

Hi, this is Born Bugler. My interests include architecture design and 3D programming. I would like to share my latest project with you and am looking forwatd to receiving your suggestions or criticisms. :-) The project was mostly written in C#, though part of it was in C++/CLI. Project desc...more >>