In a non-static method, I can obtain the Type of the class containing that method with "this.GetType()". In a static method, I cannot, of course. There is no "this". I have a method in another class that needs to be passed a Type object associated with a class. I'm calling that method fr...more >>

Now, the following will probably sound weird to you, but I can assure you that there is a good reason for why I want to do it. Unfortunately, I'm not ad liberty to disclose WHY at this moment in time, so you will have to take my word for it. What I want to do in the application I'm developi...more >>

I am currently working on a dictionary populating program. I currently have a socket connection my local news server and am trawling through all of the articles looking for new words. I am currently using Java to do this but would like to move the source to C#. Java's String class has a meth...more >>

Can RDP password be written programatically, is there a dll that contains a method for generating encrypted passwords? thanks ...more >>

A method parameter declared as "const ref" would allow for passing large structs quickly and enforce that the struct does not get reassigned. I know there was concern before about the inability of such a device to enforce that the members don't get set. I don't care about that. Let them assign t...more >>

C#, NET 2.0: I am using CopyFromScreen to copy a background user control to a foreground usercontrol to create the appearance of transparency. It works perfectly 95% of the time. However it only paint what is visible. So if there is another window on top of the application when CopyFromScre...more >>

Hi there, Does anyone know how I can trap F1 to activate help when a menu item is active, preferably without creating a "ToolStripMenuItem" derivative (so I can quickly wire this up using the designer). I'm doing this when my users activate a menu from my main form. I simply want to activat...more >>

Hi, I have a gSoap Web Service written using C++, it uses SOAP username and password authentication. I also have a C# form client consuming the web service, all this was working fine until I added the authentication on the server, now I can not get the client to authenticate. Can someon...more >>

I am pretty new to C# and .NET and am using VS 2005. Let's assume I have an MDI application with various child windows, each of which will need access to a database. My question is: where would be the best place to instantiate the DataAdapter and DataSet objects so I would only have to do ...more >>

In C#, what's is the difference between object vs Object, exception vs Exception? Thanks, ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. Ryan Liu Shanghai Fengpu Software Co. Ltd Shanghai , China http://www.PowerCATI.com Powerful CATI! http://www.fpsoft.net.cn ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~....more >>

Hello all. Is there a way to dynamically insert a Form in a Panel? Thanks ...more >>

Hi all, How do I aproach this. I need to have a class that has different popeties based on a givien value eg if the company value >35 then myclass should have theses two properties bigvalue lagecompany someproperty else the properties should be smalvalue someproperty Thanks Robert...more >>

This is mostly just curiousity. I was writting a unit test to verify that I was creating a Regex correctly. This involved Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual) where expected and actual are both Regex objects. My code failed the test :-(, but I think it because I had created two Regex objects whi...more >>

Hi, I' trying to write a program (to learn the language) that handles a deck of cards. Each card has an ID, a string name, a position, an order (for shuffling) and as many other optional properties we might want to assign it. To store the deck's data I'm using right now a string[ , ] array,...more >>

Hi, I got a structure defined in C as: typedef struct _M4W_SERVICE_MESSAGE { ULONG Command; ULONG Reserved; // Alignment on IA64 LPWSTR FileName; } M4W_SERVICE_MESSAGE, *PM4W_SERVICE_MESSAGE; and in C# as: [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)] private str...more >>

Hi I'm trying to achieve a scenario where I have c# files that are compiled dynamically, the assemblies are then loaded in a different AppDomain, I call a simple method from the object, and then unload the AppDomain to release the lock on the assemly files (so to I can compile the code agai...more >>

Hi! I started working with .NET and I have some doubts about how to work with multiuser database. I am using VS2008 with MySQL through ODBC for Windows Form. 1. Is it correct to create a DataSet with all tables in the form load? And how can I be notified if some other modifies the databa...more >>

I have read several articles on serializing a singleton and have attempted to implement it in my code. Unfortunately, the object is not being serialized. The file size on disk is 1K. I am not sure exactly what I am missing here, do I need to use AddValue to add the object fields I want to s...more >>

Are there operators in C# that are the counterparts of "OrElse" and "AndAlso" that I can use when translating the following program from VB.NET to C#? Thanks, Siegfried Namespace vbtest Module Main Function reflect(x as boolean) as boolean System.Console.Out.WriteLine("...more >>

As part of our QA of hardware and firmware for the company I work for, we need to automate some testing of devices and firmware. Since not everybody here knows C#, I'm looking to create a new scripting language that makes writing automated tests simpler. Really, I'm looking to kind of abstract...more >>

When you create an instance of a class, do you have to delete the instance after you are finished with it? I can't seem to find any information dealing with that. All I see is create the instance and thats it. Thanks Keon ...more >>

I use XmlDocument to load and save the XML document... While i save the document end tag of elements with blank value is moved to next line.. i.e. <root> <element1>some text</element1> <element2>123566</element2> <element3></element3> <element4></element4> </root> whe...more >>

We are building a multipane C# winform application with three panes. The anchored left pane will be the menu, center pane data entry, and right pane advisory information. The customer has requested there be only ONE scrollbar per page. IOW, if the menu needs to scroll, it will use the single s...more >>

Visual Studio 2005, C# WinForms application: Here’s the question: How can I increase the standard 1 MB stack size of the UI thread in a C# WinForms application? Here’s why I ask: I’ve inherited some code that at the view (User Interface) layer kicks off a background worker thread....more >>

Hi All, Forgive my lack of using the right terms here but I'm hoping someone has an answer. I'm using VS 2005 C# Express and doing the following: Right clicking the solution name and choosing properties, going under the Publish tab on the left and clicking the 'Publish Wizard' button. This la...more >>

Hi, Im trying to run a command line application from C# but i having some strange problems with it. Heres the code im using: System.Diagnostics.Process process = new System.Diagnostics.Process(); procPath = @"c:\ae.bat"; //string procArgs = " " + fileName + " " + tempFile...more >>

I have a InfoPath form that I need to use an event handler to perform a calculation. The calculation is derived from a excel formula that calculates the second tuesday of the month when the user enters the month (numeric) and the year. Where Year and Month are variables from a dropdown box....more >>

Doeas any know the simplest way for create this type of function: bool result = IsDigit(string s); Sam...more >>

hi there: this is the situation: I have a function in a class the processing of this takes some time, this function can either be called from a winform or a command line with several parameters. I want to display some sort of progress bar what is the optimal way to do this i e been reading...more >>

Hi! I have one program running multiple copys (acting as IP <-> serial port) of the same program (no connection to eachother) and they all work fine for a while then some starts slowng down, then others, and then magically all work fine again... How did I come to know that? Just to test ...more >>

I'm working on my first remoting project. It's going well and I have one (that I know of!) bug left to work out. I understand how remote objects have leases and those leases expire. I fixed a problem earlier today where the EventShims that my clients were invoking to handle server -> Clie...more >>

I am using RKLib to export to excel but i need to change the format of one of the columns when i export it to excel.Any suggestions will be appreciated, when the column is opened by excel it is automatically converted into rands because there is a R before the data in each cell.Is there a way i ...more >>