I have date stored in a DateTime object. I can convert this to a string by writing: createdDate.ToString("dd/mm/yy") Is there anyway, I can format the date in words along with a comma. So, the date looks something like Dec 8, 2006. Dont wanna go thur the hassle of writing all the co...more >>

Ok, I have a C# program (server program) which needs to do the following: Receive messages from a webapp via WCF and notify the server that it has received a new transaction. These transactions have a definite end date. I've got the WCF setuff set up, and basically the server program just nee...more >>

I was going to perform an update of an existing row in my table in the DB by: Table<MyType> data = db.GetTable<MyType>(); MessageBox.Show (data.Count ()); foreach (MyType d in data) { MessageBox.Show (d.name); d.name = "changed"; } db.SubmitChanges (); and while i get ...more >>

I'm trying to create a custom control which would be a treeview which populates itself with table and field details from a database. I need to be able to call up a form to enter the server/db information. I created a form within the custom control, and I sort of thought it might not work, ...more >>

Hi everybody, -I created a DB with SQLServer Express 2005 under WinXP and started to try little things with VisualStudio Express 2008's C# -When configuring the DB conx under VSE2008 it copies the DB files to the project folder. -The dark endweek fall over me ;) and so I copied the project fold...more >>

Hi, In the PHP world, and similiarly in .NET, many people simply do the SQL queries and return some sort of an array/hashtable (dataset or datatables) as oppose to a strongly typed class in a collection. Here is my issue. I have a class that maps to my Articles table, so it has fields like...more >>

I have a DataGrid with only one column is editable. It is a DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn. I want to detect if the any checkbox state is changed. So I listen to ColumnChanged event. But whenever user click the checkbox, and checkbox state changed, but the event is not fired until the user clic...more >>

Can someone tell me how to download a webpage complete with images and insert it into a richtextbox? Thanks ...more >>

Hello! I'm used to having the access modifier set to public on Main but it works with private too. So because of the above must CLR be considered as being a class member. I think it would be more correct to give compile error if Main have access modifier set to private. Do you agree? ...more >>

Somewhere I read that Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition could be used "royalty free" for commercial applications (and I always believe everything I read on the Internet). I reread the MICROSOFT SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS; MICROSOFT VISUAL C# 2008 EXPRESS EDITION document in greater detail, and...more >>

Hi, Assume you have a simple struct defined in its own file namespace testStruct { public struct myStruct { public string data1; public string data2; } } You manufacture instances of myStruct in your application and store them in a Generic List of form : public List<mySt...more >>

Anyone know when XNA 2 will be made available on VS2008? I guess all they have to do is fix the project templates? ...more >>

What objects/namespace would one use to connect to an Exchange mailbox to read/delete messages. I've found examples using System.Management to read mailbox sizes, but not nothing to read messages. I've also found examples using WebDAV, but I'm not sure if this is the only way, and if it's the ...more >>

I inherited some code that calls a web service that returns an encrypted string. It gets decrypted into a string and then converted to a memory stream. MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(Convert.FromBase64String(decryptedresult)); This is then deserialized into an instance of the struc...more >>

I am developing a windows service that reads from the serial port and then put the data read from the serial to the clipboard, so the client can use Ctrl + v to paste, I am using Clipboard.Clear(); Clipboard.SetData(DataFormats.Text, (Object)IDCard.FirstName); but for some reason it seems t...more >>

Hi I have problem with propertymanager in my code. PositionChanged event is not even raised. When i increase position, the value remains the same - as a result textbox.Text value remains also unchanged. How to solve these problems? I have tried to google but couldn't find a solution. ps - ...more >>

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Newbie here. How do I do a find and replace in a binary file? I need to read in a binary file then replace a string "ABC" with another string "XYZ" then write to a new file. Find string is the same length as Replace string. Here's what I have so far. I spent many hours googling for sample c...more >>