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Hello! Here I have declared a queue consisting of ints which is a value type. This is a queue of ints for example 5 int in the queue 6 7 8 4 7 Queue<int> intQueue = new Queue<int>(); Here I have a queue consisting of queue of ints Each element in the queue is a queue of ints. Queue<Queue...more >>

I have a class to store a data array and associated metadata, and the array can be constructed either as (for illustrative purposes) float or short. I would like to convert this to a generic version of the class to avoid a lot of extra type checking throughout the class, and speed up certain fu...more >>

Hi, I have the need to run an on demand process (ProcessB) that is invisible. I can not use a Windows Service unless I can trigger it OnDemand and the Client will allow me to Install a Windows Service. The Client is not willing to install a windows service. So AppA runs ProcessB but Proces...more >>

My solution has 2 website projects. I need to reference a class in Website A's app_code folder in Website B. but I can't figure out what namespace to use. Can this be done? Tem ...more >>

Hello, I did following code to open an excel sheet and now just close it. But the problem is that the excel process created in my code is still there when I use: excelApp.Quit(); Marshal.ReleaseComObject(excelApp); What else should I do to properly shutd...more >>

Hi All, Is there a way to disable XAML designer while editing any XAML file? It is very sluggish and gets on my nerve Thanks, Sundar...more >>

Hi, I am testing a regex string value and I am getting discrepancies in the resuls If I use the following string in C# for a validation control: RegularExpressionValidator3.ValidationExpression = "(?=.*\\d)[\\w]{8,8}"; I get different results than what I expect and from the results fro...more >>

Hello, I would like to display a timestamp of when the application was compiled. In C++ I used the _TIMESTAMP_ and __TIME__ etc. Do we have anything equivalent in C# and .NET? Thanks, EitanB ...more >>

I need my resource file in a generic namespace to be accessable by a shared class. I change the Resources.resx File Properties -> Custom Tool Namespace: MyResources. This field is under the "Custom Tool: ResXFileCodeGenerator" property. This works fine. I can now access the resource like so...more >>

Hi, Given the following declaration: object[] a = new object[SOME_BIG_NUMBER]; which code is faster? 1. foreach ( object o in a ) DoSomethingWith(o); 2. int iSize = a.Length; int i; foreach ( i = 0; i < iSize; i++ ) ...more >>

Hi, How can I convert a value created from DateTime.Now() to the datetime format that SQL Server recognises? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to build my application for both 32 and 64 bit Windows but my project references a non-managed Dll that comes in 2 formats, one for 32 and one for 64. How do I set up my solution so that I can build for both targets easily? Is it possible? Also, are there any problems using 'u...more >>

All, Given the two classes below: namspace Namespace1 public class MyClass { public string test1; public string test2; } .......... namespace Namespace2 public class MyClass { public string test1; public string test2; } ......................... static void Main (stri...more >>

Hello Microsoft Support, It looks like there is a bug inside the VS2008 Pro IDE. I did quite a bit of debugging to narrow the problem down. Here is the result of my efforts: A VS2005 project compiles and runs fine, built in VS 2005 Pro. This application displays a bunch of thumb jpg images...more >>

Hello: I have a memory stream that I am writing XML to. I have a declaration like this: MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream(); using (XmlWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(new StreamWriter(memoryStream))) { // do something } memoryStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin); // this is...more >>

I've got a compilation error. It says: ConstructorName.ClassName is inaccessible due to its protection level eg: I've got a windows form with a button, when clicked it goes into code: ClassName ABC = new ClassName(); ABC.TMsg(messagename); Any ideas how to fix this ? The class ClassName...more >>

Hello! If I have a control in the form that is accessed by a different thread then the one that was used when the control was created I get "Cross-thread operation not valid: Control 'digital' accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on." which this mail is about As I have...more >>

Hello: I am reading a rather oddly formatted file being sent to us by an outside source. I am wondering if there is a way to change what StreamReader sees as a newline. It is searching for a \r\n, but the file has newlines set as \r. Obviously, my StreamReader treats the whole file as one lin...more >>

I would like to create a datagrid view, with columnheader and rowheader, is it possible to do that? I know I can create column header but never seen one example where you can create a row header as well Thanks....more >>

Hi all. I want to refresh a Datagrid from another form. For Example I have a Datagrid in that I want to edit data. The user has the ability to press a button to change these data. A new Form opens and the user changes the data. After that he saves the changes and the current form is closing...more >>

Hi All, Is it possible to set invoke permission at method level? For example on a class: public class MyClass { public void MethodA() { ... } public void MethodB() { ... } } Can I somehow set that MethodA() and MethodB() will throw exception depending who calls it? Yes I reali...more >>

I have a C# application that acts as a UI for a telecommunications rebilling system which processes very large datasets. The entire rebilling system is inside a single object which has a percentageCompleted property that shows how much of the dataset has been processed. I'd like to attach a prog...more >>

I got the following error message when I had set a static string value to "" or " "; "The type initializer for "theSettings" threw an exception." "The path is not of a legal form." The variable is set as: private static string logFilePath; In a static function. If I set logFilePath...more >>

Hi guys! I need your input on how to solve a problem that we have. Our company provides a web-service, a SaaS. Our idea is to create a destop appilication that can communicate with the web service using https. I have written a .net app in C#, and I need ideas on how I can login a user withou...more >>

Okay well maybe my heading isn't exactle right but what i want to do is create a windows application that loads when the machine starts up but instead of having it on the screen i just want it to be an icon on the start bar in the right corner eg. Like where speaker volume control is for instanc...more >>

Hi, I want to log and store my messages using a SQL Server Database in an application using using QuickFixEngine (www.quickfixengine.org). The documentation at the website says that - I have to recompile the project, Commenting out the satement "#define HAVE_ODBC 1" in the file "config_wind...more >>