Hello! Assume you have this generic Dictionary class with key, value pair the first part is the key and the second part is the value part. The key value is a string and the value part is the Car. Dictionary<string, Car> directory = new Dictionary<string, Car>(); Now to my question assume tha...more >>

I created WinForms form containing generic DataGridView on and some other controls. Forms designer will not open this form anymore. Error text is shown below. Application runs this form OK, rebuild all does not fix. I tried to change form base class to non-generic class but this does not help....more >>

Does anyone know how to decode a yenc encoded file? I have created a decoder that seems to work great for text. Now i am trying to create another one for images and I can't get it to work. I have changed the encoding on mine and that didn't work and then I tried the only 2 open source ones I ...more >>

I have a service which needs configuration data. I am currently using userSettings and applicationSettings through VS settings manager. They are stored in the Service.exe.config file along with the service. I have an application which manages the service and it communicates via remoting. I have ...more >>

I've decided to write a little routine using generics. That is, a method that takes an out argument of any data type. However, being the quirky language that C# is, I have the following problem. The method returns a bool value that indicates if it is successful. If it is successful, the ou...more >>

I was told that SqlServer express should get installed when VS2008Pro is installed (that is it is on the same DVD). I had a couple of errors during vs2008's installation and I don't see any signs of sqlserver. Is SqlServer Express suppose to get installed when VS2008 Pro is installed? ...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to write a regular expression that extracts the host name from a string. In other words, the string I extract must have: - only letters, numbers and fullstops in it; - the fullstops most be in the middle of it. So if I have a string like this: "this is a host....more >>

This seems like it should be so simple, but I'm just not having much luck with this. I have an constant in my App.xaml.cs file (i.e., code- behind) called Name. public const string Name = "Dan"; And now, I want a Label on my Window1.xaml page that shows the Name. I will eventually want to s...more >>

Hello! Assume I create an ArrayList like this ArrayList arraylist = new ArrayList(); Now to my questions: 1. Does this mean that all the elements that is added to the arraylist is of type object and is referencing the actual added elements ? Is this correct? 2.So assume I have three ele...more >>

Hello: A while back I wrote my own collection classes for C#. It was merely a teaching exercise for myself. The problem is that my collections perform drastically slower than the built-in classes. I was able to do some performance monitoring and came to the conclusion that a good portion of...more >>

Hello: I have an XML file that contains records with a Date attribute. I would like to group all the records together with a particular date, so that I can later iterate over the different dates to calculate information based on the contained records. So, for instance, I have sales records ...more >>

Hello everyone, I'm looking for a code, that would let me emulate logging into some session + cookie based web sites and then data mining the pages inside. Obviously, suppose, I have an accout (login+password) for those sites. Thanks for any help....more >>

I am a novice user of C# . I am trying to create a small application, that connects to SQLServer and retrieves data into a List box. However, I keep getting the following run-time error: Cannot create instance of 'Window1' defined in assembly 'myTest_XAML, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, ...more >>

Hi I have few questions which I would like to ask: 1. When would I place my own code to Form1 : Form method 2. When would I create Dispose method by implementing IDispose - what is the example scenario. If so, why is better than doing something different / simpler What I am trying to und...more >>

Has anyone seen a way to read the data stream for a URL being navigated to by a webbrowser control and edit it (i.e. search HTML stream for and possibly remove objectionable language for a kid's browser) before it's displayed in the browser? I'd also like to know if there is a way to drag a...more >>