Hi, I have a WinForm application, when the Form load, I would like to create 2 worker threads that will load data from different SQL tables and populate 2 ListBoxes on the form. Here is what I wantto do: change the cursor to hourglass when the first worker thread starts and return the cu...more >>

I can do the following with Find: Racer theRacer2 = racers.Find(delegate(Racer racer) { return racer.Car == "Ferrari"; }); But I can't seem to do the same with BinarySearch, this: int iktr = racers.BinarySearch(delegate(Racer racer) { return racer.Car == "Ferrari"; }); gives me these...more >>

In javaland, there is a program called schemagen which uses reflection to fetch the attributes (or annotations) of the classes and create a table in the database. Is there a similar feature for .NET programmers to automate the generation of tables in MSAccess and SQL server? Thanks, sie...more >>

I am testing backgroundWorker to update our installer with both messages and with a progress bar. I am finding however that the text never gets updated. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong? Code snipped for brevity. Peter private BackgroundWorker worker; private void Install_Click(ob...more >>

Hi all, I am trying to interact with the windows calculator. I want to open the calculator for the user so the user can work with it. When the user is done (or during) working with calculator I need the (displayed)value of the calcultor back in my textbox. I have no problem starting calcul...more >>

Hey ..NET 3.5 I'm trying to search a string to determine if the string contains </table>, but string.Contains don't find it. I've used WebRequest/WebReponse to retrieve the html from a webpage and now I'm searching through this html... this webpage contains 4 html tables. so there are 4 ...more >>

I am trying to figure out how DateTime handles its serialization. I can see it derives from ISerialization. I am basically trying to wrap a DateTime in another struct and have it serialize like DateTime does. i can't seem to get past the "XMLAttribute/XMLText can't be used on complex type...more >>

I have the following regex: (?:(?<Title>.+)??(?<Remix>(?:\([^\)]+\)|\[[^\]]+\]))|(?<Title>.+)) This matches title title (remix) title [remix] How can I extend this to also match title - remix I also want the regex not to be sensitive to the amount of spacing before and after the...more >>

Most of the Linq discussion seems to occurr here, there's no Linq specific discussion area and I didn't get any responses from the IDE area. Hopefully there's a knowledgeable person here. The following would be my example classes being created in the DataContext designer (pseudo, I know t...more >>

Hi all, I have a contact class that has as one of its properties a segment list collection public List<Segment> SegmentCollection { get; set; } In the Segment class there is a segmentname property public class Segment { public string SegmentName { get; set; } } In my zml I have ...more >>

Hi, I have a C# usercontrol, that contains a datagrid, attached to a dataset with XML schema. The host application uses globalisation to set the locale, and my usercontrol sees this change, and makes changes to the data in the dategrid. The problem is, decial numbers are changed from xx.xx to...more >>

Hello, I have been working on a project with no problems for a few months now. All of a sudden I am getting errors when trying to declare a variable. I Have the following code: string DataToParse = ""; string Ra = ""; DataToParse = File.ReadAllText(Uploade...more >>

Hello, I'm looking for some examples of design patterns for winform application. I need to write some database application (application for dean's office, student database). Don't know how to start :/ -- Alan...more >>

Does anyone knonw if you can add the IEnumerator to a struct or just a class. If you can add it to a struct, can you please show me a valid, simple example?...more >>

Hi, I am a little confused as to all these new technologies or addons the asp.net team is pumping out. 1. is asp.net 3.5 production ready? 2. is vs.net 2008 being sold? (i downloaded the trial today) 3. is MVC ready for a live site, even though its in preview2 stage?...more >>

Can somebody tell me how I add classes to the <td> tags in my datagrid server-side? I seem to be able to get my custom classes to the <tr> tags from within the grid's "ItemStyle" tags by the <td> tags, or columns, remain allusive. What is the appropriate code for styling my columns for, say, t...more >>

Hi there, A project I am working on uses an XML-file to store the objects from a session, plus some metadata and definitions for this session. A brief explanation follows; The main class type is the Entry. Entry objects have certain attributes, methods and properties, and really make up the...more >>

Can anyone help me on translating http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323809 to c#?...more >>

Whereas typeof gets a Type from a class, I need to get a class from a Type so that I may create the type at runtime. Imagine if you wil class foo { public foo bar() { foo newFoo = new GetType(); // Some magic goes here return newFoo; } } What wou...more >>

I'm trying to use a HTTPWebRequest class to retrieve a webpage. Below is the following code.... string google = "http://www.google.com.sg/search? hl=en&btnI=I'm+feeling+Lucky&q="; string wikipedia = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Special:Search?fulltext=Search&search="...more >>

Hi all, Which framework or set of technologies would you use to build an enterprise bookkeeping application? Application must use business objects, UI will be developed as a client application using Windows Forms and WPF, and later a web UI will be added. What to use for business object s...more >>

Hi, how can I assign a byte array (read from a device) to a C# class or struct? Christian...more >>

I need to print the image i have drawn in a picture box. My program is create an application similar to paint in windows, I used picture box as the area to draw. Now after completing the work i need that picture to be printed. Can any one tell me how to send the picture data to printer??...more >>

Hi Is linq just for Sql Server or can you use if for Oracle, Access etc ...more >>

Hi all I have the following code: List<int> items1 = new List<int>() { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }; items1.SkipWhile(i => i % 2 == 1).ToList())); this produces {2,3,4,5} I was epecting 2,4 Can anyone explain? - I'm trying to get al the even numbers...more >>

Im writing a small web application and what I'd like to do is open a file, read the contents into memory and then close the file as fast as I can to free up the file for the next user. Once the file is loaded into memory and subsequently closed, i would use the contents of the file (now loaded ...more >>