Hi all What are the ramifications of either of the possible values for the [optional] boolean endResponse parameter when calling Response.Redirect? If if false, is there some mysterious processing that continues on the current page? Normally, when I place a Response.Redirect in my code,...more >>

The following code fails: CompaniesDetails c2 = (from c in db.CompaniesDetails where c.CompanyID == comp.ID select c).Single(); "comp" is an instance of class Company: public class Company { public int ID; { get; set; } ...more >>

I have 3.5 WinForms DataGridView whose DataSource is BindingList<TEntity>. I need to sort when user clicks in column header. I tried MSDN sample but Sort(newColumn, direction); causes exception: DataGridView control cannot be sorted if it is bound to an IBindingList that does not supp...more >>

Just for fun of it i tried to send in the value of null into a constructor. It looks like this. public Donkey (Object ob, char ch) {} The first call below works well but the second produces errors. Donkey d1 = new Donkey (null, 'd'); Donkey d2 = new Donkey (null, null); I und...more >>

I am trying to redirect output from a process that I didn't create. I see that the process class has the ability to redirect this through the StandardOutput property. I also noticed that .net 3.5 has pipes, so I assume that I should be able to use those new classes as well. What's the differen...more >>

Happy easter. Just wanted to tell you that this tuesday I got a weird exception, stemming from NOT disposing a DataContext. So like Bill Maher we just added New Rules in our project. Always using using on a DataContext. I of course wrote a snippet that when typing db and tab it you get ...more >>

I've been asked to provide a shopping cart for someone's website, but I've never done this before. Is there a basic step-by-step for this somewhere? I want to make sure I do the cart fundamentally correct and secure. Thanks. ...more >>

Hey, I have a commercial application, that needs to store the user's id and password on the local machine, and we'd like to hide it from our users (to prevent frauds etc.). How can I store my application's data in a hidden way? And don't tell me the obvious solutions: hidden file, registry ke...more >>

I noticed that Linq-SQL DataContext ExecuteQuery method does not have new() constraint: IEnumerable<TResult> ExecuteQuery( command, ... ) IEnumerable must return object so it must create this object in some way. Any idea why and how ExecuteQuery<T> can be implemented witout new() constr...more >>

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I'm a VB programmer, learning C#. How does one do the equivalent of a "msgbox" (from Visual Basic) in C#? Is there something like this: System.Forms.MessageBox("Hello World"); Thanks, Marvin...more >>

Hi, If i have a set of overloaded serialization routines such as void Serialize(ref Int32 x); void Serialize<T>(ref T x); this works great,... when I call the function with an int32 it calls the first one, any other type it calls the second one. however If i have a serializer for a gener...more >>