I have solution opened in Visual C# 2008 Express IDE. I want to locate any cs file quickly by its name: type file name or first letters of it, eq. myclass.cs After that some instance of file should highlighted in Solution Explorer window or opened for edit. Any idea how to use this o...more >>

I am using information from a cookie to initialize a password box but the password is blank when displaying the web page. Can anyone explain why I can't programmatically initialize a password textbox. I am able to intialize the user id textbox but not the password box. I inspect the Passwor...more >>

HI all, I am reading an rss feed using linq. When I save the xml to a file on disk I get: (A), but when I view therss feed in explorer and view source I get (B). THe <cfi: ...> tags are missing Now I am a novice when it comes to theses things. Could someone explain the difference Than...more >>

Is this the format to parse a string and return the value between the item? Regex pRE = new Regex("<File_Name>.*>(?<insideText>.*)</File_Name>"); I am trying to parse this string. <File_Name>Services</File_Name> Thanks ...more >>

Hi all, Firts of all I am complete new to C# but I am trying to build a simple texteditor. So on my mainform I have a tabcontrol and each of the tabs contains a RichTextBox. Now when the users selects another tab I want to get a reference to the RichTextBox located on that tab. Ive tr...more >>

I have been trying to use Linq o SQL to query an XML data column I currently have in my DB, but it seems that Linq to SQL sees a typed xml column as an XElement, I don't want to get the full column locally to then use Linq to Xml. can someone point me in the right direction on this ? Rega...more >>

Hello, I'm wondering for certain events, such as a MouseClick event which uses MouseEventArgs, how are these EventArgs classes' members populated? i.e. how do the .X and .Y members get assigned? I ask because for a project I'm working on, I'm making a custom ListView control with custom eve...more >>

Hi, I'm using the Soundplayer class in my c# project and can't seem to get all my files playing. If I play the tada.wav sound in windows it works fine. If I play my 0.7 second audio tone, nothing comes out. I had a look and the tada sound goes for nearly 1.95 seconds. Does the length of the...more >>

I am creating several data access objects that all derive from a base class which implements the web service access functionality. For example (fake code): <code> public class DAOBase { protected List<TType> Search<TType>(string nameHint) { // code to login to web service...more >>

Hi all, I'm readming values from an rss feed, by way of the suplied xml file. Using linq I can get the title and description, but need to know the last download time. Can some one through me a hint. A snipit of the xml file .. Thanks Robert <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <rss...more >>

I'm using an unmanaged image library (FreeImage). It has a wrapper called FreeImage.NET which has all the interop stuff for FreeImage. I have the source for FreeImage and I wanted to trace into the calls, but I can't figure out how to debug it. What I did was compiled debug versions of eve...more >>

Hi, I'm looking for code to load and save bitmap files (24 bit per pixel). TIA Claus...more >>

does anyone know how to call a method from a class automatically AFTER a form has been created? I am trying to call a method automatically after the form is displayed to the user (not before). anyone know how to do this? thanks, -dave...more >>

Hi, I have a slight problem with how things work that I'm sure I'm missing. I don't really get it how I am supposed to get references between classes and instances of them. Example: using System; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace Test { public partial class Form1 : Form { ...more >>

This is a conceptualization problem for me regarding how classes/namespaces share information. I can't really return an object/value back from a called class to a calling class by directly naming the calling class instance in the called class, as this violates object oriented guidelines, as...more >>

I would like to get a static property of classes through an interface. But static isn't allowed in interface. The class types are implementing an interface, and loaded from external assemblies (this is my plug-in architecture). So, if the property is not static I should create an instance for ea...more >>

Hello, I am writing a program related to image compression in C# (GUI Application). In that I have a "heavy, long running" method which among other things, calls this.Invalidate(); to make the screen refresh to display the changes in image during processing. The problem is that, once the pr...more >>

Hello , I have 2 questions about enums: 1) How can I recognize defined enum in other projects ,do I have to add the full namespace path before it such as: Projects.New Project.Test.MessageType (MessageType is an enum) - each time I use it or I can somehow do it with using in the head of...more >>

I tried Northwind db = CreateDB(); IQueryable<Customer> gqueryable = (from c in db.Customers select new { c.CustomerID, c.City }).Cast<Customer>(); but got exception in Cast<>() Why Cast() is not working ? It should be easy for Cast() to create new Customer and assign matching prope...more >>

Just trying to get my head around when to use delegates and when not to. I understand delegates and use them with collection sorts and finds. But in an example program I was playing with I am a little confused as to why I would use delegates: ************************************************...more >>

These have all been bugging me for a while. 1. myBuffer.Render I use manual double buffering, it works well (no flicker, and suits the logic of my app). Accordingly my on_Paint override is: protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs pe) { //base.OnPaint(...more >>