Hey i need to change a form's scale mode from pixels to millimeters. Can anyone tell me how to do that?...more >>

from line in order.Lines select new { Number = line.Number, Qty = line.Quantity } at this point I deactivate my object cache, which is where line.Number and line.Quantity are read from, so any subsequent attempts to read those properties will result in an InvalidOperationException. So to ...more >>

Hi, I am creating the administration side of a web application, and I want to basically enumerate through a Enumerations items and display the enum items name and value. Problem is the name of each item is not user friendly, is it possibel for me to attach some kind of meta deta that I coul...more >>

I can read .config files all day, but for some reason I cant write to them.. After searching for a few days, there are some that have code showing to write, but none of them seem to work. Someone explain to me what could be the problem? I'm admin of the machine, I'm writting local, and t...more >>

I'm trying to follow Luca Bolognese's example from http://www.microsoft.com/emea/msdn/spotlight/sessionh.aspx?videoid=716 but the following code works for him but not me. VS2008 says there is no System.Data.Linq! I tried live searching for a simple example that worked but could not find o...more >>

is there a alternative to doevents() for threads In my Case there is no UI does thread.sleep() yield to windows or just stop the current thread for the time tks ...more >>

I am trying to familiarize myself with filestreams, but I have run into the following issues. I am hoping that someone can shed some light on these issues for me please. I am using the following sample code to write (keeping it simple) private void button1_Click(object sender, Event...more >>

Hello, I have a gridview bound to a datasource, however there are many rows in the grid and the user has to scroll down and thus the header row is obscurred. Is there anyway of keeping these headers visible whilst the remaining rows move up and down. Thanks Robert ...more >>

Hi, I have a class that represents a Menu Tab: public class MenuTab { public string Name; public string Filename; public int SortOrder; } I then load them in a Generic like: List<MenuTab> menus = new List<MenuTab>(); menus.Add(tab); // etc. **Now I want ...more >>

I have interface IAbc,IDef and interface IXyz inherits/implements(what is the right word) IAbc and IDef if i reflect the type IXyz it only shows me the members of IXyz and not IAbc and IDef. Why? TIA...more >>

We have a table "Animal" that contains the column "AnimalNumber" with values like these: 100001 100002 100003 1XAB 10E43ABC 11RU5V Having letters in the value was done in the past. These days, it's just a the numeric value. How can I write a LINQ statement to select only the numer...more >>

I have a situation, where I need to add 4 or 5 data files (they change every time I build) in my project during build time and somehow I need a way to access these files during runtime. So I have 2 questions 1. Is it possible to identify all the files in the resource file during runtime by name...more >>

Can VS 2005 and 2008 coexist on the same computer, with some projects continuing to be worked on in each? ...more >>

Hello, In VS.NET, I assume the 'Find' tool lets you search using regular expressions right? How would I search for all lines in my project that contain 2 strings (anywhere in the line, in any order)? Example, the 2 strings could be: 1) script 2) text ...more >>

Hello! The following WPF code gives me an error: namespace WpfApplication1 { /// <summary> /// Interaction logic for Window1.xaml /// </summary> public partial class Window1 : Window { public Window1() { InitializeComponent(); }...more >>

Hello, I am implementing an asynchronous message processing using MSMQ. Since I want to process more than one message at a time BeginReceive is getting called within the event handler. The application seems to start hanging at the method that does the processing. The snippet below shows in ...more >>

I need to find the fastest way in terms of storage and searching to determine if a given string contains one of a member of a list of strings. So, think of it in terms of this: I have a string such as the following: "Smith said the dog belongs (or did belong) to the secretary, an employee of ...more >>

Hello, My first attempt to bind a 'detail' form to the properties on an object and the binding is not working. I have the following grid: <Grid x:Name="MainGrid"> <StackPanel FlowDirection="LeftToRight"> <TextBlock Foreground="#FFFFFFFF">First name:</TextBlock> ...more >>

Ive added a html file to a resx resource so that I can localize it. How do I read this back in please? The designer code that vis studio 2005 autogenerates when I add the file is as follows internal static string MSummary { get {return ResourceManager.GetString("MSummary", resourceCulture);...more >>

Not sure if this is possible, but has anyone seen (or know how to do) emulation of the PHP "crypt" function from within c#? Thanks ...more >>

Hi, I think that auto-implemented properties are a wonderful new c# 3.0 feature. However, anyone who knows how I can set a default value (initial value) for the property like in the bad old days: int foo = 5; public int Foo {get ... yada yada} ...more >>

Folks, I'm trying to use C# to connect to an FTP server to upload some files. I'm calling: System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient mtTCPClient = new System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient(url, 21); The problem is though I know this server accepts a username and password but I dont know where to put them....more >>

I am planning to make my winforms implement an interface representing the data on the forms. And the interface will be passed to a class which will contain the data to be populated on the winforms.I am planning to use reflection to the populate the winforms. The reason why i am doing it is to ...more >>

Hello everybody, I have a .NET C# client-server application that is being used in two machines with Windows XP installed. Both the client and the server are executed into users of a Work Group. I am using .NET Remoting to connect the client and the server with a TCP channel. The registra...more >>

Has anyone had experience with or implemented a Discrete Cosine Transform in C#? Found code for FFT which I have taken advantage of and modified for my use but can not find a thing for DCT. Any help would be great! Thanks...more >>

Im learning c#. want to make sure my understanding of certain concepts is correct - is struct basically a sealed static class? - what exactly does the keyword virtual do? - what is the best practice for assigning accessors(public/private)? limit scope as much as possible? - if you add the ...more >>

Hi, I'm looking for a tool that will generate DAL objects, hopefully even stored procs, by examining a SQL Server Express DB. Can anyone recommend something? Regards, Chris...more >>

I have a small argument with a co-worker about proper design, i wanted to get some more feedback: we are designing an object model for a client/server system using c- sharp -- one of the classes is "Client", it holds properties such as 'computerName', 'OSType', 'LastScanDate', etc. it has a...more >>

Hi I am trying to call a method in a FORTRAN.NET assembly that requires a structure parameter. Intellisense tells me that the structure name is DNVSRISKMDECORE!STRUCT1 and this is confirmed by reflector. However in the C#, declaring an object of type DNVSRISKMDECORE!STRUCT1 is rejected beca...more >>

Hi, We have an app which uses an AsyncCallback method to handle the return from a COM call. In this callback, if we try to do anything with a WebBrowser control, we get the following exception: "InvalidCastException was unhandled Specified cast is not valid" If we remove all code whic...more >>

There are a few apps out that allow a user to mouseover a webpage and the app highlights the portion (be it a DIV, cell, table, whatever) of the webpage that the mouse is over by placing a colored box around it and allows the user to select this portion. One such app is an addon for Firefox...more >>