Marc has sorted my problem with the collections, however I am now in a = new scenario; I am trying to compare a generic property value before = setting it as shown below ... public T Value { get { return this.value; } set { if ( this.value !=3D value ) { ...more >>

How to set Fonts to muliple Styles for instance Font oFont = new Font("Arial",10,FontStyle.bold) //id like to use bold + Italic how is this done...i keep getting errors.. thanks ...more >>

One last question today :) Most locks I've used never had a Dispose (Monitor, ReaderWriterLock, etc). Looking at the ReaderWriterLockSlim's Dispose method its just cleaning up some Threading.WaitHandle's. Whenever I see a Dispose method I always want to call it after I'm done with the objec...more >>

I have a dataset with two datatables, each from different datasources. The two tables are related by a datarelation. How would I databind a gridview to something equal to "SELECT * FROM table1 JOIN table2.." ...more >>

Code Analysis always returns the following message on a bunch of my classes. Warning 75 CA1816 : Microsoft.Usage : Change 'xxx.Dispose()' to call 'GC.SuppressFinalize(object)'. This will prevent unnecessary finalization of the object once it has been disposed and it has fallen out of scope. ...more >>

Is it possible to selectivly change the color of an item in text. I saw ForeColor option, but it changes the color of all the items. If it is not possible, is there any other control list listbox where we can see more than one item and change the color during run time. Thanks....more >>

I do not know if what I am trying to do is impossible, however since I = cannot work out how to do it I thought I would post it here in the hope = of some assistance. Consider the following code ... using System; public class Parameter<T> { private T value; p...more >>

I want to give the users a button that they can click to start up a google search with text from a text box. How do I start IE from code. I assume I can easily get IE to go to Google with a search string. ...more >>

I'vw decided to use a try-catch setup, because of a recurring bug. I started off with just catch (SqlException), and that worked, so I got fancier and added a catch (Exception) after it. Now the last catch is always caught. Here is a good snippet of the code. The "m_xxx" variables are all ...more >>

Just for clarification, the Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle can be used with anything that uses the "kernel32's CloseHandle" method for clean up? For Example, "kernal32's OpenProcess"? It seems to work, but I just wanted to be 100% sure. NB...more >>

I set up a TextWriterTraceListener in the App.config file. I'd like to be able to tell, programmatically, which file it's using. However, I don't seem to be able to get at the initializeData attribute. The Attribute collection attached to the TextWriterTraceListener is empty. Any ideas as t...more >>

Is there anything special you have to do to upgrade or transfer a vs2005 solution to a vs2008 solution? Or do you just open it in vs2008 and follow some directions? ...more >>

Does the TextWriterTraceListener class keep the log file it's responsible for to a manageable size, or will it grow it until the system crashes with a full disk? If the latter, what's the best way to maintain the log file? ...more >>

I am creating a MVC pattern code for my project and here is what I am doing in the view constructor presenter = new presenter(){name = "MVC", view = this, age=30}; and int the presnter I have public variables for name, age and declared the view as interface to interact with the view. ...more >>

TValue oItem = (TValue)Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(TValue), BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic, null, new object[] { m_nCleTemporaire }, System.Globalization.Cultu...more >>

Some of my classes are immutable. Calling any function on one of those classes without using its return value is an error. I wished I could declare this as an attribute of the function itself that would then cause a compiler error if that return value was not used. Has anybody else had this need...more >>

I have a windows service that is using the timer object from System.Timers to fire every minute and do some work. Occasionally that work takes longer than a minute - and I don't want the elapsed event to fire again if a previous event is still occurring. In the elapsed event the first thing t...more >>

I am trying to do this line of code: txtBxMessageBody.Text = ".\\ " + treeView1.SelectedNode.Tag.ToString(); I am getting an error back. It is something pretty simple but I can't figure it out. The error is: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an obje...more >>

I am used to using Visual Basic, and I am now trying out Visual C# 2008 express. One thing I don't know is how to make a dialog box disappear. In VB, you could say "Unload Me" or "Me.Hide" But I can't find anything like this with C# forms. Another thing I tried to do was put a textbox on ...more >>

I have to design a system as an assignment.It is comprised of several branches and a head office.My point is since these branches and the headoffice belongs to the same company what is the suitable network architecture, should it be a Web based or networked using lease lines.What is the sui...more >>

Hi, Is there any way to check the availability of a web service without including any extra web method? Thank & regards nRk...more >>

I have the following code ArrayList list = new ArrayList(); foreach (string name in FilesNames()) { list.Add(name); } return list.ToArray(); which basically calls FileNames() method which yeild a string for each call. It works file. The objective of this method to return an object[...more >>

I have here some example code (below) that I believe should work fine. However, I get the error Error 1 The call is ambiguous between the following methods or properties: 'TestExtensions.ExtensionsOne.AddFive<TestExtensions.One>(TestExtensions.One)' and 'TestExtensions.ExtensionsTwo.AddFive<...more >>

I have some code like if (val.GetType().Name == typeof(List<>).Name) { } which lets me determine if val is a generic list(I've already taken care of the non-generic part but I'd rather be able to compare them like if (val is List<>) but this obviously doesn't work. (and I can't code it...more >>

Hi, My application processes a file and updates the data into sql server. The process takes around 30-90 seconds.I decided to put a timer to display the user a label(making label visible false and true) with message like "processing..." and do the other process using thread. The timer won't wor...more >>

Hello. I have a problem about single quote search in C#. I have 1 table: ID NAME COMPANY 1 Sayre One 1' Sayre Two In search button if I will input 1 textbox1.text.replace("'","") the output is: ID NAME COMPANY 1 Sayre One if I will inp...more >>

Hi all.. i have a newbie question that i cant find a good reference online or in some of the books i've seen.. If i have a XML file that i've created, that looks something like this: <Movies> <Movie> <Title>Lord Of The Rings</Title> <Cast> <Actor>Orlando Bloom</Actor> <Actor>Sean...more >>