I want to install and distribute a VB.net application on a CD. I have been to the microsoft site, but their instructions have defeated me so far, though I feel as if I've come close. The process apparently involves downloading dotnetfx and creating one's own .ini file. I have tried this an...more >>

Hello. I need to develop a distributed application but I could use a little direction on the best solution to realize my goal. I'll outline what I am attempting on doing below. Any suggestions are hugely welcome as I have not yet started development of the little application, but I only...more >>

Dear Friends How things going well. I have a question. Please help me. Thanks in advance. I like to give our customers a web site in our site i.e www.ourdomain.com/JackSalume www.ourdomain.com/JanetWilson www.ourdomain.com/CarenAnderson All the customers use the same template i.e their ...more >>

I auto install IE6.0sp1, MSDAC 2.7 or 2.8, .Net framework 1.1, but I can't how to check exists version please help me thanks ...more >>

hello I have some question/issues regarding usage of the UnitOfWork/IdentityMap patterns in a multitier system. For system background information and patter usage, view the end of the post. The quite simple question is: ===================== In a server/client application, how should yo...more >>

Hello All, The below is what I believe to be true based upon study of the documentation and the code. Please forgive me if I am totally wrong and feel free to corrected the below. Ok, the documentation says that user interface components in your application must inherit from the appropriat...more >>

Microsoft Client this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which fixes all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express. Install now to maintain the security of your computer. This update i...more >>

Hi, I have a web-based application and some of the UI I want to incorporate is just too complicated for javascript. Instead of using a Java Applet, I would like to have the user download a .net assembly containing a form and run that in a browser. I'm happy for the form to run in an applet-...more >>

MS Partner this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which fixes all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three newly discovered vulnerabilities. Install now to help prot...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know if we can ship classes from the Exception Application Block in our products ? Is it legal to modify the application block code and ship the modified code with our product? Thanks, Kishore ...more >>

Microsoft User this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which fixes all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three newly discovered vulnerabilities. Install now to prote...more >>

Hello All, I'm trying to deploy my windows-based application using crystal report. i package the setup by including the crystal report file, the exe file, and two merge modules for the crystal report (crystal_managed2003.msm and crystal_Database_Access2003.msm). when i installed it on a ...more >>

Hello Once Im done developing my app in .net, how do I make it into a .exe? do I need to include the vb runtime? If so, how? Thank you Terry V...more >>

I began to address the following comments from a colleague only to realize that I should open this up to others who may want to comment. I have only been using the Data Block from the perspective of "it is working great for my purposes and until I find a reason not to use it, I will continue to ...more >>

MS User this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which resolves all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three newly discovered vulnerabilities. Install now to help prot...more >>

Greeting All, OK I keep reading about no-touch deployment so I visited http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dv_vstechart/html/vbtchNo-TouchDeploymentInNETFramework.asp?frame=true downloaded the sample, and I'll be damned if everything went Ok up until the final step to test by hitting http:...more >>

I have a smart client that works fine on XP but when I try and run it on win2k the .exe file gets download to IE's temporary internet cache but nothing else seems to happen. I don't see IEExec run and I don't see the exe in the .Net framework download cache. I think its got to be a security rela...more >>

I have been trying to deploy items to the GAC (Application Blocks) that I have modified to be used by multiple Apps that I am currently working on. I started out by putting a "myKeyFile.snk" file to hold the Strong Name Key Pair. I then assigned a strong Name Key pair using sn -k myKeyFi...more >>

I'm trying to move a site from a virtual root directory to a root web. The virtual root works great with the UIAB. the paths for the .aspx files are just "Start.aspx". When I move the site another box where it is at the root of a new web, when you call the .navigate function the URL bec...more >>

I am stuck on trying to create a personal walkthrough using the User Process Application Block. Where or what newsgroup can I go to for help. I can compile and run the examples - the problem is how do you start from scratch. thanks all grs ...more >>

As a J2EE person, new to .NET I'm having trouble undeerstanding the basic architetcural issues I need to design applications - is there inroductory material anywhere that will give me a gentle intro ? ...more >>

Hi, I'm writing a remoting application and have come across a compile error when accessing a public value-type field on a class that inherits from MarshalByRefObject. For Example: (Excuse lazy code in the example) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Module ByRefObjectTest Sub ...more >>

Hi all, I am Using VB.Net for developing my application. I am now needed help. In this project I have to execute some function, but I cannot call them directly using function name, I wanted to execute this function dynamically. So I have a function list in database written as a string. I am no...more >>

Hi All, I'm trying to use the Exception Management Application Block in an ASP.NET Application. I haven't put the two assemblies in the GAC. I did install the events in the assemblies using the installutil tool. This made no difference in the result I get in the ASP.NET application: ...more >>

The sample provided with the Caching Application Block combines several other blocks, which I'm not wanting at the moment. I need to determine the minimal configuration, to use the MMF cache, with the assemblies private to the application. This appears to me to be the simplest configuration, ye...more >>

Dear Friends I have two urgent question . Please help. I want to use ASP upload component to upload pictures to my site using ASP.NET: 1. What are the pros and cons of saving the uploaded picture with its original name to IIS directory. Security? Which one you recommend? save with new given...more >>

I am studying and trying to recreate the Quickstarts_Store app that comes with the User Interface Process Application Block. Question is how do you enter the xml configuration settings in the XML file app.config. Do you have to type in by hand and is there another way. thanks grs ...more >>

What do I need to do to deploy a VB.Net app onto a client machine so that it will connect to the SQL Server on the Server. I'm running XP Home edition on the client and XP Professional on the Server. I know how to deploy the app when using ACCESS, but confused about SQL Server. Thanks...more >>

Microsoft User this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which fixes all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three new vulnerabilities. Install now to protect your compu...more >>

Microsoft User this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three newly discovered vulnerabilities. Install now to ...more >>

I'm trying to figure out the binding approach to use for an application. We're building a .NET Framework WinForms application. Sales department have decided to have a couple of edition for the application (different sets of functionality). I'm trying to figure out a way to distribute new...more >>

Hi, In an application with, say, 5000 open sockets, what (if anything) is the advantage of using the Socket.Select function to determine which sockets are ready for reading, as opposed to checking s.Available for each socket s? Andrew...more >>

It seems that most of the .Net information I read is tied to IIS. I am looking for info on 3-tier applications built using .Net Remoting, where the distributed application runs as a Rich and/or Smart Client and is designed for an inadvertant network disconnect or failure. Steve ...more >>

I am tyring to develop my first n-tier solution in VB. I have Client, Business, Data and Type projects in my solution. I am getting various message when building related to the face that the Client, Business and Data projects are all referencing a typed dataset in the Type project. My d...more >>

I am trying my own walkthrough on the UIP by creating the logon.cs as as first step. First I created a blank solution and then add the projects as in the store example. My problem is how to add the logon.cs under the WinUI project. I used add a new windows form and the logon.cs is created. Sin...more >>

Friends, how can i get the name of the default printer??. I'm working with winforms. VB,C#, nevermind. Thanks a lot Pablo...more >>

MS Customer this is the latest version of security update, the "September 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates all known security vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three newly discovered vulnerabilities. Install now to hel...more >>

I am using the Application Updater Block 2.0 for a self updating application. I am using the BITS downloader. At this point I am just trying to get the self-updating example to work. I haven't changed anything. I have tried this on two different win2k3 systems with the same results. ...more >>

Friends, I need to change the default printer from code, with no user iterativity. Any sample code? suggestion? C#,VB, nevermind!. Thanks Pablo...more >>

Hello, I have tried to use the Exception Manager Block in a windows form application and I can not seem to get it to work. I have copies text from the Quick Start Samples files and modified them for this application, only writing to a log file and not sending an E-Mail. It writes exce...more >>

Hi. I want to use the User Interface Application Block from Microsoft. My question is: Does someone use it in production environment. And what are your experiences with it? Is it useful? Or is it better to code such a thing by myself (is it i overkill)? When should I use it? Are there any b...more >>

hello, I will be thankful to you if you could please tell me the registry key (path) that changes when a pocket pc is connected to the desktop pc Thank you. Manesh....more >>

Hi all, I am implementing a .NET web application and extensively used the session variables to store data. But today my manager told me that we will be running that application in a web farm !!!! I guess I am screwed. Could you please help me out here guys? I have following question: if you k...more >>

Has anyone been able to locate a sql script that creates the database that the SqlServerCacheStorage uses as its backing store? There are various other scripts included with the quick start sample. But none of them create the db to actually store cached data in. Thanks, MB...more >>

Hi folks, I'm designing an app which will run on a small network of say, 20 PCs. I'd like to use Windows Forms and avoid installing the .NET Framework wherever possible. If I have a chance of coding a single shared executable and installing it and the framework on the server, then that would...more >>

I'm getting the following error intermittently: "Can not get the session moniker for the task 4e506669- b641-480d-9e08-da75f0cdd823" It's difficult to repeat, and have not seen it when I'm stepping through code. Any thoughts?...more >>

I finally got a Windows form to download a dataset onto a Windows form grid via SOAP through the Microsoft Data Application Block; asynchronously.- hosted by IIS of course (5.1 in this case), Now I want to simulate access to that "rich client" windows form executable from a remote machine. ...more >>

What is the best way to move a new web application from a dev box to a web server? Thanks, Craig ...more >>

I'm just curious to know how people are using the Updater Application Block. Basically user experience. Any comments will be appreciated. Thanks. ice ...more >>

Hi, I'm using the 'Application Updater Building Block' in a VB.NET application. I'm wondering how it is possible to check whether the user has a dial-up internet connection and if so how to automatically bring up the 'connect to internet' dialog (the one that would also be displayed if...more >>