The Updater Application Block documentation mentions that the OS's supported are Win2000, Win XP and Win 2003... is there any reason why it will not work on Win98 / WinNT since framework 1.1 works on 98 and NT? Thanks Srini ...more >>

Hi, I have an application developed in vb.net. I would like to distribute the application in a CD with auto run. If the target system doesnot have the frame work installed, then the frame work should be installed automatically. I will include dotnetfx.exe in the same folder where setup.i...more >>

I'm trying to use the CMAB for a fairly simple application config setting; i.e., a filepath. I think I have all of the scaffolding implemented correctly since I can get the process to work, but I have to do more than I think I should. Let me explain... My XML config file starts off looking l...more >>

I want to multicast in both IPv4 and IPv6 scenarios Therefore I read my TCP/IP protocol suite book and find that IPv4 IGMP packet 8 bits 8 bits 16 bit ----------------------------------------------------- |Type | Maximum Response Time |Checksum --------...more >>

Hi, I am sorry this is a fairly long posting, but I need to make some basic decisions concerning the architecture of a dialog application that I am just beginning to develop, so I hope some of you will take the time and trouble to read this :) I am writing a dialog application using the dot...more >>

Hi! I working on a multilayered enterprise application with Data Access layer and Transaction Manager Layer. I am using the SqlHelper.UpdateDataset in MS Data Access Application Block to update the dataset. How can I implement transaction management in the Transaction Manager Layer ? Th...more >>

Hi all. I'm trying to install a .NET component into COM+ using Regsvcs. I get the following error when attempting to do so: The following installation error occurred: 1: Could not install type library XXX.tlb' into application YYY'. XXX.tlb: The object is already registered XXX: The ...more >>

Is anyone out there currently using the out of process state service to store session state in a farm env? We are currently experiencing all sorts of strange problems with the service -- namely, sessions get dropped at seemingly random intervals. This does NOT happen when using inproc on a single ...more >>

Hello all I am attempting to broadcast IPv6 messages in a LAN and process every broadcast reply, storing the IP of each individual machine replying to the broadcast I have the code broadcastSocket.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.IPv6,SocketOptionName.Broadcast,0); public void doBroadcast...more >>

I'm trying to use the Updater Application Block with the Compact Framework v1.0.5. I've written a customized application launcher, which does two things (a) launches an application (b) invokes the UAB to see if updates are available. The compiler won't recognize the types "System.Configuration....more >>

If there are no updates available, I'd like to stop the updater. But the ApplicationUpdateManager does not have an event for such a condition. I will change my copy of the UAB to fire a "NoUpdateAvailable" event, so that I can subscribe to it and stop the updater when it fires. Does anyone hav...more >>

Hi I find the design patterns cover extensily the benifits and techniques of layering applications i.e. Presentation, BL, DAL. However, to date, I have not found much information on how the these layer will communicate with each other, except, that the presentation layer in the web environment will...more >>

We're designing a Smart Client app and are now dealing with deployment issues. The Updater Block seems like the right way to go, but it uses BITS, and I understand that that means the host machine must be running IIS?? In our case the host could also be a Sun or AIX box. What are my options in th...more >>

Hi.. I posted this earlier to one of the threads but recieved no reply. If anybody has any idea about this, please do let me know. i have to achieve this within next 2-3 days. I am building a project as vb.net windows application. I want to open any file through the form( using system.di...more >>

I have an XML web service that can be customized by customers. The goal is this... A process must run *somewhere* that acts as an interface between the web service and some foreign system. Whatever that foreign system is doesn't matter. It can be anything. The process could run on the same se...more >>

Hi We are currently deploying an app that uses UAB to send update. However we are experiencing varying degree of performance problem using the BITS downloader dll provided. From the BITS documentation, it is said that BITS uses "idle" network bandwidth to retrieve the download. My question is, ...more >>

I have a webservice that I want to call from a web app asynchronously, but not wait around for a result. Basically I want to fire it off and then forget about it. I have figured out the asynchronous call all right, but when the client browser window is closed it sends an HTTP abort and kills t...more >>

Hi All, I have a Windows 2000 Service created in C#.NET that needs to access a remote SQL 2000 Server and run some stored procedures. The problem I am having is that I don't know how to get the service authenticated on the remote machine to even get access to the SQl database. Any help...more >>

When my client application (Winforms) starts up, it adds handlers for both AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException and Application.ThreadException. Then, when my middle-tier throws exceptions, they correctly go back to the client and are logged, dealt with, etc In the middle-tier, I want to sp...more >>

I've been experimenting with no touch deployment. Everything was working well until I got to the point of trying to print a report from the application. I looked at Crystal Reports but according to their website it cannot be used with no touch deployment. I looked at Active Reports but ...more >>

We are slowly porting our old VB6 code over to C#. We currently use sockets and TCP for communications. Through this we send the binary data of the ADO recordset. For right now we want to use the same mechanism until we can change both the server and workstation apps. However, this means tha...more >>

I am to start working on a new application to scan multiple document using ASP.NET/VB.NET If anyone can give me any lead/tips/suggession as to how to do this it will be of great help and i will take it from there. ...more >>

I would like to execute public functions/members in a running form from another .net application. How can this be done?...more >>

When an HTTP server receives a connection on a listener socket, does the socket stay open while the server processes that request? Or does it close the socket and reopen a new one to send once it has fulfilled the request? thanks ...more >>

So I try to make a small lab on EIF, I block on the level of the file EnterpriseInstrumentation.config I create a project, Console Application, I add two references => Microsoft.EnterpriseInstrumentation , Microsoft.EnterpriseInstrumentation.Schema. This is the code source : ...more >>

Suppose i have a remote singelton such as class MySingelton{ ... public Int32 GetSum( Int32 X, Int32 Y ){ Int32 sum = X + Y; return sum; } } Now suppose i have two requests (threads) for this method that happen in the following order: Thread A ente...more >>

With the announcement of Whidbey being delayed until next year I thought I would start looking at the application updater as a method of deploying my smart client application. But I have a few questions... How far from OneClick installation is the application updater? Normally when installi...more >>

Hi all I have created a VB.net application that uses SQL 2000 DTS. The application works great on my PC (since i have SQL Server E/M installed). I created a build to use on PC's that do not have any SQL Clients Tools installed. I did some research and found the DLLS that i need to add and regis...more >>

I have a For Each Next loop parsing thru an XML doc. When I build and deploy my app.exe on a PC other than the development PC I'm getting the strangest behavior in one of my functions. The application gets caught in the Child4 loop in the code snippet below. There are 8 child nodes of oChild4,but i...more >>

Hi! Guys, I am learning and working on .NET Architecture. I want to develop application with n-Tire Architecture. Is there any sample code which shows which class should be in which tier. How to pass data from Data Access Logic Class to Business Logic Class and from Business Logic Class to ...more >>

I am getting SEC_E_SECPKG_NOT_FOUND returned from AcquireCredentialsHandle from my c# code: Error SEC_E_SECPKG_NOT_FOUND (0x80090305 2148074245) I am useing NTLM. Here is the the test class. Just cut and paste into a console app and change domain user name and password. Any help would ...more >>

I'm just starting to look at no touch deployment and I have a question. Do you write an application differently that will be deployed via no-touch compared to an application that will be installed locally? For example, for an application that is installed locally I would handle database ...more >>

Hi! My Updater App Block works just fine till the download of the files: - it downloads the servermanifest - it recognizes the update on the server & and asks if it should download - it creates the directory "newFiles" and creates some 0kb-files named "bitxxx.tmp" However, then the method ...more >>

I'm using TCPClient & TCPListener. Using a Relay server, I have 2 peers behind firewalls. Peer1 needs to use HTTP to drop messages on Relay so Peer2 can pick them up at a leter time. The message are in XML. My question is: To communicate via HTTP using TCPClient, do I just need to wrap my m...more >>

OK, I just had a long conversation with a co-worker on this and we are looking for the answers to the following question: Where do .Net Assemblies based on class libraries (DLLs) that are strong named execute and where do non-strong named assemblies execute. Logic tells me...more >>

Does anyone have any experience with smart clients ? I have an application that uses infragistics components. I want to be able to get the application with an url like 'http://myservernam/appname/appexecutable.exe' using reflection. I already can run this from my server but when i try to run...more >>

Greetings All! I've downloaded and begun playing with the User Interface Process Application Block and I'm perplexed on one thing. I have setup the web.config to for my app to use SQL Server session state and the UIP block to use Session State as its persistence method. However, I still see ...more >>

All, I am trying to do a simple test of a serviced component call from an ASP.Net web page. For the serviced component, I have given it a strong name (as proof when I click on the reference to the Service Component in the Web app and check its properties, its strong name property ...more >>

hi, could anyone help with best practices for insert, delete and update records in c#??? Immer. ...more >>

My ApplicationManager object is running in a thread called _updaterThread. I'm unable to kill it. After this code executes, I can still see the process in Task Manager. Is this the proper way to kill it? Do I have to call _updaterThread.Abort ? _updater.StopUpdater(); if( null != _updater...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to find method by which we can deploy out sindow forms application at the client. It is a windows form application, updating a SQL server database. Simple. I've looked at the Microsoft Application Updater Blocks and alos the www.gotdotnet.com .NET Application Updater. Neithe...more >>

I would like to install a Win32 Service, written in .Net, on a box without the user having to register the server with "installUtil" and going into the services window and setting up the "Startup type" and properties. Thanks Marc Allen...more >>

I have a windows service written in VB.NET that needs to be able to restart itself. How would I go about doing this? The server is a Windows 2000 box. *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!...more >>

Am I missing something obvious here or is this a major oversight..? When deploying the app blocks config management dlls with our apps, we can't write the Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.ConfigurationManagement.Interfaces.dll file to CD because the name is too long! Anyone got any suggestions? ...more >>

I've written a class that uses the ApplicationUpdateManager. The ApplicationUpdateManager uses the DownloadManager to perform work. When the DownloadManager cannot download something properly, I'd like to stop the ApplicationUpdateManager object. But the DownloadManager does not throw exceptio...more >>

Hello, Does anyone know of any good books / articles that talk about developing SmartClients ? Many thanks... Kate ...more >>

I have a service that is written in .net and is running on our server. I want to develop a remote console that would be a .net *.exe that would run on a remote machine and connect to the specified service. I want this remote console to be able to connect to the service and report back stats from t...more >>

Hi I want to connect to my FTP Server through the authenticated proxy server. My application works behind the proxy when there is no authentication enabled at the proxy server. I am unable to pass the authentication to the socket once the proxy server is authenticated. So can you please hel...more >>

I am looking into "best practices" for implementing validation in a n-tier application. UI is initially Windows Forms, but there will also be some web UI later. "Is it sensible to try to encapsulate validation logic in a business entity, in order to keep my UI as thin as possible" e.g. I ...more >>

OK, So here is my question.... If I understand correctly, when you add a Web Reference to a VS.NEt project, it includes the exact URL (via the WSDL or DISCO -forget which) where the web service should be executed from in real life, while developing an application, the exact location of t...more >>