Hi All, I am new in .NET development. I have few questions. Hope you can help me. 1. If I would like to develop a server-side .NET Componet with DTS support, What technology will best fit my requirement? .NET Remoting? 2. Is the MTS or COM+ going to obsolete in .NET? If yes, what will ...more >>

I am using .Net Setup and Deployment Project to create .msi file for web application. I am using ‘Setup Project' template for this. In this project I am creating virtual directory at run time. All the code has been written in ‘Install' overridable method in Installer Class. Directory is creati...more >>

Hi, I am using VS.NET Setup Wizard to create my setup msi file. However, I can't set the AddRemoveProgramsIcon property for my Setup Project and the Icon proptery for the shortcut of the output file in the User's Desktop. The correct icon can't appear. I use the following steps to set th...more >>

When using the Updater Application Block: Let's say we used the manifest utility to generate a public/private key. We hash our files using the private key (which we keep secure). Obviously, the updater, when rrunning on the users workstation and when copying/verifying the files, needs the public ...more >>

Hi there ! I have developed several applications using VC++ 6.0. To do the IPC part I have used (D)COM and CORBA. Which have been working very nice. Now I need to create WEB enabled interfaces to my applications(which has an COM interface), and I am using VS dotnet 2002. I have made som pages ...more >>

What is a good book on multi-tier programming? This for windows applications as well as web applications. Can anyone make some suggestions? Lots of thanks...more >>

is there any simply way to create strong names for all my DLLs say i have nearly 50 DLLs in a Solution... BL,DA,DS... lot of references to outlook,office... I am using this Microsoft DLL Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.ExceptionManagement.Interfaces also in my projects i am not able to compil...more >>

We have a time critical smart client application running on Windows 2000/XP systems. Is there any reliable service that would help in syncing the local system time to atomic clock or local time at the least in case the user changes the system clock in purpose or inadvertently? - Network synch...more >>

I have been charged with creating customized visual studio project templates for our organization. I have been successful to a point. I would like to add folders to the project template and I have not been able to do so. For example, I would like the directory structure to look similar to the fo...more >>

I am writing a distributed transaction code. My current scenario include a client database(Suppose client- having 4 main database) which can be installed anywhere which would connect to a public database placed at ISP datacentre(Suppose Server- having 2 database[host,transmissionqueue]). this serve...more >>

Hi, I need to create an application which would use windows forms user interface, while connecting over the web. I have created a webservice, which is running on the local host. But when I try to add a web reference, I get the following: Custom tool warning: DiscoCodeGenerator unable to in...more >>

I am deploying a .NET Windows application. In the Setup project, in the "Files on Target Machine" I chose the User's Desktop and create a shortcut. The target of the shortcut is "Primary output". The idea is to have the Installation script create a shortcut to the application on the user's d...more >>

I'm interested in implementing a data access layer which uses typed DataSets as data transfer objects. I would like for the assembler which is responsible for managing each DTO and its corresponding DataAdapter to maintain a static cache--a larger DataSet of the same type as the DTO. Any r...more >>

When moving an Asp.Net solution that has used the drag and drop method for some data components. What is the best method of changing them to use the staging SQL Server connection. ...more >>

In a .Net solution that has a DAL, Class and Business logic. When recreating a dataset from the class the records are inserted into the database from the dataset instead of updating. This is using the dataset merge command. Is there any settings that should be used to ensure that the data is ...more >>

Hello all, My project is a .net c# project, and has some layers - SI (service component), BL &DAL. Nowdays i'm using com+ for every layer (Si s a service component, others are just plain library components - though without using themself setabort/setcomplete). My question is - why should i...more >>

Hi, I was wondering if someone could recommend a good performance monitoring tool for COM+ applications. We have an extensive distributed system comprised of VB and C++ COM+ components spread across multiple servers. We also have a few C# objects and C# windows services in the mix. We are ...more >>

I have a component that I've writen in C# that does a lot of disk reading and processing. What I'm noticing is that when I have the DLL as a part of a console test app, my memory usage stays rock solid. It'll jump to about 58MB of RAM after processing 750MB of files off the disk. When I plug ...more >>

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I am creating a distributed app, and I am having a problem with the user's identity getting propagated to the SQL server. Here is the layout: Windows App --> Web Service --> DLL --> SQL server 2000 Windows App is on WIN XP Pro, with logged on user. Web service on a w2K3 server, using int...more >>

Hi, I am having some problem with callback used in socket implementation. private static void Connect(string strPrtrIPAddr, int intPrtrPort, ref Socket rsocClient) { try { // Create remote end point. System.Net.IPAddress IPAddress = System.Net.IPAddress.Parse(strPrtrIPAddr); System.Net.IPE...more >>

I was interested in using the Updater Application Block to ease our deployment issues with new builds in VB.NET. However, I think I want to do it a different way than the Updater allows. As I understand it, I install the initial build using my normal .MSI file. Then, as new builds get 'pushed' ...more >>

In a desktop application, is there a best practice to implement a check at login time to ensure that the number of active users has not exceeded a limit? In our application, we intend to sell licenses for the software based on the number of concurrent users that need to be supported. What I'd...more >>

I want to debug an application on my clients PS. Presuming I deploy a debug build and the PDB file what debugging tools do I need to run on the client to step through the managed code? Oh and where can I find them? Ta in advance, M.Ruby...more >>

Hello I have the Message: 'Error using Storage Provider - ISAGConfigSection' when i want to use the Out-of-the Box functionality of the DPAPI Data Protection Provider. I used the sample in the Documentation from CMAB. My App.Config is the following: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <c...more >>

Hi there! We are experiencing a very strange problem with our VB.NET application. The application is using .NET Framework v1.1.4322 and the problem is experienced only by Windows XP users. When our application starts, it retrieves all required core assemblies from a network path...more >>

How can I run applications I wrote using Visual Basic .Net on Mac OS's ? -- There are 10 types of people. Those who understand binary and those who dont. Vedant Lath...more >>

I came upon an idea to interrogate a network in which there are multiple machines running instances of some well known Service. My idea is to broadcast a OneWay SOAP message using the network broadcast address 255.255.255.255 in order "discover" all possible active receivers. Each receiver ...more >>

hi, i am having a vb.net window form, that form is having a timer. in each interval the it reads data from sql server back end, continously. and display on it. some times the form may not respond, and after few seconds, responds.... i know i should go for multithreading in vb.net whe...more >>

Hi I have a remoting client/server application. The clients subscribes to a server event. All works fine if client is used as a window application, but when the client is used with No-Touch deployment over Internet Explorer the clients do not get the server events any more and no exceptions a...more >>

Hi, I have the following scenario: Windows 2003 Server COM+ 1.5 ..NET 1.1 Client code snippet (in an .aspx.cs code behind): ------------------------------------------------ private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { using (ESTransactionScope scope = new ESTransa...more >>

Hi All. In preparation for exam 70-310, i've been working a chat application (refer to Lab 4 in MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit) that consists of a server-activated remotable object (ChatCoordinator.dll), a console application that configures the ChatCoordinator object (Server.exe), and...more >>

Hi All. I building a MSMQ, over one server to another. Sometimes when i have registrer my component, and runs my app, I get the error: File or assembly name <filename.dll> assembly, or one of its dependencies, was not found. The "<filename.dll>" points at a diffrent file each time i run my a...more >>