Folks Our company has been having a lil problem. We have written a web application using .net. One problem we've been having is that we need to log on as a admin before regular users logon each morning. If we do not they get an error saying that "Acess is denied: 'ASPnetMenu' " Does anyone hav...more >>

I was just debugging some code in studio. Very simple. If [some expression] then return It kept returning even though my expression was false. I even checked it in the command window. So I simply moved my "return" to another line and it started working. if [some expression] then ...more >>

If my clients have different versions of .NET Framework and they don't want to install any other versions, does that mean I'll have to compile the program separately for each Framework version? For example, if one client has .NET Framework 1.0 and another uses 1.1, do I have to create a versio...more >>

I know that String provides IndexOf method while StringBuilder doesn't. I don't want to call StringBuilder.ToString as it will create a String Instance. Does anyone have thought about using a string-searching algorithm for StringBuilder? Although my request might be a little bit silly, I really...more >>

I'd like to be able to overwrite an .exe file while a process started from it is running, like one can do with .dlls when started through an AppDomain object. Is there a way to start a process from and .exe so that the executable source is shadow copied. ...more >>

It appears your only route for using System.Runtime.Serialization and friends with a database is to use a blob field and shove the zeroes and ones in there. This loses half of the reason you're shoving everything into a database to begin with -- sure you can pull out your serialized object, but...more >>

Hi, I am looking for VoIP samples in VB/VB.Net/C# ! The idea is to develop a UserControl in C# that would mimic Skype ! The MSDN RTC C# Sample has disapeared ... does someone know where it is gone ? Can I use NetMeeting for that ? Thanks, Arkam...more >>

Hi guys, Check out this software I found on the net... http://www.dualdot.net/default.asp?nav=imagebatch It's called ImageBatch and has a batch mode for converting, naming and resizing images... It's very cool! ...more >>

Hello all, I am working on coding a custom Formatter to be used to export and restore property settings from objects on a form in an easily edited text format. It's not true serialization and deserialization because I'm not fully describing objects or instantiating them during deseriali...more >>

Hi guys, Check out this software I found on the net... http://www.dualdot.net/default.asp?nav=imagebatch It's called ImageBatch and has a batch mode for converting, naming and resizing images... It's very cool! ...more >>

Hi, Is the framework installable from CD or do you have to donwload it. I noticed on MS website it is 230Mb+. This would take me quite a long time to download. Thanks ...more >>

I have a windows service written in .NET that requires other serives to be started before it starts. How do I tell the system what other services my service depends on? Thanks for any help. Mike ...more >>

Hi, I want to open a file for read-only mode. I tried using a StreamReader and this works, but it throws an exception when the file is already open by another process. I think it should be okay to open a file in read-only mode. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks, Paul...more >>

I wrote a simple utility for submitting source files to our build folks for patching a pending release. It uses methods from the System.Web.Mail namespace to create an email message, attach a list of source files (by path name), and send it to a list of recipients. While I was away on vacatio...more >>

Dear All I would like to find out ways to protect the IP of my code in IL? What technique can be use and what is your working experience with these technique? any limitation? I know about the Dotfuscator that shipped with V.Studio, has anyone use it? did you upgrade to the Professional edit...more >>

Hi I get an error when a winforms application tries to communicate with a web service. The winforms machine connects to the internet via a Windows Authentication proxy server (ISSA or whatever it's called!). The call stack is: MyApp.General.cFmsException ---> System.Net.WebException: The ...more >>

It seems that the only .NET Collection classes that are serializable derive from Hashtable. I am planning on remoting collections and wanted to use something more like a CollectionBase. Any suggestions on how to do this without a hashtable collection? Thanks, Mark Phillips...more >>

Hi all gurus, AFAIK every time I've to distribute a minor change in my VS app, I've to deploy the entire .msi package, even for very little correction. As far as YOU know, is there any tool (such as Linux diff) to deploy only differences? TIA...more >>