Hi Does anyone know if there are to be any improvements in Obfuscation / code protection in .NET 2.0?? Will there be a better 'bundled' obfuscator?? I don't want to buy an obfuscator now, only to find I didn't need it, when 2.0 is released... for whatever reason. Thanks Paul ...more >>

Hi I'm not sure if I'm in the correct group but I'm after some advice on Object Orientated Programming concepts. I've move from structured programming into VB.NET. I can grasp the language syntax Ok, but I'm having a few problems with the ideas of OOPS. As an exercise I am converting so...more >>

I want to use BeginRead on a socket stream. I want to abort the read if no data arrives within a certain time interval. I know i can't cancell the BeginRead directly but closing the socket seems to work. Does this cause any problems (Resource leaks etc) ? Should I also call EndRead after c...more >>

I have a thread that I want to start, to process items waiting in a Queue class, and run in a loop until that Queue is empty. I've got a class set up to take care of locking issues on the Queue so one thread can add more things to the Queue while the other is removing and running a process on...more >>

I want to change (add or edit some items to) .Config file of an application during set up. Which classes are supported by .Net? Does .Net have a class to change contents of a .Config file? Regards. Reza....more >>

I recently downloaded DNN 3.0. Thousands of files in hundreds of directories. Every file that contains code or is runnable has been "blocked" by SP2 security features (something to do with zone elevation and local machine lockdown, I gather). I can unblock by right-clicking the file, se...more >>

How can I do this. Do i just instantiate an EventLog object withing a thread and use it? -- PeterW...more >>

hi folks, How MSIL differ from .Net PE file? Is .NET PE is native CODE? what is teh use of PE file ..... Is there is any tool by which we can create .Net PE file> Thanks on advance...more >>

Hi I'm new to VB.NET, just switching from access. On a large database for furniture i would like to just have the picture location information, and have a form or report import the picture from a file folder based on the location information in the database record, how can i do that? Wou...more >>

I have an Access database which has one table called Employee. When I display all the records of the table in a datagrid, everything is fine. However when I put the WHERE clause for a a Join_Date field (which is Date/Time field) the the records are not filtered as if there is no WHERE clause: ...more >>

Hi, How can I get my Release build .exe file to have an user defined icon instead of the default exe box, so for example if a copy was on on my desktop my exe would display my icon. I have included the icon within the project but this doesn't seem make any difference... Many thanks for ...more >>

How do I create dialogue boxes using C# and hte .net compact framework? I want it to appear after the user does file connect. Thanks...more >>

Hi, A I use shell functions in my C# project, I need to add a reference to shell32.dll. When I browse to shell32.dll and add it as a reference to my project a file called Interop.Shell32.dll is created in the directory of the executable. When I delete this file, the program crashes (as expe...more >>

How Can Set a Query Timeout and Catch the error when the time elapsed. -- Cumprimentos, David de Passos -------------------------------------------------------------- RCSOFT, Lda. E-Mail: passos@rcsoft.pt Móvel: +351 966931639 Telefone: +351 239708708 Fax: +351 239708701 Tel. Direct...more >>

In my application I have code something like: protected System.Threading.Timer timer; // called once on application boot Init() { DateTime dueTime = DateTime.Now.AddDays(1); // in 24 hours TimeSpan period = new TimeSpan(1, 0, 0, 0); // one day timer = new System.Threading.Timer( new S...more >>

If I have the following code [MyAttr] class XYZ { } class InheritXYZ : XYZ { } Is the [MyAttr] attribute defined for class XYZ automatically also defined for class InheritXYZ (because InheritXYZ is inherited from XYZ) ...more >>

I have an old DVD that I got along time ago, that was when the .net 1 beta came out. The resources CD. I'm wondering if any resources or programs or sdks that are on the dvd or cd can still apply to 2.0... I'm entering back into the programming field, and am trying to learn C# in the .net 2....more >>

First of all Yes, I know it's possible and have implemented it before. Using c#, Ive created several base class objects, many of which can belong to collections. I've written the collection classes, i've inherited from CollectionsBase and have written the necessary methods to make it enumerable...more >>

Hi Folks, I have downloaded the .Net Framework SP 1 and during the installation I get the following message: "An unhandled exception of type 'System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException' occurred in mscorlib.dll Additional information: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invoca...more >>

I was very happy to find: System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod.Name however, I have an errorhandler in another dll, which means, when it is called, I need to find out what function raised the error to begin with. so far I have been using the above and passing it to the errorhandler....more >>

I am recieving this error on few pages. They are running fine on dev server. It's only happening production for few pages. I searched internet and it seems lot of people have this problem. But none provided the solution. Thanks Reddy Timed out waiting for a program to execute. The c...more >>

I am programming a server and a client for a PLC that runs under WinCE .NET 4.2pro. I want to detect on client side when the server does a close. So far I tried it like this: (Client) I put the actual socket into a fdset and check it with select for WRITEability. Is this correct?? ...more >>

I am displaying the records from a table in a grid. The simpel SELECT statement works fine. However, I have to use this select statement select right("00000" + Column1,2), column2, column3 FROM mytable This does not work. I mean it is not showing the 0000's in the first column. The above ...more >>

How can space fill a string to a fixed format? It is easy with a number RecordBase = String.Format("{0:000000}" ,storeid); But not easy with a string ponumber = String.Format("{0:GGGGGGGGGGGG}",ponumber); The line above doesn't seem to work....more >>

I know I can't run an exe file created using VS.NET into a PC in which is not installed .NET framework. I know also that this happen because the executable really contain MSIL pseudo code. Well, I've created a simple application using .NET VC++ and MFC linked as a static library. I...more >>

did any body know the Release Date of .NET 2.0 ?...more >>

Hi, how can I call the psftp.exe from c# code? I need to get a file from another computer... Where can I find an example of this problem? Thanks...more >>

I had thought that i had ASP.NET 1.1 installed on my machine. However, when trying to open an ASP.NET project via VS .NET 2003, i get a warning that my machine currently supports ASP.NET 1.0, and that if i open my project the ASP.NET 1.1 specific code will not work. I do have the .Net Fram...more >>

Hi, using the old Visual Studio 6 I remember I could create a setup program for my application using the wizard inside the IDE for VB, and using installshield for VC. But now I'm using .NET framework. How can i create a setup program for my applications? (both for VC and VB) Thank...more >>

Hi We have a simple application that uses web request to pull information accross the web and put it in a database. However, we have noticed a memory leak. What happens is that with each request the Nonpaged memory is slowly used up on the server until there are no resources left causing ot...more >>

I need to move some code which at present is residing in some .aspx codebehind files into a separate class library. One of the functions makes use of an xml schema to create the structure for a DataSet object which is returned to the caller. Currently the schema is stored in an .xsd file which...more >>

I am creating a .NET (C#) application that needs to store a small amount of user- and customer-specific information in a file-based central repository. I say "file-based" b/c requiring a DB server is not an option. The amount of data is small (1-2 MB/user) but some of it is shared across use...more >>

Brand new computer. All updates applied from update.windows. 1st program to install: framework 1.1. Won't install. Is there a reason?...more >>

I am trying to make room on my machine and I notice that I have these three listed in my Add/Remove window: Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Hotfix (KB886903) Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect 2003 - English Since EACH is listed as taking up 999.00MB I...more >>

Hi, I know there are some tools to use UML and let it create automaticly the classesi n Visual Studio .NET. Are there any free software tools like this? Or can I somewhere download good working trial-versions? What do you consider to use? Thanks, Pieter ...more >>

Hi all, I am building a simple network monitor to show the current real-time traffic in and out of the network. Using the PerformaceCounter object set to the category of Network Interface seems to be a little unreliable. Has anyone else found this? Calling the NextValue method on the ob...more >>

I was wondering if the following interface example is good programming practice: Public Interface IExample Function GetInfo(byval index as Integer) as SomeObject Function GetInfo() as SomeObject() End Interface Is it a problem for one function to return different types or it it better...more >>

Hi all, I'm searching help files but it did not help. How can I reach datagrid's row count and col count properties. Thaks a lot. Arif Çimen ...more >>

I create a seperate AppDomain in code (AppDomain stuff is used in ASP.NET and elsewhere in a WinForm app),and I want to make sure it gets released properly. Right now I create it like this: string binDir = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + "bin/" ; AppDomain domain = AppDomain....more >>

On installing my service application, I need to add some additional entries to the registry, but when I try to do this during the AfterInstall event of the installer, I get an UnauthorizedAccessException. How can I get these entries in? ...more >>

I have written a Windows Service application, and I am trying to use InstallUtil to install it on my local machine for testing. I am using the logToconsole parameter and am getting a System.IO.FileNotFoundException exception. I have references in my app, but no external files. I did compi...more >>

Hi, I need to set FullControl rights for the user ASPNET for a specific folder. Does anyone please have an idea how to do it? Thanks, Avi...more >>

I am exporting data to excel using ISAM Jet Database. and then invoking excel using Process.Start(fileName); This works fine but if the excel file to which we are exporting is open then the Excel does not open properly. Only the Title bar is loaded. and no sheets are loaded. After that ev...more >>

How can i Use .net Framework 2.0 in Visual Studio 2003 Invironmnet i need some name spaces and fuctions that included in .net frame work 2.0....more >>

1.How may Types of JIt compiler is available in .Net? 2.What for nGen tool is used for ... ...more >>

I have an application that requires the .net framework 1.1 in order to run. All I have been able to find in searching the microsoft site is the following: patches for .net framework 1.1, .net framework 1.0 information/downloads, .net framework 1.1 redistributable package, .net framework 1.1 SDK....more >>

Hi, how do i exit a pocketpc application? Using Application.Exit() seems not working ?! Thanks, Costi ...more >>

Hi, I have a project in sourcesafe and I'm trying to download files from source safe server on my local machine in Visual Studio.net 2003 ( File --> Source Control --> Open From Source Control). I already picked the directory in sourcesafe (which is setup as the working folder). I get prom...more >>

Hi! I am trying to access an ASP.NET web site programmatically. I use HttpWebRequest and HttpWebResponse classes. Everything goes well until I come to a page that sends me a 302 Found response. I need to get Location header from the response but it seems that HttpWebRequest only gets 200 OK. ...more >>

Hi! How can set Regional settings in rum-time mode? For example How can set decimal separator to "." in VB.NET? -- -- Cumprimentos, David de Passos -------------------------------------------------------------- RCSOFT, Lda. E-Mail: passos@rcsoft.pt Móvel: +351 966931639 Telefone: ...more >>