I am able to load exe of .Net Framework by LoadFrom() function through C#.NET but when load VC++7.2 Project EXE ,it gives error format does'nt match ...more >>

Hello all I am facing one problem while loading VC++ EXe file through Assembly.LoadFrom() Function, It gives Error - The format of the file 'totest.exe'(VC++) is invalid please give me solution for it ...more >>

hi, all I am using .net framwork v1.1.4322 and get an error in the following test: I have a c# console application, basically, it is empty: static void main(string[] args) { System.Console.WriteLine("Started..."); System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(60*1000); // Sleep one minute and then ...more >>

hi i wud like to know which book for learning .NET framework and also suggest sites where i could learn about its latest updates????this would be useful for me in the long run.... ...more >>

I'm not a developer, so please bear with me on this. We have several Win2k Pro machines with .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 (KB886903) installed. A Ghost image was taken from one PC and applied to all the others. Our developer created a .NET app that works on the original PC, but not on the oth...more >>

Seems like a lot of people have trouble with this error. Here's my solution. I give it to the future. Because I love you. private void WaitAll(WaitHandle[] waitHandles) { if (Thread.CurrentThread.ApartmentState == ApartmentState.STA) { // WaitAll for multiple handles on an STA thread ...more >>

Hi Is there a class with a method in the .NET Framework that will verify if a string is in the correct dotted format to be an IPAddress. Similar to inet_addr nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn Thank You Mark ...more >>

Hello, I'm in search of a sample database (along the lines of Northwind or AdventureWorks... but not) that I can use in product demos. Preferably free, but if you know of one that's also for sale that would be great too. Any ideas where I can find something like this? Thanks in advance...more >>

Hi guys! I've a function that returns a System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException or System.Int32 depending on the function's result. If occurs an error it returns SQLException; if executes with no problem, it returns the @@IDENTITY of the row which is an Int32 type. Now I need to compare the t...more >>

Does anyone know how this class works "under the covers"? I want this exact functionality, but do not have the luxury of writing in .net. I need to access the api functions directly. TIA, Pete ...more >>

Hello! I would like to change the default printer setting: Orientation, to landscape. I would like to open some file: Process.Start(document.htm) (or som Office-file) ....and when the user chooses the print-command from the associated program (IE, Word, Excel ...) it uses the landscape ...more >>

Hi all, I am facing one problem while generating the entries in the EventLog in ASP.NET. That error is " registry access is not allowed". So i found some code in the google regarding registry access. So i followed it and finally working well. I set those permissions manually(Not progr...more >>

Hi, The changes I make on my regional settings are not applied to .NET Culture is allways en-US and never changes no matter what the system settings are. I installed my OS and Dev. tools with default US settings since I never needed any other regional settings. Now I need to change the...more >>

I have an Internal image gallery site. When user upload an image, system will create a thumbnail automatically. This thumbnail is 100 X 100. I though it should be very small in terms of size, however this 100 x 100 thumbnail is about 22 kb file size, which I think it is really too big. I sa...more >>

Hi Can someone explain why I get an error saving a document with pictures as a BLOB? I can save Word, Text, RTF, CSV files that don't have any pictures embedded without any problems. Any clues or suggestions will be highly appreciated. ...more >>

Hi, I would like to know if there is any information in the .NET specifics about the resources pointed at by the ManifestResource tables. I mean some resources are given directly by the offset in the table, but if the name of the resource ends with ".resources" the offset points to a sort o...more >>

I have a Windows application running well. Today, after I changed something on one form, when I start run I recevied an error message "Unable to open resources files in location". I checked location there were not requested files there. Where are they gone? It is on my local drive. What could ...more >>

Our application is built with VS2005 Beta 2. We uses ClickOnce to deploy the application. Here is the issues we have experienced on some client machine. When we click the install button from the publish page, the deployement manifest is open in the browser instead of lauching the application m...more >>

I have a simple question which i am not fully understanding. In the new event of adding the System.Net.Mail many people were happy with the changes, except me. When i use the new reference, i cant athenticate with smtp e-mail server. I know how to do it in System.Web.Mail but i havent noti...more >>

Got another question on my Windows Service which I coded in VB.NET. During the OnStart event (when the service is started) I set up a database connection that my service uses. Let's say something occurs during the middle of this - or any other error - which would cause my service to NOT start u...more >>

I've written a Windows Service using VB.NET, which does a connection to a database and then runs a timer to periodically process some data. It is running pretty well; However, I have noticed one issue: Whenever the workstation/server is shut down/restarted the database connection is staying o...more >>

Hi: My company has developed an application that, in a very basic explanation, send files throught a socket to a known server, using a protocol that is implemented in a full assynchronous manner. Saying full assynchronous means that file I/O is assyncronous (using the method BeginRea...more >>

When I installed the VS.Net with .Net Framework 2.0, I was informed that I must have XP with SP 2. Is this a requirement of the framework or of VS.Net? Will I be able to install and run developed applications using XP SP1? TIA Brad ...more >>

I am just starting to learn C#. I would like to write a basic username and password as the entry into my program. I have already created a userform and I would like to find a tutorial or something along those lines that will show me how to properly store usernames and passwords as well as ve...more >>

is there any way to clear the buffer of a System.IO.StreamWriter so that it does not do a flush when it is closed in the finaly block? ...more >>

Hi, i have a dot-net assembly that is strong named. a third party developer is referencing my assembly and deploy his application with my DLL to clients. i want my DLL to automatically check for updates. but as far as i know - if i update a strong named DLL and the version is changed, othe...more >>

hi, I am getting below error message when we do some action at runtime. This happening only in few computers. ================================================= app.exe - Common Language Runtime Debugging Services Application has generated an exception that could not be handled. Proces...more >>

Stupid question: In VB.NET how do you group similar variables together? For example, I have these two fields: Dim EmployeeFirstName As String Dim EmployeeLastName As String Can't first and last name be grouped together in an employee 'group' like this: Dim Employee FirstName As Stri...more >>

What is the best way in VB to determine if an antiviral software package is installed on a computer and what product it is? ...more >>

I implemented a collection inheriting from DictionaryBase. I noticed that, adding instances via Add method, when I enumerate the elements stored they are returned in a different order compared to input. I attach an example like that published on MSDN. Why this strange behaviour? How can I to ...more >>

Hi, Can somwone tell me how .net framework will behave when I'm running a ..net application in TS? Will .net framework load for every user/prosess? If so, is it possible to share the .net framework between users/prosesses? How much memory will a user/prosess use when you run the .net appli...more >>

I'm developing an application that makes a lot of assyncronous things. I always use the methods BeginXXX and EndXXX when they are available or BeginInvoke and EndInvoke when they are not available. I never use the Thread.Start() method. What happens is that the number of threads shown in Task...more >>

I wrote my first window service and when I go into the services section on the server to see it there is no description of the service and I'm wondering where in my service code can I put the description show it shows up. Thanks...more >>

Hi, I've got the following problem: My application consists of a windows form (all vb.net) and several panels placed on it. Each of this panels has a *.png or *.jpeg file as a background. Now, depending on user interaction, several of these panels may be invisible or visible. Unfortunat...more >>

Hi All I am buffled by someone not being able to connect to a SQL 2000 instance using C#. The connection string is as follows, <add key="ConfigString" value="Persist Security Info=False;Integrated Security=SSPI;database=SQLApp;server=SAM-NUB10\INSTANCE1"></add> The Server name is SAM-NUB1...more >>

I have code that calls System.Diagnostics.EventLog.WriteEntry to write exceptions to the windows app event log. However by default you have to be an admin to write to the application event log. Is the best way to enable this to give write permissions to C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\AppEvent....more >>

I have a default page and image page. The default page calls a web service, passs three parameers are retreives the URL for the pdf documnt sitting in my images folder. Once I get the URL I need to display the pdfdocument on the images page. Any idea how this is done? How would I do that i...more >>

Sir, I have got a series of float values coming and i want to store these values into a file in such a way that when one value is written in the file then it goes to next line and writes other line.(like using of \n ; how can i do it.i tried to use stream reader but it write file in UT8 ty...more >>

When I profile my application the profiler tells me that there is roughly 4MB of memory used throughout the lifetime, which seems reasonable. However, when I start the task manager the said memory usage is 20MB right after starting the program and 80MB after running it. However, if you star...more >>

Hi, We are about to implement error logging in our .NET Smart Client application. We will be logging to the Event Log (for both client and server) and to a database table (for server side). We are using the MS EMAB (Exception Management Application Block). We wanted to understand what would...more >>

If I have the following code : private void A (Type1 param1, Type2 param2 ....){ B(); } private void B(){ .... } How can I find out the values for the param1, param2 ... inside B method, without sending them to B? Is there any posibility to achieve that? Tahnks, Tibi. ...more >>

Hello: I need to link with some external native library from a managed program written in c#. I want my program to run in any cpu, so I need to link to the appropriate external dll. Is there any way to know it? Note:: Using (IntPtr.Size == 8) I cant not know If Im in an Itanium64...more >>

Hi all, im wondering if theres any way to get the parent of a RegistryKey? Using the Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey class? I am using the Application.UserAppDataRegistry object. I want to then get the parent key of this key. The reason for this is that the key returned by UserAppDataRegistry is...more >>

Hi all, I'm trying to be "smart" and have some kind of dynamic event invocation. I have differfent events, all of them raised by my application. Because I do not want to wait for some answers I call BeginInvoke and send EndInvoke as a parameter for my callback method. Now. What I want to...more >>

Hello, All! Upcoming project requires periodically checking to see what nodes exist on the network, particularly those that are *wireless* connections. Thought this might be possible using the System.Management class, in combination with the operating system class Win32_SystemNetw...more >>

I want to read an xsd file programatically, iterate through all the xsd elements and output some information to the user. This xsd file contains several import statements as well. How do I read this xsd? ...more >>

Imaginate you have one method that accept some arguments like: 1- a control 2- un Type (MyType) 3- el nombre de una Propiedad "PropertyName" Example: .Add(Me.txtCustomerID, GetType(Customer), "CustomerID") Inside this method, I use reflection tu scan a...more >>

I'm transferring a file from server to workstation, using Web Service Extensions and DIME. Along with the file, which travels as a DIME attachment, I'm also sending along metadata information about the file as it exists on the server. The metadata also travels as a DIME attachment in XML for...more >>

I have installed .net framework 2.0 then I installed sdk .net framework 2.0 beta and it keep come back with .net framework 2.0 has not been installed. I checked the add/remove program and it was there. Help... van. ...more >>

Hi people, What should I do with an ExecutionEngineException? It suddenly appeared in my code but documentation sais that it could be thrown from anywhere... Thanks, -- Tom Tempelaere....more >>