I'm seeing TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone accurately reflecting the machine time zone at the point that the assembly loads, but if the user subsequently changes the Windows time zone the value of TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone doesn’t change to reflect that. In other words, if the system is on PST whe...more >>

Hello I have an application, which is used to install sqlexpress in quit mode(no user interface). It is working properly. In that installation time i want to show some progress bar movement to the user. How I have to do this. Pl. give any solution. Regards, Raju. ...more >>

Hi all, I have a question about tracking of method calls. I would like to track/log methods in code during runtime. I thought that I can write custom attribute which I will use in method which call I want to log and in constructor of the attribute I will write logging functionality. But thi...more >>

Hello I m testing my application based on the framework 1.1 with few users. I m worried about the memory of my server. I can notice a terrifying increase of memoring using by my application server. For example, before start application, the memory using is about 280mo. After starting the ap...more >>

Hi, I work on a large application (relative I guess) and the help is implemented in a CHM file converted from a Word file. For the version of the app pending release one of the things done was to upgrade to .NET 2.0. As a result it seems that pressing F1, whilst bring the help up, if you ...more >>

I have a simple console application that moves some log files from one server to another, then compresses the files for archival reasons. ..NET 1.1, C# All was fine, no problems. We upgraded the server that has the log files. I added the correct permissions to the share on the new server. ...more >>

Hi all, I am working with VB.Net 2005 Standard Edition and Crystal Reports 8.5 Developer Edition. I already have a report written in Crystal and I just want to be able to add the report to my Application. I have figured out how to add the Crystal Report Viewer to a form, but I cannot figure...more >>

All, I am having a considerable amount of difficulty with what should be a very simple problem. I have a DataGridView that is bound to a collection of objects that displays (and edits) selected objects appropriately. However, I can find no way to activate sorting by column. I want to be able ...more >>

Hi, We are looking for arguments for using technologies that allows .NET Framework and Java to interoperate on a point to point basis. The two options are XML Web Services and .NET Remoting with using third party runtimebridges likes Ja.NET and JNBridgePro. ..NET Remoting technology provi...more >>

Dear all Is .NET a Technolgical Platform or is it just a Framework whats different b/w techonolgy and Framework EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice http://www.eggheadcafe.com...more >>

Hi I have some 10 records in a table with a DateTime field, all the records have the same data but the time of each records is different. Using a stored procedure how do i retrieve all records eg AppendParameter(cmd, "@CallDate", DbType.DateTime, dt); TIA Barry ...more >>

Hi, I don't know how to retrieve the default value of user properties. For instance, I have defined 2 user properties named TheColor and TheFont, with the type System.Drawing.Color and System.Drawing.Font. I can access their current values like this: dim theColor as System.Drawing.Co...more >>

Hello all, I am using windows 2000 pro and want to install SQL express. Before I do this, I have to install .net framework 2. I found the download here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en And downloaded the file na...more >>

Hi, does it possible to create an IFilter in .NET (VB.Net or C#)? I see sample in C++, but not in VB.Net any guide? thanks. Jerome. ...more >>

I am wrapping a bunch of DB calls into an MSDTC transaction, using the ..net 2.0 System.Transactions transactionscope. Part of the operations I need to do in this transaction include some writing to the file system (deleting a file / creating a file). There is no way to rollback changes to t...more >>

Hi, I can't seem to find a real redistributable package with .NET 3.0 runtime. The one called "redistributable" is 2.8 MB setup file which starts downloading the whole thing. I need to install .NET 3 on 20 PC's and on 3 disconnected ones (offline). Any ideas where could I get the .NET 3....more >>

Hi Does have someone installed FrameWork 3.0 on VS2005 und used the Formsdesigner zu build XAMLs. How does this work with the old 2.0 and new 3.0 Controls? ...more >>

Hi, We are upgrading code from 1.1 framework to 2.0 framework. we have setup new production servers for the same. We have a custom windows services that we have to install and make it start on the server. We are able to install the service but are unable to start the service. It gives us th...more >>

Hello, In a few classes I have overridden Equals, ==, and != and would like to generate an optimal hash code but I am a little confused about the best approach to take. All of the classes that I am developing use a value comparison, not reference, to determine equality. The classes were all o...more >>

I am getting a failure during the install of the .NET 3.0 (RTM) redistributable. The error message is as follows: Windows Communication Foundation: [2] Error: Installation failed for component Windows Communication Foundation. MSI returned error code 1603 This is on a WinXP SP2 machine. ...more >>

Hi all, Can I have 2 versions of an assembly loaded in the GAC? i.e. 1.0.0.0 and 2.0.0.0. Also, if this is possible, can I have certain web applications use the 1.0 version and certain web apps use the 2.0 version? If yes, how can I do this? TIA! ...more >>

Good afternoon, all, I am a experienced Web programmer, trying to learn ASP.net 2.0 and I am stuck on the necessity of the RegisterClientScrptBlock and RegisterStartupScript methods. According to WROX's Professional ASP.NET 2.0, "the RegisterClientScriptBlock method allows you to place a Ja...more >>

I posted this last week in another group with no response, so I'll try here. I have created a database project using Visual Studio 2005 and SQL Server 2000. In the Server Explorer, by right-clicking on a database table with the context menu, I am able to "Generate Create script to project". B...more >>

I have a VB6 executable that references a .NET 2.0 dll. The .NET 2.0 dll project has 'Register for COM Interop' checked. Thus, compiling the dll will generate the .tlb file. This will allow early binding to work from VB6. I copied the VB6 exe and the .NET dll to a 32 bit OS. I copied th...more >>

Within ClickOnce deployment, is it possible to prevent the prompt that tells the user there is a new version and asks them whether they wish to install it? i.e. is it possible to always force the installation of a new version?...more >>

currently i have program that loads .net assemblies using the Assembly.Load method from the Assembly class. the assemblies have several plug ins classes that i load. I want to make sure that the assembly that i am loading is one made by me. (have been signed by me using my StrongName Key). how...more >>

Is it possible to access value of a variable in Parent Form within control at runtime? Please provide an example (possibly in VB)....more >>

Hello I am coding an application which consists of a webservice and a client application. I am comparing the files on the server and the one on the client with hash-code and dates, so I can synchronize. That is working correctly. My problem is, if I am deleting one file on the client, the...more >>

I am having a problem localizing a .Net 2.0 class library. This library is called in a Windows.Forms application. My operating system language is en-US. In the class library, I have a file, Resources.resx, which is set to be embedded in the library's dll. This is working properly. I can g...more >>

I have three projects. Project A is a class library. Project B is a class library that uses project A. Project C is a Windows application that uses both A and B. Project B is out of my control (I don't have the source code), but I have a source code for project A and I can make changes to it. ...more >>

Under firefox, if you enter in the URL file://c:/ You'll get an HTML-ized version of the C:/ directory. Under IE, it actually redirects to a regular Explorer window showing your c:\ folder. But if you try to use .NET WebRequest.Create("file://c:/"), at least with .NET 1.1, you get an "A...more >>

Hi to all. I would to develop a mathematical software in Visual Basic .NET. Equations, system of equation, inequalities, radical, logarithm, limits, differenzial equation ecc.... ..NET is not able in this problems. A way exists in order to expand the mathematical capacity of the .NET ? Tanks t...more >>

Hello, One simple question: is there a also something like IL (intermediate language) 1.0, 1.1 and/or 2.0, or is there just 1 version of the IL, which is used by the different framework versions? greetz, Henk ...more >>

Hi! I would like to use Compression namespace for Array, i.e. use .NET native Compression for compress a String, or an Array of Integer whose elements are returned values of AscW for each char of the String. I tried with the code available @ http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.co...more >>

Hello, (Sorry for my English...) I am using .NET 2.0 (I'm rather beginner) with Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition, Visual C# 2005 Express Edition and Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition. I have downloaded 3.0 Framework (dotnetfx3setup.exe). Shall I use 2005 Express Edition or should I...more >>

I'm planning to get a new laptop the beginning of 2007. I want an XP laptop rather than Vista. Mainly because I have the feeling Vista will not run much of the software I'm running now in XP. I guess MS has some type of tool to verify your software but I have a lot of smaller programs that MS...more >>

Hi, I am trying to access a servlet hosted on Tomcat server using HTTPS Post protocol. I am getting the exception: "The underlying connection was closed: Could not establish trust relationship with remote server". Below is the code snippet. The same worked fine for HTTP POST. Then when I c...more >>

I got a curiosity while using CLR. How can it be done that accessing object data by CLR application is safe even while garbage collector is working? Is the GC thread running in realtime priority for this for example? Please reply. Thanks in advance. Hyun-jik Bae ...more >>

I am intermittently getting the following compiler error: CSC : fatal error CS2000: Compiler initialization failed unexpectedly -- 'Cannot change thread mode after it is set. ' I was not able to find any posting on the internet related to this error. I am not sure when it manifests. It g...more >>

Hello all, I have a C# application written using Visual C# 2005 Express. I believe it uses some of the .Net 2 controls and so on. I want to run this application on Linux using mono 1.2 (supports .Net 1.1). What is the best approach to downgrade this application to use .Net 1.1 stuff? Th...more >>

Hi all, Can anyone point me to an article or software code for secure file transfer from server1 to server2 using .NET? Thanks, Stephen ...more >>

Can anyone point me to some info how SHOULD be serialization formatters implemented? MSDN docs barely describes what built-in formatters do.. Thanks for any help...more >>

Can you update an output line in a console app without creating a "new" line? In other words show: "Retrieving XML..." "Updating record 1 of 1000..." <--just update this... After the app processes record 1, replace that line of text with "Updating record 2 of 1000" and so on... I don'...more >>

This becoming crazy. I have a panelgroup inside with an option. If I change the font to the panelgroup it also changes it to the secondary controls. And I don't want him to make it. I have proven with autosize=false, with the autoscalemode and all the options, but anything. I ha...more >>

I downloaded the beta 2 and the sample apps. The samples don't even compile. Can't find System.Web.Preview.dll. Is Ajax some kind of a joke? -- Arne Garvander (I program VB.Net for fun and C# to get paid.)...more >>

I am working on upgrade a C# winform application from the 1.1 framework to the 2.0 framework and experiencing a bizarre error. When my converted aplication queries Application.ProductVersion, it throws a System.NullReferenceException. This never happened in 1.1 and I don't think it is supp...more >>

By working with RegularExpressions I found some inconsistency between the Escape and Match method. Has anyone an explanation for this behaviour or is this a bug? Following the description of the problem: 'Escape' DOES NOT recognize ']' as a metacharacter. 'Match(es)' DOES recognize ']' ...more >>

Is there a way to use Log4net and Trace Listeners? >> Hello, >> I found this code somewhere >> >> -segt AssembyInfo.cs ----------------------- // This tells Log4Net to look for a Log4Net.config file in the execution directory, // in this case, the webroot. This file co...more >>

How do I go about formatting a numeric value for display in a textbox? I have two textboxes in which I take the values entered into them and convert them into decimal values via the System.Convert.ToDecimal() function. I need to take the results of that calculation and display it in a third ...more >>

Hi group I have a simple property, of type string that can take only a few defined value (as an enum). The containing class can be viewed in a property grid, and i want the user can select between the predefined values, exactly as it was an enum. I have created a specific UITypeEditor, the G...more >>

Hi Guys, I have not simple question: How can i extract username and password from the CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials property. Any help appreciated. Thx in advance. ...more >>

I know how to get the fields, methods, properties, etc. from a type using reflection. How do you get the constants? ...more >>

We've been using the SSLStream class found in System.Net.Security to build a giant Sockets server that provides TLS encryption at the channel leve. Before .Net 2.0, we used an open-source encryption channel from Mentalis, and have even looked at the Mono implementation for doing this. The p...more >>

Hi, application details : vb.net with winforms 1.1, VS 2003 I am using a FileDialog1 controls in my vb.net application, works like at charm but there are two things that i want to do that it almost seems i can not 1. this application is gong to run over Terminal services( remote desktop)...more >>

Web forms with VB.net VS2003 framework 1.1 i want to implement multi lingual support in the application, currently it is all english, one approcah that i had taken in the past in vb6 days is store all the messages with unique ids in the database, have the application call these ids and sh...more >>

When deploying an ASP.NET application which uses the Enterprise Libraries, can I just deploy the application files, including the bin folder which contains all of the application dll's and Enterprise LIbrary dll's, and then run the InstallServices.bat file? Are there any other steps involved or ...more >>

I'm hoping someone has some suggestions. I'm programming something which interacts with Autodesk Inventor release 11 SP2. I want to for loop through a collection and get data fro each item. Although the collection specifies [int index] it does not seem to be compatible with ..Net's version of...more >>

Hi, I have developed a helper object and i m using Microsoft.MSHTML assembly for parsing the contents of the pages rendered in the browser. If I work with the VS 2003 IDE installed on the machine my code works fine, but when only .Net Framework 1.1 is installed the helper object is not ab...more >>

Hi, I have a class library project, where I have created a TableAdapter with a table from SQL Server database. When I reference this library in another classlibrary project, i am not able to use it. But the same is working if I directly create a TableAdapter in a web project. DataSet1Ta...more >>

Is there anyway I can retrieve the information on the quailty setting of a jpeg. In my project I can optimize the image by setting the width and height and the quality setting. I use the EncoderParameters to set the jpeg quality. To avoid optimizing the same image twice I would like to ...more >>

There is a longer article about this subject here: http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/SortedList_Bug.asp See the main article and the reply thread started by Robert Rohde. Alternatively look at this code: ArrayList a=new ArrayList(); string s1 = "-0.67:-0.33:0.33"; string s2 = "0.67:-0...more >>

50 MB, over 22 MB for 2.0. This is NOT going to help distributing the package to XP SP2 computers... Gosh, what accounts for this >100% increase ? ...more >>

I'm trying to understand why the MyApplication.UnhandledException event handler behaves differently when the exception originates from the background thread of a BackgroundWorker component. e.g. The event handler displays the message from the exception and from the inner exception: Pa...more >>

Hi group, For some strange reason my custom resource-dll's is not recognized. I have created a new DLL based on a translated RESX-file but my testapplication will only return values from the embedded project-resx. Read on for the full description. This has been puzzling me for hours so if...more >>

I'm working with VS 2005, but have an example from VS 2003 on how to precompile the code behind into a dll. This does not work for me, since the VS 2005 now breaks up the auto generated classes into two different files. So, I can not precompile my .cs files. Any help out there on what the r...more >>

I need a good RTF Parser (Reader / Writer) Library in C/C++/C# for some text processing purposes? any Free or Commodity Libs I can use? Please give some Web Site Address ...more >>

Is there Any way I can get the ITextDocument Interface of a .Net RichTextBox? Please post some Sample Code that extracts this interface from RichTextBox? ...more >>

I'm writing a server service which will process large amount of data. The internal data structure contains complex circular object references. I notice out-of-memory after the service runs for some time. When I use memory profiler tool to view the whole memory map, I find those circular ref...more >>

I would like add my ADO.Provider information to <DbProviderFactories> section of <system.data> to "Machine.config". I used the following code to get section: Configuration config ConfigurationManager.OpenMachineConfiguration(); ConfigurationSection section = config.Sections["system.d...more >>

Hi all I have tried to post this in the vb.enterprise ng, but it doesnt work, so I post this question here. I try to create a singleton COM+ server. Unfortunately the GetInstance method always creates a new object. Is it possible or not to create a singleton COM+ server Any help is w...more >>

Microsoft's download link for the SDK for Windows Vista RTM & .NET 3.0 isn't responding. Does anyone know of a mirror? Jon ...more >>

Greetings, We have a circumstance where we have a series of individual buttons, whose functionality works. This consists of sending a message to an RS-232 port, and awaiting a reply asynchronously. When a button is clicked, the message is sent, and we await bytes that are received via a del...more >>

I'll try this here. Has anyone been successful in finding a full list of what's changed (apparently nothing) and what's new (apparently a lot) between .NET 2.0 and 3.0? I know some of the new stuff like WPF, etc., but need a list of all the differences if one exists. Thanks for any help. -g...more >>

Hi, i want to read mail using pop3 but i don't know where i have to search... I've heard about cslmail but is there another way to read those mails ? Thanks Mary ...more >>

Hi, I am tring to map the network drive (C$) in c# from ASP.NET page and it seems it is not working...What I really want is to delete the file from the netwrok computer. This file is present in the default share C$. I search the google and what I got is that this is not possible to do in c#...more >>