Is it possible to configure a Windows Service to: 1. Start the service when a user logs on (i.e. service not active before logon) 2. Determine the WindowsIdentity of the currently logged on user Niclas ...more >>

I'm looking to look at and change the Track Title property of an mp3 file. I have a FileInfo object for the file in question, but I don't see a way to access something like, for example, fileInfo.Properties("TrackTitle") as a string. The reason I want to access and change the Track Title is ...more >>

The MSDN docs say, "If a path does not exist, one is created in the following format: BasePath\CompanyName\ProductName\ProductVersion". Where does the BasePath value come from? It seems the default is "C:\Documents and Settings\ username\Application Data". But from which of the system envir...more >>

I built a Windows Service exe, and a separate exe to control it which has a nice little icon on the system tray. I'm wondering if there is a "right" way to merge the two apps such that: a) when you installutil the service it automatically puts the notifyicon on the systemtray b) it will ...more >>

Hi, I am debugging a solution located in machine A from machine B. The reason is to test the environment (e.g. COM registry) in machine B yet the source is only available in machine A. I get this warning as I open the solution: --------- The project location \\Satellite\C\etc is not tr...more >>

I have a web application written in ASP .NET (VS 2003) which an Adobe Acrobat Form posts XML to. I am able to get the XML using the Request.InputStream however the XML is UTF-16 encoded. This means that the byte[] that i get from the Request.InputStream looks like: [0]: 255 [1]: 254 [2]: 64 [...more >>

Hi How do one configure the 'ASP.NET Development server' in Visual Studio 2005 ?? I migrating an application from 1.1 to 2.0. The application is using a third party component (Infragistics WebTree) which loads its scripts from a virtual directory called 'ig_common', but how do I create...more >>

Uable to open Web Project '/' The file path \\server\projects\projectname doesnt corrispond to URL 'http://xxxxxxx.domain.com' The two need to map to the same server. Http Error 404 Not Found Note that our projects are all on UNC paths and not http paths 1. The project was created using ....more >>

I have for sale seven (7) Visual Basic 6 books. I'll take $21 for all books. I'm selling them as a set only. I am in the Houston, TX area (USA). If you are local to me, you are more than welcome to pick them up. If you want them shipped to you, I will charge you actual shipping cost plus the ...more >>

I noticed when overriding the Text property of the System.Windows.Forms.UserControl that the Form.Designer file does not reflect changes made via the property browser. In other words, when you override the Text property and then try to change it's value at design-time, the value is not seri...more >>

In .Net 2.0, the code behind of my ASPX page are Partial Class. I assume it is because the .Net generated code must be in a different file. Is this correct and where would I be able to see the generated code if it is available? ...more >>

Why will the following code snippet run forever? While(true) { if(MessageBox.Show("Exit now?","Close?") == DialogResult.OK) { Application.Exit(); } } How do you exit an application from within a While loop?...more >>

I noticed that on the .Net v2 framework that Windows 95 is not on the supported operating systems. Is it still posibile to install on Windows 95? Are there any issues with running the framework on Windows 95? ...more >>

hi, how to insert or update configuration(.config) files using xml api or with some thing else i mean inserting a new element into particular section e.g: i want to programmatically add an entry to appsettings section i tried it with .xml extension but not working out with .config extensi...more >>

WIll GC.Collect() immediately start a GC thread and clear all unreferenced objects from the heap ? Regards, Chak. ...more >>

How critical is it to call Dispose() of a class which implements IDisposable(). Though it may be recommended as a good practise, which situations make it very important ? Regards, Chak. ...more >>

These may be a very basic question. 1) Is IL compiled to native code every time a application is invoked ? 2) If a process has multiple appdomains (i think each instance of an application maps to an appdomain), if one application is closed will the appdomain close ? If the same application i...more >>

What is a good newsgroup for posting a software developer position ( USA - NY ) - .NET as well as Visual Studio 6 ? While I'm here I may as well let anyone who wants to respond directly know that the e-mail address would be Jobs @ Bennet-Tec.com ( US Citizens and green card holders only pleas...more >>

I get that error message when installing critical service pack for dotnet 1.1 ....actually... the update just fails with a general error. If I download the service pack and run the install then I see that message. Anyway, I poked around \Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705 and som...more >>

Hi everyone, I have one service that is dependent on rasman.exe (Remote Access Connection Manager). Rasman, in turn, is dependent on the Microsoft Telephony service. Rasman is currently configured as "manual" and when the computer reboots is set to "starting" because the telephony service is fir...more >>

And get both the value and name of the enum. So when the user drops down a selects red from the combo box I can see the selectedvalue as 1. I am tinkering with fieldinfo.name and fieldinfo.metadatatoken to get these values right now. Thanks. ...more >>

Hi, Does anyone know if raising an event spawns threads for each method that handles the event, or does it just call each of the methods in order? If it calls the handlers in order, and waits for each to return, can someone suggest a good paradigm to just spawn a bunch of threads, one for each...more >>

Hi, I have two child forms in my MDI application. They both have treeviews with different data but in teh same format (fund, tran type) I want to be able to drag a node from one to the other but it seems it only works between one or more tree views on the same form, not different forms ...more >>

I have an application developed by .net framework 1.0 , the application works fine on my development machine , but on the non-development machine (the customer machine) the application sometime crashes giving this error message , note that i handeled the unhandled exceptions in my application an...more >>

Prelucrare grafica imagini In cazul in care pozele, imaginile sau materialele de prezentare pe care le aveti necesita servicii de prelucrare grafica digitala, procesare (editare, raster, modificari layout) va stau la dispozitie cu servicii profesionale. Utilizand programe de grafica si ...more >>

Here's my understanding as of now. If I were writing a function bool IsValidContact(Offerer objOfferer, Accepter objAccepter, TermsAndConditions objTermsAndConditions); Before writing the function, I'd enlist all the conditions that must be met for a contract to be valid. Something alon...more >>

Hi, I want to consume web services.. Are there any webservices which offer updates on weather and stock news without any licenses...I mean free of cost.............more >>

Hi, I've a requirement in which I need to implement autoscrolling.... Is there any control in .net which supports this functionality/............ My display list(data) should be scrolling ..............more >>

I'm a newbie to regular expressions. I've a requirement where in I need to search a string and replace a pattern within it.... I want to replace the src attribute of the below string.... " <img src=\"c:\\windows\\windows\\desktop\\imagfes.jpg\">gfhsdfjsd<img src="\c:\\windows\\win23\\images/jp...more >>

Hello, I have a string with the following structure: 20060227111500 (Year Month day hour minute second) And I would like to convert it to a datetime variable, but I don't find a method to do it. Thanks...more >>

Hi all, I don't usually post possible bugs because I would assume that there are none. However, some of the properties are not acting acting as they should. Here is what I have found. When using the AutoSize property set to "true", and the GrowStyle property set to "AddColumns" or "AddRows" ...more >>

Hi, I'm looking for a DateTimePicker that supports 100% databinding (and support null-values)... It's a shame that the normal control doesn't, but when searching on the internet, I didn't find any solution that works without problems. Does anybody know where I can find an inherited DateTi...more >>

What does one mean by instrumentation when one talks in the context of software development best practices? <QUOTE src="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_vstechart/html/AOPArticle.asp"> Contrary to popular belief, AOP can be useful to solve problems other the...more >>

Hello, My girlfriend's sister's computer keeps coming up with the following error for almost every program: Bad Image Error: Application or DLL c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v1.14322\mfrocwkf.dll Then when I hit ok it says the following: Not valid Please check installation Diskette ...more >>

I have data from multiple SQL tables, some of the tables will only have one row, while others multiple rows. I load a bunch of data from the various tables and add them to a third party grid. With some of the rows, I perform calculations on some of the rows and all this is loaded into the grid...more >>

I am running into a problem debugging a Windows Forms application which downloads updates from an ASPNET2 website. The Forms applicaiton is .NET v1.1 The problem is a security exception on the call to WebClient.DownloadFile() ("target machine actively refuses the connection..."). The site that ...more >>

Is there a way to have spamware ask me before it allows items into my start-up? -- "The meek shall inherit the earth. But don''t forget, the poor are the ones who inherit the debt." De La Soul...more >>

I want to understand how I can create a windows based router/gateway from scratch using the latest windows technology (.Net Framework 2.0/WinFX). I have bought/read: - Windows System Programming 3.rd Ed. - Windows Internals (XP/2003/2000) - Network programming in .Net But still I can't fi...more >>

someone with experience with decompile and compile Framework like System.Windows.Forms? ...more >>

Hi, This is my first coding experience with Windows Service. I have a Windows Service that connects to remote drives using UNC paths (no drive letters). I make the connection with the remote drive in my OnStart procedure. I run the service with my username so that the service can have en...more >>

I want to multiple two decimal numbers and get the normal result...instead, I get a very large decimal result. Any idea how I can correct this problem? double d1 = 5.21; double d2 = 8.8; double d = d1 * d2; // d is now 45.848000000000006 in debugger or WriteLine Thanks for the help. A...more >>

How to catch the windows exception that shows a window with the name of the executable program and a messege saying : "[Program] has encounterd a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience", and three buttons, "Debug", "Send Error Report" and "Don't Send", in a dotnet applica...more >>

Hi guys, I am developing a windows services which periodically connects to a database, fetches data in a dataset and do so work. I have chosen to use a thread to do this job. Since the thread monitors the situations every 2 hours, I put the thread in a sleep state. On my WinXp machine everyth...more >>

Hi All, I am just wondering if there is test to check if the .net2.0 framework is installed on a machine? As a quick'n'dirty test while developing, I am just checking if the folder 'C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727' is present, but that won't do for production code. Any adv...more >>

how to forcfully kill a running process by executable name with a .net application? ...more >>

Hi all, I want to create a window system service that sits on the background and just fire another service/executable (i.e, notepad) every time a new user fast switches to a new session. How can I start a new process in another user sessions in WinXP using .NET 1.1 or 2.0? also how can de...more >>

Is there a way for a Windows Service to talk to an ASP.NET page (via HTTP to localhost perhaps)? I'm looking to utilize the cache and multithreading available in ASP.NET, but I'm not nessarily looking into make a webpage. ...more >>

according to my experience, the call of Abort() will make a thread throw ThreadAbortException immediately no matter whether the thread is alertable state or not. i know Abort() will queue a APC, and i also know that thread must be alertable state before handle APC queue. now i am confused, ho...more >>

I can't figure out why, in the following code, the exception is not caught when EndIncoke is called in the callback handling method... any ideas? Thanks in advance. -Andrew <snip> static void DoIt() { Console.WriteLine("worker thread"); Thread.Sleep(1000); Console.WriteL...more >>

Hi, I have one thread adding objects to a hashtable, and a bunch of other threads doing reads. MSDN says that multiple threads doing reads is safe. My question, is if my write thread is only adding new buckets to the hashtable, then there should not be a conflict w/ any other threads? Mayb...more >>