We're using the ServiceController class provided by the .NET Framework, programming in C#. We are using the Start() method to start a service from another service. This works fine most of the time, but occasionally after a system startup (where the service doing the starting of the other is ...more >>

In Java one can issue 'c:\java -version' to get the version of java installed; what is the corollary in .net? If one does not exist, why not, and what would it take to get this feature added to the framework? Thanks... - ed ...more >>

i wanted to generate a radiobuttonlist, that lists items from MSSQL query. Like the table had DPRT_ID DPRT_NAME 1 HR 2 IT 3 ADMIN Here the vb code… Dim conPubs As SqlConnection Dim cmdSelect As SqlCommand Dim mydata As DataSet conPubs = New SqlConnection("server=XXX;Database=XXX;...more >>

Hi, Is there a way in managed .NET to get a notification as to when a thread exits normally? In the unmanaged world, you could handle the DLL_THREAD_DETACH in DllMain( ), but I couldn't find anything in .NET that gives you this notification. I could iterate through the list of available thr...more >>

I have an application that runs a DLL written in Delphi .net. My Dll runs well only on .net framework 1.1 and NOT 2.0. The problem is that my main application runs few DLLs some need to run on framework 1.1 and some on 2.0 - so I cant specify on the exe.config to run on 1.1 (<supportedRuntime>) ...more >>

I have a dll that a co-worker wrote which needs .NET 1.1 to work. The server I am installing it on already has 2.0, probably installed when I put SQL Server 2005 there. I cannot make this dll work on any machine that has .NET 2.0 on it. However, if I go into IIS and tell my default web site...more >>

Ok, I've been quite successful on my own building a plugin framework that appears to be working quite well. I can manually unload/reload etc, however, the original app domain is retaining a lock on the shadowcopied assembly. I've done a fair ammount of research before resorting to this. ...more >>

I posted this problem a week ago, and received no response, so here it is again... While using FTPWebRequest, I have found at least one FTP site where this function fails. The URI I am using is ftp://nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov/md_doc/app_a.doc This NASA ftp site is available through anonymous lo...more >>

I have a byte array of 24-bit image data. I want to compress the data as jpg and write it to a stream. Is there any easy and fast way to do this in C#? byte[] rawImageData = new byte[width*height *3]; // imagedata is filled with rgb pixel info byte[] jpgImageData = ??? // compressed rawImag...more >>

Does system.xml have any way to transofrm data with an xswl style sheet using strings like MSXML2 does? how to convert this to use System.XML so i do not depend on MSXML2 interop? static public string XslTransform(string style, string strdata) { MSXML2.IXMLDOMDocument pDoc = new MSXML2.DOM...more >>

How should I pass the SessionID(when I logon, I get the SessionID) from 1 function to another in VB.Net. I declared g_SessionID globally, then in another function, I take SessionID as input and use it like this: queryAssetListXml = "<?xml version='1.0' ?>" & _ "<...more >>

I have a Windows service application with a public class that inherits from System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase Is it possible to modify this application so that it still is a Windows service but on the other hand can be started just as if it were a standard Windows Forms application (e.g. by...more >>

Is there a way to get the path of the .NET Framework 1.1 runtime files? Is there an easy away to get his path in an environment variable? Currently my path is C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\. But could not that path change with a new .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack or Hotfix? ...more >>

The following illustrates a problem I have in another program ... however it only occurs on one in 5,000 remote machines. I suspect the cause of the problem lies with the remote machine ... but why doesn't my client time out with an exception ? The Get() method that initialises the asynchro...more >>

Hey guys, I'm stumped! :( I've been trying now for the last four days to read in the settings from an app.config file, but i've failed miserably, at what seemed like a simple task. I was trying to find out how the whole System.Configuration namespace is working. So, I made a simple C# wind...more >>

Hi, I want to parse string like "<number><trailing-char><title>" where <number> is a string containing digits and dots, <trailing-char> a whitespace or a semicolon and <title> any chars. I use a regexp (framework 1.1) to parse the strings. Here is the code: static Regex reNumSepTitle = ...more >>

Hi, when i am converting java to dotnet through java language conversion wizard present in vs.net, i am able to do it only for console applications of java. i am not able to do it for web based applications. can u give me some idea as to how to convert it. Thanks in Advance, Nizam...more >>

We are randomly getting this error message on our development and staging machines: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.; at System.Data.Common.UnsafeNativeMethods.OraMTSJoinTxn(OciEnlistContext pCtxt, IDtcTransaction pTrans...more >>

Hello all I'm using a bit of very simple code to query a game server using a UDP packet. It works the fine time I run it but then when I run it again straight away it fails with.. "A message sent on a datagram socket was larger than the internal message buffer or some other network limit...more >>

Using a VisualStudio Sql Server Database project template, I want to access DirectoryServices (AD) from a UDF, but cannot add a reference to directoryservices.dll (legally) into the c# project, and if I add it illegally (in the XML) ,i get a sql error saying that DirectoryServices is not in the ...more >>

Hi guys! I have several IP addresses defined on my PC (all bound to the same interface), and i need to send multicast messages from a specific address. Here's my code: void SendMsg( string localAddr, int localPort, string destAddr, int destPort, byte[] body ) { Socket sock = new Sock...more >>

how to use Class Socket to asynchronously receive a large byte array with a default receiveBufferSize? the following code from msdn doesn't work: public static void readCallback(IAsyncResult ar) { StateObject state = (StateObject) ar.AsyncState; Socket handler = state.WorkSocket; ...more >>