Hello I am new to VS2003 .NET development and therefore have a really simple question: How do you open a new browser from within the code (I am using VB)? I know you can use Respose.Redirect command to go to a different form in the same browser. ALso if the application tries to open a...more >>

Hi, I'm a .NET developer and I want to learn and understand what is happening "under the hood" of the .NET Framework 2.0 to improve my applications and transfer knowledge to my colleagues. The CLR, Garbage collection etc etc.... Does anyone know of any good papers or documentation I can do...more >>

which is the best reasonable price tool for code encryption / dotfuscation? I found that the dotfuscator community edition only rename method names but does not encrypt actual implementation. If someone can share from their experience it will very help. thanks. ...more >>

I need to fire or launch an application whose EXE/Path I know on a remote box on my network. My existing PROCESS code does not seem to do this despite the use of the .DOMAIN property where I pass the machine name. Please help. ...more >>

I'm trying to migrate my existing ADSI code from VBA into NET 2.0. Does anyone have any ideas on what I should start using? I'm trying to check the status of my IIS server accross the network, which I as able to do successfully in VBA. I also read where you could use ADO and the special p...more >>

I am attempting to send an email from a C# app and get the following error - [System.Web.HttpException] = {"The server rejected one or more recipient addresses. The server response was: 554 Relay rejected for policy reasons.\r\n"} I can only send emails to addresses within my domain. What d...more >>

I'm developing a snap-in for MMC 3.0 using .Net framework 2.0 and the new MMC class library. I need to store some configuration settings, ideally in a .config file associated with my snap-in dll. A couple of possible solutions: 1. Deploy an mmc.exe.config to %windir%\System32 - not really...more >>

How can you signal Ctrl-C to a managed process (i.e. process is hosting cmd.exe)? TIA -- William Stacey [MVP] ...more >>

Can someone direct me to documentation on the order of Page Events for VS 2005?...more >>

I am writing an application that simulates a TCP device that only accepts one connection at a time. For my application, I would like connection requests to fail if one already exists. So far I have the following code: IPAddress ip = Dns.Resolve("localhost").AddressList[0]; Socket s = ne...more >>

I added reference to "Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.8 Library" to my project. I was experimenting something. Now I run compilation and get error like in title. I'd like to remove this reference, but I cannot find it in References. Where to look, how to remove it? ...more >>

I have a C# client and a C# remote service. I want to return an enum from the service to the client. I have defined the enum in a shared DLL referenced by both client and server which also contains the shared interface. But when the code runs (on .Net 2 on XP anyway), it fails with an exceptio...more >>

I need to write a client application that polls a smart device for its data on a regular basis. The device only accepts one TCP connection at a time on a single port. The device is a peice of hardware that just returns its data when it receives a request. I have no control over the design of the...more >>

Hello, We are writing an application in C# that finds roots of a function up to machine precision. Therefore I have to compare the number of significant bits in two double variables (the upper- and lowerbound of the interval containing the root). Currently I am struggling with the binary re...more >>

I want to know if it is possible to change the "ApplicationName" property of default AppDomain. All the property of AppDomain.CurrentDomain are read only. Thanks for the reply in advance. ...more >>

I have one control that absolutely must load before any other controls, due to some initialisation code within it. Is there a way of getting this control to load first? Moving the code from the load event to the constructor isn't an option to get around this issue. Any suggestions would be ver...more >>

Are there any alternatives to HttpWebRequest for posting? I think using the HttpWebRequest for the "multipart/form" will require quite an amount of code. I would rather like something similar to: HttpWebPost post = new HttpWebPost("http://somehere.over.the/rainbow"); post.setEncodingType(Enc...more >>

Hi, I'm building an application that can download resources using HTTP. In order to enable resuming broken download, I'd like to send to the server some Http Headers : string uriString = "http://server/app/resource.ext"; WebRequest req = WebRequest.Create( uriString ); req.Hea...more >>

Hello!! I'm using VS 2003 and C# and some dll. These dll are of type class library and windows control. Im I right if I say that there is a problems by having several dll project especially windows control in the same solution as the project that create the exe file. One problem that I h...more >>

Hi, With my VB.NET 2003 application I want to generate reports in Word 2003. I should be able to: - use eventually some template (with the header of the company etc) and ad my info to the document - be able to add an image - be able to add and fill tables But all of this should have a fl...more >>

I am developing some firmware that needs to send binary data to a .NET app via rs232. I have created a test .NET app that uses the SerialPort class to read the data, however it is erroneously doing a replacement on the value 0xFF to be 0x3F (the default ParityReplace character). I am specifi...more >>

Hi all I am having problems with asp.net 1.1 and nested datagrid. I have a datagrid (dgDetail) nested inside a datagrid (dgMaster). How can I make all the row editable in dgDetail? So that when I choose edit (on dgMaster) it would show edititem of all rows in dgDetail and update all on ...more >>

Hi, I have an xsd file. I'm trying to read it into a dataset or even any other collection will do. But the problem is it is not getting read. Also, it is not throwing any error. Kindly help me on the same. Thanks, Pooja ...more >>

Hello: When I make modifications to my code and build, VS2003 will compile the entire solution, which is what it is suppose to do, GREAT!!!. However, if i have not modified the code and select Build->Build Solution menu item, it build the entire solution again. how do I stop VS2003 from doin...more >>

OK. Simple, Simple, Simple I have a windows form control embedded in an html page. This control runs over an intranet and is used to transfer files from the client intranet PC to an intranet server. No GAC involvement at all. A few months ago this control worked great with few problems. As ...more >>

Greetings, I was just assigned to a project where I have to use existing .NET 1.1 and 2.0 assemblies, but there is no documentation for them. I have an idea of what each exposed method does, but I do not have a clue as to how the parameters are formatted. For example, one parameter is: ...more >>

What is the best way to access the bits in a bitmap loaded into an image control (I'm converting a color image to greyscale). I have a method which works, but it seems kindof cludgy. Here is what I did: HBITMAP hSrcBmp; // GDI Bitmap Handle BITMAP SrcBmp; // GDI Bitmap int iStatus, ...more >>

Hi all, I am curious that if I create an HttpWebRequest object and set the Method of it to "HEAD", when I call GetResponse() do I get the whole document sent from the responding server or do I just get the Headers of the document I requested? Would this also mean, that I don't actually downlo...more >>

Hi, I wish i could start the windows explorer control directly from the code but i was not able to find the right way to do it. Could anybody help me please ? Thanks a lot, Mike ...more >>

Hello: I'm developing a proxy server in C#-VS2005. It works fine in standard htm and asp pages. When I request an aspx page the client Explorer waits for a very long time waiting the response, however the proxy server was send to it. It’s like the client waits for more data. There is ...more >>

Hi. I'm writing an application in C# that runs a "cmd.exe" in another process. I need to get the working directory of the process without having to resort to issueing "echo %CD%" to the cmd process. Can anyone help me? I'm going nuts trying to find a way to do this. Cheers, /Blitr ...more >>

Hi all, in several posts I read that the Team Foundation Server is already available ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/teamsystem/team/tfs_released/ ) but in our SELECT-Account we could not find it :-( So is the TFS already available and which license is necessary? Thanks! ...more >>

When attempting to make a call across application domains using .net remoting I receive the error remoting non blocking socket exception. Are there any solutions or ideas to fix this problem. Thanks...more >>

XP SP2, .NET 2.0. If I create a new/blank .NET service project, add the installer component, build and install the service... as soon as I "net start myservice" I get Access Denied. If I change NetworkService to LocalSystem or something else, everything works fine. Why am I getting Acce...more >>

Does anybondy know how to create a connection with Oracle in Visual Studio 2005 (C#). I used the System.Data.OracleClient (VS 20003), but according to the MSDN this namespace works only with the framework 1.1. Thaks for the help... Atte Ing. Rene Lares Infotecnologia Corporativa S.C. Q...more >>

I was wondering if this can be done or not to impersonate a user on a remote machine to access certain directories on that machine? If the answer yes, how? Thanks. ...more >>

I've created an application that upload files to a ftp-server. Everything works like a charm when doing this from a windows form. But when I try the exact same thing from a Windows service I get an exception when calling the GetRequestStream on the FTPWebRequest object i.e when trying to open ...more >>

I am developing with Framework 1.1 but I have a new application that requires me to have Framework 2.0 installed on my computer. How can I continue to develop in Framework 1.1 if I have 2.0 installed?...more >>

What 'period of time' are we talking about for a WebException in .net 2.0? System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or est...more >>

I have a C# Console application written in Visual Studio 2003 processing a lot of data. The application is therefor using .Net 1.1 and runs normally 28 minutes. After converting the project to a Visual Studio 2005 project (same if I rebuild a new project adding the existing class files) the same...more >>

Hi! I want to create a regex (using C#) that split a String where a +: or ' character is found except if the specified character is preceeded by a ?. The ? act as a do not split here sign. Can anyone give me a hint how to create this regex. regards / gustav...more >>

Hi, I have .net service written in C#. This srevice uses a third party ActiveX for SNMP services. This ActiveX listens on port 162 and fires an event for ever SNMP response received. My program works fine on a Windows Forms appliction. However, SNMP response events are not fired from .Net...more >>

Hi, I have one problem in pausing the timer which i have created from System.Threading.Timer class. // I can create a timer that waits one second, then invokes every second by below code Timer timer = new Timer(timerDelegate, s,1000, 1000); // I can also shorten the period. Wait ...more >>

After converting to VS 2005 an assembly that used to run in a certain directory just fine does not do so any longer. Loading it results in the error "strong name validation failed for assembly xxx." It happens that this assembly is not strongly named, and it runs without error in other directori...more >>

Hi all, I am using VS 2005, .Net 2.0., Windows XP Pro SP2 I encountered a problem for which I couldn't find answer in google. I want to get colume size information - total, free and available. I am using GetDiskFreeSpaceEx API function to do this. So far, so good. Specification says that t...more >>

I have a c# 2.0 class and am supposed to use: using ROOT.CIMV2.Win32; However, I can't figure out what I need to reference so I can use ROOT.CIMV2.Win32. Can someoen please advise? -- moondaddy@nospam.nospam ...more >>

It wasn't available! It's starting to look like we wont be going. You can imagine how I feel about that. ...more >>

Framework 2.0 There is a constructor for the System.Threading.Thread class that takes a ThreadStart object and an int as construction arguments. The ThreadStart object is the delegate to the thread entry point obviously, but what is the maxStackSize integer value used for? I can see that it...more >>

Hi, I'm setting up tracing for a c# asp.net 2.0 web app. I saw an interesting TraceListener called FileLogTraceListener that resides in the Microsoft.VisualBasic.Logging namespace. Is there some drawback on using this VisualBasic class? I found similar functionality in a trace listener f...more >>

PermView.exe - .NET Framework Permission Request Viewer. Why PermView.exe is not included any more in the .NET2 Framework? Is there a correspondent utility for .net2 assemblies? Many Thanks, Filippo ...more >>