Hi I use in my program the following dll: 'xMSMAPI'and declare an object of the following type:'xMAPIMessages', when I run the program the I get an error "Class not registered" (when I call the following statement:(CType(Me.MAPIMessages, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).EndInit()) D...more >>

Hello, Maybe anyone of you know, if there is any way, other then PInvoke, to use win32 dll in C# applications. Library that I use consists of plenty of classes and it is very inconvenient to type DllImport all the time. It would be much easier to add reference and put using directive at the...more >>

Hi, How do I identify whether a service is "Critical" or not? Basically, I am writing a program to stop all non-critical service. AFAIK, the services can be found in "HKLM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<name>". I am getting the names using the ServiceController class (in System.Serv...more >>

I still have a bit of problem with this one since pointer management is such a critical task in C/C++ programming. I've read it, I understand it, but I gotta ask: There is no gcdelete function for objects created with gcnew. Simple set the handle to nullptr and the system will destroy ...more >>

Hello, I am a VB.NET programmer and I have a JPEG image file (from digital camera) of about 109 KB's in size, when I open it and save it (without making any alterations at all, just going to File --> Save) in MS Photo Editor, the file is automatically shrunk in size to 81 KB's. When doing the...more >>

Having some trouble with a regex that I hope someone can help me with. The data I am processing looks as follows: 15 items per dataset. Most datasets are on only 1 line of text, however on occasion a few text fields are multi-line making the dataset span more than 1 line. Each data item i...more >>

Hello, I'd like buy MSDN library DVD edition. The package include MSDN library for Visual Studio 2003 or/and Visual Studio 2005 ? Anything asked or show during order process. I'd like the version for VS2005 Thanks, ...more >>

We have one main Application that is referenced to other Apps and there are many different versions of this Application under different User's Profiles in a Dev Enviornment. There was supposed to be a setup.exe that was running as the QA version on the DEV box for everyone to push new builds to...more >>

Hi, what's the best way to do inter- process communication between two .net applications (one of them a non-interactive .net windows service) - given that a rather high amount of data shall be transferred? Best wishes, Peter...more >>

Hi Well, I need to know the version of the windows where my application will be installed. I think I'll need an api, anyway, I'll appreciate your help, tnks. -- __________________ Luis Graillet Ramos...more >>

We applied .Net framework to our dev server and now we get the compilation errors below. Has anyone come across this or know how to resolve it. Thanks. Compilation Error Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the...more >>

I created a DLL, reference it in namespace and didn't work so I tried a very basic one and same error. I've done this before on another machine and it was pretty plug n play. Don't know what's wrong with this win2003 server. - Indexing service is already disabled. I even manually unchecked the ...more >>

How do I pass a variable ByRef in C#? -- Arne Garvander Certified Geek ...more >>

Using VB.Net. Wanting to send a UDP message from a server to a client. The client uses a broadband connection from Comcast Cable. The computer has two IP addresses, one external and one internal. Which IP address should I be using? Neither one is working to pass the message. Thanks....more >>

Hi all, I'm writing an async socket server using Networkstream and SslStream. Using the Socket class, the EndSend method returns the bytes writed and you can loop until all bytes are sended. But if you using any stream (Network or Ssl) the EndWrite method doesn't return nothing. I can sol...more >>

Hi! I download images which have no extension, with a System.Net.WebClient. I would like to save them with a different name and with the extension ..jpg if they really are of JPEG type. Because sometimes I could receive GIF images, and I would like to do the same. I tried to look for the im...more >>

hi, i need help about wich choosing Msbuild or Nant, if it s MsBuild: i want look about performance, advantages,... Thks for help jomu ...more >>

Is there a news group for CSS? I can set the style for INPUT but I don't have a good way of cascading a style for all my <input type=button>. I have hundreds of them. INPUT { FONT-SIZE: 11px; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Verdana } INPUT button { FONT-SIZE: 11px; ...more >>

hey all, Does anyone happen to know how to get .net to save a PNG with a resonable filesize The scenario... I have a 26kb 32bpp png which im loading from stream I then create a new graphics object from that image, draw a 300kb image, at 1/4 its original size, and then save the image to file...more >>

I am writing a .NET 2.0 client application uses sockets to communicate with a firmware on an instrument. The client needs to be able to recover from a lost connection to the instrument. While trying to send data to the instrument, after a disconnect/reconnect the socket throws a exception with...more >>

Hi, I've got a web app where i need to show values in specific currencies. for the session i create a Customised CultureInfo which is derived from the culture of the browser, for example, french-france (fr-FR) they display their currencies like 23,22 EUR (symbol) I have a change curren...more >>

I'm trying to learn how to use generic delegates, event handlers and methods. To do so I built a small sample Console app to see how this can work. I got it working using the EventHandler<T> from the system name space but with out using a generic method to pass into my delegate. By the wa...more >>

Hi everyone, I have an app that uses some DLL's that are shared across couple = applications. There are reasons existing that prevent me from putting = them in to the GAC. Each of these app's at some point in time loads a DLL dynamically in = this fashion: =20 System.Reflection.Assembly ...more >>

Hi, I'm using the WriteXml method of the dataset to transport data between distributed applications. I'd like to use both XmlWriteMode.DiffGram and XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema in order to package updates of rows and the schema of the dataset. However, I use something like : myDs.Write(m...more >>

Has anyone here used SQL Server Management Studio (2005) and seen the new messagebox that comes up when there's an error? It's really nice, with buttons along the bottom for accessing the help links and getting the extra details from an Exception. I was wondering if this was developed exclu...more >>

how can i create a golabel file who can execute a .csproj at different project, that what i was doing: <ItemGroup> <ProjectReference Include="..\DataAccessLayer\DataAccessLayer1.csproj" /> <ProjectReference Include=".\BusinessLayer\BusinessLayer1.csproj" /> <ProjectReference...more >>

Is any version of the .NET Framework included in Windows XP or SP2? Thanks, Leslie...more >>

I have a class which defines multiple overloaded constructors. Within the class methods is there a elegant way to determine which constructor was used to instantiate the class (without setting flags in the constructor)?...more >>

Hi, I have controls that will hold a custom PictureBox I've been working on, the picture box stores an array of a class I've made which contains an Image a few integers and a string... the controls seem to work if loaded up in Visual Studio, but when hosted in Internet Explorer I get the fo...more >>

Hi All, Our .Net Website is using 2 servers and the load balancer pointed to servers according to their load. Think now i m in first server and i upload a file to the server, next time i refresh it goes to the next server but the file that i uploaded is not there in this server. How can i...more >>

..X (.Y too) are ints with get/set methods so why does trying to set either one generate a compile error?? ...more >>

Anyone writing a custom channel (which we have), needs to be able to disable the CrossAppDomain channel if they want to unit test their code on a single machine. If you don’t disable the CrossAppDomain channel, then it will take over same-machine remoting calls (after activation) effectivel...more >>

http://www.remotesoft.com/salamander/ now supports .NET 2.0, freely available for online use, pls give it a try. It supports generating C#, VB.NET, and MC++. (the upload file size limit is 3MB) With about 250,000 files have neen uploaded and decompiled thus far, the online decompiler is ver...more >>

For some reason I am having a problem notifying multiple observers of an event. Here's the basic idea: MyForm contains two panels LeftPanel and RightPanel (both inherit Panel). The left one is has a treeview and the right one will have whatever depending on what is selected on the left. Both ...more >>

I am working on a large project that currently is based primarily in VB6. There are a number of .Net 1.1 assemblies that are used and registered via regasm in the VB6 application. Is it possible to also use 2.0 assemblies in the same VB6 app, or can only one .Net framework be loaded at any time?...more >>

I have 2 questions on using element collections when building a custom section handler. I'm using the "declarative" model and I can post the code if necessary. Basically I'm following the example described here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.configuration.configurationcoll...more >>

I have an odd question. Is it possible to run a .Net 2.0 Applicaiton on a machine that does not have the .Net Framework installed on it? If it is, please provide details on how to accomplish this. Thanks, Andy ...more >>

Hi, I was trying to compile the following sample code from MSDN using System; using System.Collections; using System.Text; using System.Management.Automation; using System.Management.Automation.Host; using System.Management.Automation.Runspaces; namespace Microsoft.Samples.Msh.Host { ...more >>

Hello, is there a way to save settings independent of the assembly version? ..NET always stores the file user.config below a directory that has the name of the assembly version. When the version of an application changes, the file is written to a new directory and read from there. With this b...more >>

Hi, Many in this group have dealt with converting unmanaged enums to managed ones, but my problem is slightly different. I am created a wrapper for an unmanaged class that uses several enums and contains functions that take whole enums as inputs. I have wrapped the functions and recreated ...more >>

Hi all I have a very specific question. Recently I've created a class that performs a basic encryption on strings passed to it. The encrypted data is returned as a string and then passed over the network via a WebService. The encryption is done trough a basic use of Memorystream, CyptoStrea...more >>

Apparently, if I open a named file using OpenExeConfiguration, modify it and try to save the file using Configuration.Save, the framework appends ".config" onto the fileaname. Is this a bug? Here is part of my test class. There is already a file in my application's bin directory called BBB.XML...more >>

I'm trying to write some unit tests to prove that I understand how the Logging Application Block works. I trying to write a test that updates the config and then writes a log. But this is failing with the message "The configuration section for Logging cannot be found in the configuration sou...more >>

I have a no-touch application which I created in 1.1. It is embedded within IE, not a stand-alone window. I'm migrating it to 2.0 and one thing (which is a major problem) is that the <object> tag doesn't appear to resize within the browser frame any more. I tested the same code in 1.1 and 2.0 ...more >>

Hi, we use serialization and deserialization for import/export functionality. When deserialising into a property of type double, we would like to be able to deserialise from a "null" or empty string e.g. <myDouble></myDouble>. But unfortunately a System.FormatException is thrown. Any ideas?...more >>

Hi; How to find out the "GUID" of installed assembly? Tks. Alvaro ...more >>

I am currently using .NET 2.0's secure TCP channel for remoting, and have run into a problem where if a user doesn't log out for a while (usually seems to be about two days), delegation fails. Having the user log off and back on fixes the problem (as does locking and unlocking the workstation...more >>

<object> usage in ASPX page after IE update I have one window form created in C#; before the security update update KB912812(Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer) I use this window form inside a ASPX page using: <object id="MyControl" height="100%" width="100%" classid="/MyWinC...more >>

I am installing 2 windows services from the command line. When I go to install the first one it installs fine and starts up. The second one installs but won't start. The error message indicates that there was a failure to load an assembly. This is happenning because the GAC seems to be looking...more >>

Hi, the warning in VS2005 says: System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings is obsolete, use System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings instead. Ok, i wanted the change this, knowing the ConfigurationManager is located in the assembly System.Configuration.dll. I g...more >>