Hi, Any component that work like Tab but without the all the tabs for user to click from one view to another view. we will programmatically other button to perform tabs view change from one to another. hope that you guy understand what I trying to explain. I need this bec...more >>

I am trying to install a program which requires Net Framework 1.1.4332. Microsoft has so many different listings for this, I can't figure out which one I am supposed to download. I'd appreciate a link or just the correct title for what I want. Thanks for helping.... ...more >>

Currently I am doing the following to find an one dimensional array type of a type - Type asSingle; Type asArray = Array.CreateInstance ( asSingle , 0 ).GetType ( ); Is there a way to do this without creating an instance? I do not know the array type at design time. Thanks in adv...more >>

I've created my own version of the CreateUserWizard control that gathers up all the information I need when a user requests an account. Once all the data is gathered and validated, the FinishButtonClick property calls a method that does the following: 1. Creates the user account: Membersh...more >>

Running ASP.NET2. Every once in a while I get this error: Unable to cast object of type 'System.Collections.DictionaryEntry' to type 'System.Web.PartitionInfo'. at System.Web.PartitionManager.Dispose() at System.Web.SessionState.SqlSessionStateStore.OnAppDomainUnload(Object unuse...more >>

Hi everybody, I write a VBS script witch uses csc.exe (command line dotnet compiler), but my problem is to detect what version of Dotnet Framework is installed on the server to use the good repertory 1.1 or 2.0 (v1.1.4322 or v2.0.50215 ...) What command line or script can I use to get this in...more >>

I want to set the values for the combobox.displaymember and valuemember at runtime. Its seems simple enough, but after changing them in response to a change in an option group, I can't figure out how to get the combobox to refresh itself with the new settings. I've tried the combobox.refresh...more >>

Hi, I want to use OrderedDictionary to get my objects in same order as they are inserted in. I also want to access the objects using a key. So my question is whether this is the best option or there is some better collection object than OD. The current MSDN documentation dosn't says anyt...more >>

I have an argument in the constructor for a VB form that as a parameter that looks like: ByVal lblHeader As Controls.MGLabel Visual Studio 2005 gives me a warning: Type of parameter 'lblHeader' is not CLS-compliant I am not sure what to do. Thank you. Kevin...more >>

Hi, Just think to get some comment from communitiy regarding best pratice using splash screen. If we develop an application that need loading database to dataset it's we need done it at main page fill up all nessarcy table to dataset. since the splash screen only counter the main pa...more >>

Hi all Existing COM ATL DLL wrapping a C++ library. Interoping from a C# application, passing a large string containng XML (5-130kb). Need to significantly improve performance of both the interoping and the performance of the native functions (performance critical app). Opinions sought on mos...more >>

We have a .NET application which is obviously using nearly 500MB memory and we can't understand why. I created a dump for a different issue and the server ended up creating a process shutdown dump of this size. I have seen the DumpLargeObjectSegments command however I'm not sure what to look...more >>

In my "Add or Remove Programs" list I have the following: Microsoft .NET Framework (English) Update Installed on 3/16/2005 Update Installed on 3/18/2005 and Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Update Installed on 3/16/2005 Update ...more >>

Is there some way to programatically tell if a string is base64 encoded? ...more >>

Is it possible to load a .net 2.0 assembly from a 1.1 app using Assenbly.LoadFrom or possibly some other means? ...more >>

Hi, I creating a custom exception and I'm implementing the best practice with a constructor which is needed for serialization (with Serialization Info info, StreamingContext context). My question is - what’s the use for serializing exceptions when working with web services as my remoting m...more >>

Hy! I've got the following question in VB.NET. How can I access to a particular topic of a CHM file generated by HTML Help Workshop? Some newsgroups/sites on web suggest to use CHM file for help-on-line and the HTML files for accessing a particular topic; but I want to use only the CHM file al...more >>

Hi All, I am looking for XML merging for the following scenarios. I want to = load both the input files and show in the tree viewer and highlight the = differences. Now its up to the user to select the correct node. Any non = conflicting differences should be automatically merge onto the me...more >>

Hello again, I need to convert date to "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss" format. Below code does this, but it appends time twice in date variable. DateTimeFormatInfo dy = new DateTimeFormatInfo(); dy.ShortDatePattern = "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss"; dy.ShortTimePattern = ""; // next set dy to current cultur...more >>

Hello group, I'm calling Java webservice from c#.Net client which accepts only date without time instance. The type of variable should be DateTime. I think c# doesn't support shortdate type. Please let me know if anybody has already come across this problem. ...more >>

Quite often of late I've been asked about when to use the System Threadpool. I finally sat down and wrote a blog detailing the issues in the ThreadPool and why it's unsuitable for use in production grade server applications. Any feedback on this is appriciated! http://www.coversant.net/do...more >>

Hi, As we all know that Asp.net allo DataGridView inside another DataGridView. How can we implement this kind of thing in Win Form. Thanks. Goh ...more >>

Hi all! I want to create a designer for graphical elements such as line or rectangle. This designer should add an object to some workspace and then allow to transform it (change size and position). Its something like ControlDesigner, but ControlDesigner doesn't allow to move the right...more >>

I have a Personal Information Exchange PCKS #12 certificate file that requires a password when manually installing. This certificate was issued by a 3rd party company I need to communicate with via https. Initially I exported the PCKS #12 certificate to a DER encoded binary X.509 certificate an...more >>

So far, as a work-around at least, I'm instantiating a RichTextBox, setting its Rtf property to the rich text I have, then using the Text property to get the plain text. This works, but I expect there's a more efficient way....more >>

I am using reflection to create an assembly (Assembly A) and invoke a method. Assembly A has its own config file, which is set at run time. To read this config file I had to set some binding flags in the code, now this seems to work fine, Assembly A can read its config file. However Assembly A...more >>

Hi, Please help me! I want to get the text of one textbox in a webpage. For example, I compose mail by gmail. After I type content of my mail and click a button on toolbar (created by myself), my function will grasp all this content. Final, I'll create signature from this content. How...more >>

hi all, can I create my own compile-time attributes? e.g. an attribute applied to a method and that will generate a compile time error if the method has the wrong signature? I was hinted twords 'Intellisense API' but cant seem to find it at all... thanx, Picho ...more >>

Hi, As I know Crystal Report Viewer allow export to pdf, word,excel. But now I'm searching the way to export my report to Microsoft Power Point. Do you guy know how to done that? Any suggestion on how to done this? Does any Microsoft component is providing this kind of export sin...more >>

Here is my issue... I am working on creating a website http://www.adoptabrick.com The new site is in progress http://www.adoptabrick.com/pilot The first website uses flash right now on the page marked "The Wall". I would like to change the page to utilize aspx. Is it possible? Her...more >>

Can someone tell me what Reflection is? Specifically, what's the System.Reflection class for? I know that seems like a silly question to some people here... The reason is that I use a function that prints a printdoc object directly to a file. I tried getting my object to print to file direc...more >>

I am using VisualStudio 2000 which uses .Net Framework 1.0 How can I make it to use .Net Framework 1.1? Thank you, Waldemar...more >>

what is the prefered method of storing a dataset to a non-database file. perhaps a binary file? thanks ...more >>

Hi, I'm getting the following exception when doing a XSL Transform: System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt. at Execute(XmlQueryRuntime {urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt-debug}runtime) at...more >>

Hi there all. I have a problem with SerialPort that can't seem to find a solution for a couple of days now. I use the SerialPort to send AT commands to a modem. Simple AT commands like ATE1, ATQ0 etc. and simple call. Open the port, Send the AT command, read the response, close the port. ...more >>

Hello, I have a class hierarchy of "Task Activity" classes for a machine control system. To manage the activities I have a dictionary class, derived from Dictionary<string, TaskActivity>. I have to check whether this dictionary (already) contains a TaskActivity object of a specific type an...more >>

Hopefully I will explain this clearly... I have some old dlls written in vb.net (2003). I want to reference one of these in a visual studio .net 2005 project. So I can make the reference, but I'm having problems getting the old dll, to see an application setting in the 2005 project. I don'...more >>

If a target machine has ONLY .net 2.0 installed on it, can my application (compiled on .net 1.1) run without any problems? ...more >>

I am contracting a solution out to be developed in C#. Besides for the application features themselves, we have two goals for the *distribution* of this software. 1. It should be easily 'installable'. Simply dropping the software onto the box should be all that is necessary. My impression i...more >>

I have created a class that inherits from the dictionary base, and i have 10 text boxes on my form, these are labelled txtPrice0 to txtPrice9. I have populated my class with values from a database. I want to be able to get the values from my class into the text value of each box. Each val...more >>

I'm trying to figure out why I'm getting the following error message when trying to radomly sort a list of custom objects. In particular I've noticed the following strange behaviour I'm hoping someone could shed some light on.... 1. When the list contains only 3 objects the sort works fine,...more >>

Is there a quick way to get a list of all classes in .Net Framework 1.1 that implement IDisposable?...more >>

Hi everyone, I'm having difficulties retrieving datetime formats that has been customized in the control pane. I can get the cultureinfo, but I get same settings regardless of what i do in the control panel. Any ideas? Brgds Egil Winther ¨ShipNet AS ...more >>

Hi, Is there any way to connect to a Lotus Notes Database using Visual Studio 2005 Thanks in advance Repton...more >>

Dear all, How to share the socket between .net framework 1.1 and unmanaged code? Best regards, Ray ...more >>

Our application writes pretty large XML files to local file store.. I would say anywhere between 3-5MB of data at time.. but nothing more...The DataSet.WriteXML() method in the framework, corrupts the files when System is shutting down. What I mean here is the file does not get flushed prope...more >>

Does anyone know of a class (third party or otherwise) that implements caching functionality similar to the "System.Web.Caching.Cache" class for ASP.NET, but which can be used by non-ASP.NET apps (in my case a Windows service)? The System.Web.Caching.Cache class has exactly the functionalit...more >>

I want to create a small console application that essentially gets some information and then launches a Windows Application. What I want to do is have the console application launched in hidden mode - I know how to do this from with a Windows Application by creating a Process and using StartI...more >>

We are converting some applications from Frwk 1.1 to 2.0 We have changed System.web.mail to System.net.mail.. (using the samples provider by msdn site to send mail (quite easy, its almost the same) one curious Issue has arisen in out testing... The Email is not actually sent out until the...more >>

I have written a class to do compression/decompression using System.IO.Compression.GZipStream. The compression seems to work fine, but when I try and decompress a compressed string, nothing is returned in the buffer...To do the processing, I pass the GZipStream as input into the following funct...more >>

VS2005 - VB when we have code in try block, when exception occur during debug. the debuger not jump into the code, before run the catch block. this behavior make debugging difficult. I not sure, but i remember another experience (maybe with VS2003) that first jump into the code and if i dec...more >>