question about VB 2005 express . is it possible to refer to controls dynamically? I mean instead of referring to [ textbox1.text] can I have a mystring = "textbox1" then refer to the control named in mystring? Is that possible? What's the syntax for it? specifically, I have tex...more >>

Hi I need to capture /contract_info/index.asp?action=Delete&site=DB&id=17016852 from dim s as string = "<a href="javascript:NewWindow('/contract_info/index.asp?action=Delete&site=DB&id=17016852')">Details</a>" Dim mtch As Match = Regex.Matches(s, """javascript:NewWindow((.*?)", Re...more >>

Hello, I'm working on an XP-machine (all updates installed). I want to be able to run an application from a shared drive, for this to work you have to allow this using the .NET framework configuration utility, I only see this tool for the 1.1 version of the framework in my Administrative to...more >>

My client is asking that when their application is run by a regular user an administrator level user be able to enter their credentials to enable certain advanced features. The application does not need to run with the admin's credentials, we just want to validate that the user asking for the ...more >>

Here is a quote from MSDN regarding the behavior of Monitor.Pulse: “The thread that currently owns the lock on the specified object invokes this method to signal the next thread in line for the lock. Upon receiving the pulse, the waiting thread is moved to the ready queue. When the thread ...more >>

I am writing an application that needs to be a multi-instance application. With VB.NET 2005 this is pretty straight-forward except that I can not find any information about saving instance specific settings. The idea would be to have an instance identifier passed into the application from the ...more >>

I know the Java Language Conversion Assistant exists for Java->C#, what is there that does the same for ANSI "C"? I have some console applications and some console/curses applications that have straigth C source that compile on a Unix platform that I would like to conver to C# on .NET. ...more >>

Hello, because there are no news group for window presentation foundation and one has told me I can use this, here my problem: I make the following binding in code: SolidColorBrush mySolidColorBrush = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Green); Binding bdx01 = new B...more >>

Hi, ..NET 1.x uses very unefficient way to store binary data to a resource stream (e.g. .resources file). For example when framework stores System.Char or System.Boolean it actually serializes the whole type and the value. As the result it takes 20 to 30 bytes to store a single char or bool...more >>

Hello, I have a workflow related question. WF books typically shows samples where the workflow directly shows user interface to the user. I want to have a smart client and a n-tier architecture. According to http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/12/ServiceStation/fig04_L.gif WF shou...more >>

Hi, WebResponse contentlength returns an Int64 BUT HttpWebRequest.AddRange takes an Int32. Please point me to the specification that requires a range to be pass as an Int32, AFAIK 1 or more digit is not a synonym for Int32. Here is the detail of the communication. I : "Server, tell m...more >>

Hi In a class InfoCollection I have 2 overloads: public virtual DataSet Update() public virtual DataSet Update(UpdateType ut) that I reference in the documentaion on another method /// <summary> /// Delete this object and removes it from the collection....more >>

I am working on an assignment and need some assistance if anyone could help: Need to use a for next statement and give a value to five elements usin a one dimensional integer array value So far I have Sub Main() Dim integer As Integer Dim Value as Integer Value = 8 For Integer = 1...more >>

I have just upgraded to a Dell XPS 720 which arrived with Vista Ultimate installed. I can1t use half of my programs properly so decided to partition the drive and put XPPro back on until Microsoft sort out all the bugs with software. I have a Raid 0 configuration of 1.35 TB which I roughly sp...more >>

kinda confused. I have this folder called C:\PROJECTS with a bunch of projects .. some are websites, some are webservices, one is a console ap, another is a Data Access layer (I presume classes). I'm suppose be taking over support for this code so the folder was dropped off on my local mach...more >>

I use the following code to consume a XML feed and populate a dataset. Dim myReader As System.Xml.XmlTextReader = New System.Xml.XmlTextReader(myXMLURL) Dim ds As Data.DataSet = New Data.DataSet() ds.ReadXml(myReader) Can anyone point me in the right direction for changing this code to pass...more >>

I installed VS2008b2 and as part of that got .Net framework 2.0.50727.1378. since we use 2.0.50727.832 in our development work and the two versions are not 100% compatible (e.g. SortOrder is defined in two places in 1378), I would like to downgrade to 832 again. How do I do that? I tried r...more >>

Hi A have a generic class - InfoCollection<T> The code comment for my constructor is: /// <summary> /// Instantiates a new instances of the <see cref="InfoCollection[T]"/> class. /// </summary> I get a warning in the compilation saying that the comment has sy...more >>

Hi, How can I use the functions in class / object if they are same in interface. Code is attached. I want to implement function f of i1 and i2 in the objcet. Thanks and regards. Bhuwan interface i1 { string f(); } interface i2 { string f(); } public class...more >>

So I'm reading/watching tutorials showing me how to set up roles and users via the Web Configuration Wizard. However, I constantly run into issues with it just not working. It appears that to enable all of this, it's supposed to be adding information to my web.config file for me: http:/...more >>

The SafeFileHandle is an extension of SafeHandle, which requires Close() or Dispose() after used according to the docs. There are many examples on using the named pipes in .Net. All the examples expoit FileStream(CreateFile(PIPE_NAME)). You may look at http://blog.paranoidferret.com/index.ph...more >>

Hi! I've been programming in VB.Net and done testing with TypeMock and MbUnit (Testdriven.net) for about 2months now at work. I can see that my testing skills and particular my knowledge about the .NET framework is far too weak. Far to often I choose to implement custom stuff that's already a...more >>

hi, I'm having problems trying to install the .NET framework. Every time I try to run the installer I get a message saying that the patch packet could not be opened. Trying to uninstall doesn't work eiter. At the moment the Add and remove programs control panel shows two installed Dotnet...more >>

I am unable to load any programs after a major crash of Vista Home Premium. The programs load ok (eg Auturoute 2007) but when I try to run them I get told that my registry entries are incorrect and to reload the program again. I have tried this and get the same problem. Anyone got any ideas? ...more >>

Hi, What type objects can we can not serialiaze in dot net ? Thanks N Regards, Bhuwan ...more >>

Hello, because there are no news group for window presentation foundation and one has told me I can use this, here my problem: I have a bitmap in wpf for example using BitmapImage. Now I want to change brightness, Colors etc. In gdi+ this was done by using a color-matrix, in windows pres...more >>

When I go to reinstall vista I cant activate the key code because it says it has been used already. Please help...more >>

I'm running Vista Ultimate 64-bit. Whenever I start up the .NET Framework 2.0 Configuration tool, it always crashes on me before I can do anything with it. It crashes immediately after it starts up. How do I get around this? Thanks. ...more >>

I am trying to install internet secutiry software but keep getting a message saying I can't remove or install this program with Windows Mail running. I have tried just signing out and closing windows mail but continue to get the same message. How can I turn it off completely?...more >>

Hi, Please can you help me, i want to create Compiled html help file for my Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition's project. Can you advise me please? Thanks so much Tvin ...more >>

there seems to be some overhead between SQL Server 2005 and a CLR function written in C#. Why is this? I have a simple wraper around System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.GetTimestamp() : public partial class UserDefinedFunctions { [Microsoft.SqlServer.Server.SqlFunction] public static lon...more >>

What is the best possible resolution that C# timing tests can get? milliseconds? nanoseconds? ...more >>

Hello, all. Can anybody point me to documentation about how can I programmaticaly (via C#) iterate through the global assembly cache on Mono? I know how to do it using Microsoft .NET on Windows by using a bunch of P/Invokes against some COMs. However, that's obviously not a portable so...more >>

Hello, I wrote a Windows Service is VB.NET and it works like clock work every night. The problems is that the driver I am using to connect to a datasource become inactive at a period of time. I destroy all it's dependencies and recreate the connection every time the Windows Service need...more >>

Hi, we're trying to get to grips with using ClickOnce installers and are having some problems. Once installed, the majority of the application will reside in the following directory: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Apps\2.0\<x>\<y> \<z> where <x>, <y> and <z> are seaming...more >>

I don't know where to report a bug to MS. Here is the bug description: I have an activeX created by ATL/C++, which shows a tree view with multiple state checkboxes and icons. It works fine to embed the activeX to the main form of a C# form application. If I create another subform to host the...more >>

OK, let me try one more time before I give up... We have an application for .net 1.1 framework. Now I am converting it to .net 2.0. All our assemblies are strongly named. We are using the same public keys in .net 2.0 as we did in .net 1.1. We are using application block but since we have m...more >>

Hi I have a situation wherein I need hashtable type functionality and at the same time, the collection must preserve the order of the items. In other words, if I add items Key Value "a" "Val - A" "X" "Val - X" "b" "Val - B" When I enumerate over the collection, I ...more >>

Operative Systen WinsowsXP-Pro SP2. IE 6 or IE 7 Normally you get the choises "Open Home Page" and "Start Without Add-ons" when you right click on the Internet Explorer icon on the desktop. On 3 different PC's I have experienced that these choices disappears. It means that when you try starti...more >>

Hi, I have created a windows application to send emails using vs 2005 in vb.net. I am having problems sending the emails. The operating system on which this application is run is windows vista business. we have an exchange server 2007 that is in the same network. I am trying to send the e...more >>

easiest way to upload a C# class library to a SQL server 2005 and deploy as CLR function Do I have to upload the .dll and then run sql command to load it into sql server, or is there a more integrated way to do this in visual studio 2005 with a SQL Server Project? or do i have to manualu up...more >>

EventType clr20r3, P1 perfws.exe, P2 1.0.0.0, P3 47151b11, P4 perfws, P5 1.0.0.0, P6 47151b11, P7 32, P8 2b7, P9 system.exception, P10 NIL. I am running a Windows Service application that does multithreaded asynchronous HttpListeners and Socket calls. I am catching all exceptions in my cod...more >>

One more try since I don't have the option to remove PublicKeyToken as somebody pointed that here.. We are using enterprise library (EL) in our application. We want to upgrade our application from .net 1.1 to .net 2.0. Since we have changed code in enterprise library, we can't just go with...more >>

I hit this bug last night in some test code I had written. It took a few minutes to figure out what the root cause was, and it left me thinking, "Wow. That was an interesting one that doesn't come up very often!". So, for fun, who sees the bug and can explain why it's happening? List<Threa...more >>

I am receiving REF errors on a spreadsheet where I track hours for drivers. How can I correct this error without copying and pasting a new column for each person?...more >>

Howdy everyone. I've been looking online for the past few week about calls to the garbage collector in .NET. Current I'm using code that through inheirtance is using a class that invokes the GC.Collect call every 10 minutes. I'm working on a dataserver and the genius that put in the GC.Collect...more >>

We are using enterprise library (EL) in our application. We want to upgrade our application from .net 1.1 to .net 2.0. Since we have changed code in enterprise library, we can't just go with the newer version, we will have to keep the old version. All out assemblies are strongly named! I ...more >>

Hi, When to use class and when structure in our application? Thanks, Bhuwan ...more >>

Hi there, what happens if I write a multi-threaded application and run it on a multi-processor or multi-core machine? I mean: are all the threads executed on the same core/CPU the same? Or can they be executed on different CPUs/cores? Can you link me any documentation abou this issue? Th...more >>

I have an application that starts the default browser by using Process.Start(URL). The one time that I get a file not found exception is when Firefox has crashed and comes up with the "Firefox - Restore Previous Session" screen. It does seem to start up but for some reason an exception is thr...more >>