Sometime ago I was playing around with dotnet 3.0 and was using VS 2005 with Orcas. Now I want to write some 3.0 asp.net applications also usiung SilverLight. I now see there is a vs 2008 beta download. Should I use that or should I still use vs 2005 with the latest Orcas? BTW, what else d...more >>

Dear Freinds, I am hoping a postive answer from this group. I have done my graduation currently and looking for a break in programming in C# or VB.NET with SQL Server. After graduation i joined a computer institute and did a one year course there. For first six months i was nearly taught noth...more >>

Hi there, Is there an equivalent of "WHERE .. IN (...)" clause in LINQ when querying a SQL database? E.g. I have list of IDs and I need to get the corresponding table records. Thanks, -Oleg. ...more >>

How can I call a function in one UserControl from another? I have a custom sign in UserControl and another that needs to display custom information based on the sign in along the margin. I've been trying things I've found online, but can't get a definition of the class. // C# private void S...more >>

We randomly get an error "System.ArgumentException: Invalid token for impersonation - it cannot be duplicated" when executing IntPtr logonToken= WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Token; WindowsIdentity windowsIdentity = new WindowsIdentity(logonToken); ...more >>

Is there a way to create events in collection editor and have the propertygrid registered for that event? For example, CollectionEditor could have an OnRemove event that fires when a user click on the Remove button. I'd like to know when this happens (per item based) so I could have the main...more >>

Hi I want to populate a combobox with all table names in a MS Access database, what will the sql string be? TIA Barry ...more >>

Hi, I have a dialog which the user types a username and a password into. The actual data is tucked away for later use (in fact it is used to set the "run as" credentials for a web service pool on IIS6, but that's unimportant). My problem is that the user keeps on typing the wrong password...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to create an InputGesture that is a multi-keystroke combination. e.g. like the Ctrl+E,C shortcut for the 'Comment Selection' command under Visual Studio's Edit->Advanced menu My first try was to OR the values together as follows: InsertGroupCommand.InputGestures.Ad...more >>

Needed to know which .NET versions I'd installed. Downloaded and installed .Net Version Check application. This application is saying I've got .NET 1.1.4322.2407 installed. However, when looking at released .NET versions this exact version doesn't appear (http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Frame...more >>

Hello, My question seens very simple: i want to write a function like private string ResolveLink(string LinkFilePath) { ... } that receives, for example, "c:\\myshortcut.lnk" and gives back the shortcut's target path. Just the target's path. Tks!...more >>

Hi. I'm not familiar with COM, but I have an upcoming .NET project in-which I'll need to program against a COM .dll. I've been told to register the object using RegSvr32 and then I should be able to program against it. I tried adding the dll as a reference but that didn't work. Is it pos...more >>

Hi everyone, I have a small block of code that encrypts a database connection string in a ..config file, but I'm not sure where the encryption key comes from. There is no problem with this code -- it seems to be working fine -- I am able to retrieve the connection string with no problem aft...more >>

Hi, I have a situation that I have a nullable type that can be a int?, double? or any other nullable type. How can I get the contained value of the nullable without knowing its type. I read that in the .NET2.0 beta2 there used to be a INullable interface that could be used for this, but tha...more >>

I'm trying to setup a simple Windows Service that can host a WCF service. But I'm running into a weird problem just getting the Windows Service setup. Every example and MSDN help I read says to click the service in the designer so it has focus. Then right-click and select 'add installer' howe...more >>

Hi, I am developing a middle tier WCF server called BusinessLogic, using the Enterprise Library. Although I posted similar question on the EL forums (no answer yet), it seems to me that the problem is more general .NET related than WCF or EL specific. The problem shows when EL exception han...more >>

I have a Windows 2003 server with a couple of websites published with IIS. Every website and virtual directory is set to run .net framework v1.1. The most used of those websites is developed for v1.1 but after some days running right, IIS suddenly starts running it under v2.0. Although there is ...more >>

im starting to mess around with some things and a lot of them refer to .NET 3.0 but i was wondering if i could just work off 3.5 instead. i would imagine that whatever is in 3 should be in 3.5 and i shouldnt have any problems with developing stuff that asks for 3.0 in 3.5 but i thought i wou...more >>

Hi, I have noticed that File.ReadAllText prevents other processes from writing to the file while reading. It seems like the FileShare enum is set to Read rather than ReadWrite. This is a bug in my opinion. /m...more >>

Hello, I am drawing a control with GDI+. It contains an image which turns around a center. After turning for a while I get and "Out of Memory" Exception. I am disposing all the created objects(the ones which are used/created during turning). The image is included in the solution as an...more >>

Hello All, I'm trying to understand how one can send 5000 emails using system.web.mail namespace. I used google, even my own smtp account information - they both send only 500 emails/ day but I need to create a program to send 5000 emails. I know there are programs that does that but I would r...more >>

I am having to setup a user with a new PC which came with Version 2 of the framework preinstalled. The problem is the Configuration Utility to Adjust Zone Security does not show itself in Control Panel. Where do I look or what other options are available?...more >>

How does an executable (managed or unmanaged) load an .NET assembly ? A dotnet 1.0 application I'm debugging atm seems to (one computer) load dotnet 2.0 assemblies instead of the specified 1.0 version (all assembly reference in the vs2002 solution for the application point to dotnet 1.0). Due ...more >>

I've inherited a .NET project that I'm debugging the code to. I'm completely new to .net as well. I have a line in my code that reads an XML file, however, I cannot figure out the reference point that a relative path starts from. I.e., the following line XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextR...more >>

I'm looking for an example / guidelines for leveraging LINQ to SQL in an N-Tier environment. Specifically I'm looking for an example where there is a presentation layer, an application layer, and a database. There are plenty of examples showing how to create LINQ objects and then connect the...more >>

Is there any issue in Using Encoding.Default.I used this bcz when i tried to encode some swedish special charachters its changing that special charachter to some other charachter .I tried using differnt types of encodings nothing working atlast i find encoding.default i tried its work fine!!!!...more >>

I have a program that is crashing on some machines (at a client of ours). I have determined that it goes down on this line of code: ToolStrip x = new ToolStrip(); I created a simple test app that only performs this one line of code. It throws an exception so I know the problem is not caused ...more >>

Hi, I am facing problem now on my application, the problem is that i needed to install .net framework SDK 2.0 in order for my application to work on another computer. Did I miss some files during my compilation? For more details, i first installed .net framework 2.0 in that computer but ...more >>

Hi, I have a number of non-visual components which I am trying to get the name of at run time. I have managed to reference each component using the following: Dim pf As Type pf = f.GetType Dim fi As FieldInfo = pf.GetField("components", BindingFlags.Instance Or Bindi...more >>

..Net 2.0 I have a variety of console applications that run continuiously in parallel using the file watcher as an event queue. In addition, I have an ASP.Net website that needs to access the same key/value pairs as the console apps. I have configured a separate app.config file for each cons...more >>

Hello, I believe, this is an easy task to do, but I couldn't find the way to do it! I'd like to code the following function [C#] void DemoFunction(ref IntPtr somePointer) { somePointer = 1234; } in MC++. But how should I declare it? [MC++] void DemoFunction(IntPtr^ somePoint...more >>

Hi everyone, I have a windows service project, that references the assembly from a web project. My problem is that on the production server, the service's directory path points at the system32 folder, and not the folder where its own .exe fil is located which would be the normal behavior. ...more >>

I'm creating a GUI for the NetSend service. I created a class called Netsend. In there are to functions. The send function is public and the NetMessageBufferSend function is private. Below is the code I created for this class. Public Class Netsend Public Function Send(ByVal sTo As S...more >>

I have the XML file content as <resources> <html><![CDATA[<B>Hello World</B>]]></html> </resources> and my html file content is <html><![CDATA[<B>Hello World</B>]]></html> the XML file when viewed doesnt give me any problem, but when it comes to HTML the output that i recieve is ...more >>

An application of ours uses third party dlls and our own dlls. Overall it works fine, if .NET frameworks 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0 are installed. If only framework 2 is installed, it is not working fine. How do we find which DLL requires .NET framework 1.0 / 1.1 to run properly. If there is a tool ...more >>