I routinely import legacy C++ projects then convert them to DLLs. My working IDE is Visual Studio 2005. How do I recognize which projects are considered as .NET which projects are considered managed/unmanaged? My goal is to convert these projects to managed .NET where it is painless, sinc...more >>

I originally posted this in dotnet.languages.vc, and it was suggested that I post it in here as well...so here goes I believe I've found a bug in either the compiler or in the runtime....for some reason when accessing a specific unmanaged object from 2 appdomains it causes a fatal execution...more >>

Hi, If I install .net framework 3.5 beta 2 will that interfere with the running of the version 2 or version 3? TIA, David ...more >>

Hi, Is it possible to get the UserPrincipalName of a user from the WindowsIdentity object ? I'm only able to get the sAMAccount from WidowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name. Thank you ! ...more >>

Hello, because there are no managed news group for window presentation foundation and one has told me I can use this, here my problem: I have the following simple test: <Window x:Class="Test02.Window1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="htt...more >>

Let's say I have a (dotnet) application based on a main .exe file referencing and using a number of other dotnet dlls. Normally these dlls would live in the application directory or in some other subdirectory relative to it. Is it possibile to specify in the application configuration file or...more >>

Hi, How can I knwo the BuildDate from an application distributed by ClickOnce? When I use "System.IO.File.GetLastWriteTime(objAssembly.Location)" or "System.IO.File.GetCreationTime(objAssembly.Location)" it returns me the date and time that the user downloaded and isntaled the application,...more >>

I have installed VS 2005. Now would like to install .NET 3.0. What files do I need? I note some SDK, extensions or plugin files from MS site, not sure I need all of them. ...more >>

How long had .NET 3.0 been released? ...more >>

i am developing an application, in which i reuired a TCP server which allow multiple users to connect at a time and then recieve the data,process it and then send back to all the clients which are connected to the server. please helpme to do this, Regards, Malik Saqib Nisar ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to make something work and I'm pretty sure it can be done, but I can't get it working. I have a encrypted file that contains everything my software needs: exe, dlls, et al. I want to make a "loader" that will decrypt the file and get all parts in memory and run the exe in-me...more >>

Hi, I want to be able to convert an ArrayList containing objects of one type to a generic of a specified type, like List<T> ConvertArrayListToGeneric(ArrayList list, System.Type targetType) How do I do that? What I am doing now is to write a separate conversion method for every target...more >>

Hi, I wrote an application with VS2005 to send mail, while the application works fine. I am trying to find a way to reduce email address bounce backs, is there a .Net (or command line) method via which I could verify if a given email address is exist. To clarify, I am trying to validate beyo...more >>

I have 6,235,099 records in my db table. Each record needs to be converted to an XML element and outputed to a file. Since each XML element have about 329 bytes, the resulting files will be about 2.05Gb. I started my appliction yesterday at 5pm, and tody at 12pm, I got an "System.OutOfMemoryE...more >>

Microsoft Development Environment 2003 Version 7.1.3088 Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Version 1.1.4322 Windows 2000, version 5.0 (build 2195: Service Pack 4) I am having problems loading xml stored as a blob in an Oracle database. I am getting the following error trying to display the xml o...more >>

Hello, friends, We have a window application (in C++) installed as a service in a server machine. We also have a c#.net 2005 application running on client machines. This c#.net applicaiton needs to use the functions provided in that service. How to instantiate/call those functions from a ...more >>

I have two apps. Client and Server (both are windows console apps). Im using Client Socket of this definition AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Tcp and Im using async communication with the Server Socket. I have no opened NetworkStream. In case, I kill my client a...more >>

I got a window alerting me to a program download if I opened or saved it. The program ends in .exe, and I'm almost sure it's a trojan horse virus. How can I delete it before it gets installed? Thanks in advance....more >>

Hi! Here is a simple console-program that illustrates the problem. It uses Northwind database and requires only Customer and Order entities. The problem is that if the first datacontext.SubmitChanges fails because of validation errors also the second one will fail. It seems that the seco...more >>

I have an application that I have used for years on 32-bit XP. It also appears to run properly on 32-bit Vista - at least I haven't had any users complain. When I try to run the app on Vista X64, I get errors randomly in System.Drawing and GDI+ when I call Image.FromStream(Stream). If...more >>

I hope someone could help me with a hint, maybe I am having a problem to conceptually understand whats going on: I am starting a new process (.NET20, c#, command line app) which launches an external cmd shell and some external code (.NET remoted into from my manager code). I am subscrib...more >>

Hi! How to debug Powershell commandlets? -- http://www.alvas.net - Audio tools for C# and VB.Net developers ...more >>

Hi! What a difference PowerShell Cmdlet and PSCmelet? -- http://www.alvas.net - Audio tools for C# and VB.Net developers ...more >>

We are faceing Problems in debugging the System. The system hangs up often as well as for Stepping into each line of code we need to use Ctrl+Alt+Del and refresh to . Any idea? Any help would be greatly appreciated....more >>

Hi, Did any one tried to access/called C# enum in vb6? Actually we are migrating the few vb6 components to C#.net. Conversion process went fine. But I could not able to access/see the exact Enum values in vb6 Like C# Enum ========== public enum test { Grade = 1 } ..Net regasm/tlbex...more >>

Hi, I get a viewstate error on my machine when trying to load a page with grids. The error is The viewstate is invalid for this page and might be corrupted. The bizzare part is that the error occurs only one my machine. There are other developers working on the same piece of code and ...more >>

What ports do i need to unblock on client and server (running msvsmon.exe) to debug remotely from my client box with visual studio 2005 pro? When I attach to remote process a connection shows up in msvsmon.exe on the remote machine, however, the client box with visual studio displays error: ...more >>

Suppose I have the follwing Public Interface IEntity End Interface Public Class TestEntity Implements IEntity End Class Public Interface IRepository(Of T As {IEntity}) End Interface Public Interface IConcreteRepository Inherits IRepository(Of TestEntity) End I...more >>

I'm still trying to wrap my head around how VS.net, SQL Express, and the built in membership provider all works. At home I've been struggling to get it all to work. I constantly run into errors with the ASP.net configuration wizard. So, at work, I thought I'd try and go through the same st...more >>

Hi, I need to get handle of thread so I can pass it into WaitHandle.WaitAny method and wait until thread finishes its execution. How can I obtain WaitHandle from Thread ? Is thread signaled if it is in sleep state ? If not, is it possible to find out when certain thread goes to sleeping ...more >>

Has anyone worked on Windows Desktop Search (WDS) APIs for Windows Vista? Need some help/lead in resolving Vista Administrator issue for using WDS. Any Help would be appreciated....more >>

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Hi, How can i get the Project and the Class Name of my .net project in runtime, i mean, i want to generate a new exception, and i want to know, the project, the class, the method or function, where the error ocurrs. Thank you, Alfredo Barrientos ...more >>

Hi, I'm trying to build a robust application framework that will be used by other developers in the future. Their applications should be able to recover themselves if they are crashing. So, I thought, the best way to handle this is to lauch their stuff in a separate AppDomain and when t...more >>

I have a class that has a property of a type of another class. Like this: Public Class Employee Public Property Shift As Shift ' Get and set stuff End Property End Class Public Class Shift Public Property ShiftId As Integer ' Get and set stuff End Property End Class ...more >>

Hi There, I am starting a project to choose the best method and tools to deploy our c# app - it probably needs to include obfuscation, maybe some for of encryption/source code protection etc and certainly be able to run without the framework being previously installed. I know there are a few pro...more >>

Hi all, I have two applications on the same machine with exactly the same code. One is a Console application that is used for testing and the other runs in a sharepoint web part. The Console application works fine, but calling this: using (Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream())...more >>