Hi, I previously posted this in the performance newsgroup but thought I might get some better exposure here. I have a windows service thats sole purpose is to cache a large set of data from a web service. The service writes the data to cache and makes it available to all clients. I have ...more >>

I am reading the MCTS Exam 70-536 book by Nortrop and Wildermuth. Chapter 4 discusses the IEQualityComparer interface, and shows how to use it for a HashTable. The August06 MSDN docs also show a similar example. In these examples the class used for the IEQualityComparer has a CaseInsensit...more >>

I have some systems that have older versions of .NET framework installed. The company I am contracting with refuses to update the framework installed on their machines. Is there any way to switch the version of .NET you can "compile" in? I have Visual Studio 2005. The versions they have instal...more >>

it sounds log4net is not updated since 2003?...more >>

I got a new machine. It is AMD Athlon 64 processor. OS is XP Professional. I am trying to install .NET 2.0 framework. I downloaded NetFx64.exe (ver 2.0.50727.42). Double clicked on it and it gave me: Error creating process <C:\ .......\Install.exe>. Reason:C:\WINDOWS \system32\advpack.dll....more >>

Hi, Is it possible to use WPF in the existing .net 2.0 application. any clarification/suggestions are appreciated Thanks in advance, Praveen ...more >>

Where the native code store for second time execution. When it will clear or how long it will be there ?...more >>

Hi, I am running VStudio 2003. I also have multiple versions of .NET installed. How do I select in VStudio which version to use to build my projects?...more >>

Sometimes, I need to do some time-consuming operations based on whether a specific keyword was contained in a lengthy string. Then, for a better performance, I wrapped that lengthy string into a StringBuilder. But after doing that, it seems there's no proper methods defined in StringBuilder f...more >>

I have updated .NET Framework 1.1 to 2.0 and I get this error- "aspnet_state.exe- Application Error" right before my computer turns off when I shutdown the computer. Version 1.1 appears to have been working fine and I did not receive any error messages from it. When I uninstall version 2.0, ...more >>

Is it safe to use a third party's C# library which was built with .NET 1.1 in my .NET 2.0 projecct? Thank you in advance. -tcw ...more >>

Hi there, I have an Windows application that on the maintenaince form allows the user to chose certain values that I store on the app.config. These values are stored on the <appSettings> <connectionSettings> Currently when the user changes any of those values, I call Application...more >>

in the table: dt.Columns.Add("Session Duration Seconds", System.Type.GetType("System.Int32")); --------------- then the following code to try and sort the table based on that colum ------------- dv = new DataView(ds.Tables["vpninfo"]); dv.Sort = "Session Duration Seconds"; fore...more >>

Hi, It would be grateful if any one can provide latest dump for MCSD.NET 2005. Either you can share a url or send to me @ umesh.nath@gmail.com...more >>

Hi. I recently had to remove SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2005 Express from my system. Then, I reinstalled the express edition. This works locally, but when I try to connect to a database on this computer from another computer on my local network, I get the message: System.Data.SqlClie...more >>

Hi, We have a part of our application that deals with millions of records and do some processing of them. We've achieved a pretty good performance gain by developping a custom DateTime.ToString and a custom int.ToString, but we can't find any clue on doing for decimal and double, which would ...more >>

I am working at a company that is going to publish a product on the market. The code is currently in .Net 1.1. The developers would like to migrate it to .Net 2.0. Management has concerns about users having to install the .Net framework before using the product. They want to "minimize any...more >>

Hello, friends, I defined an enum like the follows: public enum OrderStatus { new, paid, processing, shipped } In database, we save 0 for new, 1 for paid, etc. However, when we display to users, we need to show new, paid, etc., i.e., the meaningful words, not numb...more >>

Full question: From within a StateInitializationActivity can I fire an EventDrivenActivity that lives in that state? The goal is to automatically progressing from one state to the next without the actual events being pushed in from outside, if there is an error in the transactions a user w...more >>

Hi, I have a web application which accesses the data base. So I created a dataaccesslayer project which has a separate class for each table. I have also created a business layer to access these classes so that I can only refer to the business layer from web project. I used inheritance in...more >>

I am reinstalling windows xp home edition on my laptop computer. The original windows on this maching did not come with SP2. I went to the updates site for windows xp and downloaded SP2 which works fine. The problem is that the update site now wants me to install auto update file 3.1. The ...more >>

I am trying to call a DTS package in C# for the first time. I get the below compilation error related to the using Microsoft.SqlServer.DTSPkg80. I am still on SQL Server 2000 and am only using SDK v1.1.4322. Visual Studio is not installed. Do I need to do something special to clear the ass...more >>

Hi, I'm pretty sure many are experiencing the same or similar problem but I don't seem to find any satisfying solutions!! On Outlook 2002, some emails content won't show up after I used & uninstalled Outlook 2007 beta 2. Now that I installed Outlook 2007 60 day trial, I found these ema...more >>

I create a class library. Then I add default resource file to support globalization and add strings. I want to use these resource strings outside of this assembly, but I see that the generator makes all strings as internal static properties. Is there any way to make them public, so I can use ...more >>

I have the following rather simple code, where I want to extend the Uri class in order to add a couple of handy methods. public class Uri2 : Uri { public Uri2(string baseUri, string relativeUri) : base(baseUri, relativeUri) { } } But I get the following error when compili...more >>

I have a fairly simple RegEx code below. I am given a file name, (which I don't control) , and need to change a folder name in it. The code below is choking on the filename not being escaped. "Unrecognized escape sequence" While I can escape the findValue and replaceValue, I do...more >>

I have a situation with an apparent deadlock. I have two threads which are blocked on the statement "lock(_SyncRoot)", where _SyncRoot is my own private object. However, I've examined all the other threads in my application and walked up their callstacks, and none of them seem to be holding a...more >>

Is possible to use the Visual Designer of WWF to replace my Flowchart Editor/Container application? what i mean is that i just need to use the Visual Designer to replace my MFC-based Flowchart Editor since i already have a Container to contain the flowchart-object(s) in my Flowchart Editor. ...more >>

I have written a simple console application that will only run on my machine. I can run the application outside of the IDE, but on other units I get a message that the system cannot execute the command. I installed VS 2005 on another computer to see if there was some kind of dependency problem...more >>

Has there been any resolution to this? I am seeing the same problem. The code seems to run ok but while I am stepping through it while debugging VS shows the value of count in my watch window as this error: {"The generic type 'System.Collections.ObjectModel.Collection`1' was used with th...more >>

VS2005 I have Class library that serve as COM. I put some setting to the My.Setting, the compile create file with name: xxxx.dll.config Now I read that config not work with DLL, I try that, and it's seem that true, this is not working. this is true? and why the compiler create this file on ...more >>

Hello Everybody, I am trying to implement RichText box control into DataGridView Control. Would be greatful if anyone guides me how to implement it. Thanks, Kapil From http://www.developmentnow.com/g/6_2006_5_15_0_0/dotnet-framework.htm Posted via DevelopmentNow.com Groups http://www.de...more >>

It is my intent to utilize the Enterprise Library Application Blocks. I am new to dotNet. I have downloaded the 'Enterprise Library - January 2006' version. The solution built successfully and I can execute the 'Hands on Labs' for logging. To transition to my code base, I did the following: ...more >>

I'm new to reflection and would like to know if what I want to do is possible. So far I haven't seem much value to reflection (for my needs) but that could be the result of not using it properly, or perhaps my architecture is inherently flawed. I have the following: class baseClass { pr...more >>

Hi, I use an IO.Filestream to write a single byte close to the end of a huge file (120 GB) by setting the Position property and calling the WriteByte method. This takes 40 minutes because all the bytes before the byte to be written seems to be written. But I only want to write a single byte...more >>

My Computer is Win2K3 R2, Code is: using System; using System.Net; using System.Net.Sockets; using System.Threading; namespace TechUDPBroadcast { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { const string addr = "224.1.3.99"; const int prt = 12799...more >>

Hello, I have a problem with garbage collection. An msdn example says generally the following: I have a class TestCls. With a Property MyProp. Then normally I would write: void MyFunc() { TestCls tc = new TestCls(); int u = tc.MyProp; .... no further use of tc .... }...more >>

Hi I want to retrofit a C# class library assembly into legacy MFC C++ applications. The application projects are VS2005 or VS2003 projects but are unmanaged MFC C++ apps. I believe one approach is to enable COM interoperability in the C# assembly and use it as a COM library in the c++ app...more >>

Hi everybody, I'm facing an unidentified problem related to .NET framework. On event viewer, the following message is logged: Source: .NET Runtime 2.0 Error Reporting Category: None Type: Error EventID: 5000 Description: EventType clr20r3, P1 pos.exe, P2 3.3.2636.21715, P3 4600f8b6, P...more >>

Hi, Is there any way to enable user to interact with FlowDocument like resize and drag to change layout? Thanks. Jim ...more >>

Bearing in mind the Windows recycle bin folder has had 3 names since Win 95 up to Vista: x:\RECYCLED (95, 98) x:\RECYCLER (NT, XP, 2000, 2003) x:\$Recycle.bin (Vista) Consider iterating through the the root folder of a drive, and excluding the recycle bin from your results. It is unacceptab...more >>

This statement (txtNewOdometer is a variable for an edit box): lSN = System.Convert.ToInt64(txtNewOdometer.Text); is causing an exception iff a zero ('0') is entered into the textbox. But only on one user's computer; works fine on everyone elses. The exception's Message is "Input string ...more >>

Hello, If I have the following code excerpt where I call m1() in release mode. my stack trace output shows only m1 and m4 and not the intermediate method calls. I obtain the full information in Debug mode. However this information is critical even in Release mode, is there away to obtain...more >>

I use Outlook 2000. I've been sending messages to a particualr address for months all of a sudden I'm now getting the following message back. SMTP error from remote mailer after initial connection: They have checked their end but there is nothing coming in to their server. I can still r...more >>

Hello! Using .NET v2.0.50727, I've attached some sample code that creates a file in a network path (test.er-1): - The file is created at a network path. - The user disconnects his/her network cable. - The file is attempted to write to. - The user reconnects his/her network cable. - The fi...more >>

I developing an application based on some windows services on .NET framework 1.1. Eatch service are a single process service. Each service connects to SQL Server or Oracle database and derives an customiced TCP server class. I notised that the SCM calls the OnShutdown method when the system sh...more >>

I need to implement a Service with CallBack Contract and setting TransportMode in binding configuration set to Streamed. When i try to instance ServiceHost it's throw an System.InvalidOperationException with Message like 'Contract Require Duplex but on Binding Configuration is not Supported...more >>

We are developing a .NET 2.0 based distributed application and use System.Transaction namespace to handle transaction at Business Object level. DAAB 2.0 is used at Data Access Layer level. The database is SQL server 2000 (installed in Windows 2000 server). The .NET server components are dep...more >>

Basically, I just need an efficient way to store and retrieve keys from a list. I don't need key/value pairs. I've implemented this with the standard HashTable, but the value column is a waste since every key has the same value, "". Thanks for your advice. - Joe Geretz - ...more >>

I have a very simple little program that connects to our email server to send out emails. When I compiled it with .VS2003 (net 1.1), it works fine. with VS2005 (.net 2.0), it hangs on the last ReadInfo Any suggestions? thanks! Public Function send2() As String Dim err As Stri...more >>