I'm looking for a nice compact class for controlling the Master Volume of the PC speakers in C# *without* using DirectShow. I have found one sample that works fine for getting and setting the volume. But it does not support getting and setting the MUTE state. This means that if the computer is...more >>

Hi all, I am new to .net technologies. ASP.NET supports socket programming like send/receive in c or c++? I am developing web-site application in asp.net and code behind is Visual C#. In page_load event, I am using atl com component. Here one for loop is there. In this for loop...more >>

i want to convert a java project to a c# project. i found a lot of tools on the internet. anyone can tell me which one is best one? Cheers ...more >>

4 months after recieving windows genuine advantage kit for win xp pro my pc crashed and after rebooting it says you need to activate windows before you can log on so I click on yes to activate now and the pc logs out and in again with the same you need to activate windows before you can log on...more >>

I trying to use a third party assembly that was written in 1.1. I'm trying to use it in 2.0. In order to use it in my project I have to strong name it, because my assembly is strong named. I managed to strong name it (a.dll) finally. But I just found out that the Third Party Assembly refere...more >>

I can return a list of windows and their titles using the API, AddressOf & Callbacks, however I get all programs/processes like GDI+, DDE Server, etc. I really just want the programs opened in the taskbar, such as Outlook, Query Analyzer (whatever)...How can I fliter the list? I was hoping to...more >>

Can anyone help me with getting a new Product Key #, I have misplaced the original. Is there anyone outhere that knows a substitute I can use. Please help, I'm desparate, I can't open any files. Thank you From http://developmentnow.com/g/6_2006_7_0_0_0/dotnet-framework.htm Posted via Developmen...more >>

Just wonder... i just recently upgraded my computer... have Media player 11 installed. I can hear the sound, but can't see the picture. If I turn down the accelleration, i can see the picture, but it's dark with no color. Wondering if it could be a vid card issue?...more >>

While I am signed into Windows if I "re-start" my PC,(not Turn Off) it closes Windows and goes through it's normal rebooting process before it should re-open the login window once again of it's own accord, except as it's coming back on it will not get to the login window on it's own(automatica...more >>

Hello The following line of code throws an exception" The System Cannot find the file specified". This is on .Net 2.0. RSA rsaKey = new RSACryptoServiceProvider(); //Creating with Default key Appreciate the help Thanks rsaKey shows up as follows during debugging. -rsaKey {...more >>

Hi all, I'm having a problem creating a global exception handler in a windows service that I'm making. Another poster suggested that the way to do this was to use the CurrentDomain.UnhandledException event to catch and deal with any exception that crops up. The problem is, when I try and ...more >>

I have a piece of code that is trying to convert a string to a knownColor via CType. Is this not possible? I keep getting an error that you cant convert a string to an integer. Is there another way to do this? For Each clr as object In Colors If Not Color.FromKnownColor(CT...more >>

I have this method that converts dates from a culture of origin to a destination culture. It's not working as intended, hopefully someone can enlighten me and tell me what I'm doing wrong. I've included the code, the values being passed in, and the output. Thanks in advance! value = "01/04/200...more >>

hi, i have a web project that was converted to .net 2.0. i am trying to read a value from web.config; however, i can't see to have access to configurationmanager class rather i only see configurationsettings class. then i created a brand new project in vs 2005 and noticed that i have access ...more >>

I have a XML file that I need to append child nodes to. Here is an example of that file: <root> <item> <stuff1>The Stuff for 1</stuff 1> <stuff2>The stuff for 2</stuff 2> </item> <item> <otherstuff1>The other stuff for 1</otherstuff1> ...more >>

Shell MegaPack.Net 8.0 recreates the entire Windows Explorer shell browsing UI functionality in your app in just a couple of seconds. It provides a familiar yet powerful file/folder browsing UI right inside your own forms and dialogs and is a perfect replacement for the plain, inflexible, modal APIs...more >>

Hi All It's windows app, runs fine of course on Dev machine, produces the Crystal Reports but on Client Machine with DotNet runtime installed and also app, get Runtime error. (Take out the Crystal refs + reports) and no Errors. Thread thru JIT error if I ref Crystal (I know it has to...more >>

Hello Expert, Can you recomment some materials about Reflector in .Net? How should I use it in application buiding?What's the relation between CTS and CLR? Any help will be appreciated.Thanks in advance....more >>

Hello, I have a console application that is compiled using VS 2003 and hence targetted for .NET 1.1 runtime. This application uses some shared assemblies (my own) that were also initially compiled using VS 2003 and hence targetted for .NET 1.1. Recently we have moved those shared assemblie...more >>

Hello, in .net 2.0 I find System.Collection.Specialized.OrderedDictionary. Ok it's a dictionaly, collection of key-value-pairs and I have access over index. BUT: Nothing about the kind of implementation. So I have no idea, for what best to use this collection. Is for example myOrde...more >>

I receive this message when starting my computer, seems to be after automatic windows update: RTHDCPL.EXE – Illegal System DLL Relocation. The system DLL user32.dll was relocated in memory. The application will not run properly. The relocation occurred because the DLL C:Windows\s...more >>

I am intermitently getting a System.Net.Sockets.SocketException ("No such host is known") when calling Dns.GetHostEntry(). It doesn't seem to have any pattern to it, but seems to be occurring on a variety of IP addresses (e.g. internal addresses such as 192.168.x.x). Anyone else see this? Is ...more >>

I am trying to install visual studio 2005 on my by, allways i am getting error message, Error 1304.Error, writing to file C:\Program files\Microsoft visual studio 8\common7\tools\spyxx.exe verify that you have access to that directory...more >>

Looking for a clue in on the .Net functionality to manage windows outside the application, i.e. other applications. Just looking to find the window handle by title and adjust its properties such as top, left, etc. Much like here, but using Win32 API http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?code/hel...more >>

I believe the following started after I installed ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions 1.0, but I cannot be certain that that is the cause. Scenario: Using VS.NET 2005 SP1 When I attempt to build any project it wants to check the project file out of VSS. If I say OK and allow checkout, things...more >>

Hi, what is the c# 2.0 iterators features.. where can i get more information on this feature with some good smaples.... please help me out...more >>

hi, i'm a new bie to c#.net 2.0.... i've come across a new feature by name nullable types...need some info on it what is actually a null value... what exactly is advantage we get by specifying a value type as a null value... please clarify...more >>

hi, i'm a newbie....... i would like to know the usage of text reader and streamreader... which of these would give better performance..... when shud one use textreader and streamreader........more >>

I want to be able to use an ephemeral port (system assigned port) with the HttpListener class but cannot figure out how to do it. With a TcpListener, you would do something similar to: IPEndPoint localEP = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 0); TcpListener tcpListener = new TcpListener(lo...more >>

How do I write a system service in .Net? -- Regards, Gary Blakely ...more >>

I have several classes in my project: varietyData gradeData attributeData TreeData Because the TreeData class encompasses each of the previous 3 classes, to me it would make the most sense to allow TreeData to inherit from each of them. Unfortunately, this is not possible in .NET. O...more >>

Microsoft Development Environment 2003 Version 7.1.3088 Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Version 1.1.4322 I am trying to modify the value of a variable in the Command Window (immediate mode) but I am getting an error. Here is the code snippet: U_Appr_InfoDS.U_APPR_INFODataTable dt = da.GetA...more >>

Hi everybody, I've devloped an .NET DLL (written in C#) and referenced by a VB6 application. The dll uses the System.Net.Sockets.Socket class to connect a remote PC. For an unknowed reason, under Windows 2003 server x64 version, this DLL raises an System.PlatformNotSupportedException exc...more >>

Can ConfigurationSection or ConfigurationElement retrieve the configuration information in a generic way such as string or XmlNode type? I have sub-sections in the configuration which is specific for sub-class to initialize itself and needs to be passed to it in a generic way defined in base...more >>

I have an app written with a WPF '/ Winform hybrid application. On most machines it runs fine. On one machine I get a crash and the following is contained in the event viewer. EventType clr20r3, P1 ispec.exe, P2 1.0.0.8, P3 46124125, P4 presentationcore, P5 3.0.0.0, P6 45398ee6, P7 4f0e, P8 0,...more >>

Hi Can you guys point me out a component (either activex or .net) to convert ppt to video. Google fond me several applications to do so... Not a single component, though! Cheers, manuel ...more >>

How I can write somthing like this: [DllImport("%ProgramFiles%\\aaa.dll")] where %ProgramFiles% - some DOS variable?...more >>

Hi, We've been using the TransactionScope class which is great and really makes using Transactions a doddle. However, if we kill the process in the middle of a using(TransactionScope) block, it leaves it hanging, seemingly indefinitely, until we restart the DTC on either client or server. ...more >>

Hi, I would like to make a win service that test all the com ports and find the deviced connected. Some device have some commands that return data. How can I make this test? ...more >>

Hi, Is there any way so that I can create a copy of session object... Dim _mclass As New _MyClass _mclass.GetSetVar1 = "Value1" _mclass.GetSetVar2 = "Value2" Session("A") = _mclass Dim _gclass As New _MyClass _gclass = CType(Session("...more >>

Hi, in my application I need to get the current executing location of a thread. Until now I did this by Thread executingThread; .... executingThread.Suspend(); StackTrace executionLocation = new StackTrace(executingThread, false); executingThread.Resume(); .... This works very good. ...more >>

I have a C# winform with accelerator key associated with some menus. If my exe is in unmanaged C++ and the winform is invoked through interop, the accelerator key not working. If I create a new C#.Net project and the same winform is invoked in the C#.Net project, the accelerator key works perfec...more >>

I have a c# project as part of a larger VS 2005 solution that always gets build optimized and I therefore can not evaluate any values while debugging through the code ("Cannot evaluate expression because the code of the current method is optimized."). This happens alltough the checkbock "optimiz...more >>

Hi, Have run into a problem with TextWriter.Synchronized where we are logging errors. The call get the Textwriter looks like this: return TextWriter.Synchronized(File.AppendText(filename)); Where filename is the name of the log file and there are no other references to the filename wit...more >>

I am trying to build a regular expression that will fail to match if the line starts with a particular phrase, for example I want the match to fail if the line starts with "To Do". In other versions of regular expressions there is the ~ operator that lets me specify this, so I could do someth...more >>

Hi there, Can anyone provide any insight on why MSFT introduced "TypeConverter.GetProperties()". There are two classes for dealing with metadata in .NET, 'Type" and "TypeDescriptor". Each has a "GetProperites()" method so why complicate the situation even more than it already is by adding...more >>

Take a COM interface with a property declared like this: [propget, id(1)] HRESULT SomeProperty([out] int *sideProperty, [out, retval] int *mainProperty); This is weird but in COM it returns sideProperty when you call it. It even marshals correctly if you remote it. ..NET appears unable to...more >>

Hi here, I installed the Mar 2007 CTP and build some solutions with different .Net versions for learning some new C# features. After a few days, I lose track which solution building to which .Net version, and I cannot find it at the solution properties. Is there a method finding the .Net ve...more >>

Greeting. We have a 6 year old application, which contains both managed (C#) and unmanaged code (C++). For all the new components we try to create them in C#. We build all projects (both C++ and C# code) into a solution from visual studio .net 2003. In out solution we have a project implem...more >>

Hi, I have a web service installed on windows 2003 x64 machine. I have a consist exception from the web service: System.InvalidOperationException: There was an error generating the XML document. ---> System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is of...more >>

Hi Using vs2003 and sql server 2000 I would like ot save asp.net object attrributes such as alignment for a table cell, in sql server database. In my C# code I ahve to declare this as a HorizontalAlign type. then I give my variable the value "HorizontalAlign.Center". Now I can set the cell H...more >>

Hi, I am told that in VS 2003 (which I am running now) I cant select between ..NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0. I am considering buying VS 2005. Can I select .NET versions in VS 2005 (I have 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0 installed and I want to selected any of them) Thank you...more >>

We have 200+ concurrent users. We are looking at using Oracle database as the backend and VB.Net on the network as the front-end. Does anyone know if this will work and how? We will go to the web in a couple of years, but right now we are limited to the network with concurrent users of up to...more >>