I have a class I've written that works great as is; however, I now need to add three additonal fields to it. One of the additional fields is an integer, as is the case with the already existing field...actually, I guess property would be the better name for it...anyway; the other two properti...more >>

Hi, I'm working on Windows 2003 Server SP2 X64 edition to create SharePoint extentions. After each rebuild, I have to recycle app pool that use the extention I've build, that's why I wanted to add the following line in post build events : "%windir%\system32\cscript.exe" "%windir%\system...more >>

I"m programming an application in VS2005 (C#) and I'm having a devil of time locating images to put on my toolbar ... where are they found? - Jamie ...more >>

I have a program (works fine under XP), sends a udp message using .net udpclient and listens for a udp response from dedicated music server that our company manufactures. It does not work under Vista. I have Norton Anit-virus for Vista (completely turned off). I also have Windows firewall (c...more >>

Hi, Anybody has ever implemented a MemoryStream supporting more than 2gb? I'm trying to implement it buf I have some problems with Buffer.BlockCopy for large arrays. Any suggestion or useful resource? Thank -- Phatsoft Inc....more >>

When I double click on a folder instead of opening the contents the search options appears instead. On right clicking the folder I find the search option appears at the top of the list and open option is second on the list. How do I re-arrange these so that 'Open' appears at the top of the lis...more >>

I've installed Vista Business on a virtual machine, created a user "test" during installation. This user is in the Administrators role, I can see it in Computer / Manage / Local Users and Groups. My problem is next. When I run a .NET 2.0 configuration command caspol -m -ag All_Code -site mys...more >>

Is it possible to add a new record to the settings file at run-time? Or is the only possible time to add a new setting is design-time? There are many many thing in my application that the user can customize for him/her. I am thinking of stroring these in the settings file on the user PC but...more >>

hi, I have a windows service which is managed C# .NET 1.1. It is installed on many sites but on one site the admin has reported that the service shuts down whenever someone logs off the console. There is an event log message saying the service terminated unexpectedly. The service is runn...more >>

I have a web.config file and I want to externalize my connectionStrings setting so that it points to a separate file like so: <connectionStrings configSource=".\subdir\connectionstrings.config"> However, I am attempting to encrypt this in code. (I can't use aspnet_regiis because I need th...more >>

In some classes i have properties defined on others classes. In the classes referenced by properties, i need a reference to "parent" object. Something like this Public Class MainClass Public property1 as ClsData ... End Class Public Class ClsData private _pa...more >>

Hello, friends, In windows service, after specifying username/password in installer like the follows: this.serviceProcessInstaller1.Password = "12345"; this.serviceProcessInstaller1.Username = "prodDomain\\appUser"; and installing this window service, I believe th...more >>

Is there a way to create a copyright symbol as output? I've tried and haven't been able to. <AssemblyInfo CodeLanguage="VB" OutputFile=".\AssemblyInfo.vb" AssemblyTitle="App" AssemblyDescription="App Description" AssemblyCompany="Company Name" AssemblyP...more >>

hi , I'm really confused about where microsoft programmers have put the network classes? I've been looking for classes in .NET that can enumerate/set etc network shares , file sharing etc... for months now. I know that the WNetEnumOpen , and its family of API are the win32 way to go. but...more >>

Hi Lets say that me an my developer team wants to develope a website using Orcas and ASP.NET 3.0 features, targeting IIS7 on a future longhorn server. And we want to keep our windows XP (Don't want to move to Vista) Is that possible to develop against ASP.NET 3.0/IIS7 on a XP machine usi...more >>

I am comparing 2 objects with a lot of public properties(more than 100 which are all ValueType or string) So i decided to write a reflection based solution for that. My code looks something like this: public bool AreEqual(Mytype a, Mytype b) { PropertyInfo[] props = typeof(MyType).GetProper...more >>

Hello, [Apologize for the cross-post in microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.drawing, but I just noticed the .drawing group is not in the managed newsgroups list] I have written a custom web control that dynamically generates bitmaps in the response stream, using the Image.Save(stream, format) ...more >>

Hello, friends, I found some articles about WCF, and saw it used System.ServiceModel. However, I could not find this name space in our .net 2005. Is WCF in .net 3.0 or higher only? Thanks....more >>

I am using the Regular Expression Validator, and I need to test for a pattern that allows words in quotes, or multiple words in quotes seperated by the word "OR". I can get the single word in quotes check [^"]*, but I don't know how to add the OR delimeter. Any suggestions? See example Belo...more >>

hi, I have a class which uses Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey class, and i am trying to Serialize this class but i get the following Error... anu ponter will be really helpfull.. Message="Type 'Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey' in Assembly 'mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, Publi...more >>

hi, i'm a newbie to regex.... i need to check if a given string has more than two occurences of . in the begiining of string for ex, if string has value .test is valid but ..test is invalid Can you help me out with the pattern for such strings?...more >>

Hi all. There is any way to know what are COM ports available/active on Pocket PC throught C# Compact Framework? And if possible also the name of the card/program that use these ports. Thank you very much ...more >>

I am using windws 2003 std edition server with IIS 6.0 which was ruuning fine with dot net frame work 1.1 with out any errors. But in last week I have installed dotnet frame work 2.0 which are generating a unique error message in event viewer. Please find the error message below and help me i...more >>

I would be pleased if someone gives me a general idea; how I am going to do this. I am using visual C++ .NET 2003. I made a simple program using conventional C++ code. This program accepts data from the user, does some calculations and outputs the result back to the user using the co...more >>

I have a class derived from UserControl. I need to serialize an object of this class, but only some properties of it, as not all properties are serializable (some of the properties coming from UserControl are like that). When serializing, how could I ignore all the properties coming from the Use...more >>

Hi, I need bind a Treeview control in my windows form with xml file and also,,, display icons for each tree node.... how can I acheive it? ...more >>

Hello, we are developing an application that must process images coming from a multispectral vision system. Images must be saved and loaded in TIFF format, which I know it's possible calling Save(System.String filename, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat format) The problem is that we need to w...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to create a Shell Namespace Extension in C#, but I'm kind of stuck. I'm using the framework at "http://www.dcooney.com/wiki/?NamespaceExtension" to create the Namespace, and I can see that. I can see the folders I have asked it to create when I double click, except they ar...more >>

Hi, I have a Wi-Fi adapter connected to my PC. It detects some access points and some computers and devices with Wi-fi capabilities. I want to know where these information stored in the PC. Is there any way to get these information through C#? Please let me know. To be more clear, I dont w...more >>

Hi gang, I have a win32 C# app that needs to recursively search for a particular file type really fast. It always searches the same place for these files. I'm using Directory.GetDirectories and Directory.GetFiles to do it currently. Because I know the location is the same every time I b...more >>

Can anyone please tell me how it is possible to get the following crash when accessing ListBox.SelectedIndex property: Message: Index was outside the bounds of the array. Stack Trace: at System.Windows.Forms.ListBox.ItemArray.GetEntryObject( Int32 virtualIndex, Int32 stateMask) at System...more >>

Hi there, Does anyone know how to go about reading/writing a type to a file in a language (culture) independent way. For instance, let's say you're dealing with the native "System.Drawing.Size" type on an English version of Windows. You use the "TypeConverter" for this structure to generate...more >>

I am very new to threading. I am having trouble deciding on which object i should obtain lock. class MyClass { private ICollection<ClassB> myColl; public void ModifyCollection() { lock(????) { //modify the collection } } } Should I obtain lock on myColl itself or should...more >>

I am parsing my ASP.NET 2.0 web apps. web.config file. The following line produces xnl with 0 elements XmlNodeList xnl = xd.SelectNodes("/configuration/appSettings/add"); if web. config has: <?xml version="1.0"?> <configuration xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0"> ...more >>

Hello, I'm trying to build a WPF project in Visual Studio 2005, I didn't type much code in the project, I just opened a new WPF Application template from Visual Studio and run it, however the resulting executable fails to run with this runtime error retrieved from Microsoft error reporting ...more >>

I want to use a .Net class to install a service written in unmanaged C++. Are there .Net classes to do this? It appears the classes only allow you to install a service written in .Net. Thanks. ...more >>

My application consists of a single form with a panel on it. When the user selects a menu item, a UserControl is loaded onto the panel. All the UserControl forms are derived from ctrlForm.vb. I want to embed 4 Subversion keywords into each UserControl. Each of these keywords would be represente...more >>

Hi, I see that TcpClient.Connected only gets updated after an I/O operation. This stumps me. I have a service that listens for connections, and spawns a thread for each connection to deal with client requests. I maintian the thread as long as the service is running and the socket is connec...more >>

A search for programming books turned up programmerworld.net where I found tons of books that can be downloaded for free. Some of these are fairly recent (2006). Are these just authors who allow electronic distribution of their books or is something fishy going on here? -- TRW ___________...more >>

Looking for Steven Cheng [MSFT] and Mr. Walter Wang... I have created rdlc files and when I load them into Report Viewer at run time they appear OK, If I click on 'Print layout' button on Report Viewer the view again appears unacceptable and clicking on 'Page setup' button the margins left &...more >>

Hi, I have to create a web page in .net 1.1 having controls whose actions are performed through AJAX, means user can do operation without any post back. In back end I defined a Ajax method which is called every time whenever a hit is made. This method invokes a web method resides in Web ...more >>

Hi all I have a requirement and i need some resolution to work on. i have to read a webpage and extract few values from the page. I am using the httpwebrequest meathod to query the webpage that based on the values generate a result on the webpage and then i need to pick the phone number a...more >>

Hello, I am trying to avoid using a DataTable to find particular data rows, because I believe generic.list(of someobject) is faster. Unfortunately, two seperately instantiated objects do not have the same hashcode so I am unable to compare them within a Contains() call [even though they co...more >>

I "lost" outlook express. In the control panel under mail I deleted my old dial up account because now i have dsl. when i did this my mail icon on my desktop disappeared. Went back into the "cp" under Mail and added my new one. Still no icon and when i open my email from my browser"with th...more >>

I have some code for a .Net 2.0 winforms application which modifies the app's config file. The code works without error for me, but when another developer runs the same code in Visual Studio debug he receives a permissions exception on the statement config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.M...more >>

I have created an installer class library. I am trying to run it inside the debugger by running INSTALLUTIL.EXE to load the .dll. What is the correct syntax to do this, and pass command line arguments to the DLL, in the 'Properties' page of the class libary project. Many thanks. ...more >>

I've been programming for 20 years in a variety of languages including C, xBase, SQL and others including quite a bit of OOP. I have yet to do any C++ or C# development. I want to delve into .NET and/or other current Microsoft development platforms, but am not sure what direction to go in. The...more >>

Hi, friends, Here is a question about Windows service concept in C#.net 2005. Suppose my service is doing a transaction, say modifying records/data of a database. At this point, a user issues a command to stop this service? How this service will behave? It will stop right away without roll...more >>

I am in a form and want to place the one of two date fields into a report I am emailing. the Date field names are FirstDateMailed and SecDateMailed..... I want to identify where the cursor is (in which field) and then place the contents of the field into a report. I think I know how to d...more >>

I've defined the following snippet: -- Private _docNav As XPathDocument = Nothing Private _nav As XPathNavigator = Nothing Public Function Process() As List(Of ICassIn) _docNav = New XPathDocument(FileName) _nav = _docNav.CreateNavigator Me.RecursiveW...more >>