Looking for code samples to create/remove/manipulate Public Folders on Exchange 2003. Thanks. ...more >>

Hi, I'm not sure whether this is the right group; I'm trying to achieve the following with .NET's RegEx class: I want to match strings while ignoring the number of whitespaces. In a simple case, this would of course mean something like a\s+b which would match not only "a b", but also "a ...more >>

I need to ensure that session variables are removed whenever someone leaves my web site. My understanding is that this should be happening automatically with the session mode set to InProc. But it's not. Every machine I'm testing this on does the same thing, but then again, everyone is us...more >>

We have an application (VS 2003) that uses binary serialization / deseralization with formatter surrogates for some features. It works ok on CLR Versions 1.1.4322.573, 1.1.4322.2032, and 1.1.4322.2300 however on CLR Version 1.1.4322.2379 it receives the following exception during deserializ...more >>

Some time ago I wrote a simple reflection.emit example where I emitted an entire assembly based on source code. Now I forgot exactly how and all examples online deal only with defining a class through reflection methods, defining a method and then finally emitting IL for that specific method. ...more >>

Hi I have some paradox db's i need to connect to. I have figured out that i can do this using ODBC, however C# Express edition does not support this connectivity easily and must be done programmatically. I have a class to do this: public static class Data { public const string...more >>

Hi, guys, When playing with the sample source code for WCF service at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms730935.aspx, I got an error: The contract type Microsoft.ServiceModel.Samples.CalculatorService is not attributed with ServiceContractAttribute. In order to define a valid co...more >>

I have checked the regsistry & the add/remove programs for correct installation of 3.0 but the 3.0 .NET framework does not show up in my VS 2005. What do I do to make VS recognize 3.0 ?? Thanks -- Andrew...more >>

I have a document that I wrote in English and now for some reason when I try to spell check it my system is using a French dictionary. I checked MS Offcie 2003 Language Settings and the only enabled languae is English (US). I had this problem once before accidentally figured out how to change ...more >>

Hello all. This morning one of my applications stopped working. The error message I'm getting if this one: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException was unhandled Message="The handle is invalid" Source="System" ErrorCode=6 NativeErrorCode=6 StackTrace: at System.Net.Sockets....more >>

Hello, Well, I have a problem with a dynamic debuging. My program is winform program written in Managed c++. I compile dynamically a dll in vb.net. It works well. To execute a function in my dll I use the invoke function. It works well. However, I would like, if there is a runtime error...more >>

We are trying to convert an image into a PCL format but unfortanately our efforts are not paying off. The reason for this conversion is because we would like to print on a continuous paper (on dot matrix printers) but if we send the data directly the printer does not recognize the end of the p...more >>

I am fairly new to .net development. I have read a number of articles about developing messenger applications, but they all assume that it is operating internally and that the IP address of the client is known. I would like to develop a messenger-esque service that will communicate live database...more >>

Hello All, As we known, in Visual Stdio 2003 or 2005, the property of Autosize is set to True by defaut, how can I customize this and set property of Autosize to False? Any ideas? Thanks ...more >>

Hi all I have two coloumns in a excel worksheet where the first coloumn is a header and the second coloumn is a corresponding value. Also i have a text file That contains header and values in a tabdelimited format. Now the requirement is like I have to compare the Headers in excel with the h...more >>

Dear All I have a very urgent requirement if somebody can help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have a requirement to upload a file through a remote web page. Speaking more clearly i have a excel addin that will pick some values from the cells and create a text file, after that using a web page url...more >>

I am aware how to divert incoming email from particular sources to designated folders using the 'create a rule' procedure. However, is it possible to have emails I send to particular people, go to specific folders and not all go to the default 'sent' folder?...more >>

Hello, I have a Framework 2.0 application that needs to be deployed on a PC with more than one user using ClickOnce. But it seems that once its deployed for one user when the next user signs onto the PC the application is not available to them, the app needs to be installed again. Is there no...more >>

if I use enterprise library to do asp.net caching, should I still use session variables? thanks, Joyce ...more >>

I've configured Trace switch in my app.config file: DebugLevel = new TraceSwitch("DebugLevel", "Trace Level for Entire Application"); and have created and initialized a trace listener in my application code: FileStream m_Stream = new FileStream(m_logFile, FileMode.Append, FileAccess.Write);...more >>

My application process records...lots of records. I typically read 85K records from one Ms-Access table, then for each records of that table , I have to read 3 others tables (in separate Ms-Access DB) having hundreds of thousands records each, then I insert even more records in to another table,...more >>

Hi, We have developed an addin for our software which required the Office 2003 PIAs. Now we have downloaded the Office 2003 PIA redistributable (O2003PIA.EXE) which is a signed self extracting ZIP. Having read the documentation contained within this it suggests we can wrap the MSI ...more >>

I am trying to install the .NET Framework 3.0 on a system that does not have internet access. I have searched my MSDN subscriptions and can only find deployments that want to access the Internet. Even my DVD version requires the internet. I cannot connect the development system to the Int...more >>

Hello, I was looking for specific feature in Configuration but I failed. What I need, is to set up custom configuration loader - we do not use .NET Configuration normally for server applications but trying to employ WCF we need to register into ConfigurationManager (or WebConfigurationManager...more >>

Hi, I have a doubt, can we able to give an option(button click) should uninstall the application itself. I am using an .Net windows application. In that application we have a button(Uninstall) that should uninstall the application. Can we do this one. by, B.N.Prabhu....more >>

Hai, I have one doubt about .net runtime environment. Whether each .net application having its own runtime environment or one runtime evironment will manage all the application. For eg., if we run one java application, java.exe file will run for each application. we can see...more >>

Is there any tool that I could use to examine what objects are taking memory on the heap? I'm running into problems discovering which of my objects are not garbage collected and why. I think a Heap Analysis Tool would help. ...more >>

I am currently facing a .net Runtime 2.0 error when running my application. The .net error pops up randomly and just kills my application by saying .net runtime error. i cannot really figure it out what the actual problem is. the event log shows the following description: Faulting applicatio...more >>

I'm trying to create a subclass of Slider which slide from one color to the next and has a gradient brush background. The C# code has 2 new properties: StartColor, EndColor The XAML code is the following: ================== <Slider x:Class="TransparencySlider.ColorSlider" xmlns="http://sc...more >>

I have managed to make a ListBox where the scrollbar is replaced by up = and down button with the code below: =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D <ListBox Width=3D"100" Height=3D"100"> <ListBox.Resources> <Style TargetType=3D"{x:Type ScrollViewer}"> <Setter Property=3D"Template"> <Set...more >>

Hi, Can any expert here tell me where can I specify the version of .net framework used in each project Visual Studio 2005 ? -- peter ...more >>

Hi, I want to let user type a line of C# code in a textbox and execute it. How can I do that? I need something like interpreter of C# rather than its compiler. I considered using CSahrp and CodeDom namespaces but they seem not suitable for my purpose because: 1- It needs a complete win f...more >>

Hey Guys, I'm about to take a job where I'll be doing .net programming, however my forte to date has been more along the lines of web programming with ColdFusion, PHP, etc. The last time I did application programming was back in the MS-DOS days with C++, Pascal, and Basic. The company will ...more >>

Hi All, I try to define profile in web.config as below <anonymousIdentification enabled="true"/> <profile enabled="true"> <properties> <add name="logon" type="string" allowAnonymous="true" /> <add name="rule" type="string" allowAnonymous="true"/> </properties> ...more >>

Hi, I believe this is a framework level issue. I am not sure. Pls help me. Developement Evn: ================ Vb.net 2005( framework 2.0) Error: ========== ContextSwitchDeadlock was detected Message: The CLR has been unable to transition from COM context 0x1b2938 to COM context 0x1b2aa...more >>

One of our coworker created a dll for us, which is written in Visual Studio .NET 2005 (VB). I tried to add the dll to our .NET 2003 project, and get the follow error: "A reference to "MyDLL.dll" could not be added. This is not a valid assembly or COM component. Only assemblies with extension"d...more >>

How do i delete a file to the recycle bin using vb.net 2005? -- Sandeep Thoppil...more >>

How should I share source code between different projects? In this case it is one solution with multiple projects where some source files I want to share (including the dataset classes). I thought this would be easy, put the files in one directory and make a link to each file, however this...more >>

I cannot figure out how to detect what version of the framework my app is running under. If we are under 64 bit Vista there is a special registry subkey, ok great. But now I am getting reports from users that a Creative Labs driver is creating the hive under Vista32 and XP 32 at install. So ...more >>

Hi NG, is there a way to get the Windows Password of a user in an encrypted form? In my logon process I want to check the current (windows) user and password. If they fits no logon screen will be displayed and the program starts. Has somebody an idea how to get it? Thanks in advance ...more >>

I am writing a C++ library. I know that I can export classes through dllexport keyword. However, we also need this library to be accessible from ..Net applications. Our original plan is to package it using COM. Is there a way to expose these classes without adding COM layer? Thanks ...more >>

Hello, I'm confused about WHEN to load assemblies dynamically. While I was studying my Win MCTS I did some practice with small pieces of code, but not understanding the WHAT FOR concept for it all: I will explain my little problem: I'm developing a little network app (APP1) that will be ...more >>

I have a class in my application that monitors for a few given processes going up or down so that the user can be shown visually that something is wrong. This class works fine for Windows 2003 SP1 but as soon as I apply SP2 I get many exceptions like: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: ...more >>

Hello, I have a question wich I should already now its answer, but here I go... I 'm developing a windows application (.NET 2.0) wich has a reference to a component (a tlb file) that resides on a certain place in our local network; let's say it's ... \\serverapp\SIGRID2\Sigrid.tlb Th...more >>

I would like to learn .Net framework in order to develop an hybryd system. I do have solid knowledge of general programming with some languages. I may need information about: Desktop GUI programming on .Net Web Application development with Asp.Net Handling Database with .Net DBMS used is ...more >>

Hi, I want to set focus on a textform when my form is displayed to the user. I've set tablndex of textbox to 0 and tried the textBox1.Focus()..but still the text in the textbox is not being hightlighted... how shud i proceed...more >>

HI All, Here is my problem: log4net works fine with my Client (Windows Application .Net 1.1) but does not log any thing when i use it in my server (Com+ DLLs). Does any one know why or how to make it work. Thanks in Advance Harish ...more >>

Hi all, I want to monitor one directory (and its subdirectories) in local machine. How can I detect who and when reading files? I used System.IO.FileSystemWather, but I couldn't get an event who is reading. My environment is Windows 2003. Thanks for any advice. Best Regards Enosh Chang ...more >>

IE & will no longer download files, if i try to save a file the destination is not available in the download box and then an error message appears saying unable to download. In outlook express i can not open a word doc attachment (for example) if I save as and move the file I can then open it ...more >>

Hello, I develop C#.NET (WinForm) over 2003server. I am looking for a way to adjust a component size (width pixels) according to a given text of a certain font (i.e font family, size and style) Lets say i have a sentence(english or hebrew), i want the textbox to expand and minimize if i ch...more >>

Whenever I build even the very simplest application in C# (for example, a console application which doesn't add any controls or anything), in the Debug output directory I get three files: - App.exe - App.pdb - App.vshost.exe What are the last 2? Do I need them to run my app properly? Al...more >>

Hi. Is there any kind of engine that comes with .NET to allow me to create a file which JIT compiles and runs as a "script" in Windows? Meaning, is there a way to do this where I don't have to build a whole Project and everything but I can still create something in C#? Alex...more >>

I currently have two email accounts that both use microsoft outlook web access.. The one account I can use perfectly, the other account I can only read emails. Why? When I reply, it has an error (it looks like a sheet of paper with a red x in it). My security settings have been changed to t...more >>

Hi I need to precisely track changes on a specified file. I have to be able to know exactly what bytes of a file had been modified (or how much added/deleted). This file is a binary file containing an old database, changes on it are made by an dedicated DBMS. I found FileSystemWatcher class b...more >>

Dear All, I need to save the content of a panel to a bitmap. The panel can have many child controls which also need to be saved. The problem would be solved if I could have the panel saved to a Graphics object, which is the same as if I'd need to print it. It'd be easy using Control.DrawToBit...more >>

Hello, I am using a RichInk Implementation for the compact framework and I am copying the PWI data over to the desktop and converting it to RTF format by streaming the data out using the RICHINK.dll library. The RTF data I retrieve out of the PWI data is the following: {\rtf1\a...more >>

Hi, I've build a custom web service that is used to digitally signed cab files that are used to install smart devices application. Using a standard Process.start and processstartinfo pattern, I run this command line : filename : c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\...more >>

¿is it possible by code to simulate that i am in a different time zone just for to execute a few lines of code? in my case i am in the time zone "Santiago/Chile" which is GMT-04, but for to execute a few lines of code that demand time zone "GMT 0" i need to change or simulate de time zone "G...more >>

How do I display debug messages from a Win32 application project (visual studio c++). I'd like to print the messages in the output window of visual studio ...more >>

Hi, My client has an existing project done in Borland C++ that I was wanting to port to .Net. Most of seems fairly easy to move over except that it uses (heavily) the Borland TMediaPlayer control for: - playing small music files (currently stored as MP3s) - at the same time listening to th...more >>

We need to add the ability for users to execute scripts for our application, which runs a scientific tool. The users will be scientist, not professional programmers. A few years ago I would have used the Active Scripting objects and supported JScript scripts accessing our app's object model. ...more >>

hi, i'm a newbie to winforms.. in my application..i've created a main form.. i show the other forms as dialog form on click event of buttons of my mainform ... but, here is a small problem..the forms which i show as dialog are resizable.. I can drag or shrink the form..which i dont to happen....more >>

Hi all, is it possible to derive from an array type - in my case from Byte[]. The purpose is to override the ToString() of Byte[] method in such a way that it results in a string representing the Byte[] as a 'normal' string - i know that only legal ASCIIs are in the array - and not resulting ...more >>