I am trying to download DIFxAPP so that I can integrate a driver installation with my application installer. I keep finding myself going in circles trying to find it and would appreciate a URL, Thanks, Sid. ...more >>

We have written a SOAP Extension assembly that writes timings and method counts to Performance Counter instances every time a Web Method is invoked. This has been working stably for some years. Recently one one server or another we have noticed some exceptions coming out of this assembly: ...more >>

Hello Folks, Has anyone had any experience deploying to Vista 64 bit OS using ClickOnce? We are having problems with two development machines where Visual Studio 2008 is already installed. The application in question has Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio (x86,x64) selected as a prere...more >>

Hi I have a files which contains & & &quote; I want to replace & with & , but not & or &quote; Will someone please help with the Regular Expression. TIA Barry ...more >>

I am searching for information on programmatically creating static network routes. We need to integrate the functionality of the command line "route.exe" utility to create a static route. I would appreciate any pointers to understanding how to do this with the .net framework classes. Thank yo...more >>

Hi, How do i get the line number of the calling method in debug-mode. This is what i do: StackTrace st = new StackTrace(); string s = string.Format("Method:{0}, line:{1}", st.GetFrame(1).GetMethod(), "??"); This method gets the callers function name, but i don'...more >>

Something got funky with my build. I had been happily developing my web site when all of a sudden F6 (or rebuild solution) decided it was not going to compile my .aspx.cs nor ascx.cs code and thus I do not get error messages until I try to open page in browser. Could someone walk me through...more >>

I am curious. When looking at the XML comments provided by .NET 2.0. What is the difference between a single and double back tick? MS documentation http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fsbx0t7x(VS.80).aspx states; For generic types, the name of the type will be followed by a back tick and...more >>

Hey, Can someone help? We have visual studio 2008, and our coding team have been coding new features on our older infrastructure. Currently it runs dotnet framework 2.0 and we are having issues when running this or uploading any new developments. Is there any way of selecting what fram...more >>

Hi Robert, I recently came across the same problem. I am not able to debug parts of the code when I attach my visual studio debugger to an already launched process. Did you find a way to get across it ? Do I need to modify the build settings for the particular assembly to solve the problem ? T...more >>

how could I find file size of an bitmap object downloaded from an web site without saving it to the disk (and using system.io.FileInfo)? is there any way to create some kind of an byte array and read it's size? ...more >>

I want to pass parameters to a click once application run from the windows scheduler. I have found several references that tell me these applications are launced using a URL to the deployment manifest using query string parameter syntax: http://mydeploymentserver/MyApplicationFolder/MyApplic...more >>

Hi, can I upgrade the dotnet framework from 2.0 to 3.5, and use it in my VS2005 projects development? Thanks...more >>

We just moved to .NET 2.0, and in trying out System.Net.NetworkInformation and friends, I find that it always says IsDnsEnabled=false, even when that connection clearly is using DNS to resolve names, I can fetch back DNS server addresses, etc. Anyone else see this? All of the other settings look...more >>

How many superdelegates does it take to screw in a lightbulb? No... I was wondering if an instance of delegate stateful or can it be reused? For example you see a lot of (new AsyncCallback (method), param) it i/o calls. If the delegate itself isn't carrying state, it seems like you could...more >>

Hi, In .NET there is attribute named ObsoleteAttribute which is derived from System.Attribute Class. This attribute when applied to a target (class or method etc.) gives a compiler warning/error. I know we can write our own attributes by inheriting the System.Attribute but I want to make i...more >>

Windows services opens a win application form. Hi, How do I get my Windows service opens form in windows application ? I have this bit of code : Service1.cs =========== using System.Windows.Forms; protected override void OnStart(string[] args) { Application.EnableVisualStyles(); ...more >>

Hi Friends, I created one ASP.Net 2.0 application and deployed that in IIS. When I tried to access that through IE, it is giving following error. The current identity (ComputerName\ASPNET) does not have write access to 'C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files...more >>

Hi, Do Visual Studio .Net 2005 need to be installed for installing AJAX Extension. Thank you Naveen G...more >>

Hi I have a question or two which I'm pretty sure of the answers, but wanted it confirmed by those who know more than me!! Basically we want to share assemblies across many applications and allow for side by side execution, but for reasons that I don’t quite agree with the GAC is rule...more >>

Hi I am trying to read a large xml file (about 69mb in size) using ReadXML() method of DataSet, it takes very long to do so, i there some other way to read such large XML files. TIA Barry ...more >>

6Nov08 6Nov2008 26Nov08 26Nov2008 Will someone please give me the Regular Expression from the above 4 items, i need to extract day , Month and Year TIA Barry ...more >>

Hello, A windows forms client connect to an ASP.NET 2.0 web service. A proxy class is generated by Visual Studio 2005. How can I simply store (on client side) the time of the last call to the web service, without modifying the proxy generated class file ? Thanks for yout help. -- F...more >>

Hello all, I'm trying to use paths longer than 260 characters, but the classes I've used like System.Directory seems to lack support of NTFS long paths like: \\?\d:\test or \\?\UNC\testmachine\testshare Can anybody give me any clue on that? Thanks in advance...more >>

I'm looking into a production issue related to a windows service and System.Timers.Timer. The background is the windows service uses a System.Timers.Timer to periodically poll a directory location on a network for files and then copies these files to another location (on the network) AND then up...more >>

I have found ways by checking the registry, but we have hundreds of computers. I have a powershell script that can verify the presence of folders and files. Is there one specific file or folder that .NET 2.0 installs that I can check for?...more >>

When this error appears it's also difficult to get out of both the error message and media center. Here is the error: WINDOWS - NO DISK exception processing message c00000135 parameters 75b6bf9c 475b6bf9c 75b6bfac...more >>

Hi there, On some computers running Windows XP, the ProtectData() method sometimes throws the following CryptographicException: Type: System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException Message: The system cannot find the file specified. Source: System.Security Stack Trace: ...more >>

I have a winform application, and forms with several nested controls incl. tab controls, tablelayoutpanel, groupboxes and the controls. I also have some usercontrols that I am adding dynamically. All together I have more than 300 controls on the application. The problem is that when I scroll, th...more >>

I installed VS 2008 with the .Net framework and the Configuration utility doesn't seem to be installed. How can I install this? thanks for your help john...more >>

I want to copy a DateTime value to/from an byte[] array. However, when I try to get the size of DateTime by using sizeof(DateTime), the compiler complains: 'System.DateTime' does not have a predefined size, therefore sizeof can only be used in an unsafe context (consider using System.Runtim...more >>

Hi there, sorry for crossposting, it's getting late in the evening here in Europe :-( I have a little problem binding a generic list to a GridView. The List gets filled with data from textboxes (via properties in class Person, see below) and I want the grid to show each new set of textbox st...more >>

Hello, We are having a lot of problems trying to print a PDF file in the background using a C# application that is executed via SQL Server Agent. The output should be printed to a local printer (HP Color LaserJet 1600) connected via a USB port. We have a C# application that calls System...more >>

Can anyone post an example of how to log to a custom (new) Event Log? I don't want to use Application or System or any of the other built-in ones. I want to write to a new log called "CustLog". I think I just need to see what the .config snippet should look like, right? Thanks. ...more >>

How do I send a Socket Close Event in .NET Sockets? Thanks, Phil...more >>

Ha all. I have a my custom class with few strings. Then i have a List of my custom class. I' m adding data to list with "mylist.Add(mycustmclass)" I wnat to bind that list to a GridView but i get an exeption " The data source for GridView with id 'GridView1' did not have any properties or attr...more >>

How do you recognize a Socket Close event in .NET. From what I have read on the internet, it is done by checking if the byte count is zero in the EndReceive() callback function in an Asynchronous type of connection. What I can't seem to find out is how you do this if you are using a Synchron...more >>

I use Socket.Receive(Byte[]) to receive data in server from client over TCP/IP. All byte values of 0xFF sent by client are showing up DUPLICATED in server receive. In other words, if client sends [0xFF, 0x01], then server receives [0xFF, 0xFF, 0x01]. It's as if bytes having values 0xFF are tre...more >>

Hi everyone, i've got a problem with a Form, because it is not being disposed of when I close the form. Nevertheless, callback methods registerd to the "Form.Disposed" event of this very Form are being called. But when the callback method are being executed the "Form.IsDisposed" property is...more >>

Hi all, I need to make a typed dataset cause i import a dataset from foxpro I use this code Dim oDbcommand As New SqlDataAdapter(Sql, Conn_SqlServer) oDbcommand.MissingSchemaAction = MissingSchemaAction.AddWithKey oDbcommand.Fill(Me.DataSet, Me.TableName) My Problem is vs 2005 or Frame...more >>

We need to be able to use the following URL that is given to us by a test harness. hTTps://000.000.000.000:000/59B9F4F20E2911DDA2C7E519FDF7B25D;59B9F4F30E2911DDA2C79DE1971E1E45/@%5C%A1%38jzrF%88K6czQq%2A~%bc%e0HMn%027Cxh:Kc)R+z%0EAPySaroF%19b-0X2G%06F)%3du%c2%55eOQY%03DZd*:8cviSj.A~CYRe.H.$%4CM...more >>

If you must, here is some code: http://www.geocities.com/jeff_louie/OOP/oop40.htm Regards, Jeff *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***...more >>

Does the ThreadPool in framework 3.5 honor the SetMaxThreads method? The reason I ask is that I started a program that queued 256 worker threads in the threadpool and after a few minutes, task manager (and the console output) showed all of them working. I have situations where I need to limi...more >>

Hi, I know that Socket class performed poorly in .NET 2.0, was it fixed in .NET 3.5? Can you give an expert advice regarding xf.server component(http://www.kodart.com) that pretends to be a better solution for network programming in .net Thanks, Gregory...more >>

I'm an unashamed C coder learning C#, and in my first 24 hours with the language I've already found my first TIDL (thing I don't like), the inane "error cs0165." I'm sure that this has been discussed and argued over at great length, but I'm having trouble finding useful information about why thi...more >>

I have a Datetime of "2008-04-17 00:00:00.000" and a Datetime of "2008-04-18 16:55:28.000", and I need to join them to be "2008-04-17 16:55:28.000" What is the best way to parse that? Thanks. ...more >>

Is it possible to catch these video signals from C#? I want to control internal task timing with display updates. Thx Marc...more >>

Are primitive types like bool threadsafe ? Or do we need to use synchronization when multiple threads concurrently access a value type ? Thanks, Ramesh...more >>

Here's the context. We have a setup program that will deploy an application to our clients. The exe deletes all of its files when the user exists from the application (I know this is odd, it's a requirement of the project). To run the application again, the user must run the msi twice. The...more >>

Hi, I need a fast way to enumerate files in a directory hierarchy. I have tried the Directory.GetFiles routine with search option set to AllDirectories, because it seemed to be useful for this task, but it has some limitations: - whenever a subdirectory is encountered that is not accessible f...more >>