Hi, I want to compare 2 text-files (e.g. .ini, .cnf, ...) and process them, depending on their differences, like strdiff = dotnet.diff(stream1, stream2); So is there a build-in function to do this? Thanks Michel...more >>

Using .NET Framework 3.5, I would like to programatically create a ..tlb (COM Type Library file) for Registration. I do not want to use regsvcs or any other SDK or Visual Studio-related tool. I just want to access the classes that do the work with C#. Thanks. ...more >>

Hi I think I posted this before but with a search still could not find the result. Looking for a spell check tool that integrates nicely with vs.net 2005 (web apps), already has the word library built. It does not have to be freeware. Thanks -- Paul G Software engineer....more >>

Is the .Net framework Java Specification Request (JSR) 168 compliant? Does anybody know of any information of this out there that I could read? -- Chris Davoli ...more >>

Can anyone explain the difference between Match.Captures and Match.Groups in regex's? Note: I understand how Regex works, I just don't understand what the difference is between these two collections. ..Captures always seems to contain only one entry when I match something, no matter if th...more >>

I'm developing one small "windows application" in C# (Visual Studio 2005) and I have a couple of questions ... Startup form creates an instance of one of my classes. That instance creates a new thread which has an endless loop. 1. If I just close the form (mouse click on "X" for i...more >>

Hi all, I have a Delphi application (written by me) what I have to port to c#/.NET. In the application all the menupoints open a form, so I tought, I will port the forms of the original appl. by menupoints. So when the user clicks on a menupoint, what already ready in c#, I have to signal s...more >>

I need to make a change to a reistry key on about 200 XP workstations and want to write a script to do it. Anyone know where I can find RegChg.exe? Thank You...more >>

Hello, I have an issue where I've replaced a single class field with a number of separate fields that allow more fine control. The problem is that my old files, saved using XmlSerialization, still have this old field name in them, and I need to be able to read it and set the new fields appro...more >>

I understand that clickonce is supposed to be fixed in 2008 for Firefox. Is this true? Do I need to create a new application? I tried just rebuilding an existing project and opened the resulting publish.htm file in FF and it just prompted me to save the .application file and not open i...more >>

hello, I have a server set up on my local (home) network and can not get an ajax application to run on the box. it works fine on our developement server and also works fine locally. I copied the application to the server, setup the website, installed the ajax extensions, also loaded/enabl...more >>

We've got a .NET 3.5 app that seems to be crashing a client machine (periodically). Does the .NET Framework keep any logs that may help us track down the problem? If so, where are they held? ...more >>

I have installed my .NET assembly and components into a COM+ server application. To make it accessible to .NET apps, I need to now get it in the GAC, correct? Should I install into the GAC first or COM+ first? If I install it into the GAC first, how can I install it into COM+ since I don't know ...more >>

How can I compute the intersection of two sets of data, if the two sets are in memory? I am using .Net 2.0. I need to find the numbers that are found in both collections. Is that called an intersect? Maybe this would be an argument for getting Visual Studio 2008 and .Net 3.5. -- Arne G...more >>

Hi, How do i send MSMQ messages using the old way (System.Messaging.MessageQueue) to a host that use WCF ?? Messages sent through WCF are much bigger than messages created/sent through MessageQueue. Is there a way to exchange messages between the two systems ?? BR Peter ...more >>

PerformanceCounterCategory.Create() takes 3 minutes to add a new category!! If I run PerformanceCounterCategory.Create() on my development machine it only takes a few seconds. But on remotely monitored machines it takes 3 minutes! Is this because the other machines are remotely monitored? S...more >>

How quickly check the directory on the emptiness? Faster than System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(). http://www.alvas.net - Audio tools for C# and VB.Net developers ...more >>

I have tried installing any of the .net frameworks to windows xp professional sp2, I have even gone so far as to edit the registry. This is the list of my most recent failures error codes. [04/05/08,21:03:08] Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0: [2] Error: Installation failed for component Microsoft ...more >>

I have a managed application running as a service at several hundred sites. The application has logging code throughout, so it is clear when the application shuts down normally. Several times a week, the application will terminate unexpectedly at various sites; that is, the logging just ends, ...more >>

System.Collections.Generic.List<int> myList = new System.Collections.Generic.List<int>(100); Does this preallocate 100 integers? Also, is there any way to preallocate an array of objects all at once? MyOb[] al= new MyOb[100]; for (int z = 0; z < nCount; z++) { al[z] = new MyO...more >>

Hi... One of my coworkers recently discovered that the presence of certain unicode characters in a string seems to freak out String.IndexOf() and was wondering why that is. He wrote a little tester program that tested a big chunk of the range and found some 4000 of them, but I'll just post...more >>

I have a web deployment project with the following msbuild code. <Target Name="AfterBuild"> <Exec WorkingDirectory="$(OutputPath)" Command="$(MSBuildBinPath)\aspnet_regiis.exe -pef connectionStrings $(OutputPath) -prov HrCustomProvider" /> <RemoveDir Directories="$(OutputPath)/ConfigFi...more >>

I have a Visual Studio 2005 solution that contains a website and a class library. The class library has a web reference to a web service. I want to be able to override the URL used by the class library for its web reference, ideally by just changing a value in the website's web.config. Is ...more >>

I have some code, in .NET 2.0 that is making use of the BindingList<T> class. When an item is added to the list, the ListChanged event is fired as expected. However, if I change the value of one of the properties of an item in the list, the ListChanged event is not raised. I am sure I must be ...more >>

Hi everyone, I've run into a strange problem when prompting the user to confirm whether they want to clear a checkbox. It seems that showing a MessageBox during a PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown event seems to disrupt normal operation of a checkbox in that it will no longer uncheck itself. ...more >>

Can find out which apps call .NET and, even which version of .NET each calls? Thanks -- Al Dykes News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising. - Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail ...more >>

Can anyone point me to an example or info on handling unhandled exceptions in a console application? Preferrably VB. Thanks, -- AG Email: discussATadhdataDOTcom ...more >>

Hello Will modifying and saving XML data the copyright character has a additional character © , my client class it a weired character. i tried to save the file StreamWriter("xxx.xml", false, Encoding.UTF7 or UTF8 or ASCII) nothing seems to elimnate the weired character. can someone hel...more >>

hi, i'm creating a table with rows on runtime. the rows are added through some option on the page (not from db). but when i do a postback a miss the info. how could i retain that info? please help! ...more >>

I'm not sure if it is a good place to ask this question since there is not microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.wcf group. I just get started on WCF programming. The question I have is how to do load-balancing / routing with WCF. For example, I have 3 application servers running my services bas...more >>

I am trying to use LINQ to select some things from a tab-delimited string. I have a "where" clause but I want to put some if.. logic inside it. Right now I have this: MyClassList = from line in myReader.GetLines() let lineItems = line.Split( '\t' ) where line.StartsWith( "#" ...more >>

I have a C# class generated by xsd.exe from the xsd file. I also have an xml file defined by xsd and the root looks like: <MyNickname:MyObject xmlns:MyNickname="..." xmlns:xsi="..." xsi:schemaLocation="..."> .... However, these attributes in the root are lost when I deserialize the xm...more >>

Hi, I have some circular dependencies that confuses me. I have 2 interfaces that uses each others interface. When they are compile within the same assembly there is no problem(?), but when they are in 2 different assemblies i get the circular dependency problem (When adding reference!)... ...more >>

I have written a short VB.NET function (see below) which captures StandardOutput from a particular Windows program (myProgram.exe). The problem is this: if myProgram.exe returns more than a single line of text then WaitForExit() always times out! The function works fine if myProgram.exe retur...more >>

hi, i have already binded a gridview and the data. in my aspx i have something like that: <asp:TemplateField><HeaderTemplate>Select</HeaderTemplate> <ItemTemplate> <asp:HyperLink id="SelectLink" runat="server" NavigateUrl='<%# "~/patientBook_step2.aspx?idtreatment=" + Eval("IDTreatment") +...more >>