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• MarkHope Does 'Edit & Continue' allow editing code while the app is running??

  I'm running a C# project in VS2005. If I make a small change to my code in the editor while the client is running in debug mode I get a dialog box saying "Changes are not allowed while code is running or if the option 'Break all processes when one process breaks' is disabled. The option can be enabled in Tools, Options, Debugging." This option is enabled in my IDE. I have to hit "OK" and then press stop the app in order t ...Show All

• jamhow Sorting Algorithms

  Hi there, Does anybody know why the QuickSort algorithm (found at the end of the article at the below link) is substantially slower than the ArrayList.Sort() method http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnaa/html/getstart_vcsharp.asp I tried both out on about 420,000 strings (within which there were some duplicate strings) and the above algorithm took 9 seconds and the ArrayList.Sort method took just 1. A ...Show All

• Shyam Bharath Cannot install/re-install MS DeskTop Search (nor toolbar): "cannot remove older version"

  I get a message that says #msntb_toolbar_full_name# is unable to load its config file. if you have recently upgraded to a newer version of the # msntb_toolbar_full_name# and have not restarted your computer since the upgrade, please try restarting your computer , if the problem persits, please reinstall the # msntb_toolbar_full _name# I tryed it all and still it doesn't work. Please help Me. Sincerly Marilyn Hi Tweed, What version ...Show All

• JRQ Problem with RasGetConnectStatus.

  For some reasons whenever I call RasGetConnectStatus I always get error code 632: "An Incorrect Structure Size was Detected" I even went so far as to call the function over and over again starting with a size of zero and incrementing it to see if I could find the right size, I always got the same error. so here are the constants I'm using: private const int RAS_MaxPhoneNumber = 128; private const int RAS_MaxDeviceName = 128; private const int R ...Show All

• Patrick8 Find with parameters for objects in a generic list<T>

  Greetings, I am putting together my first app with C# Express and am having some trouble searching for an object in a generic list.  The following is basically what I would like to do: class MyWidget {     String Name;     public MyWidget() {}     public MyWidget(String initName) {        this .name = initName;     } } class WidgetNavigator {  & ...Show All

• Andy Chan move form by dragging control

  How can I move/reposition a form by dragging a control on that form with the mouse I want to make a form with no boarder and a transparent background with a few progress bars on it. I want the user to be able to move the form by clicking and dragging one of the progress bars in the form http://www.dotnetrix.co.uk/misc.html Hi, Try my Pick and Drop method if it works for yo ...Show All

• Colonel Sanders Very Flaky IDE problems

  Whenever I provide a DialogResult MessageBox....YesNo... Whatever the result, Yes or No....my form will close. If result is Yes...the code IS executed...then the form will close. DialogResult = MessageBox .Show( "Are you sure you want to stop the engine " , "Stop" , MessageBoxButtons .YesNo, MessageBoxIcon .Warning); if (DialogResult == DialogResult .Yes) { }   note* It appears this will only happen when th ...Show All

• Lupison No response?

  lol think I clicked the wrong button. Thanks for your reminder! ...Show All

• mntlinstituteflr Is it possible to use .NET controls to VB6.

  Hi, Please any one tell me is it possible to use .NET controls and libraries [ created by C# ] to VB6. If so can you tell me the way and some useful existing articles regarding this query. Thanks, It's not supported to host Windows Forms controls on VB6 forms. Hi, Thanks for the support. Now I am able to use .net libraries to VB6. But I have one more problem. The behaviours like overloading constructors, methods and m ...Show All

• HDH Do application settings work across cultures?

  I’m using the Application Settings (via the project properties for a C# assembly) in order to store default values for the application, but I’m finding that the auto-generated code doesn’t work across different regional settings. For example, if I use it store a float value called “Increment” with a value of 0.5 when set to an English culture, then the following code is generated: [global::System.Configuration.UserScopedSettingAttr ...Show All

• SSG2006 We're sorry, but WDS has detected a problem...

  wiwth your desktop index and cannot continue. Please reinstall WDS here: ... So I goes to the toolbar.msn.com site - download it, and it (the installer) tells me that it is earlier than the WDS I have installed. WDS is not indexing Outlook (I have a connection to Exchange Server - but store emails in a pst file). I also have an archive pst file. Nothing in Outlook is, nor has been, indexed. I would like to remove WDS - but can't!! ...Show All

• Mark Edgerton get the EXE directory from C#

  From my code, I want to get the directory where the program is located. All I could find is the current working directory: string path = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(); which is not quite the same thing. Nevermind, I found it: Application .StartupPath ...Show All

• FedorSteeman How to encrypt and decrypt a string by a symmetric key

  Is there any method given in the .NET class library that can be used to encrypt and decrypt a string by a symmetric key yup - take a look at the classes that inehrit from the SymmetricAlgorithm class: DESCryptoServiceProvider TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider RijndaelManaged There are samples for each that should help you get started. hope that helps, Imran. ...Show All

• Cuperman How to make certain classes accessible to your own developers only?

  Hello, since almost 2 years my company is playing around with .NET and there is one question none of us few .NET developers could answer good enough to make us satisfied. If I develop a shared class library that contains classes that 3rd party developers should be able to use, how can I make some of the classes inaccessible to these 4rd party developers though keep them available to ourselves I know that we can use internal class SomeClass { } ...Show All

• vavkin Trackpad Location Peek

  I want to track the locations where I touch the trackpad (or touchpad in my laptop) not necessarily the cursor movement or the screen positions. I just want to seek the positions or locations of the touch points with relative to the trackpad itself. What can of APIs do I use to retrieve this information Example: -------------------------------------------- |             ...Show All