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• Michael Collins Asynchronous Method Calls - Whats the max?

  I have a class that creates worker threads using Asnychronous Method Calls using an Array of Delegates each one is invoked by iterating through the array and calling BeginInvoke (have posted an excerpt below *not the actual code*). My question is what is the suggested maximum number of Asynchronous items to have working in the background at the same time. I know each is a new thread and by default there is a maximum of 25 threads available in th ...Show All

• Ian_E Error during reflection - dependancy not found

  Hi guys, When attempting to create an instance of a type, in an assembly I am getting an error saying that a referenced assembly, or one of it's dependencies cannot be found. I decompiled the assembly using the ildasm tool and copied all the referenced assemblies into the same folder but it doesn't seem to have fixed the issue. Any thoughts I'm getting pretty desperate, as if I can get this to work I'll have finished a major project. Th ...Show All

• Jrhoten The IDE often automatically changes the file subtype from "Form" to "Code" in the .csproj file

  The IDE often automatically changes the file subtype from "Form" to "Code" in the .csproj file, which renders the forms unviewable in design view until that change is undone.  Is there any way to prevent the IDE from doing this automatically Thanks, Wilfred Brian, Unfortunately I haven't heard of the problem before.  We did have a bug in 2003 that, with large solutions, it was possible for the cache ...Show All

• bpell Timer execute once

  Here's my problem: I am making a proof-of-concept security system for my room. I wanted to try hardware interfacing with the parallel port. What i want to do, is poll the parallel port on a constant interval and notify my by email if the door is opened. The only problem is that I don't want a bazillion emails because i'm polling few milliseconds. What i want to know is how I can email myself only the first time the door is open. ...Show All

• findingNemo Merging Databases in C#

  Anyone have a good source for understanding how to merge a database from a network drive with a local database Northwind(hard drive) -> SQL Database(server). I am basically reading a copy of a ms-sql database from a hard disk...then I am reading that database from the hard disk and merging it with a primary database. I am trying to figure out how to merge the database with the primary one. Basically, I w ...Show All

• xgbnow SendMessage to Date Time Picker Control of different process

  Anyone knows why a SendMessage/DTM_SETSYSTEMTIME fails across processes when the message is send from one process to the Date Time picker control in a different process, SendMessage returns 0 - indicating an error - and the picker remains unaffected. Because the SYSTEMTIME pointer you send as lParam is only valid in your own process. How can one then modify the DTP of another application Any sugge ...Show All

• RaoulH Options Form

  hey ppl. i was wondering how to design an options form, for example the visual studio options form have a treeview docked to left, and when u select an option the content of the right panel changes, i think each treeviewItem useits own panel and when u select the threeveiw the panel changes, but this is very hard at design time, becasue if u have many options u need many panels, and i just want to know how usually the options forms are made beca ...Show All

• barloworld How to play DVD disk in windowless mode?

  I am using the VMR7 or VMR9 Windowless mode to render the DVD disk in the VC++ 2003/win32. I am using following instructions - http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/directshow/htm/usingwindowlessmodewiththevmr.asp - http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/directshow/htm/windowlessmode.asp frame=true - http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/directshow/htm/buildingthedvdfilt ...Show All

• Gaurav Rajput requiring a override method to call the overridden method

    I'm trying to fiqure out how to require a override method to call the method that it overrode.  for example: public class test { public test() { } public virtual void whatever() { // do something here you don't want to be done even though the class gets overridden // I know its not the way it should be done but I inherited this and have to get it to work } } public class ...Show All

• Jeff Coe How to adjust TCP/IP settings (IP, DNS, etc)

  Greetings, I am trying to find out how to change the DNS from "Obtain DNS server address automatically" to manual and enter the DNS address. Basically, what I want is the following: 1. If computer ip address subnet is NOT "141.218.255.255" then change the DNS setting to "Obtain DNS server address autoamtically". 2. and if it is "141.218.255.255" then make the DNS primary address "141 ...Show All

• kkarlin Displaying Numbers

  This displays numbers from 0 to 25...i was wondering what i could use to not display numbers 10 through 15...which means i want to display numbers from 0 to 25 except numbers from 10 to 15.....any help static void Main() { for ( int j = 0; j<26; j++) Console.WriteLine("Number {0}", j); Console.WriteLine("Press enter to continue"); Console.ReadLine(); } } Thats correct, you would need to hit a key after ...Show All

• jorge1234567 sentence case string

  How to convert uppercase string to sentence case string in C# e.g. input: HI ALL! I'M A NEWBIE. PLZ HELP! output: Hi all! I'm a newbie. Plz help! give this KB a shot http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312890/EN-US/ regards erymuzuan mustapa You can use the string.ToLower(); method: // Init new string and convert it to a lower string. string myString = "HI ALL! I'M A NEWBIE. ...Show All

• eugene.z Visual Studio's propertygrid - How do I reset it?

  Hi there, As I'm new to the game of C# and visual studio, maybe the question is the wrong place or the answer is so easy it's emberassing, but still... (I'm working in Visual studio 2005 beta2 - C# ) I'm building an VS add in which uses Visual Studio's propertygrid window to display stuff for my class-instances. object [] a = new object [1]; a[0] = aObject; ParentToolwindow.SetSelectionContainer ( ref a);   That works like a charm ...Show All

• Paul D. Murphy [HOW TO] Create a Registry Cleaner

  Is it possible Where do I get started Matt hi. Is your problem solved Thank you, Bhanu. Yes it's possible. All you really need is the Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey class. I guess you should start by reading the docs for that class, determining what you want to clean up, and make sure you have a backup of your system registry in case you screw up. No. Where do I start Matt ...Show All

• galg Could you tell me how to study C#?

  Hi I am a Chinese university student. My department is Electronic Commerce.My friends,could you tell me how to sutdy c# What is the best way my MSN is antlxy2006@hotmail.com desire to communicate with you,thanks! I am a Chinese university student too. Can you tell me which university you are In 2002,i'm read the book <C# primer>,it's good for me. now i'm read the book <professnal c#> Sorry for my poor English Fir ...Show All