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• Rob Hall System.Xml.XPath breaking change (.NET 1.1/2.0)

  I have a sample Xml document and I am using the System.Xml.XPath namespace to evaluate some XPath queries. However, I get different results in .NET 1.1 and 2.0. It looks like there is a bug in the .NET 2.0 Framework. Here is the XML: <root> <Direct> <Customer> <Books> <Book ID="10" Publisher="Microsoft" /> <Book ID="20" Publisher="Microsoft" /> ...Show All

• strontium90 Facing problem in passing a sqlparameter parameter through webservices

  Dear All, i am new in VB.net, and i m trying to do some testing with the webservices.  I am trying to do 1 authentication function and the parameter will be stored as sqlparameter and this variable will be passing to the webservices and then execute in the DataAccessLayer.SQLClient.  The execution run perfectly well if i am not go through the webservices.  When i was going through the webservices.  1 error shown, "Value of t ...Show All

• aetor How do I know if I need MFC x86 or x64?

  I know this sounds like a dumb question but here is why I am asking. I recently installed the .NET 2005 Express versions of C++, C#, and J#.  I have a 64 bit laptop running win64.  It has 2 program folders one for 64 bit apps and 1 for x86 apps.  After the installation was complete I notcied that all of the Visual Studio Express versions were in the x86 folder.  There is however one folder name MS Visual Studio 8 in the 64 b ...Show All

• benji720 Integrated security problem

  Hi I have two virtual webs on my win2K3 server. WebApp and WebServ, the latter is hosting a remoted object and the former is calling it. With anonymouse access turned on everything is fine. However I want Integrated Security instead with no anon access, but with this option I get the error: The underlying connection was closed: The request was canceled. I've followed what I believe are the neccessary steps outlined in the following Kb article ...Show All

• Shawn Levendusky How to give an exe the permissions it wants

  I'm trying to write a c# CGI app. When i simply use Console.WriteLine to output my results, everything is fine. But I want to use HTMLTextWriter and when I do, I get the following error below. When I run the program in a console it works fine, but not when I access it from a browser. The directory has read/execute permissions for the IIS user account, and I've explicitly stated [ AspNetHostingPermission ( SecurityAction .Demand, Lev ...Show All

• CDS DBA VS 7.0 (2002) conversion to VS 2005

  I intend to upgrade to VS 2005.  Two questions.  Can I get the upgrade package and go from 2002 to 2005, or do I have to purchase the full package.  Second, if I continue to develop code in 2002 will the "conversion wizard" upgrade it to 2005 pretty comprehensively, or will I have a lot of rework Hello Gordon, I think you will have to purchase a full package. Second, the conversion wizard will ...Show All

• rmmd (.NET 2) SSL Stream ans async write

  Hello, im using the new SSLStream class from the .NET framework version 2.0. My stream is using async functions BeginRead and BeginWrite. When i send multiple packets very fast with multiple BeginWrite calls then i get the following exception: "The BeginWrite method cannot be called when another write operation is pending" Is there smth i do wrong Shouldnt the stream itself take care about pending packets and queue them I never had problems ...Show All

• Jelle B. Do I need remoting?

  We are in the planning stages of an enterprise application. There will be many (500 or so) WinForms clients working off a single sql server database. In the past, we've always just used a direct sql connection from the clients to the db server without problems, but never for more than 15-20 simultaneous connections. From what I understand, using a single-call, stateless server app that communicates with the clients over remoting is the best way ...Show All

• robepstein Unexpected program closure

  I am working on a large application written in VB.Net 2003. Sometimes the application just closes for no reason, without any warning or error messages. The application does not go through the standard closedown code - it's as if execution just stops. Does anyone know of any circumstances where this could happen, i.e. possibly framework bugs Or point me in the direction of debugging help! Thanks! Mark Thanks for ...Show All

• Zep-- Batch Update, One round trip to database

  Hi, I am peitty new to SqlServer and my previous experience is with Oracle and ODP.NET. We are in phase of porting the code from ODP.NET to SqlServer 2005. My intention here is to update Database table from a C#.net 2.0 program using DataTable in Batch Mode. I found this example on msdn which says exactly as my requirements. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kbbwt18a.aspx But when I try to use this example, Ins ...Show All

• RuneSpyder How do i obtain an MCSD

  I was interested in obtaining my certification in Software Developing and was wondering how could i get started on this particular event In general, you'll need to take several certification tests to obtain an MCSD.  You can read about the process and the tests required, here... http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcsd/default.asp Mitch Gordon http://www.enterpriseetc.com Hi, Windows XP Home Edition does not include IIS o ...Show All

• Erik Almquist Exception: Unable to read data from the transport connection

  Hi, We've written code in C#.Net (Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1) for a Windows service to download the .csv files from different sites over GPRS connections through FTP. The Service runs on mulptiple threads to connect to multiple GPRS modems (as of now we are using 3 GPRS modems/connections) to collect the files from different sites at the same time. It all download files and works fine for some time. But later after some time any one of t ...Show All

• FILOU.. How to set registry permission programatically?

  Hi, Is there class(es) to create/remove a user to access registry I have a problem to register .NET dll for COM interop. I got the "accessed denied" when I using regasm or Assebmly.LoadFile() on window 2003 because the user doesn't have administrator right. I found that happens in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID and It works If I add a user manually in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID. I think I can solve this problem if there is a class to create/remov ...Show All

• daniel sovino Strange behaviour with STOU (.UploadFileWithUniqueName).

  Hi i'm uploading a file with FTPWEBREQUEST using the STOU command. When i check the ftp server logs there is some strange behaviour. For some reason it is doing a CWD with the filename passed instead of uploading the file with a unique name. This of course throws an exception as there is not directory on the server for the CWD command. Here is the server log highlighted for ease of reading. I'm trying to upload australia_anthem.mid into ...Show All

• Thomaslp .Net Programming for the MS Fingerprint Reader (DG2-00002)

  Anyone have any idea where I would look for help in writing an application that communicates with MS Fingerprint Reader (DG2-00002) I cannot find any documentation on any of my searches. I know it comes with drivers and it's own builtin application but I want to use it for a special purpose and would not be using the apps that come with it. (Drivers probably!) Thanks, Rick Rick, I have the same ...Show All