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• mlp232 Deserialization bugs in C# .NET 2.0 beta 2?

  I upgraded from .net 2.0 beta 1 and when I tried to launch the app I was working on I get this error as it tried to deserialize it's settings System.InvalidCastException occurred    at System.Convert.ChangeType(Object value, Type conversionType, IFormatProvider provider)    at System.Runtime.Serialization.FormatterConverter.Convert(Object value, Type type)    at System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo.GetVal ...Show All

• P Santosh Best language for using Web Services

  We are starting our first project using Web Services and I was wondering what's  the best language to use and why Thanks Hello. Depends which language your key developer(s) masters. If you have experince in Visual Basic, I would prefer VB.NET, in any other case I would use C#. Except if you have senior C++ programmers or other diverse programmers, then I would allow any combinati ...Show All

• Johannes Hartmann Simplest way to move records from one db to another db

  Hi All, I need the fetch the details from oracle db. I am doing this in my front end. Now i have to move this details fetched from other application's db(oracle) to my applications db that is SQL Server in a temp table. Can any one suggest a simplest way to do that. i have a option of moving the details to a dataset and then move the records from there. But i need an alternative. Nb: I don use any linked server or stored procedure to fetch the ...Show All

• Darkpaw conversion

  Hi readers and helpers I have a field called MSGID which has values in hexadecimal.Now i want to convert it into string and displaying it .how can i do thatI am writing code in vb.net The filed value looks like as : F73CD27B149BF899E03028C0C2285C82 as hexadecimal contains 16 values it has 32.it mean combination of 2 hexadecimal i make one decimal .so by the end we have 16 plese if possible provide code thanks Hi Garry, If what you are tr ...Show All

• fantus How to display WinForms faster?

  Hello, Does anyone know of any tips to insure that a Windows Forms program loads as fast as possible    It seems that .NET WinForms just do not load as fast as Forms programmed in unmanaged code. Thanks, Mister T Yes, I recommend creating a Native Image as well. Read this: http://visualbasic.about.com/od/usingvbnet/a/FWTools2.htm Regards, Vikram Using NGEN on the assembly can help wi ...Show All

• Extrarius Must Framework be installed?

  I am developing a small framework based application that would typically run right off a cd-rom. In thinking about this the question arose in my mind - "Must Framework be installed " Sounds stupid at first. The answer should be "of course, how else could it work". However, I'm wondering if there is a way of packaging Framework on the cd-rom so that the whole thing plays nicely in the same sand box without the need to in ...Show All

• BrownMichaelJ can framework 2.0 be removed?

      hello i am writing on behalf of my friend whom have problems with her her pc. she been put mircosoft office cd n download etc  then later it start cos problems with framework 2.0   this wat comes up with: framework 2.0 files in C:/WINDOWS/mircosoft.NET./framework/2.0  is this right   Yes, you can remove .Net Framework 2.0 from your Add/Remove Progra ...Show All

• quick_jack DataTable.Filter Or DataTable.Select method question

  Hi ! I'm wondering if someone here know if the Filter or Select method of the DataTable Class is optimize with a table index or is use a sequencial seach This is what I was thinking... Thanks! You should test it in practice (all depends on column types, views count, relations count), but I think about 1000 is ok, 10 000 is big. Dataset was designed to be mini-DB in memory that is used for pass subsets of related data for pr ...Show All

• gongxia649 How to catch all outgoing traffic in ISA application filter?

  Hi everybody! I need to filter some not supported protocol ( ed2k for example ). So I need to write a protocol-enabling filter according to SDK ( ISA 2004 ). The problem is that ed2k use no definit port for connection. So I need to catch all outgoing traffic in my filter. How can I do this Ok. Thanks! Please repost this to an ISA forum. See http://www.microsoft.com/communi ...Show All

• ZMaster_ Diffgram and XML urgent help needed

  Here's the scenario.  I have a cache.xml file which holds path and file information.  I read this xml file into a dataset that has 2 tables (Paths, Files).  There is a single relation between the two and they are nested.  The XML looks as follows: < xml version="1.0" standalone="yes" > <NewDataSet>   <Paths>     <PathID>1</PathID>     <Path>C:\Test</Pa ...Show All

• Steve Adams Error on adding custom section to roaming users configuration

  Hi, I'm actually trying to write a custom configuration section class and use it to write into a roaming users file. I took the base code on MSDN Help, but the example works only with ConfigurationUserLevel.None. In my application I like to use ConfigurationUserLevel.PerUserRoamingAndLocal. In fact all works well, I can build the section object, and can attach it to the configuration, but if I try to set the SectionInformation.ForceSave to true ...Show All

• wfillis C Style char array returned by an event from a DLL COM

  I am using a DLL (COM interop) in Visual Basic 2005 and can not get the correct values returned from an event. The last argument is a variable length array of char that is returned as a pointer to the first element in the array. The only thing I get is the first byte no matter how many characters are to be returned. For exampe, if the returned value is 257 in two bytes, my value I get is 1. This is the event handler: Private Sub ads_device ...Show All

• EricBrown How to catch the exception of remote server close down?

  I have a client/server application using remoting. It works fine. But when I close the server, the client will become hanging over in the middle of an exception dialog(view details, continue, quit one) display. Only if I re-start the sever, the exception dialog become clickable and exception contents are displayed. It says the connection to the remote server is closed. The worst is I cannot using try-catch block to catch this exception. Who c ...Show All

• Vinh Huynh blobs in datasets & datareaders

  we are running into a situation where blobs were created using myCommand = mContextInfo.Connection.CreateCommand() myCommand.Parameters.Add("p1", OleDbType.Binary).Value = mData myCommand.CommandText = myActionQuery numOfRecordsUpdated = myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery() the command is either a "Update" or "Create" now a datareader retval = .GetBytes(Fields.Data, 0, mData, 0, mData.Length) always returns wh ...Show All

• bchadraa SHould I Uninstall .net 1.1 and the 1.1 hotfix before instlaling .net 2?

  Well, I already did but the Microsoft Update site now asks if I want to install 1.1 again even though I have 2 installed.  I am not a developer.  Anyone know You shouldn't (why do u want to remove it ), because there are a variety apps that use either .net 1.1. or .net 2.0. Two versions work fine together Just do what the Updater wants. ...Show All