.net-2.0

ASP.NET 2.0 - scaffolding a database table for webforms

Can you recommend a tool that can analyze a SQL database table, read the table columns, and populate an .aspx page with appropriate controls (i.e. textboxes with matching labels)? See this demo of ComponentOne InputPanel for WinForms for the functionality desired. Are there any built-in tools for ASP.NET 2.0 WebForms that can help buil...

How To Create a Custom List of ProgressBars in .Net 2.0

I have created a progress bar custom control and would like to embed this into a list which can be sorted and placed on a windows form using .Net 2.0. What is the best approach for this? Is it possible to just add it to a ListView as a subitem? Is there a better way to achieve this? I want it to be as lightweight as possible. ...

.NET Application broken on one PC, unhandleable exception

Hello people. I have a .NET 2.0 application with nothing fancy in it. It worked until yesterday on every PC I installed or copied it to, no matter if 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 or 3.5 SP1 was installed, no matter if it was Win2000, XP or even Win7 (in total 100+ machines). Yesterday I did my normal installation procedure and wanted to start it one ...

Faster way to clone.

I am trying to optimize a piece of code that clones an object: #region ICloneable public object Clone() { MemoryStream buffer = new MemoryStream(); BinaryFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter(); formatter.Serialize(buffer, this); // takes 3.2 seconds buffer.Position = 0; return formatter.Deserialize(buffer);...

Can a .Net 1.1 client call a .Net 2.0 web service? If so, how?

We have finally upgraded our web services from .Net 1.1 to .Net 2.0/3.5. One of the clients that calls these web services is run as a windows service. It is probable that the windows service will not be upgraded until some time after upgrading the server at customer sites. Is it possible to massage my .Net 2.0 web services so they will...

How do you do an assignment of a delegate to a delegate in .NET 2.0

Hello... I just go the answer on how to pass a generic delegate as a parameter. Thanks for the help. Now I need to know how to ASSIGN the delegate to another delegate declarartion. Can this be done? Public Class MyClass Public Delegate Function Getter(Of TResult)() As TResult ''#the following code works. Public Sh...

Dotfuscator from .NET 2.0

Is there any chance to see Application Runs on Codeplex with .NET 2.0 application? I explored Dotfuscator is using web service url http://so-s.info/PreEmptive.Web.Services.Messaging/MessagingServiceV2.asmx. Is possible to track application run event manually? Something like add web service reference and call: Dotfuscator.MessageCache me...

Nullables? Detecting them

Ok, im still a bit new to using nullable types. I'm writing a reflecting object walker for a project of mine, im getting to the point where im setting the value of a reflected property with the value i've retrieved from a reflected property. The value i've retrieved is still in object form, and it dawned on me, since i want my object w...

Upgrade from .NET 2.0 to .NET 3.5 problems

I’m trying to upgrade our solution from VS2005 .NET 2.0 to VS2008 .NET 3.5. I converted the solution using VS2008 conversion wizard. All the projects (about 50) remained targeting to .NET Framework 2.0., moreover if I’m changing target framework manually for one of the projects, all referenced dll (i.e. System, System.Core, System.Data, ...

IEnumerable<T> and reflection

Background Working in .NET 2.0 Here, reflecting lists in general. I was originally using t.IsAssignableFrom(typeof(IEnumerable)) to detect if a Property I was traversing supported the IEnumerable Interface. (And thus I could cast the object to it safely) However this code was not evaluating to True when the object is a BindingList<T>. ...

Any VBNET equivalence of C# where generic constraint keyword?

First, I wish to write myself a generic type for operations against the underlying Active Directory. For those of you who know about AD and the System.DirectoryServices namespace, the DirectoryEntry class is the top most important along with the DirectorySearcher class. When speaking the AD language, everything is a DirectoryEntry. Wit...

How can I tell if a <script> tag with a given src attribute is present on the page in ASP.net?

Like the title says, I'm trying to find out if I need to include a script library that my ASP.net UserControl needs to work. I don't want to include it multiple times per page, but I want my control to be able to be used multiple times on the same page. How can I, in the codebehind of my control, check to see if a given <script/> tag is...

Removing the "d" object from ASP.Net web service json output

I have some javascript code that processes json output from asp.net web services built with framework 2.0. Now I need to support data returned from framework 3.5 web services. My javascript code assumes a list of objects as return value, which works fine in 2.0. However In framework 3.5, the list is wrapped in a "d" object. Is there an...

WinForms: Why do I get InvalidCastException when showing folder browser dialog?

I am randomly getting InvalidCastException when showing FolderBrowserDialog and also many clients have reported this. I have not been able to find anything relevant on the internet. Does anyone know what causes this/how to fix this? My code: using (FolderBrowserDialog fbd = new FolderBrowserDialog()) { fbd....

Add / Remove the default documents of IIS7 using vb.net 2.0 windows application

Hai, I wrote the coding for add / remove the default documents of IIS7 in vb.net 2.0 windows application using Microsoft.Web.Administration.dll. The coding is working fine. After adding a new document, the messagebox showing that newly added document name. Simillarly if I remove any document, the messagebox not showing that document nam...

Why AutoResetEvent and ManualResetEvent does not support name in the constructor?

On .NET Framework 2.0 AutoResetEvent and ManualResetEvent inherit from EventWaitHandle. The EventWaitHandle class has 4 different constructors. 3 of the constructors support giving a name to the event. On the other hand both ManualResetEvent and AutoResetEvent do not support naming and provide a single constructor that receives the initi...

.NET compact framework backward compatibility 3.5 and 2.0

Do I need to install .NET 2.0 on the device, where .NET 3.5 is installed? So far my application works on .NET 2.0 (which potentially should be faster) but the long term plan is to port it to .NET 3.5. I need to order devices and the OEM needs to know which version of .NET should be added to the Windows CE image (version 5.0). Shall I a...

What would be the best .NET 2.0 type to represent .NET 3.5 HashSet<T>?

I'm writing myself a class library to manage Active Directory. I have an interface: Public Interface ISourceAnnuaire(Of T as {IGroupe, ITop, IUniteOrganisation, IUtilisateur}) Readonly Property Changements As Dictionary(Of T, HashSet(Of String)) End Interface This Changements property is used to save in memory the changes that oc...

Unit Testing Best Practice? / C# InternalsVisibleTo() attribute for VBNET 2.0 while testing?

I'm building an Active Directory wrapper in VBNET 2.0 (can't use later .NET) in which I have the following: IUtilisateur IGroupe IUniteOrganisation These interfaces are implemented in internal classes (Friend in VBNET), so that I want to implement a façade in order to instiate each of the interfaces with their internal classes. This ...

Unit Testing using InternalsVisibleToAttribute requires compiling with /out:filename.ext?

In my most recent question: Unit Testing Best Practice? / C# InternalsVisibleTo() attribute for VBNET 2.0 while testing?, I was asking about InternalsVisibleToAttribute. I have read the documentation on how to use it, and everything is fine and understood. However, I can't instantiate my class Groupe from my Testing project. I want ...