.net-framework

Is .NET replacement for COM ?

I want to know purpose of .NET and COM , Is .NET has the same purpose as that of COM ? Because main purpose of COM is to allow language interoperability so as that of .NET ? If so Why many companies still using COM for their development projects ? Is it worth learning COM when we can use .NET ? ...

What package of .Net framework is required on target client machine in order to run .Net winforms application?

I'm Trying to deploy my winforms project using installshield in order to make is available to be installed on other computers. My project is written under .net framework 3.5. My question is : What version of .net package should be installed on the target machine in order to be able to run my project? One thing to notice is that target...

Debugging .NET framework source code

Hi, I've already read some posts on SO re this issue but couldn't find a solution in them. When I try to step into the .NET framework methods I get the message below on the output window. "Step into: Stepping over method without symbols" But Modules window would show that "Symbols loaded" to the cache directory I have specified. M...

Why does .Net Framework not use unsigned data types?

Possible Duplicate: Why is Array.Length an int, and not an uint Just wondering if there is a reason behind it, and maybe I shouldn't be adopting them in my code, but for example, the Count property of a List<> is an int. You can't have a negative count, so why shouldn't it be defined as a uint? Should I use only int's even tho...