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.net Compiler Optimizations

I am writing an application that I need to run at incredibly low processor speeds. The application creates and destroys memory in creative ways throughout its run, and it works just fine. I am wondering what compiler optimizations occur so I can try to build to that. One trick off hand is that the CLR handles arrays much faster than list...

Creating installers in .net

I want to create a installer which would just dump few files and folders at a location specified by user. But the problem is these files are required to be picked up from a fixed source folder and then the installer is build. Also, these files may change any time and then again a new version of the installer is require...

Generic WithEvents

Error: 'WithEvents' variables can only be typed as classes, interfaces or type parameters with class constraints Background: Public Class Tadpole(Of T As IVisibleChanged, P As IVisibleChanged) Private WithEvents _Tad As T ' ERROR ' Private WithEvents _Pole As P ' ERROR ' Public Property Tad() As T ... Public Propert...

How can my controls size be NaN when it is actually shown?

I have a Grid which contains an Image in one of its columns. The image itself does not have any Width or Height set, but its size is correctly controlled through the ColumnDefinition set. From this I would assume that the image controller actually has a Width and Height set, but when I try to bind another element to its Width and Height ...

WPF: Controlling timing of media

Does anyone have a sample on how to control timing of a audio clip in wpf c# I'm using this code to control timing of a animated disappearing of a image. DoubleAnimation AnimImage3Ut = new DoubleAnimation(); AnimImage3Ut.From = 1; AnimImage3Ut.To = 0; AnimImage3Ut.BeginTime = (TimeSpan.FromSeconds(12.0)); AnimImage...

How do i validate classfields?

Is this a good aproach to making sure the fields has valid values for a database? internal class Customer { private string _CustomerId; internal string CustomerId { get { return (_CustomerId==null?string.Empty:(_CustomerId.Length>20?_CustomerId.Substring(0,20):_CustomerId)); } ...

how can i send the listview files to the directory using c#.net?

i have the files situated in the listview now i want to copy those files to a directory in windows.. how this action can be performed?? ...

How do I inject dependencies to user controls in WPF

What is the best way to transparently inject dependencies (using IOC container) to user controls in WPF? I assume that user controls are part of XAML for the window or other user controls. Also I think parent (whoever it is) should not be responsible for this. Solution for manually injecting dependencies from parent looks not clean enou...

How to prevent a window from opening from another application?

Hi, I will prevent a window from iTunes to be opened. I googled a lot but can't find an iTunes library that allows me to control such things, so I think I must get back to basics and close it after it opens, but how? I think: Tick a timer every 500 ms Check if the window handle is opened Close it Is that possible? How can I recogni...

C# library for Lego Mindstorm NXT

Is there C# (.NET) library for Lego Mindstorm NXT, which is up-to-date? NXT.NET for LEGO Mindstorms last update 18.04.2008 http://nxtnet.codeplex.com/ MindSqualls last update 05.06.2007 http://www.mindsqualls.net/ Lego .NET last update 07.04.2005 http://www.dcl.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/research/lego.NET/weblog/ I know, there is MS...

Microsoft's AppFabric, an ESB ?

Hi all, I'm looking for an ESB for .NET. I've seen nServiceBus (http://www.nservicebus.com/) but before digg, I've a question can Microsoft AppFabric work as an ESB ? Should I rather look for nServiceBus or AppFabric ? Thanks for your help ...

How do I get recorded video from a digital camera

can anyone provide c# code for getting recorded video from camera via windows media encoder. Thanks.. ...

.NET DataGridViewComboBoxCell behaviour on losing focus

I have a DataGridView bound to a DataTable. Once the binding is done, I manually search through all the cells of the DGV and replace a single regular DGV cell with a DataGridViewComboBoxCell instance. The cell has its own data source bound to it. The problem I'm having is that when the user makes a selection in the DataGridViewComboBoxC...

How-to register a namespace extension written in C# in the vista registry

Good morning all, After a day of googling, I’m at a loss. I decided to come here and ask the community. I am in the process of making a namespace extension for vista in C#. Now I understand that MS says not to do this, but I am simply doing it as a proof of concept. The Problem: I am lacking the knowledge and understanding to figure...

temporary Hide or Disable Master Navigate menu

on master file got ... <div id="nav-main"> <asp:Menu ID="Menu1" runat="server" DataSourceID="SiteMapDataSource1" Orientation="Horizontal" Width="573px" CssClass="menu-main" MaximumDynamicDisplayLevels="0" StaticSelectedStyle-CssClass="StaticSelectedStyle" Height="32px" StaticSubMenuIndent=...

Improving performance of System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement

I have a program that will let me manage users on our terminal server that we use to demo our software. I have been trying to improve the performace of adding users to the system (It adds the main account then it adds sub accounts if needed, for example if I had a user of Demo1 and 3 sub users it would create Demo1, Demo1a, Demo1b, and D...

condense logic down to one Sql query

first is the disclaimer, I did not design the database I am now supporting and I would not have designed it this way, but here I am. Problem: My client has a table in his database that contains listings for rentals. In this table is a text field to store the city of the listing. What my client is hoping to see is a dropdown list of all ...

Seek, move front back in a file cut and paste

I need to do the following things for a text file..and insert the seeked words to a excel please give me some tips: Seek the letter sequence anywhere in the file "stg-" take the first two characters from where it is searched ... eg if the sentence has abc-stg-c5-sfdsdf then it should take c5 and this c5 should insert in the first col...

Obtaining the server IP address in WCF?

How can I obtain the server address that was used for a request when it has multiple IP addresses? E.g. the server has the addresses 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2. when processing the request the server service needs to know if 10.0.0.1 or 10.0.0.2 was used by the client to connect to it. So far I only found that OperationContext.Current....

Why should I use the InkCanvas in WPF?

In my WPF application I have some drawing functionality. I have solved this using a Canvas and handling mouse gestures manually, and I also add the drawn Strokes (wrapped in InkPresenter) to this Canvas. Using Blend I suddenly discover that there is something called InkCanvas. According to Blend this is a control that "Defines an area ...