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Are stack based arrays possible in C#?

Let's say, hypothetically (read: I don't think I actually need this, but I am curious as the idea popped into my head), one wanted an array of memory set aside locally on the stack, not on the heap. For instance, something like this: private void someFunction() { int[20] stackArray; //C style; I know the size and it's set in stone }...

WCF without NET 3.0

Hello there, Does anyone tell me if it's possible to use WCF without .NET 3.0? Our company develops a 3-tier client-server end-user solution based on .Remoting. One of the limitation of our project is using .NET 2.0. Unfortunately .NET 3.0 framework is too large to be included in our installation package and I don't know if MS license ...

Rendering a view to a string in ASP.NET MVC 2

We need to render an ActionResult to a string to add pages to our internal search engine index. We settled on this solution to render to string. I've run into a problem with the ExecuteResult call used to process the View. Code Snippet: var oldController = controllerContext.RouteData.Values["controller"]; controllerContext.RouteData.V...

Visual Studio 2008: how to avoid project file merge hell?

When you're working on a VS C# project with multiple developers which all add new projects and files to the same solution the last one to try and check in his changes gets conflicts on the project solution file which aren't easy to merge. The easiest solution to this problem I've found is to dismiss my own changes and accept the server'...

Reliable test for MSDTC promoting transactions to distributed?

How can I reliably check that MSDTC has promoted a transaction to a distributed transaction? This is when using TransactionScope in .net. Currently a co-worker is testing this by shutting down the coordinator on his machine - if an exception is thrown this is taken as evidence that an attempt to promote the transaction has occurred. Is...

.Net Inherited Control Property Default

Hello fellows Im trying to make a simple "ButtonPlus" control. the main idea is to inherit from the button control and add some default property values (such as font,color,padding...) No matter how i try, the WinForm always generates (or "serializes") the property value in the client forms the whole point is to have minimal and clean c...

Programmatically trigger a copy or paste in c#

I have a program that I'm working on that register global hotkeys I would like to use that ability to trigger highlighted text or data to be copied to the clipboard and then read from the clipboard into a variable in my program which i will later use in reverse to paste it back out. (example ctrl+1 copys to quque #1 and alt+1 pasts w...

How can you force an Excel file to recalculate from T-SQL?

I can read and write an Excel XLS file from Microsoft SQL. However, I need to force Excel to a recalculation before the read. How can I do that from T-SQL? Is the only way a .Net wrapper on a 3rd party library? ...

Looking for an explanation of the 'Asynchronous' word in .Net?

I need someone to explain the following names; Asynchronous Delegates. Asynchronous methods. Asynchronous events. I'm currently going over this for my 70-536 exam and I am covering all my bases so far. The threading chapter and online resources have been good to me on my second read through. Still though, the names used above mean ab...

How to parse simple statement into CodeDom object

I need to parse a simple statement (essentially a chain of function calls on some object) represented as a string variable into a CodeDom object (probably a subclass of CodeStatement). I would also like to provide some default imports of namespaces to be able to use less verbose statements. I have looked around SO and the Internet to fi...

Set tab control style on managed TabControl

Is it possible to set a tab control style like TSC_BUTTONS on a managed TabControl? Windows CE 6 / .NET CF 3.5 ...

C#.NET How to access fields in user control dynamically?

Hi, I'm making a settings screen at the moment that will have a radiobutton group which will determine what controls are displayed. The different settings are contained within a UserControl. I am dynamically creating this UserControl like so: panel = new btSettings(); this.Controls.Add(panel); panel.Location = new Point(15, 49); Jus...

Whats the best way to swap two ListView items in C#?

Hello there, Whats the best way to swap two ListView items in C#? I see that the standard ListView doesn't implement such functionality. -- Best Regards, Murat ...

Custom components vs default components in GUI Design. Which is more practical? (.NET)

Ok, so is it better to create my own components (Either inherit them from existing ones or creating them from scratch) or to use the ones that come by default? I'm asking this under the umbrella of scalability, overhead and other factors that my contribute on each of the choices. UPDATE: Sorry if I'm to vague. I don't really know how ...

How do I use Microsoft Sync Framework to sync between SQL Server 2008 and a .NET Webservice?

Does anyone have an example of how to use MS Sync framework with .NET webservices? I have SQL Server 2008, which is exposing data to BlackBerry devices through webservices using regular web methods. Can I use the Sync Framework to expose data through Web Services and to save it back to the database? ...

.net Generic Calls <T>

I have a function that accepts a generic parameter T that is of type class like so : public Func<T, bool> MyMethod<T>(string paramName, object value) where T : class But when calling the function I do not have direct access to the class that needs to be the parameter. MyMethod<foo>("foo1", "foo2") Is there a way I can get the clas...

String format or REGEX.

I need an simple way to check whether a string that is sent to my function is of the form: (x + n)(x + m) //the +'s can be minus' //n and m represent a double //x represents the char 'x' Is there a simple string format that I can use to check that this is the form. As opposed to checking each character singularly. The whitespace wil...

Reference XSLT-file using a project relative way (instead of an absolute path)

The file at xsltFileName is in my project WebSite2 (at the root-level of the project). I currently use an absolute path to get the XSLT file name: XslCompiledTransform xslt = new XslCompiledTransform(); String xsltFileName = "file:///C:\\Documents and Settings\\kentl\\My Documents\\Visual Studio 2005\\WebSites\\WebSite2\\page.xsl"; xslt...

SQL Compact Edition database corruption

Hi, Our product is using MS SQL Compact Edition on a Windows machine (laptop). It's basically a metadata index for files we have on the filesystem. Recently we have seen databases getting corrupted. This happens when the machine is very busy moving files around and has to do a tiny bit of database changes at the same time. I was som...

.NET TCP socket with session

Is there any way of dealing with sessions with sockets in C#? Example of my problem: I have a server with a socket listening on port 5672. TcpListener socket = new TcpListener(localAddr, 5672); socket.Start(); Console.Write("Waiting for a connection... "); // Perform a blocking call to accept requests. TcpClient client = soc...