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Re-Inventing The Label Control

Hi All, I need to reinvent/recreate the Label Control from scratch to add my own mojoness to it. Yes, I know what you're thinking (and if you're not thinking that, shouldn't you be?). Can somebody point me in the right direction? Thank you. The whole purpose for recreating the label is that I want full control over how it is drawn on...

C# Object Declarations

Are there any overheads to using the following sytax: Form1 myForm = new Form1(); myForm.Show(); As opposed to: Form1 myForm; myForm = new Form1(); myForm.Show(); When I was learning VB6, I was told doing the quivelent in VB had an overhead - is the same true in .NET? ...

MySqlDateTime to System.DateTime conversion

Ok I'm very new to databases and C# in general, but I'm using a piece of code that exports dataset data to an Excel file, and its taking issue with the date/time format. I'm using the MySQL connector so the rowtype is MySql.Data.Types.MySqlDateTime. Is there any quick way to convert it into System.DateTime so I can slot it straight into ...

Set both Text and Value property of ComboBox in design time

I need to add the following items to a combo box. Value DisplayText Mpost Posted Call Calling RScan Re-Scan These items are fairly static, and is not retrieved from any database... Hence thought of assigning these in design time itself. I'm Unable to use Items property as it asks only one value per i...

.NET Memory profiler wanted

I need a good memory profiler for .net, it would be ideal if it shown types of objects currently loaded in memory. Usually I use DotTrace but it does not seem to show object types. ...

How to build solution using batchfile

Hi , I want to build .NET solution using batch file. I am aware that I need to use following statement devenv /build release "D:\Source Code\Source\test.sln" But I do not know how to create batch file which will execute on VS command prompt. ...

Does -eq keyword in power shell test reference equality or use Object.Equals()

Does "-eq" in Powershell test reference equality (like "==" in c#) or does it do the equivalent of calling Object.Equals() ...

RDLC: How to print multiple tables in one report

I'm generating the RDLC XML schema and showing the report in the ReportViewer control. No problems there. Now, I want a report with 2 tables, with 2 differents dataset. Something like this gets generated: <Body> <ReportItems> <Table Name="Table1"> .... </Table> <Table Name="Table2"> ...

clearCanvas image loading question how can i use ClearCanvas.Server.ShredHost?

How can i use "ClearCanvas.Server.ShredHost" to get all images on my servers? ...

What is going on between window constructor and window loaded event in WPF?

Hi, I would like to know what happens between window contructor and window loaded event. The reason why I'm asking is because I wrote a code like this: LoadUnmanagedLibrary lib; public Window1() { InitializeComponent(); lib = new LoadUnmanagedLibrary(this); } private void Window_Loaded(o...

LiveCycle PDF submit to .NET webservice as XML

I have a LiveCycle designed PDF that I want to make its submit button send the XML data in the form to a .NET webservice. I see how to do that, but I'm not really clear on the webservice side. What should my webservice's method signature be to accept the XML data? [WebMethod] public bool RecieveXML(XmlDocument input) or [WebMethod] ...

Search string to find Filename

Hello, I'm looking for a way in C# to search a string for the file and it's extension. So for example if I have a string "//houtestserver/common/file1.pdf" how can I set another string to file1.pdf? Thanks everyone in advance ...

Build error in System.Double.cs, floating point constant range

I have a project in Visual Studio 2008 using the .NET 2.0 framework. When I build the project I get two build errors showing as red crosses, but the project still builds successfully. Even more strangely, the errors are in System.Double.cs. The error is "Floating-point constant is outside the range of type 'double'" and they point to the...

How can I test my .NET site on Firefox ? It loads in IE but when I open it in Firefox it doesnt load the CSS

Good day, I'm almost finished with my .net project implementation of a new design. But I'd like to try it with Firefox before releasing it. When I debug the project it creates an URL with "http://localhost/rest-of-url" and it opens IE and I can see the site. But when I copy this URL to Firefox it won't load the CSS at all. Is that a pro...

Problem in Drag And Move Forms in .Net

I Write a Windows Application By C Sharp. I Use a Picture in Background of my Form (MainForm) And I Use Many Picture in Buttons in This Form,And also I Use Some Panel And Label with Transparent Background Color. My Forms,Panels And Buttons has flicker. I solve this problem by a method in this thread. But Still when other Forms Start ove...

Domain Authentication from .NET Client over VPN

I am writing a ClickOnce WPF app that will sometimes be used over VPN. The app uses resources available only to domain authenticated users. Some of the things include accessing SSRS Reports, accessing LDAP to lookup user information, hitting web services, etc. When a user logs in from a machine that is not authenticated on the domain,...

Teaching coworkers LINQ...

I have set myself upon a journey to educate my coworkers (all have accepted my mission, even the boss). Every day I seem to find a piece of code that could have been less error prone if my coworkers knew more about the framework, better-know-framework (in courtesy of DNR ;)) is part two of my teaching process. First part is teaching my c...

Utility to combine querystrings?

Is there a utility to combine querystrings? I'm looking for something like: Input: Combine("test=a&test2=b", "test3=c") Result: "test=a&test2=b&test3=c" Input: Combine("test=a&test2=b", "") Result: "test=a&test2=b" Input: Combine("", "test3=c") Result: "test3=c" And maybe some weird ones: Input: Combine("&test=a&test2=b", "?test3=c"...

How do you tell if your page is running in an iFrame in .Net?

I have an ASPX page that is sometimes loaded into an iFrame in my application and sometimes not. From the code behind how can you detect if your page is being loaded from an iFrame. ...

What does the variable name "lsSQL" mean?

I've noticed in a recent article on TDWTF that someone was using the variable name lsSQL . I have also noticed similar variable names in a legacy application I am working on and in other places around the web, but I have never found out what the ls prefix stands for. What does ls mean? What kind of notation is that? Thanks, Tom ...