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How can I edit an exe's resources (File Description, Icon, etc.) using a command line utility?

The whole story: I have created a fancy .NET program which has an installer created by the Visual Studio Installer (VSI). The VSI creates 2 files (setup.exe and MyProgramSetup.msi). I understand the reasons for both files being needed, however, I only want to distribute a SINGLE executable installer to users. I do not want them to see 2 ...

compile cs files with mono?

I am trying to compile my project with mono on linux. My cmd looks something like... gmcs Pages/UserProfile.cs Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs queues.cs watch_editor.cs Class1.cs -define:USE_SQLITE -r:System -r:System.Collections -r:System.Collections.Generic -r:System.Collections.ObjectModel -r:System.Collections.Specialized -r:Syste...

Secure database connection. DAL .net architecture best practice

We have several applications that are installed in several departments that interact with database via Intranet. Users tend to use weak passwords or store login/password written on a sheets of paper where everybody can see them. I'm worried about login/password leakage & want to minimize consequences. Minimizing database-server attack s...

.Net ListView and System's Icon Size

I have a ListView using the LargeIcon View mode with some 64x64 thumbnails. The problem is that the padding between ListViewItems is somehow based on the system's Icon size value (Display Properties > Appearance > Advanced > Icon). The default for XP seems to be 32 and the ListView and its thumbnails look fine, but with higher Icon size...

Effective way of String splitting

I have a completed string like this N:Pay in Cash++RGI:40++R:200++T:Purchase++IP:N++IS:N++PD:PC++UCP:598.80++UPP:0.00++TCP:598.80++TPP:0.00++QE:1++QS:1++CPC:USD++PPC:Points++D:Y++E:Y++IFE:Y++AD:Y++IR:++MV:++CP:~~ N:ERedemption++RGI:42++R:200++T:Purchase++IP:N++IS:N++PD:PC++UCP:598.80++UPP:0.00++TCP:598.80++TPP:0.00++QE:1++QS:1++CPC:USD...

embedded wpf textbox does not accept input

I put a wpf textbox inside a combobox to allow the user to enter a custom setting. I can read the keypress in the keydown event, but the text in the textbox does not change. What am I missing? <ComboBoxItem Name="GridSizeCustom"> <StackPanel Height="30" Orientation="Horizontal"> <TextBlock Text="Grid Size (8 - 200)...

Detect if any USB drive is detected or not using WinForm Application

I want to do the following things in my application 1) I want to display whether any USB drive is inserted or not in my application to prompt the user to insert a USB drive. I just want to notify the user if any USB dirve is inserted else prompt him to insert one using a label or something (i want to avoid messagebox as it will keep app...

html table in ms chart

Hi, I need to show some data in table format below my chart. I would like to have it below Chart as I will be exporting image for same. Thank you. ...

WPF - Binding a color resource to the data object within a DataTemplate

I have a DataTemplate and a SolidColorBrush in the DataTemplate.Resources section. I want to bind the color to a property of the same data object that the DataTemplate itself is bound to. However, this does not work. The brush is ignored. Why? Here is the simplified code: <DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type data:MyData}" x:Name="dt...

How Pick a Column Value from a ListView Row - C#.NET

How can i fetch the value 500 to a variable from the selected row? One solution would be to get the row position number and then the CustomerID position number. Can you please give a simple solution. SelectedItems means selected row and SubItems means the column values, so SelectedItem 0 and SubItem 0 would represent the value 500...

Invalid URI: The format of the URI could not be determined.

I keep getting this error. Invalid URI: The format of the URI could not be determined. the code I have is: Uri uri = new Uri(slct.Text); if (DeleteFileOnServer(uri)) { nn.BalloonTipText = slct.Text + " has been deleted."; nn.ShowBalloonTip(30); } EDIT: the content in slct.Text is ftp.jt-software.net/style.css. What gives?...

How to know whether I send the email successfully using System.Net.Mail

I use C# to send email using System.Net.Mail. But How can I know whether the email has been sent successfully or fail? ...

Which O/RM tool supports Microsofts Access?

For one of my clients I'm currently building an application that communicates with a legacy Microsoft Access database. Migrating to SQL server is unfortunately not (yet) an option. I currently write the queries using OleDbConnection, OleDbCommand and –good old- text based queries. As you can imagine I'm a bit spoiled by using modern O/RM...

Cache images provided through script

I have a script, which by using several querystring variables provides an image. I am also using URL rewriting within IIS 7.5. So images have an URL like this: http://mydomain/pictures/ajfhajkfhal/44/thumb.jpg or http://mydomain/pictures/ajfhajkfhal/44.jpg This is rewritten to: http://mydomain/Picture.aspx?group=ajfhajkfhal&amp;id=44&a...

How to use Profile in ASP.NET?

i try to learn asp.net Profile management. But i added below xml firstName,LastName and others. But i cannot write Profile. if i try to write Profile property. drow my editor Profile : Error 1 The name 'Profile' does not exist in the current context C:\Documents and Settings\ykaratoprak\Desktop\Security\WebApp_profile\WebApp_profi...

Windows components in .net

hi I need a component in .net which able me to partition a year to some part which is making by clicking at the beginning of the part and click again at the end of that. the shape below is a sample of my need but I create it by buttons and back-color of them for showing for you: I don't know the name of this component to search for th...

Unable to target .NET 2.0 in VIsual Studio 2010

What steps are needed to target previous versions of the .NET framework in Visual Studio 2010? I installed VS and the .NET 2.0 SDK (from here), but only .NET 4.0 is in the list of available frameworks. Any ideas what I'm missing? ...

Output excel spreadsheets with or without Office PIA

I have a program that currently outputs Excel via SpreadsheetML files. I build these using streams. This is very space inefficient for Excel; the files can be 5 to 6 times as large as other Excel binary formats. I would like to output a binary excel format such as .xls or .xlsx, but I don't want to have the installation of the program...

Optimizing C# code in MVC controller

I am making a number of distinct controllers, one relating to each stored procedure in a database. These are only used to read data and making them available in JSON format for javascripts. My code so far looks like this, and I'm wondering if I have missed any opportunities to re-use code, maybe make some help classes. I have way too l...

possibility to do type/data conversion of data returned by ria services?

My service returns an byte array, which I have to convert to an 'animated gif' (using imagetools since silverlight doesn't support it yet) I was wondering, is it possible to insert some code at the client, where I can do the conversion before the actual object is returned to whatever it is binded against? On the server side, the querie...