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How to pass arguments when debugging a dot net application

Hi, I have an command line that uses arguments, I have no problem with this, but each time I want to test the application, I need to compile it, run the CMD, call the application with the parameters from the CMD, because I didn't find any solution that let me dynamically pass arguments to the console in Visual Studio Any idea about that?...

Fluent nHibernate and JoinSubClasses

I am not sure if this a problem with my Fluent configuration or some logic in my thinking. Basically I have a Person class from which I have two inherited classes, Author and Borrower (it's a library system). The mapping I have is. public class PersonMap : ClassMap<Person> { public PersonMap() { Id(x => x.Id, "id"); ...

Different layouting modes for WindowsForms

Is it possible to implement different layouting modes for a windows form without having to manual compute the alignment locations? For example: I have a Form which should be able to displayed in two modes normal & touchscreen. Touch screen mode being the same form with larger buttons, larger fonts and should not have alignment issues. ...

Set reportviwer's parameter in an application.

How do we set the parameters of .Net's reportviewer? ...

How to get the current user's Active Directory details in C#

I am working on an C# and ASP.Net application, that uses Windows Authentication. i.e. in Web.config: <system.web> <authentication mode="Windows" /> </system.web> I want to get details for the current user (full name, email address, etc) from Active Directory. I can get their pre Windows 2000 user login name (eg: SOMEDOMAIN\so...

Remoting Event Handling: Specifying an available range of listening ports

I have a client-server application that uses .NET remoting. The server sends update event to the client via .NET events. (That was a big deal to get working, but it has been deployed for seven months without problems.) To be able to listen to events, the client has to create a listening channel. My app.config file specifies port "0", m...

Duplicate LINQ to SQL entity / record?

Hi guys, What would be considered the best practice in duplicating [cloning] a LINQ to SQL entity resulting in a new record in the database? The context is that I wish to make a duplicate function for records in a grid of an admin. website and after trying a few things and the obvious, read data, alter ID=0, change name, submitChanges(...

REST on IIS

I'm wondering how many folks using the Microsoft development stack (IIS and/or ASP.NET) are actually using REST? If so, what forms of rest are being used? REST can be categorized a zillion ways, but for the purpose of this question I'll categorize it as follows: Radically REST: Using all the HTTP methods PUT/POST/GET/DELETE Moderate...

What can make a .NET app freeze the computer?

I know this is probably the canonical "It depends..." question but I'd appreciate any pointers as to where to start looking. I have a client/server app talking over ethernet. In one computer I run the server and a client and on another just the client. One runs Vista and one runs XP. After an uptime of about 3 weeks the entire computer ...

How can I manually create WCF OperationContract body type?

I'm trying to code a web service client in Silverlight for a RESTful WCF service that I have developed. In Silverlight I am constructing the body of the WebRequest using a DataContractSerializer instance. This approach works great if there is a single argument for the OperationContract. It doesn't work so well if there are multiple ar...

Storing Settings for Multiple Projects Commonly in C#

Hi, I want to keep the settings for two different projects for c# commonly.Is there any way to achieve this?. Regards, Harsh Suman ...

Making C++ library Avaiable to .Net

I need to make a large c++ library avaiable for use in .Net languages such as C#. The library contains a large number of classes which can be broken into two groups. Refrence counted classes, which implement the IRefCounted abstract class and use a factory method to create them, and just plain classes using new/delete. In adittion ther...

Sending mail without installing an SMTP server

I have a .Net application. I want this application to send an email to me. How do I implement this without installing an SMTP server? ...

How to migrate a .NET Windows Service application to Linux using mono?

What would be the best approach to migrate a .NET Windows Service to Linux using mono? I've been trying to avoid executing the application as a scheduled command. Is it possible to obtain a service/system daemon(in linux) like behavior? ...

Continuous build with .NET and Java projects on a single machine

Is it possible to set up continuous build of projects written in .NET and Java on single build server with single set of applications? I've seen CruiseControl has support for both world but as far as I know these are two separate applications. Should I go with a separate machine to build Java projects (a machine for .NET projects is alr...

How do I find out whether an object's type is a subclass of IEnumerable<T> for any value type T?

I need to validate an object to see whether it is null, a value type, or IEnumerable<T> where T is a value type. So far I have: if ((obj == null) || (obj .GetType().IsValueType)) { valid = true; } else if (obj.GetType().IsSubclassOf(typeof(IEnumerable<>))) { // TODO: check whether the generic parameter is a value type. } ...

When chaining .NET delegates, how are the original instances (re)used?

Say I have the following C# code: Action a = TestMethod; Action b = TestMethod; Action c = b; b += a; Tests indicates that b is not the same instance as c, so clearly the + operator seems to create a new instance of the delegate. Is this a correct assumption? Does it reuse the b-instance internally, or does it just copy the method/tar...

.net: virtual network shares that pull their content from databases or other sources

I'd like to expose data that can come from different sources (ie. a database, or various other folders locations) and make it available as a virtual network folder so that users could access the data, and also write data into this virtual folder structure, with a listener translating the action into what should be done with the file behi...

How can I know a dll is not a debug build

How do i know for sure that my production server uses release build dll's. Is there a way to find that info inside dll? Duplicate of: How to tell if .net app was compiled in DEBUG or RELEASE mode? How to check if DLL is debug-compiled ...

Best Development tools for Upgrading from VB6.0

Im planning to upgrade a large vb6 application to .net. The project uses many third party components eg VSFlexGrid as well as crystal reports. It also uses old VB6 dlls whose source code is unavailable. My questions are Should I convert the source to C# or is VB.net robust enough? What do I do about third party components that are not ...