One aspect of an application I'm working on requires doubles to be sent to a
browser in XML, and therefore the doubles have to be represented as strings.
We also need to be able to take the XML back from the browser and parse the
doubles, and have them turn into the "same" double ...

I'm trying to use windbg's "!htrace" command to find the source of a
handle leak in a C# app I have.  To understand the !htrace output, I
have created a little sample app that just opens a file:
static void Main(string[] args)

I can't seem to find the appropriate news group to post this question to so
sorry if this isn't it.
I have a C# .NET windows service.  I want my service to be able to load some
files from its install directory at runtime.  However, when the service is

Putting aside all the arguments for and against (if you can), is it POSSIBLE
to:
Use ILMerge to link the runtime (or the relevant bits of it) so that my
users don't need the framework installed.

I've got a couple of things I'm not sure in my mind about as far as the
options to CorBindToRuntimeEx go:
1. Is the default option for Windows Forms is
STARTUP_LOADER_OPTIMIZATION_MULTI_DOMAIN_HOST?

My application creates an AppDomain and sets is base directory outside the
directory of the creator. Then it needs to load in a newly created domain an
assembly that is installed in the original (creator) domain. And fails, of
coures, because new domain does not have this ...

Do you know how to modify a resource file existing in a C# project. I mean read a resouce file and change its contents.
It would be great help to me. Thanks
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From: Sandeep Sahu

Althought I have read hundreds if not more pages on
msdn as well other sites on IDisposable and heap
generations. I am still a bit confused as to why
the application I have written is acting in such

One complete day a lost finding the problem, Now I know what is, but I
don't know why?
This is my simple source code. The first method call the BeginConnect()
using the same windows form thread, and the second method call the

Please someone help me in the following verification question:
I know that verifier shall simulate all possible control flow paths through
the bytecode. So, the verifier shall have a flow graph.
In this graph, I'm wondering, what is the succesor of an "endfinally"

I am new to the community and related stuff. However I was wondering that
wether CLR would be able to understand or can be extended to context
sensitivity. If some programming languages already exists and it targets .NET
please let me know about and if not, I am thinking to work ...

I have a .net remoting host which is windows service.
Most of the server component are servicedComponent.
They're located in GAC.  
The problem arises whenever i modify one of the server

This method (and also PropertyInfo.GetRawConstantValue) are new in Beta2.
Using reflector, the implementation of these methods simply throw a 'not
implemented' exception. Is the intention to implement these methods by RTM
(so that we can use them) or will they be removed?

I am working in managed C++.  I have a Mutex object in which I need to
replace the Handle property with a new handle.  The new handle is being
constructed using Win32 CreateMutex call.  I need to call the Win32 version
in order to set the security descriptor for the mutex, which is ...

executing the following on a local drive works fine :
  FileStream wLog = File.OpenRead("c:\Log.txt")
  FileStream wLog = File.OpenRead("h:\Log.txt")
but executing the same code on a network drive creates a FileIOPermission-exception.