Is there a way to bind a top level element in an xml file to a combobox, and
then reveal the child elements in a datagrid?
I'm trying to store menu items (ie: their names) in the combobox, and then
retrieve the results in the datagrid.  Now, the datagrid needs to hold the

Given an delegate type as in
 public delegate MyDelegate()
Does anyone know the difference between an event
 public event MyDelegate MyEvent;

I am using the System.IO.File class to determine if a file exists on a
network share.
The File.Exists method keeps returning false, even though the file does
exist.  The MSDN documentation states,

The Idea:
Page1.aspx sets a property value to an arraylist.
Page2.aspx retreives that property (using a Context.Handler) every time the
page loads. It then iterates through the arraylist and builds a table

Whats wrong with the below code?  On every loop it seems to be jumping 3
sometimes 4 records.  As you can see the SQL query is asking for all records
with no filters.  I want to loop each record as I asked.  Is there something
with wrong with my code?  Thanks in adavnce, Steve.

This is for a Win form.
Currently I have several connection strings that are identical through out
my application.  Is a global variable the best choice for this situation?  If
so, what is the code to make a global string variable, and where do I put it,

I'm in difficulty with this: I need to know the height of a text line that
is written with Graphics.DrawString().
In theory I need just to get the Graphics.MeasureString() result.
But this works if the string is on a single line.

How do i get the path to the current users document folder?
I can't find any method in the .NET framework?!?
Any one got an idea?
Regards

I am planning on purchasing VS2005 to learn C# very soon, and I need good
book recommendations. I realize this is a question that may be asked a lot,
but please consider my background:
I have been a ClassicVB/ASP programmer for about 7 years.  I have never done

is it possible to configure a printpreview control so
that I am able to print selected pages (for example 12-20 like by Word)?
Thanks
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If you rebuild a solution without change anything, the new generated
EXEs still has some difference.
Is there a way to find out whether two EXEs are functional same?

Is there a clever way to get the number of instances started of an
application within the same application. Is it possible to implement an event
handler to key on the change in numbers of running application of same type.
I saw this implemented in c++ with a static integer in the ...

Hi people,
In my code I get an ExecutionEngineException. I don't know what to do with
it, and I can't seem to get rid of it. How can I figure out what is causing
it? It always appears on the exact same line of code.

I have an .Net application which processes thousands of Xml nodes each
day and for each node I am using around 30-40 Regex matches to see if
they satisfy some conditions are not. These Regex matches are called
within a loop (like if or for). E.g.

How to convert a date string to datetime value with custom date format?
e.g.
Date String        Date Format       Result (DateTime value)
"05/07/2004"    "MM/dd/yyyy"    May 7, 2004