Is there an easy way to design a service that "listens" for attempts to
add files to a specified directory, and on detecting an attempt
starting another exe? I've no idea how feasible it is without getting
too deep into the WinAPI.

I was trying to break some of my sections of code up into seperate files
using the new "partial" type definition and coudln't figure out how to
make the new files appear under the main file...
The only thing I could figure out to do was to open the .csproj file in

Hi,
I am trying to deploy a C# application to a Windows 2000 machine. When I try
to run the app after the install i get a runtime error. the setup works on
both

I am developing an infrastructure dll in c#.
my dll can be use by all kind of application containers win/web/console.
how do i implement a shutdown hook which will be called when the user exit
from the application (for all kind of .NET applications)?

Does MethodImpl  Synchronized attribute is like lock(this) ?
i mean that a call to Monitor.PulseAll(this) from a Synchronized method will
trigger other thread that call to Monitor.Wait(this) ?
Thanks.

I am having a build error in one of the overloaded functions in my class.
The function takes either a string as a parameter or a type referenced in
another dll as a parameter. My class references the dll where the type of the
parameter is defined. I am able to create to create my ...

I need to validate the input of my text box.
I want the users to enter only numbers.
Wich regular expression can i use with my Regex class?
many thanks

What is the (static) function for retrieving the physical disk location
on the web page?
I need to put images on the local disk so these files are available on
the URL.

I have a custom collection class that looks like this
public class CustomCollection<T> : ICollection<T>, IList<T>,
IEnumerable<T>, IDisposable, ICloneable, IComparer<T>
{....}

My application is already installed on the client machines & I am using
Application Updater blockfor Auto Upgrades. Can I replace Updater blocks with
ClickOnce.

Okay, so the deal is, I'm using the enum structure to populate some list, the
problem is that I don't have the enums at compile time, they must be
generated at runtime (i.e. read from some file or what not).  I need them to
be in the enum type of structure for a specific control ...

I have some doubts related to database handling in .net.
I am using sqldataadapter to update and insert rows into database.
What i want to know is at a time of inserting rows using
sqlqueryanalyser, is their any locking system used internally.

what ms product do i need to buy to compile programs for
the compact framework and mobile devices?
looking at there vs products i only see the architect version. Very
expensive as we only need to compile a sourcecode that we bought from

can't work out for the life of me at the mo why the code below doesn't
do what I want.  the last matching PK it finds sets the checkbox and
this is the only 1 that displays.  any ideas please.
int contractCounter = 0;

I have a C# app that runs script files. The app is launched using a
command line argument to indicate which script should run.  Most
scripts are run indefinitely in a loop and periodically perform tasks.
When the script is launched the Title Bar of the app indicates the name