Hi, is there any way to format and order the columns displayed in a datagrid
bound to a class that inherits from IBindingList? i have used
DataGridTableStyle and added DataGridTextBoxColumns to it in the correct
order which works fine if the dataGrid.dataSource = "ArrayList", but it

Does anyone know if there is a library or a sample project that can
parse strings with mathematical expressions inside ?
eg. string math = "(23 + 48) ^ 2 - (7.76 * 3.14)";
parser should calculate the result of this.

I am working with c# and asp.net in developing web applications, iam using
.netframework 1.1  ,i want to know what is the need of 3-tier or 4-tier
architecture in our application development.what is its part when some body
is using our application.plese give links where i can ...

I have read the Microsoft Product Feature Comparisons page many times over
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/compare/default.aspx), as well
as Gregory's blog on the subject
(http://spaces.msn.com/members/gregorybeamer/Blog/cns!1ptsyfBgfiUmsaQCul95SOyg!14
1.entry)

I work for a multi-domain software services provider and have been at
this job since campus.
I recently  got this offer for Morgan Stanley IT division as a C#/.net
Dev for their in-house s/w.

I am trying to build a console application in C#.Net. This application
is suppose to run in background without user interaction. How can I
hide console to appear?

I just want to stick my PPC in its cradle and have it charge... and nothing
else. What is so wrong with that? Why won't Microsoft let me do that very
simple thing??

I am trying to do a build of an application against the latest .dll file for a library but the compiler insists on trying to load an
older version : Graphics2D.dll(1.0.2142.164) instead of Graphics2D.dll(1.0.2142.3790)
Is there an easy way to fix this problem?
Thanks,

In C#, I cannot find a way to effectively union a class (or structure)
and a byte array.
Essentially, I need to do this equivalent in C:
union {

I need to randomly generate a 16 digit hex number in C# code.
How can I do this?
Thanks.

We can use  System.IO.Compression to compress/decompress stream.
How can we use System.IO.Compression to zip/unzip file in disk?

How do I store a string value for an item in a CheckedListBox in
Windows Form?
For a web based application, CheckBoxList allowed us to store 2 string
values for the item in it. How do I achieve that when making use of the

I'm getting the following warning when I build a solution in VS 2005 which I
did not get in VS 2003:
At least one of the arguments for 'DataLinks.RemoteCreateDBInstanceEx'
cannot be marshaled by the runtime marshaler.  Such arguments will therefore

I'm able to get one recordset from my SP that has two select statements. How
do I get the second recordset? How do I access the second recordset to
populate the tag of my controls?
Here is my code so far. I'm getting an error 'System.Data.DataTable' does

I might decide to use a 3D array, but for now I'm experimenting with 2D.
Here's what I have so far:
for (int x = 0; x < 10; x++)
{