Is it possible to "Serialize" a class to xml into a string or XmlDocument
without having to create a disk file?
Thanks in advance.

I don't know why I'm getting this error...
The type or namespace name 'CollectionEditor' could not be found (are you
missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
I do have using System.ComponentModel.Design; but get yelled at here:

I'm trying to use the Application Settings option in VS2005 with C#. So
far I've no success getting my settings to save or load. Various
tutorials on the 'net seem to be outdated.
Even MSDN's info seems to be incorrect regarding the act of accessing

I keep getting this error with the following code:
 This row already belongs to another table
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
     DataTable dtPersonID = new DataTable();

What is the quickest way to get an array of datarows (from a typed dataset)
into a dataview (for the purpose of sorting to bind to a datagrid)?
Like i have a function that returns usersDataSet.usersRow[]. I want to take
those results, put it into a dataview, and sort them. I know ...

I havean app written in vb6 that links to a vb6 DLL file.  The app handles
errors raised by the DLL based on the error number (Err.Number).  I would
now like to convert the DLL to c#.  How can I raise errors from the c# DLL
so that the VB6 exe can diferentiate between them (eg ...

What's the correct way to determine the path to the temp directory?  I
want to stick a log there.

I've got an application that starts whenever the machines starts but it
hangs on the splash screen until the underlying applications is ready to go
and then it starts to load.
Is there any way (in C# code) to stop this application from running until

i first want to apologize for some silly things i might write, cause
all this c++, com and c# is new to me.
i'm currently writing a project that his aim is to load some general
com object in runtime, when this com object is not in registry(don't

I have a regular windows forms application that I need to automatically fill
in some information into..... But the manufacture has no published API's or
web services.  Everything must be via their GUI.
Is there some technique that would allow a .Net program to fill in any

does anybody know how to use all values of an enumeration in a combobox?
i have an enum type defined like
public enum EnumTest
{

I wonder if anyone could give me a suggestion on how to best handle this
scenario.
I wish to have an aspx page contact a server and receive messages.
Initially, a login messge is sent, then after being validated, a second

Using WMI, how do I retrieve the list of running applications on a pc?  If
you open up task manager and click on the applications tab, I am trying to
retrieve the task name and the status.  I looked high and low in the WMI
documentation and unable to find a class that returns ...

Is there a C# version of the C++ pointer (or reference) to member operator -
.* or ->*
Basically I'd like to write a function that can take an object and an offset
to a member of the object to access. For example in the search function

Hi!!
How to insert a button or linkButton in a ListViewItem? =)
Thanks!