I'm making a program to auto-login people to border manager proxy... to
do so I have to check if they can access the inernet... I though the
best way was to check if an host (ex. google) outside the network was
alive... to do so I thought I could ping it but I'm shure there is

I have a baseclass (non-static) with some static and some non-static
methods/fields/properties.
In the baseclass in one of the static methods I need to do something like
"

I'm working on a .NET application using Google Maps, but since the page
is updated with Javascript, I think I need to use Javascript to get
directions from the page.  Does anybody know how to invoke javascript
commands on a Windows.Forms.WebBrowser and get the results ?

[Using .NET2.0]
Is there any way to change the return types on a member function in derived
classes?  E.g., something like:
public abstract class A

I need to display data in a scrolling area much like HTML's marque (one
scrolling left and one scrolling up). Is there an object that will do that
for me in a C#/Windows app or do I need to load a browser window and then
use an HTML file to do it.

I have the following problem with VS 2005 (Professional) and C# 2.0
I will use assembly and namespace synonymously here.
I have a class in namespace InheritClass inherit from a baseclass in
namespace BaseClass.

I can say this:
int commandTimeout =
Convert.ToInt32(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["commandTimeout"]);
but I can't say this:

I have been waiting almost a month for my Visual Studio 2005 Professional to
be shipped. After calling Microsoft, I was informed that they have not
shipped any orders yet for the Professional version (in the US), even if you
ordered on or before November 7 (supposed launch date). ...

My network engineer has said there is a system SID that you can get that is
unique to each computer on a network. Does anybody know where this is stored
or how to get it? I looked through regedit and there are lots and lots of
SID so I don't know which one is the correct one.

I'm trying to implements snmp stuff into my App and I have problems with
SnmpStrToContext to do his job.
I Declared :
[DllImport("Wsnmp32")]

I've a problem with PrintPreviewDialog in c#.
I've done a form with a ListViewControl and i tried to print the data
contents in this listview.
I've read the ListViewControl via a WHILE cicle and i've done document

Can someone help me straighten out my train of thought... I want to
know what actually goes on behind the scene..step by step.
Here is the code:
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I can't find what exactly I'm doing wrong that the following
DataGridTableStyle is not working on my table.  The result set returns
21 columns.  I'm only formatting 5 via the TableStyle.  I thought maybe
the problem was I had more columns being put into the DataGrid than I

Nothing drives me crazier than having to look at someone's code where the
indentation is sloppy. Some lines are indented 2 spaces, others 10 spaces.
Sometimes there's 10 blank lines between lines of code, others times there's
none. Sometimes there are spaces around boolean operators ...

I'm currently working on a simple project (for study on C#) with an
input (maskedtextbox) and a listbox. The input numbers are send in the
listbox.
When the listbox is filled with numbers it automaticly puts the