We are an organisation that use C# currently and we have some members who
are not yet trained in .Net or C#, some staff have requested they use VB
instead (probably due to their background).
Given that we are already using C# I think adding VB into the mix is a bad

In Java I can start a thread and write the function in-place.  So, you
could do, in pseudocode:
def someFunc:
  thread.new( def summit: doSomeStuff() )

its on .net 2.0
I am calling a stored procedure which returns value SCOPE_INDENTITY() ,
when i try to convert the result from object to int, it throws a type
conversion error...

Hi, I'm not sure that this is the right forum for this, but I've been having
a very tough time completing this expression, and I was hoping someone might
have some suggestions for me.
I am trying to read measurements out of a text description, and I have a

I wish to setup a resource that holds CONSTANT values. The resource
file is call LogCat.resx (Logger Categories) and contains Debug, Info,
Error etc...
This resource is located in a resource only assembly and uses the

how to make a single method thread safe?
example:
class A
{

Is it possible to produce a Windows Dialog form that can be used like
MessageBox.ShowDialog(), but returns a custom object type
e.g.
myObject = MyForm.ShowDialog();

I need a regular expression that will match only the tags that have
nested tags inside them:
Input:
<control id=1><control id=2></control></control><control id=3></control>

Here's a little background. I have a function that calls a method of another
assembly (COM Interop) dynamically through Reflection. It gets method name
and array of values and calls .InvokeMember to get results. Everything worked
fine until parameters types of Boolean and ...

I have a code in C which i am rewritting it in C#.
I am facing problem with the following two lines :
char *cipher;
(DWORD*)cipher(C) and (uint*)cipher(C#) are giving different values

Why FromWindowState still shows maximized even after the size is changed to
something normal? Is there a way to find the true WindowState of a form?

Hi to all,
I have a program that list broken links into a web site...
The program works in the majority of the times, but in some urls, i dont
know why, but the request.GetResponse (all the html of the page) that i get

My original posting (Dec 12, this group) is copied below, but it boils down
to a simple question first:
does an inherited class prevent certain internal properties (inherited from
an ancestor class) from being visible to GetType().GetMethod()?

How to put app po "sleep" in system tray (place with system clock)?
Thanks, Dalibor

Are there any reasons why I shouldn't or couldn't use a structure as a  
property in a class?  Specifically since structures are value types and  
objects are reference types?
I have a Shipping object that has 4 different types of addresses.