I just had a job opp come across my desk. It is based in KC, and it
looks like it can be a pretty lucrative position. If anyone is
interested please contact me.
greg.franklin

The pin_changed event from serial port is being queued while the
eventhandler is busy, but how do I change it so that the new event is
ignored instead while eventhandler is busy (I want to eliminate switch
noise)?

I have an application working with an Access database and I need to
'lock' the currently opened DB file in order to prevent it to be
deleted, modified by other applications etc. Does anyone know how to
achieve this? An information regarding unlocking a file would also be

           In Remoting, There are 4 combinations possible.
           HTTP -SOAP
           HTTP - Binary
           TCP - SOAP

I would like to obtain encypted data over a network in real-time. The
nature of the data and process is as follows...
A physical hardware device is located at some remote location. When the
sensor gets activated, it must notify an operator at a remote facility

In the dropdownbox in the properties window I have a lot of components that
I cannot see in the designer.
Is there a way to bring them to the front so I can delete them?
PS they are set to Visible=true

Why do I get this error for this simple console app. It is complaining about
the 'timer1_Elapsed' argument in
System.Timers.ElapsedEventHandler(timer1_Elapsed);
An object reference is required for the nonstatic field, method, or property

Is it possible to have the timer interval in a window's service be derived
from an app.config setting?
When I implemented one a while back I was forced to hard code the value
because it wasn't working. There didn't appear to be any problem with the

Hello, everyone.
Is there a way to not display a certain value in a datagrid cell?
I have a datagrid for subscriptions and ebooks and if there isn't an e-book
listed, the value from the database (SQL) is "Null/No Set Dummy Row".

I have a form that I would like to make very small on load.  No matter how
small I set it the form gets set to 123x34 when it loads.  I am free to
resize it smaller using my mouse but the initial size is still bigger than I
have set in my code, in this case 30x20.

I have a MSIL/performance question:
Is there any difference between declaring a variable once and assigning
to it multiple times, and declaring and assigning multiple times?
For example:

I'm used to windows forms programming. Just tackling something in asp.net as
a web app - I have got to the point where I have a login form that works,
and on the resulting page I have a loginview. That page has a design layout
and a source layout, then I also have a code layout. ...

As far as I understand, 'lock' is the only option, isn't it?
Namely, If I want to declare a 'synchronised' method, I do it this way:
class A {
   void AMethod() {

I used to work in VB.NET. Now in C#, I have:
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

Back in ADO days, it was fairly easy to get the meta data (tablenames,
columnnames , etc) .. with all that schema stuff.
I have a Access database, that I'd like to get the list of tableNames in it.
How does one get the metadata about a database thru DotNet?