I wrote a small application that I am to distribute to my friends for
using it.  Before executing the application, I require to check if they
have the .NET framework installed on their PC.
What could command, or what should I tell them to check before trying

I am writing some debugging code for my company's web based C# system.
I am trapping errors and send emails to the dev team. What I would like
to do is to find each SqlCommand that is 'on' the particular page and
cycle through its params and get the values for each.

If you have the namespaces
foo.bar.x
foo.bar.y
foo.bar.z

Is there a simple way open a pdf file? I'd like to pass in the pdf name and
it opens adobe reader with that pdf file. This is in a windows application.
Thanks!

I need to parse an third party supplied delimited or fixed width text file
into a datatable.  The delimiter may vary.
I am currently using a SteamReader to read each line and, for delimited
files, String.Split() to break each line into an array based on the

Is it possible to implement a class that is aware of the calls other
classes make to its methods without putting the logic inside the
methods? I mean, if I want to make a log of the calls to methods in
classes I have to put inside all the methods a line like

I"m trying to invoke a method using reflection on a DLL that is already
within a project. However, I"m having a few problems and didn't know if
anyone has any bright ideas. Please note, I've had lots of success with
Reflection in the past, so I'm familiar with Reflection a little ...

I have a simple question. Here is the code related to my question:
               while (true)
               {
                   if (tcpListenerServer.Pending() && !this.Disposing)

- kind of new to c# and very new to multithreading -
1) are all objects (value and reference type variables and objects/classes)
safe to *read* from multiple threads? I know if something is not marked as
thread safe you have to use one of the synchronization features to

Here is the code I am having problem:
[STAThread()]
static void Main(string[] args)
{

Does anybody know, what message is being sent to the window(s) when one
clicks "Show Desktop" button (the one on windows taskbar ;) )? I'd like
to capture such a message to set some variables.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

I am facing a userinteraction issue with a listview, which is
populated/updated by a background task.
While the population of the listview is taking place, the user should
already be able to execute actions on the already visible items.

A System.Exception has a Data property that I would like to add data to
before I call my standard exception handler. When in a routine that uses SQL
server I would like to add the
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionSQLConnection,

I'm looking for a way to calculate the amount of time that Windows has
been running since the last boot. Ideally I'd like to be able to create
a DateTime object containing this value so that I can format it however
I like.

Hi, I keep resorting to com interop calls, for example I needed the
location of the carot in a text box and I had to use a win32API call
(GetCarotPos??) to do that.
It's one example, I could give several more that have come up over the