I'm currently converting an existing application from .NET 1.1 to 2.0.  I'm
down to the point where I'm only having one issue, but I'm not sure why.  I
have the line:
ConfigurationSettings.GetConfig("WinAppConfig")

I am new to serialization, so not truly sure if i am missing something
fundamental. My question is, can an xml file, that i get from a web
service be de serialized?
That is, it is raw xml, meaning its not xml generated by serializing

Hello, I used VS 2005 to create a console application.  Got the application
working just fine.  I then decided I would create a folder for each of my
"console" applications within that project.  I created a new folder and
placed the working application under tht folder (This ...

I have a collection that I add my objects to.  When I go to remove an object
from the collect I get an error {"Cannot remove the specified item because
it was not found in the specified Collection."}
Now I do understand what it is saying but I know the object is in the

I'm trying to create a drop-in replacement for an existing COM library
in C# 2.0. The original library is unmanaged and my consumers are
customers' VB6 legacy apps, many of which rely on global constants. As
.NET doesn't allow global constants, and I have no member name control

I want to draw a simple pixel (i.e. a red pixel in the center of the
screen), which is always in the foreground - even when running a fullscreen
application like a DirectX game.
I need this as an easy entry for programming later a HUD, which shows

i created a c#  toolbar addin for vs2005, but i don't arrive detect when a
new file is opening in edit mode.
I want update the ProjectItems ...
must i create a thread runner and test all x ticks ? or an "OnFileOpenEvent"

   I am having some trouble integrating a C++ native DLL into a C# App.
   I am using SWIG to generate the C# wrapper for my DLL.
   My problem is that for debugging reasons I have a different DLL for  the
debug and release modes. This is reflected into the creation of SWIG ...

I have been reading on interfaces working on samples I've run across on the
web.  For the life of me I cannot seem to grasp them.
It appears to me that interfaces are simply blueprints to a class, that when
implemented, they require the implementing calss to make sure that each of ...

What is the class name for open/write/read a text file? I can't find it in
the reference book. Thanks!
WJ

It must be simple, but I don't find how I can read a XmlFile in an
ArrayList.
Sample of my XmlFile:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

I have a singleton class that loads a config file (for an assembly) into an
internal stream object.  I designed this class as singleton because it
parses the config file many times and I do not want to load the config file
everytime.  The problem is I am using XMLReader because ...

I am designing an inherited control. Besides the OnCreateControl , what
other events can be listened to that the if(!DesignMode) test willl
work? The reason I am asking is that a customer has asked to hide the
control. However, setting the controls visible property to false means

I have several comboboxes on a form that are bound to the same dataset. I
want to simulate the Access Lookup Table in these comboboxes. That is, I can
select a value loaded in the combobox without changing the selected value in
another combobox that is bound to the same data. I ...

i need to play (in a windows app) all or part of wav/mp3/midi files thru
software without a user interface. i also need to allow the user to choose
the midi instrument to play the midi files by filling a list box with
available instruments.