So theres no way to store state information in the graphics path such as
pens and brushes? ;/ Any way to do this that is simple? (maybe a metafile?)
I'm trying to describe a button as a "graphics path" but obviously I need so
draw with different colors and stuff.

I'm using XmlSerializer.Serialize method from System.Xml.Serialization
on one of my own classes and getting the following error:
"An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException'
occurred in system.xml.dll

Can somebody point me at tutorial or example how to use C# to create COM DLL?
(I am using Visual Studio 2005)
Thank you.
Gregory Khrapunovich

I'm a little unfamiliar with how the garbage collector works in C#.
First my example:
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
public unsafe struct TestClass {

I'm using c# to called a command line netsh ipsec static.... and the group
policy store it on local even those I used "ipsec static set store
location=domain"
my question is how do I keep the command line is in the netsh eviroment?

I'm trying to do a static_cast at runtime in C# and as I understand it,
"as" is the keyword to use.  Unfortunately, the compiler is trying to do
the cast a compilation time.  See below.
/* TestA.cs */

Ok I have this code in a function, but for discussion sake I will
revise it a little bit and make it shorter. The problem that I am
having is that trim does not work.
void main()

I am learning to use C#, having decided to upgrade myself from VB.Net (to
which I also recently upgraded a few months ago from VB6).
I created a Windows Application and in it a form.  I added a label and a
button on the form.  Then I double-clicked on the button and added the

Is it possible to write the following function as a template where
"EnumFlags" becomes template parameter T (where T will always be an
enumerator with the "FlagsAttribute"). Nothing I've tried works, including
use of a "where" clause since T must always be of type "System.Enum". ...

I know what interfaces are and what they used for etc.  Today i am learning
about serilization.
I know to mark the class "serializable" and implement ISerializable
interface, and then implement mthod GetObjectData, etc.

I was just curious. I know that a struct is value type by definition,
and will be placed on the stack, but what if you have a reference type
in the struct, say a string, or an array.  Where will that be placed?

I have a form with a socket which is handled by the beginReceive function.
When the data is received it is in turn returned to the window for display.
I have done this several times before and the call back is straight forward
enough it just seems the way I am doing it is ...

i need a regexp to parse some like this
<AwordHere> any thing here #$% #@$#@ /./09812 anything </AwordHere>
this works for that:
<(?<field>\w+)>(?<value>.*)(?<field></\w+>)

Is it safe to call a GUI control's members directly from another thread.
That is, if I launch a background thread when the user clicks a button on my
form, can I safely retrieve info from one of its controls on that thread. I
assume that behind the scenes the call will occur back ...

I'm an old Win32 guy, so I may be completely off-base here, but is there any
support for Memory-mapped files in C#?  
I'm actually trying to get around a limitation with Windows Authorization
Manager.  Right now, the security information contained in AzMan is either