I'm writing a c#  Windows program that needs to be able to insert records
into a dbase table. I can read it using a dataset but can't insert records. I
receive the following error,
ERROR [HY000] [Microsoft][ODBC dBase Driver] Unexpected error from external

Anyone know how I can find out if any process has a handle on a specific file?

Nice and simple one for you all...
Is there a time to use Catch(Exception) rather than creating an instance of
the Exception, as in Catch(Exception ex)?

I have to make a event signup page for our company that would display
the event time/date in 3 different time zones (Eastern - New York,
Central - Chicago, and Pacific - San Francisco).  To do this. I convert
the inputed date from local time zone and convert it into UTC and store

 I have to create one Add-in component using C# which will communicate to
MS-Outlook to retrieve emails and store it in database, so that my other
application will retrieve these information from database and display in that
system. I am not familiar in outlook concept and I ...

Instead of binding to a control, can i bind to an non visual object ?
I want to have a string that is the result of adding 2 fields, can i to it
with adding some kind of binding to a class object ?
eg , string fullname = dr["Firstname"]  as string + " " + dr["lastname"] as

I would like to know, how can I check the name of the current user that is
Log on in O.S XP.
Hi already try the
Environment.UserName.ToString();

I am making a custom control which places some restrictions on the
value of Text property of the control.
While debugging i noticed that when the control is drag-dropped on a
form during Design Time, the InitializeNewComponent method of the

I have a bunch of dynamically created checkboxes that I add to the a
label in the html through my C# code.  Then I also have a javascript
function that goes through and identifies which checkboxes are checked
when the user clicks on the submit button.  My question now is, how

I'm using XSD.EXE to generate XSD from my classes.  I've worked through
most of the kinks, but there's one thing that is still sending me for a
loop: is there a way to make value-types not "required"?   I've got
numerous boolean fields for minor configuration tweaks, and since these

I am looking for a trackbar (slider) that could be a little bit more
customizable that the Microsoft one.
Do you know one (free or commercial) ?
Thanks !

I have a class that needs to retreive data based on a id passed to.
Currently, I have designed the constructor to take the id as a parameter and
then connects to my DAL which retrieves data from my db.  Is this good
design?

Hey Guys
Alot of articles and alot of stuff still no answer. Please help me on
this one. I need to get data out of  a filterred selected row !!! ...
this is how my code looks like....

I need to change the scrollbars' UI of DataGrid (C#, Framework 1.1). I tried
many ways, but I can not implement it yet. Please help me if you know how to
do it.
I have implemented a scrollbar (public class HorizontalScrollBar :

 I have got the standard edition of VS and I'm having a blast with C#,
having come from a Delphi background. VS has some very nice features like
the windows docking mechanism and the pinned windows. Are these controls
available somewhere in the VS-standard palette or do you need ...