So when you use VS's View Designer, each object included is keyed off
its Name. You cannot make the name the same as some other component.
You can change the name in a PropertyGrid. I want to do a similar
thing. I have a class (MissionManager with a bunch of static functions)

Following on from the recent thread about why HttpWebRequest doesn't
implement the IDisposable interface, I got to wondering whether people make
their custom classes inherit IDisposable or not as a general rule, or only
under certain circumstances...

Hi everyone :)
I'm a newb to C-Sharp but more I learn about it - more I like it.
I need some help please. I'm trying to find out to dynamically allocate
form controls. For example I want to have 5 combo boxes on my form and

I have a mdb file shared in the LAN. I want to write app that verifies
if it's open.
If the file is not open, then my app can open the file.
if the file is used, then the app won't open it.

I am not asking how to impersonate a process within C# windows
application. I already know that, in C# v2.0, you can easily achieve it
using ProcessStartInfo. You can run a process or call external program
as of different user.

I'm a C# newbie and have inherited a program that runs at login.  Part
of the program looks at a text file to see which version is installed
and then installs the latest greatest version if needed.  In order for
this to work, the person logging into the Windows XP desktop needs to

I'm currently working on a project upgrading the whole system that was
written in Framework 1.0 into 2.0. It uses the following main features of
.Net.
1. Serialization.

The Closing event is broadcast by the multi-cast delegate which sends the
event to all subscribed delegates.
I wonder if the MDI container receives this event and then sends one to each
MDI-Child

I have a function within an application where a client connected to a
server continuously sends data.  The code on the server side is of the
following form:
  Socket socket = receiveSocket;

I'm able to use the Bacground Worker class to execute task and pain the
UI. However I want to be able to execute n tasks in order, say n1, then
n2 if there were no errors during n1, n3 so on.
I'm wondering what would be the best way to do this , do I wait in a

Hi, I am using FXCop on my c# project and it is complaining about
signing the assembly with a strong name key.  All the documentation I
can find says to do:
using System.Reflection;

I need to be able to take messages that have been saved from Outlook
(*.msg) and read them into a C# application (think of it as workflow
management). But these msg files are pretty funky.
All my research only turned up stuff about Automating Exchange and MAPI

I am using a C# solution that somebody kindly sent me.
It was a console application.
I am trying to get use of the MessageBox.
I have added the following using directive to the namespaces at the

I have a simple problem I am sure somebody can solve very easily.
I want to do this;
OpenFileDialog theDiag = new OpenFileDialog();
theDiag.ShowDialog();

How to I catch task manager killing application event
or accidentally switching off the computer?