I dont know what happend to my tool box icons, but most of them seam
to have taken a hike. Installing frameworks 3 didnt help bring them back.
Where in VS would I set the path for them? And what is the typical location
for them?

I need code to peg the CPU for 10 seconds to test some background
threads. Sleep obviously doesn't do that. How do I code a busy loop
that won't get removed by the compiler? Thanks.

I need to format text in cell in an Excel worksheet and I need to do this using C#.
I've seen code that will set the format for the whole cell, but I just need to format one character
in that cell.
Example:

I need to protect my application in a way. Just a "soft" protection,
not a very strong one.
So, using WMI I get the processor ID and compare it against a key.
Protection works well, until someone (me) decides to clone the system.

When a Microsoft help topic says to use this code, where woudl you place it?
Sorry, I know its a lame questions. I am a beginner.
[TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(DataGridViewRowConverter))]
public class DataGridViewRow : DataGridViewBand

I'm using RegExp to try and match a particular string value and can't figure
out why it's not working!
Possible valid values for the string are EITHER a single number (any length
of digits) OR a series of numbers, delimited by "|". (e.g. valid examples are

How can I find all the Sql servers in a local net using C#?
Thank you

If I call this method, and pass it a byte[] by ref, and initialize
another byte array, set the original equal to it, and then null the
reference, why is the original byte array not null as well?  I thought
passing by reference, your passing the address in memory.

With a list view is it possible and if so how to turn off the search
function.
What I mean is if you are in a list view and start typing it will search
the first column to match or close match a value in the first column

hi i would like you all to let me now some pro's and con's
between vb.net and c#
I want my company to get away from vb6 and move into c#
we do alot of online transactions mssql2005

For various reasons I want to use a PictureBox to display images.
That is I want sometimes to assign an Image to the PictureBox
Sometimes I want to draw on that Image.
What are the reasons for and against using the PictureBox Image property,

ArrayList myCollection = new ArrayList();
foreach ( Object item in myCollection ) {
// code here.
}

I want create an instance of an object which accepts a Data Reader as a
constructor.  I realize that I could create a gigantic case statement in
which I test for each text name, but that case statement would be rather
larger and I would have to revise as new classes are added or ...

when i try using HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(path) from a
desktop application built using c# i get a
System.NullReferenceException
can anyone tell me why and what to do??

Hello All, I would like to be able to send users of my app a message
(from within their LAN) in the form of a popup or balloon ( along the
lines of an email client which notifies you of new mail ) , is there a
way to do this ? I would like to be selective as to who receives the