My application uses a database to store big blobs (0.5 - 1 Gb). I have
a List of a class Sample that I store in a blob. Since the blob can
become very big I want to use compression.
The class Sample contains a lot of properties. When I store the List

Is there a simple way to strip or otherwise disrupt/break the metadata
present in my .NET assembly?  I understand there are $500 per
developer solutions out there that will change symbol names, obfuscate
control flow, encrypt string names, and so on.  That's a bit more than

I've found a way to copy the visible presentation of a control on to a
picturebox (using Graphics and GDI). But this works only if the
control is visible. How can I have the control hidden and still
retreive the graphics of the control (have the control draw itself for

i'm very new to asp.net-C# and since i want to learn it, i was just
trying to make this page to work, but i get an error message that says
"Error    1    The name 'US' does not exist in the current context    C:\PATH-
TO-MY-PAGE\CurrencyConverter.aspx.cs    18    42"

    string eAddress;
        try
        {
            adapter.Fill(myDataset);

I got this error:
General network error. Check your network documentation.
So, I looked around and I found this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/s
upport/kb/articles/Q229/5/64.asp&NoWebContent=1

make a While loop
ofs = TextFileServer("somefile")
string srow
while (ofs=false)

Experts,
  I have a simple .aspx page that takes a path to a .wav file, and
plays it. This page works fine on all OSs (Windows 2000, Windows
2003,

I am using SQL Server 2005 as backend. I have a Text Box that accepts
Date in the format dd-MM-yyyy. But when I attempt to insert a record,
an error is displayed: Cannot convert char to DateTime ....
Actually, when the text box has entry like 22-10-2005, it considers 22

I have a date entered in a TextBox. On this TextBox LostFocus, I want
to retrieve the year part and then calculate the difference from
current year.

Developing C# windows forms application in Visual Studio 2005 to
access SQL Server 2005 on remote server.  On one form I have a textbox
to enter short date.  If I delete the date in the textbox, it does not
validate and therefore will not update the server.  I know I should

Can someone shed some light or point me to the right direction regarding
'Application Security'.
I was just asked by my manager to write an article about the topic above. I
work for a financial institution with about 50 developers and we need to

I have a DateTimePicker with format dd-MM-yyyy. While attempting to
insert this date in SQL Server Date column, following exception is
thrown:
The conversion of a char data type to a datetime data type resulted in

I'm a beginner in VS.net  2005. I'm learning from a step by step book that
refers to the default settings of all the UI. Since I spoiled it I would
like to restore the user interface to the default.
Is there some way to do it?

I am new to c# and the .NET environment so I might not be using the
right terminology. However. I have downloaded Codeplex's public domain
Logging files (and assemblies) [from http://www.codeplex.com/PublicDomain].
I have installed the assemblies, and included the using PublicDomain