Hello NG,
I have a typed dataset, where I want to check the column of a datarow if it
is DBNull.
How can the following code cause an Exception (what is does):

Is there any good free.NET ftp library other than "edtFTPnet"?
Any good free library equivalent to apache.commons.net.* ?
Thanks for any recommendation.
Regards,

I am confused....
My plan is to write a program for some scientific computing in c#,
because I heard that c# codes are much better and easier to write and
manage. But the problem is that I have to use some c++ library, for

I know I sound like a one-note Johnny on this but I'm still looking for a
solution.  I need to display characters coming in from a serial port or a
socket.  I also need to be able to type characters into the display myself -
but that's not the main issue at this time.  I've tried ...

Despite various announcements in blogs stating that XML Notepad 2007 is
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pages that source code is included in the download, I have been unable to
find any such code.  Anybody got a clue on where or how I ...

I want to hide the MessageBox after some time automatically. This
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hey, I want to print items in different places on the same piece of paper.
maybe one item at the upper left, one item in the bottom right.
or maybe a grid of 6 items, all spaced evenly in 2 rows of 3.
where do I start researching how to do this? will I have to specify  pixel

In a control's OnPaint, I do the following:
e.Graphics.DrawString (Text, MyFont, Brushes.Red, MyRect)
The purpose of the "Brushes.Red" is to highlight the word, but I would
like to highlight in the usual way, with a gray rectangular

In VB we used to add a module that contained public variables,
procedures  and functions. Where to declare global variables and
functions in C# so that they are accessible everywhere.

I am a long time Delphi programmer.
I am starting to work with c#.
I have a couple of questions on how to define connection settings on the
fly, since I have many client sites, each with their own database setup

I've installed VS2005 + SP1 + SP1 Vista Update on Premier Home version
of Vista.  I have my DPI cranked up to 120.  As a result, the icons on
the VS2005 toolbar are totally fuzzy.
It's obvious that VS2005 is scaling up icons.  Is there a way to disable

I'm writing a C# app with Visual Studio 2005 that needs to use classes
and functions from an unmanaged DLL (that was build with Visual Studio
2003).  In order to build my C# app, I thought I had to include a
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I come from the Java World, where Springframework has finally became the
defacto standard for new architectures. For several reasons I am back to the
Microsoft world, and new to VS.Net, and I find a pretty cool environment
where *almost* everything is solved (at least I haven't ...

Is there any way I can get index (position) of a column in an ASP .NET 2.0
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I have tried with no luck so far.

I have a base class with several derived classes:
   ScriptBase
   + ScriptCallInbound
   + ScriptCallOutbound