I want to make a whole bunch of classes into singletons.  They all
descend from a base class.
I'd like to have code in the base class along the lines of :
       private This(){ }

How to limit the c# program can only run one instance at the same
time ?
Thank you!
Best regards,

Is there a way to connect to SQL server and read all of the jobs listed in the job agent and get the status of each job?
I want to create either  a web page or a winForm, have a list of all SQL DB servers in a drop down, select the db name, then show a list of all the jobs in the ...

I have some code that continually reads packets off of a udp port
where the incoming packets are 26 bytes in length.
CODE:  byte[] recBytes = udpClient.Receive(ref ipEndPoint);
I have left the udp buffer length at the default 8192.  After

Is there any posibility for me to present data in a richtextbox as a table?
I'm using VS .NET 2003 (.NET 1.1)  for developing our windows application.
I wish to present data in RichText format because it's easy to copy and
paste into other documents or archives.

Can I use FrameWork2 on Visual Studio 2003?
Is There Aproperty to change The framework?

I am trying to decide between buying Visual Studio 2005 Professional and
Standard versions.  As far as I can tell, there is not a whole lot of
difference, but the price for Professional is almost three times.
                                       Standard

In my Windows application, how can I manage the size of my child Forms
within my MDI Forms? For example, when I maximize one child Form, all the
other Forms maximize. And I need to conserve all the Forms' size.
Is there an easy way to conserve the sizes?

If I create a program in c# express edition, then try to open it with
the full edition I get a "not a valid solution" error. I can click on
the csproj file and everything works fine. I can even do a "clean
solution" and "build solution" with no errors, but then if I click on

Is there a way to use conditional compilation symbols to change the
output path for the build, change the exe name and also change the the
exe icon?
I have an application that has "skins". I use the symbols to change

Hi, I'm using VS 2005, ,.net 2 for C# windows application.  I'm using Process
to run a C application and redirecting its standard output so I can read it
with StreamReader.ReadToEnd.  It's only reading the 1st 5 lines or so when
there is about 30 lines of data.  

When is it appropriate to use "volatile" keyword?  The docs simply
state:
"
The volatile modifier is usually used for a field that is accessed by

I have the following program
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Net.Sockets;

I originally wrote a sproc with one of the parameters set as
SqlDBType.nvarchar,8. The parameter in the sproc was defined as 8
cahracters and the column in the table was also set to nvarchar, 8. I
changed all three to allow for a 15 character long entry but the

Dear members,
Hi.
I am really confused about object-relational mapping (ORM) softwares
frameworks designed for .Net. For example I've read some about