If many thread needs to test if one field of static class is null,
  if (StaticClass.fieldA == null)
will it be thread safe and doesn't need thread synchronization?
Bob

I'm trying to apply "less than" and "more than" operators on the
Generics (class template-like) type objects. Below is the code of my
class representing a parameter that can be any type, but only if it's
float or int the comparison results in true/false-like result, else

I've got a Parameter (any parameter you can imagine) class used to
store a value. It has minValue, maxValue and the current value.
Parameter can be float, bool, integer and should also be enum. It
looks like this:

I'm having a problem using the System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient. After I set
everything up and issue the Send method it throws an exception indicating
"Sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts", which is
apparently coming from the mail server, smtpout.secureserver.net.

I am attempting to create an installation package for a 64 bit system with
Visual Studio 2005. The machine on which I am compiling and creating the
package is also 64 Bit. I have the 64 Bit .Net 2.0 Framework SDK along with
the 64 Bit version of Oracle Client, and 64 Bit version ...

The System.IO.FileInfo class provides us with a few properties that involve
time:
CreationTime
CreationTimeUtc

Hi all...im looking for example of
calling a method or class in c# dll from vb6
i have a Class writen in c#
Ii want to call it from vb6 (ie Not a c# exe, DLL)

How can I rewrite 'getSpecialData()' more so that it more elegantly waits
for the handler to complete?
- Jamie
class someClass {

I have a windows app that users use as a standalone product but some want to
embed the functionality into there system.
Basically they want a gateway to call my form or forms with parameters
then I will return data to them so they can continue in there larger system.

I would like to implement a filter function on a ListView control, and I
found this code on TheCodeProject:
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/listviewfilter.asp
Since it's not possible to toggle the ListViewItem's visibility, the

Hi to all,
I have created a user control for which I want only the width property
be available for resizing.
I have tried:

In a C# Regex expression which would be faster when run against say 10,000
strings:
Regex(@"\d+/\d+/\d+ The quick brown fox.*");
or

hi all, i've to save to xml some data stored in sqlserver database,
i've to use iso-8859-1 encoding.
if i write text into xml attributes,
there is some characters that make invalid xml (for example " (147))

Theoretically, are there ever any cases or known defects where you should
have to do any of the following to objects created by the designer inside of
InitializeComponent()?  
1 - call dispose() on an object

I wrote a replacement for the native .NET class "FileDialog" with my own
"FileOk" event (triggered when the user selects a file and clicks OK). Let's
say I now want to create a derivative called "MyFileDialog" and replace the
"FileOk" event with a new event called "MyFileOk". ...