VB has the AscW function. There is no corresponding C# function. How can I do
this in C#? I do not want to reference the Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace
for just this function.

I have many double[] that each have a few thousand numbers in them.
 I need to concatenate groups of these double arrays into a new set of
double[].
 I don't know the total # of points.

  How can ColumnAttribute data be read from xxDataClasses.cs Columns
like this?
        [Column(Storage="_Name", DbType="VarChar(256) NOT
NULL", CanBeNull=false)]

Hey guys n gals
I am using resource file to localise my user interface. But i have an
issue with it. When i use assembly key file does not become strong!!
and localisation does not work... When i take out the assembly key

Hi, I am trying to retrieve a value from a node in an XML document and
cannot.. .any ideas?
Here is my code:
string isDBConfig =

I have a really stupid question about DataGridView.
how dynamically create and display it on the form ?
i tried :
DataGridView myGrid = new DataGridView();

i need to get an object of type Type when i have a string.  That is the
easy part (Type.GetType("int")).  What if i want that type to be
nullable?  This doesn't work Type.GetType("int?").  It returns null.
This does work but i don't know how to know all that information at runtime ...

Hello All...
Actually, I use Framework 1.1 and VS2003... I'm migrating to Framework
2.0 and VS2005. My doubt is following:
Can I open My old apps that runs over Framwork 1.1 in VS2005 or I need

I want to have a multicolumn listbox. I never used one before
so I looked at a  Help example. I set the multicolumn property and
the column width and tested with this example...
      this.listBox3.Items.AddRange(new object[]

Can i decompile * All * the .NET applications for extract original source ?
Can i recompiler the source ?

I'm trying to call this method in a c# app...
   SNAPIDLL_API int __stdcall SNAPI_SetCapabilitiesBuffer(HANDLE
DeviceHandle, unsigned char *pData, long max_length);
So far I've got this:

How can i disable Paste on ComboBox?
ComboBox DropDownStyle is DropDown.
ComboBox must accept only numbers.
I know how to handle keypress event to accept only digits, but how to

I am creating an application that utilizes a COM application. In certain circumstances, the COM app will create an inaccessible message box which will prevent the first application from working (a deadlock). How do you monitor the COM message loop and dismiss the messagebox when ...

Here is a sample to explain my problem
class Foo
{
   int a;

How can I get the machine name on which the C# code is compiled and
then reference that value within the executable code, as in a "Help --

Preferably embed the answer in a .dll.  Worst case would be some pre-