Is there a nice set of .NET functions built into the framework to retrieve
file version information embedded in EXEs, DLLs, etc?  I'm talking about the
strings such as Company, File Version, Copyright, Product Name, and so
on...which you normally see in the Version tab of an ...

1. How can i detect if Windows XP has its Visual Style enabled or not ?
2. how can i use this Visual Style on my custom control ? I mean how to
make them look like XP control.
3. if visual style is disabled, how can i draw control according to old

I'm a newbee in C# and have a Windows form application.  The main form
has a progress bar.  In one of the methods of the main form, I call a
class derived from Object which processes a file.  During the
processing, I'd like the custom class to be able to update the

Hi, I don't understand how to use the Querystableadapter.
I create it and added 1 query and 1 stored proc, but who i can acces those
from the Form1 ??
In Form1 i see only the Table from the dbSqlDataSet !

I've build a application, and this is the first time that i try to use
the dataset (designer) from VS. It seems to be very intressing
building a dataaccesslayer into my application. I use stored
procedures for the actions on the databases. This working fine. But

I would like to know several things about the Grid class from
System.Windows.Controls :
1. Can we create new columns types (e.g. columns only with SpinBoxes, or
Progressbars, or comboboxes, ...) ?

I need to start a GUI application from a console app. Upon startup, the
application can display one or two popups, which need clicking away. I have
all this handled using FindWindow, GetDLGCtrlID and PostMessage respectively
(find window, find control ID of the button that needs ...

I have a generic abstract base class MyCollection<T> which represents a collection
of T's with some common utility methods.
I then have a number of non-generic subclasses, e.g.
class FooCollection : MyCollection<Foo>

Hi, I have a MainForm with Lots of Menu Items in a MenuStrip control,
several items in a StatusStrip, and a DockPanel from DockPanel Suite.
The problem is it takes 3 seconds long to execute the
InitializeComponent() mehtod generated by Visual Studio on Windows XP

How can I convert:
Copy%20of%20File
to
Copy of File

I'm very new to C# and just installed VC# 2005 express edition and i
have VB 2005 express installed previously. But i saw a thing which may
be called as a "Visual C# 2005 express" bug?
For example, in VB 2005 express while i was coding, if there's a

I'm looking at VS2005 which is a bit different to VS2003.
If I for example click on the meny line Data and there choose Show Data
Source or
Add New Data Source these does not exist in VS2003.

I'm working on a project that involves the company I work for and
another company that we have been working with. Part of the project
involves passing an XML file between two servers when a user clicks a
button within a CMS.

I'm posting this here and on the VS Forum (C#) and on XP Embedded ng
I have an XPe system that runs a .NET (C#) app that works with external hw
via USB ports.  The app consists of a number of C# DLLs plus wrappers around
the hw dll APIs (ie platform invoke.

Hi all, I would like to know if is possible to populate a treeview
using a xmlstring in a c# class.
thank you all
Bruno