Hello!!
I have earlier worked with C++ and I'm rather good at OOP.
I know the language C# quite good but I'm not so good at the .NET framework.
I therefore looking for a book about the framework that give me some

I am starting to work with abstract Classes and  Interface in VS 2003 and
was wondering which is the best way to set the files up.
If I have something like:
abstract user class  (could also just be a class that would be the base

I'm looking for a WinForms code translator from
C# to VB.NET and vice-versa.
Not a website service :-).
Something like this, but standalone version:

VS 2003/C#
Have a axWebBrowser control that will not render images.
Originally our app was just launching IE7 to display an HTML page.  The
bitmap images were not displaying - path was correct and HTML was correct.

When user click on the "x" close button on the MDI parent form, how can I set
an event handler on it?  I want to save some settings before the form is
closed.  Some forum mentions associate it with the cancel button, there is no
button here.

Is it possible to serialize a COM class for which you don't have the
source code? Obviously it won't work without the [Serializable]
attribute, which I can't add, and implementing ISerializable on a
derived class won't help because I don't have access to the private

Is there a way to simulate programmatically the actions of the
Minimize box? I am using the Windows CE Compact framework for my
development and there doesn't even seem to be the Minimized option in
Minimized option in Form.WindowState (the only two options seems to be

When using the Publish wizard in C# express I'd like to designate a
directory that the application will look to for updates. My question
is, what files need to be in the update directory? Updated source
code? Updated setup.exe with the associated files?

Is it possible to write a method which can take both a normal
instansiated type and reflection instansiated type?
For example, the following code doesn't work. It throws a casting
exception claiming that a type cannot be converted to another type

Is there something in C# that is similar to Java's Thread.yield?
Currently I am using the 1.1 framework.

Does C# provide an operation for converting year and day-of-the-year
(1-365) to a DateTime object?

Just want to replace character at index 1 of a string with another
character. Just want to replace character at that position. I thought
Replace method would be overloaded with an index parameter with which
you can write wanted character at that position. But no, Replace

.NET 2.0
I have a DataGridView containing 4 columns, one of these columns are a
DataGridViewButtonColumn. Is it possible to during runtime to change the
display text on a specific DataGridViewButtonColumn in the DataGridView (the

I'm still having my issue with my collection.
I remind you the facts :
- I have a class called "Row".
- I have a collectionbase class named "RowsCollection"

I have a multithreading application that opens an app in the background from
a service and runs it. For some reason it will not close this instance of the
app when it is done using it. This is a 3rd party app. By the end of the day
I have so many instances open it will not open ...