Does anyone know whether or not it is faster to lock a simple object,
rather than a complex type?
For example:
Dictionary<string, SomeOtherClass> dict = new Dictionary<string,

does anybody have ready-to-go PInvoke Signatures and/or
Prototypes for the FindText Function from comdlg32.dll?
C# would be great, any other DotNet Code would also be
very helpfull.

I want multiple instances of the same .exe to run and share the same
data.  I know they all can access the same file at the same time, no
problem, but I'd like to have this data in RAM, which they can all
access.  It seems like a needless waste of memory to make them all

we have a feature where the user can create a regular expression to do
a mask edit (pattern) on a specific field. This field cannot have more
than 5 characters.
We want to validate the user regular expression so it cannot have more

how to open one form from the other form and close the first form if
there are only two forms in windows application(VB.net)
i had tried this method
dim f as new form2

suppose I implement a custom caching mechanism for my custom ORM
implementation. suppose I'd like the client code to be able to define the
maximum amount of memory the cache is allowed to occupy.
however, I have no idea how from within the code I can even retrieve the

I am creating a self-checking set of usercontrols.  They tend to call
their self-checking functionally in the "Load" event.  I have run into
a problem with my TextBox usercontrol, however, as the base component
does NOT have a Load event as far as i can ascertain.

For any given type i want to know its default value.
There is a neat keyword called default for doing this like
object x = default(DateTime);
but I have an instance of Type (called someType) and something like

I have an enum marked with the flags attribute.  I would like to
assign an alternate value to each enum member so that instead of being
stuck with the value needed for the flag I could give each member it's
position in the enum.  This is just an example, what I really need is

Is there a directive or a command to outline code that I want the
Designer to ignore?  I am creating a group of user controls with
extended self-checking functionality.  In each user control, I call a
self-check function from a Load event handler, which checks ranges or

I have a managed plugin to an unmanaged application. From the plugin
I'd like to be able to open a file in the application without showing
the file->Open dialog. Is this possible? I can get the applications
Handle and have 'tested' opening a file using SendKeys but I'd like to

I am facing a problem in localizing the setup file and .NET framework
redistributable.
I am trying to deploy c# winform application. I have created a setup
project. I need to redistribute .NET framework 2.0 along with the

I have a parent updatepanel with a repeater in it that generates 10
child updatepanels. I have one button that will refresh all these 10
updatepanels.
On the button click I go through the repeateritems, pull some values

Can somebody suggest me, how can I implement a vc++ interface in C#.net.
This interface has method CallMe( ) which is used as a CallBack from my main
application.
Thanks,

I'm having trouble with a project that I've distilled down to the following
code. Unfortunately it won't compile and gives the following
error (caused by the call to GetHorses() in HorseFarm's GetAnimals() method):
   Cannot implicitly convert type 'MyCollection<Horse>' to