I boxed myself to a corner with this design.  I wanted classes
implementing X to necessarily implement IEquatable.  I thought I'd go
the C++ CRTP route and came up with this.
interface X<T> : IEquatable<T>

I need to develop dll which should be used by vbs. the dll should
return 2D arrays, strings and other var types.
I am not sure which with which language I should do it. I debate
between C++ and C#.

I have a class heirarchy. The classes optionally support ctors that
can take classes in the same heirarchy. This allows for run-time
decoration.
Is there a way, using reflection, to search for a ctor that has a

I've created a user control that contains a textbox and a listbox.  I
want to capture the tab key when it is pressed in the textbox.  To do
this, I override the ProcessDialogKey event in the user control.  But
it occurs to me that I am now processing the tab key when it is

can a desktop icon, used to launch an application window like windows
explorer, be a child control in a window form?  I checked the windows
forms controls in VS2005 and did not see any such control.
I would like my code to display all the .LNK files in a directory on a

Hi experts,
I have a function that needs to be public.  However, I have a few objects in
my system that I would want to prevent them from calling this function.  Is
it possible to know within a function which object called it and exit when

Why there are so many *.pdb files in bin/release folder after I compile a c#
project in VS 2005?
In VS 2003, those files only in Debug folder.
And what does  new *.vhost.exe does?

I've created a DLL (Common.dll) that needs to be used by multiple .NET
Windows applications. So I thought the best solution would be to deploy the
DLL into the GAC after associating it with a Strong Name.
But I've noticed a problem.

Is there any way to send a Message without having the .NET framework add the
"serialization" data to the body of the message?  I am sending binary
structures in the message and I need full control over what is in the body
of the message.  I see some extra bytes before and after ...

I would like to develop an application for children that would show an
animated character on the desktop. The user could be able to interact with
it and minimize the application. The character could be able to "walk" on
the Windows Taskbar or things like that.

If I have a very big view in database, it covers 15 tables, each table has
1000 columns.
When I issue select * from view, the database will give error -- too many
columns.

I am trying to include icons in my .net exe so that I can select those icons
for the shell, like setting the icons of shortcuts, icons for some file
types, etc...
I tried to include the icons in the Resource files, with different

I know this is probably simple but I cannot find a method of
converting a date string into a format that matches the DatePicker
format in C#
eg string "20080131" converted to "31 January 2008"

Hi, I'm trying to create browsable DataSource and DataMember
properties on a user control.
The idea is to create a descendent object, place a dataset then
specify the DataSource (DataSet) and DataMember (DataTable) by

Using  .NET 2.0,
What would be the best way to capture a scroll event from a list box?
Thanks in advance
Thomas