Does ADO.NET unified the way to use parameters in sql query string?
No matter what database server or driver are being used, can ADO.NET layer
supports so called named or unnamed parameters? And defines fixed parameter
marker character? Does ANSI SQL define rules for parameter ...

I try to use the class diagram feature in VS 2005 but the drawing is
different se below.
If I have an Interface that "implement" two other interface these vill be
shown with arrows pointing to the top interface which is correct.

C#, NET 2.0:
I am using CopyFromScreen to copy a background user control to a
foreground usercontrol to create the appearance of transparency.
It works perfectly 95% of the time. However it only paint what is

This isn't meant to start a war as I'm honestly looking for opinions. Does
anyone find the VS help as substandard as I do (for .NET in particular). I
don't understand MSFT. Today's documentation is worse than what VC6 offered.
Whenever I run a search (Ctrl+Alt+F3) for instance, I ...

I have come to the realization that it would be very beneficial to be
able to put comments for controls in Windows Forms. I would like this
to only be visible to the form designer, not the user. This way, we
can put information such as what fields are bound to the control, what

.NET 2.0
I'm parsing an XML file and read an attribute value out of a node. This
value ( value="0.0000") am I trying to convert to a decimal:
decimal _value = Convert.ToDecimal(reader.GetAttribute("value").ToString());

Is there any way to programmatically purge the forward/back history of a .NET
2.0 embedded WebBrowser control?

How can a person become a C# MVP.. or say a complete MVP?
What are the details:
1. What are the recommended books?
2. How many papers are there?

How do I aproach this.
I need to have a class that has different popeties based on a givien value
eg
if the company value >35

If I have an application installed on a computer that my be used by
multiple users or the computer is something like a CITRIX server, is
the applicaiton Settings file shared by all users? If one of the
setting's purpose is to remember the last database table accessed,

Now, the following will probably sound weird to you, but I can assure you
that there is a good reason for why I want to do it. Unfortunately, I'm not
ad liberty to disclose WHY at this moment in time, so you will have to take
my word for it.

I am pretty new to C# and .NET and am using VS 2005.
Let's assume I have an MDI application with various child windows, each of
which will need access to a database. My question is: where would be the best
place to instantiate the DataAdapter and DataSet objects so I would only ...

I have an app that uses HttpWebRequest to download a rather large file
(100 MB).  I have a while loop set up so that it reads 4096 bytes at a
time from the ResponseStream() until it reads zero bytes.  The odd
thing is that for some of the people using my app, the Read() function

Im trying to run a command line application from C# but i having some
strange problems with it.
Heres the code im using:
System.Diagnostics.Process process = new System.Diagnostics.Process();

I have a class which "BiologySequence" which looks about like this.
  public class BiologySequence
   {
       private string _Sequence;