I have written all these wonderful custom TypeConverter for my enums
to display in a PropertyGrid.  I would now like to use the same
TypeConverter to save out and read in the values to and from a text
file, in a generic fashion.  I would like to have a function like

In germany, norway and France(?) we are using ',' as decimal separator
and it always messes up when you convert a double to and from a string
where the interface expects double values stored as string is using '.'
What parameter shall I use in double.ToString() to ensure that the

I have this good sized xsd file I created (219 lines long). It is supposed
to be a representation of a contract a business uses. I need to know what
the best and easiest way is to create and use xml files with this schema. I
will be doing a lot of adding/changing/editing of the ...

I looking for an algorithm that will skeletonize / thin binary (black
and white) images. Something like shown in the image:
http://www.1delphistreet.com/Upload_PSC/ScreenShots/PIC20038201256376067.gif
Can somebody please point me to some source code that will do that?

I have a VS 2005 project that is a windows application.  I want to
upgrade to 2008, but if others do not have the ability to upgrade, can
one developer have 2008 and another have 2005, and there not be any
issues?  I hear in 2008 you can target for 2.0, but I know that the

Any idea how to write this in LINQ?
SELECT  am.AnimalId,
MAX(am.AnimalMoveActualDateTime) AS AnimalMoveActualDateTime
FROM  AnimalMove am

Can any one tell me how to print an image from a bmp file? I'm using
inkjet printer

I have the following question:
I want to populate a datagridview after my BackGroundWorker has finished. I
thought i could use the RunWorkerCompleted event to update my datagridview
but this is not working 'always'.

i'm using .net framework 2.0 and i need a panel to be 50%
transparent/transluctant. i was desperately looking for an opacity
property with no luck. any ideas on how to roll your own?
thanks in advance!

In my code for a custom user control, is there a way to determine whether or
not I am inside the standard user control TestContainer? I was hoping that I
could perhaps examine a unique characteristic of the parent, if it is
accessible. Ultimately what I would like to do is ...

Is there any way to access private members in inheritance chain.

I am designing a simple application to backup files.   I would like to
offer right click windows explorer shell integration to queue files
for backup, or to select files and backup immediately.  This is
similar to the behavior of "Shell integration" options for WinRar or

    I'm looking for a good article that lists whats new in C# 2.0
from C#1.1 - just  the new features is all. Would appreciate any
comments/suggestions/ideas/article that you would like to share that
you may have on this.

I want to test whether an int passed into a method is within various ranges.
In VBScript, this is pretty easy to do with a Select Case:
Select Case (myInt)
Case < 5000:   i = 0

Below I have a simple using construction. When this go out of scope which
close will be called
is the one in TextReader or the one in StreamReader
It must be the one in TextReader otherwise it's very strange.