I am using a custom control (based on Button), which has in its generic
implementation:
   <Setter Property="Template">
     <Setter.Value>

With users' resistance to move to Windows Vista, the problem of
deplyoing C# application is still the .NET Framework. Many users who
are using Windows XP, need to install .NET Framework in order to run
my C# application. I can use Visual Studio's built in installer, but

At work I have Visual Studio 2005, and I can debug my Excel add-ins by
attaching to the Excel.exe process and it works like a charm.
However at home I only have access to Visual C# Express 2005 Edition,
which does not have any 'Attach To Process' functionality.

Im learning c#. want to make sure my understanding of certain concepts is
correct
- is struct basically a sealed static class?
- what exactly does the keyword virtual do?

I'm a VB programmer learning C#.  One thing I don't know is how to
test whether an object is 'null' or not.  There is no 'null' keyword
in C#.
Why is that?

I want to use one click to deploy my windows application but i want to
include a xml file in which i can change the connectionstring. How can
i do this. When you install the actual application where does it
install the .exe file and is there a setting where i can set where i

In my Windows forms app, I want my ComboBoxes to let the user begin to type
values and it start to populate (if a match is found).  But, I don't want
the user to enter a value that is not in the list.
What properties do I need to set to what to make this happen, please?

I am trying to familiarize myself with filestreams, but I have run
into the following issues.  I am hoping that someone can shed
some light on these issues for me please.
I am using the following sample code to write (keeping it simple)

Folks,
    I'm trying to use C# to connect to an FTP server to upload some
files. I'm calling:
System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient mtTCPClient = new

     I have a gridview bound to a datasource, however there are many rows
in the grid and the user has to scroll down and thus the header row is
obscurred. Is there anyway of keeping these headers visible whilst the
remaining rows move up and down.

I finally got around to taking VS 2008 beta for a test spin, and I
can't debug! I add a breakpoint to any line in my application, and
when I hit "Debug", my program starts, and then immediately ends,
skipping the breakpoint. It's probably a config setting somewhere, but

My ListView components seem to produce distortion when they are scrolled in
Details view; it looks almost like the text has a "strike-through" attribute
applied to it.
Does anyone know of a fix for this?  If not, is there an alternative

I have a class that represents a Menu Tab:
public class MenuTab
{
     public string Name;

When working with GDI+, calling the CreateGraphics method to draw on a
control has normally been frowned upon and it is always emphasized to
dispose of pens and brushes and other GDI objects lest you run out.
But consider the following code (in a timer elapsed event on a Windows

We have a table "Animal" that contains the column "AnimalNumber" with values
like these:
100001
100002