Is it possible to serialize to xml a dictionary<string, string> object in
.net 3.5?

How to get the folder in which the MSI is present?
What I am trying to do is, basically my app has a config file and
within this the connection string is stored, when I distribute the
MSI, the sys-admin normally puts the MSI on a network and installs the

I have one dataset which is exported to an external file (excel)
My problem is that I want to append the data of two different views to
one dataset. (because they have to be displayed in an sheet among each
other)

  i am using the following query
           string query = "SELECT *"+
                   "FROM DataSet"+
                   "WHERE Param_ID =(Select Data1 from testcases

Is it possible to selectivly change the color of an item in text. I
saw ForeColor option, but it changes the color of all the items. If it
is not possible, is there any other control list listbox where we can
see more than one item and change the color during run time.

Is there a way to detect whenever scrollbars (the vertical) are shown on a
treeview
I need to know.
1) If scrollbars are visible after a rezise

I need to know how to set the size of an array at runtime (ie) a[]
should have the its size increased/decreased as its contents are added/
deleted. Can u tell me how to do it?

How do you serialize multiple class properties to a nested xml element? For
example, I have an element called "Venue" I want to serialize part of my
class to. The "Venue" element will have attributes and a nested element
called "Address". How would I do this using a simple ...

Is it possible in .net 3.5 to serialize a HashTable to an xml file?

I used a picture box to draw lines and rectangle using its graphics
object in paint event. Now i need to save those lines i have drawn and
print them. I need to know how to save them. I tried image.save. But i
didn't work...

I'vw decided to use a try-catch setup, because of a recurring bug.  I
started off with just catch (SqlException), and that worked, so I got
fancier and added a catch (Exception) after it.  Now the last catch is
always caught.

i am lookinf for the best way to trap any alphanumeric keypress in all
multi key combminations and execute some code
For example , i have a form visible using the form.showdialog method,
then the user can press keys A, D, E, F, T, and C  to peform a

How does one initiate and persist variables between users in an asp
webservice or is that even possible?  For instance, I did a very
simple test case below.  I would like the timeStart variable to be
initialized once at server startup and have all users who subsequently

i have to implement caching in my application, can any one tell me
about the good  techniques to implement caching, or provide some
architectural help , so i can use it to my application.
i want to control caching dynamically according to my configuration.

I am writing (in C#) a transaction processing middle-tier server that
needs to handle 2000+ concurrent connections. The server receives a
connection and routes the connection to an appropriate upstream
server. After routing is done, this mid-tier server simply acts as a