Hello, I've taken over a .net 2.0 project that makes heavy use of Data
Binding of business classes to 3rd party WinForm controls via the
BindingSource class and INotifyPropertyChanged interface.
The setup in generally works ok, but the app feels sluggish.  Because

Why can't I edit the source code while debugging in the 64bit edition of VS
but can in 32 bit?
Tem

I have an application that I have distributed using one click install.  I
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From another program I want to be able to check if the first program is
running (easy enough) and start it (not so easy) if it is ...

I would appreciate your comments on the following two alternatives of a
given method. This isn't a real method, as I'm not concerned about the "real
work" it could be doing, but would like to instead focus our attention on
the [extensive checking] vs [zero checking] implemented ...

If a C++ method takes a pointer to an int for output (for example), how
should C# pass the int into which it wants the result returned?
(I'll post some test code shortly. I'm writing the question from memory
after a meeting yesterday with a C# developer and need to recreate his ...

I'm looking for a way to get a truly unique identifier for a machine for our
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the end user. (We set up the machines and then ship them out for most cases
but some of our customers do provide their own ...

I have 2 rows in a datatable
When i Adapter.Update(mytable)
i get Update requires valid update command error
When In Fact I am Inserting

Is there a way to write all the items of a Property Grid to a file without
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First problem:
I am specifying a format string for a Binding object like so:
<code>
Binding binding = new Binding("Text",

I use procs for my data access, instead of allowing direct inserts and
updates to tables.  How can I get SqlMetal to generate code that will
use procs?  I know the designer you can Configure Behavior to do
this.. is there no equivolent in Sql Metal?

Reason of this project:
This is the next part of the previous tutorial. We'll learn here how
to add, change, read, delete registry keys and values using vb.net.
I included a sample that contains all those functionality.

I am used to using Java's Eclipse IDE where I can choose one or more fields
and have the IDE automatically generate getter and setter methods for it.
Is there something in the Visual Studio IDE where I can select a field like
"string name;" and automatically generate a Property ...

Consider a custom control, say, MyControl that's being derived from
Control.
1. How am I supposed to set the initial size of MyControl? Am I
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I am trying to display several images on a standard Windows Form. Each
image is displayed in a PictureBox control that is 180,130 in size. I
get the Primary Screen size to determine how many images will on one
line of images. I have a form boolean variable that I set to true in

hey all,
is there a way to have my stored procedure generate an error message that i
can catch in csharp?
thanks,