hi colleagues,
I don't know if this is the right group for but it's in C# so I try.
I have a #3 procedural function called GetInfo.. and those are 3
overloaded methods. I would like to use the OOP approach to refactor

I want to execute a BAT-file as follows.
string dir = "c:\\temp\\";
string file = "batch.bat";
TheYetUnknownMethod(dir + file);

The problem I've come across is that I want to use an interface as an
abstraction.  For example, if i have some interface:
public interface IFoo<T>
{

I am writing a class with several constructors and don't want to
repeat the code. How can I call a constructor from another
constructor?
Example:

Why is it so slow? I really like
that queries but using DataReader
i have done my task's much more faster
than ising LINQ...

Here are a few thoughts for loading and storing your xml using the
XmlDocument class:
First, don't ever insert the header manually. This is to be done by
the writer. In other words, don't do this:

How can I use regular expression to detect all the unprintable characters?
Please help.
Thanks.

Does anyone know an existing control that i could use that is like the
Windows Common Task Toolbar.
I can't find anything on the web. What i mean by Common Task toolbar
it's if your on XP for example, and your using windows explorer (the

Ok, I posed this question before, but instead of leading me to information on
how to create a RamDrive, everyone was more concerned with how to address my
other questions.
My main question is: How can I create a RamDrive? Microsoft does this

I have a Pocket PC app that has a combobox populated with data from SQL
Server Mobile.  This is how I'm doing it now...which works:
               SqlCeCommand cmd = new SqlCeCommand("SELECT Type_ID,Type
FROM tblEquipmentType ORDER BY Type", _conn);

I have a form with a toolstrip, a panel and a status bar. On the panel I added an event handler for ClientSizeChanged but it calls
the handler umpteen times during a resize. Is there any way that I can just capture the final event when the user has finished
resizing? If it takes a ...

We have several old applications that are provided by different governmental
and other organizations. Most are console style apps that direct output to a
filename.
We do not want to recreate these applications for 2 reasons: First, it would

Hello again,
My last question which opened a big debate about casting such a generic
interface learned me a lot, but I can't find a way because of my particular
generic interface.

I am writing a small library in C#, which will be compiled to dll and
shared by multiple applications.
This is sorta new to me.  I am wondering how professionals handle
exceptions in a dll library.

Is there a way to programatically tell the DateTimePicker control to drop down?
My form needs the date to be selected, and whenever it is "rolled up," it is
less obvious for my operators to see.