It's official....Convert blows.
I ran a number of tests converting a double to an integer using both Convert & CType. I *ASSUMED* that CType would piggy-back on top of Convert, and that performance would be identical.
I was 100% incorrect.
The code below produces the results:

Has anyone worked on an HL7 client and listener interface

I want to Install VS .Net 2003 under Windows 98 with latest Windows Update Components
Thes Setup.exe just displays an empty Message Box and stops working
Do anyone have any suggestions
Thanks, Markus

I am having problem running an .net application on a Windows2000 Terminal Server.  The application seems to work fine on user's desktop
The issues that I have with running the application on the Terminal Server are
1. When exiting the application, I got the following error dialog ...

I am using the following code to take a simple XML string and put it into a
dataset:
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
ds.ReadXml(new StringReader(document));

I have a MDIchild form called Form1.
In Form1_Load code, the form populates a Listview control based on a
datareader, but I want to close the form inmediately and return to the
parent form, if there was a problem connecting to the database and

   I'm in the middle of writing a multi-user system with very
critical timing issues. I've already implemented a cache and an API to
access it (with appropriate locking for multithreaded access). This
shared cache is critical / the primary function of the system.

I'd tried to port an application from vb6 to vb.net 2003. While testing is
I'd got a error in the XOR operator. This is an example:
dim c as Byte
...

How to get a long value from date and vice versa .
Explanation with a code will be appreciated
Thank
Kit

I don't know if this is in the right place but..
I am writing a VB.Net Class Library which uses Excel to produce workbooks
If I create an instance of Excel and then close it I can get .NET to destroy the instance of Excel, however as soon as I try to add a workbook and then end ...

Is it possible to highlight the clicked row in a datagrid? How to do it
Thanks in advance.

I have a managed app running from an unc path on the local intranet (Full
trust is set for this path with the .NET Configuration mmc!). If the
applications supplies both a .manifest and a .config file the settings in
the config file are completely ignored. When I remove the manifest ...

In Visual Studio, after a compile, I can press F4 to get to my first
error. I am sure .NET can do this also but what is the KEY or how can
I set this up?
Thanks

I want to create a transparent layer so that you may see some controls on
the form but cannot click them. For example If I have  three textboxe and
one button in one panel and a button in the second, user can click on the
button in the second panel but whenever it try to click on ...

I have been trying to uninstall an assembly from the GAC using
gacutil.exe -u but with no luck.  Can anyone give me more information on how
to successfully uninstall from the GAC?
Also, how can an assembly be removed from the GAC when the assembly is no