Can you create a C++ app that doesn't require the .Net runtimes using C++
.Net?

I'm setting up a script to build a C# solution, with several assemblies (
dlll's ). The script language would probably be VBScript, within a Windows
Script ( .wsf ) file. The main build step is done by running the
command-line program "devenv.com", for Visual Studio .NET 2003.

Can anyone recommend a good.Net webstore application for small business use?
I'm looking for something written in C# with full source code available.
I want to set up a webstore on my webserver to sell a software product that
I've developed.

I would like to create an add-in for outlook which looks
at all the new email (unread), if they contain particular
text on the subject, then a link gets added to the bottom
of the email or an attachment can be added.

Is there a magazine that keeps abreast of developments in nearly all programming languages?  If so, what is the title?  Perhaps one that isn't full of code examples but more comparison between languages and where they are going.
Also, any websites that may reference the above.

I need help.  I have a directory I'm watching for creation of .TIF
files, whereupon creation, I need to launch a process (command line
exe) that converts the TIF file to a postscript file. (using
tif2ps.exe)  The problem is, I can't open the .TIF file as long as my

Situation:
Windows XP workstation/Dotnet Framework 1.1 installed.
When trying to startup the application it reports an
exception with following message:

my work station contains visual studio.net and windows2003+iis6.
the production server on wich the applications run is windows2000+iis5.
is there going to be a problem with the windows+iis versions?

I am trying to use reflection to add an event handler for the RowUpdated
event of the OracleDataAdapter object (ODP.NET), but the same thing can be
said for SqlDataAdapter if you only use reflection.  The code I supplied is
based on the SqlDataAdapter with reflection.

I've got a VB.Net + ASP.Netmessage board application which has
already been customized. There are two solutions in this application.
1. The front end aspx, aspx.vb files, User controls solution
2. A components solution which has .vb files which have the code to

I have a DataSet with a couple of tables. I have noticed that when I
am trying to store a Decimal 0.000 in a datarow, the value is changed
to 0, without the information about its decimalplaces.
Storing 3.000 works fine but not 0.000. Why is that?

       I would like to know how can I save an XML Document used to store
data as an internal file.... something like a resource file, so the user
can't read or modify it....
Thanks,

I want to run my exe as a service so that appplication can run even if
no user log on.
Does anyone have any idea regarding this.
I want code which is running application as Nt service.

Dear friends,
I am new to .NET based app development and have a pretty elementary
query, I suppose... I have caught up with the basics of .NET pretty
well, thanks to some Microsoft VB/ASP background and helpful

Is there any built in functionality in the .NET framework to get the binary
represention in form of string from a given integer? I can do
1344.ToString("x2") to get hexadecimal output but I need binary.
I know this can be simply programmed with a few lines of code but I just