I have a web page that I show using show ModalDialog.
The web page takes about 6 seconds to load.
No matter what I try, I can not get the cursor to show a "WAIT" until the
page is loaded in the showModalDialog Window,

I'm looking for a book/books about design patterns (factory patterns,
singleton patterns etc). The book doesn't have to be aimed towards C#
developers in particular, but the patterns should of course be useful in a
.Net/C# environment.

Well I finally finished a Chapter on the use of Type Based and Interface
Based
Class Factories in C# at:
http://www.geocities.com/jeff_louie/OOP/oop18.htm

I have built a simple user control that contains 2 buttons, a text box and a
dropdownlist.  When a button is clicked it sets the visible property
of the textbox/dropdownlist and the button.  ie the buttons allow me to
toggle between the textbox and the dropdownlist.  This works ...

I am installing the microsoft virtual pc 2004 and the service pack 1 for the
first time and I am getting the following message:
Virtual PC could not open the Virtual Machine Network Services driver.
Access to the external network and host will be unavailable to all virtual

How do you create a blank (empty) Image for the PictureBox, or for that
matter...anything else.
i.e.  How do you clear a picture that the PictureBox is currently holding?
Thank

Is it possible to change embedded resource files at runtime, i.e. after the
Assembly has been compiled?
Thanks much

I am writing some VB.NET code that compiles to a dll.  There is some
code within it that manipulates Powerpoint 2003.
The dll I am writing is for smart tags, and I am having trouble because
sometimes Powerpoint is remaining running (powerpnt.exe in Task

Does exists a function GetVariableValueFromName (o something similar) to get
a variable value from a string that contains variable name ?
Example:
Dim Target as string

Dear colleagues,
I have a collection which stores arrays of numbers.
I do the following to fill the elements of the collection:
Dim array1() As Integer = {1, 2, 3}

what are the chances of finding / gaining work in programming c# cos at 47 i
am looking for a new challenge, i used to code alot in c and inline assembler
when DOS used to rule the roost and now looking to get back into programming.

Hi guys, I have been working with .net for nearly a year now, and I would
like to move forward and start to learn how to create proper projects, i.e.
3-teir.
I have read extensively about the mechanics of 3-tier architecture but have

Thanks for your replies and thanks to everyone for making such an
interesting discussion.
After working very hard to get my Computer Science degree and
investing my own hard earnt money heavily in MSDN subscriptions and

I had used .Net Splitters in my application. There is a bug with that control
Moving splitter works fine. But when switch to some other window while
moving the splitte, the key board keys do not work in application.
Proper scenario is as follows. We assume that you have a VB.NET ...

I am developing a C# windows application that should send a file using FTP.
Does anyone knows how to make my application do this. I haven't found the
correct object to perform this.
It should connect, login, upload the file, and then disconnect. If possible