Does anyone know best practices (i.e. a tried and true method) for
this problem?  I want to re-attempt an operation which caused on
exception, and do so an arbitrary number of times.  For example, I
want to try connecting to a database multiple times before giving

Sorry for the double post. I posted in m.o.dotnet.framework a few days
ago, but no response, so I'm trying again.
Hi,
I need my application (C#, .Net framework 1.1 SP1) to be able to detect

When I retrieve urn:schemas:httpmail:date field, how do I set the format
from VB.net code? I assume I should have several DateTime formats to choose
from.
Or is there any VB.net class to convert this field to a format I specify?

i have a Listerner in my base. Two application are derived in my base.
when i start my first app, no problem
when i start the second app the following error pops up
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who can tell me the relation and difference between the following concept:
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2 clickonce
3 smart client

please help me...
i've two requsts
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name the project using arabic name or even name the shortcut with arabic name.

Hi i need to create some 1 overloaded method with just one more
parameter do i have to copy paste the comments (remarks etc) to the
new method? is there some trick that i could reference them?
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i am trying to export the crystal report in pdf format but i am getting
error while exporting.
Error in File c:\inetpub\wwwroot\Crys\CrystalReport1.rpt: Access to report
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How can I retrieve value from cells in excel spreadsheet using vb.net
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I just wrote an app with VS2005 December CTP which apparently installs
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I tried to run the app on a workstation with the .NET Framework 2.0 RTM beta
1, which apparently installs Framework 2.0.40607.42.

I was wondering if any of you knew of a place where I can buy .NET posters,
or cool technical posters. We have an office full of .NET developers and
interns and I would like to have some technical posters up.
Can these be ordered through Microsoft? anyone know?

We have found that a VB.NET rich windows application runs quite slower that a
similar application in VB6. The forms in VB.NET take an awful time to open
the first time, second time is better but slower than the similar VB6
application.

I wrote a c# app and set it to run scheduled.
It runs fine when I am logged into windows ( XP ), but when I log out,
and it runs, it throws up a JIT runtime error message box, and halts
before completing.

hi all i need to convert this frm c#
formatProvider as CultureInfo
thks
JSB

I have an issue with images that appear and then seem to disappear depending
on the compile and exectution sequence I use. I haven't been able to narrow
down a repeateable sequnce. I suspect this is an initialization problem. I
wonder if anyone else knows how to fix this?