I was wondering how I can check whether I am allowed to read a certain file
or not? Some of e.g. XP's files are not readable, not even by the Administrator,
and when trying to open a file for reading, it throws an exception (e.g.:
{"The process cannot access the file \"C ...

I've had Visual Studio .NET for C# only two weeks now. Today I encounter a
big problem with the developer. The edit menu is disabled! Both using the
right click of the mouse, the edit menu bar, AND the CTRL + ... of the
keypad! I can't even delete items!!!!! I should be more ...

if I have a field that I want to store to a database is there a function that
I can use to show that it is just time without appending a date to it or
something?  For example: I want to enter 0430 pm and have it store 1630
(military time) to my database.  For example the ...

I have a Setup project in my app.  Questions are the little things to add to
it for a "real pro look"
1) Add the folder to the programs group.
2) Add a Removal Icon to it.

Is the use of a COM object in a c# program considered 'unsafe' code ?
Does the method that calls the COM object need the 'unsafe' keyword ?
Is code that calls a COM object considered unmanaged?
Is 'unsafe' code the same as unmanaged code ?

Can I store objects in treeviews ?

I have the following regular expression and at present it checks that a field
contains only letters and is more than 2 characters in length. I would like
to change this slightly to also check that the text entered is 25 characters
or less. I'm not very good with regular ...

 I have been fighting to get this working.. I have a form with several text
boxes which posts back when an user fills and submits. I want to hide the
textboxes on postback and display some message based on some server rules.
 Do I have to loop through each and every text box and ...

My team lead just asked me to move my Visual Studio .Net 2003 Windows App
project to the LAN. I run the .Net Configuration Wizard and set to full trust
for the items in the bin. I also set to full trust everything on the LAN.
Next, I run the app (it runs fine). Next I try to ...

What is VB.NET equivalent of String(5, "_"), which creates a string
containing 5 "_" characters.
thanks

I'm toying with reflection to try and build a recursive function that
generates treenodes of a treeview that represent any given object's
graph (of child objects):
public TreeNode BuildNode(ref object o)

the api call in vb.net looks like this  Dim WithEvents mobjSocketClient As
TCPConnection  how to do this in C# (particularly the equivilant of
WithEvents)

The button in the datetimepicker class that opens the calendar is too small
for my touchscreen users.  How can I make a regular button that  opens the
datetimepicker calendar ?
I don't want to just make the font in the datetimepicker huge, that only

Hello. I am trying for the first time to use SSL.  I sent to the web
server and set directory security to 'Require SSL' and 'Require
Certificates'.  This seems to work, but I was a bit surprised that it
did not seem to slow down access, since I am moving quite a lot of

DropDownList.SelectedItem.Value returns only the first  record value, no
matter when you select. any help would be appreciated.
Thanks Manoj