Microsoft recommends CompanyName.TechnologyName[.Feature][.Design] and it
all comes down to not breaking the inheritence model if I am not mistaken.
VSN2003 however tells the compiler to use the name of the project as the
name of the .dll the project compiles to.

Using VB.net 2003
I know how to access controls on a 2nd form after declaring the form in
the first.
But how do I access the controls on the original form from the 2nd form.

I am new to .Net.
I have a Windows service in C#. It is going to use another .Net component
(DLL) made by a 3rd party company. If I start my program as an app with that
DLL in the same directory, my program can use it. But if I start it as a

I'm trying to deserialize a VC++ .NET class and am stumped by the following
problem :
In order to create the XmlSerializer you need to pass the type of the object
being created.

    I am installing VS.Net Enterprise Architect, and during installation I
receive this error in the error log file .... in the 4th cd ....
[09/24/03,20:21:54] Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect - English: [2]
ERROR: Error 1911.Could not register type library for file C ...

 Each week, we receive a two-page PDF file from UPS along with a separate
flat file (a CSV)   The PDF file contains the overview of our weekly invoice
and the CSV contains the details of each shipment.
  I download the file from UPS and then use DTS to import the data into

Has anyone installed XP SP2 on a machine prior to installing VS.Net 2003 and
experienced any difficulties?

I need to write a program that takes data from a balance connected via serial
port.  In vb I would use the MSComm object.  What is available in vb.net??
Thanks
Mike

I am trying to convince a client that dotNet is preferable to an Access
project (ADP/ADE).
This client currently has a large, pure Access MDB solution with 30+ users,
which needs to be upgraded.

Is there a VS.NET way to know what exceptions a class is capable of
throwing?

Is there any difference between declaring a variable at the top of a method
versus in the code of the method?  Is there a performance impact for either
choice?  What about if the method will return before the variable is used?  
I'm trying to get an idea of whether the .NET ...

The error is documented at MSDN [1] but building the project as the MSDN
document instructs does not resolve the issue for me. I hope others may
comment about other circumstances.
The actual message is: Could not load type 'theClassName.Global'

i have array of objects that's are strings.
i need to convert it to array of string before sending to method.
is there a way to convert ? (short way..)

Howdy...
I have an asp.net web form with an ImageButton control on the form. When
clicked, the ImageButton's click event handler is supposed to pass X and Y
coordinates of the mouse click's location on the PAGE. I know that I can see

I need to print stuff on the default printer on the click of a button
without opening the print box opening up. Any pointers?