Is there some way to control SCM timeout while starting or stopping a C#
windows service? I know I can work on a different thread and quickly return
from OnStart(), but I'd like my service to shutdown gracefully, and it takes
a long time to save all data while exiting.

hi..
i don't know if this is the right group for this..
i have a small application which involves a windows service, and web
services which bascally retrieves files, process them and zips them away

I'm developing an application for a PocketPC using VisualBasic.NET.  I would
like to incorporate some code which is written in CSharp.NET.  Is it possible
to call C# code from a VB application?  What methods could I use to
accomplish this?  Thanks in advance for everyone's help.  ...

just checking the average age of programmers using this group

Wow, this is unbelieveable.  I've narrowed it down to a few lines of code.
Create a new project in VB.NET and put 2 buttons on it (a FBD button and an
EXIT button)  and enter these lines for the click events:
Private Sub btnExit_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As

We include DOTNEXFX.EXE with our .NET app installation and install it if the
customer does not have .NET. We cannot seem to get this to work for one
specific customer running XP. Running DOTNEXFX.EXE, install gets to end, 0
minutes remaining, then pops up the following error:

Getting the lists of users in a given Domain Group?
For example, our Network people have created a group called MyAppUsers,
and have added certain Users to this group. I need to get a list of
these users by pasing in the name of the Group. Is that possible?

I what to deploy an aplication using Web Matrix, Framwork 1.1, MySql on
WindowsXP how can i licensed this product to be distiuided?
Is necesary tha i have any license diferent to the WIndowsXP
Carlos

When I 'build' my Windows Application solution, it created three files in the
"bin" directory. How do I change the name of the .exe it creates in the bin
directory?

I created an interface, IMyInterface and placed it in namespace
MyPackage.  Something like this:
namespace MyPackage {
  interface IMyInterface {

I was wondering if it is possible to code in original C in VS.NET,
instead of being limited to Managed C++. I was told at a conference by
a MS guy that .NET can handle any language you want, so I'm curious how
to go about doing this.

How do I suppress the console window in a console app? If I double-click the
app from explorer, I'd like the window not to appear.
Thanks,
Eric

Introducing the new Tango DropBox. The Tango DropBox allows you to
upload files and folders without launching your FTP application. Simply
drag and drop files on to the Tango DropBoxes you create on the
desktop.

Here is my situation
I am trying to create a dataview with the following rowfilter
PMA_DatakeyId IN
('f7635461-da12-48f2-b01f-83e5a720d6ec','9be31cee-dcbe-4ee9-9583-4f8772d83cb8') AND PMAModeId = 0

how can I check (as fast as possible) if a string consists only of one
specific character (e.g. ".")?
Thanks
Peter