I was looking at the docs for Thread and can't understand the different
between "unnamed data slot "and "data slot".and docs in Thread.GetData()
say  "Threads use a local store memory mechanism to store thread-specific
data." what is "thread-specific data"?

From a console app, I'd like to map a drive from one Win2K3 server to
another. I'm familiar with the [Net Use...] command line syntax, and I can
put it in a batch file and call the batch file from the console app. That
will work - but I was wondering if I could do it all in my C# ...

I am getting an error "Illegal cross-thread operation". I am not
creating any threads. I know internally there are many threads running,
though. Does that mean that no form can call a function from another
form even if there is a parent-child relationship? Aren't controls like

I need to set the value of 8 bit variables separately and then put them into
a byte variable.
Is it possible using VB.NET. How?
Thank you very much.

I am getting this strange error when I attempt to run Visual Studio .Net
2003 Enterprise Architect. The error is on happing in the ntdll.dll.
I have uninstalled and re-installed it several times but I get the same
error.

I have been searching on this topic for quite sometime and didnt get
any answer.
Is there a way I can extend/add methods/properties to a C# class during
runtime.

Is there any way to do something like macro substitution in VB, like in C++ or C or other languages?

       I used VB.Net to write an application which use the exception
management in Application Block as error handling. When I deploy the
application in the client machine, it's fine. However when I put the
application to the network server. A just-in-time debugger alert that an

We have an ASP.net application, where we dynamically add controls, in the
Page_Load. Occasionally, when the user posts back the page (e.g. clicks Save
button on the page), we get a "Failed to load viewstate" error. This happens
on Windows Server 2003. It happens erratically, and ...

I am working on a project that involves an Office-like interface; that
is, the user will be able to create objects such as textareas and be
able to resize, move, manipulate, etc. them. I am NOT asking someone to
go out of their way and write such a class for me, but I was wondering

I am using the tab control to do wizard development. I
show a tab page at a time to get the wizard feeling. This
also helps in switching between tabs at design time.
My problem is, I am not able to set the item size of the

can i write an isapi filter for IIS in something other than C++?  perferably
something in vb.net?

Folks,
In classic ASP, in order to prevent users from trying url directly(maybe
to see some sensitive HTML files) without logging in, I have an asp file
which mains the session("login")=1 variable, which is set as soon as

I have the following situation.
I am creating my own user control.
This asp.net user control will have a method called "Read". When this
method is being called from the page. It will read line by line threw a

I have an odd question: is it possible to have a delegate that recieves
a methodname dynamically?
Like this: aClassObj.OnGo += new ANamespace.Invoke(fName);
          where fName would be a string with the function name;