I have this regex
^[a-zA-Z] + (([\'\,\.\-][a-zA-Z])?[a-zA-Z]*)*$
How can I get it to check the length of the string up to 25 characters? so
that any string more than 25 characters will not be matched.

I'm currently run into a snag on one of my projects. We need to create an
ordered list  (Mutli levels).
Ie:
1.  Some Title

I have code to start up a service and delete (uninstall) a service. I'm
looking for help on stopping a service. I've noticed that if a service is
running and you delete it, it still is running but has been marked as
disabled. As soon as you stop it, it disappears from the list of ...

Pardon my ignorance if it exists, but I'm trying to upgrade from VB 6
to VS.NET 2005 and have a problem.
I created an ASPX file with the corresponding ASPX.VB file, but when I
try to edit the form, I can only add components; I can not edit either

I analyze this design pattern for a long time but I do not understand how
this pattern work and what the purpose is? (I looked a this site
http://www.dofactory.com/Patterns/PatternAbstract.aspx).
Could anybody try to explain me in his own words how this pattern work and

Could anybody please give me a brief idea on how printing with Crystal
Reports is done from .NET?
Thanks in advance!

I have written a windows service in C#. I am able to install it, but when I
look in the service manager I don't see it. If I start it at the command line
like this: net start spawner it starts right up and runs. I must have missed
something in my installer classes to make this ...

When trying to throw a custom exception from a COM+ component to a client
using an interface as suggested by microsoft i am getting an "Object
reference not set to an instance of an object."
However when executing the code outside of COM+ the application behaves

I know this is a horse that's been beated good and dead, but I *still* can't
find a good solution to this.  I suppose I should post this on SharpZipLib's
forums, but I signed up and they never sent me a confirmation email, and I
can't resign up with the same email address.  Great ...

I'm using ADO style.  I have an Access database with four tables that I will
want to do queries on. I will want to do queries on all four tables, at
least individually, and possibly at the same time (using "INNER JOIN").  My
question: Is it better to have four individual ...

I need to validate any year in format
05 and 2005 and not 200 or 005. I am currently using ^(\d{4})$.
Thanks

I am developing the application for send emailing list,
actually, i can perform to send a email 1 by 1 and do it on aspx page.
I have a enquiry that how can the application change to background task
instead of user need to wait and wait until all email sent.

I develop application in Visual Basic .NET and ORACLE database.
My question is how do I "send" script file to the database using visual
basic .net.
Other words, is there any way to send to the database a script file to run,

I have a windows service that I am developing in VB.Net and during it start
up process, I am checking various things.  If there is an error encountered
while doing these checks, I would like to halt the startup process (and stop
the service) and then also like to disable the ...

Here's my problem. I've created a windows service using the Win32 app
instead of the .NET framework's System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase and
I'm trying to use the RegisterServiceCtrlHandler win32 API call. It
works just fine when I compile all my code and classes in a normal