I'm trying to write an application which will eventually use SQL
Express running on a server, with a client app running on several
client machines.  I'm developing it with an instance of SQL Express
running on my local machine, however.

In a windows application we have a webbrowser control and we want to change
the selected item of a select or combobox inside the webbrowser control. We
know how to change the value of a textbox with the .innertext property but
how to do the same with the select or combobox html ...

Here am using "Use Database" keyword, as the connection string will
contain a different Initial Catalog
Pls let me know is there any Technical issues  to execute this query
(Its working fine-)

I need to write an application (in any language, but preferrably C#) that
runs on a server or laptop, connects to a mobile phone through a data cable,
and sends an SMS message using the attached mobile.
Can anyone point me in the right direction for how I should approach this

There is a button on a website that I would like to click, using code.
This could apply to any website and any sort of button, whose name is
known.
As an example:

Anybody can tell me why it is impossible to use the '&' operator
with operands of type 'long' or 'ulong' and what i must use instead
of this?
thanks.

I would like to send mail using Outlook or Outlook Express my .net program
which is written using vb.net . When ever a new record of particular type is
added, i would like to send an automatic mail using Outlook. I thought of
using commercially available components but  i would ...

I have learned a great deal creating applications in Access 2002 with Visual
Basic code.
What is the next step to create applications that can be used as a more
stand-alone app or possibly with a web front end?

I can get AVI length and width, and other info, by calling the API avifil32
library.
But is there a .NET solution to check if an AVI audio is with wrong VBR
bitrate ? i.e., if you open Virtualdub it checks automatically the AVI file

I'm checking out the Ent Lib for the first time and tried to run the
Quickstart for data access.  upon clicking the first button in the sample
app I get an error saying there may be an error trying to connect to sql
server 2005....   Is this really expecting sql server 2005?  or ...

Can someone help me understand what object should be used as the lock
object?  I've seen some programs that use Monitor.Enter(Me).  Then, in those
same programs, they sometimes use another object.  Why?  I would appreciate
it if someone could help me understand the ramifications ...

Iam just a novice trying to learn .net.
I have programming background, but is completely new to microsoft
technologies.
Pleas advice me where to start?

I am new to whole idea of "web services" and architectures such as .NET
and J2EE so please bare with me.  I am trying to research as much as
possible before asking silly questions but there is so much out there!
I need to start somewhere!!!

Each time I restart computer & run Norton System Works One Button Checkup, it
finds same problems: missing program files: i.e.:
...NET\FRAMEWORK\v2.0...cannot access a necessary file, "msvcr80.dll".   I
have .net framework 1.1, .net framework 1.1 hotfix (KB886903), and .net

Trying to run the asp.net 2.0 quickstart tutorials I get the following error:
"Server Error in '/QuickStartv20' Application
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Failed to access IIS metabase.