I'm looking for a very good book for an absolute beginner on
VB.net or VB 2005 with emphasis on databases. What would you
reccommend?
Thanks!

I am getting data from an FTP into a Stream object.  Now I need to put this
data into a string so I can manipulate it.  Can anyone show me some example
code?  (C# preferably)

I am learning to develop ASP.NET applications using SQL databases. How do
you think: is UML usefull in designing such applications?
Thank you!
/RAM/

I've written a C++ program years ago, it's still in use in the company where
I work, now its time to port it to .net, preferable managed code. However,
I'm a little concerned about a sorting performance. I need to sort a somewhat
high number of entries in a list. I think of using ...

I am new to C#, i have come from a VB6 backgrouond.
What i am looking for is a list of the Short cut keys for C# and what they
do.
I am in perticulare looking for the keys to jump to a Decleration and then

I would like to add some code to system.data so I can trace calls to
SqlConnection class. I used ildasm.exe, got the il code, added some of
mine and used the ilasm.exe to get a new assembly.
The problem is that I cannot remove the old file using the gacutil.exe

I have an treeview control with different node object, I would like to
implement the Copy/Paste function of an object . For that I am using the
folowing function to copy teh object to clipboard :
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No project compile time reference is needed to my dynamic assembly DLL...
I load an assembly DLL dynamically with a complex path. the assembly DLL is
NOT in the exutable folder.
I submit the fully qualified name to to the property grid (custom editor

I am coding a dozen "background" realtime apps for factory automation in .NET
2.0.
The apps need to share a common memory as there are lots of variables to be
shared (and synchronized of course).

Hi can anyone plz suggest me few good topics for project in .net  ?
Anyone have any idea on artificial intelligence ?

Is it possible to pass in an object and parameter into a function and
return it as a string.
i.e.
To make a call to the function i would put the following

I thouht that I read somewhere that Visual Studio .NET 2005 is able to force
naming conventions for controls etc., but I can't find it anymore :-/ did I
dream this or is this real? :-) If it's real: how can I do this?
Thanks a lot in advance,

I have been going through the MSDN Walkthrough: Creating a Windows
Forms Control That Takes Advantage of Visual Studio Design-Time
Features.
Everything was going fine and I was able to create and compile the

What is the best way to catch the user prressig the CTRL- C key combination..
I have try the keypress ans key down event but I am able only to catch one
key at a time ..
Amy idea ?

Ive got a .ashx file which produces an image (useage: <img
src="myHandler.ashx" />)
What do I need to do to make it cache? Every time my page reloads it
recreates the image (a slow process), and i have a lot of these per page.