Our application write logs to a file in a folder. Before our application
starts writing to that file, I want to check if the current user has write
access to that file, for example, "c:\temp\LogFile.txt".
I see several articles for setting file access permissions, getting file

I have an existing method as follows:
public void InsertScan(int aDistributionCommonInstanceID)
Now I'll need to add a parameter, so it should look like the following:
public void InsertScan(int aDistributionCommonInstanceID, bool bCore)

Well, I just read this FAQ, which says no.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa948854.aspx
So my next question is: is MS going to give us a discount to upgrade to VS
2005 so that I can use Vista?

how do I get a list of all components on a form using reflection ??
or is there another way of doing this ??
can anyone help ??

Is it possible to convert PDF data report to excel thru VB.NET?
Currently I am generating PDF report in my application using crystal.
The requirement is to also generate the same report in Excel. I know we
can do this by creating Excel template and filling the template with

How can I prevent multiple instances of a C# windows forms application.
VB.NET provides My.Application.StartupNextInstance Event to do this. Is there
any C# equivalent as well?
Thanks

My requirement is to change "text" content to pdf format and to store in
oracle database.
But i don't want to create a pdf file in server side every time i need and
then to read from it and to write to oracle.

What is the short cut key to naviagte back to your presious position?

I have a button for user to click and specify a folder destination, not file
name, for example: "C:\foldername1", and this path will appear to a text box.
How do I do it by using SaveFileDialog in window application C#?
Thanks,

Explain limitations of .NET Technology. How Java is better than .NET?

I have a C#.NET project (in a Visual Studio environment). In the
project, I have a dialog to let the user enter some values to be used
as parameters for a DTS package. The idea is that when the user enters
required values and selects the button, "Run DTS Package", the DTS

I am c# coder, i want to know can i implement IList Interface in my
WebForm? If yes, how?
A short sweet example would be enough.
thanks,

how do I code generic functions to return the next item in an enumeration
a) sorted by name, b) sorted by value c) sorted by declaration  
in a round-robin style ?
for example the enum is