I am new to .net, VS, and C#. I would like my app to be able to read and write to a very simple XML file. Kind of like an older app would read/write to an INI file.
How do I code this?
I suspect there is a wizard or something that would create the code, but I don't know my way ...

I need to open and fill excel cells from my winform
application, however, I do not want to use the excel
object model, I would like to use late binding.
(In VB 6 - CreatObject("Excel") - was used).

   Anyone knows how to open the correct aplication to see de document that
is in MemoryStream?
   Like:
       I've got an pdf in MemoryStream ( I use BinaryWriter to write it to

I'm building a network application that I would like to have as "integrated"
into Windows as possibly. The application is one which many users will be
logged into at once, and each user has different roles that define the
actions they can take.

Has anyone seen anything or have an idea of how i could copy an Access
object (queries, reports, etc) from one db file to another.  I would prefer
to use VB.net but I'm open for other suggestions, but it we need NO user
interaction.

I've got an assembly which has not been signed with a strong name. I would
like to sign it with a strong name. I do not have the source code for the
assembly. Is there a way to sign the assembly with a strong name?
Best regards,

Are there any good Open Source examples of globalized apps? I'd just like to
take a look at a real live sample that uses satellite assemblies.
I know how to do it from what the MS docs say, but I just want to see some
other examples first.

Please help;
I have the following code in classic ASP to populate a checkbox from a
database.
<input type=checkbox name=thread <%If thread = true then response.write "

We are trying to find a dotnet plug in that will enable us to view zip
files.
Can anybody recommend one?

I am getting an error while trying to run projects in both VB.Net and C#.Net. The error is
Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging
Cannot find port. Check the remote machine name
Any answers would be greatly appreciated.

I am using a WebRequest & WebResponse to GET the contents of an aspx page as
a string (code below).
It's working fine, except that when the aspx page has an error on it, I want
to know precisely what the error was (ie I want to get the error message

I'm using a listener that is using threads (for a messaging type app)..  The
listener is declared on my form.. then in my little socket server class,
I've got..
Do

I would like to find the Install location of the .NET Framework at runtime, so I can run InstallUtil.exe.
The only way I can think of is to use the Environment variable 'windir' and add '\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322' to the end of it.
I would also like to confirm the .NET ...

I have a customer who is adamant about not installing the .NET framework on
their XP machines because of security concerns.  But this means they can't
run alot of the new management tools such as Group Policy Management
Console, SONAR, Ultrasound, NTFRSDiag, and I am sure many ...

   When I look in the following directory :
C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework, on my PC I can see I have 2 versions of
DotNet Framework : v1.0.3705 et v1.1.4322.  When I run Visual Studio .NET
and when I click on  "?" ,"About Microsoft Development Environment" I can