We have two development machines which, to the best of my knowledge,
were set up identically.  However, they are clearly NOT identical.  We
have a project that, if we compile it on one machine, everyone else
can run it, but if we compile it on the other machine, everyone else

I built an application on my local box which works fine. WHen I deploy it to the web server, it no longer finds the relative paths
In my locale box the app is built off teh C drive, on the server the Inetpub directory is on the d drive.

hi..
I want to access modem attached to my system and invoke it through
vb.net application which will connect to other computer connected
through telephone line. my application then will demand some data from

I'm using VS 2002 and I can't find the Visual Basic 6.0 Code Upgrade Dialog Box Tool in my tools menu. I've check the setup properties of my installation and there is no mention of the tool. Can I run the Visual Basic 6.0 Code Upgrade Dialog Box tool in VS 2002?

this fails.
string sdt="20040330 930";
string[] fmts ={"yyyyMMdd Hmm"};
DateTime date = DateTime.ParseExact(sdt, fmts,

I want to parse a multicast address string into an object of type IPAddress
So i use the IPAddress.Parse(string theIPAddress) method
It works fine with 224.5.6.7, pure IPv
It throws an exception, saying that the provided address has an incorrect format, when I pass in the string

I would like my application to execute a function if and when the screen saver starts. I have been searching for a way for my program to know that the screen saver has started but the only thing I could find was how to do it in C++ & Visual Basic 6.
The question is How can I ...

Here's a good one (we scratched our heads for an hour before a LAN trace pointed us in the right direction)
1) Create a web service with a parameter of type DateTime
2) Call it with a parameter value of DateTime.MaxValue, from another machine whose timezone is west of you
*or

Every time I try to install the .NET framework v1.1 on a particular client machine, I get an error message stating that the Windows installer components need to be updated.  I answer yet to update, but then the install fails because the "Windows Installer Components could not be ...

First thing is: Is it possible to deploy smartclient apps on Win2K platform?
If not, what's the requirements for using smartclient on the server and
client sides?
Second question: I am using my Win2K for a smartclient development test.

Hi people
I tried to use ngen.exe on an executable generated by C#, but I don't see where the generated executable is placed. I use it as follows (from the tools menu)
 ngen.exe "$(ProjectDir)bin\release\myprogram.exe
The output goes to the output window, and it doesn't say it ...

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I have spent some time searching without success
Using VS.Net 2003
Is there a control which will simply render HTML? It seems obvious that there should be but I can't find it - and I don't need the power or internet access functionality of the axbrowser..

How would you convert Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:52:56 PST to a DateTime format?
When I use Convert.ToDateTime("Thu, 18 Mar 2004 14:52:56 PST") I get an
exception at character 26, the "PDT".
Thanks,

I have read several articles about using Asynchronous Delegates and I've
implemented them successfully, but I am still unsure how I would terminate a
thread pool thread created through a call to BeginInvoke() in the very
likely (in my case) event that the delegated method hangs.

HOW?
It seems no matter what I do, it always does a reference to the originating
object.  Even if I pass the object through a function, then create a "new"
one via  Dim x as New someobject and then return x, it still sets a