Is there a trial (free) or academic version of Visual Studio .NET? If yes, where can I get it and how much
Regards
Eric

I want to pass an optional parameter of datetime type to a procedure (in
VB.NET)
But optional parameters require default value.
What value should I use as default for a datetime parameter?

I do not make my Form objects Localizable but my code does read some text
from resource files embedded into my assembly which I DO want to make
localizable.
Could anyone tell me how I can test this scenario ? I need to find a tool

    I have worked in VB6 and now I have started working
in VB.Net.It is said that .NET code is platform
independent atleast within Windows operating systems.
which I understand is made possible through IL which is

It appears that these two lines of code are required to support Windows XP themes.
    Application.EnableVisualStyles();
    Application.DoEvents();                                            // this corrects a bug in EnableVisualStyles()
The problem is that on systems prior to XP sometimes this works okay and other ...

In VS.NET, you can add a plain class or a component class.  What's the main
reasons for using one or the other?  I know a component class derives from
System.ComponentModel.Component but not quite sure exactly what it has that
a plain class doesn't?

We are developing an application using ASP.NET technology. Our
users/customers make use of Macintosh PCs. In theory, since ASP.NET delivers
"plain HTML" to the client, we wonder if there are any problems that others
have found that would prevent an ASP.NET application from being ...

Does anyone know how to make two process communication? I want to call a functon from the other process, it's a excution file. I think in .NET Framework must have the easy way to do this
Thanks!

Debugging 'C' Projects in .net seem unacceptably slow, inserting a
breakpoint is OK, removing it breakpoints takes an age, even before
starting the debugger. Any easy solutions to this problem, ??
Rob

With C#, I had created two threads in one program. One is a TCP listener,
and the other is TcpClient. After the Listener thread started, the client
thread started try to connect to the listener, but I get a exception:
Unhandled Exception: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: No ...

How does the "SelectedIndexChanged" event work on a dropdown list? I have
   private void InitializeComponent()
   {
       this.ListClients.SelectedIndexChanged += new

Here are a project tasks I have and would like to share it with you to see
which approach would be the best for developing this project - cost and time
saving.
I need to develop an application that does the following:

If BOTH of these types respond with DateTime ........
       Dim da As Date = Today
       Dim dt As DateTime = Now
       If dt.GetType.Name = "Date" Then

i remember a thing like displaying cached program by CLR or list compiled
IL's.. also same tool help us to flus (reset) them... ??? was it gacutil ???
if yes i could only found assembyles which are dll's...

I have a windows application in C#, Sizable Form,
with these controls by order on screen from the top
1. System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox (contain all the othe
  controls) -> Anchor: Top, Bottom, Left, Righ