The return type for the .NET framework System.Object's method
GetHashCode is a signed integer. However, I've noticed that especially
when doing some XOR magic, the hash code tends to be a large negative
number.

I use very often custom controls in panels.
But I always have performance issues (on all computer, not only on mine).
I always have this kind of code :
panel1.controls.clear

Will Microsoft provide a designer like "the MMC Snap-in Designer for VB6" for VB.NET or any other .NET environment in the future? If possible,how long will it appear?

I am starting to develop for .NET, so I was writing some code at work.
The file was single .cs file I compiled using batch files, and write in
notepad (I don't have VS at work).
It starts like this:

I have a tcpclient which is created from a tcplistener.  Once the
connection is created, I issue a GetStream.Read with a ReceiveTimeout
of 0.  This causes the thread to block until either data is received
or an exception is thrown.

Regex("@("); brings an error (missing ")").
How do you serarch for a ( with Regex ?
Mark Johnson, Berlin Germany
mj10777@mj10777.de

We have a requirement to write an event to the security event log. I can
write an event to the application event log but have been unable to write an
event to the security event log?
Is this possible?

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I want to know that if i use multiple search string like "city = "Kolkata" and
(pin<123434 and pin> 23245)" in DataView.RowFilter,the way of execution is from left to right or opposite?It is require for query optimization.help me

I'm writing a program in C#, and I've run into some issues when it's
being used on a domain controller. I would like the program to detect
whether it's running on a domain controller so I can give a warning to
users. Does anyone know how that can be done?

Hello!
Does anyone know how to quit a console application? There ist no
static 'Application'-Object (with the method 'Quit()') like in
Windows-Applications.

For example, I've implemented a simple class with just one method:
public class A
{
    public void MyMethod1()

I'm trying to write a COM wrapper for a COM object for which I do not have a
header file but not a type library.  Specifically, I am using NetCon.h to
construct a COM wrapper to give me access to interfaces such as
INetConnectionManager and INetConnection.  I have two questions:

I have developed my application using VS.NET and used project properties to
both IE and Netscape. I am testing my application on IE and Netscape.
The pages appear perfect on IE but totally messed up on Netscape.
can anyone please suggest me how to solve this problem?

That may sound like a stupid question, but let me explain what I mean.
Let's say we have ASP.NET application "MyApp".
The directory structure looks like this:
MyApp\foo

I'm stuck in a rather difficult situation, and for everyone who has already
dealt with TypeDescriptor and PropertyDescriptor, as well as the
CodeDomSerializer and the DesignerSerializerAttribute, here's a summary of
that situation.