Just wondering whether somebody could clarify my understanding on some
code I've seen several times over the past week:
if (m_instance == null)
{

What is the correct pattern for handling exceptions in IDisposable.Dispose,
especially in a class that manages multiple unmanaged resources?  An example
of such a class is System.ComponentModel.Container.
I have always understood that the IDisposable contract was that Dispose

   I have a question regarding the count if character within a string
like for example I have a string of
e.g.
123#123#

Can anyone recommend a really awesome book on user and custom controls for
windows forms?  I already know C# really well and have a lot of
expience...so I don't want a book that teaches C# or Visual Studio IDE.  It
would be nice to get one that is dedicated to controls.  Thanks.

I've written a component which will be used by client and server
applications. The component uses TCP to send structures to a destination
socket. When sending, each structure is serialized contains a header
specifying what type of object it is and its purpose. The receiving ...

I have an application that allows a user to enter a user name, user password, and the domain or machine name.  From this information I would like to verify the user account and password is valid.  This must work for either a domain or a local machine account.  I have tried to ...

Hi group, I need to know when a user change the time on the computer, I mean
if there is a log in which is saved information about the pc clock.
Thanks so much.

[C#]
I need to execute another assembly from my code.  The assembly I need to
execute uses reflection to dynamically load plug-ins.  I create a new Domain
and execute the new assembly within this domain.  The application throws an

We're having a problem with one of the projects that was recently added to
our solution.  The project, even though it doesn't seem to have a reference
to the dll, generates a series of error messages when you compile it:
Error: The dependency 'ClioControls, Version=1.0.1847.16599,

I'm constructing a bunch of code into a set of CodeCompileUnit's and then
attempting to compile using the CompileAssemblyFromDomBatch method.
This works great assuming the compile is successful.  If the compile is not
successful, the CompilerResults has a Errors collection with a ...

I need to convert the following Byte Array, the bytes are are encoded as
ASCII.
Byte[] asciiBytes =
{0x30,0x31,0x30,0x35,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30,0x30,

I am not sure whether this is the right newsgroup for this question but I am
posting it anyway. I am writing a Windows Service application using C# which
uses MS-CRM Web Services API to communicate with MS-CRM. It creates and
updates Account, SalesOrder, and Product entities.

Someone knows how to copy Files into the clipboard using C#? I've tried
filling a DataFormat with FileDrop and I passed a string with the filename to
setData() but no luck. I've also tried with a FileInfo object but It does not
work. Is it possible? Please help!!!

I have a web application which uses multiple threads to connect to a couple
of other web servers.  All works very well, except occasionally when the load
is a bit heavy, I start getting errors on my connect method.  I don't believe
the error is coming from the servers I connect ...

I have managed to install a Win2003 server running SQL Server2000 and IIS
6.0.  The server has a DNS name and is accessible to students from campus
labs.  These students need to do the following actions from their home
computers(all these actions work great on campus network).