1. When I'm install the full vs2005 beta2, I can find the Gac manage.
However, if I install the FW only (from MS download site) I can't find it,
nor I have only 1.1 version (in Admin manager and in IIS manage).
Any Idea why?

I am developing a kind of plugin framework that I can use for several
applications I want to make.  In order to identify individual plugins I am
currently doing something like the code below (example only.  Note that the
host has a collection of IPlugin's from which to look for ...

is it possible to create an excel file from my c# app? If so, how do I this
and is there any good samples I can use?
Thanks
Julia

I have a question regarding exception handling and logging.
First let me explain the situation.
I am creating a .NET library with functionality that I am giving to another
team developer. This other developer does not want to be bother with all

I'm looking for some help before I've totally pulled my hair out!
I have a windows form project (written in C#) and I would like to set the
form icon to my own choice. I have tried all of the following with no
luck...

   I have developed an LDAP client application that I would like to add a treeview to that will display the schema for the People OU.  I am testing with the following code to try to figure out but I'm not getting anywhere.:
   Sub Main()
       Dim myADSPath As String = "LDAP ...

We're writing a routine to synchronize files between clients in various
locations and a central server and have run into a problem with win98
clients.  Is there a bug with System.IO.File.GetLastWriteTimeUTC under Win98?
For a given file, shouldn't this return the same date/time ...

Does anyone know of a method by which one can remove .NET Framework 1.0 or
1.1 when the uninstall procedure no longer functions?
I need to uninstall and then upgrade to 2.0 as I want to try out the latest
Indigo kit.

I'm using a ProducerConsumer in a worker thread.  If I want to end this
thread, and it's currently waiting for Consumer to return, what's the best
way to proceed?
Should I just make the thread a background thread?  Or should I pass a

My program makes use of a third party class library to do some
transformations. The transformations take a long time, so I spawn the library
call as a new thread. The problem is that the library spawns threads of its
own, outside of my namespace. One of their threads is spawned ...

I have got 2 XML documents, both of which conform to the same XSD Schema,
which define possible optional elements.  The 2 XML documents contain 2
disjoint set of XML elements.
What is the best, easiest, most efficient way of merging the 2 XML

We have a client server application written in C# which
makes a series of calls to the database using a third
party .net provider. The .net provider resides on the
client workstation and the database resides on a different

Hey Guys -- First of all...  Thanks up front.
So here's the deal.  
I'm trying to install Visual Studio.NET '03.  
The installation goes fine until I get to:

I am under the impression that databinding allows a control to be updated
automatically by the interface when the underlying value changes.  However,
many of my controls will not update after the initial display.  If I have a
boolean property and I bind it to a checkbox's checked ...

Hi, all:
I've seen numerous questions and answers about this topic on the web, but
none of them quite fit to my case.  My application is a business process
model (like approval process) using ASP.NET.  Each transaction, I store