Is there any way to create an app in vb.net where i can specify a folder in
the windows os (windows 2000 and above) so that when files are added ,
deleted or modified then an event can be raised so I can perform some
specific action? (for instance display a message box or log the ...

I finally decided it is time to switch from VB.Net to C#. I have used VB 12
years and VB.Net 5 years. I am not talking of converting old code. The reason
is that the current contractor wants next project to be C#.
I want a good and comprehensive book/website/PDF, ...... that will ...

Can I call an a asynchronous call from any asynchronous call? Like
a.BeginCallBack(){
do something...
}

I have a structure called SearchAreaListItem.
The structure has some properties.
The application implements this as a collection.generic.list(of SearchAreaListItem)
I load the collection up  item at a time stuffing values into the item then adding the item to the

In the IDE is there any way to turn off the compiler warning about strings
being used before being initialised.
Given that a string is an immutable object why bother initialising it before
assigning a value to it?

I have a problem with XML serialization to files that seems to stem from
someone putting the cart before the horse. I have "Jobs" that include a
series of "Actions". An Action is defined as an abstract class that has a
series of specialized concrete classes derived from it. A Job ...

I have a C# collection class that inherits from SortedList.  I want to be
able to hide certain methods such as Add.  How do I do that?

I'm using NUnit to test my application but it is giving me odd error
messages that I have not seen before. I'm at a loss to think what
configuration change I have made that would break NUnit. (Or what
configuration changes I made at all) The application is new, so these

A. what is the preferred way to load an object, say a Customer (from a
db)
1. an instance member on the customer object
customer.Load(id)

Hi, a lot of SMTP servers for outgoing email are now requiring a user id /
password for authentication before the SMTP message will be sent.  I'm using
a class in VB.NET 2005 that makes use of the SMTPClient in System.Net.Mail.  
I've been looking at the Credentials property but ...

I am having trouble creating an event that is non-serializable in 2.0.  In
1.1, I would have just put the [field:NonSerialized] Attribute on the event
as this is the MS-endorsed hack for making it non-serializable.
What I'm trying to do is the following:

I have a third-party windows forms application which broadcasts a
user-defined windows message.
I have to build a windows service which should receive and handle that
user-defined message.

I've a requirement in regular exp..
I need to replace  a pattern...can anyone help me out,...
My input string is as below
<img src="c:\windows\images\bluehills.jpg"><a heref="sfjs">

probably a simple question for most of you:
Can I create a simple executable with vb.net, that can run without the
.Net framework installed? (like any executable created with VB6 in the
old days..)  I would like to stay away from permissions, strong naming

Let me tell you a scenario and you will see what I mean.
There is a large application that has communication with a real time
system . The app has to respond to the requests in no more than 1 s.
The app is a C# .NET app and everything is fine and everyone at