I write a VBS script witch uses csc.exe (command line dotnet compiler),
but my problem is to detect what version of Dotnet Framework is
installed on the server to use the good repertory 1.1 or 2.0 (v1.1.4322
or v2.0.50215 ...)

  I want to use OrderedDictionary to get my objects in same order as they
are inserted in. I also want to access the objects using a key. So my
question is whether this is the best option or there is some better
collection object than OD. The current MSDN documentation dosn't ...

I'm using a Stringbuilder to building dynamic HTML, and I was wondering
how long it can get before it gives up.  I won't know the length of the
HTML until it's finished building it.  I've read a few articles that
suggest setting an initial size when you instantiate it, but will that

We are handling the KeyPress event in an UpDown control, which
determines if Enter or Escape has been pressed, then closes the dialog
with either a DialogResult.OK or DialogResult.Cancel, respectively. We
seem to be having a beep occur when this happens, at some point after

We have a .NET application which is obviously using nearly 500MB memory and
we can't understand why. I created a dump for a different issue and the
server ended up creating a process shutdown dump of this size.
I have seen the DumpLargeObjectSegments command however I'm not sure ...

I creating a custom exception and I'm implementing the best practice with a
constructor which is needed for serialization (with Serialization Info info,
StreamingContext context).
My question is - what’s the use for serializing exceptions when working with

Currently I am doing the following to find an one dimensional array
type of a type -
Type asSingle;
Type asArray = Array.CreateInstance ( asSingle , 0 ).GetType ( );

Running ASP.NET2.  Every once in a while I get this error:
Unable to cast object of type 'System.Collections.DictionaryEntry' to type
'System.Web.PartitionInfo'.
  at System.Web.PartitionManager.Dispose()

I am using reflection to create an assembly (Assembly A) and invoke a method.
Assembly A has its own config file, which is set at run time. To read this
config file I had to set some binding flags in the code, now this seems to
work fine, Assembly A can read its config file. ...

can I create my own compile-time attributes?
e.g. an attribute applied to a method and that will generate a compile time
error if the method has the wrong signature?
I was hinted twords 'Intellisense API' but cant seem to find it at all...

Existing COM ATL DLL wrapping a C++ library. Interoping from a C#
application, passing a large string containng XML (5-130kb). Need to
significantly improve performance of both the interoping and the
performance of the native functions (performance critical app).

Does anybody know of a page with a good reference of the available Metadata
Attributes in .NET? Thanks.

Quite often of late I've been asked about when to use the System Threadpool.
I finally sat down and wrote a blog detailing the issues in the ThreadPool
and why it's unsuitable for use in production grade server applications.
Any feedback on this is appriciated!

Is there some way to programatically tell if a string is base64 encoded?

In my "Add or Remove Programs" list I have the following:
   Microsoft .NET Framework (English)
       Update         Installed on 3/16/2005
       Update         Installed on 3/18/2005