I have a class hierarchy of "Task Activity" classes for a machine
control system. To manage the activities I have a dictionary class,
derived from Dictionary<string, TaskActivity>.
I have to check whether this dictionary (already) contains a

When clicking the link from a client PC that points to the
MyApp.application
file, initially there is a windows that pops up in the upper left hand
corner of the screen that says

Is there some way to determine file count on a drive?  I know I can use
System.IO.DriveInfo and My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles to obtain a file
count, but this approach is pretty slow -- is there a faster more efficient
method available?

When will the Final SP1 for Visual Studio 2003 be released? Any info?

How to share the socket between .net framework 1.1 and unmanaged code?
Best regards,
Ray

I need to run some code when my dll is loaded (specifically when the
Visual Studio designer loads my dll).  I know about static constructors
and I've tried to place the code in there, but the problem is these
don't actually execute until the types they're in get instantiated.

I want to create a small console application that essentially gets some
information and then launches a Windows Application.  What I want to do is
have the console application launched in hidden mode - I know how to do this
from with a Windows Application by creating a Process ...

Our application does UDP communications using the Socket class in
System.Net.Sockets.
The Socket.EndReceiveFrom() often throws a SocketException (ErrorCode:
10054, WSAECONNRESET, "An existing connection was forcibly closed by the

Is there a way to get from the CLR
ICorProfilerCallback::JITCompilationStarted() on delegate class methods
- Invoke(), BeginInvoke(), EndInvoke()?
I need it for instrumentation techniques.

When I create an instance of one of my classes inside a method, does it
make a difference if I call its Dispose method?
public class Foo : IDisposable
{

I am attempting to install a service application that I written using
the Setup Project.  I have added an Installer to my service project by
right clicking on the design view of my service...much like all the web
sites have been telling me to do.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I need all the keywords used in Visual Studio 2005 Enterprise Edition. Eg.
int, double etc.
Regards,

Logger.Write fails with the message :-
"The entry 'Category' has already been added.
(C:\\inetpub\\wwwroot\\SIMWebClient\\web.config line 152)" string
Source "System.Configuration"    string

If I write a pure C# application, only using the standart publi API, no
interop, the same binary should work well on32 bit, 64 bits and perhaps on
the compact framework as well if I link against it.
Now how could I achieve the same thing if I do interop and I have a managed

gacutil -l shows this entry:
Digger.Backhoe.dll,Version=1.0.0.75,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=1111111111111111
When I try to remove it, I get an error:
C:\...\Dev]gacutil -uf