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Also have had difficulty ending programs ...

Sometimes, I need to do some time-consuming operations based on whether a
specific keyword was contained in a lengthy string. Then, for a better
performance, I wrapped that lengthy string into a StringBuilder.
But after doing that, it seems there's no proper methods defined in

I have some systems that have older versions of .NET framework
installed. The company I am contracting with refuses to update the
framework installed on their machines. Is there any way to switch the
version of .NET you can "compile" in? I have Visual Studio 2005.

I have updated .NET Framework 1.1 to 2.0 and I get this error-
"aspnet_state.exe- Application Error" right before my computer turns off when
I shutdown the computer.  Version 1.1 appears to have been working fine and I
did not receive any error messages from it.  When I uninstall ...

I have a situation with an apparent deadlock.  I have two threads
which are blocked on the statement  "lock(_SyncRoot)", where _SyncRoot
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threads in my application and walked up their callstacks, and none of

Is it safe to use a third party's C# library which was built with .NET 1.1
in my .NET 2.0 projecct? Thank you in advance.
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Professional.
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any clarification/suggestions are appreciated
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It would be grateful if any one can provide latest dump for MCSD.NET 2005.
Either you can share a url or send to me @ umesh.nath@gmail.com

I am running VStudio 2003. I also have multiple versions of .NET installed.
How do I select in VStudio which version to use to build my projects?

I have an Windows application that on the maintenaince form allows the user
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These values are stored on the
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C# CSharp Reset Struct Class Memory
Hi,
I have a class, cerated like a struc for some reasons, and I want to
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in the table:
dt.Columns.Add("Session Duration Seconds",
System.Type.GetType("System.Int32"));
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I recently had to remove SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2005 Express from my
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Bearing in mind the Windows recycle bin folder has had 3 names since
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