It is my intent to utilize the Enterprise Library Application Blocks.
I am new to dotNet.  I have downloaded the 'Enterprise Library -
January 2006' version.  The solution built successfully and I can
execute the 'Hands on Labs' for logging.  To transition to my code

it sounds log4net is not updated since 2003?

Microsoft Development Environment 2003 Version 7.1.3088
Microsoft .NET Framework  1.1 Version 1.1.4322
I am trying to modify the value of a variable in the Command Window
(immediate mode) but I am getting an error.

Have run into a problem with TextWriter.Synchronized where we are
logging errors.  The call get the Textwriter looks like this:
return TextWriter.Synchronized(File.AppendText(filename));
Where filename is the name of the log file and there are no other

Can anyone provide any insight on why MSFT introduced
"TypeConverter.GetProperties()". There are two classes for dealing with
metadata in .NET, 'Type" and "TypeDescriptor". Each has a "GetProperites()"
method so why complicate the situation even more than it already is by

I am told that in VS 2003 (which I am running now) I cant select between
.NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0.
I am considering buying VS 2005. Can I select  .NET versions in VS 2005 (I
have 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0 installed and I want to selected any of them)

problems with switching the 2nd computer on, the scrren says OUT OF RANGE, my
base unit starts but nothing else, have cheCkced all wires etc, computer been
working in safe mode only prior to this happening..........URGENT HELP
REQUIRED

in my application I need to get the current executing location of a thread.
Until now I did this by
Thread executingThread;
...

I am reading the MCTS Exam 70-536 book by Nortrop and Wildermuth.  Chapter 4
discusses the IEQualityComparer interface, and shows how to use it for a
HashTable.  The August06 MSDN docs also show a similar example.  In these
examples the class used for the IEQualityComparer has a

Take a COM interface with a property declared like this:
[propget, id(1)] HRESULT SomeProperty([out] int *sideProperty, [out,
retval] int *mainProperty);
This is weird but in COM it returns sideProperty when you call it. It

I am trying to build a regular expression that will fail to match if the line
starts with a particular phrase, for example I want the match to fail if the
line starts with "To Do".  In other versions of regular expressions there is
the ~ operator that lets me specify this, so I ...

Hi here,
I installed the Mar 2007 CTP and build some solutions with different .Net
versions for learning some new C# features. After a few days, I lose track
which solution building to which .Net version, and I cannot find it at the

Using vs2003 and sql server 2000
I would like ot save asp.net object attrributes such as alignment for
a table cell, in sql server database.
In my C# code I ahve to declare this as a HorizontalAlign type. then I

We have a part of our application that deals with millions of records and do
some processing of them. We've achieved a pretty good performance gain by
developping a custom DateTime.ToString and a custom int.ToString, but we
can't find any clue on doing for decimal and double, ...

I am trying to setup a daily task in my .NET (1.1) application. The
application is a project management tool, and the daily task I am
trying to set up will check for overdue project deadlines, and send
out email reminders.