I'm looking for a tool to compile .net assemblies to native code to
protect a product from decompilation.
I already considered Remotsoft linker and minideploy tool. Can you
suggest me any other product?

I created an application that uses the WSH runtime library in my XP
development environment. As part of the build, the file
"Interop.IWshRuntimeLibrary.dll" was created which I deploy with my
application.

I've a requirement in which I need to open
my windows application from a console application..
how do i it? any good samples...

I'm looking for a nice compact class for controlling the Master Volume of the
PC speakers in C# *without* using DirectShow. I have found one sample that
works fine for getting and setting the volume. But it does not support
getting and setting the MUTE state. This means that if ...

Is it possible to read data from a dll (such as version, public
token...), which has been created with VS 2005, with a program written
in VS 2003.
When I try to load the assembly (using reflection) it says that

Is there a way in which Sqlserver  can notify the dotnet application
when a new column is added . i believe we can not use Query
notifiaction here(correct me if i am wrong) .i am using sqlserver
2005

I need to comapare or check for substrings in a given string.
which would give better performance - string related comapare functions or
regualr expressions....

in .net 2.0 I find
System.Collection.Specialized.OrderedDictionary.
Ok it's a dictionaly, collection of key-value-pairs and I have access over
index.

my name is Mariya. Now i am working on vb.net. i have some problems
with inserting a chart on the slide. i have insert a slide having
'PptlayoutText' layout. i went through the each shape. now i want to
insert a chart of any desired type on this slide. but i cant. i have

Does anyone know why, after removing all versions of Net Framework,
and then installing just the 3.0 redistributable package, that NF 2.0
shows up in the Add/Remove Program list again?
Can't seem to permanently remove this one?

We are running on W2K3, 64 bit, IIS6.. and recently started getting the
following..
ISAPI 'C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_isapi.dll'
reported itself as unhealthy for the following reason: 'Deadlock detected'.

I have a certificate X509 with a private key therefore is protected by
password stored in a file.
I need to read the certificate, with NET2 is a peace of cake:
X509Certificate cert = new X509Certificate(@"...path...", "password");

I trying to use a third party assembly that was written in 1.1. I'm
trying to use it in 2.0.
In order to use it in my project I have to strong name it, because my
assembly is strong named.

I have a type that is serializable that is located in an assembly that is
loaded dynamically from a special directory.  When deserializing this object
the framework fails to find the type.
Now, I am aware of the SerializationBinder class and how it can be used to

I'm trying to develop a server that listens to incoming calls using
the asycnhronous methods BeginAccept / EndAccept. I start the server
(till this point it is ok) and few seconds later I stop it (with no
clients connected). Once I press the stop button an