Trying to install defender in win XP and receive the following message,
"windows installer could not open package".   Thanks

I am creating a windows service in C#, it just opens an exe file that was
developed in VB, the exe file having a GUI and connects to DB using system
DSN (using login details sa/master)
I am using code:

Looking for ideas on how to deploy an component which uses a plugin/addin
system.
The component will need to look for the plugins and load them.
Best plan I can see is to install plugins to the C:\ drive.

In VB6 Textbox control and Label controls had Datasource property which is
missing in Visual Studio .NET Textbox & and Label controls, any idea what to
use as substitute
TIA

Are the Begin/End Read/Write operations on Stream pointless?
The reason I ask is that the default implementation in Stream in fact
does a synchronous read within the BeginRead operation, and the
documentation indicates that this behaviour "may" be overridden by

Is there any way to determine if I have programs that need to have .NET
(1.1, 2.0, or 3.0) installed on my system?
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Bob

I installed Orcas. Then I downloaded Enterprise Library 3.1 and run
the build-script. It looked promising but unfortunately on target
CopyFilesToOutputDirectory the script ended with the lines below. Any
hints?

Hello, I am using VB.Net VS 2005.  I have two Windows applications. The first
application has a command button with the following code that starts the 2nd
application.
      Dim oStartInfo As ProcessStartInfo = New ProcessStartInfo

On first attempt Outlook flashes like it wants to open.  A second attempt is
required to open.  It opens to Inbox as designated but another folder opens
showing all subfolders.  I close the folder before exiting Outlook but upon
return later it again shows expanded.  Can anyone ...

I find this very odd.  I'm using GetEnumerator from the my HttpRuntime
cache, and I'm trying to cast the result to a Dictionary(Of String, Object)
class.  It doesn't work.  The error says "Unable to cast object of type
'System.Web.Caching.AggregateEnumerator' ...".

Here is the definition for System.Collection.ObjectModel.Collection generic
class:
[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]

any idea what causes this error??
Month is a function, currently used in applications,......
fyi, I'm using Vista bussines + VS2005 pro

I need to install .Net Framework, SQL Server 2000 and Visual Studio on a
system running WinXP Pro SP2. I have a number of questions that cover the
interactions between the three products:
1. It's my understanding that the order of installation should be .Net

Can SqlDataAdapter track changes I've made in my C# DataTable
structures?
In the past few months I've written SQL scripts and windows
forms code to present data to a user.  Now, I'd like the user to

I've been using VS2005 with ELB 3.1 and .NET 2.0 (I haven't been using any of
the .NET 3.0-specific features of ELB 3.1).  Now I'm ready to migrate to .NET
3.0...
After installing the 3.0 Framework, how can I really tell if it's available