I have a small block of code that encrypts a database connection string in a
.config file, but I'm not sure where the encryption key comes from. There is
no problem with this code -- it seems to be working fine -- I am able to
retrieve the connection string with no problem after ...

Is there an equivalent of "WHERE .. IN (...)" clause in LINQ when
querying a SQL database?
E.g. I have list of IDs and I need to get the corresponding table
records.

I am developing a middle tier WCF server called BusinessLogic, using the
Enterprise Library. Although I posted similar question on the EL forums (no
answer yet), it seems to me that the problem is more general .NET related
than WCF or EL specific. The problem shows when EL ...

How can I call a function in one UserControl from another?
I have a custom sign in UserControl and another that needs
to display custom information based on the sign in along
the margin.  I've been trying things I've found online, but

I recently had to create an application using smart card certificates, but
since this was going to be a server application we had to insert the smart
card pin from the software.
So, I embarked on a mission to use P/Invoke but realized there is a

Is there a way to create events in collection editor and have the
propertygrid registered for that event?  For example, CollectionEditor could
have an OnRemove event that fires when a user click on the Remove button.  
I'd like to know when this happens (per item based) so I could ...

I'm trying to setup a simple Windows Service that can host a WCF service.
But I'm running into a weird problem just getting the Windows Service setup.
Every example and MSDN help I read says to click the service in the designer
so it has focus.  Then right-click and select 'add ...

Needed to know which .NET versions I'd installed. Downloaded and
installed .Net Version Check application. This application is saying
I've got .NET 1.1.4322.2407 installed. However, when looking at
released .NET versions this exact version doesn't appear (http://

Can someone give me an installation checklist of what needs to be installed
(and in what order - if applicable) into a system that already has VS 2005
Pro., so that .NET 3.0 features can be used within VS 2005 (WF, WPF, WCF)?
Also, I need to know what is needed to work with the ...

I have a dialog which the user types a username and a password into.
The actual data is tucked away for later use (in fact it is used to
set the "run as" credentials for a web service pool on IIS6, but
that's unimportant).

My question seens very simple: i want to write a function like
private string ResolveLink(string LinkFilePath) { ... }
that receives, for example, "c:\\myshortcut.lnk" and gives back the
shortcut's target path. Just the target's path.

Hi.  I'm not familiar with COM, but I have an upcoming .NET project in-which
I'll need to program against a COM .dll.  I've been told to register the
object using RegSvr32 and then I should be able to program against it.
I tried adding the dll as a reference but that didn't work.

I've inherited a .NET project that I'm debugging the code to.  I'm
completely new to .net as well.  I have a line in my code that reads an
XML file, however, I cannot figure out the reference point that a
relative path starts from.  I.e., the following line

I want to populate a combobox with all table names in a MS Access database,
what will the sql string be?
TIA
Barry

I'm looking for an example / guidelines for leveraging LINQ to SQL in an
N-Tier environment.  Specifically I'm looking for an example where there is a
presentation layer, an application layer, and a database.  There are plenty
of examples showing how to create LINQ objects and ...