Hi NG
How can I load and save a ArrayList with Strings with best Performance. Wich
Methods are the best? In wich Format must I save the ArrayList for best
Performance. I will handle a very large ArrayList of Strings and than search

I was looking for a sorted data structure in .Net that will be the
equivalent of "set" or "map" from the C++ STL. I was wondering what kind of
balanced trees was used for SortedList since the documentation does not
provide details.

When troubleshooting sending messages, net framework
initialization using Windows 98SE, I receive the following
message:
C\Windows\Microsoft\Framework\v1.0.375 - mscorwks.dll

I have a picturebox that can be resized at runtime and when both the height
and
the top change the control flickers.  I am double buffering the control and
using AllPaintingInWmPaint | DoubleBuffer | UserPaint but

what has the better performance and what are you using?
Dim myObj As Object = 70
a) Dim myInt As Integer = DirectCast(myObj, Integer)
b) Dim myInt As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(myObj)

What is the fastest solution to exchange big data fast
between two processes in .NET?
Thanks in advance,
Fabian Gebert

Hi there!!!
What is the fastest way to communicate between managed and unmanaged code?
--
Vadym Stetsyak

I have a server program sits between another server and the client.
My server is using Async Sockets with Begin/End Receive.  Each
EndReceive may provide data that will create many discrete outputs on
the client system.  (One EndReceive on the server contains data for

Hi there, I thought I would send you guys a link to a .NET version of Q2,
which is based on the original Q2 source
http://www.vertigosoftware.com/Quake2.htm
Some comments on it:

I have some large Hashtables, and they seem to be using a lot of
memory.
For example, a hashtable with ca 850,000 pairs, where both the keys
and values are boxed ints, seems to take about 160 bytes/key. (All

We are a c/c++ shop which has converted our app from
c++ to .NET using c#. In the .NET app, we have noticed a
serious speed problem in the core calculations that we
use for this .NET app.

I need some help with debugging a "deadlock" in a production
environment.  I've managed to get a crash dump and have tried to
analyzed it via WinDbg and SOS.  Unfortunately, I am not skilled enough
in debugging to pinpoint the exact problem; however, I have narrowed it

I guess this is an FYI rather than a specific question...
I've rewritten a process that transfers database data into a web page from
ASP and a VB Scriptlet (using ADODB & MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP) into .NET (using
ADO.NET and HttpWebRequest).

the article at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/using/understand/perf/default.aspx?pull=/l
ibrary/en-us/dndotnet/html/vbnstrcatn.asp
said that it is a good idea to use StringBuilder for performance reasons.

Is there any documentation on the various performance counters exposed by
CLR objects?
I just read a posting that jumped into a discussion of gen0 GC counts versus
gen1 versuc gen2... arrgh.