I've searched everywhere and I haven't been able to find a way to
change the screen resolution in the .NET framework without using the
old Win32 API calls and writing unmanaged code -- the old Win32 API
function names are ChangeDisplaySettings() and

Is there any replacement  for ActiveX control in .Net. I am looking for .Net replacement for activeX control which can be inserted in html document.

I'm trying to write a simple disconnected "client-server" application.
where new application just broadcast the network to try to find peers
apparently I have to use UDP, but I didn't manage to find a clear
explanation and/or a simple example.

Sorry for the cross-posting, but based on the number of people I have
seen ask for a solution to this problem, I hope by cross-posting this,
that it will help a lot of people out of a common problem.
Have you ever wanted to use print to a file using the

Have a question on Stream.Length.  Following is the code.
               strFileURL = "http://someserver/location/folder/testfile.doc";
               HttpWebRequest wReq = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(strFileURL);
               HttpWebResponse wRes = (HttpWebResponse)wReq ...

How do I remove the Reverser sample assemblies which are
added to the GAC when building the deployment samples? I
have tried "gacutil /u reverser" and manually deleting
them from the GAC folder, but I keep getting this error

If I execute:
[c:\]sn -k a.sk
Microsoft (R) .NET Framework Strong Name Utility  Version 1.1.4322.573
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1998-2002. All rights reserved.

To which version of SqlServer could I connect with the .NET driver in the
SDK ?
could I connect to all version from 1.0 to 7.0 ?
or just the latest release ?

I have an application that has its static Main function
defined in a derived Form class.  When my application
starts running, a console window is displayed and remains
until I exit the application.  My main form does display,

When approx will .NET 2.0 be released by?
Thanks,
Steve.

I'm new to DotNet, so excuse my stupid questions -(
I have to port a Windows program making use of Windows messaging system
(PostMessage with custom messages). Does DotNet programs have a message pump
? Do we have access to the window handle of each form or control ? How do I

Is it possible to have the GAC installed on a different drive other than the
system drive, so not installed on c:\winnt\assembly.
This question because I work on a PC where I don't have any rights to
write/install anything on the system drive.

hi, everybody,
I look the manual, it say "To get an instance of a
RegistryKey, use the static member OpenSubKey". But
I find OpenSubKey method is not static. How can I

I have to make my class inherit from hashtable or whatever
class that realizes the ISerializable interface to fulfill
this task if i don't want to realize the interface myself.
Is it really true? hard to believe it.

I heard that any .net object can create a temporary
folder. I need that because of downloading files
from a webpage to the client with correct user
affiliation to prevent file access crashes.