I would like to have a limited pool of objects (the objects are expensive to
create) that can be enlisted to process items in a queue.  Moreover,  I
would like to be able to have the processing (time-consuming) occur on a
background thread.

take as an example an organisation developing software where the
public key is known but the private key is kept by only the top
official.
why would you use AssemblyDelaySign and sign an assebly with only its

I just converted a project from 2003 to 2005 and I am now getting the error
below when trying to assign a variable object as SQLDMO.SQLServer and for the
life of me I can't figure out what is happening. This was not a problem in
VS03 and the program has been running since early ...

I have a project with an MDI parent form (Main), which can contain any
number of MDI children (Document). The Document form contains several user
controls, designed as separate projects and referenced from the main
project. I originally had one user control doing some dataset ...

The code below is what i have been *trying* to use to set the desktop
wallpaper picture and the Wallpaper style.  The picture gets replaced
with the new image each time, but the style never changes.
Whatever it is set to in the "Display Properties > Desktop" is where is

hi to all, this is Haresh Bhatt,
I make a view in MS SQL 2000 and execute it gives me expected result.
but when I run the crystal report it gives me result in duplicate
records.

I'm trying to fill a combobox with values from a sql table.  Data
seems to be connected fine.  Apparently in VB Express sqlDataAdapter
doesn't work, or at least I can't make it work.  Searching the help
information, it directed me to Table Adapters instead.

sir/madam,
        i have a listview control with 5 items.

When passing an SQL-string to a CommandText, the SQL does not seem to accept
a Boolean after the WHERE-statement.
cmdVerkooplocatie.CommandText = "SELECT tblA_Locaties.LO_Locatie_id,
tblA_Locaties.LO_Naam " & _

I have a windows form project written in vb.net.  It needs to take
multiple images (JPGs) and convert them into one PDF on-the-fly.  I am
looking for a good library (not a command-line utility) with which to
do this.  Anyone have a vote for their favorite?

I need to create a folder in code, and also set sharing to being shared to
everyone with full control (or some such variation of security)
What I'm doing now is:
If Not System.IO.Directory.Exists(My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath &

During debugging I tried to display the value of a variable and was told it
couldn't be displayed because the code had been optimized.
Can I turn off optimization?
Thanks

On a form, I fill a Combobox and a Listbox with data through code.
Then I set Listbox.SelectedIndex = 3 and the Combobox.SelectedIndex = 4
In the Listbox, the correct item is highlighted, but in the Combobox, the
desired item does not appear in the Text-area of the Combobox.

The Publish tab in VS 2005 is a pretty nifty feature, but I can't figure out
how to add files that are not directly associated with the application.
I need the target PC to have a specific directory structure with a couple of
essential files. Is there any way to tell the publish ...

I had the trial version of Expression Web on my computer.  I decided to order
the actual softward, so I uninstalled the Trial Version.  
Since then I get this error when opening Word documents or doing an email in
Outlook: