I think you got some great points. I think that the rule of one price is strongly driving our currency down. We need to innovate and education should be a high priority. Alex Korchemniy

Sweetness... I love this new design. How long has it been up? I need to start visiting CP more often. My economics instructor is asking students to brainstorm some important economic issues. I'd be glad if anyone could pitch in to the following prompt: "For this assignment I would like you to brainstorm with your friends and co- workers. What should be our most important priorities to encourage economic growth and stability? How might we go about achieving this goal? All I'm looking for is a list of issues and a very short description of what they are and why they are important." Alex Korchemniy

The most likely difference is the fonts. For some reason, I can never get used the inconsistencies (especially in KDE). Alex Korchemniy

C++ classes are not compatible with C#. However, you can call a specific function using P/Invoke. Just search for it. Alex Korchemniy

I'll tell you how to do it on 98 :laugh: On 2k / XP it's not going to happen with C#, sorry. Alex Korchemniy

I missed it. It's now 3m + 16 Alex Korchemniy

Talking about a fast harddrive. Check out this video of a machine booting with a solid state hd: Gigabyte iRam video[^] Alex Korchemniy

GetVolumeInformation can be easily changed and does get changed after formating. I got a good suggested at ms newsgroups... using Win32_ComputerSystemProduct. Its a class that is designed to uniquely identify a computer. So far so good. Alex Korchemniy

I have a finished implementation for activation that relies on the manufacturer assigned non-changable serial number of a hard drive. During testing I discovered that my method of discovering this number does not work on all versions of Windows that are going to be supported. The WMI claass Win32_PhysicalMedia does not exist in Win2k. The workaround for this is also very painful, requiring DeviceIoControl and probably administrative priveleges at runtime. I noticed that there is Wmi32_BaseBoard class that provides a serial number. However, not all motherboard provide this information (driver code never sets the number). What is a good, simply way to identify a machine that works consistently on Windows 2000 and newer? Alex Korchemniy

I have a finished implementation for activation that relies on the manufacturer assigned non-changable serial number of a hard drive. During testing I discovered that my method of discovering this number does not work on all versions of Windows that are going to be supported. The WMI claass Win32_PhysicalMedia does not exist in Win2k. The workaround for this is also very painful, requiring DeviceIoControl and probably administrative priveleges at runtime. I noticed that there is Wmi32_BaseBoard class that provides a serial number. However, not all motherboard provide this information (driver code never sets the number). What is a good, simply way to identify a machine that works consistently on Windows 2000 and newer? Alex Korchemniy

I find the VS2005 look and feel annoying. For me the theme connects VS05 with the bloated Office 03. Does anyone have any hacks / ideas on how to change or remove the theme? Alex Korchemniy

:rolleyes: There are website out there that have all sorts of regex expressions. Hint: search for "regular expression library" or something similar. Alex Korchemniy

The windows month calendar control is very weak and not flexible. The only thing you can really do is catch date changed and check if it's a saturday. You can do much more than that. >> How can i acquire all the saturdays in a month? math + DateTime class Alex Korchemniy

DataAdapter[^] Study the ADO.net model a little more. There are some great books out there + MSDN. Alex Korchemniy

I haven't been at CP for a while. Hi everyone. Naveed, if you search through previous post I bet this question was answer multiple times. I quickly pulled up a file using Google desktop search and I found a function that I used on a previous project. Take a look at this. It might help you:

private void SetParameter(string name, string val)
{
ParameterFieldDefinitions paramFlds = report.DataDefinition.ParameterFields; // Get the parameter fields
ParameterFieldDefinition paramFld = paramFlds[name]; // Get a specific one
ParameterDiscreteValue discreteValue = new ParameterDiscreteValue(); // Create a value type
ParameterValues paramValues = paramFld.CurrentValues; // Get the collection of current values
paramValues.Clear(); // Clear the current
discreteValue.Value = val; // Set the value
paramValues.Add(discreteValue); // Add the value type
paramFld.ApplyCurrentValues(paramValues); // Apply the parameters to the document
}

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Yeah I love it too! Great stuff :D Alex Korchemniy

It's all the way you talk with the company that is offering you service. I have a friend that was on a cheap DSL. There was a better plan in the area 3mb cable. He called the dsl company up and told him he was going to switch. They offered him a 7MB dsl for the same price. He's paying less then 15 bucks a month. ;) Good luck. Alex Korchemniy

MSDN is your best friend in this case. According to MSDN, lparam is a "Handle to the RAWINPUT structure that contains the raw input from the device". Dig deeper here is the article on the structure: MSDN: RAWINPUT structure[^] Alex Korchemniy

You know you might be right about standard edition. I personally never used standard. Alex Korchemniy

AFIAK things should work. SourceSafe hasn't had an update for a while. 6d should work fine. Try reinstalling SourceSafe. Alex Korchemniy