Thanks I will check it out. But I was look for a winter time project to pass the time....(maybe way over my head anyway).. Thanks again.. :-D

I have been suffering with dial-up internet access for many years, but lately it has been getting worse. I would like to write an application using C# or C++ to monitor what programs are using, and maybe hogging the connection. If anyone could point me in the best direction to get started, I would much appreciate any guidance you could give me.

Well your Subject got quite a lot of attention. Maybe I'll try it the next time. :zzz:

Hi All, I have Visual C# express 2005 properties - Publish - prerequisites set for Download prerequisites from the same location as my application. also the ,NET framework 2.0 and the windows installer 3.1 checked because I don't want the user to have to download them from the internet. (too slow for dialup) I want to publish the app. to CD or DVD with all the necessary files on the cd or dvd and to install them on the clients computer when the app. is installed. I also have some resources files (audio & pictures) that are in the resources folder for the app. The errors that I get when trying to use the Publish Wizard are several, the first being "Cannot publish becasue a project failed to build." If I just build or rebuild the project, the build succeedes just fine? the second error, The install location for prerequisites has not been set to 'component vendor's web site' and the file 'DotNetFX\instmsia.exe' in item '.NET Framework 2.0' can not be located on disk. there are a few more errors also delaing with .NET Framework, if I can get this one fixed, the others will get fixed at the same time. It would seam that I don't have a path or directory set correctly, but I have looked at everything I can find. But can't figure it out. Thanks,

Thanks that looks like it will work just fine for me.. ;P Thanks Everyone.

Express edition is really easy to use. You may have to create a new "empty project", then copy and past in your c# program. That should give you all the debugging info so you can see the stack there are several vedio files for getting started with the express edition. Check microsoft web page. ;)

Thanks: Will have to think about that, it might require 40-50% of my code being inside the tick event. :( but will look at it. Thanks again

as I understand the timer's tick event, it runs whatever method you want at the set amount of ticks. But the rest of the code will be running meanwhile. did I not totaly understand, is there a way to pause the code till the tick event happens? Thanks for your reply.:)

In the old days of basic we used to use a for loop to slow down the processing so the user could see changes that would happen too fast to see. (ie. changes to images in a game or data being displayed. I am trying to show some pictureboxe changes in sequence (not animation), but the process runs so fast I only see the last change, the same with playing several wav sounds I only hear the last one. there should be an easy way to delay the ballance of code from running so the user has time to see or hear the changes. Thanks,