Go for the new version of exams. MCTS & MCPD. Read the long list of topics for each exam. (microsoft.com/exams) Search MSDN for each topic, read them all. Write down any topic that is not fully covered on MSDN. Check Microsoft press (for MCTS titles) or anywhere else for the books that cover those topics. Take the exam. Pass the exam! Get the cert!

Hi guys The question is simple. Is is worth starting to learn SQL server 2000 now? I've been programming to retrieve data from databases for a while & i'm currently familiar with the db design concepts & SQL. Do u think what i learn about SQL 2000 would be of any use for version 2005? Are the changes so drastic to make my SQL 2000 knowledge useless? Thanx for any tips :)

I mean CSC /target:module Never used VB & don't know how a module in VB differs from module in dotNet.

Look in msdn.microsoft.com

Use CSC.exe (C# compiler) to compile ur code in to a module using the Target switch. Then use AL.exe (assembly linker) to link the module to ur assembly.

The method accepts a path not a URL. Use HttpServerUtility.Mappath to convert a relative path to physical path. -- modified at 6:01 Saturday 5th November, 2005

Hi guys =) Just drag in a ListBox & copy/paste this piece of code & run. for (int i=0; i<50; i++) { listBox1.Items.Add(""); TextBox tx = new TextBox(); tx.Location = new Point(0,i*20); listBox1.Controls.Add(tx); } Now scroll the listbox as fast as u can. Items disappear! :wtf::wtf::wtf: That's on XP ofcourse. Anyone can help? -- modified at 8:55 Tuesday 11th October, 2005

I'm no expert in Threading but i could accomplish the same task without explicitly using threads. I used the Timer class.

u stupid junk didn't need to spend that much time overriding OnKeyDown & do lots of mappings. U need to use InputLanguage Class :~

Hi guys :~ I put some textBoxes in a form & need to let users type in one of the UTF8 languages but don't want to require them to change the language each time (not from language bar nor Alt+Shift) Is there any specific method in dotNet or i need to override onKeyDown/press or whatever. All i can think of is mapping each EventArgs.keycode to a hexadecimal form of the corresponding unicode character 'uxxxx'? or transpose values to get to the desired subrange in unicode? I used Decoder.GetChars & it gives me 2 bytes for each char. How can i use these 2 bytes to transpose input char to the desired language equal? Thanx for any hints :doh:

Once i asked this in a M$ forum & guys there said that may be only the first time that IL is compiled & they said that you trade the time for the features that dotNet offers.

Right ... i don't rule one of those big companies to attract hardcore crackers :) Just want to know how easy it is for a novice programmer who is only able to download a decompiler!

Is this true? If a piece of code is not obfuscated, it can easily be decompiled using one of the free decompilers out there. Thanx for any help guys :->

Hi guys :-> Anyone knows how we create a standalone manifest file? A file which only contains metadata not any IL code. :rose::rose::rose:

mmm :^) I'm thinking of finding a way to tell who is raising Session_OnEnd.

I'm not approving ur algorithm but u can use: this.RegisterClientScriptBlock("NameOfScirpt", StringVar); to generate some JS dynamically. StringVar contains a JS alert() function.

or PHP is used for server-side.

I got some ideas now. ( by reading replies here) I guess because these data are often useless to other web forms, they do not need to exist further than current page/request scope. :^) Great comments, thanx :-D

Thanx Ali. I better make my question more clear. Better to say "Why Microsoft bothered inserting form's state info in hidden fields in HTML files while they (!) could use Session or Cache?" ;P

What do u want to do? Scripting for client or server? PHP is convenient for server. JS for both.