Yes, it works, no slack! ;) thank you! :):rose::) Don't forget, that's Persian Gulf not Arabian gulf!

are there any online standards that might list information about using multiple lines instead of wordwrap? my co-worker thinks im just harping on him.. some ppl are just so stuborn! still a newb.. cut me some slack :P -dz

See Control.PointToClient and Control.PointToScreen (there's also variants of those for Rectanges). Reminiscent of my younger years... 10 LOAD "SCISSORS" 20 RUN

Try this in your button message handler: string sSelectedItem = m_ListBox.SelectedItem.ToString(); if( sSelectedItem != null ) { m_ListBox.Items.Remove( sSelectedItem ); } Hope this helps

Trying doing something like: FileStream aFile = new FileStream(m_strReportFilename, FileMode.Open); BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(aFile); Int16 nInt = br.ReadInt16(); This reads in 2 bytes from the FileStream and then converts them to a 16-bit integer (short in c# and c++). I used Int16 just to show the actual size of the return integer. Look at all the members of BinaryReader for more information. Hope this helps, Nathan --------------------------- Hmmm... what's a signature?

thanks for the suggestion.. i wont be able to tell if this works until i can get it read in from a random access file.. please check out my post on that if you might be able to help.. heres the link: Reading a Random Access file.. how to parse bytes? http://www.codeproject.com/script/comments/forums.asp?forumid=1649#xx501601xx[^] still a newb.. cut me some slack :P -dz

dazinith wrote: how does C# handle this? Very poorly IMHO. If the structure/class has changed between versions then you will get an exception thrown when it tries to deserialize the object. There is currently a problem if you serialized a Hashtable in version 1.0 of the framework and try to deserialize that Hashtable in version 1.1. The cause is that MS added a new member to the Hashtable in the new version. I do not know what would happen if you implement ISerializable to do as you mentioned (storing a Version object and have your deserialization code from ISerializable use that Version object to read back the correct data). Perhaps this would make a good article :) dazinith wrote: still a newb.. cut me some slack We all were at one time or another ;) James "It is self repeating, of unknown pattern" Data - Star Trek: The Next Generation

You can use System.Collections.BitArray. Also, in Systems.Collections.Specialized, there is a 32-bit vector, which is essentially an integer wrapped in a struct.

hrm.. it was how i was doing it.. ill put this here for future reference how not to do it: public class GASTCountyRecord : object { public string m\_strCode; public string m\_strName; public GASTCountyRecord(string strCode, string strName) { m\_strCode = strCode; m\_strName = strName; } public string ToString() { return m\_strName; } } how to do it: public class GASTCountyRecord : object { public string m\_strCode; public string m\_strName; public GASTCountyRecord(string strCode, string strName) { m\_strCode = strCode; m\_strName = strName; } public **override** string ToString() { return m\_strName; } } thanks for all your help.. i think the way they have you implement this is a bit wack tho still a newb.. cut me some slack :P -dz

In pure C programs you should expect to see lots of #defines. In pure C++ programs you should expect to see none (it's poor practice - see http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/newbie.html#faq-29.7[^]) but you often do. Kevin

dazinith wrote: so is there another way to get a handle on the main form? First of all, a form handle is a different thing. All forms expose the underlying WIN32 window handle through the this.Handle property, but that's a different matter. Beside navigating the parent hierarchy (as you pointed out in your original post), the most straight forward way to let a main form method be called from a child form is to pass a this reference to it when the child form is created. Passing this passes a reference to it, not a copy.

ah, didnt think of it that way, i guess that makes a bit more sence :) thanks! still a newb.. cut me some slack :P -dz

Nice one! Been trying to figure out how to do this for ages and then stumbled across your post. Thanks :)

works good for me! thanks for the pointer :-D still a newb.. cut me some slack :P -dz

guess i need a little more help.. ive added a line at the top of my aspx page which says: #define User_Admin "Administrator" then later in the html secion of the page i have <%= User_Admin %> but i get a compiler error of CS0103: The name 'User_Admin' does not exist in the class or namespace 'ASP.DailyNews_aspx' thanks for the help! still a newb.. cut me some slack :P -dz

thanks, i appreciate it! still a newb.. cut me some slack :P -dz

hehe i just got back from the bookstore returning the other and saw your msg :) thats the book i exchanged for.. hope its good! still a newb.. cut me some slack :P -dz

dazinith wrote: is there a window built into mfc i can show and hide with no ok or cancel on it? Nope. That would have made MFC more than just a wrapper class library, and (apparently) the MFC developers didn't want to work too hard. :-) Regards, Alvaro Quitters never win. Winners never quit. But those who never win and never quit are idiots. -- despair.com