Sorry for the late answer, but was not in town for a day. The thing is that my friend doesn't have an instance of sql 2005 installed on the system. plus, i think the connection string would change (sql 2005 express accepts only files to be accessed as far as i remember; i've worked only a little with 2005 because i had some conflicts on my pc so i had to reinstall all the system and...). Thanks a lot. If professional doesn't solve it, i'm gonna take all the database to 2005. Thanks again, Catalin David.

drc_no1 wrote: the connection string to the database. On my computer it is: connectionString="Data Source=DRC;Initial Catalog=Consulting_co;Integrated Security=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" //from app.config as far as i know, datasource indicates the name of the sql server and this name must modify when the program is run from another place. Well, you only need to modify it is the database is in another place. In an organisation setting each computer will point to the same SQL Server on the network. In your case you might want to just change Data Source=(local) instead. Specifying the server as (local), including the brackets, just means the default instance of SQL Server on this machine. Back to attaching and detaching the database. I tend not to do this. Usually I take a backup and then restore the backup on the target machine. The other thing you have to watch out for is user accounts. Logins are stored in the master database, the user permissions are stored on a per-database level. Off the top of my head I don't recall how to match them up again (if they get mismatched), but it is something you will have to consider. Upcoming events: * Edinburgh: Web Security Conference Day for Windows Developers (12th April) * Glasgow: Introduction to AJAX (2nd May), SQL Server, Mock Objects My website

System-wide, that's the problem. Because on the application would be quite easy. But i don't know how to implement it system-wide. Thanks a lot!

use this code inside head tag in html Thanks, Mini

got it... the .net version of the site was set to 1.1, not 2.0 .... THANK YOU!!

drc_no1 wrote: i am trying something new that will sure beat the rivals and get the judges' attention. Then don't do a chat program. Everyone has done that and there are so many examples out there it certainly won't highlight your thoughts and your work. If it were my class you'd get no higher than a C and that would be only if I didn't see your post on Code Project only two letters away from being an asset

string processName = "MyProcess1"; Process[] processes = Process.GetProcessesByName(processName); if(processes.Length > 0) { // do nothing, process already running... } else { Process.Start(@"c:\MyProcess1.exe"); }

I don't know if a conversion utility exists to convert ASP.NET pages into PHP. The two application platforms are entirely different, with very different means for constructing dynamic HTML from markup and code. If it were me, I would look to rewrite the application in the target platform myself, to make sure I could take advantage of the target's strengths. For example, if I were converting pages from .asp (classic ASP) to .aspx (ASP.NET), even though the pages would run in ASP.NET without changes, I would still rewrite them to get the separation of code & markup and to take advantage of databinding (both are strengths of ASP.NET).

Very good suggestion

Hi, First of all, are you using asp.net or windows? If it is windows you can use the code below: private void dataGrid1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { DataTable dt = dataGrid1.DataSource as DataTable; if(dt!=null) { string firstField = (dt.Rows[dataGrid1.CurrentRowIndex][0].ToString()); } } As you can see, what I'm doing is casting the datasource datagrid's property to a datatable object. Then using the CurrentRowIndex property I can obtain any field's values from the datatable. If it is an asp.net application, then you can use the code below: private void DataGrid1_ItemCommand(object source, System.Web.UI.WebControls.DataGridCommandEventArgs e) { if(e.CommandName=="Select") { string id = e.Item.Cells[1].Text; Response.Write(id); } } In this case, I'm assuming the ID of the row is presented in the second column (since the first one is the SELECT link). I created a tutorial about GridView control (asp.net 2.0) at www.KYNOU.com. I'm always in this website's chat room. If you want to chat with me live logon to it. I hope I helped :)

Hi. The suggested method will work just fine but it has one drawback. You'll need to start a Process for each command, so you'll lose the context if you want to string different commands together. I see two alternatives. For both methods, start a Process for cmd and keep it alive. Then: Alternative 1) Use the Process' input and output streams for sending and receiving data. (simplest would be process.StandardInput.Write and process.StandardOutput.ReadLine). Alternative 2) Use "dirty" win32 techniques such as SetForegroundWindow followed by a SendKeys.Send. PS: If you know a better way for 2) please tell me. It all depends what you are trying to achieve. Cheers Michel

Thanks... I've found an overriden control that does that. And i think it's what i was looking for... Thanks, anyway -> the project name si simple line... :-D