Yes, it has to be something like this. I found something using process explorer, after choosing some menu item, the .exe loads an .msi file (yes, the .msi file is listed as loaded as the dlls are), and inside this .msi the is the x.dll. Now I can use an .msi editor to change the dll inside of it. Thanks Rajesh. GuimaSun www.nexsun.com.br NEXSUN TechZone

Problem solved using the .str() method, I finally could figure out a way to specialize my templates and use the unformated version with strings. Anyway, thanks a lot for your valuable tips. GuimaSun www.nexsun.com.br NEXSUN TechZone

About memory leaks. VB allocation\dellocation mechanisms are the same with COM. p->vt = VT_BSTR | VT_BYREF; BSTR *pBSTR = new BSTR; *pBSTR = SysAllocString( L"abc" ); p->pbstrVal = pBSTR; There are 2 memory allocations in statements "= new BSTR" and "= SysAllocString". The VARIANT with VT_BYREF|VT_BSTR isn't an owner of its values, so freeing of the VARIANT doesn't free neither pbstrVal nor *pbstrVal. And finally you have memory leaks. The VARIANT with VT_BSTR (without VT_BYREF) is an owner of its values, so freeing of the VARIANT frees bstrVal. p->vt = VT_BSTR; p->bstrVal = SysAllocString( L"abc" ); And there are no memory leaks. With best wishes, Vita

The line you're look at is telling you the .NET CLR version that is required to execute the code, not the .NET Framework version. The CLR is the virtual machine runtime that executes the code. The Framework is the class library that supplies the functionality for the thousands of classes you can use in your code. There is nothing in the metadata that specifies the .NET Framework version that is required to run the app. What you see in the manifest is the required .NET CLR version. Under that, you'll see a bunch of .assembly extern references. Each of these imports a namespace, specifying the public key and VERSION NUMBER the loader must bind to. Each reference can have it's own version number seperate from the rest. For example, if you create a blank WPF app targeting .NET Framework 3.5, you see the MSCORLIB is version 2.0, from .NET 2.0, SYSTEM from .NET 2.0, PresentationFramework from .NET 3.0, and WindowBase from .NET 3.0. A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^] Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic      2006, 2007, 2008

In this case you can simply declare two overloads, one for normal elements and one for arrays: static void function(ref T i) { DoSomething(i); } static void function(ref T[] i) { foreach(T element in i) { DoSomething(element); } } static void DoSomething(ref T i) { ... } Regards Thomas www.thomas-weller.de Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. Programmer - an organism that turns coffee into software.

There are loads of examples of 'Drawing Board' or UML type apps, both of which use some of the techniques you will need. Try googling for 'UML c#' or 'drawing board c#'. An alternative is 'network graph c#', although that does not get such relevant results. Tell you what, try some for yourself, while you're waiting for someone to come up with a better answer. Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”

Yes, this is the way if I was writing a regular app, but I'm writing a completely different thing: a hook at a lower level, so everything I have is a Printer HDC received from an unknown app :) Thanks again. GuimaSun www.nexsun.com.br NEXSUN TechZone

Whatever you get, make sure it's a CASE tool; that will save you hours and hours of work. Visio-type diagram tools are great for drawing pictures, but you can't build solid relationships between diagrams or objects on different diagrams. I still use an old version of Select Enterprise(ze?), which almost fits on a floppy disc, but manages to do things like consistency checking and automatic population of sub-diagrams (which non-CASE tools can't do). It might be worth looking to see what the new version is like.

Try downloading some free visio templates -- make sure they are UML v2.0 rational rose sucks and it's way too expensive for most teams to justify the cost if u use eclipse there is the umlet plugin and you can run it standalone as well...you have to get used to it's odd user interface, but if you have the true personality of a software engineer you can figure it out...it also outputs your model diagrams in many file formats...it's free too. i personally like Artisan RT studio, but again it's tough to justify the costs of these tools. visio is virtually free if you have win-doz office junk... check out the omg sysml stuff too...it's interesting, and offers other diagrams as well kind regards, David

GuimaSun wrote: ´m starting a new mission critical (lots of transactions per second) tcp based nt service. I don't want to program the tcp client\server stuff from scratch, so do you have any good tips on a professional winsock library ? It may be free or not, quality and usability are on target. Thanks for any help ! http://www.codeproject.com/internet/#Client%2FServer+Development[^] "Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow cheers, Alok Gupta VC Forum Q&A :- I/ IV Support CRY- Child Relief and You

GuimaSun wrote: I'll install .NET 3.0 and W*F extensions to VS2005 I needed to re-read this. I could swear you wrote WTF extensions to VS2005 :)

Check this out[^] I've used the "VB-friendly NT Service API Functions" to create a VB6 NT Service before. They are in the NTVBSvc type library. If you cannot find it, let me know. I have a copy from 4 or 5 years ago. ---------- There go my people. I must find out where they are going so I can lead them. - Alexander Ledru-Rollin

Yes, my desktop is significantly faster than my laptop. And XP is significantly faster to boot up than Win2k. But on Win2k I could notice the boot-up time immediately before and immediately after installing NIS, and it was significant. Kevin