We have an MFC/Win32 application that is accessed by clients through a shared folder on the server. (similar to SourceSafe). Client computers usually have a mapped drive to the shared directory and have a shortcut to the application. Client systems with XP Service Pack 2 installed now display a warning message box every time the application is about to be executed; the message box indicates that the application does not have a valid publisher certificate. This is understandable because of SP2's heightened security measures and the application is being "downloaded" from a network resource. My objective is to "remove" that warning. Can anyone enlighten me on the process of validating/signing the application with a valid publisher certificate? From what I have read you need to acquire this from a Certificate Authority. I was under the impression before that this was usually reserved for things such as ActiveX controls or any executables designed to be deployed/used through the Internet. Is there also a way to certify the executable without acquiring a certificate from a CA? I seem to have read that you can have a private certification server on your LAN to do this, I'm not sure (yet). Since it is an internal/LAN environment this might be more suitable, if possible. This is quite new to me. Any help would be appreciated. :)

Code using Windows/Web Forms have both "Code View" and "Design View". AFAIK, the IDE knows when to provide the "Design View" by checking the first class declaration in the codefile. What if I create an alternate editor for a codefile, something like "Design View", is it possible to integrate it into the IDE? If so, can anyone give me a pointer or two to an article or documentation? -Maki

Code using Windows/Web Forms have both "Code View" and "Design View". AFAIK, the IDE knows when to provide the "Design View" by checking the first class declaration in the codefile. What if I create an alternate editor for a codefile, something like "Design View", is it possible to integrate it into the IDE? If so, can anyone give me a pointer or two to an article or documentation? -Maki

Hi all, I've been using C++ for almost everything I've done in software development, Windows or otherwise. It is only recently I've looked into .NET and C# in depth. I have a few questions that someone can hopefully shed some light on. The main question really, is if .NET can be used somewhat like a script engine for an (unmanaged) application. For example, most games embed a scripting engine such as Lua, Tcl, or even Java in the application to allow themselves and the end users to modify the game itself, extending its replay value. While perusing through the .NET docs, I noticed that you can dynamically load assemblies during runtime. This is where I got the idea. Also, is there a way to have a piece of code compiled into bytecode and executed during runtime, similar to an eval() function? -Maki