Hi Joel, I already tried embedding a simple bmp 5x5 pixels into my exe and still got same problem. I have been digging into it and the problem seems to be that the device I am programming into (HP iPAQ 310) does not have the necessary dll's required by framework. The framework uses gdiplus.dll. Then I believe gdiplus.dll uses gdi32.dll and this dll itself uses coredll.dll. The only one available in this device is coredll.dll and since it's in ROM, I am not able to even place another dll in the windows location. I would have to contact HP to have them provide me a new ROM version that contains this functionality. However, this device has some neat 3D games so the alternative would be to figure out what library those games use. Problem is that I will have to go back to C++ for that. :(

System.Threading.Thread :rolleyes: only two letters away from being an asset

I figured it out by using ManagementObjectSearcher class. Wow! This class is really powerful if you ever need to figure out anything from your hardware. Here is the code: string device = "Win32_USBHub"; ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * from " + device); foreach(ManagementObject mo in searcher.Get()) { Trace.WriteLine(mo.GetPropertyValue("Name")+" "+ mo.GetPropertyValue("PNPDeviceID")); } Note that there are a ton of hardware classes available from here[^]. Each class has several variables that can be accessed using the GetPropertyValue method.

Thanks Ravi, That is a good example when you know the names of the controls. I figured it out as posted in the following link[^] Regards, Rudy

Colin, Thanks for your input. You guided me into the right direction. Following is the solution in case anyone needs it as well: <script language=vbscript> option explicit <!---------------- check/clear text boxes -------------> dim currChkboxName dim currCheckValue sub UpdateCheckboxes(chkboxName, checkValue) currChkboxName = chkboxName currCheckValue = checkValue dim i for i = 0 to Form1.children.length-1 UpdateChildCheckboxes Form1.children(i) next end sub sub UpdateChildCheckboxes(obj) dim i if not obj is nothing then if obj.id <> "" then if InStr(1, obj.id, currChkboxName) > 0 then obj.checked = currCheckValue end if end if for i = 0 to obj.children.length UpdateChildCheckboxes obj.children(i) next end if end sub </script> Then declare the buttons as follows: <input id="btnClearTestConditions" type=button value="Clear All" onClick="UpdateCheckboxes 'cklTestConditions_', false" /> <input id="btnCheckAllTestConditions" type=button value="Check All" onClick="UpdateCheckboxes 'cklTestConditions_', true" >

My mistake, the subject should say "How do I update *.resx files at design time.

Thanks Christian, I should be able to get feedback on the resolution of all the users who are having problem and hopefully I can see a pattern to solve the problem. Regards, Rudy.

Thank you Robert, I figured out the problem right before reading your message because I wasn't connected to the internet. Wish I had seen it earlier. It's weird and illogical but works. Thanks, Rudy. :cool:

Cool, thanks for letting me know.

I agree with Rudy there should be an option like this...

Thanks, your detailed steps sure help.

rudy.net wrote: I couldn't do a conversion from integer If the "number" is a string, like "5", then it should still do the conversion to the enum type. At least, so it says in the docs for Enum.Parse, which the type converter should be using. In general, you should be able to convert any value type to a string, and then be able to convert it to the appropriate property type. Otherwise, things like MyXaml wouldn't work. :) Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing YAPO

// Get a new Stack trace, starting from this frame StackTrace trace = new StackTrace(0); string currentMethodName = trace.GetFrame(0).GetMethod().Name; string callingMethod = trace.GetFrame(1).GetMethod().Name; Charlie if(!curlies){ return; }

Got it! Thanks :-D Here is a link where I found a good example in msdn web site in case someone else needs it: [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnadvnet/html/vbnet02262002.asp](Mirror, Mirror (a vb reflection example))