That's very true. I've checked with a couple of hosting sites and they are not really keen to do it this way. Also, because of my poor C++ skills (hey I'm working with Silverlight 4, that's a different world...) I want to keep the C++ part as simple as possible. After a lot of swearing and effort I've managed to use CURL, pthreads and JSON to send the data from the plugin to the webserver and there I'm handling it with a custom handler. This way it's also simple for anyone to deploy the plugin - that's one of the important things as well - KISS :) . I've never done database stuff in C++ and I'm scared even to google for that :laugh: . I'd like to keep all the business logics on the webserver. Thanks for your imput though, I still don't know how is it going to turn out, it's an interesting project. :thumbsup: zilo

Why can't everything be in C# ;P :laugh: zilo

Also, you can use TypeDescriptor, and PropertyDescriptor. Calin

Thanks John, You have partly answered my needs, however I was more searching for an article saying why it is important to do it than the actual procedure. although this is helpful as well, thanks a lot ! zilo

You could probably use a RegularExpression. I'd stick with Try/Catch, as you'd likely need it anyway.

I thought you need to also specify in code what file types you accept being dragged ? Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )

Ok, I won't. If you don't want to you will not get help from me. Giorgi Dalakishvili #region signature my articles #endregion

You're right, thank you. zilo

1. Take a look at GraphicsPath.PathData.Points. I don't think it will give you every point that will be drawn. 2. Could compare the PathData.Points. - S 50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!

You'll have to do it manually. If one of the MDI children is "above" the button, hide the button. You could also try adding the button to the MdiClient window and not to your MDI container (your main form). It's a little tricky, but you can get a reference to the MdiClient window (the grey area that hold the MDI children). These two articles talk about MdiClient and how to get a reference to it: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dialog/mdiclientcontroller.aspx[^] http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/mdiclientrevisited.aspx[^] Luis Alonso Ramos Intelectix Chihuahua, Mexico My Blog!

Search MSDN for DpiX, DpiY methods, their names look promising. :) If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile. This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke

And one more question. When I want hook only events regarding my Application Domain, I need to call SetWindowsHookEx with my AppDomain.GetCurrentThreadId() which is unmanaged thread id. Now this method is deprecated and msdn states that I should use ManagetThreadId instead. But this id is not working of course. How can I avoid AppDomain.GetCurrentThreadId() and still create the hook locally (which signifficantly improves the performance)? zilo

Have you tried Master Pages[^]? Declan Bright www.declanbright.com

It did not help. It behaves same way as when in Page_Load :( zilo

I managed to do this by adding this class to my application: using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; using System.Security.Principal; namespace Gauge { public static class mySecurity { #region Constants const UInt32 TOKEN_QUERY = 8; const int INT_SIZE = 4; #endregion #region Enumerations private enum TOKEN_ELEVATION_TYPE { TokenElevationTypeDefault = 1, TokenElevationTypeFull, TokenElevationTypeLimited } public enum TOKEN_INFO_CLASS { TokenUser = 1, TokenGroups, TokenPrivileges, TokenOwner, TokenPrimaryGroup, TokenDefaultDacl, TokenSource, TokenType, TokenImpersonationLevel, TokenStatistics, TokenRestrictedSids, TokenSessionId, TokenGroupsAndPrivileges, TokenSessionReference, TokenSandBoxInert, TokenAuditPolicy, TokenOrigin, TokenElevationType, TokenLinkedToken, TokenElevation, TokenHasRestrictions, TokenAccessInformation, TokenVirtualizationAllowed, TokenVirtualizationEnabled, TokenIntegrityLevel, TokenUIAccess, TokenMandatoryPolicy, TokenLogonSid, MaxTokenInfoClass // MaxTokenInfoClass should always be the last enum } #endregion #region WIN API FUNCTIONS [DllImport("kernel32.dll")] public static extern IntPtr GetCurrentProcess(); [DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError=true)] public static extern Boolean OpenProcessToken(IntPtr ProcessHandle, UInt32 DesiredAccess, out IntPtr TokenHandle); [DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError=true)] public static extern Boolean GetTokenInformation(IntPtr TokenHandle, TOKEN_INFO_CLASS TokenInformationClass, IntPtr TokenInformation, int TokenInformationLength, out uint ReturnLength); #endregion #region Public Methods /// /// Returns True when the current user is a member of the /// Administrators group and is also running the process /// elevated as an Administrator, otherwise returns false. /// /// /// true if user is running the process elevated as an Administrator; otherwise, false. /// public static Boolean IsRunningAsAdmin(WindowsPrincipal pWindowsPrincipal)

Hi, I wasn't able to replace LPSTR with BSTR. My knowledge about C++ is limited and I did not find corresponding conversion. Anyway, I added string attribute and started using CoTaskMemAlloc on C++ side and so far it's working under Vista too, so thank you very much! :rose: zilo