To work around the error of not being placed outside the server form element, you'll have two options here: + Extend the Page class, override the VerifyRenderingInServerForm method and leave it empty. + Extend the Calendar control and override the Render method to skip the calling to the VerifyRenderingInServerForm of the Page instance. Below is the sample code for the first option which IMO is much simpler: public class ExPage : Page { public override void VerifyRenderingInServerForm(Control control) { //Leave the method empty instead of //making sure the control is not placed outside the server form. } }

It seems to me that setting the "Allow service to interact with desktop" option of the IIS does not help in this case, as it does not have any effect on the ASPNET process and you are spawning ITunes in this process. So IMO you may consider writing a window service which is responsible for creating a new Itunes process, and from the ASP.NET application you can use Remoting (or Web Service) to send the request to the window service to have it start the Itunes.

thebread wrote: i haven't the source code of the host application under my control Then the answer is no. You can't do it using .NET. Anything is possible. You could alter the executable file to make changes in the program, but there is no support what so ever for this in .NET. You are totally on your own to fiddle with the byte codes. For an example, to replace a method you would either have to overwrite the code in the method, or add additional code for a method and change every call to the original method to use the new method instead. Are you up to the task? Have you done any assembler programming, for instance? I've done a lot of assembler programming and even machine code programming myself, but I would hesitate to try what you are suggesting... --- b { font-weight: normal; }

i integrated ironPython in my application to ensure sccripting support. ironPython writes it's output into a stream. but you're right...currently everythings works fine and performace is till now no problem. thanks for your help!

I compiled my project against .NET1.1 and run it currently on .NET2.0, so i thought i can load some 2.0-dll's dynamicly...still in testing state... -- modified at 18:05 Saturday 5th August, 2006 ok, that does the job. i'm sure there are sometimes some compatibility isues in running my 1.1-App under 2.0 but this price i have to pay. thanks guys

It's difficult to answer that question because the number of unknowns is far too high. The only advice I can give is to make sure that using the MVC pattern is actually necessary, so that you don't rip your hair out over it unnecessarily. This is not a criticism of you, of course, but I find that many developers use design patterns just for the sake of using them. Almost habitually. In my view, patterns should only be used when they help solve a problem. In general design patterns add unnecessary complexity to, what should be, simple solutions. Josh

The post title is a little bit misleading ;) I am quite sorry, I am not aware of any tool that could do all of it. Try searching for a "profiler", that might turn up some results. Oh, and: Aren't your arms to short to operate a keyboard? ;) MIST, Sebastian -- Contra vim mortem non est medicamen in hortem.

Thx very much !! after knowing what i am looking for i found this: <DllImport("winspool.drv", CharSet:=CharSet.Auto, SetLastError:=True)> _ Private Shared Function OpenPrinter( _ ByVal pPrinterName As String, ByRef hPrinter As IntPtr, _ ByVal pDefault As IntPtr) As Boolean End Function <DllImport("winspool.drv", CharSet:=CharSet.Auto, _ SetLastError:=True)> _ Private Shared Function ClosePrinter( _ ByVal hPrinter As IntPtr) As Boolean End Function <DllImport("winspool.drv", CharSet:=CharSet.Auto, _ SetLastError:=True)> _ Private Shared Function GetPrinter( _ ByVal hPrinter As IntPtr, ByVal dwLevel As Integer, _ ByVal pPrinter As IntPtr, ByVal cbBuf As Integer, _ ByRef pcbNeeded As Integer) As Boolean End Function Private Shared Function GetPrinterInfo(ByVal printerName As String) As PRINTER_INFO_2 Dim hPrinter As IntPtr If Not OpenPrinter(printerName, hPrinter, IntPtr.Zero) Then Throw New Win32Exception(Marshal.GetLastWin32Error()) End If Dim pPrinterInfo As IntPtr = IntPtr.Zero Try Dim needed As Integer GetPrinter(hPrinter, 2, IntPtr.Zero, 0, needed) If needed <= 0 Then Throw New Exception("Na Zeavas...") End If pPrinterInfo = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(needed) Dim temp As Integer If Not GetPrinter(hPrinter, 2, pPrinterInfo, needed, temp) Then Throw New Win32Exception(Marshal.GetLastWin32Error()) End If Dim printerInfo As PRINTER_INFO_2 = _ CType(Marshal.PtrToStructure( _ pPrinterInfo, GetType(PRINTER_INFO_2)), PRINTER_INFO_2) Return printerInfo Finally ClosePrinter(hPrinter) Marshal.FreeHGlobal(pPrinterInfo) End Try End Function <StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet:=CharSet.Auto)> _ Public Structure PRINTER_INFO_2 Public pServerName As String Public pPrinterName As String Public pShareName As String Public pPortName As String Public pDriverName As String Public pComment As String Public pLoca