I am assuming you mean Enterprise Database? The answer is the same as you open a sql or any other kind of database: using EnterpriseDB.EDBClient; string strConnectionString = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings ["DB_CONN_STRING"]; EDBConnection conn = new EDBConnection(strConnectionString); try { conn.Open(); Response.Write("Connection opened successfully"); } catch(EDBException exp) { exp.ToString(); } finally { conn.Close(); } I have not compiled the code so expect errors

I am responding to your question after some delay, so you may have already found your answer. If not, I think that you should look into the EnumWindows[^] function to get the window handles, then you should be able to utilize GetWindowText. Blog: http://windowsclientdevelopment.spaces.live.com FAQs: http://windowspresentationfoundation.wikispaces.com http://windowsmobile.wikispaces.com http://vsto.wikispaces.com

There is a Mobile Development forum. You might have done better posting this question there. 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.”

Would this work? "Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

Well, well try, If that API was supposed to work as per your understanding there are possible risks being caught in an infinite loop or referencing a destroyed window handle. Call Back functions of an Windows API are not that supposed to be called by you. struct MYLISTVIEW { }; BOOL CALLBACK EnumWindowsProc(HWND hwnd, LPARAM lParam) { #define MAX_TEXT_LEN 256 MYLISTVIEW *plvData = (MYLISTVIEW *)lParam; if (plvData) { TCHAR szWndText[MAX_TEXT_LEN] = _T(""); LONG lStyle = GetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL\_STYLE); LONG lExStyle = GetWindowLong(hwnd, GWL\_EXSTYLE); // filter the window handles depending on your need if (IsWindowVisible(hwnd) && !GetParent(hwnd) && hwnd != GetDesktopWindow() && ( /\*lExStyle & WS\_EX\_APPWINDOW || \*/ !(lExStyle & WS\_EX\_NOACTIVATE || lExStyle & WS\_EX\_TOOLWINDOW))) { RECT rc = {0}; GetWindowRect(hwnd, &rc); if (rc.bottom - rc.top && rc.right - rc.left) { GetWindowText(hwnd, szWndText, MAX\_TEXT\_LEN); // add the text to your view AddWndTextToListView(plvData, szWndText); } } } return TRUE; } MYLISTVIEW g_lvData; void AddOpenedWindowsToListView() { EnumWindows(EnumWindowsProc, (LPARAM)&g_lvData); }

You need the cooperation of the other program. This is not a general windows OS thing. You might find that this iesample program can be run with a parameter that say "put this jpg in the previous iesample's window", but you'll have to do some digging. If you've written it yourself, then you can make that parameter! Or you could just make a window in your own program to do the job. It's not all that tough to show a jpg. (On desktop os, less sure about wince). Good luck, Iain. Codeproject MVP for C++, I can't believe it's for my lounge posts...