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VB.NET: how to prevent user input in a ComboBox

How do you prevent user input in a ComboBox so that only one of the items in the defined list …

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Deciding between HttpClient and WebClient

Our web app is running in .Net Framework 4.0. The UI calls controller methods through ajax calls. We need to consume …

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Visual Studio popup: "the operation could not be completed"

When I try to open a project, local or on a Team Foundation Server (TFS), I get a modal window …

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Creating an empty file in C#

What's the simplest/canonical way to create an empty file in C#/.NET? The simplest way I could find so …

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The type initializer for 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument' threw an exception

I am deploying a desktop application to my clients that uses the Crystal Reports API to display and print forms. …

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How to use ConfigurationManager

I want to use App.config for storing some setting. I tried to use the next code for getting a …

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Play audio from a stream using C#

Is there a way in C# to play audio (for example, MP3) direcly from a System.IO.Stream that for …

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Best Practice for Forcing Garbage Collection in C#

In my experience it seems that most people will tell you that it is unwise to force a garbage collection …

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How to find the Number of CPU Cores via .NET/C#?

Is there a way via .NET/C# to find out the number of CPU cores? PS This is a straight …

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System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'X' or one of its dependencies when deploying the application

I'm having a strange problem with deploying an application, which references an assembly, written in managed c++. I've created an …

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