Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 2 years ago. Improve this question I follow this rule but some of my colleagues disagree with it and argue that if … Read more
Should you set all the objects to null (Nothing in VB.NET) once you have finished with them? I understand that in .NET it is essential to dispose of any instances of objects that implement the IDisposable interface to release some resources although the object can still be something after it is disposed (hence the isDisposed … Read more
I am wondering if there is any way to declare a byte variable in a short way like floats or doubles? I mean like 5f and 5d. Sure I could write byte x = 5, but that’s a bit inconsequential if you use var for local variables. 4 Answers 4
I have a user control that I load into a MainWindow at runtime. I cannot get a handle on the containing window from the UserControl. I have tried this.Parent, but it’s always null. Does anyone know how to get a handle to the containing window from a user control in WPF? Here is how the … Read more
I would like to specify that a decimal field for a price must be >= 0 but I don’t really want to impose a max value. Here’s what I have so far…I’m not sure what the correct way to do this is. [Range(typeof(decimal), “0”, “??”] public decimal Price { get; set; } 10 Answers 10
I am getting the following error during a web service request to a remote web service: Could not establish trust relationship for the SSL/TLS secure channel. —> System.Security.Authentication.AuthenticationException: The remote certificate is invalid according to the validation procedure. Is there anyway to ignore this error, and continue? It seems the remote certificate is not signed. … Read more
To throw exceptions, I usually use built-in exception classes, e.g. ArgumentNullException and NotSupportedException. However, sometimes I need to use a custom exception and in that case I write: class SlippedOnABananaException : Exception { } class ChokedOnAnAppleException : Exception { } and so on. Then I throw and catch these in my code. But today I … Read more
How can I load a CSV file into a System.Data.DataTable, creating the datatable based on the CSV file? Does the regular ADO.net functionality allow this? 22 Answers 22
The general advice is that you should not call GC.Collect from your code, but what are the exceptions to this rule? I can only think of a few very specific cases where it may make sense to force a garbage collection. One example that springs to mind is a service, that wakes up at intervals, … Read more
Update: A sample project reproducing this bug can be found here at Microsoft Connect. I have also tested and verified that the solution given in the accepted answer below works on that sample project. If this solution doesn’t work for you, you are probably having a different issue (which belongs in a separate question). This … Read more
