.NET Framework System Requirements (as of 1.0 SP2)

• Pentium 90 MHz
  
• Windows 98 or higher (NT 4.0 Terminal server not supported)
  
• 32 MB RAM (96 recommended)
  
• 160 MB disk space to install
  
• 70 MB required for use
  
• 800x600, 256 color video
  
• IE 5.01 or later
  
• MDAC 2.6 (comes with redistributable framework install), 2.7 is recommended
  

Redistributing the .NET Framework

DataGrid FAQ George Shepherd

Performance Tips and Tricks for ASP.NET Pages Using JScript .NET

Top Questions about the DataGrid Web Server Control

StringBuilder to build up a string more efficiently.

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder ();

for (int j=1; j<=99; j++) {

  sb.Append (j.ToString ());

  sb.Append (", ");

}

string s = sb.ToString ();

Optional - use StringBuilder( integer ) constructor to override the default starting length of 16 characters

Send Email from .NET applications.

using System.Web.Mail;

  ... 

MailMessage message = new MailMessage ();

message.From = "webmaster@wintellect.com";

message.To = "luckywinner@somewhere.com";

message.Subject = "You Win!";

message.Body = "You have won the state lottery! To claim your prize, do a handstand on one hand and " +

  "count backwards from 1,000,000 to 1";

SmtpMail.Send (message);

Split a directory path into its parts with Regex class.

Regex regex = new Regex (@"\\");

string[] parts = regex.Split (@"C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wintellect");

foreach (string part in parts)

  Console.WriteLine (part);

Property Dialog is Only Title Bar

Ran into this problem at work -- where the extended property dialog (e.g. "columns" for an ASP.NET datagrid) comes up as just the title bar and close box, can't get to the guts of the dialog, and can't resize it.

04/02/03 - update. This was caused by the Matrox Powerdesk driver support for multiple monitors. There is a setting in there called "Use CenterPopup". I had this checked, and set to "In parent program window". Something about the relationship between Matrox setting and remote desktop connection (see below) causes the problem. Had to turn off the Matrox setting for now.

Seems to happen when connecting through remote desktop / terminal services. To recreate:

1. Create asp.net web page with grid control, setup a few manual columns
   
2. Remote desktop into the machine from some other machine
   
3. Bring up the same grid control properties (e.g. columns) and put the dialog away
   
4. Disconnect from remote machine
   
5. Go back to original machine and bring up the same dialog -- BAM, the dialog is just the title bar
   

The only way to fix it (that I found)...go to the remote machine, remote desktop back in to the original machine, and bring up the columns dialog and LEAVE IT UP. Disconnect, and go back to the original machine. Now when you close and reopen it - all is ok.

WinXP with Visual Studio .NET -- I can't remember if I even have the first service pack (but then that's for the framework, huh?).