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The .NET Framework is Microsoft's managed code programming model for building applications that have visually stunning user experiences, seamless and secure communication, and the ability to model a range of business processes. In addition to the .NET Framework 2.0, it includes Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), and Windows CardSpace.

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Why WCF class Binding doesn’t have member ReaderQuotas?
I'm wondering why the class Binding in WCF doesn't have a property ReaderQuotas, while its subclasses BasicHttpBinding and WSHttpBinding does.This fact makes coding a little hard. For me, I use below code to extract binding information from MEX endpoint U more

The parameter is incorrect
Hi all. Hopefully a quick question for you. I have been developing an application in VB 2008 on a Vista installation. Created an installation and attempted to install same to XP which failed. Seeing this, proceeded to install the VS on an XP box and d more

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The Latest From the .NET Framework 2.0 Forums

Have a managed heap memory leaking problem ..
Hello, after researching bit the leaking issue i found out my app have a "managed heap memory " when performed a test with windbg tool i got a list with all the object placed in the GC heaps at the bottom of the sorted list thats what i got : more

How to get all referenced assemblies?
I have selected a "SourceAssembly.dll" from which I filter and select a sub-set of the Types. With this subset I generate a new class "TestClass" into StringBuilder. I add the list of referenced assemblies: Liststring> referencedAssemblies = new L more

How to get File Owner and Author Name....
Dear All, I am working with dotnet System.IO Namespace and i want file's "Owner" and "Author" attributes in dotnet code. I have tried with all System.IO namespace classes, but didnt find any solution.

Why DateTime.Now not returns actual current time, but value as 01.01.0001 00:00:00
Hello,I am developing with C# 2.0, our website is on the virtual server, regional settings in the server machine is Turkish. When I am trying to get current time with System.Datetime.Now it returns something like 01.01.0001 00:00:00. However when I am loo more