Appendix B: Miscellanous .NET FAQs
Here are the Frequently Asked Questions answered in this topic:
- What are the minimum system requirements for .NET?
- How big is the .NET Runtime?
- How do I include .NET when distributing my applications?
- How do I display the Visual Studio Start page?
- How can I determine the currently running assembly?
- How can I get the name of the application config file?
- How do I display trace and debug information?
- How does an assembly's 'Copy Local' default value get set?
- Why do I get 'Could not copy files to the output directory'?
- Why do I get errors when I open a component in design mode?
- Why do I see formatting text when pasting XML into a file?
- Can I create a multi-dimensional ArrayList?
- How can I create overloaded methods that handle most types?
- How can I create a default registry value for deployment?
- Is it more efficient to use variables or constants?
- How can VS automatically add assemblies to the GAC?
- How can a Send To shortcut add an assembly to the GAC?
- How do I get the current user's special Windows directories?
- Why can't I read from app.config using Enterprise Services?
- How do I convert a string to a GUID?
- Why do I get TypeLoadException when moving to .NET 4?
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Appendix B: Miscellanous .NET FAQs
