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I have to convert a .NET Winform from using Access as the DB to using XML to store the data (MS Access will no longer be installed). At most I will store 100 to 150 records before exporting and clearing out the DB. I can read into datasets using dataset.ReadXml and I can write the datasets using dataset.WriteXml, however, I cannot determine how to: 1) add a record to the XML file, 2) delete a record from the XML, 3) allow the user to naviagate from record to record using next, previous, first, last, etc. I prefer populatng a treeview, listview, etc, click the record to edit and populate the forms textboxes, etc. for editing and saving, but I cannot determine how to get to a specific record in the XML file. Does anyone have an example of this type of functionality? Thanks.

I am using CDO and ADO to parse *.eml files. These emails have attachments that are MS Word documents (encoded). I can get an ADO stream of the document in decoded format. From this stream I need to extract the document dates (saved, created, updated). I must get the dates from the stream, I cannot write to file, then open using the Word objects, because as soon as I write the stream to disk to save it, all the dates reflect the date and time I just wrote it. Info such as byte offset of dates or some API to read the dates would be helpful. Any ideas. Thanks Michael D Jackson mjackson@nfo.com

Rant about Rent A Coder Well, I thougt I was the only person who had problems with Rent A Coder. I'm a twenty year IT veteran. I've worked contract for as much as $120.00 per hour and as low as $50.00 per hour. I've worked W2 for as high as $150,000.00 annually and as low as $48,000.00 annually, but I've never worked for $3.00 per hour, which I think many of those successful bidders on Rent A Coder must be getting. I almost lost it when I saw someone posting a bid wanting a "full medical application" for $250.00. I see some of these bids start out being described in a short paragraph. I think, ok I can do that, no problem. Then I get follow up info. They want SQL Server backend, they want 10 times what it started out as. They want something for nothing. I think many of these people who place bid requests are accustomed to paying offshore prices. That's why they get code with ugly interfaces, english that can't be read, no error routines, etc. That's what they paid for. I refuse to give away my effort. I must make a living. Man, I feel much better. Thanks for listening.

I'm confused about the difference between Classes and Components. Can anyone explain this or direct me to some discussion on the subject, hopefully a real-world example? Thanks.

I'm trying to create a few regular expressions to colorize XML text like when viewing XML in Internet Explorer. I need the '<' and '>' to be a color, and the text within those brackets to be a different color, while all other text is black. I can't seem to get anything to work. Thanks for any help.