Really....OK, I'll give it a go...... Do you understand why it should fail in the first place....it seems to make absolutely no sense at all....what doubly bamboozles me, is I can't find any reference to it anywhere....yet I would expect loads of software to fail because of it.
-----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul van Brenk Sent: 28 September 2006 13:29 To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Completely unbelievable exception..... Int32.Parse( "1", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture ); This way you're not depending on the culture set by the user, which should prevent errors like these. Paul -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Nicholls Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 14:30 To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Completely unbelievable exception..... Thanks, at least I'm not going completely mad. How did you avoid it? -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brady Kelly Sent: 28 September 2006 13:07 To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Completely unbelievable exception..... I can't offer any help, but I too have encountered this problem. However, I solved my problem by avoiding the Parse call altogether. > I'm not a new boy at this game....I've been using c# for about 3 years or > so..... > > int.Parse("1"); > > got to work!..... > > See the end of this message for details on invoking > just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box. > > ************** Exception Text ************** > System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format. > at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, > NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal) > at System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, > NumberFormatInfo info) > at System.Int32.Parse(String s) > > > > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > it works on all the dev machines....but run it on a client machine and > boooommm... > > log into the client machine (with admin rights....and possibly known as UK > user rather than US).....and it works!!!!!!!!! > > can't get my head around it. > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentorR http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com ************************************************************************ *** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The contents of this e-mail are confidential to the ordinary user of the e-mail address to which it was addressed, and may also be privileged. If you are not the addressee of this e-mail you may not copy, forward, disclose or otherwise use it or any part of it in any form whatsoever.If you have received this e-mail in error, please e-mail the sender by replying to this message. It is your responsibility to carry out appropriate virus and other checks to ensure that this message and any attachments do not affect your systems / data. Any views or opinions expressed in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of MTV Networks Europe unless specifically stated, nor does this message form any part of any contract unless so stated. MTV reserves the right to monitor e-mail communications from external/internal sources for the purposes of ensuring correct and appropriate use of MTV communication equipment. MTV Networks Europe ************************************************************************ *** =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(r) http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
