compact-framework

I was wondering, is there a way to create a timestamp in c# from a datetime? I need a millisecond precision value that also works in Compact Framework(saying that since DateTime.ToBinary() does not exist in CF). My problem is that i want to store this value in a database agnostic way so i can sortby it later and find out which value is greater from another etc. I always use something like the following: public static String GetTimestamp(this DateTime value) { return value.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmssfff"); } This will give you a string like 200905211035131468, as the string goes from highest order

I'm trying to deserialize an array of an type unknown at compile time. At runtime I've discovered the type, but I don't know how to create an instance. Something like: Object o = Activator.CreateInstance(type); which doesn't work because there is no parameterless constructor, Array doesn't seem to have any constructor. Use Array.CreateInstance . You can use one of Array's CreateInstance overloads e.g.:- object o = Array.CreateInstance(type, 10); Quite an old post, but while answering a new question, though of posting a related example of creating a multi-dimensional array. Assuming the type (