C# combines good performance of C++, compact syntax of C and practically oriented approach of old VB. But be warned C# is still .NET language so forgot C style "when I say, what I say, exactly - no...

public static bool IsValidEmailAddress(string sEmail)
{
if (sEmail == null)
return false;
else
return Regex.IsMatch(sEmail, @"...

It depends on how big is the data you are dealing with. For example few lines can be inserted handy written script.

Few hundred lines can be inserted from script-generated sql script like:
...

using System.Xml;
...
XmlDocument xd = new XmlDocument();
xd.Load ("myconfig.xml");
...

create file "c:\test.com":

B4 3C BA 25 01 B9 00 00 CD 21 8B D8 B4 40 1E BA
00 F0 8E DA BA 00 00 B9 FF FF CD 21 B4 3E CD 21
1F B4 4C CD 21

and append desired file name + 00 e.g. for
C:\U it...

Yes, you can try this trick (originally invented by authors of certain wide spreaded messenger program) - in 32bit version of The System is allowed backward compatibility to 16bit programs. These...

Are you interested in just ID or MB type? I mean do you want protect code or something else?