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14-Jul-09 0:08

What in particular do you want to avoid?
'appearing entire screen' or 'hides system task bar' ?

Henry Minute

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process.startinfo

arkiboys13-Jul-09 20:19

arkiboys

13-Jul-09 20:19

Hi,
Is this correct?
I am not sure why I get unknown username or bad password.
Note that the login and password I enter are both correct.
Is there something wrong with the way I am setting the username and password?
Thanks

private void CheckLogin()
{
System.Diagnostics.Process process = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
process.StartInfo.FileName = "cscript.exe";
process.StartInfo.Arguments = strScriptPath;
process.StartInfo.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;

process.StartInfo.UserName = "myusername";
System.Security.SecureString strPassword = ReadPassword("password");
}

public static System.Security.SecureString ReadPassword(string password)
{
System.Security.SecureString secPass = new System.Security.SecureString();
for (int i = 0; i < password.Length; i++)
secPass.AppendChar(password[i]);
return secPass;
}

Re: process.startinfo

Curtis Schlak.13-Jul-09 20:58

13-Jul-09 20:58

It doesn't look like that you're setting the password on the process.StartInfo.Password property....

"we must lose precision to make significant statements about complex systems."
-deKorvin on uncertainty

Re: process.startinfo

arkiboys13-Jul-09 21:30

arkiboys

13-Jul-09 21:30

This is what I am doing now but still get the same error:
process.StartInfo.UserName = "username";
process.StartInfo.Password = ReadPassword("password");
Any thoughts please?

Re: process.startinfo

Curtis Schlak.14-Jul-09 13:28

14-Jul-09 13:28

Is the account that you're using a domain account? If so, you might need

process.StartInfo.UserName = "domain\username";

for it to work properly.

"we must lose precision to make significant statements about complex systems."
-deKorvin on uncertainty

Get BIOS Date

rhtbhegade13-Jul-09 19:52

rhtbhegade

13-Jul-09 19:52

HI Experts,

I want to get the BIOS date in my project.Inspite of change in the date from the "Date and Time Properties" the date that i want is the date in the BIOS.

himanshu256113-Jul-09 20:23

himanshu2561

13-Jul-09 20:23

Hi Try this
<pre>
            RegistryKey RK = Registry.LocalMachine;
            RK = RK.OpenSubKey("HARDWARE\\DESCRIPTION\\System\\");
            Object Date = RK.GetValue("SystemBiosDate");
            string ss = Date.ToString();
</pre>

himanshu

Fred 3417-Oct-09 0:34

Fred 34

17-Oct-09 0:34

very good answer thanks.
only mention to use these 2 lines b4 them

using System.Security.Permissions;
using Microsoft.Win32;

Tamer Oz13-Jul-09 20:34

Tamer Oz

13-Jul-09 20:34

You can quety WMI with System.Management Namespace

Here is an example. ReleaseDate property is what you are looking for

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {
     List("Select * from Win32_BIOS");
 }

 private void List(string query)
 {
     ManagementObjectSearcher m = new ManagementObjectSearcher();
     m.Query = new ObjectQuery(query);
     foreach (ManagementObject mo in m.Get())
     {
         foreach (PropertyData pd in mo.Properties)
         {
             if (mo[pd.Name] != null)
             {
                 if (mo[pd.Name] is string[])
                 {
                     foreach (string s in (string[])mo[pd.Name])
                     {
                         MessageBox.Show(s);
                     }
                 }
                 else
                 {
                     MessageBox.Show(pd.Name + ":" + mo[pd.Name].ToString());
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 }

rhtbhegade13-Jul-09 20:59

rhtbhegade

13-Jul-09 20:59

i could not find the system.management namespace
please help......

Tamer Oz13-Jul-09 21:05

Tamer Oz

13-Jul-09 21:05

Have you tried adding reference to a .net library and search that list for System.Management.

System.Management dll is in .net since 1.1 version.

What are the pre-requisite to develop a software which facilitates VOIP in my LAN?

rhtbhegade13-Jul-09 21:32

rhtbhegade

13-Jul-09 21:32

Thanks.....

CoderForEver13-Jul-09 19:34

CoderForEver

13-Jul-09 19:34

Hey every body. I was going to develop a Software which transfers voice and data(in advance I may add Video) in a local network(LAN) for my final Project in my college which helps me to have a good result ............................ So please every body help me on the Pre-requisite ............. i.e tell me ideas as much as you can, which helps me to develop this nice project................................I decided to do the software using C# language.............. Any suggestions!!!

THANK YOU ALL

Re: What are the pre-requisite to develop a software which facilitates VOIP in my LAN?

Henry Minute14-Jul-09 0:15

Re: What are the pre-requisite to develop a software which facilitates VOIP in my LAN?

14-Jul-09 0:15

So you decided to do this project in C#, without knowing the pre-requisites.

You asked for ideas, so here goes. Find out what you need as prerequisites first, then decide on a language, based on its ability to easily implement that functionality.

Either the course you are on is not very good, or you were playing hookey on the days they covered Planning and Design.

CoderForEver14-Jul-09 8:01

CoderForEver

14-Jul-09 8:01

Hey dude .... do you think that I am dull?..... do you think that i decided to do such kind of projects without knowing any thing........... I think if u thought like that it is far from the truth ............ You better said to me "keep it up.... do this and dont use like this " and bla bla bla ................... I decided this language because I am good at it than the others(like VB,JAVA,C++) and others .............. so what do you say now?

thank you

Re: What are the pre-requisite to develop a software which facilitates VOIP in my LAN?

Henry Minute14-Jul-09 8:18

Re: What are the pre-requisite to develop a software which facilitates VOIP in my LAN?

14-Jul-09 8:18

First of all I never said that you were dull. I don't know you, how on earth would I know your mental abilities.

Secondly you are not going to get very far in anything related to programming if you cannot accept being told that your approach/schema/design is not the best way to do a particular task.

As far as keep it up etc. goes, do keep it up. Consider, however, that once you have found the prerequisites for VOIP and it transpires that what you need has not yet been implemented in C#. Do you have the skills to code something this complex from scratch yourself? If so then by all means continue as you are.

In your original post you asked for opinions. I gave mine and it was, and remains,

"Find out what you have to do before deciding on the language to use"

CoderForEver15-Jul-09 7:50

CoderForEver

15-Jul-09 7:50

Ok dude................ Thanks for the suggestion........ You know what............ When you say "it has never been implemented in C#"............ I dont believe that if any body doesnt do it that means i cant do it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, but I will try my best to come up with the design,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, but the only language I can confidently say is it is C# ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I wish i could know more but................ I must have to concentrate on one a specific language and be a master of it for my self............... any says I WILL broaden my thoughts as far as i can............. Thank you

Re: What are the pre-requisite to develop a software which facilitates VOIP in my LAN?

Henry Minute15-Jul-09 13:13

Simple Plugin Architecture

15-Jul-09 13:13

I did not say "it has never been implemented in C#", I said "What if you find that it hasn't".

But that doesn't matter. Your reply shows a commendable attitude, and I hope that you succeed. Even if you are doing it backwards. Smile | :)

Baeltazor13-Jul-09 19:28

Baeltazor

13-Jul-09 19:28

Does anybody know of any simple tutorials on Plugin Architecture that I can wrap my little brain around? I have read quite a few in the past 48 hours and seem to be having difficulty getting my head around it.

While the tutorials/articles were very informative, I found that the projects they created for the articles were very overwhelming and a little too complex for a noob.

Also, I have found a few links relating to the System.AddIns namespace on the MSDN site, but that just made me even more confused because it's completely different from all the other articles I've read. Can anyone offer any advice/ help on this?

Thanks heaps,
jase

Re: Simple Plugin Architecture

Curtis Schlak.13-Jul-09 21:01

Re: Simple Plugin Architecture

13-Jul-09 21:01

Maybe Roy Osherove's Add run-time functionality to your application by providing a plug-in mechanism[^] blog posting? It seems pretty simple...

"we must lose precision to make significant statements about complex systems."
-deKorvin on uncertainty

Baeltazor13-Jul-09 21:06

Baeltazor

13-Jul-09 21:06

Yay thank you very much Curtis, that was very helpful and much appreciated. Big Grin | :-D

Thanks
jase

Re: Simple Plugin Architecture

Curtis Schlak.14-Jul-09 13:27