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Re: WinForms CheckFirstRun()

7-Dec-16 8:22

The term is "skinning a model"; usually a "wire-frame" (instead of a "skeleton"); unless it really was a "skeleton", in which case I think you would still be skinning (except with thicker "wires") ... so that is what I would research.

WinForms CheckFirstRun()

f.loschiavo5-Dec-16 15:01

f.loschiavo

5-Dec-16 15:01

Hi All,

I am using the following code to display a text file when the application first runs but have a slight issue.

private static void CheckFirstRun()
{
    if (Settings.Default.FirstRun)
    {
    	Process.Start("notepad.exe", "release-notes.txt");
    	Settings.Default.FirstRun = false;
    	Settings.Default.Save();
    }
}

The setting default is set to True. It worked fine the first time I deployed it using ClickOnce and I was expecting FirstRun to default back to True on the next deployment but it's storing the setting as False.

All my google searches point to persisting the setting between deployments but in this instance I want the opposite to happen. I need the setting to default back to True so I can show the release notes.

Can anyone advise on what I am missing?

Midi_Mick5-Dec-16 15:15

Midi_Mick

5-Dec-16 15:15

The user settings are designed for the user to save their preferences for an application. Therefore, an update does not, and should not, overwrite these values.
Your best option for doing this type of thing is to save a version number in the setting file. On startup, check the current version against the setting version, and if different, show your release notes and save the new version.

Cheers,

Mick
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Re: WinForms CheckFirstRun()

Jon McKee5-Dec-16 18:42

Jon McKee

5-Dec-16 18:42

Not sure if this'll help as I have no ClickOnce experience (WiX# <3) but if you can set certain routines to run on an install you could try to overwrite that setting during the install. Another option might be to set that setting in its own ConfigurationSection and simply do a full overwrite of that section during any installation. If you have any questions on how to do that I might be able to help since I have experience using ConfigurationManager and the various other classes to manually handle settings programmatically, but I don't know much about ClickOnce and what it allows unfortunately.

EDIT: Looking over ClickOnce, it appears you can only update files that have changed (unlike Windows Installer). This would necessitate overwriting any user settings if updating the base settings file. A solution might be to save this particular setting in its own programmatically accessed file which you can overwrite at will since the user will have no settings in it.

string filePath = "/Example/Program.exe.config";
ExeConfigurationFileMap configFile = new ExeConfigurationFileMap() {ExeConfigFilename = filePath;}
Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenMappedExeConfiguration(configFile, ConfigurationUserLevel.None, false);
//How to add FirstRun
config.AppSettings.Settings.Add("FirstRun", "true");
//How to set or retrieve FirstRun
config.AppSettings.Settings["FirstRun"].Value = "false";
bool firstRun = Convert.ToBoolean(config.AppSettings.Settings["FirstRun"].Value);
//Save
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified);

This technique allows you to have a settings file that has a manual location and is manually loaded separate from the default (and automatically handled) settings file. Change ConfigurationUserLevel enumeration and other parameters as needed Smile | :)

modified 6-Dec-16 1:17am.

Re: WinForms CheckFirstRun()

f.loschiavo6-Dec-16 12:51

f.loschiavo

6-Dec-16 12:51

Thanks Guys. The solution in the end was this one:

if (ApplicationDeployment.IsNetworkDeployed)
{
	ApplicationDeployment deployment = ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment;

	if (deployment.IsFirstRun)
	{
	    try
	    {
        	Process.Start("notepad.exe", "release-notes.txt");
	    }
	    catch (InvalidOperationException ioe)
	    {
        	return;
	    }
	}
}

Setup Web Folder On IIS

MadDashCoder5-Dec-16 10:49

MadDashCoder

5-Dec-16 10:49

Suppose I have my own web server and I have a web app that allows logged in users to publish their web pages to my web server simply by clicking the Publish button. Is it possible to create such a button using C#?

Basically when the Publish button is clicked, it will create and setup a web folder on the web server if one doesn't already exist, set folder permissions, add other files needed to host a web site, and ftp the web pages to the created web folder.

Please point me to an article or perhaps a video tutorial if you know of any that will help, thanks.

modified 5-Dec-16 16:55pm.

Gerry Schmitz5-Dec-16 11:59

5-Dec-16 11:59

You don't want to muck with folders and permissions.

You want a "database" / data store (for storing "content"), and a web server / app that can serve up "dynamic" content.

Maybe a "Content Management System" (CMS).

I hear "Magento" (Community Edition?) is all the rage.

MadDashCoder5-Dec-16 22:36

MadDashCoder

5-Dec-16 22:36

Hi Gerry, Thanks for replying. I am in the process of learning how to host web pages on my own server. Also I would like to alleviate the burden of having to manually setup all the necessities using code.

Basically I want to create a web app where users can login, upload their pages to a temporary folder, and finally publish their pages (in the temporary folder) by simply clicking the Publish button.

What this means is that the code in the Publish button would have to check to see if the user already has a web folder on the web server.

If not, the web folder along with all the necessary files will be created on the web server by the code in the Publish button.

This is the part I'm interested in learning how to do.

modified 6-Dec-16 7:50am.

Gerry Schmitz6-Dec-16 6:22

6-Dec-16 6:22

I already said I thought your "folders" idea was a bad idea and will be an administrative nightmare.

Just recently I had someone contact me to help setup their "Windows Server" (that they had contracted) so they could "share documents".

For $5 a month, I suggested they get a SharePoint Online account instead, and add new users (staff) as the business grew. (With SharePoint, anybody can create as many "sites" as they want).

He's completely satisfied with the "solution".

Don't run before you can crawl.

can some one encrypt these codes

Pete O'Hanlon5-Dec-16 23:46

Pete O'Hanlon

5-Dec-16 23:46

You might find this[^] a useful starting point.

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Member 128824722-Dec-16 0:51

Member 12882472

2-Dec-16 0:51

c9eeaebf088072fe46dc27281bea8c977 , cb45493361fe37014ba5d8644bd76c21a
please try help me out read these codes

OriginalGriff2-Dec-16 1:02

OriginalGriff

2-Dec-16 1:02

No.
Partly because we have no idea what they are, so no idea how they are encrypted.
Partly because they look more like hash codes given the lengths, and they aren't decryptable.
But mostly because if you don't have the methods and other information to decrypt data, it's almost certainly because you aren't authorised to do it. Which makes it you trying to bypass legitimate security measures. Which is malicious activity.

We do not condone, support, or assist in the production of malicious code in any way, form, or manner. This is a professional site for professional developers.

If you want to know how to do such things, you need to visit a hacking site: but be sure to disable all firewalls and antivirus products first or they won't trust you enough to tell you.

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Jon McKee3-Dec-16 17:33

Jon McKee

3-Dec-16 17:33

OriginalGriff wrote:
If you want to know how to do such things, you need to visit a hacking site: but be sure to disable all firewalls and antivirus products first or they won't trust you enough to tell you.

All the upvotes. Be sure to include SSN or equivalent as well. That way they can verify who you are Cool | :cool:

Nathan Minier2-Dec-16 1:27

Nathan Minier

2-Dec-16 1:27

see nine ee ee ey ee bee ef zero eight eight zero seven two ef ee four six dee see two seven two eight one bee ey eight see nine seven seven

That's the first, with substitution encryption AND I helped you read it!!! Poke tongue | ;-P

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli

Pete O'Hanlon2-Dec-16 2:25

Pete O'Hanlon

2-Dec-16 2:25

Don't listen to the others. The series of characters on the left represent the number 4. The series of characters on the right represent the number 2. When you put them together, you get the answer to life, the universe and everything.

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OriginalGriff2-Dec-16 2:33

OriginalGriff

2-Dec-16 2:33

Man! Your character sets are getting HUGE! Laugh | :laugh:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Pete O'Hanlon2-Dec-16 2:38

Pete O'Hanlon

2-Dec-16 2:38

It's why I need the special Wingdings 2048 set Smile | :)

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Jochen Arndt2-Dec-16 3:09

Jochen Arndt

2-Dec-16 3:09

No problem.

Just tell me which encryption method should be used.

The base64 encoded value of your first sequence will be for example

YzllZWFlYmYwODgwNzJmZTQ2ZGMyNzI4MWJlYThjOTc3

and the SHA256 hash is

7a15f14c7c9dca690623ae45572afcff4dbb2bbe6da739cd10dd58180b30345e

Gerry Schmitz2-Dec-16 6:45

2-Dec-16 6:45

I believe they are just "Globally Unique Identifiers"; i.e. 32 character randomly-generated identifiers.

You might be able to use them to "find" something else (e.g. seeding; lookups); assuming you know what you are looking for.

OriginalGriff2-Dec-16 8:17

OriginalGriff

2-Dec-16 8:17

I thought that when I first saw them, but they aren't:

c9ee aebf 0880 72fe 46dc 2728 1bea 8c97 7
cb45 4933 61fe 3701 4ba5 d864 4bd7 6c21 a

33 characters each.

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Gerry Schmitz2-Dec-16 8:36

2-Dec-16 8:36

I thought I counted 33 ... but, thought: Naaaaaaa $Shucks | :-\$

(They're all hex though. Maybe it's a check byte).