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Re: Serializing, add new member var problem.

Heath Stewart29-Jun-04 6:30

29-Jun-04 6:30

In addition to what the 'chimp said, there's actually a better way that is verion-independent. First, if you correctly version your assemblies (as you should, just don't use automatic versioning a la an asterisk in your [assembly: AssemblyVersionAttribute]) you'll have another problem: the serialized form won't deserialize into a newer version (the types don't match, because the versions are different).

This is where a SerializationBinder comes into play. You extend the SerializationBinder and override BindToType. This gives you a chance to "redirect" versions. What I typically do is take the assembly string (includes name, version, culture info, and public key token) and strip out everything but the version. I then concat the typename and left-over assembly name to get a version-independent type. When you then get the Type, the latest version of the assembly is loaded and the new Type is returned. This new version of your existing class would contain the new field (not "variable", which is declared within a method itself), so you may still have to use the 'chimp's suggestion of implementing ISerializable (typically a good idea when you want better control over serialization anyway).

Below is a snippet of code showing what I mentioned:

public class DiffVersionBinder : SerializationBinder
{
  public override Type BindToType(string assemblyName, string typeName)
  {
    string name = assembly.Name.Substring(0, assemblyName.IndexOf(','));
    Type t = Type.GetType(typeName + ", " + name);
    return t;
  }
}

To use:

IFormatter formatter = new SoapFormatter();
formatter.Binder = new DiffVersionBinder();
object obj = formatter.Deserialize(someStream);

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Re: Serializing, add new member var problem.

Steve Schaneville6-Jul-04 3:01

Steve Schaneville

6-Jul-04 3:01

Hey, sorry for not replying to say "thanks". I had found a solution shortly after I posted and then completely forgot that I posted! Thanks for the info... good stuff.

~Steve

Trackbar with multiple scrollers

fp1229-Jun-04 3:07

fp12

29-Jun-04 3:07

Hi everybody !

I'd like to create a new component : a trackbar with several scrollers on it.

I think I should modify the original component, but I don't know how to add scrollers.. D'Oh! | :doh:

I thank you for your help Wink | ;)

fp12

Re: Trackbar with multiple scrollers

Heath Stewart29-Jun-04 6:20

Heath Stewart

29-Jun-04 6:20

You migth consider searching CodeProject first. There are thousands of articles and just as much sample source code. A search on slider[^] yields several good results, like Audio Mixing Console Fader/slider Control[^].

Now what exactly to you mean by "a trackbar with several scrollers on it."? Do you mean the actual track bars? The easiest way would be to wrap several TrackBar controls in a UserControl, with properties to get and set the values of each. The TrackBar control - like most controls in Windows Forms - actually encapsulate Windows Common Controls - native controls that typically let you override behavior like painting and view, but not something so vast as expanding the number of trackbars for a component. A composite control (what I mentioned above) is a much better way of doing this.

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Rotating

sreejith ss nair29-Jun-04 1:40

sreejith ss nair

29-Jun-04 1:40

hai there,

By default the the progress bar direction is horizontal. i want it to be vertical. Any idea.

And if it is not possible you are free to use some groupbox or panel (nothing else).
What i mean by the above sentance is , you can put progress bar on panel or groupbox and can rotate it.

thanks in advance

Please feel free to contact.

Sreejith S S Nair - Bangalore

Re: Rotating

Dave Kreskowiak29-Jun-04 4:48

Dave Kreskowiak

29-Jun-04 4:48

There is no vertical attrbiute for the Progress bar. You would either have to find a 3rd party control that does what you want, or create the control yourself, extending ProgressBar.

You can't use a groupbox or panel to rotate the image of the ProgressBar. I just don't see how your going to get the ProgressBar to paint properly in this case.

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using unsafe code in c#

Gobu SK29-Jun-04 1:33

Gobu SK

29-Jun-04 1:33

Hi all,
i have created a unmanaged VC++ dll and then created a wrapper class for it . i have included this wrapper class in my c# by using add reference .The function takes ushort* as the input .i.e. i am should pass a string as an input to the function

Function Prototype is this:
void WCConvertImg(unsigned short __nogc * ,unsigned short __nogc *);
now that I am facing problem in passing parameter to this function. I tried first by using unsafe in C# and then with marshal class., I cannot assign the address of string variable to ushort * variable in C#, Its not allowed in managed code .
Regards
Gobu sk

Re: using unsafe code in c#

lesnikowski29-Jun-04 2:19

lesnikowski

29-Jun-04 2:19

CppClass::Foo(System::String *s)
{
const Char __pin* name = PtrToStringChars(s);
SomeSystemFunctionW(name) //W=WIDE (UnicodeVersion)
}

That way you'll get nice interface in c# .

Re: using unsafe code in c#

Gobu SK29-Jun-04 2:48

Gobu SK

29-Jun-04 2:48

when i try using the method i get this error

(30): error C2664: 'UnManagedImgConvert::ConvertImg' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const __wchar_t __pin *volatile __pin *volatile ' to 'WCHAR * '

ie i cant pass name pointer as a parameter to the to the unmanaged code

Re: using unsafe code in c#

Gobu SK29-Jun-04 4:47

Gobu SK

29-Jun-04 4:47

Thanks lesnikowski,

there is an alternative in c# we can use fixed(char * a=string variable).
i got it working. Smile | :)

Regards
gobu sk

Newline in Textbox

matthias s.29-Jun-04 1:09

matthias s.

29-Jun-04 1:09

Hi folks,

can somebody tell me why TextBoxes do not render the text (assigned through the Text property) properly when using new line escape sequence like in string s = "firstline\nsecondline";. How can I solve this?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Matthias

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Re: Newline in Textbox

lesnikowski29-Jun-04 1:25

lesnikowski

29-Jun-04 1:25

try using "firstline\r\nsecondline";.

Re: Newline in Textbox

matthias s.29-Jun-04 1:37

matthias s.

29-Jun-04 1:37

Correct!

Thanks!

Matthias

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Re: Newline in Textbox

Roland Bär29-Jun-04 3:07

Roland Bär

29-Jun-04 3:07

I would suggest to use
System.Environment.NewLine
to get the right newline for the system.

Greets

Roland

The controls in Parent form are shown above the child form

Vipingn29-Jun-04 0:11

Vipingn

29-Jun-04 0:11

Hi,

I've created a MDI Form and placed a button control on it.
On clicking the button, a child form will be shown.
But the button control in the parent form is shown above the child form.
Is there any way to prevent this?

Thanks.
Vipin.

Re: The controls in Parent form are shown above the child form

Dave Kreskowiak29-Jun-04 4:34

Dave Kreskowiak

29-Jun-04 4:34

That's not exactly the best place for child controls. The Child forms actually reside inside a control on the MDI parent, called MDIClient. You can TRY to use the .SendToBack() method of the controls in question or you could try .BringToFront() on the MDIClient control. In order to get a reference to that control, though, you'll have to enumerate the Controls collection of the MDI parent form and search for a control of type MDIClient, for it has no Name.

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How to obtain the exe name "iexplore.exe" of Internet Explorer using Process class

ganeshvijay29-Jun-04 0:04

ganeshvijay

29-Jun-04 0:04

Hi
Is there any way to get the exe name : "iexplore.exe" using the System.Diagnostics.Process or any other class?
Pls help me with sample cpodes, if any.

Problem is that, the code,
"processObj.MainModule.FileName" returns "explorer.exe" which is not the correct one, I think.

Cheers,
ganesh.

Re: How to obtain the exe name "iexplore.exe" of Internet Explorer using Process class

turbochimp29-Jun-04 5:12

turbochimp

29-Jun-04 5:12

It's true that explorer.exe is not MS Internet Explorer (it's Windows Explorer). However, if IE is running at the time the processes are enumerated, iexplore.exe should also appear in the list. I used the following code to list the processes on my workstation, and it worked like a charm:

using System;<br />
using System.Diagnostics;<br />
<br />
class ProcEnumerator<br />
{<br />
	/// <summary><br />
	/// The main entry point for the application.<br />
	/// </summary><br />
	[STAThread]<br />
	static void Main(string[] args)<br />
	{<br />
<br />
		Process[] localProcess = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcesses();<br />
		foreach(Process p in localProcess)<br />
		{<br />
			try<br />
			{<br />
				Console.WriteLine(p.MainModule.FileName);<br />
			}<br />
			catch(Exception excp)<br />
			{<br />
				//Account for non-executable processes like 'System' and 'Idle'<br />
				Console.WriteLine("*** '{0}': {1} - may be a placeholder.", p.ProcessName, excp.Message);<br />
			}<br />
		}<br />
<br />
		Console.ReadLine();<br />
	}<br />
}

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Re: How to obtain the exe name "iexplore.exe" of Internet Explorer using Process class

Heath Stewart29-Jun-04 6:04

Heath Stewart

29-Jun-04 6:04

Actually, "Internet Explorer" is the WebBrowser control, a culmination of MSHTML, urlmon, and several other components. The WebBrowser control can be used in any ActiveX container, which both iexplore.exe and explorer.exe are. If you, for example, started iexplore.exe and then browsed to a folder (like C:\), it functions like Windows Explorer. The reverse is true because Windows Explorer is an ActiveX container that can host the WebBrowser control (just like you can in a .NET application, VB6 application, and many other client application frameworks).

So, when the MainModule.FileName returns explorer.exe, it is correct (and it couldn't be wrong anyway - the OS has to know what's loaded into the process space otherwise nothing works).

DeskBand developers (like the Search bar, Media bar, etc.) like myself use this fact to make sure the band isn't initialized if the containing process is explorer.exe, for example (so that it is only loaded into what most people call "Internet Explorer").

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Re: How to obtain the exe name "iexplore.exe" of Internet Explorer using Process class

turbochimp29-Jun-04 7:06

turbochimp

29-Jun-04 7:06

Agreed.

I interpreted the question as asking how to determine if iexplore.exe was executing. If the question is "How do I tell if any 'IE' components are currently hosted?" in a process started by explorer.exe, for instance, it would be a more difficult task to determine how much "IE"-ness the explorer.exe process displayed (searching the associated modules blah blah blah).

Thanks for the clarification.

Jared

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Re: How to obtain the exe name "iexplore.exe" of Internet Explorer using Process class

DavidR_r29-Jun-04 7:22

DavidR_r

29-Jun-04 7:22

Use property ModuleName

Process[] ProcessList = Process.GetProcesses();
ArrayList ProcessNames =new ArrayList ();
foreach(Process myProcess in ProcessList)
{

String myString = myProcess.ProcessName ;
string myModuleName;
try
{
myModuleName= myProcess.MainModule.ModuleName;
}
catch
{
myModuleName = "no name available";
}

Console.WriteLine(myModuleName);

}

DavidR

C# notation difference

Serge Lobko-Lobanovsky28-Jun-04 23:45

Serge Lobko-Lobanovsky

28-Jun-04 23:45

Hi people,

Can you tell me is there any real difference between:
IMyObject obj = (IMyObject) otherObject; and
IMyObject obj = otherObject as IMyObject;

Thanks

Regards,
Serge (Logic Software, Easy Projects .NET site)

Re: C# notation difference

Stefan Troschuetz28-Jun-04 23:58

Stefan Troschuetz

28-Jun-04 23:58

Serge Lobko-Lobanovsky wrote:
IMyObject obj = (IMyObject) otherObject;

Will throw an exception on conversion failure.

Serge Lobko-Lobanovsky wrote:
IMyObject obj = otherObject as IMyObject;

Will assign null on conversion failure.

Take a look at the documentation for as[^].

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Re: C# notation difference

Serge Lobko-Lobanovsky29-Jun-04 0:47

Serge Lobko-Lobanovsky

29-Jun-04 0:47

Thanks, I should have Smile | :)

Regards,
Serge (Logic Software, Easy Projects .NET site)

Hosted AxBrowser MSHTML Suppress the Save Dialog

Ach1lles28-Jun-04 22:30

Ach1lles

28-Jun-04 22:30

Hi,

I have a WinForms program with an IE browser object (AxBrowser) hosted within my program which I cast the loaded document as IHTMLDocument2 to use the MSHTML editing features.

Problem is that I cannot stop the IE object from asking (before navigating to another doc) if I want to save the document if it has changed. Does anyone know which interface within MSHTML i can use to intercept this dialog and suppress it.

Thanks in advance

Richard

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