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Re: Calling a windows form

2-Jun-07 1:52

hosam Taji wrote:
Assembly LocalApp;
string man = treeView1.SelectedNode.Name;
MessageBox.Show(man);
LocalApp = Assembly.LoadFrom(man);

I don't know what any of this means ? I mean, what's in the treeview ? Form names, found via reflection ?

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Ravi Bhavnani2-Jun-07 3:13

Ravi Bhavnani

2-Jun-07 3:13

This is off the top of my head and doesn't include any error checking.

Assembly asm = System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom ("myAssembly.dll");
Type t = asm.GetType ("MyNamespace.MyForm");
ConstructorInfo constructor = t.GetConstructor (new Type[] {});
MyNamespace.MyForm form = constructor.Invoke (null) as MyNamespace.MyForm;

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Drawing a line in control - vanishes?

BlueChippy2-Jun-07 0:25

BlueChippy

2-Jun-07 0:25

I'm guessing I've done something stupid but...

I'm new to Drawing2D, but I want a simple user control that is basically blank but will display (draw) a line when I click a button on a form.

I have a method DrawLine() in the control to draw the line using this.CreateGrapics() etc.
I have a button, on the form that implements the control, which calls control1.DrawLine().

The line DOES draw...briefly...but then vanishes?
I've tried stepping through, and the control draws the line as expected but then seems to lose it immediately.

I've overridden OnPaint, but not sure what to put in it other than base.OnPaint(e).

Any help very gratefully received.

Christian Graus2-Jun-07 0:55

2-Jun-07 0:55

BlueChippy wrote:
I've overridden OnPaint

Great

BlueChippy wrote:
but not sure what to put in it

Basically you need to draw onto the graphics object that's passed in through e.Graphics, instead of calling CreateGraphics ( which is only useful for temporary stuff that you want to disappear the next time you call Invalidate().

Guffa2-Jun-07 0:57

Guffa

2-Jun-07 0:57

In OnPaint you should do the actual drawing. Whenever the control needs to be redrawn, the Paint event is used.

If you draw anything outside of the Paint event, it will just be drawn on the screen at the location where the control happens to be. Whenever the control needs to be redrawn it will redraw the screen and wipe out whatever you drew.

Also, in the Paint event you get a graphics object that is clipped to the coordinates that should be redrawn. This ensures that you don't draw outside the area that you are supposed to. If another window is partially covering your control, that is handled by clipping in the graphics object. If you create your own graphics object for the screen it will not be clipped, and you risk drawing over other windows.

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BlueChippy2-Jun-07 1:34

BlueChippy

2-Jun-07 1:34

So, my OnPaint() should call the DrawLine() method?
In which case, how do I get the button on the form to call the OnPaint() of the control? Will control1.Refresh() do it?

Sorry for the stupid questions! lol

Christian Graus2-Jun-07 1:37

using list object as a public property in custom control

2-Jun-07 1:37

You should override the button's onpaint event.

You can never call an OnPaint, you can just call Invalidate() to tell Windows to redraw a control.

Shoaib Hussain2-Jun-07 0:06

Shoaib Hussain

2-Jun-07 0:06

I have created a Serializable class named "Student".

[Serializable]
public class Student
{

}

Also created a custom user control.

then i used the list<student> in the custom user control.

public class myControl : UserControl
{
List<student> students;

public List<student> Students
{
set
{
students = value;
}
get
{
return students;
}
}
}

the controls is performing exact and there is no any compilation error.
but if i use this control on any form then designer view of that form vanished out and display this error.

Object of type 'System.Collections.Generic.List`1[WindowsControlLibrary1.Student]' cannot be converted to type 'System.Collections.Generic.List`1[WindowsControlLibrary1.Student]'.

Kindly help that why the designer view of this form vanished out.

Re: using list object as a public property in custom control

mikker_1232-Jun-07 16:46

mikker_123

2-Jun-07 16:46

Code you gave doesn't tell much, for example I don't see any relation with UserControl and Student class. It could be possible that you initialize student class in Control constructor (use Load event instead and use if (!DesignMode) { <initialization code=""> }), or that you have two Student classes...

So please provide more code (like complete definition of both classes).

P.

Serialization inside Singleton

LudoStroetenga1-Jun-07 23:05

LudoStroetenga

1-Jun-07 23:05

Hello,

I've got a singleton Settings Class and implemented the Serialization. I can write the object to a file, read the object from file. this all works rather well except for the tiny inconvieniance that i have to create a new instance of my settings class, while i would like to read the file to the already excisting Settings.Instance.

in short..

i have a Singleton class that has methods for writing itself to disk (settings.set)
// [Serializable] public sealed class Settings : ISerializable

is there a elegant way for this class to read itself from disk.

my complete code so far. (not yet polished)

<br />
	/// <summary><br />
	/// Description of settings.<br />
	/// </summary><br />
	[Serializable] public sealed class Settings : ISerializable<br />
	{<br />
		Logging logevent = Logging.Instance;<br />
<br />
		// ---------------------------------------------------------------<br />
		// -- general properties<br />
		// ---------------------------------------------------------------<br />
		string logFilePath = "";<br />
<br />
		public string LogFilePath {<br />
			get { return logFilePath; }<br />
			set { logFilePath = value; }<br />
		}<br />
		string logFileName = "";<br />
		<br />
		public string LogFileName {<br />
			get { return logFileName; }<br />
			set { logFileName = value; }<br />
		}<br />
		string language = "";<br />
		<br />
		public string Language {<br />
			get { return language; }<br />
			set { language = value; }<br />
		}<br />
		// ---------------------------------------------------------------<br />
		<br />
	    SerializationInfo info;<br />
     	StreamingContext context;<br />
<br />
		private static Settings instance = new Settings();<br />
<br />
		public static Settings Instance {<br />
			get {<br />
				return instance;<br />
			}<br />
		}<br />
<br />
		private Settings()<br />
		{<br />
		}<br />
<br />
		#region Serialization methods<br />
		//Deserialization constructor.<br />
		private Settings(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)<br />
		{<br />
<br />
			// ---------------------------------------------------------------<br />
			// -- general properties<br />
			// ---------------------------------------------------------------<br />
			this.logFilePath 	= (string)info.GetValue("logFilePath", 	typeof(string));<br />
			this.logFileName 	= (string)info.GetValue("logFileName", 	typeof(string));<br />
			this.language 		= (string)info.GetValue("language", 	typeof(string));<br />
			// ---------------------------------------------------------------<br />
		}<br />
<br />
		//Serialization function.<br />
		public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)<br />
		{<br />
			this.info = info;<br />
			this.context = context;<br />
<br />
			// ---------------------------------------------------------------<br />
			// -- general properties<br />
			// ---------------------------------------------------------------<br />
		    info.AddValue("logFilePath", 	this.logFilePath);<br />
		    info.AddValue("logFileName", 	this.logFileName);<br />
		    info.AddValue("language", 		this.language);<br />
			// ---------------------------------------------------------------<br />
		}<br />
		#endregion<br />
<br />
		#region Reading and Writing Settings object to file stream.<br />
		public void ReadFromFile()<br />
		{<br />
			ReadFromFile(System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath);<br />
		}<br />
<br />
		public void ReadFromFile(string path)<br />
		{<br />
		    string SettingsFile = path + "\\settings.set";<br />
			if (File.Exists(SettingsFile))<br />
			{<br />
			    System.Console.WriteLine(SettingsFile);<br />
				            <br />
				//Open the file written above and read values from it.<br />
				Stream stream = File.Open(SettingsFile, FileMode.Open);<br />
				BinaryFormatter bformatter = new BinaryFormatter();<br />
				    <br />
				Settings tmp = Settings.Instance;<br />
				<br />
		        try <br />
		        {<br />
					tmp = (Settings)bformatter.Deserialize(stream);<br />
		        }<br />
		        catch (SerializationException ex) <br />
		        {<br />
    	              logevent.write("Class Settings 'ReadFromFile' - error : " + ex.Message);<br />
		            throw;<br />
		        }<br />
		        finally <br />
		        {<br />
		            stream.Close();<br />
		        }<br />
				stream.Close();<br />
			}<br />
		}<br />
		<br />
		public void WriteToFile()<br />
		{<br />
			WriteToFile(System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath);<br />
		}<br />
<br />
		public void WriteToFile(string path)<br />
		{<br />
			string test = path + "\\settings.set";<br />
			<br />
			Stream stream = File.Open(test, FileMode.Create);<br />
			BinaryFormatter bformatter = new BinaryFormatter();<br />
			         <br />
			Settings tmp = Settings.Instance;<br />
<br />
	        try <br />
	        {<br />
	            bformatter.Serialize(stream, tmp);<br />
	        }<br />
	        catch (SerializationException ex) <br />
	        {<br />
	        	logevent.write("Class Settings 'WriteToFile' - error : " + ex.Message);<br />
	            throw;<br />
	        }<br />
	        finally <br />
	        {<br />
	            stream.Close();<br />
	        }<br />
		}<br />
		#endregion<br />
	}<br />

Ludo Stroetenga

RichTextBox blinking

the_yeast1-Jun-07 22:40

the_yeast

1-Jun-07 22:40

Hi!

I've got an issue with RichTextBox. I'm formatting the text inside, indents, colours, font attributes etc. When I insert the text from the same control - it's ok. But when I do it from another one - my RTB blinks, as if repainting its contents. I've tried to change my text formatting, checked which events were fired and nothing.

Any help from you?

Thanx in advance.

Re: RichTextBox blinking

mav.northwind2-Jun-07 20:33

mav.northwind

2-Jun-07 20:33

Hi!
What do you mean by

the_yeast wrote:
insert the text from the same control

Without any code it's very hard to help you.

Regards,
mav

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SendKey help

Vivek Vijayan1-Jun-07 22:02

Vivek Vijayan

1-Jun-07 22:02

hi...
SendKeys() is not working for the windows logo key(start menu key)...there is no code for these keys in that function....any solution??

Im a C# beginner...

Re: SendKey help

mav.northwind2-Jun-07 20:35

mav.northwind

2-Jun-07 20:35

Hi!
You can let the start menu pop up by pressing Ctrl+ESC as well, so perhaps you can use ^{Escape} for your SendKey call.

Regards,
mav

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Re: SendKey help

Vivek Vijayan6-Jun-07 10:15

Vivek Vijayan

6-Jun-07 10:15

that one worked.thank you mav Rose | [Rose]

regards,

vivek

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Synchronizing the system clock

M. J. Jaya Chitra1-Jun-07 20:42

1-Jun-07 20:42

I want to synchronize my system clock wiht the NIST standard in coding.
Is there any provision for this?
Frown | :(

Best Regards,
M. J. Jaya Chitra

Christian Graus1-Jun-07 20:52

1-Jun-07 20:52

Not built in, but there's at least one CP article on NIST servers in C#.

M. J. Jaya Chitra1-Jun-07 21:29

1-Jun-07 21:29

I want to know whether it can be done using C# windows service.

Best Regards,
M. J. Jaya Chitra

Christian Graus1-Jun-07 21:50

1-Jun-07 21:50

OK, then I suggest you read that article.

M. J. Jaya Chitra1-Jun-07 22:35

1-Jun-07 22:35

CAn you give the link.
In tha mean while I will also try to get it.

Best Regards,
M. J. Jaya Chitra

Christian Graus1-Jun-07 23:18

1-Jun-07 23:18

Just type NIST C# into the search box, I had bookmarked the link, but I lost it waiting for the page to load, sorry.

Sathesh Sakthivel2-Jun-07 5:35

Sathesh Sakthivel

2-Jun-07 5:35

NIST C#[^]

Regards,

Satips. Rose | [Rose]

For all of you thank you.

Muhammad Qasim Pasta1-Jun-07 23:58

Muhammad Qasim Pasta

1-Jun-07 23:58

http://www.codeguru.com/csharp/csharp/cs_date_time/timeroutines/article.php/c4207/

M. J. Jaya Chitra2-Jun-07 0:15