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Re: Skype multiple user auto login

16-Jul-10 2:25

Hi
I`m creating a C# desktop application that acts as a portal to various other fearures, one of which is Skype. My application will have multiple users. I will store each user's Skype login details in a SQL database. Would there be any way to log a user in automatically using the user's username and password from the database?

The process flow must be something like this:
User clicks on Skype button > Skype launches > Corresponding user's details are read out the database > User logged into Skype without username and password prompt

Peace ON16-Jul-10 2:35

Peace ON

16-Jul-10 2:35

I have found few useful links for the same.
Just go through it.

Controlling Skype with C#[^]

http://blogs.skype.com/devzone/2006/12/c_example_project_for_skype4co.html[^]

http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=73172[^]

HTH

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Single sign on with access token

Etienne_12316-Jul-10 1:21

Datetime Picker and Datagridview

16-Jul-10 1:21

First of all, I know this question is only partially relevant to C#, so sorry for posting it here.

I am trying to implement Facebook single sign on using a desktop application. The one thing I figured out so far is to retrieve an access token.
How I retrieve the access token:

browserFacebook.Navigate(@"https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/authorize?client_id="+ FacebookApplicationID + "&redirect_uri=http://www.facebook.com/connect/login_success.html&type=user_agent&display=popup");

This redirects the user to page where he/she must first authorize the application. Once authorized, I redirect the user to "http://www.facebook.com/connect/login_success.html" as specified in the above address. I then intercept this URL to retrieve the access token like so:

string someString = browserFacebook.Url.ToString();

This returns something like the following:

"http://www.facebook.com/connect/login_success.html#access_token=ACCESS TOKEN.expires_in=0"

I can then easily use this access token with the Graph API to access an users facebook details as in the following code:

Facebook.FacebookGraphAPI g = new FacebookGraphAPI("ACCESS_TOKEN");
var fbUser = g.GetObject("me", null);

Can I also use this token somehow to simply log a user in to the site? My goal is not really to develop a complete new facebook application as my application is simply a prototype.

ronaldrahme16-Jul-10 0:36

ronaldrahme

16-Jul-10 0:36

Hello everyone,

I am trying to set a column in my datagridview to be as datetimepicker column only.

It is so easy to do it if my datagridview is not binded within database, i did it by making a user control which transform datagridviewtextboxColumn to datetimepicker from Calendar().

But my question: i dont want to add a new column in my datagridview of type datetimpicker or maybe something else like datagridviewComboBoxColumn or else, i just want to change my column type:

For example changing DatagridviewTextBoxColumn to datetimepicker
or
DatagridviewTextBoxColumn to DatagridviewComboboxColumn

This can be done easily by setting my datagridview columns to specific columns, but my main concern is that my datagridview is already binded.

Hope i can have any help, coz this issue took lot of my time.

Thanks in advance.
Ronald

Re: Datetime Picker and Datagridview

Peace ON16-Jul-10 1:38

Peace ON

16-Jul-10 1:38

You cannot change column at run-time.
You cannot turn combobox column to datetimepicker column at run-time.

You can only decide column type at creation time.
Refer this[^] link for more information.

HTH

Jinal Desai - LIVE
Experience is mother of sage....

Facebook session key question

Etienne_12316-Jul-10 0:04

16-Jul-10 0:04

Hi
I'm using a WebBrowser control to enable users to browse Facebook, or atleast this is my goal.
Once I retrieved a Facebook session key, how do I redirect the browser to the Facebook Home page? Also, can I store a session key for each user and use this to log them in without having to prompt them for login details each time?

I retrieve the session key by directing the web browser to the url below and then intercepting this url:

browserFacebook.Navigate(@"http://www.facebook.com/login.php?api_key=" + FacebookAPIKey + @"&connect_display=popup&v=1.0&
next=http://www.facebook.com/connect/login_success.html&cancel_url=http://www.facebook.com/connect/login_failure.html&
fbconnect=true&return_session=true&session_key_only=true&req_perms=read_stream,publish_stream,offline_access");

Eddy Vluggen16-Jul-10 0:47

16-Jul-10 0:47

I'm not familiar with Facebook, but isn't the API key tied to the application? (As opposed to the user?)

You can register your application here[^], and they'll provide a key for your application.

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Etienne_12316-Jul-10 0:50

16-Jul-10 0:50

Yes it is, but I was talking about the session key, not the API key Smile | :)

Eddy Vluggen16-Jul-10 0:55

16-Jul-10 0:55

The Session is only valid for 24 hours.

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Etienne_12316-Jul-10 1:04

16-Jul-10 1:04

Apparently not if you set the expiry time to 0. Anyway, I don't think this is the best way to try and implement single sign-on. I'm just giving it a shot since I'm kind of at a dead end. I've got all the users' usernames and passwords, I just need to find a way to log them in automatically Frown | :(

Eddy Vluggen16-Jul-10 1:13

16-Jul-10 1:13

Etienne_123 wrote:
Apparently not if you set the expiry time to 0.

Don't know where you got this information, but the docs[^] state something else;

Users don't log out of desktop applications. A user's session expires after 24 hours, 
or when the user closes your application. If you need to, you can terminate a user's
session by calling auth.expireSession.

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Etienne_12316-Jul-10 1:19

16-Jul-10 1:19

Exactly - OR when the user closes the application. My application is meant to be run 24/7.

Eddy Vluggen16-Jul-10 3:23

Help Regarding DATARELATIONSHIP

16-Jul-10 3:23

Is that a AND/OR or XOR? Sessions are usually temporary, and according to the docs I just been reading, you'd want to request "offline access". See the bottom of this[^] page.

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amaankhan15-Jul-10 21:20

amaankhan

15-Jul-10 21:20

Please Friends Help me

i have 4 tables
1. Master Book Table (MBookId,BookId,AuthorId,PubId)
2. Book Name ( BookId,BookName)
3. Author Name (AuthorId,AuthorName)
4. Publisher Name (PubId, PubName)

DAL
UI Layer

DAL ----
Please suggest me how to achieve Datarelationship

DataRelation dr = new DataRelation("BookBookName",
                ds.Tables["MBook"].Columns["BookId"],
                ds.Tables["Book"].Columns["BookId"]);

            ds.Relations.Add(dr);

is this right ?

and how to use this in UI to get data, insert,update, save.. etc

i google a lot but didn't find the right solution for my purpose

and is datarelation ship with dataset is better or NHIBERNATE

if nhiberate is better then do ineed to start in from start i mean i have to create the tables and all that once..........

i have already created the datatable and DAL methods of Save Edit etc....

Please Help

Thank you very much EveryOne..... (specially CODEPROJECT)

Re: Help Regarding DATARELATIONSHIP

Peace ON15-Jul-10 21:33

Peace ON

15-Jul-10 21:33

You need to do following.

DataRelation dr = new DataRelation("BookBookName",
                ds.Tables["MBook"].Columns["BookId"],
                ds.Tables["Book"].Columns["BookId"]);

DataRelation dr1 = new DataRelation("BookAuthorName",
                ds.Tables["MBook"].Columns["AuthorId"],
                ds.Tables["AName"].Columns["AuthorId"]);

and so on.
So you have finally four datarelation object.
Then add all relation object to dataset, like..

ds.Relations.Add(dr);
 ds.Relations.Add(dr1);
 ds.Relations.Add(dr2);

You can do navigation as follows

foreach (DataRow MBookRow in customerOrders.Tables["NBook"].Rows)
{
    Console.WriteLine(MBookRow["MBookId"].ToString());

    foreach (DataRow BNameRow in MBookRow.GetChildRows(dr1))
    {
        Console.WriteLine(BNameRow["BookId"].ToString() + " " + BNameRow["BookName"].ToString());
    }
}

Refer this[^] link for DataSet Vs NHibernate.

HTH

Jinal Desai - LIVE
Experience is mother of sage....

Circular dependency in dlls

Blubbo15-Jul-10 7:53

Blubbo

15-Jul-10 7:53

Is there such good examples or explaination for this issue?

right now, I've got this....

Project A
* calling SeekHidDevices in Project B
* ReadPort method

Project B
* SeekHidDevices method & calling ReadPort method in Project A
* returns SeekHidDevices value back to Project A

I've got 2 devices but only got 1 (crashes when doing the 2nd devices in SeekHidDevices method during ReadPort calling.

Richard MacCutchan15-Jul-10 9:00

Richard MacCutchan

15-Jul-10 9:00

This should not be a problem if the code is written correctly. The only time it would cause a problem is if methodA (in A) calls methodB (in B), which in turn calls methodA thus creating a closed loop. Having said that you may wish to review the design of your application.

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Blubbo15-Jul-10 9:02

Blubbo

15-Jul-10 9:02

Perhaps a better explaination of using "Interface"?

Richard MacCutchan15-Jul-10 9:37

Richard MacCutchan

15-Jul-10 9:37

Blubbo wrote:
Perhaps a better explaination of using "Interface"?

???

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_Maxxx_15-Jul-10 18:05

_Maxxx_

15-Jul-10 18:05

Blubbo wrote:
I've got 2 devices but only got 1 (crashes when doing the 2nd devices in SeekHidDevices method during ReadPort calling.

I don't understand this bit at all...

But - how can you have created a reference to project a in project b as well as a reference to project b in project a? That's circular and shouldn't allow you to add the reference in the first place (in VS it gives you an error when you try to add the reference)

What you need to do is have project C which contains 'utility' functions - A and B both reference C - C can contain utility methods, classes, anything that needs to be more generally accessed.

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