C# Discussion Boards - CodeProject

James Gupta1-Feb-06 1:54

1-Feb-06 1:54

Try reading stuff on MSDN.com, specifically Coding4Fun

Or try to get a book from Sams (C# in 21 days is a good starter).

But make sure you learn by doing, otherwise you will never fully understand it.

PS - there is only one version of C#, therefore it is not called C#.NET specificall as it was designed in the first place for .net Wink | ;)

Re: Don't know things

Colin Angus Mackay1-Feb-06 2:16

Colin Angus Mackay

1-Feb-06 2:16

James Gupta wrote:
PS - there is only one version of C#, therefore it is not called C#.NET specificall as it was designed in the first place for .net

Actually, if we're going to get pedantic about it the MCSD exams I took all referred to "Microsoft Visual C#.NET" (note also the capitals in .NET) Microsoft Visual C#.NET (Core Reference)[^] published by Microsoft Press is another example where the full form name is used. However, most people just shorten it to C#

ColinMackay.net
"Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in." -- Confucius
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell

Re: Don't know things

Colin Angus Mackay1-Feb-06 2:31

Colin Angus Mackay

1-Feb-06 2:31

James Gupta wrote:
there is only one version of C#

To my knowledge, there are two versions of the C# compiler (and nothing stopping more being available): Mono C#[^]

Remember that C# is a set of ECMA standards[^]

ColinMackay.net
"Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in." -- Confucius
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell

Re: Don't know things

Colin Angus Mackay1-Feb-06 2:38

Colin Angus Mackay

1-Feb-06 2:38

James Gupta wrote:
Try reading stuff on MSDN.com, specifically Coding4Fun

Or try to get a book from Sams (C# in 21 days is a good starter).

But make sure you learn by doing, otherwise you will never fully understand it.

Sorry if I sounded like I was being overly pedantic. I have to say that I do agree with the other stuff that you say. Especially the bit about actually "doing". It is the best way to learn as it helps firm up the ideas in the mind. Another good way is to have to explain it to someone else as it concentrates the mind. So writing articles or giving presentations can help.

ColinMackay.net
"Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in." -- Confucius
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell

How to make transparency layer for drawing above the textfield?

summercoal31-Jan-06 23:08

summercoal

31-Jan-06 23:08

I would like to make a layer(panel or picturebox) for making some annotation on the textfield?

I try to set the backcolor to empty or transparent, i also cannot make it transparent.

Which component should i use? how i can make it become tranparent?

Thanks in advance!!

Re: How to make transparency layer for drawing above the textfield?

Darell F. Butch Jr.1-Feb-06 1:15

Darell F. Butch Jr.

1-Feb-06 1:15

One suggestion and a technique that I have used before is to use another form. On that form you can remove the boarder and set the transparent key. You can also set the Opacity to give a faded look. This technique requires a little more coding to handle but is easier then using APIs. That would be the other option; for that I think will need to get a book.

OS image in C#

Dave McCool31-Jan-06 22:26

Dave McCool

31-Jan-06 22:26

I want to create a button which would display the Operating system installed on the Computer. The Text box the info is to be displayed in is txtOS. When this happens, I want an image to appear in a picture box called pctOS1.

I want the images to show in pctOS1 to work for these OS:

Windows 2000
Windows ME
Windows 98
Windows XP
Windows x64bit
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2003

In the end we're all just the same

Re: OS image in C#

Guffa1-Feb-06 0:44

Guffa

1-Feb-06 0:44

And the question is...?

---
b { font-weight: normal; }

Re: OS image in C#

Dave McCool1-Feb-06 1:21

Dave McCool

1-Feb-06 1:21

Here is a simple version:

I have a Button that says get OS information. When Clicked I want it to display the current installed Operating System in a text box called txtOS. Depending on which Operating system is installed on users PC, i want a image (Wallapaer) of the OS to appear in a picture Box below. Like this:

If user has windows vista, In picture box Windows Vista background wallpaper will show.

If user has windows ME, In picture Box Windows ME background will show ect...

Sorry its hard to ecplain

In the end we're all just the same

Re: OS image in C#

Dave Kreskowiak1-Feb-06 5:34

Dave Kreskowiak

1-Feb-06 5:34

Again, the question your asking is _________________________________?

All you've done is posted a list of things you want your program to do. What part of this are you having a problem with? Have you written any code for this? Are you looking for design suggestions? Are you having a problem determining the Windows version? Showing a picture? ____________________________________?

RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

-- modified at 11:34 Wednesday 1st February, 2006

Re: OS image in C#

Dave McCool7-Feb-06 1:48

Dave McCool

7-Feb-06 1:48

Lets see... I can make this better to understand.

First I need help code for getting the computers OS when a button named btnOS is clicked. I want the OS to appear in a textbox called txtbxOS.

Also depending on what Operating System is on the users PC, I have created a Picturebox named pctOS and I want this to dispaly an image.

The PctOS will display a image of the current OS that is installed on users PC. I have a list of wallpapers stored in the same folder as the application. Here is an example:

If windows XP appears in the textbox txtbxOS I want the application to load up the wallpaper WindowsXP.jpg that is stored in the same folder as application and display it in the picturebox named pctOS.

Just say you have a listbox and you have 3 choices:
1) Car
2) Camera
3) Bike

when you click on bike, a bike image will display in the picturebox beside the listbox. I want the application to do this, but use the information in the textbox txtbxOS as information:

Example (txtbxOS Information in text box) (PctOS picturebox where image is to be displayed):

txtbxOS PctOS
Windows XP Home XPHome.jpg
Windows 98SE Win89SE.jpg

In the end we're all just the same

Re: OS image in C#

Dave Kreskowiak7-Feb-06 12:43

Dave Kreskowiak

7-Feb-06 12:43

Boy, all that typing and you haven't written a single line of code.

You're not going to get anyone here to write this for you. You've got to do the research to get something started. At least an ATTEMPT to write the code.

Start simple. Just get the OS version and see what you can do with it.

Environment.OSVersion[^] docs

RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

Re: OS image in C#

James Gupta1-Feb-06 1:55

James Gupta

1-Feb-06 1:55

Try looking within the System.Environment namespace for a variable storing the OS.

Embedding Font for RichTextBox

RobertChan200031-Jan-06 22:12

RobertChan2000

31-Jan-06 22:12

I'm writing an application that displays the rtf documents in RichTextBox. It is read only. My documents use 4 ttf fonts those cannot be found on the system. I want to embed these fonts in my application and when my application starts, the RighTextBox in my application can show my rtf documents properly. I have found some samples that embed the font file in the application and the embedded font can be use in runtime. But I don't know how to assign my embedded font to RichTextBox because it can display multiple font and I cannot use font property in RighTextBox D'Oh! | :doh:

. TextBox Control is OK because I can assin my embedded font to the font property of TextBox.

Ant

Re: Embedding Font for RichTextBox

leppie31-Jan-06 22:19

leppie

31-Jan-06 22:19

Look at the PrivateFontCollection class. And assign it NOT via the designer.

xacc.ide-0.1.2 'Milestone' - includes full source
Now supporting 24 languages including F#, FreePascal/Delphi and VB.NET

Re: Embedding Font for RichTextBox

RobertChan200031-Jan-06 22:33

RobertChan2000

31-Jan-06 22:33

Thank your your response. I already have PrivateFontCollection object in my program. But I don't know how can use that object to RichTextBox control. There is font property in RichTextBox. My rtf files use more than one font and assigning to that property does not work.

Ant

Re: about MS Word and RichText Editor

emran83431-Jan-06 23:05

emran834

31-Jan-06 23:05

Hi Ant Htoo,
I was excited to see the topic you posted. i am eagerly looking for solutions to display MS Word Document in RichText Editor. Can you give me any clue link or easy Code snippet for that ?

Thanks
Emran

Re: about MS Word and RichText Editor

RobertChan200031-Jan-06 23:34

RobertChan2000

31-Jan-06 23:34

Hi Emran,
Im my case, I try to display rtf files not MS Word files in RichTextBox. Here is code snippet for that.
FileStream fs = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open);
richTextBox1.LoadFile(fs, RichTextBoxStreamType.RichText);

But it cannot display MS Word file. I don't know is there any ActiveX control or .NET Control to display MS Word Documents. But the similar problem we have solved is to display Power Point files in the application. In that case we convert them into html files and display in the application. We can create PowerPoint object in the application and load the PPT file and convert it into html file from application. Just like Save As html. In you case, you can do the same thing.

Ant.

Re: about MS Word and RichText Editor

emran8341-Feb-06 1:21

emran834

1-Feb-06 1:21

Thanks Ant. I got the Idea.

Launching email client programmatically with attachments

NewbieDude31-Jan-06 21:37

NewbieDude

31-Jan-06 21:37

I would like to launch my mail client (outlook or norvell for e.g.) from my application, some guys suggested this code:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("mailto:someone@foo.com?subject=TEST&body=SOMETEXT&attachment=C:\\outtall.pdf");

but it just ignores the attachment and opens a new email with just the subject and body filled out

anyway got a clue?

Re: Launching email client programmatically with attachments

leppie31-Jan-06 22:10

leppie

31-Jan-06 22:10

You need to escape the url.

Look at System.Web for utility classes Smile | :)

xacc.ide-0.1.2 'Milestone' - includes full source
Now supporting 24 languages including F#, FreePascal/Delphi and VB.NET

Re: Launching email client programmatically with attachments

NewbieDude31-Jan-06 22:16

NewbieDude

31-Jan-06 22:16

I am very new to C# and I am strugging, could you perhaps give me the code, I am unsure of where to look etc?

Re: Launching email client programmatically with attachments

Kodanda Pani31-Jan-06 22:11

Kodanda Pani

31-Jan-06 22:11

Hi,

Guess the following link will help you.

http://dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/49/245383.aspx

Thanks and Regards
Pani

Re: Launching email client programmatically with attachments

Colin Angus Mackay31-Jan-06 22:14

Colin Angus Mackay

31-Jan-06 22:14

Will nobody think of the Clicketies[^]

ColinMackay.net
"Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in." -- Confucius
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell

How to make video streaming server?

Divyang Mithaiwala31-Jan-06 21:18

Divyang Mithaiwala

31-Jan-06 21:18

Hello All,

I design a server which can do audio & video streaming which is captured by different media player.

I complate audio section. But I don't know how to do video streaming. Can I anybody know how to do this. Plz help me as soon as possible.

regards,
Divyang Mithaiwala.

Use Ctrl+Left/Right to switch messages, Ctrl+Up/Down to switch threads, Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right to switch pages.