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kgopa24-Aug-06 3:11

24-Aug-06 3:11

I'm still learning programming.Can anyone help with a coding for a C#(othello) game.Just a simple programme that uses (X and O) for players not the one currently posted on the web cause it is more advanced for what I supposed to do now.

The board's initial setup contains 2 X's on the bottom corners of the board and
2 circles on the top corners of the board.
Player one will be circles and player two will be X's. Player one begins by
putting a circle in a square adjacent to where there is already a circle. If
there are any X's in adjoining squares to where player 1 puts the circle, those
X's become circles. Then player two does the same with X's. The game is won if
one player eliminates the other player entirely, or by having the most X's or
circles when every square on the board is filled.

Re: Othello

Guffa24-Aug-06 3:30

Guffa

24-Aug-06 3:30

You have gotten the game all wrong.

The game starts with two pieces of each color in the center of the board, like this:

OX<br />
XO

Each player places pieces in turn, so that they surrond one or more of the opponents pieces at both ends of a straight line, turning the surronded pieces. Like this:

XOX becomes XXX
XOOOOOX becomes XXXXXXX

A line can be formed horizontal, vertical or diagonal. One move may form several lines.

If a player can not turn any of the opponents pieces, he has to skip that move.

The game ends if all of one players pieces are eliminated, no one of the players can do a move, or when the board is full. The player having the most pieces at the end of the game wins.

The name "Othello" is owned by the company that sells the board game, so it's usually named "Reversi" as a computer game.

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Re: Othello

Guffa5-Sep-06 9:45

Guffa

5-Sep-06 9:45

kgopa wrote:
Infact that was a question from my lecture.

Yes, I see now that the specification is way too well written. Wink | ;)

that's how my lecture whants it.Please help me.

What is it that you need help with, then?

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How to create Dynamic menu in VS2005

rayanaravikumar24-Aug-06 2:47

rayanaravikumar

24-Aug-06 2:47

how to create menu dynamically in Visual studio 2005.using MenuStrp control.

Hai

Re: How to create Dynamic menu in VS2005

Nader Elshehabi24-Aug-06 5:32

Nader Elshehabi

24-Aug-06 5:32

Hello

MenuStrip menu = new MenuStrip();
MenuItem Mi = menu.Items.Add("TestMenu");
Mi.MenuItems.Add("AnotherMenuItem");

Regards

SqlClientPermission

Gonzalo Brusella24-Aug-06 2:43

Gonzalo Brusella

24-Aug-06 2:43

I have 3 components

Component A (a scheduling engine), B (a windows service) and C (a task)

Component C implements objects of type A.
Component B creates objects of type C by reflection.

Component C needs to access a SQL Server DB but i don't understand why he cannot open a connection to the DB.

This are component A permissions

using System;<br />
using System.Reflection;<br />
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;<br />
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;<br />
using System.Security.Permissions;<br />
using System.Data.SqlClient;<br />
using System.Net.Mail;<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
[assembly: SmtpPermission(SecurityAction.RequestMinimum, Unrestricted = true)]<br />
[assembly: SqlClientPermission(SecurityAction.RequestMinimum, Unrestricted = true)]<br />
[assembly: UIPermission(SecurityAction.RequestMinimum, Unrestricted = false, Window = UIPermissionWindow.AllWindows)]<br />
[assembly: IsolatedStorageFilePermission(SecurityAction.RequestMinimum, UserQuota = 1048576)]<br />
[assembly: SecurityPermission(SecurityAction.RequestMinimum, UnmanagedCode = true)]<br />
[assembly: FileIOPermission(SecurityAction.RequestOptional, Unrestricted = true)]<br />
[assembly: CLSCompliant(true)]<br />

This are component B permissions

using System;<br />
using System.Reflection;<br />
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;<br />
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;<br />
using System.Security.Permissions;<br />
using System.Diagnostics;<br />
using System.Configuration;<br />
using System.Data.SqlClient;<br />
<br />
using Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging;<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
[assembly: SqlClientPermission(SecurityAction.RequestMinimum)]<br />
[assembly: ConfigurationPermission(SecurityAction.RequestMinimum, Unrestricted = true)]<br />
[assembly: EventLogPermission(SecurityAction.RequestMinimum, PermissionAccess = System.Diagnostics.EventLogPermissionAccess.Write, Unrestricted = true)]<br />
[assembly: UIPermission(SecurityAction.RequestMinimum, Clipboard = UIPermissionClipboard.AllClipboard, Unrestricted = false, Window = UIPermissionWindow.AllWindows)]<br />
[assembly: IsolatedStorageFilePermission(SecurityAction.RequestMinimum, UserQuota = 1048576)]<br />
[assembly: SecurityPermission(SecurityAction.RequestMinimum, UnmanagedCode = true)]<br />
[assembly: FileIOPermission(SecurityAction.RequestOptional, Unrestricted = true)]<br />
[assembly: CLSCompliant(true)]<br />

This are component C permissions

<br />
using System;<br />
using System.Reflection;<br />
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;<br />
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;<br />
using System.Security.Permissions;<br />
using System.Data.SqlClient;<br />
using System.Net.Mail;<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
[assembly: SmtpPermission(SecurityAction.RequestMinimum, Unrestricted = true)]<br />
[assembly: SqlClientPermission(SecurityAction.RequestRefuse, Unrestricted = true)]<br />
[assembly: IsolatedStorageFilePermission(SecurityAction.RequestMinimum, UserQuota = 1048576)]<br />
[assembly: SecurityPermission(SecurityAction.RequestRefuse, UnmanagedCode = true)]<br />
[assembly: FileIOPermission(SecurityAction.RequestOptional, Unrestricted = true)]<br />
[assembly: CLSCompliant(true)]<br />

The problem is on the C component

The method which opens a Connection call stack is:

A --> B --> C

I've also tried to create a SqlClientPermission object, add the connection string and call to the Assert method but a SecurityExeption is trowed when connection.Open() method is executed.

Any Idea?

I'm on a Fuzzy State: Between 0 an 1

inserting and retrieving an image in/from an xml file using c#? [modified]

biaali24-Aug-06 2:09

biaali

24-Aug-06 2:09

how should i insert an image in an xml file using c# without using xsl or data sets? can u plz tell me an easy way out which also consumes less memory.....and also is picture box a good idea to show the retrieved images from the same xml file or is there any other better way to show aswell?

any help would be greatly appreciated!

bia ali

-- modified at 9:00 Thursday 24th August, 2006

Re: inserting and retrieving an image in/from an xml file using c#?

Nader Elshehabi24-Aug-06 10:14

Nader Elshehabi

24-Aug-06 10:14

Hello

You would use an XmlReader object to read the file into an XmlDocument object, then write it back after storing whatever you want using an XmlWriter. You can find all these classes in System.Xml namespace.

About displaying the picture, a PictureBox would be appropriate. Why not??

Regards Rose | [Rose]

Question regarding stream to file

Green Fuze24-Aug-06 1:42

Green Fuze

24-Aug-06 1:42

Hello everybody

Is there a way to check if there is proccess open to a certain file?

I'm trying to access a file in an app I'm writing, but one of the files might be in the middle of another process (another filesteram). is there anyway to check if there is a proccess to that file?
Thanks!

Re: Question regarding stream to file

Nader Elshehabi24-Aug-06 2:02

Nader Elshehabi

24-Aug-06 2:02

Hello

Open it in a try block and catch any exception.

Regards Rose | [Rose]

Re: Question regarding stream to file

coolestCoder24-Aug-06 4:13

coolestCoder

24-Aug-06 4:13

Hi,
You can use FileSystemWatcher on that folder. Set the notify filter and all other necessary properties. Then when the file is completed you get OnCreated and OnChanged events. Remember that these events are fired many times for the same file also, but that wont be a problem. I, myself am using the watcher. Remember the path, notifyfilters properties. Try to search how you can attach Watcher to a folder on msdn.
If any problem i can help, if u r interested in this solution.

<marquee>"A good programmer is someone who looks both ways before crossing a one-way street." -- Doug Linder

Anant Y. Kulkarni

Re: Question regarding stream to file

Green Fuze24-Aug-06 5:36

Green Fuze

24-Aug-06 5:36

Thanks!

I'll try that. Smile | :)

Problem with DataGridViewComboB oxColumn

~~~Johnny~~~24-Aug-06 1:36

~~~Johnny~~~

24-Aug-06 1:36

Can someone tell me why I have no data showing in any of the rows on the datagrid's ComboBoxColumn I created. The Datagrid works fine and in the debugger I see all the items listed in my ComboBoxColumn cells but visually when I click the down arrow in each cell there is nothing showing up.

foreach (DataRelation relation in complexObject.Relations)
{
DataGridViewComboBoxColumn comboColumn = new DataGridViewComboBoxColumn();
comboColumn.Name = (string)relation.ExtendedProperties["ColumnName"];
dataGrid.Columns.Add(comboColumn);

foreach (DataRow row in relation.ParentTable.Rows)
{
DataRow[] childRows = row.GetChildRows(relation);
DataGridViewComboBoxCell newCell = new DataGridViewComboBoxCell();

foreach (DataRow childRow in childRows)
{
newCell.Items.Add(childRow.ItemArray[relation.ChildTable.Columns.IndexOf((string)relation.ExtendedProperties["ShowColumn"])]);
}

dataGrid.Rows[relation.ParentTable.Rows.IndexOf(row)].Cells[(string)relation.ExtendedProperties["ColumnName"]] = newCell;
}
}

querying a excel sheet

gbabu1724-Aug-06 1:33

gbabu17

24-Aug-06 1:33

hi,

how can i query an excel sheet to get a column values using c#.

thanks

Re: querying a excel sheet

Malcolm Smart24-Aug-06 1:37

Malcolm Smart

24-Aug-06 1:37

What have you tried up to now?

Regards

Malc
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Re: querying a excel sheet

gbabu1724-Aug-06 3:39

gbabu17

24-Aug-06 3:39

my idea is to use a dataset and bind the excel sheet to it. but i am not sure about the provider or the connection strings.
Is it possible to achieve this with out using provider, i mean just like opening a file and querying.

reflection in C#

Prodyut Pakhira24-Aug-06 1:10

Prodyut Pakhira

24-Aug-06 1:10

i want to display the control of a webpage in a tree structure with the help of reflection in csharp in visual studio 2005 Rose | [Rose]

.....pls send a demo code..

Re: reflection in C#

Christian Graus24-Aug-06 1:15

Christian Graus

24-Aug-06 1:15

Prodyut Pakhira wrote:
pls send a demo code..

ROTFL.

No, we probably won't. It's rare for the plethora of 'I don't want to do anything, please do my work for me' posts to get a positive reply. Why don't you do your own job and post a question when you get stuck ?

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog

C# audio file

lenator24-Aug-06 0:56

lenator

24-Aug-06 0:56

By,
I want to know the lenght of audio file(like mp3 or Wav) in seconds.
What is the right way?
In the image file(like Jpg or Gif) i have used metadata with PropertyItem, there is a way like this?
Thanks.

Re: C# audio file

Christian Graus24-Aug-06 1:15

Christian Graus

24-Aug-06 1:15

Through DirectShow or WMP you can load an audio file and get it's length.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog

Re: C# audio file

lenator24-Aug-06 2:29

lenator

24-Aug-06 2:29

Excuseme,
It is possible to have an example?......an istance of the object and the dll to use.
Thanks.

Re: C# audio file

lenator24-Aug-06 3:35

lenator

24-Aug-06 3:35

I have the framework 1.1 and i can not know this data, you can help me please?

Re: C# audio file

Mohammad Hajjat24-Aug-06 4:24

Mohammad Hajjat

24-Aug-06 4:24

WAV files follow the RIFF standard that has a field that contains the length of data.
WAV files' headers has 3 chunks of data; RIFF chunk, FORMAT chunk and DATA chunk.
RIFF chunk: 12 bytes.
FORMAT chunk: 24 Bytes.
The DATA chunk format is as follows:
Bytes 0 - 3: 'data'
Bytes 4 - 7: Length of data.

You need length of data, sampling rate and number of bits per sample to get the duration Smile | :)

Extract Length of data from DATA chunk, and all other fields from the FORMAT chunk.
And done
Cool | :cool:

لا إله إلا الله

Reg Treeview

Shiv524-Aug-06 0:44

Shiv5

24-Aug-06 0:44

How to populate the Bound the Treeview data into the datagrid.

Send me the sample for that

Re: Reg Treeview

Malcolm Smart24-Aug-06 1:35

Malcolm Smart

24-Aug-06 1:35

Sure, no problem. Whilst I am doing all your work for you, if you can think of anything else you might need, please let us know.

Regards

Malc
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