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First of all I am sorry for crossing post. My mistake...
Dave Kreskowiak wrote: What operations??
For Exmaple Extracting icons from file system. I know there is System.Drawing.Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon in .Net class but it takes icon only from file. What with folders and such virtual folders like "My Computer", "Desktop", disks, CD-ROM's etc? In article "C# File Browser" or "FilesListBox" autors use the shell to do this. Is there any other way?
Others samples are for expamle DragAndDrop support or System context menu used in Windows Explorer.
Dave Kreskowiak wrote: Because that "everyone" doesn't know what they're doing.
Saying "everyone" I don't mean all programers, but autors of some articles I look trough. Want you say that using the shell in C# is bad idea in some implements??
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Krecik_PL wrote: For Exmaple Extracting icons from file system. I know there is System.Drawing.Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon in .Net class but it takes icon only from file....Is there any other way?
The article you're talking about uses the Shell's API, not shelling out to another process, to grab the icons. No, there is no other way to do this.
Krecik_PL wrote: Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
Because that "everyone" doesn't know what they're doing.
Saying "everyone" I don't mean all programers, but autors of some articles I look trough. Want you say that using the shell in C# is bad idea in some implements??
I said this because I thought you were talking about shelling out to the command prompt to do things like rename files, copy files, doing whatever to files.
You didn't say anything about grabbing icons from anywhere.
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You have right - I don't specify precisely my question - Shell's API is more adequate then shell instructions. I thought about more advenced operations provided by Shell's API to manage Windows namespaces.
Thanks for the answers...
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I want to create a kind of active folder or a drive in such a way that when user selects it, instead of showing the files and folders inside it, it should load my dll or my com component. My dll should be able to provide the contents. I want to show some database collections and objects inside those collections.
This should be ingrated with the Windows file system so that whenever user selects the folder either from explorer or by any other means, my dll should be called. Also when user selects any other folder or file that is inside that folder, windows gives control to my dll with the name and properties of the selected object. My component should be able to take the appropriate action.
Thanks a ton
Nish
Nish
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Just the fact that you're posting this question says you don't have the requisite knowledge to even start a project like this.
Ahhh! The wonders of the installable file system[^].
Forget writing this in C#. You'll be writing Interop code 'til your brains fall out.
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You may be right but believe me Sir, I have achieved much more in my life. I never handled anything related to manipulating the file system. In this case too I will find the answer doesn't matter you help me or not. Thanks for the link.
Nish
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If you are only looking to extend the Windows Explorer then you can check out Shell namespace extensions: here[^] and this commerical product[^].
Take care,
Tom
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In my code I create three combo boxes, and store them in an ArrayList. So:
myArrayList.Insert(0, new System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox());<br />
myArrayList.Insert(1, new System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox());<br />
myArrayList.Insert(2, new System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox());
I then add each of these comboboxes to my form; at the same time, I bind each of them to a shared data source and a shared event handler:
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myForm.Controls.Add((ComboBox)myArrayList[0]);<br />
((ComboBox)myArrayList[0]).DataSource = aComparisonList_Strings;<br />
((ComboBox)myArrayList[0]).SelectedIndexChanged += new EventHandler(cmbComparison_SelectedIndexChanged);<br />
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myForm.Controls.Add((ComboBox)myArrayList[1]);<br />
((ComboBox)myArrayList[1]).DataSource = aComparisonList_Strings;<br />
((ComboBox)myArrayList[1]).SelectedIndexChanged += new EventHandler(cmbComparison_SelectedIndexChanged);<br />
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myForm.Controls.Add((ComboBox)myArrayList[2]);<br />
((ComboBox)myArrayList[2]).DataSource = aComparisonList_Strings;<br />
((ComboBox)myArrayList[2]).SelectedIndexChanged += new EventHandler(cmbComparison_SelectedIndexChanged);<br />
When the user chooses an item in the first combo box control, the SelectedIndex changes for ALL THREE CONTROLS. That's not what I want; I just want the three controls to share a datasource and an event handler. What am I doing wrong?
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I don't think you will be able to share the data source like that. I believe datasources have a single "current record", which all the combo boxes are going to show. So if you change one, then the others will reflect that change also. This is typically the desired behavior.
What is the type of your data source? You may be able to Clone it to get around this problem.
Take care,
Tom
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Ah! Thank god I included the DataSource in the sample code, I didn't expect that to be the source of the problem. I would have never checked that.
The DataSource is an ArrayList with string to show in the drop down. It's not dynamic, so I can keep it anywhere, and it's short, so I can actually just generate it on the fly and assign it. That's inefficient, I know, and if I have 100 comboboxes, I'll have 100 arrays of the same 10 strings around, but I can live with that.
Let me go test your theory. Great catch, there.
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Yep, that was it. I should have figured this out, since none of the other controls which were sharing handlers were showing similar behavior (buttons, checkboxes, etc), EXCEPT the other controls that had DataSources.
A couple of the comboboxes do have lengthy lists attached to them. You're saying I should CLONE my original array, and bind to that? Is that any more efficient that just looping through the original array, using combo.items.add to add it to each combo as I create it?
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I'm not sure it matters. Any way you look at it, you will have to have three (assuming there are three ComboBoxes) lists. There are either three DataSources or three ComboBox.Items.
If the lists are long you may want to create a wrapper around the ArrayList. The wrapper would take a reference to an ArrayList. It would also implement the IList (and possibly the IList<T>) interface. Then you could just forward the IList method calls to the wrapped ArrayList. This way you have a small (in terms of memory) object that "points" to the large ArrayList. Then you would create three instances of your wrapper (all pointing to the same ArrayList). I believe this will get around the DataSource issue. This is really only useful if your ArrayList is large, since it would reduce memory usage.
Take care,
Tom
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Hi,
AFAIK you can share an array, ArrayList, List, ... between multiple ComboBoxes;
these collections don't have a "current selection" that they would impose on the ComboBoxes.
So I see no need to Clone() anything.
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I'm not sure what you mean by "sharing" the Collection here. Aside from binding the Collection to the Combo as a DataSource (which I was doing earlier, and that was causing the problem), or copying the individual items from the Collection to the combo one at a time, what other method are you talking about to attach to the Collection to the combo?
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Hi,
if you assign the same array/ArrayList/List as the DataSource of several ComboBoxes,
how would they exchange current selection info  They don't!
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I think the BindingContext[^] on the form maintains it for each DataSource. Since each ComboBox has the same data source (e.g. ReferenceEquals would return true), then they all share the same "current record" (which is maintained by the BindingContext. Apparently, you can "group" data bound controls using Panels (or GroupBox, etc) but you have to set the BindingContext property on the Panel to override the Form's BindingContext.
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Tom
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Well, Luc, try it out .
The whole point of binding DataSources is to share the Binding Context, so that all of the controls point at the same "record" in the DataSource. That way you can have several controls on the form (like, say, Back/Forward/Edit/Delete, etc) that all deal with the same "row" or data in the source.
I had completely forgotten about this when I used "combo.DataSource = myArray". I was just looking for a cheap way to make all of the items in my array show up in the combo box.
TJoe is right, if I want each combo to have its own context to the data in my array, I need to either Clone each array and bind to it, or just copy the items from the array to the combo.Items collection manually.
Since there is no real advantage to making the array a DataSource here (I'm not really using the BindingContext for what its intended), I'm just doing the latter now.
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JoeRip wrote: try it out
OK, I'll add it on the todo list (not at the top though).
[added] checked. You're right, ComboBoxes sharing a DataSource, even a simple array,
become fully synchronized. I didn't know that. Thanks.[/added]
-- modified at 12:24 Monday 1st October, 2007
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The collection object themselves do not maintain the current record. I believe the ComboBox and other controls maintain it. Specifically, the BindingContext[^]. It looks like if you add the ComboBoxes to a Panel, then that would create a new BindingContext.
Take care,
Tom
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Hi all,
I am working with Visual studio Macros.
I created one macro.and i assigned one keyboard shortcut to run that macro in VS 2005 Applications.its wrkng fine.
But my problem is when i taken new application when i wrk wth this shortcut macro is not firing.
So,to make macros global to all applications what to do?
krishna Prasad
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I believe you need to restart VS after assigning the shortcut. Basically, VS saves changes when it exits. So if you open VS, assign the shortcut, then open another instance of VS then the second instance will not have the assigned shortcut. This is typical of most settings in VS.
Take care,
Tom
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Hi all,
I am new to C#....
I thought that implementing a simple calculator would help me understand the language... I have come up with a code....
It would be great if the gurus here give me feedback on this...
<br />
using System;<br />
using System.Collections.Generic;<br />
using System.Text;<br />
<br />
namespace Calculator<br />
{<br />
class compute<br />
{<br />
private string[] inputNumbers;<br />
public string computeResult(string inputExpression)<br />
{<br />
string result = "There was an error while processing!";<br />
inputExpression = inputExpression.Replace("+", "+A");<br />
inputExpression = inputExpression.Replace("-", "-S");<br />
inputExpression = inputExpression.Replace("*", "-M");<br />
inputExpression = inputExpression.Replace("/", "/D");<br />
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if (inputExpression.Substring(0, 1) != "-" && inputExpression.Substring(0, 1) != "+")<br />
inputExpression = "A" + inputExpression;<br />
else<br />
inputExpression = inputExpression.Substring(1);<br />
inputNumbers = inputExpression.Split('+', '-', '*', '/');<br />
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decimal output=0;<br />
int i;<br />
int count = inputNumbers.Length;<br />
for (i = 0; i < count; i++)<br />
{<br />
string calc = "";<br />
inputNumbers[i] = inputNumbers[i].Trim();<br />
decimal temp;<br />
if (!decimal.TryParse(inputNumbers[i].Substring(1),out temp))<br />
break;<br />
calc = inputNumbers[i].Substring(0,1);<br />
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switch(calc)<br />
{<br />
case "A":<br />
output = output + temp;<br />
break;<br />
case "S":<br />
output = output - temp;<br />
break;<br />
case "M":<br />
output = output * temp;<br />
break;<br />
case "D":<br />
output = output / temp;<br />
break;<br />
}<br />
<br />
<br />
}<br />
<br />
if(i==count)<br />
result = output.ToString();<br />
return result;<br />
}<br />
}<br />
}<br />
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You don't have to be AFRAID!
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Minhaj.Net wrote: I have come up with a code....
It would be great if the gurus here give me feedback on this...
Yes that does appear to be code
Did you read the first message in the forum titled, "How to get an answer to your question"?
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Hi,
I think this will work most of the time; I have several comments though:
1.
please post multi-line code in PRE tags instead of CODE tags; that would preserve
indentation.
2.
your error handling is insufficient; at the bare minimum you should put all code inside
a try-catch construct.
3.
your handling of operators is quite creative; replacing them to keep a trace when
they tend to disappear by the Split()...
the line Replace("*", "-M"); is probably not what you intended, but it does
nof affect the outcome.
You don't really need the letters ASMD, you could have duplkcated the operators instead.
4.
there are some functional shortcomings:
- you only handle diadic operators (that's having two operands); what if you need
a monadic minus, as in "-4 * -3" ?
- you fail to obey the operator priorities: "2+3*4" should give 14, not 20.
the right way to fix this is by using a stack machine, i.e. postpone the operator (+)
and push the operands, until another operator of same or lower priority is seen (or end
of expression), then pop operands, perform operation and push result.
5.
programming details:
- you could replace for (i = 0; i < count; i++) by foreach(string inputNumber in inputNumbers)
- to get some character from a string, you don't need Substring(x,1); you can index as
in inputNumbers[i][0] which gives the leading char (unless length is 0)
Keep up the good work! May I suggest you read several CodeProject articles...
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this weeks tips:
- make Visual display line numbers: Tools/Options/TextEditor/...
- show exceptions with ToString() to see all information
- before you ask a question here, search CodeProject, then Google
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Thank you very much Luc Pattyn!
that will really help me....
I would like to go through the articles here.... But with so many of them, I find it a bit difficult to chose....
Thanks for the advice
You don't have to be AFRAID!
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