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Crud, it kept timing out
I'm largely language agnostic
After a while they all bug me 
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when passing the information from method to method, an arraylist is not the most efficient taking up to 60,000 flops to pass the information therefore arrays are faster.
That's not only wrong, it's also wrong. 
When passing information to a method, it takes exactly the same time to pass an Array as an ArrayList. They are both objects, so what you pass to the method is a reference to the object. A reference is just a pointer, so on a 32 bit system it's only four bytes to copy.
Whatever you do with an ArrayList, there are no floating point operations going on. You could say that an operation would use the equivalent of 60000 flops, but it's hardly useful to measure operations that doesn't use floating point operations in flops.
Also, there are so much more to consider than the raw processor load. You have so many other factors that affect the performance, like cache sizes, memory bandwidth, data bus width, data aligning, instruction pairing... And there are also other things to consider than just performance, like robustness and scalability.
Despite everything, the person most likely to be fooling you next is yourself.
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I think I made the same point, errr, 4 times 
I'm largely language agnostic
After a while they all bug me
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I created a bitmap object and used it to draw a 2D terrain programatically on a form. Then I also added a picturebox control to display an image near the terrain.
However, the picturebox control is blocking out part of the bitmap.
How do I make the bitmap "cover" part of the picturebox control instead?
Is there a "layers" method which the form can use to draw one bitmap over another control?
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If by saying "the picturebox control is blocking out part of the bitmap." you mean it shows some of the picture then set the picturebox control's (Image I think) property to Stretch.
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Drawing an image to the form itself will always place the image behind the controls.
Just because we can; does not mean we should.
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Hi guys,
I am trying to validate if a user exists in a database but I get an error.
The error message that I get is:
Syntax error in string in query expression 'UserName = '"userName'
"userName = username in textBox"
Can somebody tell me where I'm going wrong here please?
private void btnchkUser_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string sql = "SELECT UserName FROM Users WHERE UserName = '" + txtboxUserName.Text;
OleDbCommand cmdb = new OleDbCommand(sql, conn);
conn.Open();
OleDbDataReader drr = cmdb.ExecuteReader();
if (drr.Read() == true)
{
MessageBox.Show("User already exist", "User already exist", MessageBoxButtons.OK);
return;
}
conn.Close();
}
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string sql = "SELECT UserName FROM Users WHERE UserName = '" + txtboxUserName.Text;
The error tells you what the problem is:
Syntax error in string in query expression 'UserName = '"userName'
Here is the correct version of your query:
string sql = "SELECT UserName FROM Users WHERE UserName = '" + txtboxUserName.Text + "'";
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Brilliant. That works 100%.
Thanks mate
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Please don't do this - you are leaving your code wide open to a SQL Injection attack. Try reading this[^] article.
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I have a question that i can't seem to answer. Is there a dependence between a point and a pixel (for example 1 point = 2 pixels). I need to know this because i want to make the width of a PictureBox so it can hold a string.
The font i am using is Arial 8 points.
When try with pictureBox.Width = line.Length * 8; the PictureBox is wider than the string.
How can i find the length of the string in pixels?
Still learning...
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Thank you very much!
Still learning...
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Hi,
I have the following:
namespace Server.Layer1
{
public class BaseClass : MarshallByRefObject
{
public enum SomeEnum
{
Zero = 0,
One = 1
}
abstract public IMyInterface CreateImplmentor(SomeEnum anEnum);
}
}
Here is IMyInterface
namespace Server.Layer2
{
public interface IMyInterface
{
bool Save(Student aStudent);
event AnEventHandler SomethingHappened;
}
public delegate void SomethingHappened(object sender, EventInfo e);
}
I have registered the class which implements the BaseClass functionality and register it using a
console application host. Compiles fine.
I have a client but when it connects to BaseClass, exception is thrown at this line:
BaseClass classReceived = (BaseClass ) RemotingServices.Connect(typeof(BaseClass),
"http://localhost:65100/RemoteClass");
Exception is: "Trying to create a proxy to an unbound type."
Student is Serializable. BaseClass is MarshalByRefObject and so is the class which implements the IMyInterface. I am not sure what the problem could be. If a class inherits from MarshalByRefObject and has delegates or events, do they need any special attributes?
Please help,
Thanks
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Hi,
I have an issue where I get a pointer to unmanaged data (along with the number of bytes allocated) from a device and I need to perform a checksum on this data. While I have found plenty of information to pin a managed array and feed that to a C library call, I have been unable to find any methods for going to other way around.
public static byte[] MD5Checksum(unsigned char* data, int dataLength){<br />
<br />
byte[] unmanagedWrapper = MagicalMethodToWrapUnmanagedArray(data, dataLength);<br />
<br />
return System.Security.Cryptography.MD5.Create().ComputeHash(unmanagedWrapper);<br />
}
Thanks in advance!
B
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On a windows for, after clicking a button, I add a class Student to an ArrayList with
ArrayList Grade10 = new ArrayList();
Grade10.Add(new Student(a, b, c, d, e); //Student declared as public class elsewhere
This seem to work fine.
However, I then want to load the items in a Listbox when another button is clicked. I use
foreach (Student i in Grade10)
lbxShow.Items.Add(" " + i);
I get message that Grade10 does not exist in this context. If I declare Grade10 again in this event it appears that the ArrayList is empty - program runs, no errors, empty ListBox.
All samples I find refer to console apps. These work for me but I cannot sort out the windows form - my first attempt at C#, I've been using Delphi for ages.
Seems I have to declare ArrayList Grade10 somewhere else (global?) so it is visible inside the second button event as well?
Much appreciate someone showing me the way.
Hannes
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Hi,
it has nothing to do with console app vs windows app.
the problem is Grade10 is "not in scope" where you try to use it, otherwise
"declaring Grade10 again" would result in a compile-time error.
Anyway, declaring again, or performing one more new, never solves anything, since then
you are stuck with an object that is different from the original, so does not hold its
content, etc.
If you want detailed help, publish the actual code, not pieces of it.
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Yep sounds like a scope issue. Not sure where you actually have declared Grade10 and where you've tried to use it but thats a safe bet as to what your problem is, but I can't help you without more code.
Sidenote: Use List instead of ArrayList, they're better for you
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man
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Mny thkx so far Here's the code I'm using:
class Student
{
string sName;
string sSurname;
string sID;
bool bGender;
double dAmount;
public Student(string sN, string sS, string sI, bool bG, double dA)
{
sName = sN;
sSurname = sS;
sID = sI;
bGender = bG;
dAmount = dA;
}
public override string ToString()
{
return
string.Format("Name: {0} Surname: {1} ID: {2} Male: {3} Account: {4}",
sName, sSurname, sID, bGender, dAmount);
}
}
private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) //Click Add button
{
bool g = false;
if (rbBoy.Checked)
g = true; //then it is a boy
//Now add this student to the ArrayList
ArrayList Grade10 = new ArrayList();
Grade10.Add(new Student(txtName.Text, txtSurname.Text, txtID.Text, g,
Convert.ToDouble(txtAmount.Text)));
}
private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) //Click Show button
{
// ArrayList Grade10 = new ArrayList(); //I'm sure this is cannot be!
foreach (Student i in Grade10)
lbxShow.Items.Add(" " + i);
}
Hannes
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Hi,
variables are local to the first {} block that contains their definition, and can not
be touched by anything outside this same {} block.
how could button2 reach the Grade10 ArrayList that you have defined inside button3_Click???
furthermore, the data structures are all wrong: what would happen if you never click
button3 but do click button2. Where would it get its information?
you clearly need to buy and study a tutorial on C# and pay attention to local variables,
class members, etc. And rethink your program structure.
If button3 is intended to add a student to the collection, with information from input boxes,
then:
- why don't you keep the new student collection alive at the class level?
- why don't you add the new student to the lbxShow immediately? (and forget about button2)?
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Thkx for the suggestions, I am indeed wading my way thru a recently purchased 1500-page C# book - while trying to keep up with teaching, examining and marking 200 kids learning Delphi. We have been teaching Delphi at school for some time now (some schools teach Java) and forsee it making way for C#. Questions asked in exams are set so you can answer them in either Delphi or Java. I have set a typical problem - a button to add an object to an ArrayList (Delphi would use a dynamic array, I don't know how Java would handle it), and a button to display the array. Typically, a question would also have buttons to sort and to locate/delete/insert an object. The form design will be given, sometimes even the data. Learners must then make the buttons work.
I know global variables defeat the aims of OOP, but I was trying to define the ArrayList as such. So, to some extent, it's not about elegant solutions at this level but rather just getting to grips with the basics.
Hannes
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I am using the ListView.SelectedIndexChanged to update data, when a new item has been selected.
My problem is, that the event will be fired for each new selected (de-selected) item (if multiSelect is true; more than twice). [And i don't want to get the data from the database each time.]
Is there an event that will be raised if the control has finished handling these processes (or processes for this control at all)?
Or does anyone have another idea to solve thsi problem
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C-Scharbe wrote: Is there an event that will be raised if the control has finished ...
No.
The Control can not guess when you have finished selecting and de-selecting, so the only
thing it can do is fire every time. Either apply code that can stand this, or add some
way for the user to confirm the selection process is done, e.g. a button.
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It's too complicate...
... for the user to click an extra button
I missing something like LastSelectedIndexChanged or AfterSelectedIndexChanged.
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