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Re: Diff. between properties and fields?

Brian Olej29-Oct-02 8:45

Brian Olej

29-Oct-02 8:45

Thanks for the code sample, it makes it much clearer to why properties would be usefull.

Re: Diff. between properties and fields?

Brian Olej26-Oct-02 10:25

Brian Olej

26-Oct-02 10:25

Thank you. Smile | :)

Re: Diff. between properties and fields?

Kevin McFarlane27-Oct-02 4:56

Kevin McFarlane

27-Oct-02 4:56

leppie wrote:
AFAIK any fields should be never be public

Unless they're readonly.

Kevin

Re: Diff. between properties and fields?

leppie27-Oct-02 5:00

leppie

27-Oct-02 5:00

Kevin McFarlane wrote:
Unless they're readonly.

More like const fields I would say. Read-only properties are quite common. Look at the TimeSpan and DateTime classes. Smile | :)

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Re: Diff. between properties and fields?

LongRange.Shooter28-Oct-02 10:46

LongRange.Shooter

28-Oct-02 10:46

If I understand the question correctly...this may give a good definition.

Property: This is exposed via public accessors (get/set) that allow a user to indirectly modify an internal variable. This process allows the developer to a) encapsulate the actual data b) include process against the data before it is set in the variable c) define that variable as read-only / write-only / read/write-capable.

Field: Directly exposes an internal variable as PUBLIC. This, to some extent, breaks encapsulation, does not keep control of the variable within the control of the object, and is not CLS Compliant. No process can be performed against the public property (such as security or business logic) and as such the value of the variable should be treated as suspect by the owning object.

Does this help?

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Re: Diff. between properties and fields?

Brian Olej29-Oct-02 8:46

Brian Olej

29-Oct-02 8:46

Yea it does, thanks.

Re: Diff. between properties and fields?

Senkwe Chanda31-Oct-02 2:22

Senkwe Chanda

31-Oct-02 2:22

theRealCondor wrote:
Field: Directly exposes an internal variable as PUBLIC. This, to some extent, breaks encapsulation, does not keep control of the variable within the control of the object, and is not CLS Compliant. No process can be performed against the public property (such as security or business logic) and as such the value of the variable should be treated as suspect by the owning object.

I don't understand your statment, you can set the field to be public AND readonly in which case control of the variable is kept within the object that contains it.

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Re: Diff. between properties and fields?

LongRange.Shooter31-Oct-02 9:54

LongRange.Shooter

31-Oct-02 9:54

You are correct in stating that I can do:
public readonly int myInteger
and that variable will be in my control as far as it being a computed field. But I still cannot maintain control over that property as to who can access this property, nor can I hide the implementation of the data.

I also was not looking at specific instance examples, but rather full utilization of either public accessors or exposed public fields. So from that all-or-nothing viewpoint, my statement still holds true. Just to make sure we are on the same page....this is the definition I go by:

Encapsulation means that a group of related properties, methods, and other members are treated as a single unit or object. Objects can control how properties are changed and methods are executed. For example, an object can validate values before allowing property changes. Encapsulation also makes it easier to change your implementation at a latter date by letting you hide implementation details of your objects, a practice called data hiding.

From this definition, even if I maintain some amount of encapsulation with the public readonly direction, I also do not hide the implementation of that data. As such, if that integer now has to be long, I just broke my consumer because they know my implementation is integer. Thus I have broken some form of encapsulation. Big Grin | :-D

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Named pipes

EricK726-Oct-02 9:39

EricK7

26-Oct-02 9:39

Does anyone know how to create a program that can be operated via named pipes (I think that is what it is called)?

Two programs that I know of that use them are Microsoft Document Explorer (the help files for VS .NET) and Microsoft Money. The help files can be accessed using the "ms-help" pipe and Money can be accessed using the "money" pipe.

The functionality I would like in my program is much like Money, where if you enter a "money" address into Explorer or IE the program is launched and navigated to the right location.

I remember reading somewhere about how to do this but I haven't be able to find any information recently (I forgot what I searched for). Does anyone have an idea of how to do this? Or any references to some articles or help files somewhere that describe the process of APIs used.

Thank you.

Re: Named pipes

Daniel Turini26-Oct-02 9:50

Daniel Turini

26-Oct-02 9:50

What you want is creating URL monikers:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/networking/moniker/overview/overview.asp[^]

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Re: Named pipes

EricK729-Oct-02 5:26

EricK7

29-Oct-02 5:26

Thanks for the link... That wasn't exactly was I was looking for. But I was able to use some of the keywords in that article(specifically "custom protocol scheme") to find what I wanted. If you're curious about what I was looking for it look here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/networking/pluggable/overview/overview.asp

How can I . . .

Venet25-Oct-02 23:43

Venet

25-Oct-02 23:43

. . . embedd an, say excel sheet in my application? I was looking at OLE, but as far as I can understand that has to do more with manipulating an open application rather than using components of the app.

What I'm really trying to do, is to create an Excel graph from data that my app collects.

Quite new to this!

Regards,
Venet.

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Re: How can I . . .

Stephane Rodriguez.26-Oct-02 0:31

Stephane Rodriguez.

26-Oct-02 0:31

Search this forum with "Excel" in the search box right above.

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Re: How can I . . .

Venet26-Oct-02 1:04

Venet

26-Oct-02 1:04

Thanks,

I did do a search before posting, however all the examples that I've come accross describe Excel automation, i.e. opening excel and populating the fields in it.

My question was, if I can embedd an excel workbook in my application, rather than having that workbook opened in the Excel app itslef.
(Something like IE does when viewing .PDF files)

Regards,
Venet.

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Re: How can I . . .

Stephane Rodriguez.26-Oct-02 2:26

Stephane Rodriguez.

26-Oct-02 2:26

You've got OLE components with progids such like Excel.Sheet and Excel.Chart (you probably already know the Excel.Application progid, which in turn launches Excel).

These are OLE components, not ActiveX controls. That's why they don't appear in the IDE (customize toolbox for instance).

But they are here and ready. For instance, They appear when you are in Word, Insert \ Object, then select either Microsoft Excel Sheet, or Microsoft Excel Chart. That's exactly the entry point for that.

More info here[^].

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Re: How can I . . .

Venet26-Oct-02 2:33

Venet

26-Oct-02 2:33

Example looks as exactly what I need. I'm going to try it out later.

Thanks for the reply.

Regards,
Venet.

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Re: How can I . . .

ian mariano28-Oct-02 4:38

ian mariano

28-Oct-02 4:38

You know how IE does it? IE is an "ActiveX Document Host". The simplest way is to reuse the WebBrowser control in your form to host excel documents...
HOWTO: Use the WebBrowser Control to Open Office Documents with Visual C# .NET[^]

http://www.ian-space.com/

Re: How can I . . .

Venet31-Oct-02 5:40

Venet

31-Oct-02 5:40

Thank you for the info. No wonder why it wasn't working!

I think that should increase my project mark for about 10% Smile | :)

Regards,
Venet.

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How to send message to a form in C#?

Solmyr24-Oct-02 19:19

Solmyr

24-Oct-02 19:19

Like the API SendMessage, PostMessage. Confused | :confused:

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Re: How to send message to a form in C#?

Stephane Rodriguez.24-Oct-02 21:56

Stephane Rodriguez.

24-Oct-02 21:56

You have a Search edit box, right above.

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Re: How to send message to a form in C#?

Mazdak25-Oct-02 8:48

Mazdak

25-Oct-02 8:48

So what?

Mazy

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Call me Superman
If I’m alive and well, will you be
There holding my hand
I’ll keep you by my side with
My superhuman might
Kryptonite"Kryptonite-3 Doors Down

Re: How to send message to a form in C#?

Tom Archer25-Oct-02 13:59

Tom Archer

25-Oct-02 13:59

Great response!!

Cheers,
Tom Archer
Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible

Re: How to send message to a form in C#?

Stephane Rodriguez.25-Oct-02 19:26

Stephane Rodriguez.

25-Oct-02 19:26

I wouldn't say it better...;P

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data bases

imran_rafique24-Oct-02 16:44

imran_rafique

24-Oct-02 16:44

can any body tell the sample code of inserting a row into a table and deleting a row from the table using acess data bases?

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Re: data bases

Rickard Andersson²⁰25-Oct-02 0:15

Rickard Andersson²⁰

25-Oct-02 0:15

public static  bool Execute(string Sql)
{
   OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand(Sql, 
                        new OleDbConnection(connectionString));
			
   cmd.Connection.Open();
   cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();	
	
   // release database connection
   if(cmd.Connection.State == ConnectionState.Open)
   {
       cmd.Connection.Close();
   }					
			

   return true;
}

More good examples at: http://www.dotnetnotes.com/index.aspx?catID=4[^]

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