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mrkeivan27-Jul-10 3:54

27-Jul-10 3:54

Hi, I'm trying to convert string to recurrence rule object, In the web forms it's done using the following code:

string rruleAsString = "Sample";
RecurrenceRule parsedRule;
RecurrenceRule.TryParse(rruleAsString, out parsedRule);
appointment.RecurrenceRule = parsedRule;

but in winforms it doesn't support "TryParse" !!!
please help me out

Thanx
K

Re: using telerik schedule

Wes Aday27-Jul-10 4:10

Wes Aday

27-Jul-10 4:10

mrkeivan wrote:
winforms it doesn't support "TryParse"

And what did telerik tell you when you asked them?

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Re: using telerik schedule

mrkeivan27-Jul-10 19:33

mrkeivan

27-Jul-10 19:33

They suggested webform (I guess i didn't mention that I needed winform function)
anyway, I found it, the same function in a differenct class can be used here,

using Telerik.WinControls.UI.Scheduler.ICalendar;
CalHelper.TryParseRecurrenceRule(rruleAsString, out parsedRule);

Quick Linq to XML question

xkrja27-Jul-10 3:05

xkrja

27-Jul-10 3:05

I'm starting out with linq to xml and have a quick question:

I have the following xml-file:

<countries>
<country code="AF" iso="4">Afghanistan</country>
<country code="AL" iso="8">Albania</country>
<country code="DZ" iso="12">Algeria</country>
<country code="AS" iso="16">American Samoa</country>
<country code="AD" iso="20">Andorra</country>
.
.
.

How can I get a result containing all the country names by using a linq expression? I tried the following but it only gives me "Afghanistan":

XDocument xmlDoc = XDocument.Load("countries.xml");

var countries = from country in xmlDoc.Descendants("countries")
select new
{
Name = country.Element("country").Value,
};

Thanks for help!

Re: Quick Linq to XML question

Chris Trelawny-Ross27-Jul-10 5:26

Chris Trelawny-Ross

27-Jul-10 5:26

Your Linq query is asking for the wrong thing from the XDocument.

The Descendents() method returns descendents of the object (in this case, the XDocument) which have the specified name (in this case 'countries'). So it is yielding a single enumerable element (because your XML Document has only one <countries> element).

What you really need is to get the 'country' descendents of the XDocument: from xmlDoc.Descendents("country") and then just get the Value property of the elements of the enumeration. Here's some code that works for you:

var countries = from country in xmlDoc.Descendants("country")
    select new
    {
        Name = country.Value
    };

Re: Quick Linq to XML question

souidi abderrahman27-Jul-10 21:47

souidi abderrahman

27-Jul-10 21:47

Can you get a list of country: Smile | :)

 <br />
XDocument xmlDoc = XDocument.Load("countries.xml");<br />
        <br />
        List<string> countries = from country in xmlDoc.Descendants("country")<br />
                        select new<br />
                        {<br />
                            Name = country.Value,<br />
                        };<br />

Fetch the content of a website

Krishna Varadharajan27-Jul-10 1:55

Krishna Varadharajan

27-Jul-10 1:55

Hi,

How can i fetch the content of a website using c# (windows app). Purpose is to upload in our search engine.

Thanx

krishna

Re: Fetch the content of a website

Peace ON27-Jul-10 2:17

Peace ON

27-Jul-10 2:17

For search engine, you only need to read meta tags.
Here is nice video[^] for the same.

Also find following links useful.

http://www.codeasp.net/blogs/teisenhauer/microsoft-net/170/parse-meta-tags-in-c-sharp[^]

HTH

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Experience is mother of sage....

Re: Fetch the content of a website

Krishna Varadharajan27-Jul-10 2:47

Krishna Varadharajan

27-Jul-10 2:47

Hi,

Thanks for your info. what you said is true, only meta tag is enough... but in some situation we wont get i hope....for example type following tag in google "times of india sports" from that result check the third link "More Sports - Sports - The Times of India" which is the current updation of the website ...... how we can get those current updation results which is not mention in meta-tag. Even i may be wrong clear my doubt pls.

Thanks

krishna

Re: Fetch the content of a website

Peace ON27-Jul-10 2:53

Peace ON

27-Jul-10 2:53

For such situation, I think you need to search html for required information.
Once you have complete html of website you can easily search any content within it.

For that you need to do "Screen Scraping"[^].
Find following link useful for the same.

http://www.codersource.net/microsoft-net/c-advanced/html-screen-scraping-in-c.aspx[^]

HTH

Jinal Desai - LIVE
Experience is mother of sage....

Re: Fetch the content of a website

Krishna Varadharajan27-Jul-10 3:11

Krishna Varadharajan

27-Jul-10 3:11

Hi,

Thank you so much for your information, i will check those links and let u know....

Thanks

krishna

Re: Fetch the content of a website

Pete O'Hanlon27-Jul-10 3:01

Pete O'Hanlon

27-Jul-10 3:01

Errm no you don't. The use of meta tags is nowhere near enough.

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Re: Fetch the content of a website

Bernhard Hiller28-Jul-10 21:51

Bernhard Hiller

28-Jul-10 21:51

Meta tags often do not tell anything useful about the content of a page, they are often more like spam. I do not use them for such a purpose and nonetheless reach nice Google ranks for my pages.

Re: Fetch the content of a website

Pete O'Hanlon27-Jul-10 3:02

Pete O'Hanlon

27-Jul-10 3:02

Have a look at this[^] article on a fully featured search engine in C#.

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Re: Fetch the content of a website

Krishna Varadharajan27-Jul-10 3:14

Krishna Varadharajan

27-Jul-10 3:14

Wow...thts really cool....thanks alot for your information.

krishna

How can i convert text file to pdf file?

sush827-Jul-10 1:04

sush8

27-Jul-10 1:04

I want to convert text file to pdf file...Can anyone suggest...

Re: How can i convert text file to pdf file?

N a v a n e e t h27-Jul-10 1:12

N a v a n e e t h

27-Jul-10 1:12

I think http://itextpdf.com/[^] does that. There is a C# version available.

Best wishes,
Navaneeth

Re: How can i convert text file to pdf file? [modified]

PIEBALDconsult27-Jul-10 7:19

PIEBALDconsult

27-Jul-10 7:19

I used to have a Perl script that did that -- maybe somoeone else has a copy.

Edit: See this[^].

modified on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 2:06 PM

Re: How can i convert text file to pdf file?

souidi abderrahman27-Jul-10 21:50

souidi abderrahman

27-Jul-10 21:50

try this link:
[http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/csharpgeneral/thread/447b4310-2d9f-4307-b648-775f6d091ab1/[^]]

How can i read pdf file in .net?

sush826-Jul-10 23:00

sush8

26-Jul-10 23:00

I uploaded word doc and internally by using third party tool i converted it to pdf.Now, if i upload pdf file it should save as pdf file.I mean just to read a pdf file.Please suggest...

Re: How can i read pdf file in .net?

Peace ON27-Jul-10 0:49

Peace ON

27-Jul-10 0:49

I have found some nice links for the same.
Find it useful.

Converting PDF to Text in C#[^]

Extract Text from PDF in C# (100% .NET)[^]

HTH

Jinal Desai - LIVE
Experience is mother of sage....

Re: How can i read pdf file in .net?

Pete O'Hanlon27-Jul-10 1:00

Pete O'Hanlon

27-Jul-10 1:00

Do you have the filename at all? If so, just check the extension - I know that it's no guarantee that the file is really a pdf, but checking for that would require you to analyze the file header which is a darn site more work.

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As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

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Re: How can i read pdf file in .net?

sush827-Jul-10 1:06

sush8

27-Jul-10 1:06

I got the solution but its reading only some files.Do you have any idea how to convert text to pdf file?

Setup project help

TSWatson26-Jul-10 22:47

TSWatson

26-Jul-10 22:47

I need to create a setup file that will install my application and all prerequisit software. I cant see how to add custom prerequisit software to the setup project in visual studio. Can anyone help?

Thanks

Re: Setup project help

N a v a n e e t h27-Jul-10 0:56

N a v a n e e t h

27-Jul-10 0:56

I believe this has to be done through custom actions. This[^] MSDN page has got some details on creating a custom action.

Best wishes,
Navaneeth

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