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Ista6-Aug-03 4:26

6-Aug-03 4:26

it might be easier to parse it as xml "WriteXML() method" then send it through

I'm not an expert yet, but I play one at work. Yeah and here too.

Re: DataSets vs Serviced Component

schockp6-Aug-03 4:32

schockp

6-Aug-03 4:32

I think that the dataset-to-xml and xml-to-dataset coversion will cause a significant performance drop.

Re: DataSets vs Serviced Component

Jarrod Marshall6-Aug-03 7:40

Jarrod Marshall

6-Aug-03 7:40

I ran into this problem working with C# based queued components.
Datasets are serializable, they support ISerializable however alot of things with COM+ (especially with Queued Components) is that they need the components to support IPersist.

They have no idea how to serialize using the ISerializable interface therefore you either go the route of dataset--> XML, XML--> dataset or implement IPersist within your component.

Re: DataSets vs Serviced Component

schockp6-Aug-03 20:46

schockp

6-Aug-03 20:46

Jarrod,

Thanks, I'll take a look at how to implement the IPersist interface.

Pieter

Re: DataSets vs Serviced Component

Ista6-Aug-03 10:26

Ista

6-Aug-03 10:26

Well its relatively fast and uses a buffered stream. I mean really when your marshalling your Dataset you serialize the object to text then back again. And its basically the same thing. WriteXML is the fastest firehose method of the class. But yeah it would be better to do a dataset. You might try createing an object, clone the dataset to that object then marshalling it over the boundary. That might work. Or use the serializable attribute above a custom class that inherits the dataset.

Personally, With DataSets I use reflection to populate classes then update them with COM+ life cycles. Much more elegant and easier to load balance. That and business rules on forms and behind the scenes are simple to implement.

nick

I'm not an expert yet, but I play one at work. Yeah and here too.

Re: DataSets vs Serviced Component

schockp6-Aug-03 20:45

schockp

6-Aug-03 20:45

Nick,

Thanks for your input! I'm really new to Serviced Components and COM+. Can you explain your way of working a bit more? I don't understand what you mean with:

Ista wrote:
With DataSets I use reflection to populate classes then update them with COM+ life cycles

Yeah, I know what reflection is, but the combination with datasets and populate classes is unclear to me.

Pieter

Re: DataSets vs Serviced Component

Ista7-Aug-03 6:21

Ista

7-Aug-03 6:21

Well simply put I create a class

LastName

FirstName

SSN

if table looks like

EmployeeID
LastName
FirstName
SocialSecurityNumber

then my select would look like:

SELECT EmployeeID = ID, LastName, FirstName, SSN = SocialSecurityNumber

then I would use a DataReader becuase its much faster

For each row I would create the class based on the primaryID ( EmployeeID )

Then I would iterate through the GetValues array returned by the datareader

using reflection I use the PropertyType and propertyInfo classes to populate the fields. I haven't taken on the method part but thats next month on my development cycle

nick

I'm not an expert yet, but I play one at work. Yeah and here too.

diff. threads access gui resource

zecodela4-Aug-03 21:19

zecodela

4-Aug-03 21:19

hi,
i used the serial port class in msdn to do serial communication in C#.
in the receiver thread, i try to send notice message to richtext box create in another thread. sometimes, i will got NullReferenceException. it come mainly i switch windows or do other time consumption task in windows.
i think it related to using diff. thread to access GUI resource.
do you think so? and, any method to do inter-threading commu. in C#? just raise some keywords for me to search is enough.
thanks,
jim

Re: diff. threads access gui resource

Furty4-Aug-03 21:53

Furty

4-Aug-03 21:53

zecodela wrote:
i think it related to using diff. thread to access GUI resource

You think correctly - you must only access form controls from the originating thread. Here's the keyword thast will solve all your problems: Invoke

There's a couple of articles here on CP that deal with multi-threading issues in Windows Forms - both are useful, especially the one by James T Johnson, look them up.

ListView drag drop example?

azusakt4-Aug-03 15:41

azusakt

4-Aug-03 15:41

Dear members,
I'm making a listview that allows user to drag (row)items to different index recently. However, I can't find a good example for doing that.
Does anyone knows how to use drag-drop event on ListView? Or anyone knows where has good example?

In my ListView, suppose each item has 6 subitems, when I drag an item (e.g.) index 5 to index 1, then all data of item 5 are inserted into row 1.
I know this is not hard, and many of our members knows that. Please teach me

Please help me..... Thanks a lot~

I've tried to make the code, but it looks a bit strange.

e.g. I have items 1,2,3,....10.
if I selected 2,4,5,6 and drag to the position of item 3. Suppose, item 2,4,5,6 will move under item3 .. like 1,3,2,4,5,6...

but how can I prevent some selected items not to do anything if I move to there position? e.g. 4,5,6,7 are selected, if I move to 5 or 6, the program won't do anything.

Could you help me to see how to implement this code? Or do you know what is the best way to do this?

Here is the codes inside my listview drag drop function:

<br />
if(OList.SelectedItems.Count==0)<br />
return;<br />
Point cp = OList.PointToClient(new Point(e.X, e.Y));<br />
ListViewItem ToItem = OList.GetItemAt(cp.X, cp.Y); <br />
<br />
if(ToItem==null)<br />
return;<br />
<br />
int num = ODS_List.SelectedItems.Count;<br />
int locationIndex = ToItem.Index-1;<br />
for(int i=0; i { <br />
ListViewItem dragItem = OList.SelectedItems[i];<br />
if(locationIndex!=dragItem.Index) <br />
return;<br />
<br />
ListViewItem insertItem = (ListViewItem)dragItem.Clone();<br />
OList.Items.Insert(locationIndex, insertItem);<br />
locationIndex++;<br />
}<br />
<br />
foreach(ListViewItem olditem in OList.SelectedItems)<br />
{<br />
OList.Items.Remove(olditem); <br />
}<br />

Thank you very very much.

Re: ListView drag drop example?

Khang Nguyen5-Aug-03 12:17

Khang Nguyen

5-Aug-03 12:17

Hi,

Do a search for something like "ListView" and "Drag Drop" from this forum, there is a chance that you will find some examples. Here is one:

http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/dragdroplistviewreorder1.asp?target=listview%7Cdrag%7Cdrop

Hope you get more tips
Khang
Big Grin | :-D

Datagrid CurrentCellChanged problem

work_to_live4-Aug-03 14:07

work_to_live

4-Aug-03 14:07

I have an ArrayList bound to a datagrid. I've developed a method of validating the data entered in the TextBoxes, and forcing the user to re-enter invalid data. Unfortunately, I use the CurrentCellChanged event to test if it's necessary to move the selection back to the cell with the invalid data in it. It works fine with one exception. If you're at the end of a row of data, and press the TAB key (return is fine), you get an extra CurrentCellChanged event. The first one takes you to the beginning of the same row, and the next one takes you to the next row! This messes with my logic that determines if it's necessary to move the selection back to the cell with the error in it.

Is there some way to inhibit the handling of the TAB key once you've determined that you want to select another cell?

Re: Datagrid CurrentCellChanged problem

Ista8-Aug-03 19:25

Ista

8-Aug-03 19:25

Yeah but you gotta override the PreviewKeyMessage function. Also you need to creat a custom table style

I'm not an expert yet, but I play one at work. Yeah and here too.

oledbcommand

K4reem4-Aug-03 13:14

K4reem

4-Aug-03 13:14

i want to make an oledbCommand with a variable as in sql @variable..SELECT *Table From Table WHERE Column=(thatvariable),how can i declare this to use in my code, am using Microsoft Access

Re: oledbcommand

Ista4-Aug-03 17:58

Ista

4-Aug-03 17:58

OleDbConnection oleConn = new OleDbConnection(<myconnectionstring>);
oleCOnn.Open();

OleDbDataAdpater oleAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter("my select statemnent", oleConn);

DataSet ds = new DataSet("Access");

oleAdapter.Fill(ds, "MyTable");

now I would check the parameters because its been 2 weeks since I connected but it should work fine

ohh yeah to test

DataGrid1.DataSource = ds.Tables["MyTable"];

I'm not an expert yet, but I play one at work. Yeah and here too.

Re: oledbcommand

K4reem5-Aug-03 3:53

K4reem

5-Aug-03 3:53

thx Ista for replying Rose | [Rose]

, but that wasnt my question i was just asking about how to declare an oledb parameter as in SELECT *Table From Table WHERE Column=(parameter),as declared in sql we use "@" b4 the parameter i was just asking wat i ll declare in ole instead of that "@". Confused | :confused:

Re: oledbcommand

Ista5-Aug-03 9:33

Ista

5-Aug-03 9:33

doh

its just like the sql

myOleCommand.Parameters.Add("@Param1", OleDbType.SmallInt);

refer to it as

myOleCommand.Parameters["@Param1"].Value = 1;

i use a short way when assigning many

OleDbParameterCollection olePar = myOldCommand.Parameters;
olePar.Parameters.Add("@Param2", OleDbType.VarChar, 10);
olePar["@Param2"].Value = "Hey dude";

I think that answers it. Sorry for the confusion.

nick

I'm not an expert yet, but I play one at work. Yeah and here too.

Re: oledbcommand

K4reem5-Aug-03 9:51

K4reem

5-Aug-03 9:51

thx Ista really for replying again Rose | [Rose]

but i still ve the problem!
this is my debug error :
@PostionIndex error: managed EE does not understand expression's syntax

the code :
OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand("SELECT * FROM Phones WHERE Contact = @PostionIndex");
cmd.Parameters.Add("@PostionIndex", OleDbType.SmallInt);
cmd.Parameters["@PostionIndex"].Value = int.Parse(this.editID.Text);
Confused | :confused:

Re: oledbcommand

Ista5-Aug-03 9:57

Ista

5-Aug-03 9:57

change it for a question mark

check this link out

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemDataOleDbOleDbCommandClassParametersTopic.asp

and for info and parameter arrays

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemdataoledboledbparameterclasstopic.asp

its like OleDbParameter[] oleParam;

but I would just stack them on. like in your code, just replace the parameters with ? and make sure you add them in order.

Cool | :cool:

nick

I'm not an expert yet, but I play one at work. Yeah and here too.

Scrolling and drawing with GDI+ and Windows Forms

Arun Bhalla4-Aug-03 12:38

Arun Bhalla

4-Aug-03 12:38

I've been dealing with this problem off and on for the past couple weeks, and I'm stumped.

I have a Panel that I've been using as a desktop for my app, and on this desktop are many custom controls I've also extended from Panel. I'm trying to draw arrows between some of the custom controls. That has worked fine until I had to deal with scrolling. I'd like for the arrows to be drawn correctly on this virtual desktop, so if a custom control is barely outside the viewport, the arrow should be pointing in exactly that custom control's direction. Alas, I have arrows pointing in the wrong direction.

One of the problems is that the Location property doesn't seem to take into account the virtual location, after scrolling. So, it seems that two different controls can both be at Location (100, 0), even if they might be 1000 pixels apart in the virtual space. Somehow Windows Forms knows to display only the controls that belong in that viewport, but I can't figure out how to extract the virtual coordinates... and using them with DrawLine() would be even more useful.

PointToScreen() and PointToClient() don't seem to help. AutoScrollPos seems to be the way to go, maybe, but I haven't been able to do anything useful with it.

Does anyone have any tips and tricks for working with GDI+ and custom controls on a scrollable control (Panel)?

Thanks,
Arun

Re: Scrolling and drawing with GDI+ and Windows Forms

Furty4-Aug-03 15:12

Furty

4-Aug-03 15:12

While I can't discuss issues specific to the Panel control, I can give you some insight into problems I overcame when extending the ListView to provide control container functionality - perhaps it can help.

In my control, I needed to get the actual pixel location of each ListViewItem's SubItem in the ListView - taking into account the current scroll position. I'm guessing that your situation is similar.

The first task was to find each controls location, relative to it's container:

// find this control's position relative to it's container<br />
			int x = Left;<br />
			for (Control thisParent = Parent; thisParent != null; thisParent = thisParent.Parent)<br />
			{<br />
				if (thisParent.Parent != null && thisParent.Left > 0)<br />
					x += thisParent.Left;<br />
			}<br />
<br />
			int y = Top;<br />
			for (Control thisParent = Parent; thisParent != null; thisParent = thisParent.Parent)<br />
			{<br />
				if (thisParent.Parent != null && thisParent.Top > 0)<br />
					y += thisParent.Top;<br />
			}

Once you've done this, you should have a good reference to everything, and can paint your lines etc. The only other thing you'll need to is is get notified of scroll events so you can repaint everything properly. For the ListView control, I was forced to override the WndProc method to get my notifications:

private const int WM_HSCROLL = 0x114;<br />
private const int WM_VSCROLL = 0x115;<br />
<br />
protected override void WndProc(ref Message msg)<br />
{<br />
	// Look for the WM_VSCROLL or the WM_HSCROLL messages.<br />
	if ((msg.Msg == WM_VSCROLL) || (msg.Msg == WM_HSCROLL))<br />
	{<br />
		// Do something to update your control <br />
	}<br />
	// Pass message to default handler.<br />
	base.WndProc(ref msg);<br />
}

Naturally this could all be irrelevant to the Panel control (something I've never bothered to base a new control off), But I hope it helps anyway.

Re: Scrolling and drawing with GDI+ and Windows Forms

Arun Bhalla5-Aug-03 6:00

Arun Bhalla

5-Aug-03 6:00

Interesting and insightful response, thanks! I fear that my lack of Win32/C++ makes me forget aboud WndProc().

I think the way to go might be to create and set a VirtualLocation in my child controls which get updated in a LocationChanged event handler. I may have to use WndProc() to create some HScroll and VScroll events -- odd, I think, that they aren't part of the Windows Forms library.

I still think it's odd that the Location property doesn't reflect the virtual location of the autoscrolling parent control, just that of the location within the viewport. It seems like one can use the Location property to move a child control to a virtual location, though.

Thanks,
Arun

get rows returned from data adapter

mikemilano4-Aug-03 11:46

mikemilano

4-Aug-03 11:46

OdbcDataAdapter da = new OdbcDataAdapter(sql,con);
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
da.Fill(ds,"Contacts");
dataGrid1.SetDataBinding(ds,"Contacts");

i need to get the total rows returned from my sql query similar to how ExecuteNonQuery() works.

how can i get the total rows in a data grid, data set, or data adapter?

Re: get rows returned from data adapter

Alexander Kojevnikov4-Aug-03 22:15

Alexander Kojevnikov

4-Aug-03 22:15

Use ds.Tables["MyTable"].Rows.Count property to get the total number of rows in MyTable DataTable.

Alexandre Kojevnikov
MCAD charter member
Leuven, Belgium

Re: get rows returned from data adapter

mikemilano5-Aug-03 3:47

mikemilano

5-Aug-03 3:47

I thank you so much!

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