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Re: Is New() inherently threadsafe?

Shayne Husson13-Dec-04 15:42

Shayne Husson

13-Dec-04 15:42

Cheers

that makes things clearer for me.

ResX File Difference

SanShou13-Dec-04 12:31

SanShou

13-Dec-04 12:31

Hey,

I am not sure if this is the correct place to put this, but I am currently localizing an active project that is using .resx files. While the developers are making simple changes, it seems to randomly re-order the files. So I was wondering if anyone knew of a good file difference program (like Beyond Compare or Win Diff) that can handle .resx files that keep switching order but not neccessarily data.

Thanks,
Brian

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Indexed icon files, not supported in .net?

Member 9613-Dec-04 11:41

Member 96

13-Dec-04 11:41

Just came to the realization when creating an image list and pointing it to an icon file .ico that contains 16X16, 24X24, 32X32 size images that you can't specify which one to use.

I thought this was just a limitation of the visual studio property page, but then I started digging and I see no reference anywhere in .net to indexed icon files. Every icon related function seems to work with the 0th image by default.

For example when you use ImageList.Add(pathtoiconfile) you get no option to specify which image in the icon file to use.

Am I missing something here or are icon files with more than one image in them just not supported?

Re: Indexed icon files, not supported in .net?

Dave Kreskowiak13-Dec-04 12:39

Dave Kreskowiak

13-Dec-04 12:39

John Cardinal wrote:
Am I missing something here or are icon files with more than one image in them just not supported?

IIRC, not supported... not yet anyway. I think that's uspposed to be resolved in the .NET Framework 2.0.

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Threading + lock() question

eyoung7013-Dec-04 9:15

eyoung70

13-Dec-04 9:15

Can someone please help me with this? If I obtain a lock on an object and then spawn a new thread from within the method that obtained the lock, does the new thread have access to the locked object? It seems intuitive that it would, but its important I know for sure.

private void Method1()
{
lock(lockedObject)
{
Thread th = new Thread(new ThreadStart(SpawnMethod2));
th.Start();
}
}

private void SpawnMethod2()
{
// do something with lockedObject....
}

Re: Threading + lock() question

Skynyrd13-Dec-04 9:26

Skynyrd

13-Dec-04 9:26

I would assume it does because the new thread really starts in ur SpawnMethod and ur lock is effective in your Method1. It wouldn¡t be too hard to test anyway, try it out with a dummy app.

Apart from that, I would consider using System.Threading.Monitor.Enter/Exit for thread-safe objects. With the lock statement u risk throwing an exception that could deadlock ur object or what's worse, ur type if its a static method.

This wont happen with Monitors:

private void Method1()
{
try
{
Monitor.Enter(lockedObject);
Thread th = new Thread(new ThreadStart(SpawnMethod2));
th.Start();
}
finally
{
Monitor.Exit(lockedObject);
}
}

Re: Threading + lock() question

eyoung7013-Dec-04 10:23

eyoung70

13-Dec-04 10:23

Here's what I've found, and I hope I tested this correctly:

1. if you lock an object and then simply call a method from inside the lock, the currentthread maintains the lock in the called method

2. if you lock an object and then spawn a new thread and attempt to access the locked resource from the new thread, you must wait until the initial thread releases the lock

How I determined this was to add "lock(lockedObject)" (yes, I know I shouldn't use it but its just for this test) to all three methods: 1. the initial method (Method1), 2. the called method (Method2), and 3. the method the new thread calls (Method3).

The initial thread obtains the lock and calls Method2, which also requests a lock on the object. Because the thread in Method2 matches that of Method1 (as determined by outputting the currentthread's name), control passes right through Method2's lock with no problem and executes whatever code I have inside its lock().

However, if I access the lock in Method1, spawn a new thread (naming it, so I can check the flow of control), and attempt to access the lock on Method3, it waits momentarily until control passes through Method1, thus releasing the lock on the object and allowing Method3 to obtain the lock. At that point, code inside Method3's lock begins to execute.

I hope this is a sound way of determining this. I am somewhat of a newbie when it comes to threading issues, and I'm having to learn a lot of stuff just by performing my own little tests. If anyone sees a problem with my methodology, please help me out.

Re: Threading + lock() question

Dennis C. Dietrich13-Dec-04 11:06

Dennis C. Dietrich

13-Dec-04 11:06

Skynyrd wrote:
Apart from that, I would consider using System.Threading.Monitor.Enter/Exit for thread-safe objects. With the lock statement u risk throwing an exception that could deadlock ur object or what's worse, ur type if its a static method.

No it wouldn't. The lock Statement[^] is exactly doing what you suggest to do manually (see C# Language Specification: 8.12 The lock statement[^]).

Best regards
Dennis

Re: Threading + lock() question

Dennis C. Dietrich13-Dec-04 11:24

Dennis C. Dietrich

13-Dec-04 11:24

eyoung70 wrote:
If I obtain a lock on an object and then spawn a new thread from within the method that obtained the lock, does the new thread have access to the locked object?

Take a look at the documentation of the Monitor.Enter() Method[^] to understand what happens when you use the lock statement[^]. In short you need to use it everywhere where threads might concurrently access an object while it might be in an inconsistent state. This happens when one thread begins to change data of the object, is interrupted and another thread accesses the (now inconsistent) object. It has nothing to do with in which thread another concurrent thread was originally created.

Best regards
Dennis

Re: Threading + lock() question

Daniel Turini13-Dec-04 21:18

Daniel Turini

13-Dec-04 21:18

The rule is tremendously simple:
The lock is per thread. Is some other thread tries to lock it, it'll be blocked.
It doesn't matter which object or which method. All that matters is wich thread.
HTH.

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Printing web browser control to screen

Judah Gabriel Himango13-Dec-04 8:23

Judah Gabriel Himango

13-Dec-04 8:23

If I have a single WebBrowser control (either the managed wrapper in 2.0 or the ActiveX instance), is there anyway I can force it to draw to the screen multiple times without creating multiple instances of the control? Basically what I want to do is:

-------------------
<draw some html in here>
-------------------
<draw other html here>
-------------------

and so on. I know I can do this with the RichTextBox via P/Invoke (MSDN article on that here[^]), but that same P/Invoke trick doesn't seem to work on the WebBrowser control.

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Sql Statment Problem with Char " ' "

webhay13-Dec-04 7:15

webhay

13-Dec-04 7:15

Hello all

I made a desktop application the useres enter data in text boxes but when the user enter this Char " ' " make confilect with with SQL Statement

eg.

Select * from Names where Name='"+Name+"'

if Name contain any ' it will make SQL statment error

pleae help
Hay Frown | :(

Re: Sql Statment Problem with Char " ' "

Judah Gabriel Himango13-Dec-04 8:26

Judah Gabriel Himango

13-Dec-04 8:26

Someone once said in this forum "Sql string concatenation is sooooo 1990s" Smile | :)

Do not use string concating for sql statements, that opens you up to Sql injection attacts. Instead, use parameterized queries, which will also take care of your char apostrophe problem:

SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand("Select * from Names where Name = @Name");

command.Parameters.Add("@Name", myNameVariable);

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Re: Sql Statment Problem with Char " ' "

J4amieC13-Dec-04 22:11

J4amieC

13-Dec-04 22:11

Hi, my name is:

';DELETE FROM Names;--

can you enter my name in the name paramand test it works for me please.*

* dont do this really, just make sure you use parameterized queries for important data

Re: Sql Statment Problem with Char " ' "

webhay13-Dec-04 22:31

webhay

13-Dec-04 22:31

Thanks

hay

Can we use C# for programing Graphics Environments?

Kiran Satish13-Dec-04 5:53

Kiran Satish

13-Dec-04 5:53

Hi all,

I am having a doubt, whether we can use C# for programming graphics environments instead of using OpenGL. I am not familiar with OpenGL, I have tried a couple of times to learn it, but not interested. But rather i am more interested in learning C#, if we can develop graphics environments in C#. I want to develop some simple applications like creating an environment(Ex: room) with objects like sphere, cube, pyramid etc...)

The main question is can we use C# for developing the applications that we develop using OpenGL?

Thanks in advance,
Suman.

Suman

Re: Can we use C# for programing Graphics Environments?

Dave Kreskowiak13-Dec-04 6:08

Dave Kreskowiak

13-Dec-04 6:08

A moot question considering your comparing apples and oranges. C# is a general purpose language for writing applications while OpenGL is an API Library, not a language.

You can use C# to write a graphics environment and have it call OpenGL functions to actually draw the visuals on screen.

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Re: Can we use C# for programing Graphics Environments?

Anonymous13-Dec-04 6:24

Anonymous

13-Dec-04 6:24

Hi,

yep thts wht i am asking/looking for, can't we draw visuals on screen using C# alone without OpenGL?

Suman.

Re: Can we use C# for programing Graphics Environments?

Dave Kreskowiak13-Dec-04 9:58

Dave Kreskowiak

13-Dec-04 9:58

C# doesn't have any drawing functions. If your talking about drawing without using a non-Microsoft API, then your talking about GDI+. In C#, or any other language targeting the .NET Framework, the basic functionality is encapsulated by the System.Drawing namespace.

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OleDbConnection question

Dirso13-Dec-04 4:56

Dirso

13-Dec-04 4:56

Hi,

Why does this code raise an exception?

<br />
OleDbConnection m_adoConn;<br />
OleDbCommand cmdPrj = new OleDbCommand("SELECT * FROM project", m_adoConn);<br />
OleDbDataReader readerPrj = cmdPrj.ExecuteReader();<br />
while(readerPrj.Read())<br />
{<br />
  OleDbCommand cmdUp = new OleDbCommand("UPDATE project SET PrjName=\"TESTE\"", m_adoConn);<br />
}<br />
readerPrj.Close();<br />

The exception message is: "There is already an open DataReader associated with this Connection which must be closed first"
My main question is "WHY?" - is there anyway to keep the datareader opened, so i can change or insert some data to the current database (where the connection is pointing to)?

Thank u very much,
Dirso

Re: OleDbConnection question

Heath Stewart13-Dec-04 5:19

Heath Stewart

13-Dec-04 5:19

The exception is quite clear: you can only have one DataReader open per connection. And how would keeping the DataReader open help you update the records? This isn't ADO - it's ADO.NET and it does work a little differently. The OleDbCommand.ExecuteNonQuery is how you update data, or you could use a DataSet and a DataAdapter derivative (in your case, using an OleDbDataAdapter) to fill and update data. A DataSet is a disconnected recordset that contains tables with column definitions, change tracking, serialization support (in .NET 1.x, only to XML; in .NET 2.0, to XML and binary), and even referential integrity.

Read in the .NET Framework SDK about the DataSet class and the DataAdapter class, both of which include examples in the class and their members' documentation topics.

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Re: OleDbConnection question

Skynyrd13-Dec-04 5:36

Skynyrd

13-Dec-04 5:36

A DataReader needs exclusive access to its connection and will not be able to share it with anything else while its open. If u need to execute some other query while a reader is active you will have to create a new connection.

changing the text colour in datagrid row (C#)

steve_rm13-Dec-04 4:07

steve_rm

13-Dec-04 4:07

Hello,

I have a datagrid with books, when the book is overdue i want it to change the text to Red. A for has been used to go through each row (works fine). But when it comes to a book that is overdue, l want it to change the text to red. I have tired using the code below, but does not work.

if ( dateDue < todaysDate )<br />
{<br />
grdBookOnLoan.Select(i); //i For loop counter<br />
grdBookOnLoan.ForeColor = Color.Red;<br />
grdBookOnLoan.UnSelect(i);<br />
}

Thanks in advance,

Steve

Re: changing the text colour in datagrid row (C#)

tojamismis13-Dec-04 6:16

tojamismis

13-Dec-04 6:16

You might try adding an extra hidden column into the datagrid, a boolean that indicates whether the book is overdue. Then use the "OnPreRender" in your html markup to execute a method that checks if the book is overdue and changes the forecolor of the object if it is.

code works something like this

<br />
<asp:Label id="myLabel" runat="server" OnPreRender="CheckOverdue"/ ><br />
<br />

In your codebehind

<br />
public void CheckOverdue(object sender, EventArgs e)<br />
{<br />
   System.Web.UI.Controls.Label lbl, lblIsOverdue;<br />
   //Get the label that raised this event<br />
   lbl = (System.Web.UI.Controls.Label)sender;<br />
   //Find the label that tells if this book is overdue<br />
   lblIsOverdue = (System.Web.UI.Controls.Label)e.Item.Items.FindControl("lblIsOverdue");<br />
<br />
   //Now we determine whether the book is overdue<br />
   if(lblIsOverdue.Text == "true")<br />
   {<br />
      lbl.ForeColor = Color.Red;<br />
   }<br />
}<br />

And that should do it. Please note that this code works on a label by label basis, not a row by row. I'm not sure what this type of method does to scalability or load times (never used it in an enterprise app). So if this is for a large app, you might want to load test with and without.

Hope that helps.

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SqlMoney Type

webhay13-Dec-04 4:03

webhay

13-Dec-04 4:03

hi all ,

I store a data in sql with sqlmoney type but when i try to divid sqlmoney value it give me error that it cant apply this operans with sqlmoney

SqlMoney salary;

salary/2;

please help
hay Frown | :(

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