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MeConfused7-Jul-04 7:22

7-Jul-04 7:22

Is there anyone that would have an example of how to change the wallpaper using the systemparametersinfo. How do you use it, what needs to be impoted and an example code would be nice.Thanks. Smile | :)

# of projects in Start Page

Richard Jones7-Jul-04 2:14

Richard Jones

7-Jul-04 2:14

How can I display more than 10 projects in the Start Page? (in studio)

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Re: # of projects in Start Page

Colin Angus Mackay7-Jul-04 2:24

Colin Angus Mackay

7-Jul-04 2:24

Change the number of Most Recently Used projects in the options dialog. The affects the list of projects in the file menu also.

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Re: # of projects in Start Page

Richard Jones8-Jul-04 1:55

Richard Jones

8-Jul-04 1:55

Thanks.

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Button Focus in Compact Framework

ripi10006-Jul-04 23:45

ripi1000

6-Jul-04 23:45

Hello @all,

in my Mobile Application (Windows Mobile2003 / CompactFramework / VB.NET) i programmaticly set the focus to a button.

But the Button dont't get the focus??

If i debug the code it works fine (if I can belive the debugger), but the button don't get the focus.

I really don't know what to do. Is anyone here who got the same problem??

Any help is welcome

Regards
Sascha

Getting and Setting the Master and Wave Volume

bneacetp5-Jul-04 21:37

bneacetp

5-Jul-04 21:37

How would I go about using the .NET Framework to get and set the Master and Wave Volume of the user's computer? Can it be done with .NET, or is Direct Sound required to do this? Any leads in the right direction would be appreciated.

Happy Programming and may God Bless!

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Re: Getting and Setting the Master and Wave Volume

mav.northwind9-Jul-04 22:47

mav.northwind

9-Jul-04 22:47

You can P/Invoke waveOutSetVolume() to set the volume of a waveform audio output device.

[DllImport("winmm.dll")]
public static extern int waveOutSetVolume(IntPtr hwo, UInt32 dwVolume);

...
waveOutSetVolume(IntPtr.Zero, 0xFFFFFFFF);
...

This sets both channels of master volume to maximum.
For special target devices you might have to use other WaveOut-functions, but they're all documented in the platform SDK.

Regards,
mav

Re: Getting and Setting the Master and Wave Volume

bneacetp9-Jul-04 23:06

bneacetp

9-Jul-04 23:06

Thanks for your reply. Big Grin | :-D

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MTS

hatim_ali5-Jul-04 18:02

hatim_ali

5-Jul-04 18:02

hi friends,

heard that MTS is not supported in .NET Framework. I guess .NET framework supports COM+ runtime services so how come MTS is not supported ??

tHanKs,
Hatim Ali.

Re: MTS

Sendilkumar.M9-Jul-04 21:16

Sendilkumar.M

9-Jul-04 21:16

Hi ali

I guess your are using incorrect version of MTS.If you are using 2000 Professional surely i will not support for COM+.For deploying COM+ components use 2003 server or Latest version of MTS(Non NT flavour)

Thanks

M.Sendilkumar
Senior Software Engineer
TVS Infotech
Chennai,TamilNadu,India.
98413 27002

Re: MTS

Serge Lobko-Lobanovsky16-Jul-04 6:52

Serge Lobko-Lobanovsky

16-Jul-04 6:52

M.Sendilkumarm wrote:
I guess your are using incorrect version of MTS.If you are using 2000 Professional surely i will not support for COM+.

Are you sure? Windows 2000 Professional does have support for COM+, and .NET components can be published in the COM+ catalog using the System.EnterpriseServices namespace.

COM+ is "COM + MTS". MTS was introduced in NT 4.0, and became part of the COM+ services in Windows 2000.

Regards,
Serge (Logic Software, Easy Projects .NET site)

Re: MTS

Serge Lobko-Lobanovsky16-Jul-04 6:54

Serge Lobko-Lobanovsky

16-Jul-04 6:54

Windows 2000 Professional does have support for COM+, and .NET components can be published in the COM+ catalog using the System.EnterpriseServices namespace.

COM+ is "COM + MTS". MTS was introduced in NT 4.0, and became part of the COM+ services in Windows 2000 under the MS DTC (distributed transaction coordinator).

So, NT MTS (version 1.0) is not supported, but 2000 COM+ (DTC) is.

Regards,
Serge (Logic Software, Easy Projects .NET site)

App works on OS with no .NET

smack_2k25-Jul-04 9:28

smack_2k2

5-Jul-04 9:28

I want to start a project in VisualC++, with VS .NET 2003. Is there any way to make the app work on a machine that has .NET framework not installed ? If not is there a VC++ (or higher) with no .NET ?

Re: App works on OS with no .NET

Mike Dimmick5-Jul-04 12:52

Mike Dimmick

5-Jul-04 12:52

Yes. Just make sure you select one of the unmanaged project types, from the ATL, MFC or Win32 categories. Obviously you can't use any .NET features.

Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder

setting the mailserver when sending email

kowplunk5-Jul-04 5:04

kowplunk

5-Jul-04 5:04

is there a default mail server reference string using .net. I have a little app that I send email on, but I want to ensure that it always obtains the correct mail server.

If there is not a default mail server, how would a person determine the mail server that is being used?

Thanks for the help

How to add and handle MouseEvents on Items in ListBox

cuonghm5-Jul-04 1:32

cuonghm

5-Jul-04 1:32

Any one know how to add and handle MouseEvents on Items in ListBox?
Pls tell me.
Thanks

Performance trade-off

hatim_ali4-Jul-04 23:59

hatim_ali

4-Jul-04 23:59

Hi,

Since assembly compiles in IL, the binary reusability paradigm introduced by COM is no longer alive.

Is an assembly a healthier substitute of classic COM infrastructure ??? There also lies a performance trade-off in using assemblies as they are JUST in TIME compiled while COM components are pre-compiled.

What are the major benefits of using assemblies over COM ?? I've never encountered DLL HELL issues then why should i use assemblies ??

Thanks,

Regards,
Hatim Ali.

Re: Performance trade-off

Colin Angus Mackay5-Jul-04 5:53

Colin Angus Mackay

5-Jul-04 5:53

hatim_ali wrote:
I've never encountered DLL HELL issues then why should i use assemblies ??

Aren't you lucky.

hatim_ali wrote:
There also lies a performance trade-off in using assemblies as they are JUST in TIME compiled while COM components are pre-compiled.

If it concerns you that much why not just run the assemblies through ngen first and compile them in to a native format in advance.

hatim_ali wrote:
Is an assembly a healthier substitute of classic COM infrastructure ???

According to Don Box .NET was originally called COM3

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Determing if the network resource is being accessed

Tarundeep Singh Kalra4-Jul-04 21:10

Tarundeep Singh Kalra

4-Jul-04 21:10

Hi,
I want to find out whether some application is trying to access the network resource like internet (HTTP,SMTP POP,FTP etc etc. –any sort of network resource usage) or any other network resource like mapped drives,VPN etc.
I want to capture this .

Secondly I want to determine which application is trying to access that resource.

Specifically in .NET , is there such support for firewall packet sniffing in .NET

Regards
Tarun

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Re: Determing if the network resource is being accessed

Serge Lobko-Lobanovsky16-Jul-04 6:59

Serge Lobko-Lobanovsky

16-Jul-04 6:59

Hi,

.NET is not a jack of all trades Smile | :)

You will need to implement it yourself using WinSock layered providers, which is not an easy thing to implement

Regards,
Serge (Logic Software, Easy Projects .NET site)

structure of a strong name key file

Stanimir_Stoyanov4-Jul-04 0:26

Stanimir_Stoyanov

4-Jul-04 0:26

i'm looking for an article showing how a key pair is being generated, so how the public key token is, and eventually about "binary attack" to signed .net assembly (e.g. editing the public key token using hex editor) - for educational purposes only Big Grin | :-D

.

10x in advance

Re: structure of a strong name key file

Steven Campbell4-Jul-04 4:46

Steven Campbell

4-Jul-04 4:46

http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/PerKeyGen.asp

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Re: structure of a strong name key file

Stanimir_Stoyanov4-Jul-04 6:03

Stanimir_Stoyanov

4-Jul-04 6:03

thanks, but what about how to manually generate a token for the public key?

Re: structure of a strong name key file

Steven Campbell4-Jul-04 9:11

Steven Campbell

4-Jul-04 9:11

Sn.exe computes the token using a hash function from the public key. I don't know what the specific hash function is, but it should be easy to find out through experimentation. Probably either MD5 or SHA1.

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Re: structure of a strong name key file

Steven Campbell4-Jul-04 9:20

Steven Campbell

4-Jul-04 9:20

I've answered your questions because this is for educational purposes, and also because knowing these things does not in fact allow the "attack" of the signed assembly.

To verify the assembly's digital signature, the CLR uses the assembly's public key to decrypt the assembly's digital signature, resulting in the original, calculated hash. In addition, the CLR uses the information in the assembly's manifest to dynamically generate a hash. This hash value is then compared with the original hash value. These values must match, or we must assume that someone has tampered with the assembly. - from .NET Framework Essentials, By Hoang Lam, Thuan L. Thai.

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