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Re: Download From Desktop Application

Nader Elshehabi1-Sep-06 4:47

Nader Elshehabi

1-Sep-06 4:47

ROTFL

Regards

Re: Download From Desktop Application

Nader Elshehabi1-Sep-06 5:27

Nader Elshehabi

1-Sep-06 5:27

Hello

You should phrase your question right Smile | :)

, pointing us to where you need help. Otherwise if you need general help in a topic like this, you should search the articles instead.

I'll assume you need sample code for your project, but it's still too large to be on a post. Here are to articles to get you started.

http://www.codeproject.com/cs/internet/cooldownloader.asp[^]

http://www.codeproject.com/cs/internet/webdownload.asp[^]

Regards

Not able to read the value from App.config file

kumar sudhir11-Sep-06 0:53

kumar sudhir1

1-Sep-06 0:53

I want to read the security key value from App.config file. Below is the procedure which I did :

Create a new config file name as App.config

In the App.config file:
Added this:
<appsettings>

<add key="SecurityKey" value="MyNewKey">

After that I did the following:

System.Configuration.AppSettingsReader settingsReader
= new AppSettingsReader();

when i am debugging these, i find that the value of dimension is 0 which supposed to 1. since there is one key-value present in the App.config

string key = (string)settingsReader.GetValue("SecurityKey", typeof(String));

Also it's throwing an exception stating

“The key "SecurityKey" does not exist in the appSettings configuration section”.--which already present in the App.config.

Also i tried with the second scenario:

string key =
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SecurityKey"];

which giving me the key value null.

Do i required to do some setting for reading the "SecurityKey" Value?

Needs help!

Thanks

Sudhir Kumar

Sudhir Kumar

Re: Not able to read the value from App.config file

Bhupi Bhai1-Sep-06 1:57

Bhupi Bhai

1-Sep-06 1:57

Sudhir,

Since I am unable to see your app.config file I am assuming this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="SecurityKey" value="SecurityKeyVALUE"/>
</appSettings>
</configuration>

C# Code:
string key = System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["SecurityKey"].ToString();

This should work without any problem.

Regards,
Bhupesh.

Re: Not able to read the value from App.config file

Not Active1-Sep-06 2:23

Not Active

1-Sep-06 2:23

Posting the question once and only in one forum will get you answers.

Posting more than once and to different forums will get you ignored.

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Sort DataGridView Column in Numeric Format

Andy Rama1-Sep-06 0:49

Andy Rama

1-Sep-06 0:49

Hi to all,
In my DataGridView, I have 1st Column as "Unique-ID", which must be unique.
And the DataSource to the DataGridView is an XML File ( containing 'Unique-ID' in numeric & 'ID-Detail' in text format which is shown in DataGridView).

I want to sort "Unique-ID" Column on 'ColumnHeaderClicked' event in numeric format not in string format. What should I do for that?
Plz., guide me.

Thanks & Best Regards,
Aniket Salunkhe

Not able to read the value from App.config file

kumar sudhir11-Sep-06 0:49

kumar sudhir1

1-Sep-06 0:49

I want to read the security key value from App.config file. Below is the procedure which I did :

Create a new config file name as App.config

In the App.config file:

<configuration>

<appsettings>

<add key="SecurityKey" value="MyNewKey">

After that I did the following:

System.Configuration.AppSettingsReader settingsReader
= new AppSettingsReader();

when i am debugging these, i find that the value of dimension is 0 which supposed to 1. since there is one key-value present in the App.config

string key = (string)settingsReader.GetValue("SecurityKey", typeof(String));

Also it's throwing an exception stating

“The key "SecurityKey" does not exist in the appSettings configuration section”.--which already present in the App.config.

Also i tried with the second scenario:

string key =
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["SecurityKey"];

which giving me the key value null.

Do i required to do some setting for reading the "SecurityKey" Value?

Needs help!

Thanks

Sudhir Kumar

Sudhir Kumar

Win32 GetFocus() Alternative?

wbjohnson31-Aug-06 23:50

wbjohnson

31-Aug-06 23:50

Hey guys

my little "robot application" is coming along nicely now, but ive hit ANOTHER wall lol

basically i want to wait until a certain Edit field comes back into focus on a different application running on windows... Ive tried using Win32.GetFocus() to return the handle to the currently selected window, but that only seems to work for the calling thread...

Win32.GetForegroundWindow() allows me to get the handle to the current application, however i need the Edit field that is current focused (has the cursor in ready for input)...

is there any other way of finding this out from a differnent application sat in the system tray?

Cheers!!

Will

MessageBox close button ? help please ...

cmpeng3431-Aug-06 23:38

cmpeng34

31-Aug-06 23:38

hi all,
when a user attempts to close my application,i show him/her a confirmation messagebox. (with YesNo options.
but the problem is: the X (close cross) button on the right up corner is disabled.
why ? why is that button disabled ? and how can i make it enable again ?
cos the user should both press No or that X button not to exit the program ?
Thanks in advance, bye.

MFA

Re: MessageBox close button ? help please ...

User 66581-Sep-06 1:40

User 6658

1-Sep-06 1:40

Use MessageBoxButtons.YesNoCancel

If you only use YesNo, then clicking the X-Button is not a valid option, that's why it is disabled. Adding the "Cancel" property is the correct way to do it.

But for a confirmation to close the app I'd use OkCancel, because "No" and "Cancel" have virtually the same meaning in this case, yet the MessageBox has two different buttons. Kinda confusing.

regards

modified 12-Sep-18 21:01pm.

Button look&feel

JacquesDP31-Aug-06 23:08

JacquesDP

31-Aug-06 23:08

Hi all, I'm creating a touchscreen form, so what I need to know is if there is anyway that I can change the look of the buttons, from square to round buttons, and just round the edges of the buttons.

I have images that I want to put on top of the buttons so I need to be able to change the form of the buton.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanx in advance

He who laughs last is a bit on the slow side

Re: Button look&feel

Stefan Troschuetz31-Aug-06 23:20

Stefan Troschuetz

31-Aug-06 23:20

I think there are some artciles here on CP covering this topic.

"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook

www.troschuetz.de

Re: Button look&feel

Andrei Ungureanu1-Sep-06 1:53

Andrei Ungureanu

1-Sep-06 1:53

Hi,
There are several ways to create a button but not to be a button Smile | :)

.
I used to play with PictureBoxes in which I used to load images that look like buttons. If you set the backcolor to Transparent and place inside the PictureBox an PNG file with transparent background you obtain a kind of button. If you want your "button" to be "alive" try changing the image in MouseEnter and MouseLeave event with images that look almost like the original one.
Static buttons i used to create on my background image of the form and place above them a label and at the Click event on the label do the work. It's not very pleasant but it works.

Do your best to be the best

Re: Button look&feel

JacquesDP1-Sep-06 2:11

JacquesDP

1-Sep-06 2:11

Thanx, your post were more helpful than the previous one. Smile | :)

I found a class where you create your button, but you basically draw the entire thing, so then you can curve the edges, problem being that I can't get the image to stick to the button, so that wont work..

Guess labels and picture boxes it is... Cry | :((

Many thanx Wink | ;)

He who laughs last is a bit on the slow side

The C5 Generic Collection Library

Kevin McFarlane31-Aug-06 23:05

Kevin McFarlane

31-Aug-06 23:05

Anyone tried this?
http://www.itu.dk/research/c5/[^]

If so, how does it compare to PowerCollections? It seems more powerful and I get the impression that it has a steeper learning curve.

Kevin

Re: The C5 Generic Collection Library

leppie1-Sep-06 0:56

leppie

1-Sep-06 0:56

Kevin McFarlane wrote:
If so, how does it compare to PowerCollections?

Personally, I have never had much use for it, and it seemed unnecesarily bloated. Thanks for the link Smile | :)

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Declaring control events in XML file

mhadamji31-Aug-06 22:42

mhadamji

31-Aug-06 22:42

Hi All

I have a blank windows form running on .net 1.1. At runtime, I load controls dynamically from an XML file which is all fine. I now need to register events for the controls dynamically define somewhere in the XML file. Is this possible? As my requirement is to generate the controls and define its events in XML file, I don't want to use factory model.
I have tried using addhandlers and eventhandlers but no success yet.

Thanks
Mustafa
www.hostukdomain.com

Re: Declaring control events in XML file

WillemM31-Aug-06 23:11

WillemM

31-Aug-06 23:11

I really hate to say this, but what you are trying to do was already done for you by Marc Clifton : http://myxaml.com/[^]

This has it all, eventhandlers, components, etc. all in XML. Great tool and very mature Smile | :)

WM.

What about weapons of mass-construction?

Re: Declaring control events in XML file

mhadamji1-Sep-06 3:12

mhadamji

1-Sep-06 3:12

thanks Williem...
I look forward taking a dive into it..

Mustafa
http://www.hostukdomain.com

How to capture the data entered by the user

King Shez31-Aug-06 22:11

King Shez

31-Aug-06 22:11

HI

Guys let me know one thing how to capture the data eneterd by the user through key baord in C# , e.g. if the user presses the A key of key board so i can access the A in my code for use.plz replt ASAP,
thankx in advance

Re: How to capture the data entered by the user

CWIZO31-Aug-06 22:47

CWIZO

31-Aug-06 22:47

You write a event handler for the Key_Press (or Key_Down) event for the control you wan't to capture.

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Re: How to capture the data entered by the user

King Shez1-Sep-06 2:06

King Shez

1-Sep-06 2:06

thankx for ur response , but man i am making a window service it would be running at the back end as window process,there would be no user control in front of the user where the user enters the data and i can get the data in key press event of my application , so that would not be the case here,plz reply ASAP ,

Calculation Problems

Gavin Roberts31-Aug-06 22:05

Gavin Roberts

31-Aug-06 22:05

Hi all,

I've been working on a Graph class for our web stats system and i'm having a few problems.

After getting some help of a few guys/gals (not sure) from here, I solved many problems and then hit another one.

I have currently got a class that generates an image of a graph which has X and Y Axis labels all correctly placed.

Now my problem is, how can I display my values in a staticly sized image?

My working space is 150hx650w. My X and Y Labels are all placed in the right place, and I need to calculate how tall I need to make my bars to reflect their value.

So my values are now : 0,0,4,0,90,172,0 (graph shows stats for the last 7 days)

At first I thought 150*value/100 would give me a percentage of the height, which I could simply draw

but when I tried it against the 172, my return value was 258.

Has anyone got any idea's on how to solve this. Maths was my strong subject at school, but i've forgotten most of it.

Thanks everyone.

Gav

Re: Calculation Problems

Marek Grzenkowicz31-Aug-06 22:11

Marek Grzenkowicz

31-Aug-06 22:11

bar = bar_max * value / value_max

For example:
bar = 150 * 172 / 172 = 150
bar = 150 * 90 / 172 = 78

Re: Calculation Problems

Gavin Roberts31-Aug-06 23:14

Gavin Roberts

31-Aug-06 23:14

THANK YOU!

I knew it would be simple, but I didn't think it was THAT simple.

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