How Do I Define String Length? - C# Discussion Boards

Re: Reference as a 'pointer' to a value type

Cfer8330-Jul-07 9:37

Cfer83

30-Jul-07 9:37

Try this one,
http://www.csharphelp.com/archives/archive77.html

CheckSignature of SignedXml returns false

amit_k_gupta30-Jul-07 7:37

amit_k_gupta

30-Jul-07 7:37

Dear Friends,
I have to validate digital signature inside an XML which we receive from our client. Client has given us their cetificate also which contains their public key. I am using following lines of code to verify the signature but I am getting false everytime. Moreover, .Net framework does not tell what went wrong behind giving this false output value. I am using .Net framework 1.1/C#.

<br />
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();<br />
xmlDoc.PreserveWhitespace = true;<br />
xmlDoc.LoadXml(SamlXML);<br />
bool validSaml = false;<br />
<br />
X509Certificate cert = X509Certificate.CreateFromCertFile(certificateFileName); <br />
XmlNamespaceManager mgr = new XmlNamespaceManager(xmlDoc.NameTable);<br />
mgr.AddNamespace("saml",this.samlAssertionNameSpaceURI);<br />
mgr.AddNamespace("ds",this.digitalSignatureNameSpaceURI);<br />
XmlNode nodeSignature = rootNode.SelectSingleNode("//saml:Assertion//ds:Signature",mgr);<br />
if(nodeSignature == null)<br />
{<br />
	this.errorNumber = Const.SAML_ASSERTION_SIGNATURE_INVALID_NOT_DEFINED;<br />
	this.errorMessage = "ds:Signature node is missing";<br />
	return validSaml;<br />
}			<br />
<br />
SignedXml verifier = new SignedXml(xmlDoc);<br />
verifier.LoadXml((XmlElement)nodeSignature);<br />
<br />
KeyInfo key = new KeyInfo();<br />
key.AddClause(new KeyInfoX509Data(cert));<br />
verifier.KeyInfo = key;<br />
<br />
if(verifier.CheckSignature())<br />
      validSaml = true;<br />
else<br />
     validSaml = false;<br />

I am getting false everytime when I call CheckSignature() method. Can someone please help me. I would appreciate any type of help in this matter.

Thanks and Regards,

Amit

XML serialization - Class and Property [modified]

User 665830-Jul-07 7:25

User 6658

30-Jul-07 7:25

Hi
I'm trying to serialize a class. Everything works fine, but I have problems serializing a property which returns one of my custom types. This is the class:

public MultiSampleType MultiSampleType
{
    get { return multisampleType; }
    set { multisampleType = value; }
}

public bool VSync
{
    get { return vsync; }
    set { vsync = value; }
}

public Resolution CurrentResolution
{
    get { return resolutions[currentResolution]; }
}

Both MultiSampleType and VSync get serialized, but CurrentResolution does not. I have marked my own class Resolution as [Serializable], but it doesn't work. This class also contains some public properties.

Any suggestions?

thanks in advance

/edit:

Looks like I also have to define a set accessor in my CurrentResolution. I actually don't want this. Is there a way to achieve this without it?

modified 12-Sep-18 21:01pm.

Re: XML serialization - Class and Property

Martin#30-Jul-07 8:02

Martin#

30-Jul-07 8:02

Greeeg wrote:
Looks like I also have to define a set accessor in my CurrentResolution. I actually don't want this

But that doesn't make any sence I guess, you will not be able to DeSerialize it without an setter.

All the best,

Martin

Re: XML serialization - Class and Property

User 665830-Jul-07 8:44

User 6658

30-Jul-07 8:44

Yeah, makes sense Big Grin | :-D

I just noticed another weird thing though. Deserialization worked fine most of the time, but sometimes I get this:

XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));<br />
ret = (T)serializer.Deserialize(stream);

Exception: IvalidOperationException (malformed XML file)

No wonder, the file looks like this at the end:

  ...
  </CurrentResolution>
</ResolutionManager>anager>>

What the hell is wrong with the tag here? Is the serializier messing up something?

regards

modified 12-Sep-18 21:01pm.

Re: XML serialization - Class and Property

BoneSoft30-Jul-07 9:20

BoneSoft

30-Jul-07 9:20

Any property that will be serialized/deserialized has to be read/write. So a public field, or a property with both public get and set. It can't serialize if it doesn't have a public get and it can't deserialize if it doesn't allow set.

My article[^] might help.

Try code model generation tools at BoneSoft.com.

Form Designer and Dispose()

PhilDanger30-Jul-07 7:14

PhilDanger

30-Jul-07 7:14

Hi,

When you create a Form with the Designer, VS2005 (maybe earlier?) adds code to override the Dipose(bool) method as follows:

protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
{
    if (disposing && (components != null))
    {
        components.Dispose();
    }
    base.Dispose(disposing);
}

Every time I step through this function in the debugger, components always == null. Am I supposed to be allocating components and adding items to it manually, so that they will be disposed?

How Do I Define String Length?

JamesBarnes30-Jul-07 7:05

JamesBarnes

30-Jul-07 7:05

I'm moving from VB to c#, I'm getting there, but one thing has be baffled.

How do i define the length of a string?

for example, if i wanted a string exactly 20 bytes long?

Thanks Smile | :)

Re: How Do I Define String Length?

Judah Gabriel Himango30-Jul-07 7:09

Judah Gabriel Himango

30-Jul-07 7:09

You don't define the length of the string. You just set the string to what you want it to be, e.g.

string myString = "hello world!";

If you need to have a string of a certain length, use a char[] instead, e.g.

char[] theCharacters = { 'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o' };

or alternately

char[] theCharacters = new char[20]; // will store 20 characters and no more.

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Re: How Do I Define String Length?

JamesBarnes30-Jul-07 7:18

JamesBarnes

30-Jul-07 7:18

Thanks for the speedy reply, it was helpful Smile | :)

Looks like my program needs a rewrite ^^

Re: How Do I Define String Length?

PIEBALDconsult30-Jul-07 10:49

PIEBALDconsult

30-Jul-07 10:49

Although characters aren't necessarily bytes anyway.

layouting a hidden control

burn_hh30-Jul-07 6:49

burn_hh

30-Jul-07 6:49

hi all,

i deeply hope that you guys have an answer to my question which is the following:
i've got a menu which controls a couple of user controls representing the pages of my app. only the currently selected page is visible. my problem is that when I resize my app and then switch to another (formerly hidden) page and change its visibility to visible it first paints int its old size and afterwards resizes itself to match the new parent proportions. So basically it is painting twice which is pretty ugly.

Does anyone know how to handle this problem? I'm pretty much stuck Hmmm | :|

I'd appreciate any help,

thx, Bjoern

SQL Database

ankit_mait30-Jul-07 6:40

ankit_mait

30-Jul-07 6:40

how to match a string from a C# code to a sub-string of a field of a record in a SQL Database??

Re: SQL Database

Paul Conrad30-Jul-07 6:43

Paul Conrad

30-Jul-07 6:43

Many different ways you can go abouts doing this. SQL Substring Function[^] may help guide your way Smile | :)

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Re: SQL Database

Cfer8330-Jul-07 9:44

Cfer83

30-Jul-07 9:44

i think you're looking to use the "LIKE" clause of SQL.

In your SQL statement you'll be doing something like this:

<br />
string myStr = "world";<br />
<br />
string sSQL = "SELECT field from table where field LIKE @mystr;";<br />
<br />
dbcommand.parameters.addwithvalue("@mystr",myStr);<br />
<br />
string mydbvalue = dbcommand.executescalar();<br />

Re: SQL Database

ankit_mait30-Jul-07 20:07

ankit_mait

30-Jul-07 20:07

What would "LIKE" return in this condition:
String to be found:"????2805"
and string that is checked is "2805-2705"

it will still find the sub-string but this is not what we were looking for.... wont it...

Data-bound DataGrid: Custom sorting?

Stanimir_Stoyanov30-Jul-07 6:33

Stanimir_Stoyanov

30-Jul-07 6:33

Hello,

I have a DataGrid (not DataGridView) control .NET 2.0 bound to a given DataTable. One of the columns contains alphanumeric values which do not get sorted well: e.g. take the IDs A-12, A-103, B-3, ... Z-0. The default sorter of the DataGrid sorts the first two items incorrectly (A-103, A-12).

If I used a custom IComparer implementation I would call string.CompareOrdinal in order to obtain the actual compare result but apparently data-bound grids cannot be sorted that way.

I would definitely appreciate any suggestions to resolve this issue. I think this can be achived by creating a derived Control or by handling the SortCompare event of the DataGridView control.

Thanks,
Stanimir

My variables content appear in hexadecimal

gapfulgence30-Jul-07 5:47

gapfulgence

30-Jul-07 5:47

Hi,

when I try to evaluate a member in debug mode by pointing on a variable to see its content, the data that is displayed is i hexadecimal. For example, I do the following instruction:
int t=-1;

After passing the instruction, I try to see the content of the variable 't' and what I see is '0xffffffff'.

All the data I try to evaluate appear using the same notation.

Do you know how I can change that to see them in decimal ?

Thanks a lot for attention.

Patrick.

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Re: My variables content appear in hexadecimal

Bert delaVega30-Jul-07 5:54

Bert delaVega

30-Jul-07 5:54

Right click on the variable display and the popup menu has an option for hexadecimal. Just uncheck it.

Re: My variables content appear in hexadecimal

gapfulgence30-Jul-07 6:02

gapfulgence

30-Jul-07 6:02

Thanks for answering. But, there is no option for hexadecimal, so I can't uncheck it.
I'm working with Visual Studio 2005.

p.f. Goudjo-Ako

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Re: My variables content appear in hexadecimal

PhilDanger30-Jul-07 6:08

PhilDanger

30-Jul-07 6:08

It's there. It's called Hexidecimal Display.

Re: My variables content appear in hexadecimal

gapfulgence30-Jul-07 6:09

gapfulgence

30-Jul-07 6:09

Ok, I found it. But it's not directly available in the popmenu displayed after pointing a variable. I did it from the 'Watch' window.

Thanks !

p.f. Goudjo-Ako

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Re: My variables content appear in hexadecimal

Bert delaVega30-Jul-07 6:12

Bert delaVega

30-Jul-07 6:12

Try this:

As you're debugging, go to the locals (or watch) panel. Select a variable (name, value, type) and right click. It lets you toggle the hex display.

Re: My variables content appear in hexadecimal

gapfulgence30-Jul-07 6:52

gapfulgence

30-Jul-07 6:52

It works this way. Thanks for replying !

Pat.

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Sharp Develop Regular Expression

xawsccs30-Jul-07 5:38

xawsccs

30-Jul-07 5:38

I am in the process of creating a program that needs to extract the below data from an ASP then populate a dataGridView. I only need to extract certain information but not all information. AS an example I need to look for "TCatalog:" and then the text after wich could be "OK" or Off-Line". What I don't need is the Overhead or the Heap Error Code.

TCatalog: OK DATSVR: OK Server IP: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Server Port: xxxx Socket Count: 1 CC/ProgID: XX/XXXX Site Style: STD Program Name: Program Name Client Name: comapny Name Catalog Started at: 7/30/2007 10:33:42 AM Total Sessions: 8 Current Sessions: 19 # Orders Received: 0 Total Amount of Orders: 0.00 Last Logged Request: 7/30/2007 10:33:42 AM # Errors Logged: 17 # DB Errors Logged: 0 Customized Pages: CartCheckOut.Asp,Main.Asp
 Last Published: 07/13/07 10:00 by XXX Data Updated: 07/13/07 10:00 by CMG Memory Status (Heap): Total Address Space: 12648448 Total Uncommitted: 1802240 Total Committed: 10846208 Total Allocated: 9250932 Total Free: 779084 Free Small: 487808 Free Big: 291276 Unused: 0 Overhead: 816192 Heap Error Code: 0 End of SiteCheck

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