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Convert from Image (bitmap -&gt; jpeg) to byte[] and back [modified]

29-Oct-07 12:55

mihksoft wrote:
I want to put a variable like DateTime to a DataSet.
Is that possible and if ... how can I do that?

Yes it is possible. Surely you just ensure the column type will accept DateTime object and assign the value appropriately. What code have you written and what problems are you having with it? (I assume, of course, that you have actually tried this and somehow it doesn't work. I'd be most disappointed if you hadn't done the most basic research before asking here)

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Re: DateTime

mihksoft29-Oct-07 13:52

mihksoft

29-Oct-07 13:52

I did it ! Big Grin | :-D

szolDat29-Oct-07 12:44

szolDat

29-Oct-07 12:44

I always get an argumentexception on the following code, and I don't know why.

bmp = new Bitmap(typeof(Form1), "toProcess.bmp"); //Read an image from hdd

MemoryStream mstream = new MemoryStream();

bmp.Save(mstream, ImageFormat.Jpeg); //Save image into MemoryStream in jpeg

jpegByteArray = new byte[mstream.Length];

mstream.Read(jpegByteArray, 0, (int)mstream.Length); //Read mstream into byte[]

MemoryStream jpegStream = new MemoryStream();

jpegstream.Write(jpegByteArray, 0, jpegByteArray.Length); //Write byte[] back to another MemoryStream

jpegstream.Position = 0;

Image newimg = Image.FromStream(jpegstream); //THIS throws an ArgumentException

I checked in debugging mode and every variable has the exact same number of bytes, and if I only save the image into a stream and read it right back, then it works. Please save me from pulling my hair out and shoot me with any help you can think of!

-- modified at 18:50 Monday 29th October, 2007

Re: Convert from Image (bitmap -&gt; jpeg) to byte[] and back

Muhammad Shahid Farooq29-Oct-07 14:50

Muhammad Shahid Farooq

29-Oct-07 14:50

using System.IO;

private byte[] bImage;
private string strImagePath;
private FileStream objFileStream;
private MemoryStream objMemoryStream;
private Image objImage;

private void convertImageToByteArray()
{
strImagePath = "C:\\toProcess.bmp";
objFileStream = new FileStream(strImagePath, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Read);
bImage = new byte[objFileStream.Length];
objFileStream.Read(bImage, 0, Convert.ToInt32(objFileStream.Length));
objFileStream.Close();
}

private void convertByteArrayToImage()
{
objMemoryStream = new MemoryStream(bImage);
objMemoryStream.Flush();
objImage = Image.FromStream(objMemoryStream);
objMemoryStream.Close();
}

Re: Convert from Image (bitmap -&amp;amp;gt; jpeg) to byte[] and back [modified]

szolDat29-Oct-07 23:22

szolDat

29-Oct-07 23:22

Thank you! In the meantime I managed to solve my problem. Instead of using

mstream.Read(jpegByteArray, 0, (int)mstream.Length);

to read the MemoryStream's content into the byte[] I should have used

jpegByteArray = mstream.ToArray();

Don't ask me why this works and the other method doesn't, thereotically both should work. Anyway, I had to do this using only in-memory objects, because this is for realtime video stream processing.

Cheers

-- modified at 6:51 Tuesday 30th October, 2007

debugging C# dll

pnpfriend29-Oct-07 12:06

pnpfriend

29-Oct-07 12:06

Hi
I have created dll using C# and add reference to another project that was written in VB.net.
so I have two project, one is using C#, the other one is using VB.net. Both written in Visual Studio.net 2005.

When I set break point of my function from dll project because that's what I want to debug.
So I started running CallingDll VB project in debug mode, I got following message

<br />
The following module was built either with optimizations enabled or without debug information:<br />
C:\myDll.dll<br />
<br />
To debug this module, change its poject build configuration to Debug mode. To supress this message, disalbe the "Warn if no user code on launch" debugger option.<br />

Where should I change it?
I went to Project\Properties, I couldnt' find anything that said Debug Mode.
I looked into Debug, I found StartAction, Start Options, enable debuggers.
I changed put Start external program: "c:\CallDll.exe" and then build and run the project in debug mode. but I still got the same message and I couldnt' debug myDll.dll at all neither from myDll project nor callDll project.

I also looked into Build.. I dont 'see anything that is saying debug mode.
I check the MSDN and saying the same thing.. to change it to Debug mode. But where should I go and change it so myDll.dll can be debug.

I recreated myDll.dll and CallDll.exe using visual studio 2003. I had no prolem debugging. but not with visual studio 2005.

Would anyone please tell me how to debug myDll.dll from another project like CallDll??
Thanks

Re: debugging C# dll

Malcolm Smart29-Oct-07 22:23

Malcolm Smart

29-Oct-07 22:23

[Build][Configuration Manager] ?? Just a guess.

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Re: debugging C# dll

pnpfriend30-Oct-07 6:13

pnpfriend

30-Oct-07 6:13

I found [Build][Comfiguration Manager] in Vistual Studio 2003. But not in visual studio 2005. I'm using Visual Studio 2005. I need to know how to debug myCShart.dll from different program that could be written in VB.Net, C# or C++.

Lighten a color

Mike Hankey29-Oct-07 12:03

Mike Hankey

29-Oct-07 12:03

Hey ya'll,

I've got a user control where I set the background to some color and when its disabled I want to lighten the color just a tad when its disabled. I know the ARGB value. I tried just setting the alpha value and the userControl didn't care for that.

[Question]Is there a formula, given the RGB value that calculates the lightened value for that color?

Thanks
MIke

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Re: Lighten a color

Anthony Mushrow29-Oct-07 12:16

Anthony Mushrow

29-Oct-07 12:16

To lighten a colour, just increase the R, G, and B values by a set amout (say for example 10). But of course, don't go over 255.

So, say you had blue: 0,0,255; and you wanted to make it lighter: 40,40,255
Or if you had a dark yellow: 150,150,0; a little lighter: 190,190,40;

Aha, here it is. There's also this:

ControlPaint.Light(color, percentageBrighter);

Of course, changing the values yourself gives you more control.
There's also ControlPaint.Dark

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Re: Lighten a color

Mike Hankey29-Oct-07 13:30

Mike Hankey

29-Oct-07 13:30

Duh, so obvious that I completely overlooked it guess I'm gettin tired.

Thanks for the input....worked like a charm!

Mike

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Customized date formating

Glen Harvy29-Oct-07 11:33

29-Oct-07 11:33

Hi,

I have always used the following coding when formatting dates for use with SQL:

bookingMadeDateTime.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss tt") <-- or very similar

however I have now been advised by a prospective user that they are using the following formats and the sql insert is failing:

Date: dd.MM.yy
Long date: dddd, dd' de 'MMMM' de 'yyyy
Time: hh:mm tt

The error is:

There was a syntax error in the date format. [ Expression = 2007-10-29 12:32:33 p.m. ]

The dates are entered using a datetime picker and I thought that by formatting the way I have, internationalization would be an issue. Also, the actual expression looks fine to me.

Can someone help me with this please.

Thanks.

Glen Harvy

Colin Angus Mackay29-Oct-07 12:53

29-Oct-07 12:53

Glen Harvy wrote:
I have always used the following coding when formatting dates for use with SQL:

bookingMadeDateTime.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss tt") <-- or very similar

however I have now been advised by a prospective user that they are using the following formats and the sql insert is failing

Why would you be formatting dates for SQL Statements. Surely you would be passing this as a parameter? If you didn't use parameters your code would be highly susceptable to SQL Injection attacks, which would not be good.

Please read SQL Injection Attacks and Tips on How to Prevent Them[^] to secure your application. Incidentally it will also solve your current date formatting problem.

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Glen Harvy29-Oct-07 15:32

29-Oct-07 15:32

Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
Why would you be formatting dates for SQL Statements. Surely you would be passing this as a parameter? If you didn't use parameters your code would be highly susceptable to SQL Injection attacks, which would not be good.

As the input is from a datetime picker and the user has no option but to select a date, I wasn't concerned with injection attacks.

I am happy to rewrite the code as you suggest ie paramaterized however I don't see this as solving the problem at hand ie the user hast his computer to use non-US English.

Does .Net automatically tanslate date formats?

Glen Harvy

Colin Angus Mackay29-Oct-07 22:37

29-Oct-07 22:37

Glen Harvy wrote:
I am happy to rewrite the code as you suggest ie paramaterized however I don't see this as solving the problem at hand ie the user hast his computer to use non-US English.

Does .Net automatically tanslate date formats?

My PC is set to use Standard English rather than US English and I have no problems. If you use parameters then you don't have to worry about date formats, you just pass a DateTime object in to the parameter and set the SQL type of the parameter to DATETIME or SMALLDATETIME and that's all you need to do.

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Glen Harvy30-Oct-07 1:31

30-Oct-07 1:31

Thanks for this confirmation.

I have made some changes to the program as you suggest and it certainly seems to be working OK.

Glen Harvy

Glen Harvy29-Oct-07 16:56

29-Oct-07 16:56

Further to your suggestion regarding parameters, how do I add this in an Insert Statement. I currently have the following Stingbuilder:

....
commandRecDetails.Append(" VALUES ( '");
commandRecDetails.Append(bookingMadeDateTime.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss tt") + "',");
commandRecDetails.Append(" " + courtNumber + ", ");
commandRecDetails.Append(" " + thisBookingNumber.ToString() + ", '");
etc etc....
recordBookingDetails.CommandText = commandRecDetails.ToString();

I can define the paramater

recordBookingDetails.Parameters.Add("DateMade", bookingMadeDateTime);

but how do I include it to replace the DateTime value in the string above?

Thanks.

Glen.

Glen Harvy

Colin Angus Mackay29-Oct-07 22:43

29-Oct-07 22:43

Your SQL String will look like this:
... VALUES(@dateMade, @courtNumber, @thisBookingNumber)

everything beginning with an @ is a parameter name.

Then add it with

recordBookingDetails.Parameters.AddWithValue("@dateMade", bookingMadeDateTime);
or
recordBookingDetails.Parameters.Add("@dateMade", SqlDbType.DateTime).Value = bookingMadeDateTime;

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Glen Harvy30-Oct-07 1:33

30-Oct-07 1:33

It doesn't get any better than this ... Big Grin | :-D

Thanks again.

Glen Harvy