Re: set font from string - C# Discussion Boards

18-Dec-07 18:41

hi there,
i converted a font to string like this :

string data = this.Font.ToString();

and write in a text file.

now when i read it, i want to assign it to the form.
so i tried to convert it like this :

this.Font = (Font)data;

but its giving error,
someone know how can i do this?

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Giorgi Dalakishvili18-Dec-07 19:35

Giorgi Dalakishvili

18-Dec-07 19:35

You can't cast string to font but you can create font from string if you use appropriate constructor of string class and pass the correct data.

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Xmen Real 18-Dec-07 19:38

18-Dec-07 19:38

but how?

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Giorgi Dalakishvili18-Dec-07 20:12

Giorgi Dalakishvili

18-Dec-07 20:12

Have a look at constructors of Font class constructors of Font class[^]

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Xmen Real 18-Dec-07 20:24

18-Dec-07 20:24

i know those constructors, i asked how to set directly from string, i know i can do this by split that line but i thought its not a good way and C# would have another way(short way) to do that....

thanks

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Giorgi Dalakishvili18-Dec-07 20:32

Giorgi Dalakishvili

18-Dec-07 20:32

I don't think there is another way rather than the constructor.

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Adeel Chaudhry18-Dec-07 20:54

Adeel Chaudhry

18-Dec-07 20:54

Hello,

You will have to pre-process the data read from file.

Like if the data in file is "[Font: Name=Georgia, Size=8.25, Units=3, GdiCharSet=0, GdiVerticalFont=False]", you will have to do something like:

this.Font= new Font(data.substring(11,18),....)=new Font("Georgia", 8.25, 3, 0, False)

Also, do have a look at the overloaded constructors, they will help you in pre-processing the data.

Hope that helps!

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Adeel

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Xmen Real 19-Dec-07 3:28

19-Dec-07 3:28

i think split function will work better....anyway thanks

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Paul Conrad23-Dec-07 7:10

Paul Conrad

23-Dec-07 7:10

xmen_xwk wrote:
its giving error

Like what? That doesn't really help when you fail to be somewhat verbose.

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Xmen Real 23-Dec-07 14:53

23-Dec-07 14:53

my friend, leave this topic, i solved my problem by saving font in string in my own format, then split when required Smile | :)

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Paul Conrad23-Dec-07 14:59

Paul Conrad

23-Dec-07 14:59

Glad you got it work Smile | :)

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tasumisra18-Dec-07 18:20

18-Dec-07 18:20

Dear all,
can anybody tell me how to get sql server version here..

Thanks in advance..
T@SU

DigiOz Multimedia18-Dec-07 18:48

DigiOz Multimedia

18-Dec-07 18:48

Run the following SQL Query:

SELECT @@VERSION;

This will give you a result similar to this:

Microsoft SQL Server  2000 - 8.00.760 (Intel X86)   Dec 17 2002 14:22:05   Copyright (c) 1988-2003 Microsoft Corporation  Personal Edition on Windows NT 5.0 (Build 2195: Service Pack 4) <br />

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tasumisra18-Dec-07 20:29

18-Dec-07 20:29

Thanks for your answer .. now i want

DigiOz Multimedia wrote:
2000

to retrive server year.. as sql 2000 or sql 2005

more pricisly i want to know wheather it is 2000 or 2005 so what is the simple way to do..

Thanks alot..
T@SU

Stu Richardson19-Dec-07 0:56

Stu Richardson

19-Dec-07 0:56

If you want to do it via SQL have a look at the SERVERPROPERTY('ProductVersion') on MSDN. It wont give you '2000' or '2005' but the major.minor build which you should be able to use to work out the version installed. i.e. 9.x = 2005.

Another way is to use the registry if you want to go down that route but again i believe that will not give you 2000 or 2005 but a major.minor version number.

tasumisra19-Dec-07 1:07

19-Dec-07 1:07

SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(@"SELECT @@VERSION", conn);
SqlDataReader myReader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
Console.WriteLine(myReader[0]);

above lines are giving me exact version but they are in the form of string like "
Microsoft sql server 2000 ...."

so i will it be proper to split above string and get 2000 from array[3]

or anyother way can be done here....
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Stu Richardson19-Dec-07 1:32

Stu Richardson

19-Dec-07 1:32

I think you should be doing...

SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand(@"SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('ProductVersion')", conn);
SqlDataReader myReader = cmd.ExecuteReader()
Console.WriteLine(myReader[0]);

(I havent tested the above code just replaced the sql statement)

That will give you "9.00.xxxx.xx"

Then you can just determine the version using the value 9. So 9 = 2005, 8 = 2000 and you can even go into more detail by easily retrieving the service pack they have installed if you need to.

However if you have to go down the long string route which it seems like you want to then using the array position will work but obviously the biggest flaw is if the strings are in different formats for different versions. (I dont know the answer to that)

Another solution could be using a regular expression to extract a 4 digit string or use the String functions like Contains or IndexOf but this is only useful if you know what you are looking for. i.e. "2000" or "2005".

tasumisra19-Dec-07 17:34

19-Dec-07 17:34

Thanks richardson for ur reply...

this is a good idea to get version....

here i am trying to run DTS or SSIS package depending on SQL version..

is there anyother way to run these package without getting version...

Thanks alot.....

vikas da