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Well dear, it is not a design issue but it is the customer demand, I am supposed to process various files which are generated by several other programs (of course I didn't develop them) so in processing those files, I have to keep the format intact without any changes.
Personally I also prefer database or XML files, it is so easy to manage XML files if data is not that huge.
Regards,
MAP Tiger
Tiger Softwares
Software Designer and Developer
VB.NET, ASP.NET, VFP
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Then I would look at some other options. Just because you have to retain the format does not mean you can't deal with it smarter in your app, you should be able to return the end result to the format required, does not limit your choices of processing. It would of course depend on your requirements but I would of thought using a bindingsource as your processing vehicle to be one of the slowest options!
Can't you read the file into a decent container (table or xml  ) do your processing and then write it out.
The customer is NOT always right, and if they insist then they must be aware of the cost, then they can make the decision to ware the (time) cost or allow you to suggest a better option.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Well, I would suggest you to plz review my first post where I have mentioned already that I m using BindingSource through populating the text data into table/dataset. As per my thinking I found the binding source object more useful than working through the usual datasets. But to populate xml file from text file and then process the records and then again transfer all the records to the format seems ugly to me.
Well, no personal offense plz, but I personally like the BindingSource component, in some ways it makes the life easier however everyone has there own viewpoint. May be later on I think the same about BindingSource as you think or it might be vice-versa.
Regards,
MAP Tiger
Tiger Softwares
Software Designer and Developer
VB.NET, ASP.NET, VFP
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No no no, you missed the point, your bindingsource is taking 1 hr+ to complete the process when there are a large number of records. My original suggestion was to use a dataview. I have never used the bindingsource so have no opinion of it as a tool. The only issue I have is that it is another layer of abstraction over your data and you have a speed issue.
MAP Tiger wrote: seems ugly to me
Got to agree with you there, I would have thought a datatable/view would be faster than XML. Have you use a Dataview with rowfilter and what is the performance like.
As for personal, how can a technical discussion be personal (except for preferences), the goal is to get the best solution, I don't give a rats who suggests it and I may not be right but I am happy to supply them (hopefully useful).
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Well, actually in the current scenario (in which I am currently working) and my formal experience with BindingSource component were matching but of course before the current project I have never come across with this heavy searching so I never knew the slowness of BindingSource.Find method.
Although now I am using dictionary object for it and believe me I am so happy, the same work is now processed in just 6 to 8 mins instead 1.30 hrs. So I am much happy now 
As far as DataView component is concerned, I never came across it. I would be checking it though to let it be considered in future projects.
Regards,
MAP Tiger
Tiger Softwares
Software Designer and Developer
VB.NET, ASP.NET, VFP
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Dealing with threading always gets my raveled in trying to unravel the logic of threading.
Here is what I am doing. I am accessing a database all throughout my code. At the beginning I save my connection string in a variable.
When I get data from a Com port it creates a separate thread. That I want to initiate a database lookup but don't find anything in the variable, probably because it was created on a different thread. I think I need to invoke but am not clear how.
Here is another example that I solved with an invole
I wanted to call: TextChange(stringCom) in this same new thread.
To solve it I wrote (or got help to write from CP) this code and it worked.
Sub TextChange(ByVal Str As String)
If batch.txtboxWeight.InvokeRequired Then
Dim d As New TextChangeDelegate(AddressOf TextChange)
Me.Invoke(d, Str)
Else
batch.txtboxWeight.Text = Str
End If
End Sub
But, this time I just want to call a sub and get the saved variable.
When I code
Dim connection As New SqlConnection(Splash.cust.getconnstr)
Spash.cust.getconnstr is null.
How can this be fixed?
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Hi Cory,
first a remark:
the subject of InvokeRequired and Invoke() both should equal the one Control
you are going to touch in your Else part, hence it is not Me.Invoke
but batch.txtboxWeight.Invoke() that would be correct.
Now the problem: I am assuming that Splash is a Form, hence you again are
trying to do something (ask for its cust property) to a Control; if this is not
the GUI thread asking, then you need again the InvokeRequired, Delegate, Invoke stuff.
You need it every time you touch a Control (i.e. read a property, write a property, call a
method, whatever) while you are not sure the code is always going to be executed
by the GUI thread.
And as you know, some devices (most timers, serial ports, etc) fire their asynchronous
events (Elapsed, DataReceived, ...) on some other thread.
Hope this helps.
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Hi!
I hope this is the right forum for this. I'm sorry if it isn't, please recommend a different one.
I have a .wsf written in VBScript. It gathers information about the computer it is run on and prints that out to a text document. It currently works from my computer and gathers information about my computer. However, I need to be able to run this script from any machine on the local network and retrieve the information about a server computer, which is probably just a tower in some room somewhere in another state.
SSH is out because as far as I know, SSH doesn't come preinstalled on windows and I can't assume that the computers have them; the program needs to be completely independent so I can just install it on any computer and go.
I'm running the script from a .bat file, but I think I have to change the script, not the bat file, since all the bat file does is port it to a text file.
So basically the wsf is the gist of (I just inherited this; i think it's right though because it works on my own computer):
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set CompInfo = objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem")
For Each objComputer In CompInfo
PCName = objComputer.Name
PCDomain = objComputer.Domain
UserName = objComputer.UserName
Next
Wscript.Echo "ComputerName: " & PCName
Wscript.Echo "Domain: " & PCDomain
Wscript.Echo "UserName: " & UserName
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\CIMV2")
Set colCSes = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem")
For Each objCS In colCSes
WScript.Echo "Computer Name: " & objCS.Name
WScript.Echo "System Type: " & objCS.SystemType
WScript.Echo "Number Of Processors: " & objCS.NumberOfProcessors
Next
Set colProcessors = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Processor")
For Each objProcessor in colProcessors
WScript.Echo "Manufacturer: " & objProcessor.Manufacturer
WScript.Echo "Name: " & objProcessor.Name
WScript.Echo "Description: " & objProcessor.Description
WScript.Echo "Processor ID: " & objProcessor.ProcessorID
'WScript.Echo "Address Width: " & objProcessor.AddressWidth
'WScript.Echo "Data Width: " & objProcessor.DataWidth
WScript.Echo "Family: " & objProcessor.Family
WScript.Echo "Maximum Clock Speed: " & objProcessor.MaxClockSpeed
Next
I'm sure that the first line, "strComputer = "."", needs to change from a . to the name of the computer, but how do I provide authentication? Can I just change the name to the name of the server, like hscs-gsgs or whatever, or do I need the network - networkname\hscs-gsgs? Sorry, I'm really lost.
Any help you could give would be great. Thanks in advance!
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You can use the remote computer NetBIOS name or IP address for 'strComputer'.
If you want to run the code under different credentials, you need to use SWbemLocator:
strComputer = "192.168.1.12"
strUser = "username"
strPassword = "password"
Set objLocator = CreateObject("WBemScripting.SWbemLocator")
Set objWMIService = objLocator.ConnectServer(strComputer, "Root\Cimv2", strUser, strPassword)
Set CompInfo = objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem")
...
strUser needs to be an administrator account on strComputer. Firewalls can also be an issue.
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Probably an easy question for the gang here.
I have a group box that I want to create a button at runtime. When I create the button right now, it places it 'behind' the group box instead of inside of it. How do I get the button to show up inside of the box?
Thanks in advance.
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Nevermind, I found the answer: Me.grpQuadrant.Controls.Add(btn)
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I have a custom control where I'd like to group a set of closely related properties. For example, look at a button control and click on the Application settings or databinding properties. There is a plus button for expanding and setting the subset properties.
How can I implement that functionality in an extended control?
Thanks!
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If I am correct you will have to create a property that returns a custom made object with the properties you require. That way you can emulate the property inside a property that you describe.
Regards,
Thomas Stockwell
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I think I found the answer in inheriting from ExpandableObjectConverter.
Thanks for the help guys.
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Hi Vardhan,
If you are trying to introduce yourself, my friend this is not the right place.
Vinay
ComponentOne LLC.
www.componentone.com
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Hi All
I have one application in Visual Basic.I have created one folder at runtime.I want to give permission to that folder that only administrator can access this folder,nobody can.
Is it possible in visual basic?
Second problem is:I have created runtime excel files.It works perfectly.
But problem is i want set allignment property through coding in excel file.
My code is:
Set AppXls = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
Set ObjWb = AppXls.Workbooks.Add
Set ObjWs = ObjWb.Worksheets.Add
ObjWs.Range("B1").Value = "SISTER NIVEDITA SCHOOL ON WHEELS"
ObjWs.Range("B2").Value = "SUPPORTED BY"
'ObjWs.Range("B2").Font.Bold = True
ObjWs.Range("B3").Value = "SHARE AND CARE FOUNDATION-U.S.A"
ObjWs.Range("B4").Value = "MEDICAL REPORT"
ObjWs.Range("C4").Value = Label3.Caption
ObjWs.Range("D4").Value = txt_date.Text
ObjWs.Range("B7") = Text1(0).Text
ObjWs.Range("B8") = cmb_address.Text
ObjWs.Range("B9") = Text1(2).Text
what i do?
Pls help me.
Thanks
monika
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Hiii Monika
for the alignment in excel use the following
objws.Columns(1).HorizontalAlignment = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.XlHAlign.xlHAlignCenter
May this solved your problem
Thanx
~Khatri mitesh
khatrimitesh@hotmail.com
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Hi,
i coded a little app. with the chart control ZedGraph and everything is working fine.
But now i have to print the chart with a background (milimeter grid).
How can manage this, is there perhaps a code snippet in the codeproject arcive ?
I really searched but i couldn't find anything !
Or are there tuts out there covering the printing with ZedGraph ?
I really don't know what i can do ;((
Many, many thanx and best regards.
Croc
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Have you bothered to look at the ZedGraph website?
It contains alot of documentation and even a user forum, which would be the best place to ask your question.
Steve Jowett
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It is offen dangerous to try and see someone else's point of view, without proper training. Douglas Adams (Mostly Harmless)
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is there any function in vb where you can retrieve if a specific removable drive or disk is write protected = true or false??
or any other way custom function you can retrieve its write protection state???
please...
modified on Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:30 AM
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Maybe try writing a temporary file to the drive, if it writes it's not write-protected, if it throws an 'Access Denied' error it may be write-protected (or you don't have adequate permissions)?
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Yup!! that's also what im thinking before.. create a temp. file if it returns permission/write protected error means false and if transaction success means true... i just got an error handling before but i've figure it out... hehe
HERE'S my sample function:
'***********start fucntion****
<br />
Private Function IsDriveWriteProtected(Byval DriveName as String) as boolean<br />
try<br />
<br />
'System.io.File.Create() statement goes here..<br />
<br />
return false<br />
catch ex as exception<br />
'if error arise? means write protected or permission to write access denied<br />
return true<br />
end try<br />
End Function<br />
'************end fucntion*******
***********Thanks to "THE JZ" ******** youre a quite good help.. and i'll mark this thread as answered in your name.. thanks again...
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