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Where are app settings stored?

20-Jan-09 0:29

not done that before but what i suggest is you find out how both file formats are stored i.e. the raw data of each file.

then write an algorithm to write the mp3 file in its correct format based on the values you read from the VOX file

Anders Molin19-Jan-09 23:41

Anders Molin

19-Jan-09 23:41

I'm writing a Word add-in in .NET 3.5 and have some user settings in my app.config.

When installed at a user, where are these settings stored?
When the user save a setting, it's not stored in the .config file where the DLL is, and I can not find it anywhere else...

Anyone who knows?

- Anders

Re: Where are app settings stored?

Pete O'Hanlon19-Jan-09 23:53

Pete O'Hanlon

19-Jan-09 23:53

User settings are written to isolated storage, e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application
Data\My Company\My Word Addin\1.1.0.0"

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Re: Where are app settings stored?

Anders Molin20-Jan-09 0:10

Anders Molin

20-Jan-09 0:10

Thanks.
I'm using Vista though, and "local settings" is a redirect and no matter what I do I'm denied access Frown | :(

Any ideas? Smile | :)

- Anders

Re: Where are app settings stored?

#realJSOP20-Jan-09 2:29

#realJSOP

20-Jan-09 2:29

Under Vista, it's in the C:\ProgramData\username folder. The ProgramData folder is hidden, so you'll have to "show hidden folders and files" in Explorer to see it.

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Connection and transaction

mpavas19-Jan-09 23:25

19-Jan-09 23:25

Hello,

I have a global connection object.
I have few methods, each of them do database operations, each of the method use one connection object. In order to use the transactions do I need to use a global command object too?

class operation
{
OracleConnection oCon = new OracleConnection();

MethoodA()
MethoodB()
MethoodC()

}

MethodA()
{
Command object is used for database operation
}

Will this Command Object will also be a global variable access to all the Methods?

Regards,
Pavas

musefan19-Jan-09 23:36

19-Jan-09 23:36

Why global connection?

Just have the methods create the connection as an when needed

mpavas19-Jan-09 23:48

19-Jan-09 23:48

Its a Windows service. And it does lot of operation hence I created a global connection.

Also I need to implement the Transactions between different methods which do different operation on database.

Please suggest what can be the good approach

Regards,
Pavas

musefan20-Jan-09 0:26

20-Jan-09 0:26

ok i see why you went for a global then, cant say if that is still the best option but i dont know what exactly you are doing.

What difference do the methods have, do they need different commands?

if so you would change the global command with each method, so may as well just create the command you need in the method and pass to connection

mpavas20-Jan-09 1:30

20-Jan-09 1:30

each of the method have different sql operations and they insert records in the database.

My question is, I want an approch to implement the transaction.

Regards,
Pavas

Ben Fair20-Jan-09 10:32

Ben Fair

20-Jan-09 10:32

All you need is the Connection and Transaction objects. You create the Transaction from the Connection, something like:

DbTransaction tran = conn.BeginTransaction();

Then, you can do everything off of these objects (create the commands from the connection, etc.); be sure to set the command's Transaction property approriately; so you'd have something like:

DbConnection conn = GetConnection();
DbTransaction tran = conn.BeginTransaction();
bool success = true;
...
success = MethodA(conn, tran);
success = success && MethodB(conn, tran);
success = success && MethodC(conn, tran);
if(!success)
    tran.Rollback();
else
    tran.Commit();
...

private bool MethodA(DbConnection conn, DbTransaction tran)
{
    bool result = true;
    DbCommand comm = conn.CreateCommand();
    comm.CommandText = ...
    comm.Transaction = tran;
    ...
    return result;
}
...
private bool MethodB(DbConnection conn, DbTransaction tran)
...
private bool MethodC(DbConnection conn, DbTransaction tran)
...

If you want to make the Connection and Transaction objects class-level variables and have the methods access them that way instead of passing them in, is up to you; I just prefer this way.

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mpavas20-Jan-09 18:56

How to convert a pdf into doc/word

20-Jan-09 18:56

This is of great help. I was looking for an approch like this.

Regards,
Pavas

inzibharti19-Jan-09 23:23

inzibharti

19-Jan-09 23:23

Hi
I have to convert a pdf file into doc/word file with all the images and formatting preserved. Searched all the options,tried all the free libraries but nothing seems to be working.

Anyone having idea ??????????

Thanks Smile | :)

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Count number of rows in listview

Deques19-Jan-09 23:19

Deques

19-Jan-09 23:19

How do I do that? Did some google search but couldnt find any good result

Re: Count number of rows in listview

musefan19-Jan-09 23:34