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14-Jul-09 1:18

Hello all,

I have a little problem over here. With my word processor, I'm curerntly implementing a feature that basically automates a whole bunch of tasks that would normally require input of some sort from the user.

I'm not too sure how to explain it, and I'm not looking for code. I just need a little help getting the logic behid it right as I keep going 'round and 'round in circles and getting stuck.

A little info first: It's a tab-based word processor.

Scenario: A user clicks the "Close ALL" menu item.

Logic:

Foreach control tab in tcontrol.tabpages
if selected tab contains textbox and
the selected tab's tag property contains a filepath
and the text inside the textbox, which is inside the selected tab is not equal to the content of the file inside the selected tab's tag property
then save changes to that file. And then close that tab. Then move on to the next tab. And repeat process.

If selected tab's tag property does not contain a filepath, and the textbox inside the selected tab has a length greater than 0, then automatically display the SaveFileDialog, and then close that tab once the file has been saved.

If the selected tab's tag property contains a filepath, but the file that the filepath refers to nolonger exists, then automatically display SaveFileDialog, and close the selected tab if the document has been saved. And Repeat.

I know this might not make any sense at first, come to think of it, after reading what I just wrote, it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense to me but It's very difficult trying to explain exactly what I want to do since there are so many if's and else's etc... Is there an easier way to do something like this of would If/Else/Else If be the best way to go about it.

I've been told to use Switch Statements for this but I honestly have more trouble that way. I haven't searched on google or msdn because I have no idea what search terms to use for this.

Does anybody have any thoughts/suggestions?

thank you

Luc Pattyn14-Jul-09 1:27

14-Jul-09 1:27

Hi,

let me summarize that for you: you have a collection of objects (e,g, tab pages on a form), and these objects may or may not contain "dirty data" i.e. data that still needs to be saved, how to make sure it all gets saved?

This is what I do:
1. I give each object a bool dirty flag, which starts at false; gets set true whenever I change something to the object; and gets set false again when the object's content is either read from or written to permanent storage, such as a disk.

2. when I want to close the app, or close all the objects of the GUI, I enumerate the collection of objects, and for each dirty object, I ask the object to persist itself in any way fit; it is the object itself that either knows how to do that (because it holds the file path) or has to ask the user (because it does not know a file path yet).

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Baeltazor14-Jul-09 1:31

14-Jul-09 1:31

Ahh... That was so perfect it was almost peotic. Laugh | :laugh:

Your answers are always spot on. Thanks you very much Luc Smile | :)

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Rajesh R Subramanian14-Jul-09 1:49

Rajesh R Subramanian

14-Jul-09 1:49

Just adding to Luc's reply, adding a "Do this for all modified files" checkbox will be a nice option to have. Just imagine 30 open documents and all are 'dirty' when the user chooses exit. Also, a "Save all" button on your toolbar would look cool.

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Baeltazor14-Jul-09 1:51

14-Jul-09 1:51

Thank you Rajesh Big Grin | :-D

That's a great idea, I'll definately do that. Thank you. Smile | :)

Luc Pattyn14-Jul-09 2:11

14-Jul-09 2:11

Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
Just imagine 30 open documents and all are 'dirty' when the user chooses exit.

I wouldn't advise you to get yourself into such situation. One medium-sized alpha particle could ruin your day.

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OriginalGriff14-Jul-09 2:13

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14-Jul-09 2:13

The only thing I add to that is a "changed" event thrown upward - that way the parent can give a visual indication in the tab or whatever (just like VS does with the "*" next to the file name) - and does not have to iterate though all tabs to find any dirty data on closing.

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Luc Pattyn14-Jul-09 2:39

14-Jul-09 2:39

No problem, as long as the DirtyChanged event only fires on an actual change of bool dirty. Otherwise every keystroke would set of a whole chain of mostly unnecessary actions.

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Baeltazor14-Jul-09 9:21

14-Jul-09 9:21

Hmmm... It looks like I have alot to think about. This is gonna be fun Poke tongue | ;-P

musefan14-Jul-09 1:31

musefan

14-Jul-09 1:31

From what I can gather you have a number of tab pages that contain basically the same controls but can contain different data. when you close all tabs then you want to check certain data and prompt for a save if need be. Is that correct?

What I would do in this instance is create a custom control that will basically be the only control on each of the tab pages. This control will have all your other controls however you choose to lay them out. This custom control should then have a function called ValidateClose() or something that does your tests and prompt the user or whatever. This can then be called in side the foreach loop of each tab when you are closing them all.

using a switch block is basically the same as if else if logic, so use which ever you prefer.

Hope that makes sense and offers some help

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Baeltazor14-Jul-09 1:35

c# function for Image Compression

14-Jul-09 1:35

Thanks alot musefan now I have 2 great answers! I'm going to get working on it right away thanks to you guys, and once I'm done, I'll post the code incase somebody else wants to know.

Thanks again musefan and Luc Big Grin | :-D

GauravKP14-Jul-09 1:11

GauravKP

14-Jul-09 1:11

hi..
I want to compress below 1kb to store on smart card which has usually less memory (1kb) , please suggest me some c# function ...
The image is for general use.

Luc Pattyn14-Jul-09 1:14

14-Jul-09 1:14

Hi,

you have asked similar things before. It wasn't clear then and it isn't clear now: do you need a way to reduce an image to a single block of data less than 1KB? or are you looking for ways to split it in several blocks of data each less than 1KB?

And how large are your images (both in pixels and in KB when stored as JPEG)? and what is on your images: faces, landscapes, something synthetic?

Could you show such an image?

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musefan14-Jul-09 1:19

musefan

14-Jul-09 1:19

Predicted answer to your questions...

"Yes, That's exactly what I want. Can you give example"

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Luc Pattyn14-Jul-09 1:42

14-Jul-09 1:42

Of course I have an example ready. It will probably be an icon file if that conforms to the question.

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musefan14-Jul-09 2:42

musefan

14-Jul-09 2:42

Ah, you are well prepared as always Wink | ;)

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Luc Pattyn14-Jul-09 2:44

14-Jul-09 2:44

My king-sized toolbox is almost full, and so is my disk. Laugh | :laugh:

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benjymous14-Jul-09 1:42

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14-Jul-09 1:42

If you want a colour image, I think you'll struggle - A 150x150 pixel jpeg photo saved at 1% quality, you get a file that's just a little bit bigger than 1kb. When you view it it's just a random selection of blotches that vaguely resemble the photo, if you stand a few feet away and squint, but its not recognisable as the original image.

For black and white, you can get a black and white dithered 80x80 pixel image as a png saved to less than 1kb. Again, you really can't see any detail, and it's only recognisable if you squint.

It all really depends on what you actually need to do. You might be better off keeping your images in a database, and just storing the db key on your card.

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