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I am creating an Event log using the EventLog.WriteEntry and I want to know how can I get the written log identity the allow the user to open the windows event viewer displaying that event?

C#

EventLog log = new EventLog("logName");
log.WriteEntry("Message");
EventLogEntry myEntry = log.Entries[log.Entries.Count - 1]

writing to a specific log will enable you to then get the last entry in the log which hopefully will be yours as long as nothing else wrote to that log in that millisecond.
I don't see any unique identifier for the entry on the EventLogEntry class though. But it is certainly where I would start. Maybe some of the available properties together will give you what you want.

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I am using this <a href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/TaskDialogforWinForm#">TaskDialog</a> and I want to know if it's possible to use iot but with no buttons!!

Actually I want to use it with a text and progress bar only to be as a please wait dialog!

is it possible?

The Vista Task Dialog does what it does, and is not .Net code so you can't change it. You appear to want a form simple with a progress bar. A bit different. I suggest you just code your own. A lot easier. However coding a progress indicator involves a fair bit of threading knowledge. The difficult part is not the form.
As a side note, I would never want to code specifically against a Vista Control for one simple reason. Then I would be tied to Vista! I wouldn't want to use Vista in the first place, and with Windows 7 now released it seems silly to tie your code to a platform that is being replaced.

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Hi would anyone be able to advise me on how to create a discussion forum in c# using Visual Studio 2008. So far I have connected to by SQL server express database but I don't know how to go on from here... Blush | :O

From creating a connection to SQL to creating a discussion forum is a big leap.
Check out http://www.yetanotherforum.net/[^] for some ideas in that direction.

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www.JacksonSoft.co.uk

Hey - at least he had done the hard bit! Laugh | :laugh:

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I have downloaded the TaskDialog from MSDN Code Gallery and it's working find on my development machine (Vista and VS 2008 installed) but when i deployed to the first machine (XP) and copied DLL in the application EXE folder (INSTALLDIR) then I got this error:

See the end of this message for details on invoking 
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.EntryPointNotFoundException: Unable to find an entry point named 'TaskDialogIndirect' in DLL 'ComCtl32'.
   at Microsoft.Samples.UnsafeNativeMethods.TaskDialogIndirect(TASKDIALOGCONFIG& pTaskConfig, Int32& pnButton, Int32& pnRadioButton, Boolean& pfVerificationFlagChecked)
   at Microsoft.Samples.TaskDialog.PrivateShow(IntPtr hwndOwner, Boolean& verificationFlagChecked, Int32& radioButtonResult)
   at Microsoft.Samples.TaskDialog.Show(IntPtr hwndOwner, Boolean& verificationFlagChecked, Int32& radioButtonResult)
   at Microsoft.Samples.TaskDialog.Show()
   at The_Internet_Cafe_System.frmMain.frmMain_FormClosing(Object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnFormClosing(FormClosingEventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmClose(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
tics
    Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.00.0.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Jassim%20Rahma/TICS/tics.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
TaskDialog
    Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Jassim%20Rahma/TICS/TaskDialog.DLL
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DevExpress.XtraNavBar.v7.2
    Assembly Version: 7.2.2.0
    Win32 Version: 7.2.2.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Jassim%20Rahma/TICS/DevExpress.XtraNavBar.v7.2.DLL
----------------------------------------
DevExpress.XtraEditors.v7.2
    Assembly Version: 7.2.2.0
    Win32 Version: 7.2.2.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Jassim%20Rahma/TICS/DevExpress.XtraEditors.v7.2.DLL
----------------------------------------
DevExpress.Data.v7.2
    Assembly Version: 7.2.2.0
    Win32 Version: 7.2.2.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Jassim%20Rahma/TICS/DevExpress.Data.v7.2.DLL
----------------------------------------
DevExpress.Utils.v7.2
    Assembly Version: 7.2.2.0
    Win32 Version: 7.2.2.0
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Jassim%20Rahma/TICS/DevExpress.Utils.v7.2.DLL
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System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
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System.Data
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/System.Data/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Transactions
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/System.Transactions/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Transactions.dll
----------------------------------------
System.EnterpriseServices
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_32/System.EnterpriseServices/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.EnterpriseServices.dll
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

the page you linked to calls it "Vista's Task Dialog"; why should this work on older systems?

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I only read code that is properly indented, and rendered in a non-proportional font; hint: use PRE tags in forum messages

but then it should have at least show it i normal style!!

I didn't expect it to throw and error!!

Why should the system know what you intended to do??

All it knows it that you tried to call a function, TaskDialogIndirect, in ComCtl32 that doesn't exist in Windows versions before Vista. So, yeah, it's going to throw an exception, which your code didn't catch and handle. If you want a different dialog to show up, you're going to have to write code around this section that blew up to catch the exception and call a different function or show a different form or whatever if you want something different to happen on XP.

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Dave Kreskowiak
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Visual Developer - Visual Basic
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But no longer in 2009...

Hi,
As it can be seen from the sample picture I added, my form has a weird white space on it's Windows 7 window preview. This only happens on this from and I have no idea on why it happens.

Sample picture:
http://i36.tinypic.com/11vmzuo.png

Any help is appriciated. Thanks.

Looks like a scaling-down artefact. The preview seems to have been generated by scaling down the original with performance preferred over accuracy (linear vs more complex interpolation).

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Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles]

I only read code that is properly indented, and rendered in a non-proportional font; hint: use PRE tags in forum messages

It might be that, but when I increase the width of my form this white space disappears and the preview is drawn correctly. I suspect maybe a component having a larger width then the form causes this. Is it possible?

if the scale down is executed by simply skipping some rows and columns of the original image, then the artefacts will depend on the exact location of the various parts in the original; your 3-D effects do include whitish lines. Your scaling down just happened to hit it.

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I only read code that is properly indented, and rendered in a non-proportional font; hint: use PRE tags in forum messages

Lucky me.

hi,
i want send an email from a windows form, but after sending , my Emails are in bulk Folder as a spam.what can i do for sending my emails to inbox?

MailMessage oMail = new MailMessage("myFromAddress", "myToAddress");
                    oMail.Body = "myText"
                    oMail.Subject = Subject;
                    oMail.BodyEncoding = Encoding.UTF8;
                    SmtpClient oSmtp = new SmtpClient();
                    oSmtp.Host = SmtpServer;
                    oSmtp.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
                    oSmtp.Credentials = new NetworkCredential  ("myMail@XXX.com", "myPass");
                    oSmtp.Send(oMail);

thanks.

3DMeT

Change your email content so that the receivers spam filters don't think it's spam.

Your email address may be on a blocked list, like if you're sending from a GMail or Hotmail account or the content may be flagged as suspicious.

There is nothing you can do with the code on your end to fix this.

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Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP
Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007, 2008
But no longer in 2009...

Thanks for your answer

Change your email content so that the receivers spam filters don't think it's spam

What Can i do the receivers spam filters don't think it's spam?

Read Dave's response again. There is nothing you can do in code to prevent this.

The message subject or text may contain words that the email filter deems as spam.

I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

You have no way of knowing, from your side, why the spam filter is eyeballing your emails. You can ask the receiver to investigate it for you, but that's about it.

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Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP
Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007, 2008
But no longer in 2009...

when i am sending my emails from gmail to yahoo, my emails are in inbox
but when i am sendding same emails from gmail to yahoo by my application with authentication, they are in spam folder.is it common?

with same settings outlook send my emails to inbox.what does outlook work?

There is no difference between your app sending an email and Outlook sending an email. The receiver does the filtering, not your app. You simply have no control over it.

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Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP
Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007, 2008
But no longer in 2009...

Hi people

I'm using a web service to display the current weather on my main interface. At the moment I have to click a button everytime I want to update the weather, and while this is updating, my interface stalls for however long it takes to update which is usually 5 seconds. What I want to know is, is there a way to have this running on a separate thread without clicking a button and have it update continuously while still being able to work with the main interface?

Here is the code I use to update the current temperature:

string strTemperature = "";

GlobalWeatherService.GlobalWeatherSoapClient proxy = new aXYZ.GlobalWeatherService.GlobalWeatherSoapClient("GlobalWeatherSoap12", "http://www.webservicex.net/globalweather.asmx");

string weatherXml = proxy.GetWeather("Port Elizabeth", "South Africa");

StringReader reader = new StringReader(weatherXml);
XmlReader readerXml = XmlReader.Create(reader);
XmlDocument weatherXmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
weatherXmlDoc.Load(readerXml);

for (int i = 0; i < weatherXmlDoc.ChildNodes.Count; i++)
{
     for (int j = 0; j < weatherXmlDoc.ChildNodes[i].ChildNodes.Count; j++)
     {
          if (weatherXmlDoc.ChildNodes[i].ChildNodes[j].Name == "Temperature")
               strTemperature = weatherXmlDoc.ChildNodes[i].ChildNodes[j].InnerText;
     }
}

lblTemperature.Content = strTemperature;