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Re: "Event" is null while invoking custom event (Solved)

1-Mar-10 9:32

No, what Griff gave you is the correct way to do things; there is a (probably small) probability that another thread could remove the content of the event between your code checking it for null, and your code using it. A local copy fixes that.

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Saksida Bojan1-Mar-10 9:51

Re: "Event" is null while invoking custom event

1-Mar-10 9:51

tham. Now i see the problem. It was same example in a book i was reading. Maybe it is time to burn that book

Luc Pattyn1-Mar-10 7:49

Re: "Event" is null while invoking custom event

1-Mar-10 7:49

Arindam Tewary wrote:
if (value != DataString)
{
OnDataChanged(new DataChangedEventArgs("Event Fired !!!"));
} DataString = value;

furthermore it is wrong to throw the event BEFORE the data change has occurred. A delegate is likely to read SetData to find out what the new data value is, it should not get the old value instead.

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Arindam Tewary1-Mar-10 7:57

Arindam Tewary

1-Mar-10 7:57

Hi Luc,

Thank you very much for your valuable input. Its great to get some input from MVPs Smile | :)

Thats surely bad design. I would change that immediately. As I was digged into that "NullException", so I overlooked that. Please if you want to provide any other input also, although origianl problem is solved, please provide.

Thanks,
Arindam D Tewary

Re: "Event" is null while invoking custom event

DaveyM691-Mar-10 10:32

DaveyM69

1-Mar-10 10:32

There are many articles and blogs that deal with events but most are a little overwhelming initialy.

I wrote this[^] article to provide a gentle tutorial which you may find useful.

Dave

Tip: Passing values between objects using events (C#)

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safely end a thread

Yustme1-Mar-10 6:54

1-Mar-10 6:54

Hi,

I'm trying to end 3 threads in a save way. I can get 2 threads to stop, but the last one doesn't seem to abort.

My try:

// Volatile is used as hint to the compiler that this data
// member will be accessed by multiple threads.
private volatile bool stopRequested = false;

this.stopRequested = true; 

// Use the Join method to block the current thread 
// until the object's thread terminates.
this.thdPageContent1.Join();
			
this.thdPageContent2.Join();
			
this.thdFileComparer.Join();

After the thdFileComparer thread, i got a messagebox that 'tells' me the threads are stopped:

MessageBox.Show("Threads stopped successfully");

Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks in advance!

Paulo Zemek1-Mar-10 7:07

Paulo Zemek

1-Mar-10 7:07

The join method only waits for a thread to end... it does not abort the thread.

So, if your thread is in an infinite loop (or infinite wait), your join will be waiting infinitelly.

I must say I need to know the thread code to know what's wrong... but, if you are using some event (ManualResetEvent, for example) in the 3rd thread, you must set it. So, the thread can execute (and check the stopRequested variable).

Yustme1-Mar-10 11:45

1-Mar-10 11:45

Hi,

What do I need to do to end the thread after the Join?

The 3rd thread has a while loop and in side that while loop i got a nested for statement.

One for statement in another one.

I check for the volatile variable in my while loop. And once more inside the deepest for statement.

That should be enough right?

Paulo Zemek1-Mar-10 13:53

Paulo Zemek

1-Mar-10 13:53

If you check the variable, it should end.
Are you sure there is nothing more happening?
Can't you put a break point in the last join and, instead of executing it, as all threads are stopped, check what's happening in the other thread? Maybe put some breakpoints at that moment and then allow the Join to go... you must see exactly what the other thread is doing.

Yustme1-Mar-10 22:31

1-Mar-10 22:31

Yes I'm sure. The variable gets checked alright. But it doesn't seem to stop it.

Here is that thread i'm talking about with the code:

private void FileComparerThread()
		{

			while (this.stopRequested != true)
			{

				for (int i = 0; i < Directory.GetFiles(this.dest).Length; i++)
				{
					string[] filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(this.dest, "*.txt");

					for (int j = 0; j < filePaths.Length; j++)
					{ // check if btnCancel has been pressed if so, end this thread.
						if (this.stopRequested != true)
						{
							// check if file names are not the same:
							if (filePaths[i].ToString() != filePaths[j].ToString())
							{
								bool comparedFiles = this.FileCompare(filePaths[i].ToString(), filePaths[j].ToString());

								// move 1 file if they are both the same to another directory
								if (comparedFiles)
									Directory.Move(filePaths[j], Path.Combine(this.dest2, Path.GetFileName(filePaths[j])));
							}
						}

					}
					
					if(filePaths.Length > 3)
						File.Move(filePaths[i], Path.Combine(this.dest, Path.GetFileName(filePaths[i])));
					
					Thread.Sleep(5000);
				}
			}
		}

And then I got a this.FileCompare() function that checks 2 files for equality thats it.

I've done some big time debugging. Its just looping those for statements.
Even though the stopRequested = true.

It's not comming out that for statement.

Paulo Zemek2-Mar-10 6:17

Paulo Zemek

2-Mar-10 6:17

I think I know what's the problem.
You didn't return in the internal if.
So, stopRequested is true. Your method does not compare the files, but continue in it's loop, waits for 5 seconds and so on.

So, I think instead of:

if (this.stopRequested != true)
{
... some code...
}

You should use:

if (stopRequested)
  return;

Yustme2-Mar-10 6:19

2-Mar-10 6:19

Hi,

You're right, About an hour ago i got an else statement after that if-statement with a return.

I'll use your suggestion. Saves me some line of codes :P

Thanks!

Luc Pattyn1-Mar-10 7:13

1-Mar-10 7:13

Yustme wrote:
the last one doesn't seem to abort

Aborting a thread is a bad idea as it leaves things in an unknown state. But then maybe you're not really calling Thread.Abort() at all?

Yustme wrote:
this.stopRequested = true;

This doesn't do anything, unless your thread is periodically checking that variable. But then you did not show such code, making me doubt you understand how your code is working.

Hmmm | :|

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Yustme1-Mar-10 22:34

Re: HELP on .NET Remoting

1-Mar-10 22:34

Hi,

I didn't abort the thread. That was just 'speaking'.

I know, i check its state on different places periodically.

The code has grown too big to post it. I've reduced it now.

I didn't see your post yesterday!

HELP on .NET Remoting

jekkup11-Mar-10 6:03

jekkup1

1-Mar-10 6:03

Please i would appreciate any help i can get on getting my project started,cannot integrate the different classes on my server.

Abhinav S1-Mar-10 6:23

Abhinav S

1-Mar-10 6:23

You might need to read through some chapters on .Net remoting in a C# book. They will provide some samples that will start you up.

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Click a button from a external/downloaded (unknown) html

Serenity11-Mar-10 5:36

Serenity1

1-Mar-10 5:36

I would like to be able to click a button (which is always located in the same area) of a external/downloaded html page?

Any help would be appreciated.

Language C# visual Studio.

Re: Click a button from a external/downloaded (unknown) html

Saksida Bojan1-Mar-10 5:41

Re: Click a button from a external/downloaded (unknown) html

1-Mar-10 5:41

Of specific HTML or all possible pages, including www.codeproject.com, wwww.google.com and others?

Or are you refering to Button submit within Form html tag?

Serenity11-Mar-10 5:55

Serenity1

1-Mar-10 5:55

Of all or any page.

For example... I download or view a page (lets say http://www.codeproject.com/Forums/1649/Csharp.aspx) and via code I click the "Search" button.

Re: Click a button from a external/downloaded (unknown) html

Saksida Bojan1-Mar-10 6:04

Re: Click a button from a external/downloaded (unknown) html

1-Mar-10 6:04

<form method="get" action="/info/search.aspx" name="Search" style="margin:0;"> 
	<b>Search &nbsp;</b> 
	<input class="small-text" name="artkw" style="width:200px;" /> 
	<select class="small-text offblack" style="font-weight:bold;" name="sbo"> 
	<option value="kw">Articles / Quick Answers</option> 
<option value="fm" selected="true">Messages</option> 
<option value="s">Jobs</option> 
<option value="ctlk">Product Catalog</option> 
 
	</select> 
	<input type="submit" class="button small-text" value=" Go! " /> &nbsp;
	</form>

As you can see, this is HTML for a submit. aka. Search. This has a GET method. it uses ? inside url. you can easly get what to send and then send it to url. in this case: /info/search.aspx

Serenity11-Mar-10 6:27

Serenity1

1-Mar-10 6:27

Unfortunately this is not what I'm looking for.

What I need is via c# I download a page onto my drive (let's. say http://www.writtenonthecity.com/display.php?image=2301&loc=8&type= ).

Now once the page is loaded I would do a search (in visual studio) in the page for the "Submit" button and via C# code i want to click it as if I was actually sitting there and using my mouse to click the button but via code.

I don't want to generate any buttons or edit box's or change the page's html, I just want to know how to click a button via code as if I was actually sitting there and clicking it with my mouse with a unknown downloaded page. Not a aspx page that I've created with a onclick event.

Re: Click a button from a external/downloaded (unknown) html

Saksida Bojan1-Mar-10 7:06

Prevent Visual Studio opening the designer on custom controls

1-Mar-10 7:06

There is no simple code to just to call click event, because it doesn't exsist. When HTML parse, uses HTML information to handle that button. Here is examaple:

This is snipset of HTML

<form method="get" action="/info/search.aspx" name="Search" style="margin:0;"> 
<b>Search  </b> 
<input class="small-text" name="artkw" style="width:200px;" /> 
<select class="small-text offblack" style="font-weight:bold;" name="sbo"> 
<option value="kw">Articles / Quick Answers</option> 
<option value="fm" selected="true">Messages</option> 
<option value="s">Jobs</option> 
<option value="ctlk">Product Catalog</option> 
 
</select> 
<input type="submit" class="button small-text" value=" Go! " />  
</form>

Important lines:
1st. Line: Form tag has 2 atributes you need to take into an accound. that is Method and Action.
3rd. Line: Input tag is textbox, that has a name as 'artkw'
4th. Line: Is a combo box with a name 'sbo'. All items inside are used with option tag and inportant atribute is a value.
10th. It is an Input with atribute type="submit", witch is a button with a text " GO! " as specified in value atribute.

With this info you can easly request new page. You do not need to type any info or even show the form.

this is how it is processed

<form method="get" action="/info/search.aspx" name="Search" style="margin:0;"> 
// The Url is: "www.codeproject.com/info/search.aspx"
<b>Search  </b> 
<input class="small-text" name="artkw" style="width:200px;" /> 
// The Url is: "www.codeproject.com/info/search.aspx?artkw=text+to+search"
<select class="small-text offblack" style="font-weight:bold;" name="sbo"> 
<option value="kw">Articles / Quick Answers</option> 
<option value="fm" selected="true">Messages</option> 
<option value="s">Jobs</option> 
<option value="ctlk">Product Catalog</option> 

</select> 
// The Url is: "www.codeproject.com/info/search.aspx?artkw=text+to+search&?sbo=kw"
<input type="submit" class="button small-text" value=" Go! " />  
// After this line you can easily request new html page.
</form>

The final url is "www.codeproject.com/info/search.aspx?artkw=text+to+search&?sbo=kw". And then it the server prepares next page based on variables sent.

ps: If you download page to your computer, next page is still depended on server, unless you are attempting to create a local server, where the requested page should be generated

Rob Philpott1-Mar-10 5:07

Rob Philpott

1-Mar-10 5:07

Afternoon. Can anyone remind me of the custom attribute you can apply to a type which prevents Visual Studio from attempting to open the file in a designer rather than code view? I can *never* remember it, and Google's not helping.

Regards,
Rob Philpott.

Re: Prevent Visual Studio opening the designer on custom controls

Luc Pattyn1-Mar-10 5:19