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hi,
i want to add auto update feature in my app..which is the best way?

Deploying it by using ClickOnce allows you to have your application check for updates. That's one way of doing it (though I'm not gonna say for sure that it's the best Smile | :)

).

I our product needs hardware protection level ... we are planned use dongle protection level . now we was purchase HASP device ..

We was get serial no of storage device USB using WMI ( PNPdevice Id), its unique for all system . But these same device id not gave unique for all system in Aladdin HASP device .... its correct way for secure protect using dongle .... or want use another way for these scenario .... if u have any idea related these please share with us...

Thank you...

try to get process id and insert it into your program

EASY COME EASY GO

Follow the HASP API documentation. If I remember correctly, there should be a function to retrieve the dongle HASP ID or some other way to identify that it is indeed your product's dongle.

To secure your product with the dongle, the best strategy is to use the dongle to store or encrypt part of your product's code or a critical data file. Do as little validation on the decrypted code/data as you can in order to prevent an attacker from being able to reconstruct what the code or data should be.

Hi,
I've created the following code:

AutoResetEvent CheckQ = new AutoResetEvent(false);

public void Q_Insert( QEntry entry )
{
lock( My_Q )
{
My_Q.Enqueue( entry );
CheckQ.Set();
}
}

public QEntry Q_Pop()
{
lock ( My_Q )
{
if( My_Q.Count > 0 )
return (QEntry) My_Q.Dequeue();
}

CheckQ.Reset();
CheckQ.WaitOne();

lock ( My_Q )
{
if( My_Q.Count > 0 )
return (QEntry) My_Q.Dequeue();
}
}

Basically, if there is nothing in the queue, it will just wait until something comes into the queue.

However, my code never wakes up from CheckQ.WaitOne even though CheckQ.Set() was called. I later check the Handle ID in "CheckQ" from both function Q_Insert and Q_Pop, found out that the same variable has different Handle IDs ( as well as WaitHandle ID ) in 2 different functions. That might be the reason that WaitOne never wakes up, but my question is: how did this happen ? I only created one variable CheckQ in the file. I am so puzzled. Really appreciated if someone can explain this. Thanks in advance !

Assuming you have two or more threads (and probably a multi-core CPU), where one thread is doing one or more Inserts, another thread trying one or more Pops, you may end up in a situation where:
1. inside Pop, the first lock finds no entries
2. then Insert() gets the lock, inserts, and sets CheckQ
3. only now Pop resets CheckQ and waits forever

solution:
either put the CheckQ.Reset() inside the existing lock
or, much better, use an AutoResetEvent rather than a ManualResetEvent

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I a trying to have a hashtable class to populate all the variables from my database to be saved and used in my application as public variables.

this is my public class

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace cure_hospital_management
{
    class public_class
    {
        public Hashtable _sysem_parameters_hash;

        public void get_system_parameters()
        {
            _sysem_parameters_hash = new Hashtable();
            _sysem_parameters_hash.Add("Name", "Jassim Rahma");
        }
    }
}

In my MainFom_Load I am calling:

public_var.get_system_parameters();
public_var._sysem_parameters_hash.Add("Age", "36");

then I am trying to read the hashtable value like this:

MessageBox.Show(public_var._sysem_parameters_hash("Name").ToString());

but getting this error on the reading line (the MessageBox):

System.NullReferenceException was unhandled by user code<br />
  Message="Object reference not set to an instance of an object."<br />
  Source="cure"<br />
  StackTrace:<br />
       at cure_hospital_management.frmDoctorDashboard.frmDoctorDashboard_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in C:\Users\Jassim\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Cure\Cure\doctor_dashboard.cs:line 2050<br />
       at System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e)<br />
       at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)<br />
       at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()<br />
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)<br />
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()<br />
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message&amp; m)<br />
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message&amp; m)<br />
       at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message&amp; m)<br />
       at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message&amp; m)<br />
       at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message&amp; m)<br />
       at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message&amp; m)<br />
       at DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraForm.WndProc(Message&amp; msg)<br />
       at cure_hospital_management.frmDoctorDashboard.WndProc(Message&amp; m) in C:\Users\Jassim\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Cure\Cure\doctor_dashboard.cs:line 84<br />
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message&amp; m)<br />
       at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message&amp; m)<br />
       at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DebuggableCallback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)<br />
       at DevExpress.Utils.Win.Hook.ControlWndHook.CallWindowProc(IntPtr pPrevProc, IntPtr hWnd, Int32 message, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)<br />
       at DevExpress.Utils.Win.Hook.ControlWndHook.WindowProc(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 message, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)<br />
       at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.IntCreateWindowEx(Int32 dwExStyle, String lpszClassName, String lpszWindowName, Int32 style, Int32 x, Int32 y, Int32 width, Int32 height, HandleRef hWndParent, HandleRef hMenu, HandleRef hInst, Object pvParam)<br />
       at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.CreateWindowEx(Int32 dwExStyle, String lpszClassName, String lpszWindowName, Int32 style, Int32 x, Int32 y, Int32 width, Int32 height, HandleRef hWndParent, HandleRef hMenu, HandleRef hInst, Object pvParam)<br />
       at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.CreateHandle(CreateParams cp)<br />
  InnerException:

-- Modified Tuesday, April 20, 2010 7:01 PM

Done too much VB coding?

MessageBox.Show(public_var._sysem_parameters_hash["Name"].ToString());

FYI: instead of Hashtable, use Dictionary<string, string> and you get rid of all those (string) castings and ToString() conversions.

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jrahma wrote:
unresolved hashtable problem

Are't all problems unresolved? once they are resolved, they become references Wink | ;)

this is the up-to-date statu:!

Unresolved hashtable problem[^]

Ok. I went through the whole thing. So far, someone else hasn't been able to repeat your error. Everytime, binarycoder is answering your specific questions that you ask.

Could you post your complete code that shows error? If it shows error then it can be solved. May be some mistake is happening somewhere.

The full code is already uploaded at sky drive as mentioned in my MSDN forum thread

public_class.cs[^]

main_form.cs[^]

doctor_dashboard.cs[^]

Hi jrahma,

I cannot compile this code for obvious reasons coz there are so many links in it.

Can't you strip down this code to bare minimum and see just post the problem area? Basically public_class with minimum requirements and two basic forms with calling public_class?

if the problem doesn't happen in that form, it is not a problem related to hashtable.

Som

as I have mentioned in my MSDN thread, I have no problme compiling the code because no errors dring the build. The error pops up a run time. I als don't have problem when moving the line:

MessageBox.Show(public_var._sysem_parameters_hash("Name").ToString());

to main_form.cs

What I understood from the complete QA is that you face an error when you access a member of hashtable.

I cannot go through each line of your code to identify where the problem happens till the time i cannot compile the complete code. If you can provide a stripped down version of three cs files which i can compile and find the error during run time, i could help.

You could otherwise try to add a breakpoint just before the line where error happens and look into contents of hashtable. may be you can write a method to do just this.

The following method will show the contents of the hashtable in the output window. When you see the error in the messagebox line, u can see if the content is available in the hashtable or not.

private void PostDataIntoDebug(Hashtable _sysem_parameters_hash)
        {
#if DEBUG
            foreach (var a in _sysem_parameters_hash.Keys)
            {
                  Debug.WriteLine(string.Format("{0} - {1}", a, _sysem_parameters_hash[a]));
            }
#endif
        }

I am getting:

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

on this line:

foreach (var a in public_var._sysem_parameters_hash.Keys)

from your code...

you might say because hashtable is not initilized or somkething similar.. but why? that's my question...

Thanks...

jrahma wrote:
you might say because hashtable is not initilized or somkething similar.. but why? that's my question...

Well, this is the answer not the question. You need to go through your code step by step and find out where the hashtable was initialized.

I went through the complete discussion once again on MSDN. What i understand is that you are utilizing the same hashtable from different forms but you are initializing them separately.

I suggest making a small change of making the class and variable static and see if this solves your purpose:

static class public_class
    {
        public static Hashtable _sysem_parameters_hash;

        public static void get_system_parameters()
        {
            _sysem_parameters_hash = new Hashtable();
            _sysem_parameters_hash.Add("Name", "Jassim Rahma");
        }
    }

Now I cleaned the whole application an created a new application just for the hashtable issue and I am still getting the same error.

Hashtable project

The above file has a hastable project with three files.. public_class.cs, Form1.cs and Form2.cs, you can see that no issue reading the value in Form1 load but when you click on Form2 it will throw the error... it's seems the hashtable was no initilized but i don't know what to do to fix this in Form2...

modified on Monday, April 26, 2010 9:54 AM

Well it was easy to catch. Thanks for the effort of stripping it down.

Just change

Form2 myForm = new Form2();

to

Form2 myForm = new Form2(public_var);

and it works. You created the Constructor but didn't use it.

Problem solved Smile | :)

Thanks Som....

Thanks everyone...

Cool.

How do you store a type in a variable?

Let's say I have the following base class, and a couple of derived classes:

public abstract class MyBase
{
    public abstract string Test();

}

public class class1: MyBase
{
    public override string Test()
    {
        return "Class1";
    }
}

public class class2 : MyBase
{
    public override string Test()
    {
        return "Class2";
    }
}

Now, I want to store the "types" of class1 and class2 in an array, so I can instance the classes, something like this:

MyArray[0] TmpClass1 = new MyArray[0];
MyArray[1] TmpClass2 = new MyArray[1];

Obviously this doesn't work. And I've tried using typeof() and System.Type to do this, but end up getting compiler errors no matter what I try.

So how is it done?

There may be some strange way you can achieve what you want, but isn't there an easier way? I'm not sure exactly what you intend to do but a very common thing to do would be this:

enum ClassType
{
  CLASS1,
  CLASS2
}

BaseClass MakeClass(ClassType ct)
{
  switch(ct)
  {
    case CLASS1:
      return new Class1();
      break;

    etc.
  }
}

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Well basically I want to add all the derived types to an array so I can choose to instance any of them randomly.
This has to do with reflection doesn't it? Sorry I'm still learning c#.