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Re: Need help with my very first c# application

Luc Pattyn7-Oct-10 9:55

7-Oct-10 9:55

That is not an introduction or a tutorial, that is reference material. Which comes in handy once you start programming in some language, but first you need the intro, the fundamentals.

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Re: Need help with my very first c# application

S Houghtelin7-Oct-10 10:01

S Houghtelin

7-Oct-10 10:01

Sorry, wrong link, had several pages open. See, it doesn't get easier.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa288436(VS.71).aspx[^]

It was broke, so I fixed it.

Re: Need help with my very first c# application

OriginalGriff7-Oct-10 9:20

OriginalGriff

7-Oct-10 9:20

So your first port of call is to find out just what args[0] is. Google can help: Google args[0] c#[^]
This second result explains it, and gives examples: MSDN on command line arguments[^]
This is your second (or first-and-a-half) port of call: MSDN. It knows everything (hah!) about C# and .NET
And it's free.
Impenetrable at times, but free. And very often worth tagging into a Google search: "args[0] c# MSDN" would give the article above as the first hit.

So, args[0] is the first command line argument to your console app. (or Winforms or whatever, but don't worry about that yet). This explains why it gave an ArgumentOutOfRange error when you tried to use it: you haven't supplied any command line arguments!

So, change your code to:

string host = "192.168.0.1";  // Default to my router
if (args.Count > 0)
   {
   host = args[0];
   }

And it would work with either a default value - my router - or the IP address you specify as a command line argument.
This means you can run your console app with:

myPing

(which would ping your router)
or

myPing 92.27.41.80

(which would ping me, for an hour or so until I turn the router off.)

Now do you see what I mean about it being important to work out why something isn't working, rather than just "fixing it"? Laugh | :laugh:

Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.

Re: Need help with my very first c# application

turbosupramk37-Oct-10 10:01

turbosupramk3

7-Oct-10 10:01

Thank you.

Even though I have some reading to do now Smile | :)

I will try and implement this and get it working.

Re: Need help with my very first c# application

turbosupramk37-Oct-10 10:12

turbosupramk3

7-Oct-10 10:12

Here is what I have, did I do something wrong because it is still telling me I am outside of the bounds of the array

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.NetworkInformation;
using System.Text;

namespace Examples.System.Net.NetworkInformation.PingTest
{
    public class PingExample
    {
        // args[0] can be an IPaddress or host name.

      
                  
        public static void Main(string [] args)
        {
            
            Ping pingSender = new Ping();
            PingOptions options = new PingOptions();

            //string host = "servername";

            string host = "servername";  
            if (args.Length > 0)
            {
                host = args[0];
            }


            // Use the default Ttl value which is 128,
            // but change the fragmentation behavior.
            options.DontFragment = true;

            // Create a buffer of 32 bytes of data to be transmitted.
            string data = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
            byte[] buffer = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(data);
            int timeout = 120;

            

            PingReply reply = pingSender.Send(args[0], timeout, buffer, options);
            if (reply.Status == IPStatus.Success)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Reply from {0}", reply.Address.ToString());
                Console.WriteLine("Bytes {0}", reply.Buffer.Length);
                Console.WriteLine("RoundTrip time: {0}", reply.RoundtripTime);
                Console.WriteLine("Time to live: {0}", reply.Options.Ttl);
                //Console.WriteLine("Don't fragment: {0}", reply.Options.DontFragment);
                

               
                Console.ReadLine();
            }



        }

    }

}

Re: Need help with my very first c# application

OriginalGriff7-Oct-10 21:34

OriginalGriff

7-Oct-10 21:34

Yes! You are still using args[0]

PingReply reply = pingSender.Send(args[0], timeout, buffer, options);

Try:

PingReply reply = pingSender.Send(host, timeout, buffer, options);

Also change the comment near the top:

// args[0] can be an IPaddress or host name.

It may be accurate, but it isn't very helpfull! How about:

// Command line arguments can be an IPaddress or host name to ping.

That describes better what you are trying to do, rather than how you are achieving them.
However, you get a 5 just for putting comments in your first program. Laugh | :laugh:

Not a bad effort - keep it up!

Later, you may want to put in a loop, so you can use a number of addresses in the command line. See foreach for details.

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Re: Need help with my very first c# application

turbosupramk38-Oct-10 4:28

turbosupramk3

8-Oct-10 4:28

Thanks and be proud, I touched it up to this, this morning and it actually works!!! Big Grin | :-D

Next on the list is to import a text file through streamreader? or textreader?

Hopefully I can find some more code like this basic ping tool on MSDN or something and then I'll be able to import each server with my foreach loop?

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.NetworkInformation;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;


namespace Examples.System.Net.NetworkInformation.PingTest
{
    public class PingExample
    {
        // args[0] can be an IPaddress or host name.

      
                  
        public static void Main(string [] args)
        {
            
            Ping pingSender = new Ping();
            PingOptions options = new PingOptions();



            // Use the default Ttl value which is 128,
            // but change the fragmentation behavior.
            options.DontFragment = true;

            // Create a buffer of 32 bytes of data to be transmitted.
            string data = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
            byte[] buffer = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(data);
            int timeout = 120;

            string[] arr = new string[] { "server1", "server2", "server3" }; // server names you want to ping

            foreach (string i in arr)

            {
               int pingloop = 0;
               Console.WriteLine(i);

               do
               {

                   PingReply reply = pingSender.Send(i, timeout, buffer, options);
                   if (reply.Status == IPStatus.Success)
                   {
                       Console.WriteLine("Reply from {0}", reply.Address.ToString() + ": bytes=" + reply.Buffer.Length + " time=" + reply.RoundtripTime + "ms" + " TTL=" + reply.Options.Ttl);
                       pingloop = pingloop +1;
                       //Console.WriteLine("Bytes {0}", reply.Buffer.Length);
                       //Console.WriteLine("RoundTrip time: {0}", reply.RoundtripTime);
                       //Console.WriteLine("Time to live: {0}", reply.Options.Ttl);
                       //Console.WriteLine("Don't fragment: {0}", reply.Options.DontFragment);
                       
                   }
               }

               while (pingloop < 4);
               Console.WriteLine();     
               
                
            }
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

    }

Re: Need help with my very first c# application

OriginalGriff8-Oct-10 4:51

OriginalGriff

8-Oct-10 4:51

Well done! Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

I think you are getting there.

A couple of style things, that make it easier to read when you go back to it:

string[] arr = new string[] { "server1", "server2", "server3" }; // server names you want to ping
foreach (string i in arr)

Don't call it "i" - there are a couple of reasons (one of which is that old programmers assume "i" is always an int). Always use descriptive names for variables, it makes it a lot easier to work out what you are trying to do. Since Visual Studio list possible names for you, it isn't a lot of extra typing, and it does make it more readable. Try using "server" instead:

string[] servers = new string[] { "server1", "server2", "server3" }; // server names you want to ping
foreach (string server in servers)
   {
   ...
   }

And try using a for loop instead of a do...while - it makes it more obvious by keeping the whole thing together:

int pingloop = 0;
do
   {

   PingReply reply = pingSender.Send(i, timeout, buffer, options);
   if (reply.Status == IPStatus.Success)
       {
       Console.WriteLine("Reply from {0}", reply.Address.ToString() + ": bytes=" + reply.Buffer.Length + " time=" + reply.RoundtripTime + "ms" + " TTL=" + reply.Options.Ttl);
       pingloop = pingloop +1;
       }
   }
   while (pingloop < 4);

becomes

for (int retries = 0; retries < 4; retries++)
   {
   PingReply reply = pingSender.Send(i, timeout, buffer, options);
   if (reply.Status == IPStatus.Success)
       {
       Console.WriteLine("Reply from {0}", reply.Address.ToString() + ": bytes=" + reply.Buffer.Length + " time=" + reply.RoundtripTime + "ms" + " TTL=" + reply.Options.Ttl);
       break;
       }
   }

It's all about keeping thing together, and making it obvious what is going on. Doing it your way means that "pingloop" is available after the loop, implying that it will be relevant and probably used after the loop. With the for loop, "retries" is not available outside the loop at all.

I also added the "break" to prevent repeated pinging once it has succeeded.

Good effort though, well done! Cool | :cool:

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Re: Need help with my very first c# application

turbosupramk313-Oct-10 7:20

turbosupramk3

13-Oct-10 7:20

Here is my latest code, thanks to all that helped

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.NetworkInformation;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Threading;


namespace Examples.System.Net.NetworkInformation.PingTest
{
    public class PingExample
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            const string f = @"c:\temp\servernames.txt";
            List<string> servers = new List<string>();

            Ping pingSender = new Ping();
            PingOptions options = new PingOptions();
            //PingCompletedEventArgs e = new PingCompletedEventArgs();
            string line = null; //line in a file
            PingReply reply = null; // variable reply is set to null and referenced to the object type PingReply
            //string lineerror = null;

            // Use the default Ttl value which is 128,
            // but change the fragmentation behavior.
            options.DontFragment = true;

            // Create a buffer of 32 bytes of data to be transmitted.
            string data = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
            byte[] buffer = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(data);
            int timeout = 250;
            using (StreamReader r = new StreamReader(f))
            {
                // 3
                // Use while != null pattern for loop
                while ((line = r.ReadLine()) != null)
                {
                    // 4
                    // Insert logic here.
                    // ...
                    // "line" is a line in the file. Add it to our List.
                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(line))
                    {
                        // 3
                        // Test with IsNullOrEmpty
                        //lineerror = "Line appears to be empty";
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        servers.Add(line);
                    }
                }//end of while
            }//end fo using

            //string[] arr = new string[] { "server1", "server2", "server3" }; // server names you want to ping

            foreach (string i in servers)
            {

                Console.WriteLine(i);
                for (int retries = 0; retries < 4; retries++)
                {
                    try
                    {
                        reply = pingSender.Send(i, timeout, buffer, options); // variable reply is assigned

                        if (reply.Status == IPStatus.Success)
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine("Reply from {0}", reply.Address.ToString() + ": bytes=" + reply.Buffer.Length + " time=" + reply.RoundtripTime + "ms" + " TTL=" + reply.Options.Ttl);
                            //Console.WriteLine(reply.Status);
                            //Console.WriteLine("Bytes {0}", reply.Buffer.Length);
                            //Console.WriteLine("RoundTrip time: {0}", reply.RoundtripTime);
                            //Console.WriteLine("Time to live: {0}", reply.Options.Ttl);
                            //Console.WriteLine("Don't fragment: {0}", reply.Options.DontFragment);
                        }
                        //else
                        //{
                        //    Console.WriteLine(lineerror);
                        //}
                    }
                    catch (PingException e)
                    {
                       Console.WriteLine("Ping failed: " + e.Message);
                    }



                }// end of for

                Console.WriteLine();
            }//end of foreach
            Console.ReadLine();
        }//end of Main

    }//end of PingExample

}

Re: Need help with my very first c# application

S Houghtelin7-Oct-10 9:16

S Houghtelin

7-Oct-10 9:16

More internet reading for you.

http://dotnetperls.com/main[^]

OriginalGriff is right on the money, understand what you are doing, and Luc Pattyn said the correct way to do just that, read. When you understand the basic underlying constructs and how data is used and passed around within the computer, it gets easier. (That's what they told me 27 years ago, but I'm still waiting for it to get easier... Laugh | :laugh:

)

It was broke, so I fixed it.

Re: Need help with my very first c# application

Nish Nishant7-Oct-10 8:17

Nish Nishant

7-Oct-10 8:17

A ping app is probably not the best choice for your first C# application. You may want to get yourself familiar with the language syntax and semantics first. Although, if you have prior C++ or Java experience, this approach should still work fine for you.

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Re: Need help with my very first c# application

MasttsaM13-Oct-10 22:43

MasttsaM

13-Oct-10 22:43

Hope this example can help you:

Process p = new Process();

p.StartInfo.FileName = "cmd.exe";

p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = true;
p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;
p.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;

if (p.Start())
{
p.StandardInput.WriteLine("net use " + strFileName + " " + strPwd + " /user:" + strDomain + "\\" + strId);
p.StandardInput.WriteLine("exit");
p.WaitForExit();
string ReturnText = p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();

if (ReturnText.IndexOf("成功") >= 0)
Dts.TaskResult = (int)ScriptResults.Success;
else
throw new Exception("fail");

}
else
throw new Exception("fail");

Reference: http://www.programlive.tk

About creating Editable(fillable) PDF-forms

sameermaske7-Oct-10 4:04

sameermaske

7-Oct-10 4:04

Hi,
I am using iTextSharp to read & write the data to pdf-forms.It works good for reading from pdf-forms.
But when i write data to pdf-forms(programmatically) it fills data to pdf-forms successfully but when we try to
add data(manually) to pdf-forms, it don’t saves data to pdf-forms & gives error as
THIS DOCUMENT ENABLED EXTENDED FEATURES IN ADOBE READER.THE DOCUMNETHAS BEEN CHANGED
SINCE IT WAS CREATED AND USE OF EXTENDED FEATURES IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.PLEASE CONTACT THE
ORIGINAL VERSION OF THIS DOCUMENT.

Re: About creating Editable(fillable) PDF-forms

Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr.7-Oct-10 6:26

Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr.

7-Oct-10 6:26

Who marked this as a Good Question?

Also, if you are using Adobe Reader, bypassing the reader extensions requirement is a violation of the Adobe License which is surprisingly very strict.

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Parsing a text file.

jenya77-Oct-10 3:21

jenya7

7-Oct-10 3:21

Hi All!
I need to parse a txt file. It would be no problem but txt file updated dynamically, i.e. lines are added in some intervals and i need to detect and parse a new line. How can i do it?

Message Closed

7-Oct-10 3:41

stancrm

7-Oct-10 3:41

Message Closed

modified 23-Nov-14 5:53am.

Re: Parsing a text file.

jenya77-Oct-10 3:57

jenya7

7-Oct-10 3:57

Thanks a lot!Looks very interesting!

Re: Parsing a text file.

#realJSOP7-Oct-10 23:41

#realJSOP

7-Oct-10 23:41

You might want to check out this article series for info on FileSystemWatcher:

FileSystemWatcher - Pure Chaos (Part 1 of 2)[^]

Part 1 of the article discusses the actual code, and Part 2 shows some interesting results using the sample application that is provided in Part 1.

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Re: Parsing a text file.

PIEBALDconsult7-Oct-10 16:28

PIEBALDconsult

7-Oct-10 16:28

Maintain a record of where you left off and pick up from there.
That's what I do.

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel BorderAround2 crash

Blubbo7-Oct-10 2:58

Blubbo

7-Oct-10 2:58

Has anyone used this "Range.BorderAround2" when making the border line around the cell range? I believe that it caused crash with this error message: "Exception from HRESULT: 0x80020003" which is "DISP_E_MEMBERNOTFOUND". I'm not quite sure if this is due to the other pc that has office 2003? I've included the v14 dll file in the executable directory.

I used the 3 lines below and it caused the error exception mentioned above.
I'm using the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel v14 (for MS Office 2010).

cellRange = oSheet.get_Range(oSheet.Cells[3, 10], oSheet.Cells[15, 11]);
cellRange.BorderAround2(Excel.XlLineStyle.xlContinuous, Excel.XlBorderWeight.xlThin, Excel.XlColorIndex.xlColorIndexAutomatic, 1, 1);

I had to use the lines as shown below and it works fine...

cellRange = oSheet.get_Range(oSheet.Cells[3, 10], oSheet.Cells[15, 11]);
cellRange.Borders.LineStyle = Excel.XlLineStyle.xlContinuous;
cellRange.Borders.Weight = Excel.XlBorderWeight.xlThin;

Re: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel BorderAround2 crash

Dave Kreskowiak7-Oct-10 3:44

Dave Kreskowiak

7-Oct-10 3:44

BorderAround2 didn't show up until Office 2010. It's also not meant to be used by your code.

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Re: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel BorderAround2 crash

Blubbo7-Oct-10 4:02

Blubbo

7-Oct-10 4:02

OK, thanks for the response... my workaround will do the job for now. Funny is that when I was typing in the code, it did show BorderAround2 method... Question is why did they implement this method?

Geez whiz!

Re: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel BorderAround2 crash

Dave Kreskowiak7-Oct-10 4:42

Dave Kreskowiak

7-Oct-10 4:42

Because it's exposed by the Interop and public. It's just not meant to be used by your code, per the documentation on the method.

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Re: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel BorderAround2 crash

Blubbo7-Oct-10 4:49

Blubbo

7-Oct-10 4:49

Can you point me to the location of this documentation?

Much appreciated!

Re: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel BorderAround2 crash

Dave Kreskowiak7-Oct-10 6:04

Dave Kreskowiak

7-Oct-10 6:04

MSDN: Range.BorderAround2 Method[^]

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