Icons included in EXE - C# Discussion Boards

Dave Kreskowiak24-Mar-04 0:18

24-Mar-04 0:18

If you don't have any of that information, you're going to have VERY difficult time doing this.

Basically, all you've told use is that you have a barcode scanner and that you want to write a program. You haven't given us ANY information to work with, yet you want help with writing code.

All I can tell you is to search the web for code samples, search for the manufacturers website and search for the technical docs on the scanner.

You can start with the code in the previous post for Serial Comm in VB.NET and you can also look at the VB6 code here for a barcode scanner example. Don't know if it's going to work for you because you haven't been able to tell us what barcode formats the scanner can read.

http://www.vbexplorer.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=47696&lngWId=-1[^]

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Re: input a barecode

tonaxxl25-Mar-04 17:25

tonaxxl

25-Mar-04 17:25

i need any code example i mean it i need any example
but with the c#
and i need a brief flow chart of how this any serial port
barcode device should be used
all what i need is a brief flow chart with sample of code if possible D'Oh! | :doh:

Re: input a barecode

Dave Kreskowiak26-Mar-04 2:28

Dave Kreskowiak

26-Mar-04 2:28

There is a VB6 example here[^]. I can't find any .NET examples anywhere.

RageInTheMachine9532

Re: input a barecode

tonaxxl26-Mar-04 6:41

tonaxxl

26-Mar-04 6:41

thank u so much for ur effort with me Blush | :O

Re: input a barecode

Apusnaias23-Mar-04 23:27

Apusnaias

23-Mar-04 23:27

hi,

in order to help you, you should have a look at this tut -> http://www.devhood.com/tutorials/tutorial_details.aspx?tutorial_id=320

that's all you need Smile | :)

Re: input a barecode

tonaxxl25-Mar-04 17:29

tonaxxl

25-Mar-04 17:29

thank u man so much that is so helpful that what i need
from where r u
?
Cool | :cool:

Re: input a barecode

cjengler24-Mar-04 0:25

cjengler

24-Mar-04 0:25

I just finished a point of sale system for my universities bookstore. I had a choice of scanners and choose the keyboard wedge scanner. It is the easiest to incorporate into the system as there is no special coding involved. I simply plugged it in, programmed the scanner with the neccessay, and supplied, barcode initializations, and then scanned a code. Sure enough it placed the numeric representation of the code in the textbox that had focus at the time. No special interface coding needed.

I would suggest you look into a keyboard wedge type of scanner.

Joe

Icons included in EXE

Guinness4Strength23-Mar-04 3:35

Guinness4Strength

23-Mar-04 3:35

I'd liek to include a couple icons in my EXE file to associate with different file types. I'm having trouble adding the icons to the EXE. I have a program which will extract icons and give me the index number so I can make the entries to the registry, but when i add the ICO file to thwe project and build (both as content and Embedded Resource) only the mail icon is detected when the EXE is examined for icons. Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Icons included in EXE

Heath Stewart23-Mar-04 3:45

Heath Stewart

23-Mar-04 3:45

Icons cannot be embedded as resources in your assembly and be visible to windows. Keep in mind an assembly - while sharing the same extension as a native library (DLL) (and the PE/COFF header which minor differences) - is much different.

These icons must be in the .rsrc section of your PE/COFF executable. One way to do this is - after you compile your library or application - open it with Visual Studio (as a binary resource) and you'll see the various sections of the .rsrc section, like the VersionInfo block. You can import your icons there and give them resource IDs (if you'd rather refer to them by their resource ID rather than their index). If you've signed your assembly - and any production assemblies should be signed - you'll have to resign them. Typically, it's better to delay signing (see AssemblyDelaySignAttribute) till after you make these kinds of changes.

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Re: Icons included in EXE

Guinness4Strength23-Mar-04 4:02

Guinness4Strength

23-Mar-04 4:02

Once again, thanks for the help Heath....

Web Service Remote Installation

Braulio Dez23-Mar-04 2:16

Braulio Dez

23-Mar-04 2:16

The Installation "Wizard" for a web service, ask you to install the web service in a virtual directory and working in a given port. Is it possible ( if the user has enough right on that machine) to install it "remote" ? ( I mean on the same lan just tell a machine name).

E.g.: I'm on my client machine "Braulio", and from my machine I want to install it on the machine called "WebServer" that I can see in my network ( without using terminal server and that stuff).

Thanks in advance, greetings
Braulio

Re: Web Service Remote Installation

Mazdak23-Mar-04 2:33

Mazdak

23-Mar-04 2:33

Installing Web Serivce is not magic if you don't need some task like server registery , GAC or .... After creating your virtual directory, just copy/paste your bin directory and Web.Config and asmx file into virtual directry. If you can do it from your client machine , thats all you need.

Mazy

"Man is different from animals in that he speculates, a high risk activity." - Edward Hoagland

Re: Web Service Remote Installation

Braulio Dez23-Mar-04 2:40

Braulio Dez

23-Mar-04 2:40

Hi Mazdak !

Thanks for the info, I was wondering if the "Installer" that includes Visual Studio can have that option ( I think it seems not... crappy installer... maybe for VStudio 2004 they should enhance it, deployment it's 80 % of the times neccesary).

Bye
Braulio

Re: Web Service Remote Installation

Heath Stewart23-Mar-04 3:25

Heath Stewart

23-Mar-04 3:25

Braulio Díez wrote:
Is it possible ( if the user has enough right on that machine) to install it "remote" ?

Why don't you try it and see? The code to do this is a custom action - a compiled DLL hidden from our prying eyes. Only trying it would tell you.

More than likely, though, it goesn't because it doesn't ask for a machine name for which it gets the remote metabase for IIS (via the "iis://" management request). There's nothing stopping you from creating your own if you know how. The installer solution (using Windows Installer) is not meant to be a production-grade solution. For that, see Wise for Windows Installer[^] (have used it from the beta-testing days with them and love it) or the much more expensive and bloated InstallShield Developer[^].

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Simple Authentication

mil_an23-Mar-04 1:53

mil_an

23-Mar-04 1:53

Hi, I am trying to create a very simple authentication form, and am receiving an error. Please help!!
This is the code i have used:

public class login : System.Web.UI.Page <br />
   { <br />
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox txtUsername; <br />
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox txtPassword; <br />
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label lblCorrectLogin; <br />
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinkButton LinkButton1; <br />
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Panel pnlLogIn; <br />
      protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Label lblIsAuthenticated; <br />
<br />
    <br />
      private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) <br />
      { <br />
         if (! Page.IsPostBack) <br />
         { <br />
            if (Session["isAuthenticated"] == null) <br />
            { <br />
               this.lblIsAuthenticated.Text = "null"; <br />
            } <br />
            else <br />
            { <br />
               this.lblIsAuthenticated.Text = Session["isAuthenticated"].ToString(); <br />
            }       <br />
         } <br />
      } <br />
<br />
<br />
private void LinkButton1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) <br />
      { <br />
         // Basic User Authentication, might want to replace with your own!!! <br />
         if (this.txtUsername.Text == "admin" && this.txtPassword.Text == "password") <br />
         { <br />
            // Set the Authentication Session Value <br />
            Session["isAuthenticated"] = true; <br />
<br />
            // Redirect to the Home Page <br />
            Response.Redirect ("hello.aspx"); <br />
         } <br />
         else <br />
         { <br />
            // Show error message informing of unmatching UserName and Password pair <br />
            this.lblCorrectLogin.Text = "Authentification Error!"; <br />
         } <br />
      }

_______________________
I receive this error:

Line 31:             if (Session["isAuthenticated"] == null) <br />
Line 32:             { <br />
Line 33:                this.lblIsAuthenticated.Text = "null"; <br />
Line 34:             } <br />
Line 35:             else<br />
<br />
Source File: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\authentication\members.aspx.cs  Line: 33

_______________________

Thanks for your help!!

Re: Simple Authentication

Mazdak23-Mar-04 2:03

Mazdak

23-Mar-04 2:03

What is your error message? Does your label initialized in InitializeComponent()?

Mazy

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Re: Simple Authentication

Dave Kreskowiak23-Mar-04 2:04

Dave Kreskowiak

23-Mar-04 2:04

mil_an wrote:
Line 31: if (Session["isAuthenticated"] == null)
Line 32: {
Line 33: this.lblIsAuthenticated.Text = "null";
Line 34: }
Line 35: else

Source File: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\authentication\members.aspx.cs Line: 33

You did't say what the error was. You said WHERE it was, but not WHAT...

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Re: Simple Authentication

mil_an23-Mar-04 2:05

mil_an

23-Mar-04 2:05

Hi,

Sorry, this is the error message:

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Thanks,

Re: Simple Authentication

Mazdak23-Mar-04 2:28

Mazdak

23-Mar-04 2:28

As I said you should initialize your label . It may deleteted in your InitializeComponent() method.

Mazy

"Man is different from animals in that he speculates, a high risk activity." - Edward Hoagland

Re: Simple Authentication

mil_an23-Mar-04 3:08

mil_an

23-Mar-04 3:08

Thanks for your help!

May I ask how I may initialize the label?

Thanks again... Smile | :)

Re: Simple Authentication

Mazdak23-Mar-04 3:14

Mazdak

23-Mar-04 3:14

Something like this:

Label mylable = new Label();
this.Controls.Add(mylabel);

If you use VS.NET when you drag and drop controls in your ASPX file it do all the code for you , but if you don't use it or create your class without it, just create simple web project project , add a label in your webform. Then go to your aspx.cs file and find InitializeComponet() method , all you need is there and you copy/paste same things. The controls and their properties/events are all register their and add to the control.

Mazy

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Re: Simple Authentication

Heath Stewart23-Mar-04 3:27

Heath Stewart

23-Mar-04 3:27

If the Label is declared in the .aspx file, you don't instantiate it in your code-behind file. The page instantiates it when compiled. Since the code-behind must declare it as protected, this field gets set by the child class (the .aspx page).

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Re: Simple Authentication

Mazdak23-Mar-04 3:34

Mazdak

23-Mar-04 3:34

Oh, yah. I mixed up with windows application. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

Mazy

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Re: Simple Authentication

Dave Kreskowiak23-Mar-04 2:31

Dave Kreskowiak

23-Mar-04 2:31

It just occured to me that your using 'this' in front of everything. You don't need to...

RageInTheMachine9532

Re: Simple Authentication

Mazdak23-Mar-04 2:36

Mazdak

23-Mar-04 2:36

Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
It just occured to me that your using 'this' in front of everything. You don't need to...

It doesn't change anything. It refer to Page class and controls are added to it, you can use if you want.

Mazy

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