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The TaskManager is not exactly the most accurate method of measuring how much memory your app is using. Use Performance Monitor instead. You can get more accurate metrics and monitor things such as when the Garbage Collector runs and how much memory if freed.
But, don't worry, you're not going to run out of memory. Just because you Disposed an object, doesn't mean that it's freed from memory at that instant. Dispose tells an object to clean up it's resources in preparation for being destroyed. When you call Dispose, the object closes any connections, handles, frees any memory that it allocated, or whatever. The object is then orphaned, meaning that no code can reference that object. The garbage collector, on it's own schedule, then scans the memory space of your app and destroys and frees up memory when it detects an orphaned object. This can take a while if your system has lots of memory available or more frequently as system resources and memory dwindle.
RageInTheMachine9532
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Thank you, this is exactly what I was hoping to hear. Your post was very helpful! 
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While the task mgr isn't the greatest performance monitor, it will indicate at least when memory goes up or down. Keep in mind that an operating system's job is to dish out memory when allocation requests come in. It WILL know how much is being given to an application because the OS is what's giving the application working memory.
One thing about forms, though, you need to dispose of them if you ever display a modal dialog via ShowDialog. A simple way of doing this is like:
using (MyForm form = new MyForm())
{
myForm.ShowDialog();
}This disposes native handles (memory addresses) that the CLR does not manage, which is why you keep seeing your memory go up and up when you open new forms. You can also do this modeless forms (via Show), but it's not necessary.
Basically, any type that implements IDisposable and uses native handles (like FileIOStream) should be disposed when you're done using it. With System.Windows.Forms.Control you typically don't need to as it cleans up itself pretty well, but disposing it wouldn't hurt when you're done.
It all comes down the CLR and the garbage collector. The reason .NET languages are also call managed languages is because they're managed by the CLR. But native handles aren't managed by the CLR, so you need to make sure that they're "clean-up" (i.e., native resources are released).
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Hi,
I've found a very strange problem and I badly need a fix for it.
I have a simple interface defined in one class library, let's say WindowsLibrary1:
[code]
namespace WindowsLibrary1
{
public interface ITest
{
void Test();
}
}
[/code]
I reference this class library from another project that is a WindowsApplication, lets say: WindowsApplication1.
In the WindowsApplication1 I create a simple usercontrol: UserControl1:
[code]
public class UserControl1 : System.Windows.Forms.UserControl, WindowsLibrary1.ITest
{
....
public void Test()
{ // implementation of the WindowsLibrary1.ITest.Test()
}
}
[/code]
Ofcourse all compiles fine, but I can not use this usercontol at all.
Whenever I try to drop the control on a form I get the following error message:
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Microsoft Development Environment
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The user control 'WindowsApplication3.UserControl1' could not be loaded. Ensure that the library containing the control has been built and a project reference has been made to the library containing the control. If you have changed the name of the user control, close and re-open the control's designer to update the toolbox item.
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OK
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I badly need this to make it work, so any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Corneliu.
PS>> Environment: VS.Net 2003, WinXP.
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Sounds like a version problem. With .NET assemblies and the CLR, version numbers are VERY important (unlike version numbers with native DLLs, which are basically there for reference and for decent installers so they don't copy over newer versions).
When you work with multiple projects in a solution, you really should not use automatic versioning, i.e. using an asterisk in the [assembly:AssemblyVersionAttribute], typically found in your AssemblyInfo.cs file. The problem seems to be that the version your first project is referencing references one version while the component you added to the toolbox is of a different version.
One other way you can help this is to use a project reference instead of an assembly refernece. When you add a reference to your project (right click, Add Reference...), click on the Project tab and add the project that you want to reference. This establishes a build dependency (making sure that any changes in the dependency prompt a rebuild so the referencing assembly has the latest code) and make sure that the assemblies that are referenced are the correct version.
As far as the toolbox goes, don't explicitly add components to it that you develop and are currently developing in the open solution. Third-party controls and controls that you've build stables version of and deployed should be used there.
VS.NET - though not all the time - will automatically add a reference to any UserControl that you open in the VS.NET designer to the toolbox. If it doesn't, switch to code view, define your field, and instantiate it in the InitializeComponent method that the designer uses. This will make sure it can be designed if you need that sort of thing. You can then continue setting properties and adding event handlers like you normally would on a control using the designer.
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Thanks for the answer. Unfortunatelly it does not help as none of your recomandations apply.
I've already tried most of them before posting the question.
I have the feeling that something has happend with my VS.Net after I've un-intalled some addin (I think it was ReShape or something like that). Since then VS behaves sometimes strange. I've just discovered that my example works perfectly on another sistem, thus I think I'll spend my day with reinstalling VS.Net with the hope that this will solve my problem.
Thanks alot,
Corneliu.
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I get an exception in the last line, ExecuteNonQuery. It tells me there is something wrong with the SQL command, although this same command works fine within Access. I have tried this code with insert instead and it works.
myConnection = new OleDbConnection(
"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=alfapet.mdb");
myConnection.Open();
using(myConnection)
{
OleDbCommand com = new OleDbCommand( "UPDATE userinfo SET Password='"+newPass.Pass+"' WHERE Name='"+user.Name+"' AND Password='"+oldPass.Pass+"'", myConnection);
int i=com.ExecuteNonQuery();
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The way you're doing it is not optimal and often leads to problems because certain characters - like quotes - are not escaped properly. See the documentation for the OleDbParameter class and use a paramterized query like so:
OleDbCommand cmd = myConnection.CreateCommand();
cmd.CommandText = "UPDATE userinfo SET Password=? WHERE " +
"Name=? AND Password=?";
cmd.Parameters.Add("NewPassword", OleDbType.VarWChar, 40).Value = newPassword;
cmd.Parameters.Add("Name", OleDbType.VarWChar, 40).Value = user.Name;
cmd.Parameters.Add("OlePassword", OleDbType.VarWChar, 40).Value = oldPassword;
int i = cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
Console.WriteLine("{0} record(s) modified", i);The OLE DB provider for ADO.NET does not use named parameters, and instead uses positional parameters using the question mark, so you must add your parameters in the same order. The example aboves assumes you declare your fields as Text using 40 characters as the length. This is just an example, though, so read the documentation for the OleDbParameter for more information.
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hi there,
How can i dynamically read :-Othe SMTPSERVER NAME from my local network.
hai, feel free to contact.
Sreejith SS Nair
sreejithssnair@hotmail.com
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The only method I know of is to search a range of IP addresses by 1) pinging the address to see if it's alive, then 2) try opening a connection to port 25 on that address. If you get response, you've probably found the SMTP server. Most telecom guys will come down and beat on you for port scanning their network though...
SMTP servers don't "advertise" their presence on the network, so scanning for it the only method to find one automatically.
The better option is to ask the user what the DNS name of the server is or set it in a configuration file.
RageInTheMachine9532
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How to get the IP of SqlServer?
Can you help me? 
Jiw
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I'm curious as to why you want the IP address of the SQL Server.
"You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
--Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
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Because i want to copy files to server,but i don't know how to get the Path.
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Getting the IP of the Server will not get you the path... The IP and ServerName are completely interchangable in paths:
\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\share\dir\dir\dir\file
is exactly the same as:
\\servername\share\dir\dir\dir\file
since the system will resolve the servername to it's IP address for you, automatically...
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If you know the host name already, you can use Dns.GetHostByName to get the IPHostEntry, from which you can get the IP address. You really don't need it for ADO.NET, though. Just use the SQL Server name and instance (if any besides the default instance).
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dear there,
i have a dataset with a table.I need to bind this untyped dataset to a datagrid.
on runtime i need to show i record number along with records.
That is serial number to every record in datagrid
hai, feel free to contact for any support provided that must be my level of knowledge
Sreejith SS Nair
sreejith@neosoft-tec.com
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Without owner-drawing the DataGrid (which could be pretty difficult), you could extend DataGridColumnStyle with a row that displays an incremental value. Use the DataGrid.TableStyles to add a DataGridTableStyle that has the columns you need, including your DataGridColumnStyle derivative that displays the row number as the first column (or wherever you want it). If you allow sorting and what the row indexes to keep in sync, then you'll need to add a little intelligence to your DataGridColumnStyle derivative that uses the row's index in the DataTable. See the documentation for the DataGridColumnStyle for more information and an example.
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Hi everybody!
Ijust started studing programming in C#. I so in some source code they are using namespaces: Microsoft.DirectX, Microsoft.DirectX.DirectSound. I'm using .NET 2003 and I thought that I had all libraries, but my namespace Microsoft has only CSharp,VisualBasic and Win32 libraries.
Question: where I can get, or how I can reference Microsoft.DirectX?
I also have question about saving image when it was loaded into pictureBox from file using
image.fromFile(...) function,if I want to save it in the same file and use image.save(...) function passing same file name, i'm getting error msg that file is used by another program(apparently fromFile() did not close file, and I have no handle to this file to close it).
Question: Is there a way to save it into the same file?
And last question: If I downloded image (jpeg) as a bitmap
can I select some polygones on image and change its colors
dynamicaly?
Thanks
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For the first question:
You must download the DirectX SDK 2003 summer update.
You can obtain it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9216652f-51e0-402e-b7b5-feb68d00f298&displaylang=en
As for the second: you can copy the image from a PictureBox to a temorary BitmapImage object and then dispose the PictureBox, and then save the image.
For the tthird; you mean pixels, right? I know it can be done, but I am not shure if it can be done directly on the PictureBox object. Maybe someone else will anwser you this question ...
Q:What does the derived class in C# tell to it's parent?
A:All your base are belong to us!
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You could also Clone the image, then save it.
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Any tutorial on regular expressions is likely to use this as an obvious example.
Christian
I have drunk the cool-aid and found it wan and bitter. - Chris Maunder
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hi,
I'm new in C# programming, I created an array using ArrayList.Add() function to insert that structure in the array
<br />
public struct LineToCheck<br />
{<br />
public string fileName;<br />
public ulong CRC;<br />
public LineToCheck(string filename,ulong CRC)<br />
{<br />
this.fileName=filename;<br />
this.CRC=CRC;<br />
}<br />
}<br />
my question is........how I access to that structure from the array???
I tryied to use array[0]. but I can't see structure... I can't also understand how to use the array.ToArray() function..... since I don't use int or chat array.... thanks in advance
Paolo
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Because there are no templates, your container has no idea what it contains, it just knows it contains objects ( because everything is an object ). So, in order to use what is in your array, you need to do one of two things:
1. Contain an ArrayList in a class called LineToCheckArrayList, or whatever, so that it's access methods are strongly typed
2. Cast the return from the ArrayList every time you use it. To be really correct, you should us the 'as' keyword ( i.e. array[0] as LineToCheck, not (LineToCheck)array[0] ), which will not blow up, but return null if the object is not of the type you expect. Obviously, this is not a good idea unless you intend to check the type yourself. You can use the 'is' keyword for this, as in if(item is LineToCheck).
Christian
I have drunk the cool-aid and found it wan and bitter. - Chris Maunder
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:-Dusing System;
//namespace for ArrayList
using System.Collections;
namespace ArrlistVSStruct
{
//your struct signature
public struct LineToCheck
{
public string fileName;
public string CRC;
public LineToCheck(string filename,string CRC)
{
this.fileName=filename;
this.CRC=CRC;
}
}
class Class1
{
static void Main()
{
//Arraylist creation.
ArrayList Arlist=new ArrayList();
declaring three variable of the type LineToCheck
LineToCheck LC1,LC2,LC3;
//assigning values to struct
LC1=new LineToCheck("ha ha","hi hi");
LC2=new LineToCheck("hey hey","ho ho");
//adding to arraylist
Arlist.Add(LC1);
Arlist.Add(LC2);
//getting the values out
for(int i=0;i
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