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This gets into marshaling. You can't just send a managed object through the clipboard (unless you exposed it as a CCW, or COM-Callable Wrapper) and used the interface re-declared (with the necessary GUID, or IID) in unmanaged code. The easiest way is to marshal the object so that it has a well-known representation, whether thats the fields packed into a byte[] array or whatever. You can also use the Marshal class to assist with this.
Those are really the only two ways to do this and marshaling would probably be the best way since it doesn't rely on COM and exposing your object (and all child objects that you must access) as CCWs.
Marshaling also means you can drag and drop your managed object to something that doesn't provide COM programming but instead abstracts drag and drop and provides you the data. With a well-known structure, you can marshal the data back to a representative object. One example would be a scripting language like JScript or VBScript. While you could expose your object as a automation-compatible (i.e., IDispatch implementation) CCW, this requires some knowledge of automation types and automation itself.
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In the first post i changed my initials from WVR into my name (Wouter Van Ranst), wich is the possible cause for the site-system for not recognising me as the signed-in user...
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I want to develop custom DataGrid control to trap enter key and make it work like tab key within DataGrid web control using C#. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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This has been covered before in this forum. A quick search[^] would've turned up a few previous posts.
You don't need to develop a custom DataGrid. In fact, the DataGrid has nothing to do with it. It's the DataGridTextBoxColumn whose behavior must be changed. You must handle the TextBox's key events and send a TAB instead of ENTER. This can lead to problems with committing the changes in the TextBox to the underlying data source as well. See the search results for details.
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I'm adding other customization to it also. But you are assuming that the grid is going to have only text box, what about combo box? Do you have any sample article or code
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Again, this has little to do with the DataGrid itself. What you need is derivatives of the DataGridColumnStyle, which means you must explicitly add DataGridTableStyles to the DataGrid.TableStyles collection property (see the documentation for more information). You can define table styles for multiple tables only once. The table style that matches up to a particular table (or typed array) will be used according to the DataGridTableStyle.MappingName property documentation in the .NET Framework SDK.
If you want a combo box, there is plenty of examples that have been discussed in this forum and are available both on this site and elsewhere on the Internet. There is a pretty good example on MSDN[^]. Just search.
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Well after searching in so many places, I decided to ask the in discussion board. Anyway can you point to any article or sample which specifically shows how to make enter key work as tab key within Datagrid web control? I don't want any reference here and there
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Why don't you try the ASP.NET[^] forum, where this should've been posted in the first place, then.
The [Enter] key is handled by the browser and you can't override like you can with Windows Forms. HTML is not a rich environment and using custom field styles works much differently.
Besides, I'm not just going to hand over the answer. This is to help you learn. If you want code samples you can rip off without learning anything, try open source sites with full source code like http://www.sourceforge.net[^] or http://www.gotdotnet.com[^].
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Why not use the keypress event and then change the ascii code from [enter] to [tab]? Pretty sure this will work.
[edit] Heath and I must have grabbed this at the same time. But Heath was a little more in depth than I.
I won't dignify your question with an answer.
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Is there a keypress event for datagrid web controls column template?
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Is anyone know how or where I can get information about LZW compression
using C#?
Thank You
bettie
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Hi, guys. I have a slightly related question about compression. I've been banging out some code that uses the Imaging namespace's EncoderParameters to save an image as a multipage TIF. My problem is that the default compression schema appears to be LZW; or, at least, that is what some of my property readers are telling me. Anyway, I'm trying to save a multipage TIF with CCIT Group 4 Compression, but I get "invalid paramter" exception any time I try to add compression parameters.
Heath, do you have any experience with saving multipage TIFs with CCIT Group 4 compression in GDI+? If not, do you know anyone who does?
I can post my code, if you're interested.
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In order to use a different encoding, there must be an encoder installed and registered with GDI and/or GDI+ to be used. This is done by passing the Guid of the encoder to the Encoding class, which you use with an EncodingParameter, which gets added to an EncodingParameters collection you pass when using Image.Save.
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Can I show you my code? It is just one console file.
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What would it help? The fact remains that an encoder for the compression you're trying to use must be installed correctly on your system. You can use Encoder.Compression to create an Encoder. You can then use the EncoderValue to specify the compression you want to use. If you look at the documentation for the Encoder.Compression read-only, static property in the .NET Framework SDK, you'll even see an example of using a certain compression algorithm to save a TIFF.
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The astrices show the problem:
using System;<br />
using System.Drawing;<br />
using System.Drawing.Imaging;<br />
using System.IO;<br />
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namespace consoletest<br />
{<br />
class Class1<br />
{<br />
[STAThread]<br />
static void Main(string[] args)<br />
{ <br />
string testName = System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["testName"];<br />
string compName = "compressed.tif";<br />
string multiName = "multi.tif";<br />
string multiG4 = "multiG4.tif";<br />
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System.Drawing.Image original = Bitmap.FromFile( testName ); <br />
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try<br />
{ <br />
Image[] pages = Class1.ToImageArray( original );<br />
Class1.ToGroup4Compressed( pages[1], compName ); <br />
Class1.ToMultiPageImage( pages, multiName );<br />
Class1.ToMultiPageImage( pages, multiG4, Class1.GetGroup4Parameter() );<br />
}<br />
catch( Exception e )<br />
{ <br />
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine( e );<br />
}<br />
}<br />
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public static Image[] ToImageArray( Image image )<br />
{<br />
int count = image.GetFrameCount( System.Drawing.Imaging.FrameDimension.Page );<br />
Image[] images = new Image[ count ];<br />
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if( count > 1 )<br />
{<br />
for( int i = 0; i < count; i++ )<br />
{<br />
image.SelectActiveFrame( System.Drawing.Imaging.FrameDimension.Page, i ); <br />
images[ i ] = image.Clone() as Image;<br />
}<br />
}<br />
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return images;<br />
}<br />
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public static void ToGroup4Compressed( Image image, string fileName )<br />
{<br />
ImageCodecInfo info = GetCodec( "image/tiff" );<br />
Encoder enc = Encoder.Compression;<br />
EncoderParameters ep = new EncoderParameters();<br />
ep.Param[0] = new EncoderParameter( enc, (long) EncoderValue.CompressionCCITT4 );<br />
image.Save( fileName, info, ep );<br />
}<br />
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public static Image ToMultiPageImage( Image[] pages, string fileName, params EncoderParameter[] p )<br />
{ <br />
Image image = new Bitmap( pages[0] ); <br />
FileStream stream = new FileStream( fileName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate );<br />
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Encoder enc = Encoder.SaveFlag; <br />
ImageCodecInfo info = GetCodec( "image/tiff" );<br />
EncoderParameters ep = new EncoderParameters( p.Length + 1 ); <br />
ep.Param[0] = new EncoderParameter( enc, (long) EncoderValue.MultiFrame );<br />
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int index = 1;<br />
foreach( EncoderParameter param in p )<br />
ep.Param[ index++ ] = param;<br />
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image.Save( stream, info, ep );<br />
ep.Param[0] = new EncoderParameter( enc, (long) EncoderValue.FrameDimensionPage );<br />
for( int i = 1; i < pages.Length; i++ )<br />
image.SaveAdd( pages[ i ], ep );<br />
ep.Param[0] = new EncoderParameter( enc, (long) EncoderValue.Flush );<br />
image.SaveAdd(ep);<br />
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stream.Close();<br />
return image;<br />
}<br />
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public static EncoderParameter GetGroup4Parameter()<br />
{ <br />
return new EncoderParameter( Encoder.Compression, (long) EncoderValue.CompressionCCITT4 );<br />
} <br />
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public static ImageCodecInfo GetCodec( string mimeType )<br />
{<br />
foreach( ImageCodecInfo ice in ImageCodecInfo.GetImageEncoders() )<br />
if( ice.MimeType.Equals( mimeType ) )<br />
return ice;<br />
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throw new Exception( mimeType + " mime type not found in ImageCodecInfo" );<br />
}<br />
}<br />
}
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Greetings,
I'm having some trouble while assigning a FormatProvider on a Datagrid column, namely a DataGridTextBoxColumn. I've defined a class that implements a IFormatProvider and a ICustomFormatter, that I intend to use on converting an integer to something like a time interval (01:33 21s).
Though the formatter has been created and linked to the FormatInfo of the dataGridTextBoxColumn, the data doesnt get converted. This is how I bind the formatter to the datacolumn:
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DataGridTextColumn dgtc = grid.TableStyles[0].GridColumnStyles[4];<br />
TicksToTimeFormatInfo formatInfo = new TicksToTimeFormatInfo();<br />
dgtc.FormatInfo = formatInfo;<br />
dgtc.Format = "{0:tt}";<br />
The GetFormat method of the TicksToTimeFormatInfo class is called every time the grid draws a cell, but with NumberFormatInfo as the value's type. Even if i forge the function so that it always returns it's instance the Format implementation of the ICustomFormatter never gets called, I belive the NumberFormatInfo's one is called.
Does anyone knows how to solve this?
Thanks for your attention,
Anfernius
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First of all, the Format property is wrong. You should use just "tt".
Second, there is a bug, IMO, that I have reported to Microsoft already. The DataGridTextBoxColumn format routines check if the data type implements IFormattable and, if it does, uses either the IFormattable.ToString implementation or a TypeConverter if the type supports it. If you are trying to use a primative type, this won't work.
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How does one retrieve the current applications Icon at runtime? I have a bunch of forms that I want to use the same Icon for as well as some plugins that may display forms.
I've tried resources namespace, this.Icon = new System.Drawing.Icon(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream("App.ico"));
and other items. I'm not finding much information on google, help, or other posts the the message boards.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Wayne
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App.ico, the default icon for a project, isn't built as an embedded resource by default. It is used as the Win32 icon when your assembly is built and is embedded into the resource section of the PE/COFF executable (in the .rsrc section). When this icon is assigned to the main Form, it is actually embedded in a ResX file using base64 encoding (this gets compiled to a .resources file and embedded into the assembly).
You can either set this as an embedded resource by selecting the icon, going to the properties window, and set the Build Action to Embedded Resource. You can't just use App.ico, however. You must prefix it with the root namespace for your project, which is the name of the project by default. A better way so you don't have to remember this is to use the overloaded constructor for the Icon class using the main Form to get the namespace like so:
Icon ico = new Icon(typeof(MyForm), "App.ico"); The other way without having to embed the icon as a manifest resource is to P/Invoke the necessary Windows APIs to extract icons from the executable, like LoadImage. This can lead to a lot of extra work, however.
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EWWW, this sounds like there is no generic way to do this. I don't want the forms to have to know about the main form. Thanks for your help.
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I never said the forms have to know about the main form. In my code snippet the Type of the main form is only used to get the namespace in which the icon is found. It's only a type reference and does not instantiate the form at all. You should read the Icon constructor documentation for more information.
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Well, I've run out of things to try, so I figured I would ask here.
I've got a custom control I've been working on, but I've run into a problem. I've been able to implement design time support with a custom property editor. Everything looks fine until run-time. At run-time, the data entered at design-time doesn't show up at all.
But, the data shows up in the control perfectly at design-time. So, what's the deal?
I used Eric White's example in GDI+ Programming: Creating Custom Controls using C# Chapter 12 to create the custom modal property editor. I really don't see any difference from what I've implemented and what he has.
Any insight as to why this is happening would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Zach
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It's possible that the design-time serializer isn't capturing the property code correctly. See the documentation for the DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute class in the .NET Framework SDK for more information about how the property can be serialized to code.
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