Re: Add Reference Dialog control - C# Discussion Boards

14-Jun-04 8:56

(this probably really belongs in the VS IDE board, but I'd rather Mr. Stewart took a read - apologies all)

Is there a way to programmatically create the "Add Reference" dialog as seen in the VS.NET IDE? I'm aiming at creating a wizard to generate a particular type of component. During this wizard process, the user will need to select an existing .NET assembly (one that conforms to interface X). I'm wobbling between writing my own file chooser, but if the "Add Reference" dialog is a creatable control, I'd rather use that.

Any ideas?

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LongRange.Shooter14-Jun-04 9:15

LongRange.Shooter

14-Jun-04 9:15

Currently, the way the Add Reference works is as follows:

Go to the registry
Under the Framework it get the list of directories
Under each directory it gets each item in the GAC

You could probably do something similar where you have either a number of well-known directories or a way of dynamically constructing a directory list. For each assembly in each directory, you would then do an Assembly.Load and check to see if it exposes IMyInterface.

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Jeremy Kimball14-Jun-04 10:19

14-Jun-04 10:19

Thanks for the replies guys...I'll probably end up going with the Registry iteration route. Kinda fits what I was thinking before I came up with the Add Reference idea.

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Heath Stewart14-Jun-04 9:19

14-Jun-04 9:19

As theRealCondor said, you go to the registry. Enumerate the keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\.NETFramework\AssemblyFolders. If you want, you could also have your dialog enumerate the GAC using fusion.dll. Read Undocumented Fusion[^] here on CodeProject for more details.

And, no, this really doesn't belong in the IDE forum, since you're only talking about programming something like the IDE has. Just my opinion, anyway.

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Dmitri Nеstеruk6-Jan-10 2:50

Dmitri Nеstеruk

6-Jan-10 2:50

What exactly is the point of enumerating GAC assemblies? It's not like VS will let you add references to assemblies that are sitting in the GAC.

ian mariano14-Jun-04 9:29

ian mariano

14-Jun-04 9:29

See ExecuteCommand Method (DTE Object). You'll want "Project.AddReference", I think...

DTE.ExecuteCommand("Project.AddReference", "");

Try it in the immediate window by typing "Project.AddReference" It'll bring up your requested dialog.

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Jeremy Kimball14-Jun-04 10:21

Closing all mdichildren forms

14-Jun-04 10:21

Nifty...never screwed much with the Command Window. Nice to know what it can do. Smile | :)

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Dylan van Heerden14-Jun-04 8:33

Dylan van Heerden

14-Jun-04 8:33

The following doesn't seem to work...

foreach (Form f in this.MdiChildren)
{
f.Close();
}

I recieve the following error "Specified cast is not valid."

Am I missing something. Confused | :confused:

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Heath Stewart14-Jun-04 8:52

14-Jun-04 8:52

You can't change a collection while enumerating it. Calling Close ultimately will change the collection. Instead, use:

for (int i=0; i<MdiChildren; i++)
{
  Form f = (Form)MdiChildren[i];
  f.Close();
}

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Dylan van Heerden14-Jun-04 9:23

Dylan van Heerden

14-Jun-04 9:23

Right now comes the this. I've got 3 mdichildren forms and when I click the button to close all the forms, only 2 closes and 1 stays open until I click the button again. Is it because I did the following like u showed except I added .Length.

for (int i = 0; i < MdiChildren.Length; i++)
{
Form f = (Form)MdiChildren[i];
f.Close();
}

Sweet

Heath Stewart14-Jun-04 9:25

14-Jun-04 9:25

Sorry - I made a mistake. You should either run through the array backward or make a copy of the array (and forgetting .Length was a typo - it's only sample code):

for (int i=MdiChildren.Length; i >= 0; i--)
{
  Form f = MdiChildren[i]; // Cast really not necessary
  f.Close();
}

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Dylan van Heerden14-Jun-04 9:39

Dylan van Heerden

14-Jun-04 9:39

Thanks it works. All I had to do is add the - 1

for (int i = MdiChildren.Length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
{
Form f = MdiChildren[i];
f.Close();
}
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LongRange.Shooter14-Jun-04 10:12

LongRange.Shooter

14-Jun-04 10:12

You were real close, here is my CloseAllChildren process for my MDIParent:

private void CloseAllChildren()
{
    System.Windows.Forms.Form[] myChildren = this.MdiChildren;
    foreach (Form child in myChildren)
    {
        child.Close();
    }
    return;
}

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eldrago14-Jun-04 6:49

eldrago

14-Jun-04 6:49

Hi everyone.

Could anyone give me a few pointers on how to write a writepixel method with directx for .NET please?

Thanks.

Re: Directx Writepixel in .NET

Jeremy Kimball14-Jun-04 9:02

Re: Directx Writepixel in .NET

14-Jun-04 9:02

Without going into too much detail, it's not quite that easy. There are two ways to do what you're talking about. One is blitting a one pixel blob to the location specified. The other involves locking the surface buffer, and then using the desired coordinates (x,y) and the stride of the surface (# of bytes/scan line) to determine the offset needed to set.

Kinda like this: (not compilable code)

WritePixel(Surface surf, int x, int y, int col) {
    int[] surfaceContents = surf.Lock(....);
    int offset = (y * surf.width * surf.SurfaceDescription.Stride) + x;
    surfaceContents[offset] = col;
    surf.Unlock();
}

You're better off searching thru Google about the actual formula involving X, Y, and stride. I can't remember exactly where the stride fits in at this second.

Good luck Smile | :)

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eldrago14-Jun-04 20:00

eldrago

14-Jun-04 20:00

Hello again.

This is how I now try to do it

public void WritePixel(int color,int x, int y)
{
Array surfaceContents = _surface.Lock(LockFlags.SurfaceMemoryPointer);

int offset = ( x ) + ( _surface.SurfaceDescription.Pitch * y);

surfaceContents.SetValue(color,offset);

_surface.Unlock(null);
}

However I get an error that says lock doesn't return Array, although that it is what is stated in the ms documentation. Is this a bug or am I just doing things the wrong way?

Thanks.

Re: Directx Writepixel in .NET

Jeremy Kimball15-Jun-04 3:00

Re: Synchronized Databinding

15-Jun-04 3:00

It's of *type* Array, but think of it more as an Array of *something*.

As in:

Array == int[], or byte[,], etc.

Actually, if memory serves, Surface.Lock actually returns a 2D byte array, but my memory sucks, so check through Google to make sure.

If I'm right:

byte[,] surfaceContents = Surface.Lock(LockFlags.SurfaceMemoryPointer);

Good luck

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Synchronized Databinding

WillemM14-Jun-04 6:43

WillemM

14-Jun-04 6:43

I have a Custom Collection based on IList, so I can bind it to a datagrid. But if I change an item in the collection the information on the grid doesn't change.

How can I get this to work, like the dataset databinding works? If I update an item in a datatable in a dataset the grid gets updated instantly.

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WillemM14-Jun-04 7:51

WillemM

14-Jun-04 7:51

I found a solution. My databinding enabled list needed some improvements Smile | :)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnadvnet/html/vbnet02252003.asp[^]

This page explains how you can make a synchronized databound collection.

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DataGrid CheckBoxes

exhaulted14-Jun-04 6:23

exhaulted

14-Jun-04 6:23

Hi all,

I have seen lots of articles on the subject of datagrid controls and check boxes. I am currently designing a goods movement system for the company i work for and i have most of it finished. However, on the last page i want to display a datagrid control with data that has been entered on previous pages, that bit i have done including formatting the datagrid (which took some figuring out but i got there in the end).

The user will have to go through each entry every week and tick them off one by one. I have added a DataGridBoolColumn object to the TableStyle.GridColumnStyles collection and the check box displays fine. However i have 2 problems.

1. The default value for the check boxes is true, i need it to be false and setting the value to false when setting up the column in code doesn't work. Although by answering the next question this might be solved.

2. Whenever i tick/untick the box then move the focus away from the cell in the grid the checkbox returns to a checked state.

any help that you can give me would be appreciated.

Cheers

KP

Re: DataGrid CheckBoxes

Heath Stewart14-Jun-04 6:28

14-Jun-04 6:28

You don't have it bound to a data column correctly. The default value only applies when the data the column is bound to doesn't already have a value. Likewise, if it's not bound correctly it always appears checked.

Read the documentation for the DataGrid.DataSource and DataGrid.DataMember properties about binding data - any IList or IListSource implementation like a DataSet or DataTable - to the DataGrid, as well as the DataGrid.TableStyles about how to apply table styles to a particular data source.

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Re: DataGrid CheckBoxes

exhaulted14-Jun-04 22:09

exhaulted

14-Jun-04 22:09

Heath,
thanks for your advice but i have already bound the DataGrid to a DataSet

dataSAR.DataSource = gmb.gmbSet; //DataSet in the gmb object<br />
dataSAR.DataMember = "SAR"; //Table Name

Then i set up a DataGridTableStyle, mapped it to the table.

DataGridTableStyle sarStyle = new DataGridTableStyle();<br />
sarStyle.MappingName = "SAR";

Next i created a DataGridBoolColumn object and mapped it to the corresponding column in the table

DataGridBoolColumn checkColumn = new DataGridBoolColumn();<br />
checkColumn.MappingName = "Checked";

Finally i added the column to the TableStyle and added the TableStyle to the DataGrid.TableStyles collection.

sarStyle.GridColumnStyles.Add(checkColumn);<br />
dataSAR.TableStyles.Add(sarStyle);

I think that this is the correct way of going about this but i am having the problems mentioned in the above post so any advice about what i am doing wrong would be appreciated.

Cheers

KP

Re: DataGrid CheckBoxes

Heath Stewart15-Jun-04 2:32