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Luc Pattyn28-Jun-07 11:28

28-Jun-07 11:28

Hi James,

you are raising two issues.

One is image processing, which is a broad and interesting field; there are lots of articles
on that, and you have found at loeast some of them, so thats OK.

the other is plug-in technology. There are CP articles on that too, such as this one[^].

The good thing is both issues are "orthogonal", i.e. there is no real interaction
between them; plug-ins offer comfort at the expense of some performance reduction
(the method calls towards the external functionality is somewhat more expensive),
but if the external methods are sufficiently heavy (as in processing an entire image)
they happen only so often and their cost becomes completely irrelevant.

So, I wish you welcome, and success.

Smile | :)

Luc Pattyn

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james_dixon_200828-Jun-07 11:44

james_dixon_2008

28-Jun-07 11:44

Luc Thanks for your informative reply.

To be very honest i really dont know anything about plug in technology at the moment. Thanks for pointing me that article. Ill go through it.
The only point coming in my mind was like how could i include new features and new filters through UI. I mean i might sound bit stupid here but please forgive as i am new to this area. I think to add any features i need to write code for the application and adding new filters or any more features means write more code..isn't it.
So i have not read anything about plug in technolgy yet..ill be doing this now...but i am curious to know how does this plug in system work..How can i add new feautures without writing code for it...hmmmmmm sorry if it was too basic...

Ill go through googles aswell in search of plug in technology.

Regards
James

Christian Graus28-Jun-07 11:47

Christian Graus

28-Jun-07 11:47

An application can build it's menu and other UI dynamically. It can do this by looking into a dll and finding methods it is able to call.

On the image processing, I have a series of articles and there's at least one other that covers some stuff I do not.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

"I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

james_dixon_200828-Jun-07 12:08

james_dixon_2008

28-Jun-07 12:08

Yeh i am going through your articles only at the moment. Thanks for the great articles.

hmmm okay, but lets say for instance my application has got invert filter and greyscale filter.
Now after some time i want to add say brightnes filter. But i dont have any methods already written for this filter. So i wont be able to add this filter in UI. M i right ?
Or do you mean that while creating application i should keep all the possible filters in mind and create suitable methods and keep it in a dll file so that if later i want to include that i could do it dynamically....Is this what the requirement expect me to do.
Thanks for giving me your precious time.
Regards
James

Luc Pattyn28-Jun-07 12:33

28-Jun-07 12:33

Hi James,

plug-in technology will allow your app to discover what plug-ins are currently available,
and interrogate them; typically the plug-ins would implement a common Interface that
provides access to at least two methods, say:
- GetName() which returns a name that can be used to add it to a Menu, or a
ComboBox, so the app user can choose it;
- Execute() which would do what your group of plug-ins is intended to do, in your
case process one Image.

In a more complex situation each plug-in might offer one OptionDialog that gets
invoked in a standard way (again that Interface), but allows the user to interactively
set a lot of very plugin-specific options.

Smile | :)

Luc Pattyn

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Amar Chaudhary28-Jun-07 12:30

Amar Chaudhary

28-Jun-07 12:30

This image processing Library[^] might help you

Regards
Amar Chaudhary

ScrollProperties.Value needs to be set twice?

gumi_r@msn.com29-Jun-07 4:37

gumi_r@msn.com

29-Jun-07 4:37

Hi James,

about plug-ins it's all about making them all behave under the same rules...same calling conventions and same expected behaviour >> Interfaces.

In order to make use of a plug you just need to make your app be able to load them up in runtime and configure the UI dinamically once it reads what plug ins are available. With a little Reflection that is easy and you can choose quite a few paths.

Easiest I can think of right now is making your app, on start up, search some predefined folder(s) for any dlls and try to load them up. Once loaded, through Reflection you can search for public classes that implement your plugin interface.

A fast thought and probably not ideal interface could be:

public Interface IPlugIn
{
string GetName();
Image ProcessImage(Image imgh);
Form PluginDialog(Image img) (which in turn can implement some other standard interface you might define), etc.
}

For each of these classes, you add a menu item or whatever with it's name through GetName() method, and map the click event to the relevant call (be it PluginDialog, or directly ProcessImage() or whatever)

With that info you can configure your UI and mapp all calls the user can make in order to use any of the loaded plugins. Its a little more cumbersome because you have to do it through reflection because the Assemblies you are calling are not referenced while in design time and you can't call them directly from your code.

Hope this helps.

PhilDanger28-Jun-07 11:12

28-Jun-07 11:12

Hey all,

I've got some C# code that zooms in on an image contained in a Panel, and moves that panel's scroll bars to center on the place that was clicked on with the zoom tool. However, when I set the Value property of the ScrollProperties as shown below, the value stays the same unless I execute the same code twice in a row, as shown below. If I do it only once, it will center correctly, but the actual scroll bars will not move until the next set of the .Value property. Any ideas why?

/// <summary>
/// Positions the vertial and horizontal scroll bars by the given X and Y offsets
/// </summary>
private void CenterScrollBars(int X, int Y)
{
    //horizontal scroll bar first
    HScrollProperties hsp = MainPanel.HorizontalScroll;
    if (hsp.Visible) //if we don't have a scroll bar, don't try moving it!
    {
        //calculate the offset to move the scroll bar in order to center on the clicked point
        //since the point uses the DrawingBox's coordinate system, we need to move it into the
        //containing panel's coordinate system first by doing a shift
        int offs = (X + DrawBox.Location.X) - (MainPanel.Width / 2);
        MoveScrollPosition(hsp, offs);
    }
    //vertical next
    VScrollProperties vsp = MainPanel.VerticalScroll;
    if (vsp.Visible)  //if we don't have a scroll bar, don't try moving it!
    {
        //same idea as above
        int offs = (Y + DrawBox.Location.Y) - (MainPanel.Height / 2);
        MoveScrollPosition(vsp, offs);
    }



}

/// <summary>
/// Moves the scroll bar by the specified offset, clamping to min or maximum if needed
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sp">The scroll bar to move</param>
/// <param name="offset">The offset by which to move the scroll bar.</param>
private void MoveScrollPosition(ScrollProperties sp, int offset)
{
    int val = sp.Value + offset;
    //clamp the value to the min and max values of the scroll bar
    if (val < sp.Minimum)
    {
        val = sp.Minimum;
    }
    else if (val > sp.Maximum)
    {
        val = sp.Maximum;
    }
    sp.Value = val;
    sp.Value = val; //TODO -- investigate this problem, scroll bar position not updated properly unless this is done twice
}

Thanks!

Luc Pattyn28-Jun-07 11:35

28-Jun-07 11:35

Hi,

I checked my code and I dont have this phenomenon; my scrollbars listen to every
single Value change they get.
But maybe it is caused by the way you have your Controls nested.

Smile | :)

Luc Pattyn

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Mark Greenwood28-Jun-07 11:36

Mark Greenwood

28-Jun-07 11:36

Not sure why - but I just opened up System.Windows.Forms in reflector and looked at the Value property - the set_value has the following code;-

<br />
public void set_Value(int value)<br />
{<br />
    if (this.value != value)<br />
    {<br />
        if ((value < this.minimum) || (value > this.maximum))<br />
        {<br />
            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("Value", SR.GetString("InvalidBoundArgument", new object[] { "Value", value.ToString(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture), "'minimum'", "'maximum'" }));<br />
        }<br />
        this.value = value;<br />
        this.UpdateScrollInfo();<br />
        this.parent.SetDisplayFromScrollProps(this.HorizontalDisplayPosition, this.VerticalDisplayPosition);<br />
    }<br />
}<br />

If you follow the UpdateScrollInfo call - it ends up calling into the Windows API and calling SetScrollInfo on the control...

If you follow SetDisplayFromScrollProps call it ends up calling a function called ApplyScrollbarChanges - which is one of the longest MS functions I have seen in a while - I'd look at the logic of that function and see if that is doing something weird....

Be interested to know if you crack the issue - my belief is that the first call fails (or appears to do nothing) - also maybe it's something simple like the control needs to be updated to reflect the change and ultimately calling the Value set property a second time causes that...

Mark

PhilDanger29-Jun-07 10:16

29-Jun-07 10:16

I've been able to reproduce the problem in a more simple environment. I have a Form that has one panel inside of it. Pressing "L" makes panel expand by 10 pixels each time, and programatically sets the scroll bar position if it is visible, and prints out the value.

This code produces output:
---

0
5

---

the first time you click L, and 5 every time after.

private void Form1_KeyUp(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.KeyCode == Keys.L)
    {
        this.panel1.Width += 10;
        if (this.HScroll)
        {

            this.HorizontalScroll.Value = 5;
            Console.WriteLine(this.HorizontalScroll.Value);
            this.HorizontalScroll.Value = 5;
            Console.WriteLine(this.HorizontalScroll.Value);
        }
    }

}

Still looking for a fix to avoid this hackeration, and would appreciate it if someone could run similar code on their box.

Thanks,

Phil

SQL 2005 Connection Problem

yurets__5-Jul-10 3:39

yurets__

5-Jul-10 3:39

To fix double set, I use the following code:

pnlScroll.AutoScroll = false;<br />
pnlScroll.HorizontalScroll.Value = some value;<br />
pnlScroll.AutoScroll = true;

Muhammad Nauman Yousuf28-Jun-07 9:29

Muhammad Nauman Yousuf

28-Jun-07 9:29

I just installed SQL 2005 enterprise, (SQL 2000 already installed but stopped)now when i try connecting to the SQL 2005 instance i keep getting the following errors
"Login failed for user 'sa'. The user is not associated with a trusted SQL Server connection."

Tried almost everything, changed the SQL Server's auth. mode from Windows only to Mixed mode.

Any suggestion plz.

Thank you!

"Mess with the Best, Die like the rest"

Re: SQL 2005 Connection Problem

Muhammad Qasim Pasta28-Jun-07 9:38

Muhammad Qasim Pasta

28-Jun-07 9:38

Did you try windows authentication?

Re: SQL 2005 Connection Problem

originSH28-Jun-07 22:06

originSH

28-Jun-07 22:06

What connection string are you using?

XMLSerializer formatting xsi:xxx="whatever" in my namespace declaration.

glenn8828-Jun-07 8:55

glenn88

28-Jun-07 8:55

I am looking to use the XMLSerializer and I am looking for something like this in my declaration

xmlns="http://aaa.aaa.aaa" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="locationhere"

the issue is that I cannot get xsi:schemaLocation="locationhere" to format correctly.

I have tried using a namespace and XmlNamespaceDeclarations. But no matter what I try I cannot format xsi:xxx = "whatever". I can get xxx="whatever" and xmlns:xsi = "whatever" but I cannot format xsi:xxx="whatever".

At least when using XMLSerializer.

Any ideas?

Re: XMLSerializer formatting xsi:xxx="whatever" in my namespace declaration.

BoneSoft28-Jun-07 12:04

BoneSoft

28-Jun-07 12:04

This worked for the example you gave, I used Skeleton Crew[^] to generate the code.

<File xmlns="http://aaa.aaa.aaa"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="locationhere">
</File>

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace XmlEntities {
    /// <summary>Represents an xml root File document element.</summary>
    [XmlRoot("File", Namespace="http://aaa.aaa.aaa")]
    public class File {
        private XmlSerializerNamespaces attribute_xmlns;
        private System.String attribute_schemalocation;

        /// <summary>XmlSerializerNamespaces attribute.</summary>
        [XmlNamespaceDeclarations]
        public XmlSerializerNamespaces xmlns {
            get { return this.attribute_xmlns; }
            set { this.attribute_xmlns = value; }
        }

        /// <summary>System.String schemaLocation attribute.</summary>
        [XmlAttribute("schemaLocation", Namespace="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance")]
        public System.String SchemaLocation {
            get { return this.attribute_schemalocation; }
            set { this.attribute_schemalocation = value; }
        }
    }
}

Try code model generation tools at BoneSoft.com.

Re: XMLSerializer formatting xsi:xxx="whatever" in my namespace declaration.

whenrybruce30-Mar-09 7:32

whenrybruce

30-Mar-09 7:32

Thanks - I spent ages trying to find out how to do this...

Form Resizing Problems

PhilDanger28-Jun-07 8:55

28-Jun-07 8:55

Hey everyone, first time poster here.

I'm working on a C# project where I need an image and things drawn on top of the image to automatically scale to the size of the form when the user does the following options: manual resize, maximize, restore from maximize.

The user can also use a zoom tool, and when this happens scroll bars for panning the image appear and the actual size of the form is not changed.

I've got some event handlers attached to the form's Resize and ResizeEnd events to control the automatic scaling, but I've run into a few problems:

1. ResizeEnd gets called when I drag and drop the form, meaning the image and objects on it are automatically scaled, so if the user has used the zoom tool to zoom in, this gets overridden by the resize.

2. I need to make it so that automatic resizing is not done on a minimize or a restore from a minimize, for the same reason as #1 -- a manually zoomed image should stay manually zoomed.

I tried to override WndProc to filter out certain ones, but to no avail.

Any help or guidance would be appreciated, thanks!

Dave Kreskowiak28-Jun-07 9:30

Dave Kreskowiak

28-Jun-07 9:30

PhilDanger wrote:
I've got some event handlers attached to the form's Resize and ResizeEnd events to control the automatic scaling, but I've run into a few problems:

1. ResizeEnd gets called when I drag and drop the form, meaning the image and objects on it are automatically scaled, so if the user has used the zoom tool to zoom in, this gets overridden by the resize.

2. I need to make it so that automatic resizing is not done on a minimize or a restore from a minimize, for the same reason as #1 -- a manually zoomed image should stay manually zoomed.

I tried to override WndProc to filter out certain ones, but to no avail.

If I understand the problem, you don't have to do this. All you need to do is check the status of the form's WindowState property. If it's Normal or Maximized, do your scaling as normal. Otherwise, skip the scaling.

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Dave Kreskowiak
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Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007

PhilDanger28-Jun-07 9:42

28-Jun-07 9:42

Hi Dave,

Could you clarify this a bit more for me, are you suggesting that I check the WindowState in the Resize(End) handlers?

If this is in fact the idea, I still am left with a few problems -- the form drag still calls the ResizeEnd event, which will force an automatic resize even which the state check in there since the Form will be Normal, and when I restore from a minimize, the Resize event is fired AFTER the form restores itself, so although it won't resize when it minimizes, it will resize when it is restored).

Thanks for the start.

Luc Pattyn28-Jun-07 10:12

28-Jun-07 10:12

Hi,

the way I see it you have three input variables: size, zoom and pan.
They are state variables in your sizing/zooming/panning problem.
whenever one of them changes, you must recalculate and adapt things.

So I would suggest you create one method that takes size, zoom and pan as input parameters
and does whatever needs to be done; now all your handlers related to changing either
size, zoom or pan should call that one function.

You probably are not keeping size information in your own variables; that's OK.
But that probably it is also what confuses you, since no one is holding your zoom/pan
information for you, and its my guess that is at the heart of your problem.

Anyway, I concur with Dave; there is no need to fiddle with WndProc here.

Hope this helps.

Smile | :)

Luc Pattyn

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PhilDanger28-Jun-07 10:58

28-Jun-07 10:58

Hi Luc,

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll look into it.

In the mean time, I implemented a hasty fix that of course has it's own drawbacks. The image was actually residing in a PictureBox that was inside a Panel, and the panel controlled scrolling when the PictureBox got too big to fit... instead of using the Form's Resize event, I instead hooked up a handler to the panel's Resize. This work fine except for the fact that the panel fired off a Resize when scroll bars were added. The fix to this was just to put everything in ANOTHER panel and use that one's Resize event to handle automatic resizing.

The drawback of this however, is that a Panel doesn't have ResizeBegin or ResizeEnd events -- I was scaling the image every half a second it was being resized so that it wasn't doing an expensive resize 20 times a second and then doing one final resize on the ResizeEnd. With the new "fix", I can stop resizing between the times when it is making the new scaled image, and it won't fit properly (just a bit off).

Now to investigate this one!

Thanks again,

Phil

Luc Pattyn28-Jun-07 11:19