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Rohde31-Oct-03 23:58

31-Oct-03 23:58

After searching Google groups I found out what to do. I needed to add a reference to System.dll in VS. I was under the impression that the System namespace was referenced by default? OMG | :OMG:

Re: RegularExpressions

Blake Coverett1-Nov-03 15:56

Blake Coverett

1-Nov-03 15:56

The name of the DLL (or assembly) is completely unrelated to which namespaces the types it implements are in.

The 'core' namespaces are spread between mscorlib.dll and System.dll. The most critical ones that are required for even the most basic bootstraping are in mscorlib.dll. This isn't just the System namespace, but Collections, IO, Reflection, Remoting, Serialization, Security, etc. The ones that other things don't depend on as much and hence may never need to be loaded are in System.dll. This includes CodeDom, ComponentModel, Net, RegularExpressions, etc.

Don't let the names of the other DLL's fool you either, for example System.Data.dll mostly implements types from the System.Data namespace, but it also implements some types that are in System.Xml and so forth.

-Blake

Re: RegularExpressions

Rohde1-Nov-03 21:16

Rohde

1-Nov-03 21:16

Thanks a lot - that was a very helpful answer. It clears all up for me. YAY Big Grin | :-D

some body help me...........!

Ahmed El Sherbeeny31-Oct-03 22:09

Ahmed El Sherbeeny

31-Oct-03 22:09

hi all :
I want to make a solution that have 3 projects ,1-web app 2-win app 3-mobile app , iwant to use asp.net web services to link between them all ,the win app is connected to a local DB server(sql server) ,and connect to the internet 1 time per day,and the web app is connected to a remote DB server (sql server) ,and also the mobile app.
the questions are :
1- how can i use Asp.net web services well to make the solution works well?
2-How can i manage the DB ?and how can i make daily transaction to update the remote server with the new data at the local server?? or what??
3-how can i use the same methods for dealing with the DB ,for the win app , the web app and the mobile app?

hadada
MCDBA, MCSD, MSAD

Retrieving an icon from an embedded resx

scott3731-Oct-03 14:48

scott37

31-Oct-03 14:48

I have created my own resx file and have embedded it into a dll. I want to create a dll containing all of my app's resources with a class that will retrieve these resources. The problem is, when I do GetObject() it returns a string not an object and I get an invalid cast error. Bellow is my code. The dlls name is Resx.dll and the resource file it contains is Resources.resx. Any ideas???

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Reflection;

...

public class Resx
{
public Resx()
{
}

public static Icon Icon(string resx)
{
Assembly a = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();

System.Resources.ResourceManager resources = new
System.Resources.ResourceManager("Resx.Resources", a);

Object o = resources.GetObject(resx);
Console.WriteLine(o.GetType().ToString()); //outputs type String Confused | :confused:

return (Icon) o;
}
}

Re: Retrieving an icon from an embedded resx

scott372-Nov-03 14:50

scott37

2-Nov-03 14:50

Hi All,

I still having real trouble with this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Scott.

shutdown the computer

bora3ee31-Oct-03 13:08

bora3ee

31-Oct-03 13:08

hi all...

i wanna to develop an application to shut down the computer using C#....
i did it and call ExitWondowsEx API......it works fine in windows 98.... but in windows xp
it doesn't work....becauseof the priviliges..... does any one know the code in C# to handle the priviliges??....... or does any one know how to use Sytem.management to shut down the computer???

thx in advance

Image

Gary Kirkham31-Oct-03 10:28

Gary Kirkham

31-Oct-03 10:28

I am reading a graphic into an image (Image class) and displaying it on a form. Among other things, I am providing methods for moving the image around on the screen using the mouse. When the user clicks on the image I would like to shade the image (tint?) so that the user knows the image is selected. Similar to (or exactly like) like an icon changes color when the user selects one on the desktop. Any ideas about the best way to do that?

Gary Kirkham

A working Program is one that has only unobserved bugs

I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks

Re: Image

Blake Coverett31-Oct-03 11:38

Blake Coverett

31-Oct-03 11:38

graphics.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(80 ,SystemColors.Highlight)), imageRect);<br />
graphics.DrawRectangle(SystemPens.Highlight, imageRect);

-Blake

Converting ASCII text to a string

benglish7231-Oct-03 9:18

benglish72

31-Oct-03 9:18

Hey Guys, bit of a C# newby, so if you could point me to a relevant article, or give a few tips would me much appreciated. I've got a file, which I load and decompress to ASCII text in a C++ dll (would have no idea how to do it in C#, unless there's a zip library for C#) and can import that into C# like:
byte * pBuffer=0;
int bytes;
if(DodgyImportFunction(sourceFile,&pBuffer,&bytes))
{
if(bytes>0)
{
//at this point have a pointer to a bytes byte*, but I need it as
//byte[] and C# won't be nice and let me cast it, so I can use it as
//ASCII text.
}
}
Any ideas of a better solution so I can get the decompressed data to be treated as ASCII text in C#?
Thanks, Brian.

Re: Converting ASCII text to a string

J. Dunlap31-Oct-03 9:45

J. Dunlap

31-Oct-03 9:45

Copy it into a string using Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi().

//declare your function like this:
private static extern bool DodgyImportFunction(
            string sourcefile, //don't know what datatype this was
            ref IntPtr buffer,
            ref int bytes
            );
 
IntPtr pBuffer=IntPtr.Zero;
int bytes;
 
if(DodgyImportFunction(sourceFile,ref pBuffer,ref bytes))
{ 
    if(bytes>0)
    {
        string str=Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(pBuffer,bytes);
        //'str' should now be a managed string containing
        //the text from pBuffer
    }
}

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." - Jesus

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi

Re: Converting ASCII text to a string

benglish7231-Oct-03 9:56

benglish72

31-Oct-03 9:56

Thanks heaps, that worked a treat! Smile | :)

You ripper, would've taken me ages to work that out.
You beauty!

Socket programming

Søren Christensen31-Oct-03 8:46

Søren Christensen

31-Oct-03 8:46

Hi!

How does one retrive the IP-address of the remote host? I can only retrive the AddressFamily, and can´t find out how i retrive the address. Can I get the IPEndPoint for the remote host in some way??

søren christensen Smile | :)

Re: Socket programming

Søren Christensen3-Nov-03 4:26

Søren Christensen

3-Nov-03 4:26

Allow me to answer my own question. To retrive the IP-address og the remote host you can call RemoteEndPoint on the Socket connection, which you the call ToString() on to get IP and port number.

<br />
Socket con = Server.Accept();<br />
<br />
Console.WriteLine( con.RemoteEndPoint.ToString() );<br />

s-christensen

GDI+

rob6446431-Oct-03 5:47

rob64464

31-Oct-03 5:47

Hello,
I have been looking at some boooks today to trynd find an example of displaying a bitmap on the screen and I found code hat did not help just give me errors.

How would I draw 'me.gif' on the screen in C# using GDi+?

I would really like your help! Smile | :)

;);P

Cheers,
Rob

Re: GDI+

J. Dunlap31-Oct-03 9:30

J. Dunlap

31-Oct-03 9:30

You can draw it on a form using the Graphics.DrawImage() method:

//assuming 'this' is the form to draw on,
//and 'bmp' is the Bitmap to draw
Graphics g = this.CreateGraphics();
g.DrawImage(bmp,new Point(0,0));

HTH

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." - Jesus

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi

setup and deployment with MDB files

Anonymous31-Oct-03 5:14

Anonymous

31-Oct-03 5:14

Hello,

I have a project that uses a MDB file for it’s data. I am trying to make a setup and deployment project to install it the problem I am having is the path in the Crystal Report is seems to be hard coded from the wizard. I want it to use the path the exe is running when I try to set this in the IDE it throws a error. Is there a way to have the setup and deployment project set the path for this or is their a way I can do it?

Thanks for any help.

Re: setup and deployment with MDB files

Heath Stewart31-Oct-03 5:28

Heath Stewart

31-Oct-03 5:28

This isn't the responsibility of an install. The Crystal Report should be programmatically directed to the MDB by the program. If you're using the managed interfaces for Crystal Reports, you can use an OLE DB connection to the MDB file in your EXE's path (easy to get). Query something to generate a DataSet or something, then call ReportDocument.SetDataSource.

Besides, to set the path to the MDB in an install, you would have to write a custom action that actually changes the binary RPT file format, which isn't documented (to my knowledge). This is a proprietary format.

In any case, this is the responsibility of the program that displays the report. There are ways to programmatically set the report's data source at run-time and that is what should be done.

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Re: setup and deployment with MDB files

31-Oct-03 6:31

Thanks but I must be missing somthing. I am trying to learn crystal and have a hard time. It seems to me in order to use reportdocument, I have to use reportdocument.load and I need to provide this a path and that will put me with the problem I started with. I have a report file already made.

Re: setup and deployment with MDB files

Member 44190931-Oct-03 6:52

Member 441909

31-Oct-03 6:52

Never mind I got it. Like I said a bot slow Wink | ;)

windows service and SQL related problem

rishikt31-Oct-03 3:50

rishikt

31-Oct-03 3:50

I have created a service in C#.
The service loads a COM dll (it uses OLE DB classes) on startup which handles the database

connectivity part (SQL server).
When I startup the service it works fine for a local database but when the database is

remote the Open fails with an error.
The exception that is written into the Event Log is as follows:

"[DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or access denied."
"System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80004005): [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen

(Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.

To zero-in on the problem I ported the Database related code into a separate exe and found

that it works fine. SO this problem seems specific to a Service.

I am running the service logged is as a System Administrator and given full access to it at

the Remote server.

Has anybody faced this problem before. Pls help.

Coding is injurious to health!!

Re: windows service and SQL related problem

Heath Stewart31-Oct-03 4:42

Heath Stewart

31-Oct-03 4:42

1. If you're connecting only to SQL Server and not any other DB systems, use the System.Data.SqlClient instead of OLE DB. These are classes written specifically for SQL Server with a lot of optimizations and additional features over OLE DB.

2. The problem seems to be security. When you put it in a Windows app, it runs under your user credentials (be default). If you are using SSPI to connect to the SQL Server with a trusted connection, your credentials are authenticated and authorized by SQL Server, so you're app can access it.

Typically, most Windows Services use the LocalSystem account. If your connection string is using SSPI and the LocalSystem (SYSTEM) account is NOT added to SQL Server as a viable user that can access the system, you'll get Access Denied.

You should either use a fixed User ID and Password in the connection string, as well as Trusted Connection. Or, continue to use Integrated Security=SSPI and add the SYSTEM account to SQL Server for that database and grant it the rights necessary to run (I wouldn't recommend making it a dbo, though).

Re: windows service and SQL related problem

Terry Denham31-Oct-03 5:25

Terry Denham

31-Oct-03 5:25

Good advice Heath,

One more thing to add, is that if your service and SQL Server are on different boxes then you can't use or add System to an authorized account on SQL Server. Local System, uses a null user and null password to make autorization attempts against remote resources, unless you have null session shares turned on (NEVER DO THIS) it won't work.

You're best be is to create a domain account for your service, configure your service to run under this account and add this account to your sql server as a login and a user in your database.

If you do not have a domain, then as long as the same account exists on both boxes and has the same password you can still connect.

Re: windows service and SQL related problem

Blake Coverett31-Oct-03 7:36

Blake Coverett

31-Oct-03 7:36

Did you actually read his question?

Heath Stewart wrote:
1. If you're connecting only to SQL Server and not any other DB systems, use the System.Data.SqlClient instead of OLE DB. These are classes written specifically for SQL Server with a lot of optimizations and additional features over OLE DB.

His data access is being done from a COM dll, not a .NET component. You are answering the wrong question.

Heath Stewart wrote:
Typically, most Windows Services use the LocalSystem account. If your connection string is using SSPI and the LocalSystem (SYSTEM) account is NOT added to SQL Server as a viable user that can access the system, you'll get Access Denied.

He is very clear about the fact that he is _not_ running the service under LocalSystem.

Heath Stewart wrote:
Typically, most Windows Services use the LocalSystem account. If your connection string is using SSPI and the LocalSystem (SYSTEM) account is NOT added to SQL Server as a viable user that can access the system, you'll get Access Denied.

He's also very clear that the database is on a remote machine, in which case granting LocalSystem access won't help at all because they are two unrelated LocalSystem accounts.

Heath Stewart wrote:
You should either use a fixed User ID and Password in the connection string, as well as Trusted Connection

*sigh* I'm not even going to go there.

Fortunately Terry's answer already homes in on what is likely the real problem.

-Blake

multi thread question

rod termaat31-Oct-03 3:38

rod termaat

31-Oct-03 3:38

I have written a socket server that accepts a connection over a single port. It now reads data into a string and then creates a hipaa compliant file out of the data. That data is then sent to the mainframe and a response file is created. I then reverse the process and write the data back over the port to the sender. Right now the process is single threaded. Where I get the data, create file, wait for response file, send data. I can do all this in about 3-4 seconds.

I have a few questions that I hope someone can answer...

I need to address multiple request that are sent. How do I thread this process so that multiple transactions (data files) can be dealt with. I am concerned about the sender sending me a data feed that contains multiple data files like this
|data1|data2|data3|. How can I know where one piece of data starts and stops. Can I use a delimitor, the data file always ends in a ~ ?

Can I send and receive over 1 socket at the same time?

Should I leave the connection open all the time, or close it with each transmission? The client will be connected over a frame relay.

Any resources? I have found several examples where the connections are threaded, but I will only have 1 connection.
I really need to get my brain around the model for this process and can not seem to do it...

rod

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