Re: System.Activator() - Performance issue? - C# Discussion Boards

Sharing Crystal Reports Documents between .Net and Delphi.

Shahin7719-Jan-04 9:37

19-Jan-04 9:37

Hi Every Body,

Just imagine you have two application, one is been written in C# and another is by delphi.
I just wanted to know, if i create a report in the c# and i set everything ( data source,parameter,...) in the use .net emviroment, can the other parties based on delphi open my report and change some property (for example passing parameters) and show it up?

any hint is appreciated. WTF | :WTF:

memory problems!!

abc87619-Jan-04 9:30

abc876

19-Jan-04 9:30

I have an image processing application which is using very complex image processing algorithms.
i am using unsafe code for reading and writing image for performance reasons.

But my application is taking tooo much memory like 120 MB or so.. What to do?
should i call GC.Collect manually?? any other suggestions.

my application heavily relies on string handling, Hashtables and ArrayList

Muhammad Shoaib Khan
http://geocities.com/lansolution

Re: memory problems!!

Heath Stewart19-Jan-04 19:31

Heath Stewart

19-Jan-04 19:31

When you're finished with an Image, call Dispose. If you're using the Graphics class, also call Dispose on that when finished. Dispose is a method exposed by controls implementing IDisposable (others could have such a method, too, but the CLR doesn't recognize it then). It typically is used to free native resources which many of the .NET classes (especially Windows Forms controls) use. In this case, native resources are used both for Image and Graphics. Doing this eliminates the need for garbage collection (at least regarding objects of these two Types) - Dispose calls GC.SuppressFinalize for each object when finished.

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Convert a bitmap with 24bpp Pixel Format into 1bppIndexed Pixel format??

FiDz19-Jan-04 8:41

FiDz

19-Jan-04 8:41

hi;
i have bitmap with 24bpp pixel format, i need to convert it into 1bppIndexed, coz i need to read it in 1 and 0 (white and black)
can anyone provide a method 4 that?
i'll be thankfull

FiDz

Re: Convert a bitmap with 24bpp Pixel Format into 1bppIndexed Pixel format??

Mazdak19-Jan-04 8:52

Mazdak

19-Jan-04 8:52

Christian has some articles about doing somethings like these with GDI+:

http://www.codeproject.com/cs/media/csharpgraphicfilters11.asp[^]

http://www.codeproject.com/cs/media/csharpfilters.asp[^]

http://www.codeproject.com/cs/media/edge_detection.asp[^]

http://www.codeproject.com/cs/media/imageprocessing4.asp[^]

http://www.codeproject.com/cs/media/displacementfilters.asp[^]

Mazy

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Re: Convert a bitmap with 24bpp Pixel Format into 1bppIndexed Pixel format??

leppie20-Jan-04 6:35

leppie

20-Jan-04 6:35

1. You will need to create the Indexed ColorMap (i dunno how).
2. Then apply a filter reading each pixels color and converting to either 0 or 1. (btw the image quality will very crap, not sure if it would usefull, unless u are doing fingerprints)

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System.Activator() - Performance issue?

Jonas Follesø19-Jan-04 8:27

Jonas Follesø

19-Jan-04 8:27

Hi.

I'm working on a small Guestbook component. I want to make this component as good as possible and realy re-usable. I have a public class called GuestbookLogic exposing all the methods needed to get messages, add new messages and so on. The GuestbookLogic class have a prive property called Dalc. The Dalc property is of type IDalc.

IDalc is a public interface defining all the methods needed by the Data Access Layer Component to be compatible with the bussines logic. In the component i have two implementations of IDalc, SqlDalc and OleDbDalc. The reason i did this was to enable the users of the component to implement any DALC. For instance, if you want to use XML as your data layer, you could create a XmlDalc by implementing IDalc.

My problem is how you tell the bussines logic which implementation of IDalc to use. At the moment i have some logic in the get {} method of the private IDalc property. What it does is to check if the private dalc == null, if it is, then create a new instance of IDalc based on values in app/web.config. It creates the instance like this:

<br />
dalc = (IDalc)System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType(System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["GreIT.Guestbook.Dalc"]));				<br />

The GreIT.Guestbook.Dalc propery have this value: "GreIT.Guestbook.SqlDalc, GreIT".

My question is: say you use this component on a ASP.NET app. Would using System.Activator be a performance issue? Do you have any other ideas on how to plug in the IDalc implementation? I could have a set of pre-defines properties, and then have some logic like this.

<br />
string dalcSetting = System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["dalc"];<br />
<br />
if(dalcSettings.Equals("Sql")) dalc = new SqlDalc(); <br />
else dalc = new OleDbDalc();<br />

The problem with this implementation is that the developers using the component wouldn't be able to plug in IDalc implementations of their own. Sigh | :sigh:

Re: System.Activator() - Performance issue?

Heath Stewart19-Jan-04 9:13

Heath Stewart

19-Jan-04 9:13

The AppSettings - like all configuration sections after initial reads - are cached so accessing this won't cause the app to parse XML each time. Using Activator.CreateInstance is also fairly common, and even though it require a few more cycles to instantiate the Type, this would be negligable for code that isn't burdened with lots of requests. If this is the case, you could instead cache the Type in an Application state variable. That would at least save you a little time. Since any changes to the .config result in the AppDomain for the web application to reload, you wouldn't even have to worry about cleaning up the application state variable. Just put some check for this variable in your code like so:

if (Application["DalcType"] == null)
{
  Application["DalcType"] = Type.GetType(...);
}

The Application reference you can get depending on where you request it, whether that's in a Page or from the HttpContext.Current reference. This would cut down the amount of code required to execute to get the Type, thus boosting performance some.

Re: System.Activator() - Performance issue?

Jonas Follesø19-Jan-04 9:54

Jonas Follesø

19-Jan-04 9:54

Hi Heath.

Thanks for quick feedback on my question. Good thing to know that web.config get's cached when it's loaded. The tip about using Application[] to cache objects is another good tip.

Whould making the IDalc property static have the same effect? Keeping the type in memory untill the web app get's reset?

<br />
private static IDalc dalc;<br />
<br />
private static IDalc Dalc<br />
{<br />
  get<br />
  {<br />
    if(dalc == null)<br />
        dalc = System.Activator(....);<br />
    return dalc; <br />
  }<br />
}<br />

about reports

Dimitris Iliopoulos19-Jan-04 6:07

Dimitris Iliopoulos

19-Jan-04 6:07

Does anybody knows how can i create a report programmatically with any fields i want in it and from any source i want?
I have searched a lot for any package with such features but i have not finded any. thanks a lot

From Greece:
Dimitris Iliopoulos
dimilio@yahoo.com

Re: about reports

Guillermo Rivero19-Jan-04 6:14

Guillermo Rivero

19-Jan-04 6:14

Take a look at DevArticles[^]

This might help...

Free your mind...

printing with CrystalReportsViewer

troels_sorensen19-Jan-04 4:12

troels_sorensen

19-Jan-04 4:12

Hi.

I'm developing a part of a larger System where I'm using the crystal reports
viewer that comes with Visual Studio .NET.
I want to be able to control wether or not the printer selection screen
should be displayed.
In our System we already have configured wich printer to use, so the windows
printer selection screen that appears after pressing the print button,
should not be shown.
Is this at all possible to control when I'm usig the crystal reports viewer?

Regards Troels

Re: printing with CrystalReportsViewer

Heath Stewart19-Jan-04 4:50

Heath Stewart

19-Jan-04 4:50

If you use the ildasm.exe IL disassembler that ships with the .NET Framework SDK and view the IL for CrystalReportViewer.PrintReport - following it till ReportDocumentBase.Print - you'll see that it displays the PrintDialog without checking any state variables. So, unfortunately, you can't change this behavior.

You might try emailing support at http://www.crystaldecisions.com[^] to request such a feature.

Re: printing with CrystalReportsViewer

troels_sorensen19-Jan-04 5:26

troels_sorensen

19-Jan-04 5:26

It looks like you are right. Sigh | :sigh:

Thanks anyway. Hmmm | :|

Initialised data in C structures using C#

Member 55383319-Jan-04 4:10

Member 553833

19-Jan-04 4:10

I'm a C/C++ programmer trying to keep up with the game.
How do I construct this C fragment in C#? I'm happy to use strings rather than char *.

struct UserData
{
char *pName;
char *pData;
int n;
} UserData[] =
{
{"Dave", "123", 44},
{"Harry", "345", 67}
};

Re: Initialised data in C structures using C#

Heath Stewart19-Jan-04 4:42

Heath Stewart

19-Jan-04 4:42

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet=CharSet.Ansi)]
public struct UserData
{
  public UserData(string name, string data, int n)
  {
    this.Name = name;
    this.Data = data;
    this.N = n;
  }
  public string Name;
  public string Data;
  public int N;
}

See the documentation for the StructLayoutAttribute in the .NET Framework SDK for more details and examples.

Re: Initialised data in C structures using C#

Member 55383319-Jan-04 6:07

Member 553833

19-Jan-04 6:07

Thanks Heath, I was actually wondering about how to initialise the data, and you put me on the right track. I've ended up with your class

public struct UserData<br />
{<br />
  public UserData( string name, string data, int n)<br />
  {<br />
    this.Name = name;<br />
    this.Data = data;<br />
    this.N = n;<br />
  }<br />
  public string Name;<br />
  public string Data;<br />
  public int N;<br />
}

and then for the data:

<br />
    public UserData[] uData =<br />
    {<br />
      new UserData( "Dave", "123", 44),<br />
      new UserData( "Harry", "345", 67),<br />
    };

and thus use the 'uData' array in a loop as I wanted.

Thanks

Re: Initialised data in C structures using C#

Not Active19-Jan-04 9:04

Not Active

19-Jan-04 9:04

I'm just trying to make sure I understand. Obviously there is nothing wrong with this but it was my understanding that StructLayoutAttribute was used if the struct were to be passed to unmanaged code, otherwise it wouldn't be necessary. Is there some benefits to using the attribute for managed code as well?

Re: Initialised data in C structures using C#

Heath Stewart19-Jan-04 9:06

Heath Stewart

19-Jan-04 9:06

No, it wouldn't be necessary in managed code unless marshaled to native code, but since he mentioned C/C++ I just assumed that he might require it.

Re: Initialised data in C structures using C#

Not Active19-Jan-04 9:35

Not Active

19-Jan-04 9:35

Thanks, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.

Serial port comms

tim_mid19-Jan-04 3:11

tim_mid

19-Jan-04 3:11

I am trying to access data from the serial port using c# I don't want to use a GUI I just want to be able to recieve a stream of bytes, does anybody know how to do this or have any suggestions thanks Tim Mad | :mad:

Re: Serial port comms

troels_sorensen19-Jan-04 4:15

troels_sorensen

19-Jan-04 4:15

there are no .NET library to use for this.
You have another couple of options.

Use a component from VS 6.0:
http://www.devhood.com/tutorials/tutorial_details.aspx?tutorial_id=320

OR use the win32 API:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/NETSerialComm/default.aspx

URGENT...problem with Windows Media Player !

pahluwalia19-Jan-04 2:54

pahluwalia

19-Jan-04 2:54

Hi,

I am trying to play mp3 files from C# app. I have Windows Media Player 6.4 and I am able to play the file but with mp3 files, it disables the fast forward and rewind buttons and I also want the trackbar with it.

So, I installed Windows Media Player 9 with SDK. That has a problem that it doesn't look like the gray color simple WMP and that is the look I want. I know I can change the skin, but that seems to be a lot of work and I don't know how to choose a skin while playing a file !

I did read in help that if I put audio.URL = "c:\filename.mp3?WMPSkin=Compact" it should work, but I didn't see the skin change when I ran the applicaiton.

Any suggestions ?

Cry | :((

Thanks,
Paul

Re: URGENT...problem with Windows Media Player !

Not Active19-Jan-04 2:57

Not Active

19-Jan-04 2:57

pahluwalia wrote:
Any suggestions ?

Stop double posting

Re: URGENT...problem with Windows Media Player !

Heath Stewart19-Jan-04 4:39

Heath Stewart

19-Jan-04 4:39

Why don't you just set the visibility to false and handle the events and methods (like Play and Stop) yourself? It appears there is no way to change the skin using the WMP object model.

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