Comments by Adam R Harris (Top 136 by date)

Reason for my vote of 1 \n :doh:

Reason for my vote of 1 \n Code is not described, duplicate of 52 other articles.

Is it doing an ajax call? the reason i ask is, if removing your alert causes it to break it might be a timing thing with the ajax which could be the problem.

What do you mean? Are you trying to find a button on the client side using the ID that was assigned on the server side? Please elaborate on your question.

what happens inside FillColumnDropDown? is that an ajax post too?

http://www.google.com - best and most used resource of any developer.

Take a look at the Remote, Remote JSONP and Remote with Cache examples .
They are exactly what you need

Thank you Prasad.

You are 100% correct. Turns out i need to use stats to get the data i need. Check my 'solution' for more details.

Yes, i should have indicated that. I will update the question to reflect this comment.

So your problem isn't the code you posted not working. The problem is your registry entries ... which is something completely different. Take a look at this thread, it should get you going in the right direction.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/968449/how-do-i-change-default-browser-using-c-sharp-or-batch-file

You not making much sense, did you convert you code to VB.NET? if not how did you manage to 'get it to work' and if you did what exactly is the problem.

You are not looking for a web page, unless it's ASP.NET and then you are going to have all sorts of permission issues. What you are looking for is a console app or a function in a .exe (WinForms). If these concepts are a little over your head then i would suggest taking a look at some of the great articles written here to help you get a grasp of the concepts and fumble your way through creating your registry entries. Seeing as you are trying to register a browser you built im going to go right ahead and assume you are familiar with the concepts of Console vs WinForms.

Good answer, was writing mine when you posted. Had i seen this i wouldn't have posted.
My 5.

Really the only answer for this question.
my 5.

If you can post a sample and an error i might be able to help out.

You need to give us more information on what exactly the problem is as well as post your code samples. Please use the Improve question button to update your question.

lol +5.
Not sure if you are aware of it or not but there is a great sight for pointing this out to users http://www.lmgtfy.com (LetMeGoogleThatForYou).

I want an adorable puppy that excretes gold ... just putting it out there in case the universe is listening.

Dino is right, the code he has posted is what you should be using.

Comment out this line:
dataGridView1.DataMember = "client";

and try to run your app.

Post a sample of your code, we cannot see your monitor or read your mind. Your issue could relate to several things so please use the Improve Question link to add more detail and some code samples (the specific code that generates the dynamic results grid, the code that calls the method that generates the results and the markup for the page)

pft, no try catch?!?!?!
what kind of rinky dink operation are you running over there Dino?

Shouldn't you be telling us what the error is?

Buddy is either applying for a job and they want him to determine whats wrong with this code OR he is working on something in school and this is one of the problems. What he really should have done is drop it into a new console app and then watch visual studio freak out over all the syntax stuff then tried to run it to work out the logical stuff.

missing a few curlys i take it then.

i wonder what this is supposed to do:
static int multi(int x, int y);

Great answer, you beat me to it.
My 5.

Glad I could help.

Here: File Association in VB.NET

Try restarting, the registry is stored in memory and any changes to it wont take effect until the system reboots ... or you could try killing explorer.exe in the task manager, sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't.

If that doesn't work use the search feature here, i know there are a few articles written on file associations.

Thank you kind sir

You sure can[^]

+5

Thank you for proving my point.

LMFAO - why oh why can't i vote on comments :(

I did end up just giving him a code sample simply because i can understand that the recursion required to check inside containers can be a little intimidating. I do however agree that if the basics of subs and loops is too much then one needs to review notes or take a course a second time.

Just wanted to let you know that my intention is not to undermine you but to assist with the more daunting task of recursion.

I'll try and take a look at this over the weekend for you, i dont have a project here at work that mirrors what you are attempting to do so i'll have to set something up at home.

I think you are on the right track with the RefreshButton stuff. You are just going to have to find the Next Page button and essentially do the exact same thing that you are doing for the Refresh. Open the page in IE or Chrome and inspect the down using the developer tools to find the actually button name and just invoke the click like you are for the Refresh.

You win the prize for most ungrateful Code Project user.
Had you actually clicked through the link and read it, it would have given you basically the same solution.
It is users like you that bring down the quality of this site, once again if you open the link i posted and read that thread you will see that it is essentially the same solution that was posted in Solution 2.

You're an ass and i will make sure i skip over any future questions you have.

Good question, that stupid WOW64 node has screwed me in the past.

LMFAO - excellent, my 5

Beat me to it, my 5.

Good answer, my 5.

4* - you just overlooked the call to Server.HtmlEncode to encode the values. see my answer

Would make it much cleaner for sure.

Huh, I didn't know VB used void at all. I tried working the googles but i couldnt find anything related to VB.NET and void. Do you know of anywhere i can read up on it? not trying to be a jerk or discount your comment I am genuinely curious.

Just code it really slow, then you can take as much time as you want.
On a more serious note, what exactly is the problem? What are you wanting to increase the time for?

Awhile ago IE started handling Enter by posting a blank for to the server. There are several workarounds for this, just work the googles.

Sure, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc301569.aspx

Hey, really glad you got it figured out. Also I feel bad for leaving you waiting my assistance but i'm sure you know that pesky life always gets in the way.

Your code looks good with one little exception, you should really look at using RedirectFromLoginPage (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ka5ffkce.aspx) to send the user back to the page they requested or back to the default page. It's a small thing but its what users have come to expect and i'm sure you will be tasked with making that work at one point or another so you might as well get ahead of the game.

What do you mean no articles he can just copy and paste .... you mean there really isn't a Do Work function i can call that will do all this for him? Man i'm in the wrong profession.

I haven't forgotten about you, just got real busy with work.
Can you give me a few more details regarding exactly what isn't working and also take a look at RedirectFromLoginPage (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ka5ffkce.aspx)

Actually yes.
You were headed down the wrong path and he pointed you in the right direction. We aren't here to do the work for you, we are here to help you out. If you don't like the help then that's really more of a Sasha problem then a Sergey/Adam problem.

Doesn't surprise me, you actually expected him to do some reading and investigate what he is trying to accomplish rather than just doing the leg work for him. Where do you get off?

That's sarcastic, the guys just an a$$.

No problem, glad i could help.

lol well you speak better English than me and thats the only language i speak.

i believe in giving credit where credit is due and you my friend always provide very well worded and in depth explanations and really do elevate the quality of the site. No, i'm not looking for you to do something for me nor am i brown nosing. I just wanted to let you know that your dedication to this site has not gone unnoticed.

Keep up the good work.

Great answer!
my 5

I can take a look at it later and see but i'm pretty swamped at work right now so it wont be until later this evening.

The problem is your script is running before the canvas is rendered so your object is null.
Has nothing to do with asp.net. To check and see just move your script tag under your form tag. And then look at wrapping that in either the onload function or in an anonymous function.

Can you post the entire body of your aspx page?

Christian is on the job, if need be ill jump in there.

Like if he set the runat of his script to be server it would run the JS on the server.
I was doing some classic ASP/HTML5 stuff a little while ago and a fellow dev who wasn't to familiar with server script vs client script got pretty much the same error when his JS was running on the server.

However 2 cups of coffee and a few hours later it sounds like this isnt his issue and that his issue has something to do with his canvas not being on the page or rendered by the time this script runs.

You are going to have to use Regular Expressions or something similar to parse the links out of the response. Then you are going to have to get that page content the same way you got it from Google.

Sounds like your script is running on the sever side of things. Where is this script located?

It's a poor question because even when you are Asking your question it displays this beside the textarea you type your question into:

A few simple rules when posting your question.
Have you searched or Googled for a solution?
Be specific! Don't ask "I need to write a booking application". Specify exactly what it is you need help with.
Keep the subject brief but descriptive. eg "How do I change the dialog colour?"
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Tag your question appropriately.
Your question may be edited or retagged by others. Anything inappropriate will be removed.
If you have a school or university assignment, assume that your teacher or lecturer is also reading these forums.
Be courteous and DON'T SHOUT. Everyone here helps because they enjoy helping others, not because it's their job.
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Without seeing the entire project i can only speculate that your issue is regarding when you pull your person object out of the session state.

The easiest way to get around that is to create a readonlt property that gets the Person object from the session and use that to access your object.
i.e.

public Person MyPerson {
get { return (Session["p1"] != null ? (Person)Session["Person"] : new Person("","")); }
}

Then in your page you can just access it like this <p><%=MyPerson.FirstName %></p>

Ha +5 for attempting to answer such a poor question.

'Idiot' was uncalled for but yes that is his problem.

Convert.ToInt32(txtQty.Text);
Should be
Convert.ToInt32((string.IsNullOrEmpty(txtQty.Text) ? 0 : txtQty.Text));

Very well put, it's really frustrating when i would like to help someone but they don't give me anything to go on.

Good answer

Oh it's just a euphemism for the internet.

Good answers, i just answered the specific question (How To Add A Timer) you went the extra mile and explained what he *should* be doing. I tip my hat to you kind sir.

+2 interwebs for you

Sergey is absolutely right - i answered the specific question your asked, Sergey told you what you should be doing instead.

Warning[] warnings;
string[] streamids;
string mimeType;
string encoding;
string extension;
string deviceInfo;
byte[] buffer;
using (FileStream fs = new FileStream("[Desired File Path]", System.IO.FileMode.Append){
buffer = ReportViewer.ServerReport.Render("pdf", null, out mimeType, out encoding, out extension, out streamids, out warnings);
fs.write(buffer, 0, buffer.length);
fs.close();
}

Check the links in my solution to learn how to use location.hash.

something like this:
public Dictionary<string, List<object>> myItems = new Dictionary<string, List<object>>();

public void AddItem(object item)
{
if (item is string)
{
if (!myItems.ContainsKey("strings"))
myItems.Add("strings", new List<object>());

myItems["strings"].Add(item);
}
else if (item is int)
{
if (!myItems.ContainsKey("integers"))
myItems.Add("integers", new List<object>());

myItems["integers"].Add(item);
}
else if ... you get the point
}

public object GetItem(string key)
{
if (myItems.ContainsKey(key))
return myItems[key];
else
return null;
}

Then you can just call GetItems("myObj") to get a list of all the myObj objects you added via the AddItem method

Take a look at the example on here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms252214(v=vs.80).aspx

Not that i'm aware of, is there a reason you just don't keep your different types separate?
Either in a list of lists or a something similar?

No, LINQ will just handle the iterating for you. Essentially there is no way to pull all your objects of a specific type out of a collection without actually iterating through the entire collection.

What do you mean it wont work?
Post the code you have and *exactly* what isn't working.

Depending on your framework version you could use LINQ like Oleksandr is suggesting.

wow, could have done without the attitude. I am taking time out of my day to try and assist you, grateful is the only emotion you should attempt to convey. You did not mention that this was a windows application in your question so i had to take my best guess.

byte[] buffer;
using (FileStream fs = new FileStream("[Desired File Path]", System.IO.FileMode.Append){
buffer = ReportViewer.ServerReport.Render("pdf", null, null, null, null, null, null);
fs.write(buffer, 0, buffer.length);
fs.close();
}

Thank you kind sir

Cool, so how would he redirect to that page passing in the values for the constructor?
Not trying to be a d!ck i am seriously interested in knowing.

Sorry to be kind of a jerk about it but its 6:30 and i'm still at work on a Friday .... little testy.
Please don't take anything i said as a personal attack and if it came across that way i apologize.
Have a great weekend and a Merry/Happy [Insert What Ever You Celebrate Here] too.

What you are saying here in this comment is correct, what you said in your solution however:
'I have always done is create a DLL project that does the serializing and deserializing'
Is not telling him to create his objects in one solution and reference that library in both of the other solutions rather to create one solution.

The OP Clearly stated
'I am suppose to use two projects for this: one for the serialization and the other for the deserialization.'

So maybe you should read the question a few more times before you jump all over other people suggestions.
Your solution is not the correct one for his problem, he is supposed to use 2 different projects to accomplish this so telling him to do it in 1 is not a solution.

No problem, if i did help solve the problem could you please mark it as the accepted answer.

He wants to do it without the interops i.e. Excel not installed on the server.
If he can get the files as a csv instead of .xsl then your solution would work.

We don't want to do your homework either man.

You are much nicer than i am ... i was going to tear him a new one but then again i have been called an a$$ more than once and i'm not in the best mood :(

He's having a problem with writing the code ... gee whiz why you gotta break balls. Just convert his pseudo code into C# - didn't you read his question? He doesn't want to learn this stuff he just wants you to do the work for him. Is that too much to ask?

Glad to hear you at least got it working. Like you said it might not be pretty but it functions and i'm sure that's all the client cares about. If you do end up finding a better solution i would be interested in knowing what it was so please dig up the old thread and give us an update if and when you get around to cleaning it up.

Have you tried pausing your thread to allow IE to send the page to the printer?
maybe try pausing your thread for a few milliseconds after you send it to the printer to allow it the time to spool it and all that fun stuff.

lol nice

Whats in FolderNames? and where are you getting the value?

This is your best solution. Krunal is absolutely right, he didn't say it but he implied it. You are going to need to use a SMTP server that is going to allow you to forward emails from another domain. You can use your own SMTP server or find a hosted solution but it is critical that the SMPT server allows Relays (i think thats what its called) and also allows you to send emails from another domain i.e. sending email from tom@somedomain.com through steve@anotherdomain.com.

Maybe you're missing a / or a \ after LaunchFolder and before Minecraft.exe

No problem, if my solution helped please mark it as the accepted solution.

what part is giving you problems?
did you read up on literals and how they work?

Sorry, but i'm not understanding what you are asking. I am not going to download some random program and run it just to see your example, my anti-virus would kick me in the balls. Can you please post a screen shot of what you are looking for? I see in another comment that you are running an MDI application which does change things. Are you wanting to block the entire application? i.e. the MDI Parent Window or just a MDI Window?

Whats the problem?

What is the value of creditId?
What is the field type of ID on the Credits table?
What command isn't running?
- Does your insert run?
- Does your update run?

Have you tried using that code on your form_load event and there is a problem?
Also if this helped please mark it as the accepted answer.

You are going to have to use ShowDialog, see the link I posted or the example from the link that jibesh posted.

http://tinypic.com/

Good point, i didn't think of that. If he simply added a Macro that called print when the document opened that just might accomplish what he is looking for. Should have made this a solution so i could have up voted it.

Your control should have a name. In the Properties Window there is a drop down at the top. Use that to select the control and set the properties you want for the control.

True, however if someone else is having the problem his solution just might help.

You cant, and shouldn't be able to. Your code isn't opening the file you are sending down the pipe, the user is when they click Open or Save. You are simply sending a file down to the browser, you have no control over what actions the user takes with that file. I for one would not want random websites to be able to download a file and execute it on my machine it's just asking for trouble. If you really want the user to get the print dialog after downloading your file you might want to take a look at building an ActiveX shim, no one installs ActiveX controls anymore but you can try, then open the file and pass in the print verb once the file has been downloaded.

Why are you not just using AutoId's for the Trans_No? Let SQL worry about generating your ID's and there is very little value in the user seeing it before the change is committed. No to mention you will run into issues if you have multiple clients using the application at the same time with duplicated ids.

If the users need to see the transaction ids then i would just show them in a dialog after they click save.

Delete that entire sample right now, I'm sure your clients would be pissed right off to know you just posted their private information on a public website. Then take a small subset of your sample and replace the real world values with fictitious values so you don't violate any privacy laws.

After that loom at the StreamReader class and String.Split method

Sorry, it should be .vbs not .vba that's my bad. stupid typo.

Yeah, i noticed you didn't post the full code.

If you want to delete the folder if the folder doesnt have any files in you should add something similar to this to your get_Folders function *before* you call get_Files, something like this

Function get_folders(in_folder)
full_ret_val = full_ret_val & get_files(in_folder)
Dim fs, f, f1, fc, s
Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set f = fs.GetFolder(in_folder)

' check if the folder, f, has any files
if f.Files.length = 0 then
' check if the folder has any sub folders, you dont want to delete a folder with only folders in it
if f.SubFolder.length = 0 then
' delete the folder because there are no files in it or sub folders
fs.DeleteFolder(f.Path)
end if
else
' continue processing as normal
dum_var1 = get_files(in_folder)
end if

Set fc = f.SubFolders
For Each f2 In f
DoEvents
dum_var2 = get_folders(f2.Path)
Next
End Function

Nice solution.

But would't that be a fantastic site? No more actual work for me, just a quick forum post with some vague specs then just check back every hour until some lazy bastard gets it built for me, which will likely never be fast enough.

'You could send an email to stone mason who chisels the data into a block of granite when you send him a write a message and who types it back in to an email in response to a read message -- but the latency and expense of that makes it questionable.'

That seriously made me LOL and now everyone in the office is looking at me funny. Well played good sir, you win the internets today.

Way ahead of you man, that's where the 5 stars came from.

Great answer! I love that site.

Using a javascript debugger (IE Developer Tools), set a break point and add a watch for id.d.employee and employee then see what the value coming back from the ajax call is and if its getting set properly. All the other comments are correct, looking at the code the only way employee would be undefined is because id.d.employee is undefined.

You are initializing the employee variable to '' so the only possible way it could be undefined is if id.d.employee is undefined or if it is getting set to undefined somewhere else in your code. After you set your break point double check the property name as i'm fairly certain its just a typo that is causing your problem.

Sorry about that: http://file.urin.take-uma.net/jquery.balloon.js-Demo.html

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc411356(VS.90).aspx

Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008
Supported since: Crystal Reports .NET 9

Have to agree with you Chris.... just nice to know. However I’m not entirely sure that you sacrifice clarity with this particular brand of cleverness, but as a whole I have to agree that clarity is much more important than cleverness.

Figures .... all this time .... time to update the code :)

Why would you use a windows forms control on a web page?
This doesn't make sense, It seems like you are trying to recreate the wheel if the only reason you have created this 'ActiveX' control (which for the record isn't really an ActiveX control is to call JavaScript when the button is clicked, so to reinterate; use Windows controls in Windows apps and use Web controls for Web apps unless there is a very very good reason to not.