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    - Finding the current application which has focus Hi Does anyone have any code which can be used to find the current application which has focus? I want to try to retrieve the application name, or process name from the app which has current focus. Thanks Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113124
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    - static linking Hi all! Is there a possibility to statically link used .NET components into my programm... (to enable it runs on machines that do not have .NET Framework) Like static link of MFC libraries.. Thanks in advance. Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113120
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    - Best value Help file builder Hi I'm trying to get opinions on the best free / best value help file (CHM) compilers out there. What do you use? Thanks Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113119
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    - Image render and save problem Hi, I found a piece of code to add drop shadow to a photo like below, after I save the image, it is actually a BMP file even though I specify a JPG file extension (see http://img140.imageshack.us/my.php?image=resized11wz.jpg). If I force to save in JPG format (see the commented line), then the whole shadow is a messup (see http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=resized29cy.jpg). I am just wandering are there any attributes / formats not supported by JPG format? Did I do something wrong? Image original = Image.FromFile(@"H:\Input\P1010001.JPG"); Image resized = RectangleDropShadow(original, Color.Black, 10, 200); resized.Save(@"H:\Output\resized.jpg"); //resized.Save(@"H:\Output\resized.jpg", ImageFormat.Jpeg); public Image RectangleDropShadow (Image original, Color shadowColor, int depth, int maxOpacity) { Bitmap tn = new Bitmap(original.Width + depth, original.Height + depth); Graphics tg = Graphics.FromImage(tn); Rectangle rc = new Rectangle(0, 0, original.Width + depth, original.Height + depth); //calculate the opacities Color darkShadow = Color.FromArgb(maxOpacity, shadowColor); Color lightShadow = Color.FromArgb(0, shadowColor); //Create a brush that will create a softshadow circle GraphicsPath gp = new GraphicsPath(); gp.AddEllipse(0, 0, 2 * depth, 2 * depth); PathGradientBrush pgb = new PathGradientBrush(gp); pgb.CenterColor = darkShadow; pgb.SurroundColors = new Color[] { lightShadow }; //generate a softshadow pattern that can be used to paint the shadow Bitmap patternbm = new Bitmap(2 * depth, 2 * depth); Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(patternbm); g.FillEllipse(pgb, 0, 0, 2 * depth, 2 * depth); g.Dispose(); pgb.Dispose(); SolidBrush sb = new SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(maxOpacity, shadowColor)); tg.FillRectangle(sb, rc.Left + depth, rc.Top + depth, rc.Width - (2 * depth), rc.Height - (2 * depth)); sb.Dispose(); //top left corner tg.DrawImage(patternbm, new Rectangle(rc.Left, rc.Top, depth, depth), 0, 0, depth, depth, GraphicsUnit.Pixel); //top side tg.DrawImage(patternbm, new Rectangle(rc.Left + depth, rc.Top, rc.Width - (2 * depth), depth), depth, 0, 1, depth, GraphicsUnit.Pixel); //top right corner tg.DrawImage(patternbm, new Rectangle(rc.Right - depth, rc.Top, depth, depth), depth, 0, depth, depth, GraphicsUnit.Pixel); //right side tg.DrawImage(patternbm, new Rectangle(rc.Right - depth, rc.Top + depth, depth, rc.Height - (2 * depth)), depth, depth, depth, 1, GraphicsUnit.Pixel); //bottom left corner tg.DrawImage(patternbm, new Rectangle(rc.Right - depth, rc.Bottom - depth, depth, depth), depth, depth, depth, depth, GraphicsUnit.Pixel); //bottom side tg.DrawImage(patternbm, new Rectangle(rc.Left + depth, rc.Bottom - depth, rc.Width - (2 * depth), depth), depth, depth, 1, depth, GraphicsUnit.Pixel); //bottom left corner tg.DrawImage(patternbm, new Rectangle(rc.Left, rc.Bottom - depth, depth, depth), 0, depth, depth, depth, GraphicsUnit.Pixel); //left side tg.DrawImage(patternbm, new Rectangle(rc.Left, rc.Top + depth, depth, rc.Height - (2 * depth)), 0, depth, depth, 1, GraphicsUnit.Pixel); patternbm.Dispose(); tg.DrawImage(original, new Rectangle(0, 0, original.Width, original.Height), 0, 0, original.Width, original.Height, GraphicsUnit.Pixel); return (Image)tn; } Regards Hardy Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113117
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    - Unkonw error Hi all: I developed windows app in .NET 1.1. It worked well in Win 2003 and I moved it to .NET 2.0 run on the same machine. It seem to work well but somtime, the app is shutdown without any Exception. I look in Event View --> Application and see these error: EventType clr20r3, P1 tp.exe, P2 1.0.0.0, P3 4410fa07, P4 system.web.services, P5 2.0.0.0, P6 4333af0f, P7 bc, P8 14, P9 system.net.webexception, P10 NIL. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Help me, please. Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113116
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    - Large object heap and OutOfMemory Exception hello there, I have developped a windows services in vb.net (framework 1.1 sp1). I read PDF files stored in a database and put them in an arraylist to create a unique document at the end of the loop. Every single document is neary 40kb my arraylist can stored 150 elements maximum. On a windows 2003 server I have problems (OutOfMemory) after few days but this doesn't happen in WinXp. I read nearly 200 post in different forums talking about "large object heap" and the fact it's not compacted. Most people suggest not to use these objects. Other gurus say you should never call GC.Collect. Well, nobody seem to have a real solution to avoid my application blow up. Is this .NET Framework so stupid when dealing with objects in memory?! What do we have to do if we need to manage few files, in memory? Where are the M$ guys when we need them? Regards Alberto Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113111
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    - Framework registry access misbehaves under x64 W2003 Wow6432Node We are developing under VS 2005, 32-bit. We are trying to bring up a very large suite of related software on W2003/x64 and found a registry problem. Basically our configuration software attempts to write registry values to HKLM/Software/Our Company/Our System/xxxx But they are instead being written to HKLM/Software/Wow6432Node/Our Company/Our System/xxxx I think I understand the reason for this. But I don't think it is working as advertised. the problem is we find ONE VALUE actually written to HKLM/Software/Our Company/Our System/xxxx and all others written to (along with a duplicate of the above one value) HKLM/Software/Wow6432Node/Our Company/Our System/xxxx WHEN the production software that uses this information goes to read the values, it gets a value for the one value that has been replicated (its the first thing we read), and ALL OTHER values are coming back NULL, so I take it must be trying to read these from non-WOW registry, which is incomplete. I would have expected this x64 registry design change to be transparent to 32-bit applications. All registry reads and writes are done via the framework 2.0 registry routines, and at present, are only being accessed locally. We will eventually need to be accessing these remotely as well. I don't have a clue yet if that part works. Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113109
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    - Fax problem Hi. I'm trying to write a small faxing module. Below are 2 subs that basically do the same thing. They both work fine on my XP machine. When trying to get it to run on a 2003 server I get the following errors: "Error number: 80041b64, the fax server API version does not support the requested operation" - from sub btnFax_Click at the objFaxServer.Connect("") command OR "An unhandled exception of type 'system.runtime.interopServices.COMException' occurred in microsoft.visualbasic.dll The handle is invald" - from sub Button1_Click on the FD.send() command I lifted this code from MSDN so I figured it would have worked!?! Any help on getting this to work would be great! Thanks. --------------------------------- Imports FAXCOMEXLib Private Sub btnFax_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnFax.Click Dim objFaxDocument As New FAXCOMEXLib.FaxDocument Dim objFaxServer As New FAXCOMEXLib.FaxServer Dim JobID As Object 'Error handling On Error GoTo Error_Handler objFaxServer.Connect("") objFaxDocument.Body = "c:\temp\fax.txt" objFaxDocument.DocumentName = "My First Fax" objFaxDocument.Priority = FAX_PRIORITY_TYPE_ENUM.fptHIGH objFaxDocument.Recipients.Add("1-508-429-7433", "Bud") objFaxDocument.Note = "Here is the info you requested" objFaxDocument.Subject = "Today's fax" JobID = objFaxDocument.ConnectedSubmit(objFaxServer) MsgBox("The Job ID is :" & JobID(0)) Exit Sub Error_Handler: 'Implement error handling at the end of your subroutine. This implementation is for demonstration purposes MsgBox("Error number: " & Hex(Err.Number) & ", " & Err.Description) End Sub Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim FS As Object FS = CreateObject("FaxServer.FaxServer") Dim ServerName As String ServerName = "" FS.Connect(ServerName) Dim FD As Object FD = FS.CreateDocument("c:\temp\fax1.txt") FD.FaxNumber = "1-508-429-7433" FD.filename = ("c:\temp\fax.txt") Dim JobID As Long JobID = FD.send() FS.disconnect() MsgBox("Job ID:" & JobID) End Sub End Class Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113106
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    - Long build times after 2005 conversion Hello, I have a large project exclusively made up of interfaces (several hundred) that define the business objects used in our system. Heavy inheritance and aggregation are used in the project. In Visual Studio 2003 the project takes ~30 seconds to build. In Visual Studio 2005 the project takes ~24 minutes. The project references one other assembly. I've tried to reference the dependency both as a dll and as a project.. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Thanks, Dan Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113098
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    - .net, asp, dcom, sms rad framework... we are evaluating CRM packages and are looking for information on the differences/simliarities, pros and cons of these architectures used by various CRM Vendors. We have been searching for more information online and have not really found any comparisons. Client Server .NET ASP SMS RAD Framework If we understand correctly, any architecture that uses DCOM is client/server and .NET = web services. How does ASP and the SMS RAD Framework fit into all this? Any insight, web links, etc are appreciated. Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113097
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    - Two different config file schemas Does anyone know what the functions of the two config file schema definitions at: [1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpgenref/html/gngrfconfigurationsectionsschema.asp and: [2] http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1fk1t1t0(VS.80).aspx are? I originally assumed that [2] was for VS 2005 / Framework 2.0, but when I used it in an application I C++ am writing using VS 2005 , I got a bazillion XML errors - all of the form: "Could not find schema information for the element 'zzz' " where zzz is one of the elements defined by the schema [e.g., supportedRuntime ] so now I'm thoroughly confused. Any clarification would be appreciated... Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113095
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    - Simple ASP.NET timeout question How do I get the timeout in ASP.NET to work properly? I have timeout="5" in the sessionState element in my root web.config file. In the pages of my application, I call HttpContext.Current.Trace.Write(HttpContext.Current.Session.Timeout.ToString()) and it says that timeout = 5. But then I log into my web application, walk away from the computer for more than five minutes, and when I come back and click on a link (still within the application), it hasn't timed me out. Is there anything else I need to do to get the timeout to work? Thanks, Jay Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113093
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    - How to access custom event logs via WMI Win32_NTEventlogFile I am trying to access the custom event logs on a Windows XP Pro system running .NET 1.1 in C#. I am using the following to do that: using System; using System.Management; namespace WMIEventLogTest { class Class1 { [STAThread] static void Main(string[] args) { ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass("Win32_NTEventlogFile"); ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances(); Console.WriteLine( "List event log name using ManagmentObjectCollection:"); foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc) { Console.WriteLine( mo["LogfileName"].ToString()); } Console.WriteLine( "--------------"); Console.WriteLine( "List event log names using MangementObjectSearcher:"); SelectQuery query = new SelectQuery( "SELECT * FROM Win32_NTEventlogFile"); ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher( query); foreach (ManagementObject mo in searcher.Get()) { Console.WriteLine( mo["LogfileName"].ToString()); } } } } The output is: List event log name using ManagmentObjectCollection: Application Security System -------------- List event log names using MangementObjectSearcher: Application Security System I have some custom event logs configured on the system but this program does not list them. I am running the program as Administrator. I am looking for suggestions on how to access these log files through WMI. What do you think? Thank you! Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113090
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    - Single source code to compile over .NET 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 and CF Hi everyone, I have a .NET 1.1 application ready to be ported on .NET 2.0. With some of the features made obsolete in 2.0 and the new recomended methods are not available in .NET 1.1, It leaved me with a question in mind: How come I conditionally compile my application with .NET 1.1 and 2.0 ? An example of obsolete method in 2.0 is: //------------------------------------------------------------------- // .NET 1.1: OK, .NET 2.0: Warning, Property ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings is obsolete ! string szNewKbAddr = System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings[AppConstant.KEY_NEW_K B_ADDRESS]; // .NET 1.1: Error, .NET 2.0: OK string szNewKbAddr = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[AppConstant.KEY_NEW_KB _ADDRESS]; //------------------------------------------------------------------- I have used the code block similar to below, for conditional compilation of code for .NET 1.1 and .NET CF: //------------------------------------------------------------------- #if(_WIN32_WCE) ... ... .NET CF specific code ... ... #else ... ... .NET 1.1 specific code ... ... #endif //------------------------------------------------------------------- Do we have any solution, to either conditionally compile the single source code application on different versions of .NET ( 1.1 and 2.0 ) ? OR- any other solution please ? Thanks ... * (Vipul)() ; Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113085
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    - Extending WebBrowser using WebBrowserSite won't call methods - sample code? Trying to extend a 2.0 WebBrowser control using WebBrowserSite as per docs. Tried implementing IDocHostUIHandler, IDocHostUIHandler2, IInternetSecuritymanager, IServiceProvider. The only methods which get called (so far) are IDocHostUIHandler2.GetOverrideKeyPath() and IServiceProvider.QueryService(). What do I have to do to get the others to be called? A bit of sample code would do wonders at this point!!! DavidB Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113080
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    - Structures vs. Classes At work, our development team has a development standards document that insists Structures should never be used. I'm looking to change this standard but need a suitable argument in order to make the change. I know that Structures are value types, sit on the stack, and are generally more efficient to manipulate than reference types (i.e. Classes). Structures cannot use inheritance, the finalize method or default constructors. Can anyone think of a situation where using Structures is more suitable than using Classes? Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113077
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    - A nagging Regex question Given some text that looks like: random Text Key 1.00 More random Text Item more random text = "Wanted1", "More random Text" even more random Text EndItem Item more random text = "Wanted2", "Quoted Random Text" more Random Text even more random Text even more random Text EndItem even more random Text even more random Text (where the random Text does not contain "Item", "=", or any """") I would like to, in one Regex, capture such that Group(1) = 1.00 Group(2) = Wanted1 Group(3) = Wanted2 I have been reduced to using 2 Regexs: Key (\d\.\d+) -- to capture the 1.00 and Item[^=]+=\s?"(\w+)" to capture Wanted1 and Wanted2 All attempts to combine the two Regexs result in (at best): Group(1) = 1.00 Group(2) = Wanted2 I understand that the greedy match leads me to this result, but it seems to me that this should be doable in 1 Regex. -- Thanks for any guidance, Jim Parsells Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113073
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    - DataGridView and Keyboard Shortcut keys I'm using a DataGridView in a native dialog using CWinFormControl to display a user control that contains only grid. Everything works Ok except when the grid has focus, the keyboard shortcuts defined for other buttons on the same dialog no longer work. They work fine if focus is somewhere else. I tried making a user control containing a button and put that on the dialog. In this case, the shortcut keys worked correctly. Is this a bug with the grid? Is there some grid property that will affect this operation. This is going to create a major problem in using the DataGridView to replace an older native grid. If I should be posting this somewhere else, please advise. Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113070
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    - .NET 2.0 and Windows Service The following error occurs on trying to start a Windows Service that is based on a C# application I am writing: [SC] StartService FAILED 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion. My application has the install section setup as described in many different documents. And it does install sucessfully as "LocalSystem" and "Automatic". [SC] GetServiceConfig SUCCESS SERVICE_NAME: autobackup TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS START_TYPE : 2 AUTO_START ERROR_CONTROL : 1 NORMAL BINARY_PATH_NAME : "I:\Program Files\Filebackup\AutoBackup.exe" LOAD_ORDER_GROUP : TAG : 0 DISPLAY_NAME : AutoBackup DEPENDENCIES : SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem Microsoft's documentation states that on a Service start request, OnStart() is called and must return within 30 seconds; otherwise, the aforementioned error will occur. The OnStart section of my code, for testing, just has an entry to write to the application event log and that is all, so I am rather puzzled as to why it should not return from OnStart within 30 secs. protected override void OnStart(string[] args) { EventLog.WriteEntry("AutoBackupScheduler", DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString() + " - Started."); } I have tried various suggestions of adding the application directory to the System path and to set the login to a userid and password rather than "LocalSystem" but to no avail. As this kind of thing cannot be debugged, at least in any way I know of, I am enquiring of the general community to see if there are any further suggestions. By the way, there are no dependencies as least that I am aware of (i.e, no required DLL's that I have created). Thanks very much for any assiastance and have a great day!!! Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113064
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    - Key Press Event Hello, I am trying to create an application that captures the KeyPress Events that are happening anywhere on the OS (In any window that has focus). I have a windows form that is maximized and set to transparent. I have written code to allow the mouse to click through the form and also to type through the form. But the form does not capture the keypress events. I am using win32 API to accomplish this so far. Actually I am simply asking where you might suggest I look to find a way to capture every key press event regardless of what window it is taking place in. Please, I am not looking for something that has already been made I am looking to make my own (Key Capture Software). Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Chuck Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113063
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    - Is this a bug in Exception.Source? I'm running into an issue with throwing exceptions from unmanaged code using v1.1 of the framework. My application uses the Exception EAB, which displays the source as part of the logging. I've been refactoring my code to throw exceptions insted of returning error codes which had an issue with being ignored, and when I have the EAB log an exception, Exception.get_Source is throwing a NullReferenceException. Below is a case that will cause that exception, just create a managed c++ console app, and paste this in for _tmain. #include "stdafx.h" #using <mscorlib.dll> using namespace System; int _tmain() { Console::WriteLine(S"Starting unmanaged Test App"); try { throw new System::Exception("Foo"); } catch( System::Exception* ex ) { Console::WriteLine(S"Exception Caught, Getting ready to display the Source:"); //The next line throws an exception Console::WriteLine(ex->Source); } return 0; } This test app errors out with a null ref exception. I reflected the property, the work is done in these lines: //C# Code, from System.Exception.get_Source() StackTrace trace1 = new StackTrace(this, true); if (trace1.FrameCount > 0) { StackFrame frame1 = trace1.GetFrame(0); System.Reflection.MethodBase base1 = frame1.GetMethod(); System.Type type1 = base1.DeclaringType; //Executing this line causes an exception to be throw. System.Reflection.Module mod = type1.Module; System.Reflection.Assembly asm = mod.Assembly; //string _source = asm.nGetSimpleName(); } If I execute these lines (substituting an exception for 'this' in StrackTrace's constructor) The exception occurs on the marked line. Now at least I think it's because I'm throwing the exception from an unmanaged class I read up, and I think the problem is base1.DeclaringType can return null, but there's no checks to see if that property returned null. from the MSDN: "If the MemberInfo object is a global member, (that is, it was obtained from Module.GetMethods, which returns global methods on a module), then the returned DeclaringType will be a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic)." I'm planning on converting the class that throws the exception to a managed class to avoid this exception, are there any other suggestions? Maybe before passing the exception into the EAB, I can try to access the Source property, and if it throws an exception, set the source to "Unmanaged Code" or something wierd like that. Kunnis Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113062
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    - Configuration dependent resource? Hi, I need to have a string's value depend on the configuration of the assembly. Is this possible? Any ideas? -- Thanks in advance, Juan Dent, M.Sc. Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113059
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    - KB815131 "BUG" never fixed - Web Services and Custom Objects Check out this knowledge base article: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=815131 Quote from the article: "Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article." I can confirm that this bug does indeed exist, and I can also confirm that this bug was NOT fixed in Visual Studio 2005. This is indeed an annoying bug because it changes any "fixed" code back to the "bug" code when you do an "Update Web Reference." For those with the same problems, usually you can do a replace all on System.Data.DataSet with your custom IXmlSerializable object. Just make sure a reference to that object is available in the current project. For Microsoft, for shame! You knew about the bug and you still didn't fix it! My disgust toward microsoft is never ending. Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113054
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    - Using CSC.exe Hi All, I have a project created in VS 2003 that I want to be able to compile using CSC and not the IDE. This project includes references to other assemblies as well as web references. I have been looking through the Framework SDK and cannot work out how to add a web reference when I run CSC. Could someone point me in the right direction? Are there any good references to using the CSC anywhere? TIA Baggy Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113051
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    - Structure to byte array and back Is there a relatively painless method for converting the contents of a structure into a byte array and back again? I have been using Marshal to do this, but it is a pain! To get the byte array I have to Marshal.StructureToPtr() and then use Marshal.ReadByte() to extract each of the bytes into an array individually. The reverse is just as painful. Is there no general purpose (safe) mechanism for achieving the same thing? -ken Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113050
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    - VS 2003 to VS2005 Crystal Report Export Problem Hi, I've noticed several things. Our crystal report no longer works when trying to export. Existing window applications programs will bring up the viewer and if you click export the program hangs. This happened after installing framework 2.0. I checked one my web applications that explicting exports a crystal report to pdf to display in the web browser. When the new webbrowser comes up that is supose to display the pdf it just shows an empty white screen. Can anyone tell me how to enable again the export feature for windows and web applications on crystals reports creating in VS 2003 that have a application deveoped in 2003. I took the ASP.net application that was done in VS 2003 and converted it to VS 2005 and I noticed that then the crystal report libraries switched over to the newer versions too during the convert process. Thus, I thought maybe converting the project to 2005 would solve the problem, but it doesn't. It almost like the machine needs an upated crystal report viewer installed on their machine to deal with Framework 2.0. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks, David Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113040
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    - Document Management Source Code In VB.Net I am trying to develop a Document Management. I donâ??t like to reinvent the wheel. Can some guide me to find some source code in VB.Net to work from. Please help me Thanks Harry Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113039
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    - Canceling Asyncronous Calls Hi there all, I am starting an asyncronous call to a method passing a callback delegate. (More specifically a BeginRead in a network stream). But there are times that I wish to cancel the asynchronous call before it finishes, before the delegate is called. How can I do that? Any ideas? Thank you all in advance... George Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113038
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    - 2.0 exe calling 1.1 DLL Is there a way for me to know which version of CLR was used to load a DLL while in Debug mode? I have a 2.0 exe that calls an 1.1 dll. I am sure that when the DLL is called, 1.1 CLR is used to load it since it was compiled in VS 2003 and 1.1, but just wanted to confirm the same in debug mode in VS 2005 by setting a break point in the DLL. Any way I can achieve it? TIA Sriram Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113037
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    - SGen and XmlSerializer() ctor overloads Does SGen only generate an assembly for a specific XmlSerializer constructor? For instance, lets say I have a class called Reference and when I serialize it I always use the constructor which takes the type and an XmlRootAttribute. Will running SGen on the Reference type provide any performance gains? -- Thanks, Nick Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113035
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    - New System Architecture Question What I need is some of your thoughts on the application architecture. Here are the requirements I need to satisfy: Requirements: 1. Simple, easy to use and maintain 2. .Net 2.0 3. Must run as web page 4. Must also support running as a stand alone application for some hospitals that want to use it without sending information to the state (storing data locally) 5. Must allow creation, maintenance for specific canned questionnaires 6. Must allow for custom questions that can be added to existing questionnaires 7. Must support Tablets or Laptops being used to collect data in the field 8. Must support aggregation of data at a central repository Possible Tools: 1. InfoPath 2. Smart Client technology 3. Web pages 4. Web services 5. BizTalk 6. XML and XSLT 7. ?? Your thoughts / Advise ?? -- Thanks, Wade Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113034
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    - Programatically finding SMTP Server on local network Is there a way to programatically find a SMTP server available on the network? I am writing a C#.Net program, which should first find a SMTP server on LAN and use that SMTP server to send an email. Thanks Ganesh Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113031
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    - BinaryFormatter produce larger file after ISerializable implemente Question about serialization to binary format under .Net 1.1 using C#. I have some set of classes, some of them are marked with SerializableAttribute. I use serialization to binary files to persist some object graph between app sessions. I've made an easy change to my code: each class which is marked as Serializable implements ISerializable i-face now, and contains deserialization ctor. The GetObjectData method is implemented very easy: each field that was serialized automatically is added to SerializationInfo now by call to AddValue. Now, what is my problem. If I serialize an object graph to file by BinaryFormatter using new classes version (ISerializable) I got a larger file (about 2 times) that before. Why?? Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113029
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    - mozilla firefox i developed one web site which is working properly in Internet explorer,but it is not coming smoothly in the mozilla firefox,the alignment of controls going very strangely. Plz help me with some ideas.... Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113027
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    - Extending the TreeNode - - -> HELP! I've created a small test class to extend the Treenode object and am having mixed success. In the Treeview's 'BeforeExpand' event I've used code from the help topic "Adding Custom Information to a TreeView or ListView Control" I've been able to add nodes of myTreeNode type to the treeview and verify that they really are myTreeNode type nodes but haven't been able to get this part figured out. Thank you for any help, Don The 'CType' line produces the following error: 'System.InvalidCastException' Additional information: Specified cast is not valid. Private Sub tvSnips_BeforeExpand(REMOVED) Handles tvSnips.BeforeExpand Dim mynode As myTreeNode mynode = CType(e.Node, myTreeNode) <-------ERROR MessageBox.Show("Node selected is " & mynode.NodeParent) End Sub Public Class myTreeNode Inherits TreeNode Private mintParent As Integer Public Enum enumNodeType Dummy = -1 Group = 0 Leaf = 1 End Enum Public nt As enumNodeType Public Property NodeType() As enumNodeType Get Return nt End Get Set(ByVal Value As enumNodeType) nt = Value End Set End Property Public Property NodeParent() As Integer Get Return mintParent End Get Set(ByVal Value As Integer) mintParent = Value End Set End Property End Class Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113020
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    - Using .Net 1.1 assemblies from a .Net 2.0 App Can anyone point me at some references that discuss the issues involved in referencing .Net 1.1 assemblies from a .Net 2.0 application? We are migrating our application to .Net 2.0 and have a number of 3rd party assemblies that we leverage. Some of them do not yet have support for .Net 2.0. So I'm wondering what kind of problems I might be in for if I try to combine the two. Obviously I'll need to have both versions of the framework installed on the machine. Beyond that am I asking for trouble or should this work seamlessly? -Brett- Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113019
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    - Connection - MSSQL - HOST_ID Hi Everyone, I wonder if somebody knows what sets the value resulting from the HOST_ID() function in SQL2000. It seems that the OleDb connection sets that property (and pass it to the server when setting up the connection). My problem is that I need to create 2 connections in my application to the same database/server using the same credentials, but I need both connections to return different HOST_ID(). I haven't been able to accomplish that, currently my both, different connections return the same HOST_ID() when querying the database. Any ideas? Thanks, José Araujo. BTW: maybe this is a question for the SQL group. Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113018
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    - FileSystemWatcher onCreated tell where it was created from? I'm trying to get a piece of software that will monitor a location on a drive, and if something appears on the location, report what was created and, if applicable where it was copied from. For instance, monitor my D:\ I copy a file from C:\ to D:\ I get "<filename> created on D:\ from C:\<filename>" While I realize this may not be directly possible w/ .NET, if it's not, does somebody know where I could look in the WinAPI to find this out? Thanks -- He who dies with the most toys wins. Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113011
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    - how to use CompileAssemblyFromSource to generate windows gui exe I'm trying to compile some source from within in my c# 2.0 application. all works fine, but it always generates a windows console executable instead of a windows gui app. When i take a look with ildasm at the generated exe it says .subsystem 0x0003 // WINDOWS_CUI but i want it to be .subsystem 0x0002 // WINDOWS_GUI how can i tell the csharpcodeprovider to build a gui app? Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113004
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    - .NET 1.1 connectivity with SQL 2005 ???? does .net 1.1 supports SQL 2005 database connectivity??? are there any issues with it??? and secondly is conversion of 1.1 application supported in 2005 for converting them to 2005 versions or you have to manually update some code in UPGrade. any links to see these topics???? Regards, BizWorld Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113001
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    - DataGridViewComboBoxColumn or DataGridViewComboBoxCell Hi, I have created a dropdown in my grid using the below code. It only needs to display 2 values. The below allows me to acheive this, however, I want to be able to have the first item be the default item. In a real combobox I would just set the selectedIndex =0. It does not seem to be that easy to do in this case, or intuitive. There is no selectedIndex, selectedItem, text, etc. I even tried to work with the DataGridViewComboBoxCell, but again, not very intuitive. This should not be complicated. Can Anyone help me out here, All i want the dropdown to do is on load to have the first item visible, currently the below loads with no items selected, user has to select manually. 'Add Internal External DropDown Dim cboCol As New DataGridViewComboBoxColumn cboCol.Items.AddRange(New Object() {"Internal", "External"}) cboCol.Name = "cboCol" Me.dgAvail.Columns.Add(cboCol) Thanks,Dianna Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 113000
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    - Web service for IP address to Geographic location. Hi Does anyone know a Web service for IP address to Geographic location resolution? Thanks P.S. I am in the UK, but I assume any good web service would be worldwide?? Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 112992
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    - GUI's, threading and stopping the user clicking etc. I am would like to start making my programs more responsive by introducing threading. My programs perform reasonable size db queries and builds large treeviews etc. I know how to create thread and set them off etc, which leaves the GUI nice and responsive for the user. However, this also means that they might do something that affects the thread, like clearing the treeview, or trying to start another query while that is running. I would say that to start off I would like to stop the user doing ANYTHING while, say, a db query was running. What is the best way to achieve this? One way would be to have a global variable called boolBUSY, then every time the user tries to do something it first checks this variable before continuing. The only think about this way is that you have to put in in every event handler which seems a bit clunky. Or, similarly, you could check that the cursor is not an hourglass but this gives the same problem. Is there a way to ignore certain user input (keyboard, mouse click etc)? The Eclipse Java IDE brings up a little dialog box that says something along the lines of 'System busy, cannot interupt', which seems reasonable. Any pointers would be greatfully received. Thanks Kevin Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 112990
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    - Culture sensitive sorting doesn't appear to work Hi there: I am looking into collation for various cultures in attempt to make our web app sort correctly in multiple languages. I have tested the COLLATION keywork in sql server, and this works fine. However, the .Net stuff does not sort spanish language any differently that english: the 'ch' letter is not alphabetized after the letter 'c'. Any ideas why this might be? Below is the code I am using to test out String.Compare, Array.Sort, and SortKey.Compare, none of which work as I expected: string[] names = { "can", "cab", "chanel", "coco" }; // Sort in en-US culture Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-US"); Array.Sort(names); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); sb.AppendLine("Sorting array in en-US culture"); foreach (String name in names) { sb.AppendLine(name); } int result1 = String.Compare("coco", "chanel"); sb.AppendLine("String.Compare: result of coco vs. chanel = " + result1.ToString()); SortKey sc1 = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.CompareInfo.GetSortKey("coco"); SortKey sc2 = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.CompareInfo.GetSortKey("chanel"); // Compares the two sort keys and display the results. int result2 = SortKey.Compare(sc1, sc2); sb.AppendLine(string.Format("\nWhen the CurrentCulture is \"en-US\",\nthe " + "result of comparing {0} with {1} is: {2}", "coco", "chanel", result2)); Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("es-ES"); Array.Sort(names); sb.AppendLine("Sorting array in es-ES culture"); foreach (String name in names) { sb.AppendLine(name); } result1 = String.Compare("coco", "chanel"); sb.AppendLine("result of coco vs. chanel = " + result2.ToString()); sc1 = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.CompareInfo.GetSortKey("coco"); sc2 = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.CompareInfo.GetSortKey("chanel"); // Compares the two sort keys and display the results. result2 = SortKey.Compare(sc1, sc2); sb.AppendLine(string.Format("\nWhen the CurrentCulture is \"es-ES\",\nthe " + "result of comparing {0} with {1} is: {2}", "coco", "chanel", result2)); Here is the output from this program: Sorting array in en-US culture cab can chanel coco String.Compare: result of coco vs. chanel = 1 When the CurrentCulture is "en-US", the result of comparing coco with chanel is: 1 Sorting array in es-ES culture cab can chanel coco result of coco vs. chanel = 1 When the CurrentCulture is "es-ES", the result of comparing coco with chanel is: 1 Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 112989
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    - Missing sqlDataAdapter I'm using Infragistics NetVantage 2005 vol 3, and I'm trying to bind a WebGrid to a sqlDataSource. I can create the datasource, but in the sample, Infragistics says to "drag an oledbDataAdapter from the toolbox onto the form" ... I'm using MSSQL, so I'm looking for the sqlDataAdapter, but it's not in my toolbox. I see a reference to it when I rightclick the toolbox and select "Choose Toolbox Items", but that's is from the System.Data.SQLClient namespace and not a control, which is (I assume) why it's not showing up in the toolbox (I checked it anyway, and it doesn't show up). How do I get the sqlDataAdapter (or the oldebDataAdapter, for that matter) to show up in the toolbox? -- Scott McDaniel InfoTrakker Software Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 112988
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    - ieexplorer process.start() error status I am using VS2003 and my windows program may try to goto a URL site. I do this by starting a browser process thread p.start(). If the web page cannot be found or a connection to the internet is not present, the browser shows an error message in its display. I have not been able to figure out how to get the brower's error code, so the calling windows program can do additional processing. Can this be done? I am really open to suggestions on how to do this. Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 112987
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    - Reflection: Creating an array of a type? Hi, I'd like to create an array of a Type. How can I do that using reflection? Currently I'm using the following code to create single instances: constr=type.GetConstructor(new Type[]{...}); newObj=constr.Invoke(new object[]{...}); Now I need to create a typed array of that type to store a number of these instances. How can I do that? Any help is quite appreciated! TIA, Axel Dahmen Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 112985
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    - PsSetCreateProcessNotifyRoutine in C#? Does anyone know if there is a managed version of this method? I'm trying to detect when a screensaver is launched. Thanks Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 112984
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    - Regulare Expressions VERY SLOW in .NET 2.0 We have a .NET 1.1 application that used many regular expressions to see if small stings started with certin characters. When we ported this application to .NET 2.0 the regular expressions ran many times slower increasing our process time from 30 seconds in 1.1 to 30 minutes in 2.0. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Tag: Finding the current application which has focus. Tag: 112982

Hi
Does anyone have any code which can be used to find the current application
which has focus?

I want to try to retrieve the application name, or process name from the app
which has current focus.

Thanks

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Re: Finding the current application which has focus. by Michael

Michael
Sat Mar 11 08:37:52 CST 2006

Hello Paul,

Use API GetForegroundWindow() function
http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/user32/GetForegroundWindow.html

PA> Hi
PA> Does anyone have any code which can be used to find the current
PA> application
PA> which has focus?
PA> I want to try to retrieve the application name, or process name from
PA> the app which has current focus.
PA>
PA> Thanks
PA>
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WBR,
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"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not
cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsch

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Re: Finding the current application which has focus. by Stoitcho

Stoitcho
Mon Mar 13 08:44:55 CST 2006

Paul,

There is no managed solution for that. You need to call GetForegroundWindow
API for example.

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Stoitcho Goutsev (100)

"Paul Aspinall" <paul@aspy.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi
> Does anyone have any code which can be used to find the current
> application
> which has focus?
>
> I want to try to retrieve the application name, or process name from the
> app
> which has current focus.
>
>
> Thanks
>
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