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    - How to configure a formatter to StreamingContext.CrossProcess? I've got a class that contains lots of binary data (written in C++/CLI); To get decent serialization performance, I've implemented ISerializable using shared memory if the StreamingContext.State property allows it. Unfortunately, StreamingContext.State appears to be set to StreamingContext.Other everytime my GetObjectData-method is called (although both processes are on the same machine), so I have to do an expensive serialization (coping the data into a byte[]). Is there a way to tell the binary formatter that it's used locally (I'm using an IpcChannel, so this would be safe) via my remoting-config file? Or can I load my remoting-config file and then extract the BinaryFormatter so I can modify it's Context property? TIA, Niki Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119829
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    - Preventing ThreadAbortException. Is there any method that I can guarantee execution of a code path within a thread without a Thread.Abort call interrupting it? I am concerned that a file write that is done using two calls will not complete if the thread is aborted before the second call gets a chance to complete. I thought about setting the priority to highest for the critical calls, but I was not sure if this would be sufficient or not. -- ----------------------------------- Ken Varn Senior Software Engineer Diebold Inc. EmailID = varnk Domain = Diebold.com ----------------------------------- Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119820
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    - CultureInfo.NumericFormat and System.Convert I am having a problem where a few machines at my company are failing on the following line of code: double dbl = System.Convert.ToDouble("0"); I have traced it to the fact that for the thread's current culture ("en-US") the NumberFormat.PositiveSign is in fact set to "0" instead of "+". In .net 1.1 there was a culture.nlp file where this info was stored but it has changed in 2.0. Where is this "0" for PositiveSign coming from and why is it defaulted to zero on a small minority of boxes at my workplace? Below is a sample program that explains all. Thanks to anyone who can help. using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using System.Threading; using System.Globalization; namespace ConsoleApplication10 { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { //this line fails on several machines at LockHeed //it will work on most machines on which it is run double dbl = Convert.ToDouble("0"); //here we can reproduce the error we see on the problem machines CultureInfo ci = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US"); ci.NumberFormat.PositiveSign = "0"; Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = ci; dbl = Convert.ToDouble("0"); //The problem we are seeing is that on the problem machines //the PositiveSign property is "0" by default instead of the //proper value of "+". The culture on these boxes is "en-US". } } } Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119818
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    - .NET 2.0 I am using Visual Studio 2003 and I just updated from .NET 1.1 to 2.0. I have installed the 2.0 framework and the 2.0 SDK. However when I go into Visual Studio under help->about it still shows the .NET version as 1.1. Am I missing a step somewhere? Thank you, Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119812
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    - css issue hi, i have a web application. there is a css file applied to it. when i load the page for the first time, css is applied properly but after the postabck, css does not apply at all. it is strange. the application is working fine on all computers excpet my laptop. something wrong with my browser, it seems. if the application is installed on my laptop and i access it on another computer, it works perfect but if i run it on my laptop., the css problem exisits. similarly if the application is installed on another computer and i run it on my laptop, same css problem. please assist -- Regards Ginny Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119811
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    - add assembly="Microsoft.Office.Interop.Owc problem Howdy All, Any assistance would be appreciated - even a sound beating if so deserved... When I try to run an ASP.NET application on my Development server (w2k3, IIS6, 1.1 Framework) I get the following error in the Parser for the machine.config file (line 258): Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately. Parser Error Message: ? Source Error: Line 256: <add assembly="System.EnterpriseServices, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/> Line 257: <add assembly="System.Web.Mobile, Version=1.0.5000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"/> Line 258: <add assembly="Microsoft.Office.Interop.Owc, Version=10.0.4504.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"/> Line 259: <add assembly="*"/> Line 260: </assemblies> Source File: c:\windows\microsoft.net\framework\v1.1.4322\Config\machine.config Line: 258 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.2300; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.2300 Was working last time I checked (a couple of weeks ago) but now, nope. I've uninstalled/reinstalled the Owc, etc., to the great sound of the whistling wind. Works like a champ on my Staging and Production servers (same set up). Any ideas as to what a ? from the parser might indicate? Thanks Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119810
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    - Unhandled Exception in Windows Service Hello, I need to know if the AppDomain.UnhandledException event can be handled using a Windows Service. I've create a Windows Service that uses the Exception Handling Applilcation Block and there are certain exceptoions that I want bubbled up as unhandled exceptions so in the Main method I add a method for handling Unhandled Exceptions. The code never seems to get hit. Doing some research, I remember that the UnhandledException event is specific to one app domain. When the ServiceBase.Run(ServiceBase[]) method is called, I am assuming each servicebase is created in its own app domain. So for kicks I added the UnhandledException assignment to both the service constructor and the OnStart method, neither of which seems to have worked either. Does this even work from a Windows Service? Please advise. Thanks, The Man From SQL Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119805
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    - mixing assemblies Can I call a .NET 1.1 assembly from a .NET 2.0 assembly or vise versa? Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119803
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    - Where is the parameter argument collection? Hi! I have hundreds of functions. I would like to make a debug possibility. The first task is to list the parameter collection with a cycle. Where is the function parameter argument collection? thx. mcskf Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119802
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    - WM_KeyUp message on ComboBoxes The WM_KeyUp message doesn't seem to be firing for a combobox when the DropDownType is set to DropDown. Can anyone shed light as to why, and how to get around it? I'm trying to fix the NoKeyUpCombo inherited combobox (code below) to work with true ComboBoxes (where you can type into the box OR select from the list), but every DataGridComboBoxColumn example out there seems to only support the DropDownType of DropDownList. Here's the control for those that haven't seen it (the reason for cancelling the KeyUp is to prevent double-tabbing - the tab KeyDown and KeyUp events both cause a cell change for some reason): Public Class NoKeyUpCombo Inherits System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox Private Const WM_KEYUP As Integer = &H101 Private Const WM_MOUSEWHEEL As Integer = &H20A Protected Overrides Sub WndProc(ByRef theMessage As System.Windows.Forms.Message) If theMessage.Msg = WM_KEYUP Then Return Else MyBase.WndProc(theMessage) End If End Sub End Class Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119799
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    - Using IPC question: one process as IPC client and server at same time problem. Hi! Each machine is running couple of processes. Each process is using my Cache object. The question: how to notify "other" processes when cache of any process became invalid? I mean to set communication between processes. I've started to implemented IPC channel, but it couldn't be implemented, because in my case each process should be client of all others process and also should be a server for all other clients(other processes) as well. I've planned to run follow code on static constructor of Cache object, But it doesn't work. Error Message i got: Attempt to redirect activation for type 'MyTest.CacheChangeNotifier, MyTest.Cache'. This is not allowed since either a well-known service type has already been registered with that type or that type has been registered has a activated service type I wan't to create each other exe separate notificatior class. ------------ static Cache() { m_ProcessesNode = (XmlNode)Settings.GetData("ExternalProcesses"); RegisterServerChannelIPC(); RegisterClientChannelsIPC(); } private static void RegisterServerChannelIPC() { Hashtable properties = new Hashtable(); BinaryServerFormatterSinkProvider serverProv = new BinaryServerFormatterSinkProvider(); serverProv.TypeFilterLevel = System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.TypeFilterLevel.Full; string portName = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName; properties["portName"] = portName; properties["authorizedGroup"] = "Everyone"; IpcServerChannel chan = new IpcServerChannel(properties, serverProv); chan.StartListening(null); ChannelServices.RegisterChannel(chan, false); Assembly assemblyObject = Assembly.LoadFrom(m_InstallPath + m_ProcessesNode.SelectSingleNode("assembly").InnerText); Type myType; myType = assemblyObject.GetType("MyTest.CacheChangeNotifier"); RemotingConfiguration.RegisterWellKnownServiceType( myType, "Cache", WellKnownObjectMode.SingleCall); } private static void RegisterClientChannelsIPC() { XmlNodeList processesList = m_ProcessesNode.SelectNodes("ExternalProcess"); m_RemoteObjects = new List<CacheChangeNotifier>(); foreach(XmlNode nodeProcess in processesList) { if(nodeProcess.InnerText != System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName) { IpcClientChannel clientChannel = new IpcClientChannel(nodeProcess.InnerText + "_Client", null); clientChannel.IsSecured = false; ChannelServices.RegisterChannel(clientChannel, false); Assembly assemblyObject = Assembly.LoadFrom(m_InstallPath + m_ProcessesNode.SelectSingleNode("assembly").InnerText); Type myType; myType = assemblyObject.GetType("MyTest.CacheChangeNotifier"); RemotingConfiguration.RegisterWellKnownClientType(myType, "ipc://" + nodeProcess.InnerText + @"/Cache"); CacheChangeNotifier item = new CacheChangeNotifierClient(); m_RemoteObjects.Add(item); } } } internal class CacheChangeNotifier : MarshalByRefObject { internal virtual void Clear_Notify(string cacheID) { Cache.GetCache(cacheID).Clear(); } } internal class CacheChangeNotifierClient : CacheChangeNotifier { } internal class CacheChangeNotifierServer : CacheChangeNotifier { } public ClearCache(string id) { foreach(CacheChangeNotifier notifProxy in m_RemoteObjects) { try { notifProxy.Clear_Notify(id);//it will run in remote process } catch(Exception ex) { EventLogger.WriteMessage("Cache proxy Clear_Notify( ) failed\n" + ex.Message); } } } ------------ Error Message i got: Attempt to redirect activation for type 'MyTest.CacheChangeNotifier, MyTest.Cache'. This is not allowed since either a well-known service type has already been registered with that type or that type has been registered has a activated service type Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Evgeny Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119798
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    - Sending chr(255) to serial port Hi I need to send a chr(255) to a serial port. When I send it, through comm.write (chr(255)) it sends a chr(63) ... in Hex, I write chr(&FF) and it actually sends chr(&3F) ... why does this happen, and how can I send it right ? I'm using vb.net 2005 express with framework 2.0 Thanks for an answear ... Mike Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119796
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    - VS.Net 2003 Debugger Problem Hi ! I am getting this error when I try to run a web project : "Cannot start debugging. Unable to find Microsoft Internet Explorer." This is happening even if I have a brand new web app, without a single line of code ! Please help. Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119794
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    - Books for building Frameworks Hi NG. Can you tell me some books which deals with building my own Application Framework? I've already the book from Xin Chen. Are there some more? Thanks in advance Stefan Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119792
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    - communicate between two exe applications Hi, There are are two app,named App1 and App2. When run App1, it will run App2 automatically. On the other hand, when terminate App1, App2 will aslo be terminated. I think App1 and App2 in a different domain, how to communicate them? I don't want to use process.kill() method to find and kill app2 process when App1 terminated. does "delegate" can do it? Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119791
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    - SaveFileDialog translation issue Hi all. In my application I use SaveFileDialog as follows. SaveFileDialog exportFileDialog = new SaveFileDialog(); exportFileDialog.Filter = "csv files (*.csv)|*.csv"; exportFileDialog.RestoreDirectory = true ; exportFileDialog.CreatePrompt = true; Since I have enabled CreatePrompt to true, for every new file am prompted with a message box with the following message. "C:\xyx.csv" does not exist. Do you want to create it?" My issues is that, when I execute this application in French Windows XP, title and the buttons of this message box are translated to French but the above message is in English. I don't understand why this message ("...does not exist. Do you want to create it?") is not translated to French? Title was translated to "Enregistrer sous" and OK and cancel was translated to "Oui" & "Non". Thanks in advance. SaveFileDialog translation issue Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119790
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    - Launching and Monitoring Executables I have a Windows Service I am writing in C# and a set of, let us say three, other executables written in C# (mostly console applications). I want that the Windows Service must do so every few seconds: Check to see if each of the other executables are running or not. If they are not running, it should load them. For this purpose, I am planning the following: I'll take a timer object and set it to an appropriate interval. In the timer's timer/elapsed event, I will check if the other executables are running or not. For checking that, I can use either of the following approaches: 1. Use OpenProcess/CreateProcess with LP_SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES set to NULL and with PROCESS_INFO. This will give me everything I need to know, like, the threadID, the processID, in order to determine if the process is running or not. The processID will be constant throughout the life of each process. This will help me check if a process is running or not. 2. ShellExecute/ShellExecuteEx - I am not sure if this is the right approach. If I am assuming correctly, ShellExecuteEx only sets GetLastError and returns a bool/int indicating success or failure. This may not be the approach I might want to take as this will not give me any information as to the status of the executable I have launched. Besides, even semantically, this method might not be suited for the purpose I have at hand, which is not to "launch documents in their associated application." 3. Create a new app domain for each process I want to launch, add all the appDomains to the same process, call ExecuteAssembly the Application Domain for each executable I want to launch. However, with the third approach, my knowledge of application domains is still limited. I have a couple of questions in this regard. a. Given that all this checking will be performed by a Windows Service, which is not really a Win32 process, like ordinary Windows PE files or executables, whether managed or unmanaged, what are the implications of creating appdomains from within a Windows service? Is it an alright thing to do to launch other Win32 processes from within a Windows service? b. Would it be possible for me to monitor the lifetime of an executable which I execute inside an application domain? Remember that my main purpose is to monitor in a timer if an application is running or not, and if not, to launch it again. c. What is the difference between System.AppDomain.Load() and System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly()? Sorry, I am being lazy here, but it is easier to ask a forum. I'm on my way to the MSDN, anyway. But kindly oblige. Thanks very much for your thoughts. Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119789
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    - HttpWebRequest Headers and Host Hi, I would like to ask a question . i need to write a code that connects to a site (for example www.example.com) by with a different host (for exapmple www.something.com) . i read in msdn that i can not change the host with WebRequest. i did a search in the web and i found in google groups a code that seems like an answer . http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.framework/browse_thread/thread/17c5369520221c8/4e768c733ad2f451?q=HttpWebRequest+and+Host+Header&rnum=1#4e768c733ad2f451 i tried to write this like "Dave P" suggested but i get and error "The remote server returned an error: (502) Bad Gateway." so i read more an i found that this error created because of proxy error. can some one please help me with this problem . The Code i wrote is : ASCIIEncoding encoding = new ASCIIEncoding(); string postData = "ltmpl=login&continue=https://adwords.google.com/select/gaiaauth&followup=https://adwords.google.com/select/gaiaauth&service=adwords&nui=3&fpui=1&ifr=true&rm=hide&ltmpl=login&hl=en-US&alwf=true&GA3T=pGTxzAH_vFg&Email=advertising@compile.co.il&Passwd=moman81&null=Sign in"; byte[] data = encoding.GetBytes(postData); string url = "http://www.something.com"; HttpWebRequest myRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url); myRequest.Proxy = new WebProxy("http://www.example.com",false); myRequest.Method = "POST"; myRequest.AllowAutoRedirect = true; myRequest.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"; myRequest.ContentLength = data.Length; Stream newStream = myRequest.GetRequestStream(); // Send the data. newStream.Write(data, 0, data.Length); newStream.Close(); WebResponse myResponse = myRequest.GetResponse(); Stream ReceiveStream = myResponse.GetResponseStream(); Encoding encode = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("utf-8"); StreamReader readStream = new StreamReader(ReceiveStream, encode); string str = readStream.ReadToEnd(); readStream.Close(); myResponse.Close(); Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119788
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    - How do you tell if the .Net Framework 2.0 is installed? On Windows Server 2003, how do you tell if the .Net Framework version 2.0 is installed? Thanks. BBM Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119780
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    - aspnet user as we know The .NET Framework runs all ASP.NET processes under the local ASPNET account. is there anyw ay that I can change the user and instead of a local user use a Domain user ? thnx Mahmoudreza Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119765
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    - Enterprise Library 2.0 installation problem I have tried to install the Enterprise Library 2.0 on my machine with VS 2005 Standard. I get the first welcome screen, hit next and get a "Fatal Error" "Installation ended prematurely because of an error." I cannot find any information on this. Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119761
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    - Testing for invalid characters when creating a directory? Is there an easy way to test a directory name for invalid characters before trying to create that directory? I know how to get a character array of invalid characters (Path.GetInvalidPathChars) but do I have to go to all of the trouble of writing of my validation method or is there something built in to the .NET Framework that I haven't found yet? Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119760
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    - Intra-thread lock Hi Is there something like an intra-thread lock? I'm trying to prevent re-entrant code, and the lock statement will only prevent one thread from entering the critical section while another thread is in it - since my code is triggered by a gui event, it's not impossible that it could be called twice from the same thread. I could simulate a lock by having a private variable "busy" and setting that to true when I start processing, false when I stop, and check it before I begin processing - but then either I have to throw an exception if I'm already busy processing (which I'd prefer not to do), or I'd have to use a polling wait loop to simulate a blocking call - which seems ugly. Any ideas of a better way to do this? Thanks Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119755
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    - Convert asynchronous to synchronous Hi I have a method which I want to present as a synchronous call - you pass in your parameters, and the result as a return value. But within that method, I need to spin off a thread, wait for it to finish doing some stuff, and return a value to the calling method. The problem is that my method may be called on the gui thread (since it's out of my control where my method is called from), and the gui will become unresponsive while my method is running if I wait for the thread to finish using Thread.Join. So what I'm doing at the moment is a loop like this: while (Thread.IsAlive) { Thread.Sleep(100); Application.DoEvents(); } Now I know that using Application.DoEvents like that is horrible, but I can't see any other way to wait for the thread to finish before returning the value to the calling method. Sure, I could pass the thread a delegate to call when it's finished, but I want the whole process to appear to be synchronous to the calling method. Is there a better way to accomplish this? Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119754
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    - DataGridView Help DataGridView bind to DataSet which read data from a XML file, when I edit the cell value and save back, it's ok; but when change the cell value programmaticlly, the value can not save back to XML file. Help , please! Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119749
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    - How to track Form.WindowState changes? Apparently there are no event associated with a change of the form's WindowState property. How do I know when my windows has been miniaturized? Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119748
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    - Could not create Microsoft.VisualBasic.Logging.FileLogTraceListener, Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, Hi Expert, I am the fan of VB My.Application.Log. When I create a new project, it works but after some times My.Application.Log.WriteEntry nno longer work. Exception is enclosed: Could not create Microsoft.VisualBasic.Logging.FileLogTraceListener, Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, processorArchitecture=MSIL. System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException was caught BareMessage="Could not create Microsoft.VisualBasic.Logging.FileLogTraceListener, Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, processorArchitecture=MSIL." Line=0 Message="Could not create Microsoft.VisualBasic.Logging.FileLogTraceListener, Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a, processorArchitecture=MSIL." Source="System" StackTrace: at System.Diagnostics.TraceUtils.GetRuntimeObject(String className, Type baseType, String initializeData) at System.Diagnostics.TypedElement.BaseGetRuntimeObject() at System.Diagnostics.ListenerElement.GetRuntimeObject() at System.Diagnostics.ListenerElement.GetRuntimeObject() at System.Diagnostics.ListenerElementsCollection.GetRuntimeObject() at System.Diagnostics.TraceSource.Initialize() at System.Diagnostics.TraceSource.get_Attributes() at Microsoft.VisualBasic.Logging.Log.DefaultTraceSource.get_HasBeenConfigured() at Microsoft.VisualBasic.Logging.Log..ctor() at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.ApplicationBase.get_Log() at NoClone.AppLogHelper.LogSearchStart() in C:\Documents and Settings\Alan\My Documents\Project1\AppLogHelper.vb:line 46 The innerException is {"Illegal characters in path."} Please advice. Alan Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119746
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    - MSBuild heirarchy of projects like corext I'd like to use msbuild to build on a heirarchy of projects, based on the directory structure of the sources like CoreXt does. Is there a good way to do this? I'd like to have some folders where external libraries are located, and some folders where some libraries are built. Further, I'd like to have other projects which depend on some of these libraries, and also depend on each other. I'd like to organize these projects in seperate folders, but I dont' want to have a master "Solution" file which knows about all of these. I would like to have each project as an independent entity and allow the build to be started from anywhere in this heirarchy. For example, a root directory would contain several subdirectories, each of which would contain several projects, or even more subdirectories with more projects. I like the notion of the corext dirs file which allows independently adding/removing projects from the "build" by just editing the dirs file in the projects parent directory. Is there a good way of doing this with msbuild? If msbuild does not support this sort of thing, will it in the future? -- Jaan Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119744
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    - Possible VS2003 c# compiler bug: error CS0584: Internal Compiler Error: stage 'COMPILE' symbol '' Hi everybody! It's the second time it happens to me... Working with typed DataSets and doing copy & paste, I compile and get weirds messages like these: An internal error has occurred in the compiler. To work around this problem, try simplifying or changing the program near the locations listed below. Locations at the top of the list are closer to the point at which the internal error occurred. error CS0584: Internal Compiler Error: stage 'BIND' symbol 'WindowsApplication1.Form1.Form1_Load(object, System.EventArgs)' error CS0584: Internal Compiler Error: stage 'COMPILE' symbol 'WindowsApplication1.Form1' error CS0584: Internal Compiler Error: stage 'COMPILE' symbol 'WindowsApplication1' error CS0584: Internal Compiler Error: stage 'COMPILE' symbol '' error CS0586: Internal Compiler Error: stage 'COMPILE' Once you get one of these you must exit VS2003, because the compiler does not work anymore... Here is how to reproduce it: Create a Solution, with 2 projects, one client app and one class library. In the class library proyect add a typed Dataset, and a class with a method like this: public MyDataset FakeFunction (MyDataset.ClassificationDataTable table) { return new MyDataset(); } In the client app, call the method in this way (here's where the error is): MyDataset ds2 = MyClass.FakeFunction(ds.ClassificationDataTable); That is you miss it doing copy-paste, you should have written: MyDataset ds2 = MyClass.FakeFunction(ds.Classification); And you got the evil messages, very descriptive, aren't they? The curious thing about it is that if you place the class with the method and the Dataset in the client app proyect, the error message is accourate, so the error only happens when referencing another project: error CS0572: 'ClassificationDataTable': cannot reference a type through an expression; try 'ClassLibrary1.MyDataset.ClassificationDataTable' instead Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119743
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    - system.drawing.printersettings.installedprinters not enumerating all printers! I have a problem on a specific pc... On the PC, in control panel > Printers there are a few printers listed, including a printer that is a network share on another PC. I have some code that adds these printers to a combobox so that the user can pick a printer, this code is : ====================================== Dim pkInstalledPrinters As String ' Find all printers installed For Each pkInstalledPrinters In _ PrinterSettings.InstalledPrinters Me.ComboBox1.Items.Add(pkInstalledPrinters) Next pkInstalledPrinters ================================= The printer in question just doesn't display! The pc is Windows XP Professional SP2, and the project is vb.net/Framework 1.1. Is this a bug with the framework, or possibly something on the PC in question? Many thanks in advance Simon -- ================================ Simon Verona Dealer Management Service Ltd Stewart House Centurion Business Park Julian Way Sheffield S9 1GD Tel: 0870 080 2300 Fax: 0870 735 0011 Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119742
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    - Getting the values of checkbox(es) checked in a checkboxlist using JavaScript Hi All, I am using CallBack feature in ASP.NET 2.0 and I am running into a problem with checkboxlist control. I have to find out which checkboxes are checked and get their values at client-side(using JavaScript) but always I get a value "undefined"....this code works for all other controls except checkboxlist and radiobuttonlist controls. I am pasting my code below Please let me know wht am i doing wrong. At Server Side:- chkBoxList.Attributes.Add("onclick", "UseCallBack('" & chkBoxList.UniqueID & "');") At ClientSide:- function UseCallBack(cntrlName) { var cntrlID = cntrlName.split("$") ; var cntrlValue = listValues(cntrlName); var cntrlNameValue = cntrlID + '~' + cntrlValue; GetCallBack(cntrlNameValue, ""); } function listValues(objectName) { var list = null; for (var i=0; i<objectName.length;i++){ if (document.getElementById(objectName[i]).checked) { list += objectName[i].value + ','; } } return list; } After the Values are determined I am grabbing the values on ServerSide's RaiseCallBack Event method. Please Help!!!! Thanks Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119739
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    - Check result of call into Windows API Using Windows XP with all updates applied and Visual Studio 2.0. I am trying to develop some common error-handling of Windows API invocations that fail and am using MessageBeep as the API to test with. Given 1) the following Imports statement: Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices 2) the following declaration of MessageBeep: <DllImport("user32.dll", _ EntryPoint:="MessageBeep", _ SetLastError:=True, _ CallingConvention:=CallingConvention.StdCall)> _ Public Function MessageBeep(ByVal wType As Int32) As Boolean End Function 3) the following code to test passing an invalid value to MessageBeep Dim MBResult As Boolean Dim MBErrorCode As Integer MBResult = MessageBeep(-2) If MBResult Then MBErrorCode = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error End If When I set a break-point after the assignment to MBErrorCode, I see that it has a value of 127 -- "The specified procedure could not be found". I was expecting a value of 87 -- "The parameter is incorrect". Note that when I pass MessageBeep a value of 0 -- a presumably valid value -- I get the same result. -- // Lee Silver // Information Concepts Inc. // // Converting data into information since 1981 Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119737
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    - Single or multiple assemblies for big apps and code reuse? Hi everyone, I have a question about .NET code sharing and reuse, and also about application design best practices / guidelines. Currently, we have many different .NET projects in source depot. Although they are different, in some of them we share C# code by referencing source files that are external (not part of the projects) on each project. For instance, some of our projects have the typical â??sourcesâ?? file with: SOURCES = \ ..\..\some_other_different_unrelated_project_A\fileA1.cs \ ..\..\some_other_different_unrelated_project_B\fileB1.cs \ ..\..\some_other_different_unrelated_project_B\fileB2.cs \ Program.cs Class.cs And so on. Some people in my team think that DLLs and assemblies are evil and should be completely avoided. Therefore, they advocate treating all projects in the depot as one huge, monolithic project (even they are not, as they are different projects), sharing code by referencing source files all over the depot. Basically, each application has one and only one assembly containing all the application source code plus all source code that belong to other projects too but is reused by referencing the other project(s) C# source files. Other team members (BTW facing huge opposition) insist in packing the shareable code into one or more assemblies, although for some people, assemblies and DLLs are absolutely forbidden. Can someone please tell me the pros and cons of each approach? Is it right to be completely against packing certain substantial modules or pieces of functionality into separated assembly/assemblies, as opposed to having one and only one single, huge monolithic assembly containing the whole application + other project source files? Those in favor of having shareable code packed into separate assemblies, instead of putting everything (all the source code of the application plus the sources of our libraries, plus the sources of all subsystems, etc.) into one, big monolithic assembly, point to these other URIs: http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/compcat/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnbda/html/distapp.asp http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/compcat/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/dnbda/html/apparchch2.asp http://weblogs.asp.net/savanness/archive/2003/07/22/10417.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconassembliesoverview.asp So, I wonder, are there any guidelines and/or best practices/patterns/anti-patterns in regards to C# source code sharing and reusing among different projects? Any authoritative answers? Is it reassonable to build big, different applications from one huge source tree, having only one and just one assembly per application and nothing more? Or it makes more sense to split the app into multiple assemblies, but keeping the number of assemblies to a minimum? Thanks and regards, Claudio Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119736
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    - Using the mousewheel Hello, I try to use the mousewheel in a user control to to scroll in a pannel where I draw with GDI+ . due to the fact that a pannel don't has focus, I have no mousewheel event at my dispositon. Is there a work around? Someone has an idee? tnx in advance. Jean Paul Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119733
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    - Urgent :"Your Account will Expire within N Days". Urgent :"Your Account will Expire within N Days". Here "N" is the number of days from which this message starts popping,I need to fetch this information from the active directory, please provide me details in solving this issue ? Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119727
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    - ADSI Problem Hi Can anyone tell me how I can check the status of an account in Active Directory using C#. I mean, I need to know whether, Account is locked, Password expired or Password needs to be changed at next logon, etc. The problem is that in all these cases, .Net throws a generic exception and there is no way for me to know what was the exact cause of the error. This is a little urgent. Thanks in advance Vikas Manghani Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119726
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    - friend class in c# I would like to know in c# if there is any way to have 'friend' class just like in C++. I know there is the 'internal' keyword, but this will allow access to all the classes of the assembly and I want to allow access only to a specific class. if No what is the reason? Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119724
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    - Loading an assembly from a stream Is there a way to load an assembly from a stream instead of from the file system? The static methods in System.Assembly.Reflection don't support anything other than file names or assembly names as a source for the various Load methods. TIA Henning. Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119714
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    - .net 2.0 system.web dll Can anyone tell me what dll file contains the system.web namespace in .net version 2? The only thing I can reference is the v1.1 system.web.dll. Thanks, Jim Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119712
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    - Copying to clipboard using Ctrl-C or Clipboard.SetText What is the difference between copying to the clipboard using Ctrl-C and Clipboard.SetText? When I use Ctrl-C I get line feeds as I expect. When I copy to the clipboard using SetText I just see little boxes (which I am assuming is the carriage return or line feed). I am trying to copy text from a RichTextBox control to the clipboard. Thank you. Kevin Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119707
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    - .NET C++ SMTP question I have been asked to do the following: Create an application that will take an e-mail address entered by the user into a field and, once a button is clicked, will take that e-mail address and check it against the mail server for that address using SMTP to determine if it's a valid or invalid mailbox. Can anyone suggest a resource for doing the SMTP checking? Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119705
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    - The given path's format is not supported. I have a web page where a user can upload a .pdf document. When I test it on my machine and also from the live site, it allows me to upload a document fine. When a co-worker tries to use it, he gets System.NotSupportedException: The given path's format is not supported. When I try to upload the same document, no problems. Anyone know what the problem might be? Thanks. Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119703
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    - window.close problem Hi! On this URL is the example of my problem.... http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=RedirectAct&fcategoryid=313&modelid=9429&URL=http://www.usa.canon.com:80/consumer/controller?act=SecondRedirectAct&nav=second&fileURL=/app/pdf/slr/Rebel_brochure.pdf&type=DNLD As it loads, it starts to process the script and then comes to window.close that shows the dialog box asking user if it should close the browser window. Since I am using IE as control in .net 2.0 and using some extension to it found on codeproject site, I want to handle all browser UI with my dialogs, but unfortunately event that is supposed to be firing doesn't fire. It is WindowClosing event, that even has cancel parameter. My ideas: 1. find out if there is some hidden property inside Internet Explorer registry that would default the dialog box to yes or to no (no success there) 2. find if there is a way to use Navigate() to the url, then use some event that is fired after the document is loaded but before the script runs (no success there either) 3. make local proxy server that would filter out window.close from the script Am I missing something, please advise. Thx Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119702
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    - Finally, handling resizes and and MDI's scrollbar. Been trying to figure out how to resize forms indside an MDI Form, when the form itself is resized dynamically, to maximize and anchors do not help. The problem was getting the size of the scrollbars, and effecting the resize at the right time. For me, the answer was finding the MDIClient and AddHandlering its Layout event. MDIClient is the client area inside the MDI form, in my case, without a scrollbar, MDIClient.ClientRectangle.Width was 4 less the MDI.Rectangle.Width (must be two pixels for each of the MDI's borders). With a scrollbar it jumped to 20 (likely the scrollbar is 16 pixels wide). Getting the MDIClient (as found in the newsgroups) is done with a ForEach cycling through all controls in the MDI's control collection and finding the one with the type MDIClient. Should probably be index of 0, unless the user makes it an MDI in the code after other controls are added. The second thing was handling those scrollbars. That is done by the MDIClient's layout event, at which time, the scrollbars et al have been taken into account. Since the MDIClient is not there right away, the Handler must be refered to in the code. The declaration of the MDIClient's Layout event is the same as the MDI's Layout event. B. Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119701
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    - Problems with ASP.Net 2.0 and JavaScript OK, Im working with a DataList in .Net 2.0, the code shows the list when the query has executed. I have the page feature in its own div and display:none so its not visible until the list shows. Ive written javascript in ASP.Net to show the DIV. The code is as follows: jScript = "<script LANGUAGE=""javascript"">" & vbNewLine jScript = jScript & "function ToggleDiv(id){" & vbNewLine jScript = jScript & "var elem = document.getElementById(id);" & vbNewLine jScript = jScript & "if (elem)" & vbNewLine jScript = jScript & "{" & vbNewLine jScript = jScript & " if (elem.style.display != 'block')" & vbNewLine jScript = jScript & " {" & vbNewLine jScript = jScript & " elem.style.display = 'block';" & vbNewLine jScript = jScript & " elem.style.visibility = 'visible';" & vbNewLine jScript = jScript & " }" & vbNewLine jScript = jScript & " else" & vbNewLine jScript = jScript & " {" & vbNewLine jScript = jScript & " elem.style.display = 'none';" & vbNewLine jScript = jScript & " elem.style.visibility = 'hidden';" & vbNewLine jScript = jScript & " }" & vbNewLine jScript = jScript & " }" & vbNewLine jScript = jScript & "}" & vbNewLine jScript = jScript & "ToggleDiv('Page_Div');" & vbNewLine jScript = jScript & "</sc" & "ript>" Response.Write(jScript) I dont get any errors, but the javascript doesn't execute either. Anyone have any ideas? Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119700
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    - Fingerprint API Ok, this seems like a no brainer but I've seen almost nothing about. Pocket PC's can be purchased with fingerprint readers for security purposes. Surely this functionality could be packaged into and API and integrated with Windows Authentication. I know my users would be well served by logging in with a fingerprint scan rather than tapping out a secure password into the SIP. Bill Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119693
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    - xsd.exe and Enums Hallo, I have used the xsd.exe tool a year ago (version 1.1.4322.2032) to generate a vb class to serialize xml. All string enums in the xml are availible in the vb code as strings. If I use the same tool today the code is different to that a year ago - especially the enums are different. Now I get Integer values for enums which are strings. I have to use .ToString to get the string value. Why ist that different? regards Tag: SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId & PInvoke Tag: 119687

Hi everybody,

Can somebody show me or point me to a working C# example using
SetupDiGetDeviceInstanceId from the setupapi.dll ?

This particular function has me stumped!

Thanks,

KS

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