I'm using a dll that contains unmanaged code for interacting with specific hardware, and I'm trying to use it from C#, but I keep getting an AccessViolationException. What's causing it, and how can I fix it? namespace FingerPrint { public unsafe partial class Form1 : Form { [DllImport("MyDll.dll")] public static ex...
This should be and easy one for the LINQ gurus out there. I'm doing a complex Query using UNIONS and CONTAINSTABLE in my database to return ranked results to my application. I'm getting duplicates in my returned data. This is expected. I'm using CONTAINSTABLE and CONTAINS to get all the results I need. CONTAINSTABLE is ranked by SQL a...
I have a WCF service (the same one) running on multiple servers, and I'd like to call all instances in parallel from a single client. I'm using ChannelFactory and the interface (contract) to call the service. Each service has a local <endpoint> client defined in the .config file. What I'm trying to do is build some kind of generic frame...
We need to determine a quick way for our web application deployed in a DMZ to communicate to our SQL server that lives in the protected network. Only port 80 is open and available, and no direct SQL traffic is allowed across the firewall. So take the following simple system. A web page (default.aspx) makes a call (string GetData()) th...
It's fairly simple to play a sound file, say temp.wav, from Visual Studio C#. I'm looking for a way to do this without temp.wav being locatable from the machine running the program. IE - I want to read the .WAV file into my solution so that it is somehow inside of my .EXE and be played by it. Is this possible? ...
I have written a C# dot net application that updates the SMTP relay restriction list in IIS 6. Running the application locally works great and I can add/remove IPs/DNS from the relay restriction list without any problem. Now I need to do the same for a SMTP server that is not running on the same webserver that I have the application ru...
I've recently reorganized a solution-in-progress from 24 projects to 4. To keep the copious files organized in the "main" project, things are in folders in folders in folders. I think I've preserved a logical, discoverable arrangement of the solution content. As a result, of course, I end up with namespaces like AppName.DataAccess.NHib...
Hi, I found that code somewhere and I find it quite useful but I would like to find a way to make it work so it capture only the given window target. Maybe with a processID or Window Name. Even if that window is not active. I do not want to make that window active but want to get a screen capture like if I was doing Alt+PrintScreen on ...
I have data coming into my Model, how do I setup to insert the data in a table? public string Name { get; set; } public string Address { get; set; } public string City { get; set; } public string State { get; set; } public string Zip { get; set; } public Info() { using (SqlConnection connect = new Sq...
Hi there, Does anyone know of a good framework to allow me design permission and roles against users. Basically allowing me to automatically check a user can do a certain thing, and then disabling or enabling menu items etc I am not really looking for asp.net security ... as i need to use it in my own service layer and clients both WE...
I'm trying to override the cursor for the entire computer this.Cursor = Cursors.Pen; System.Windows.Input.Mouse.OverrideCursor = Cursors.Pen; This works within the WPF "Window", but not anywhere outside it. What .dll will let me do this? ...
I need a regular expression that matches three consecutive characters (any alphanumeric character) in a string. Where 2a82a9e4eee646448db00e3fccabd8c7 "eee" would be a match. Where 2a82a9e4efe64644448db00e3fccabd8c7 "444" would be a match. etc. ...
MySqlCommand command = connection.CreateCommand(); command.CommandText = string.Format("SELECT * FROM characters WHERE account_id = '{0}'", this.ID); MySqlDataReader reader = command.ExecuteReader(); while (reader.Read()) { ... } I get an error at the last line saying "Invalid attempt to Read when reader is closed." Now, if I add anot...
Hello, I'm trying to use the Create method of the Win32_Service class, but when I call the InvokeMethod, I receive this exception: System.Management.ManagementException: Invalid method at System.Management.ManagementException.ThrowWithExtendedInfo(ManagementStatus errorCode) at System.Management.ManagementObject.InvokeMethod(String met...
Work on this small test application to learn threading/locking. I have the following code, I would think that the line should only write to console once. However it doesn't seem to be working as expected. Any thoughts on why? What I'm trying to do is add this Lot object to a List, then if any other threads try and hit that list, it w...
I designed the data access portion of our framework so that every time a business object needs to interact with the database it would have to open a connection, invoke the data access layer (to execute the query), and then close the connection. Then if it needed to run in a transaction it would open the connection, begin the transaction,...
I'm looking for an library/tool for .NET that logs almost everything that happens in my C# application (Windows Form). The problem is that I'm delivering an application to a client (Windows XP) and after doing some task, that classic Microsoft error window appears: "ApplicationName has encountered a problem and needs to close. We ...
What am I doing wrong? using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics; using Box2D.XNA; //... Type.Parse("GameObjectModel"); Compilation error: 'System.Type' does not contain a definition for 'Parse' I am trying to get the type of a class name from a stri...
Is the following pattern of multi-threaded calls acceptable to a .Net FileStream? Several threads calling a method like this: ulong offset = whatever; // different for each thread byte[] buffer = new byte[8192]; object state = someState; // unique for each call, hence also for each thread lock(theFile) { theFile.Seek(whatever, See...
Is there a .NET API available to get data from your XBox Live account? All I'm really interested in is who's online, but messages would be cool too. And some sort of event driven notifications of user sign-on would be great, but I'll poll if need be. ...