Re: Making application Vista compatible? - C# Discussion Boards

Gareth H15-Jun-08 4:03

Gareth H

15-Jun-08 4:03

I think that is CP disallowing them because it thinks he might be doing something bad.

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#realJSOP15-Jun-08 5:12

#realJSOP

15-Jun-08 5:12

I think I mentioned that possibility. Still, I've written numerous class libraries in C#, and I've never once specifically created a XML file. I know it's not looking for one because I typically copy just the DLL into a separate folder before using it. It might be a project setting, but there's no external file associated with intellisense.

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Ian Uy15-Jun-08 5:25

Ian Uy

15-Jun-08 5:25

Good Day Sir,

That is exactly what I'm doing. After building the Class Library, I copy the DLL file then I add a reference to that DLL file in a new project, but the intellisense no longer works.

Thanks!

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Chris Maunder15-Jun-08 5:15

Chris Maunder

15-Jun-08 5:15

Just to clarify: you are actually putting some wording in the summary /summary section...?

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Making application Vista compatible?

Ian Uy15-Jun-08 5:23

Ian Uy

15-Jun-08 5:23

yes sir, I did.

But it wont show up here even with the gt and lt signs.

Richard Blythe14-Jun-08 17:22

Richard Blythe

14-Jun-08 17:22

Can someone point me to some good material on designing an application to be Vista compatible? I've did a minor google search but haven't found anything of value.

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Re: Making application Vista compatible?

rp_suman14-Jun-08 19:07

rp_suman

14-Jun-08 19:07

Download and take a look at this doc:

how to develop User Account Control (UAC) compliant applications for Windows Vista[^]

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Re: Making application Vista compatible?

Christian Graus15-Jun-08 2:04

Want my form to permit focus to "penetrate" to whatever window is under

15-Jun-08 2:04

Vista is a nightmare. The main thing tho, is to make sure you don't try to write to any files in the application directory. Your config files need to be in the users folder, not the app folder.

Christian Graus

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FocusedWolf14-Jun-08 14:00

Re: Want my form to permit focus to "penetrate" to whatever window is under

14-Jun-08 14:00

So if i had my form open, and i click, the click will fall to the desktop, or other forms...

any easy way to do this?

Christian Graus14-Jun-08 15:53

Re: Want my form to permit focus to "penetrate" to whatever window is under

14-Jun-08 15:53

Not a trivial way, no.

FocusedWolf14-Jun-08 16:27

Re: Want my form to permit focus to "penetrate" to whatever window is under

14-Jun-08 16:27

hmm so does the hard way involve wndproc in some fashion, or are we talking harder :P

Christian Graus14-Jun-08 16:47

Re: Want my form to permit focus to "penetrate" to whatever window is under [modified]

14-Jun-08 16:47

You can actually call an API called WindowFromPoint. So, hide your window, call that API on the screen point you clicked, convert to a point relative to the window and send it a WM_CLICK message. And a WM_LBUTTONDOWN and WM_LBUTTONUP. FIddly, more than anything.

FocusedWolf15-Jun-08 8:22

Re: Want my form to permit focus to "penetrate" to whatever window is under

15-Jun-08 8:22

Ya no luck with WindowFromPoint (in vista) so far... Also how do i "hide" a form from WindowFromPoint but keep it visible?, i tried making it not enabled, and some ShowWindowAsync(shades.Handle, SW_HIDE) which definatally hides it from view, but i want it visible still...

Also i tried with one of those lowlevel-ish hooks to watch the mouse when it's off my form, and so far WindowFromPoint returns 0 regardless...

something that caught my eye though was:

private const int WM_NCHITTEST = 0x0084;
private const int HTTRANSPARENT = (-1);

/// <summary>
/// Overrides the standard Window Procedure to ensure the
/// window is transparent to all mouse events.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="m">Windows message to process.</param>
protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
    if (m.Msg == WM_NCHITTEST)
    {
        m.Result = (IntPtr)HTTRANSPARENT;
    }
    else
    {
        base.WndProc(ref m);
    }
}

but it doesn't work for other threads... else it'd be very good solution :P

FocusedWolf15-Jun-08 18:48

Re: Want my form to permit focus to "penetrate" to whatever window is under

15-Jun-08 18:48

Ok no idea why but now i'm seeing WindowFromPoint working now... i'll see now if i can get this to work.

FocusedWolf17-Jun-08 10:29

Re: Want my form to permit focus to "penetrate" to whatever window is under

17-Jun-08 10:29

Ok been through hell with this, and starting to show progress:

1. i made a new WindowFromPoint function that effectively finds the window underneath. to do this i had to use api:enumWindows... whichs gives a list of windows in the correct z-order, and just filter the results to visible windows that don't match my programs handle... then just check which rectangle the mouse is within and there you go... it works 100%

2. sendmessage to relay messages is no joke as it would appear... pain in the ass would best describe it... apparently something is blocking any messages from getting through! my guess = vista lol.

i tried using microsof spy to watch for any messages in a test program, and i placed my window above it... and spy showed no messages getting through...

that's not to say "some" messages don't get through... i did notice doubleclicking on the taskmanager through my form did infact do what double clicking would do to it... but nothing in way of rightclick, or highlights... and the code that sends these messages is same... basically catch alot of mouse messages in my wndproc, and send them to another window... so i'm not sure what to do next.

i need another way to send mouse messages :P

Giorgi Dalakishvili14-Jun-08 23:45

Giorgi Dalakishvili

14-Jun-08 23:45

Did you use search? There are several articles at codeproject showing how to achieve it.

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Re: Want my form to permit focus to "penetrate" to whatever window is under

Muammar©15-Jun-08 1:35

Muammar©

15-Jun-08 1:35

Try searching for "hooks"

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ConnectionStrings from settings file.

Sunset Towers14-Jun-08 11:36

Sunset Towers

14-Jun-08 11:36

I have 2 connections strings in the settings file that are used by various datasetgridviews and other functions. The problem comes in that the databases are in the \CurrentUser\My Document\MyProgramsDataFolder. Other data is also being stored here for processing.

I know this may not be considered a "Best programming practice", but it suits the nature of the program.

Is there anyway of setting the connection sting in the settings file so that instead of

Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename="|DataDirectory|Database1.mdf";Integrated Security=True;Connect Timeout=30;User Instance=True

it looks something like

Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename="|MyDocuments|Database1.mdf";Integrated Security=True;Connect Timeout=30;User Instance=True

Re: ConnectionStrings from settings file.

Scott Dorman14-Jun-08 15:49

Scott Dorman

14-Jun-08 15:49

The |DataDirectory| value is a substitution string that indicates the path to the database so you don't have to hard-code the full path. There is no corresponding |MyDocuments| substition string.

What you should do is call the AppDomain.SetData[^] method. If you don't, the following rules are applied:

For applications that are put in a folder on the user's computer, the database folder uses the application folder.
For applications that are running under ClickOnce, the database folder uses the specific data folder that is created.

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Trap Cancel Button Without Using MessageBox Class

Win32SF14-Jun-08 11:21

Win32SF

14-Jun-08 11:21

I have a file that opens automatically with an excelApp.Workbooks.Open statement, i.e., I'm not using MessageBox.Show. If the file is in use, I get the message, "'filename' is being modified. Open as read-only", with OK and Cancel as options. I need to trap the "Cancel" option so I can take various actions if the user chooses this. But since I didn't use the MessageBox, class, how do I do this?

Re: Trap Cancel Button Without Using MessageBox Class

Christian Graus14-Jun-08 11:28

Re: Trap Cancel Button Without Using MessageBox Class

14-Jun-08 11:28

I guess the obvious thing is, can you check afterwards if it opened or not ? If it didn't open, you can assume they pressed cancel ?

Win32SF14-Jun-08 13:38

Win32SF

14-Jun-08 13:38

Christian: Sorry, I guess I didn't explain it very well. The Excel file being opened is in background and isn't launched by the user. However, if there's an Excel object left open from an exception being thrown during testing, then during the next program launch, I get prompted by Excel that the file is open and do I want to open a Read Only version. I'd like to be able to Cancel at that point but, if I do, I get a COM exception. So I'd like to trap the Cancel and redirect the code so I don't get an exception. But I don't know how to do that without using the DialogResult class.

storing an array in a profile tag of web.config

Zeeshan Riaz14-Jun-08 11:01

Zeeshan Riaz

14-Jun-08 11:01

I am working on a community site i want to store the array of frinds in the profile of the user. I have looked for it on google but could'nt find. Is it possible or not. Thks

(or can an object be stored in profile? Rose | [Rose]

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Re: storing an array in a profile tag of web.config

Christian Graus14-Jun-08 11:14