Re: one more c# xml issue - C# Discussion Boards

laziale5-Aug-09 8:41

5-Aug-09 8:41

hello once again today -
I do have one more question and I hope that someone can help me one more time today again. I have an xml document similar to this one:

<xml>
<person id="1">
<first>John</first>
<last>Smith</last>
</person>
<person id="2">
<first>Mark</first>
<last>Smith</last>
</person>
</xml>

I want to get partial xml data, for example I want to get just the second person data, and I want to get based on the attribute, in this case the ID. Is there a way how to do that? Thanks in advance, Laziale

Re: one more c# xml issue

PIEBALDconsult5-Aug-09 9:00

PIEBALDconsult

5-Aug-09 9:00

You'll have to write some code.

Re: one more c# xml issue

Not Active5-Aug-09 9:10

Not Active

5-Aug-09 9:10

How insightful

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Re: one more c# xml issue

0x3c05-Aug-09 9:05

0x3c0

5-Aug-09 9:05

Yes; look into XPath queries. The correct query would be something along the lines of "//xml/person[id='2']". You simply have to plug that into and example like this; there are other examples you could use as well

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Re: one more c# xml issue

Not Active5-Aug-09 9:08

Not Active

5-Aug-09 9:08

You can use an XPath expression to retrieve the xml fragment, ./person[@id='2'] will return the second person element in this case

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Re: one more c# xml issue

laziale5-Aug-09 9:47

laziale

5-Aug-09 9:47

ok, sorry everyone cause I didn't provide any code, but here is what I tried:

     string innerXml = "";
innerXml = docCompany.Attributes[selectedItem].OuterXml;

and it give me an error NullReferenceObject

any other way?

Re: one more c# xml issue

Not Active5-Aug-09 10:46

Not Active

5-Aug-09 10:46

As we have been telling you, use an xpath query http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hcebdtae.aspx[^]

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Re: one more c# xml issue

Adam R Harris5-Aug-09 13:46

Adam R Harris

5-Aug-09 13:46

You should look into LINQ for this, I absolutely LOVE LINQ when working with XML files.
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/linq/LinQ_To_Xml.aspx

That's a good article that shows pretty much exactly how to do what you need.

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Virtual method in sealed class

jpk4205-Aug-09 7:50

jpk420

5-Aug-09 7:50

Hello ,

Virtual keyword allows us to override that method in child class.

Now when we declare a class as sealed class then we cant inherit . In That case why it allows us to decalre virtual keyword in static class when any other class inherit it ?

Pls expaln in deatils

Regards,
Jaddu

Re: Virtual method in sealed class

N a v a n e e t h5-Aug-09 9:03

N a v a n e e t h

5-Aug-09 9:03

It will not allow you to declare a virtual method in a sealed class. You can't have instance members in a static class as well.

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Re: Virtual method in sealed class

PIEBALDconsult5-Aug-09 9:04

PIEBALDconsult

5-Aug-09 9:04

You can't, what makes you think you can?

Re: Virtual method in sealed class

DaveyM695-Aug-09 12:21

DaveyM69

5-Aug-09 12:21

You can't. Have you tried it?
In a static class, if you try to create a virtual method the compiler will spit at you with
A static member cannot be marked as override, virtual, or abstract
In a sealed class
... is a new virtual member in sealed class ...

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Regex issue

Imtiaz Murtaza5-Aug-09 7:43

Imtiaz Murtaza

5-Aug-09 7:43

Hey guys,
Can anyone help me in writing the simple regex. Here is the situation:

I have a text file something like:

// Contents
// Contents
MyDataBlock
{
   @$
      The datablock text
   @$
}
// Contents
// Contents

I want to extract "The datablock text". There is single "MyDataBlock" in this text file. It means that i have to extract entire MyDataBlock {...} and then what is inside @$ into a regex group.

I've created a regex. It is successfully extracting following in regex group <b>DataBlockContents</b>:

   @$
      The datablock text
   @$

But i don't want @$ in the regex group DataBlockContents. How can i do so ? The regex i created is:

MyDataBlock[\\w\\s]*{(?<DataBlockContents>[^}]*)}

Imtiaz

Re: Regex issue

PIEBALDconsult5-Aug-09 9:09

PIEBALDconsult

5-Aug-09 9:09

The same way you don't get the { and } in the group?

Do you have control over how the file is formatted? Why use @$ instead of something else?

At runtime find the application's build version?

JollyMansArt5-Aug-09 7:10

JollyMansArt

5-Aug-09 7:10

Is it possible to pull from somewhere after the application has been compiled to know what it's build version number is so I can show it in a label? I am thinking I can pull if from the assembly but my attempts have failed. Please can someone point me in the right direction?

Here is what I am currently doing and it does not match the build version of the application that I am compiling.

lblAppVersion.Text = "Version: " + System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version.ToString() + " or " + System.Reflection.Assembly.GetCallingAssembly().GetName().Version.ToString();

Re: At runtime find the application's build version?

ricmil425-Aug-09 11:27

ricmil42

5-Aug-09 11:27

Are you looking for something like this?

labelControlVersion.Text = string.Format ( "Version: {0}", Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly ( ).GetName ( ).Version ) ;

Re: At runtime find the application's build version?

JollyMansArt5-Aug-09 15:47

JollyMansArt

5-Aug-09 15:47

Not quite I want the applications build version... which would show on the project properties screen under the publish tab.
any idea where this is?

Re: At runtime find the application's build version?

Dougie the P5-Aug-09 16:03

Dougie the P

5-Aug-09 16:03

What do you want the text in the label to look like?

To Get This "Ver. 5.1.2 Rev. 3"

Try like this;

Dim avi As System.Version = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.GetName.Version
lblVersion.Text = "Ver. " & Format(avi.Major, "###0").TrimEnd & "." _
& Format(avi.Minor, "###0").TrimEnd & "." & Format(avi.Build, "###0").TrimEnd _
& " Rev. " & Format(avi.Revision, "###0")

Of course this is not the publish version (just saw last post)

Re: At runtime find the application's build version?

Cracked-Down5-Aug-09 19:41

Cracked-Down

5-Aug-09 19:41

it is very easy tog et this info
This is a code for this

//get the version from the assemblyinfo.cs
// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
            //
            //      Major Version
            //      Minor Version 
            //      Build Number
            //      Revision
            //
            Version v = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Version;
           //add to label
 lblVersion.Text = v.ToString();

This information is stored in the AssemblyInfo.cs under Node 'Properties' in Solution explorer!

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Re: At runtime find the application's build version?

JollyMansArt5-Aug-09 20:59

JollyMansArt

5-Aug-09 20:59

Thanks I learned that c# does not auto increment the version per each build. That was the issue I was having.

Change Headers in DataGridView [modified]

petermar5-Aug-09 6:01

petermar

5-Aug-09 6:01

I am having a problem changing the forecolor of a DataGridView header. I have tried the following code:

dgvMaintenance.EnableHeadersVisualStyles = false;
DataGridViewCellStyle dgvcs = dgvMaintenance.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle;
dgvcs.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.DarkGray;
dgvcs.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.White;

The backcolor changes, but the forecolor does not.

I have also tried:

dgvMaintenance.EnableHeadersVisualStyles = false;
DataGridViewCellStyle dgvcs = new DataGridViewCellStyle();
dgvcs.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.DarkGray;
dgvcs.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.White;
dgvMaintenance.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle = dgvcs;

with the same results. I have also added code to change the font and that works too.

What am I doing incorrectly? Thank you for any help.

modified on Wednesday, August 5, 2009 12:26 PM

checking a string format?

will kirkby5-Aug-09 5:53

will kirkby

5-Aug-09 5:53

i need to check that the content in a textbox is a 6-digit hexadecimal number (or rather, an HTML color code).

How do I do this?

Re: checking a string format?

Simon P Stevens5-Aug-09 5:59

Simon P Stevens

5-Aug-09 5:59

You could use a regular expression.

There's a bunch of regular expression classes in .net (Start here[^]

If you don't know about regular expressions, you might want to read up a bit on them. There's a site here[^] that's worth looking at.

It's also worth having a tool to test them with before you start coding them. A popular one is Expresso[^].

Simon

Re: checking a string format?

musefan5-Aug-09 7:03

musefan

5-Aug-09 7:03

use this function...

bool ValidateColor(string s)
{
   if(s.Length != 6)//wrong length
     return false;
   for(int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
   {
     int c = (int)s[i];
     if(!(c > 47 && c < 58) || !(c > 64 && c < 71))
       return false;
   }
   return true;
}

..should do the job

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Re: checking a string format?

Luc Pattyn5-Aug-09 8:14

Luc Pattyn

5-Aug-09 8:14

That is terrible. I see magic constants, a major bug (|| instead of &&) and no acceptance of lower-case hex.

I would suggest:

public static bool ValidateColor(string s, out int value) {
    return s!=null && s.Length==6 && int.TryParse(s, out value, NumberStyles.HexNumber);
}

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