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Extend ServiceBase and create your service if you haven't already. Add an Installer derivative that uses the ServiceInstaller and ServiceProcessInstaller (both optionally if you choose to have another installer do it) that installs it.
When you install the service, you must have it log in as a specific user that has an associated desktop as well as "Log in locally" rights, or install it to run under LocalSystem (SYSTEM) and enabled desktop integration.
Your monitor then can use the ServiceController to communicate with it on a basic level and receive notifications from the service, or you could use named pipes (no support in the .NET FCL), sockets, .NET Remoting (optimal between AppDomains), etc.
Search CodeProject. I'd bet there's a couple examples of something similar, otherwise I'm sure you'll find examples if you google[^].
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Thank you Thank you Thank you  ServiceController was the missing keywrod in my searches.
Still left to figure out is how to add the monitor to the notification area and add to it a context menu. I'll search and come back with questions 
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See the documentation for the NotifyIcon component in the .NET Framework SDK.
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 Lots of thanks
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The last line of code below crashes my program. I am stumped as to why it's happening.
I've double and triple checked the definitions for the BlockCopy and GetBytes functions and I still can't work out what I'm doing wrong. Any insight would be appreciated.
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Class1
{
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
int int1 = 3;
int int2 = 1000;
byte[] b = new byte[16];
Buffer.BlockCopy(BitConverter.GetBytes(int1), 0, b, 0, 8);
Buffer.BlockCopy(BitConverter.GetBytes(int2), 0, b, 12, 4);
}
}
}
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email: nathan @ netlab.com.au
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Try the following:
using System;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
class Class1
{
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
int int1 = 3;
int int2 = 1000;
byte[] b = new byte[16];
byte[] b2 = BitConverter.GetBytes(int1);
byte[] b3 = BitConverter.GetBytes(int2);
Buffer.BlockCopy(b2, 0, b, 0, b2.Length);
Buffer.BlockCopy(b3, 0, b, 12, 4);
}
}
}
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It's a weird problem, eh? The length of both arrays returned from GetBytes() is 4, so I think that it's actually the second-to-last line that's causing the problem with its length of 8. That code must be badly written in the current version of .NET: the second-to-last line above leaves the static stuff in Buffer somehow in an incorrect state, which is exposed by the subsequent call. Sorry I can't be of more help.
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Hi, I'm thinking of writing an extension to the asp.net Datagrid component (as web custom component), mainly to make the tasks that require repetitive coding like updating,insert, delete, easier, but also to add additional functionality.
First of all I was wondering if anyone knows of any open source or free components that already do this? Obviously I don't want to do something that's already been done - the list of goals for the first version are below.
If none is available, would anyone would be interested in helping in the project? The 5 goals I have in mind for the first version are:
- Obviously subclassed from the Datagrid
- IDE wizard for the SQL generation of update,delete,insert (similar to the sqladapater one)
- Automatically adds the insert textboxes in the header/footer, if set in a property
- Automatic handling of edit/delete/insert sql
- Delete confirm message (3 lines of code
- Property to automatically turn edit/delete/add on or off depending on the Context user being authed (also 3 lines of code
Future ideas I have in mind would be to have easy integration of other controls for the edit/insert, besides the standard textboxes, and a few other things.
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You can always check places like http://www.asp.net[^] for existing controls.
One thing you should consider if you develop this yourself is not to re-develop the DataGrid itself, but to encapsulate that in another ASP.NET WebControl. There's a lot of work involved if you re-develop it, which is - as you implied - pointless many times. To have the DataGrid render itself, in your Render override simply pass the HtmlTextWriter to DataGrid.RenderControl (inheritted from WebControl).
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No, my intention was firmly to subclass the Datagrid I've had a browse through sourceforge,asp.net and gotdot.net but couldn't find much. I'm also surprised that there are virtually no freeware/opensource .net forums out there besides the www.gotdotnet.com one. Perhaps the Microsoft community are unscrupulous (sp?) when it comes to people paying for their time.
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There's plenty of free source here on CodeProject and many other places. The definition of "open source" is a very lax one.
Personally, I like to give back to the community by offerring bait, lures, and tackles so that others may learn to fish. I can't think of a single reason to spend my time (and perhaps others') on a commercial grade solution without getting something in return besides a few "thanks" and lots of support requests. People have to eat and shelter themselves. That's just my $0.02 (US) on open source vs. commercial software.
As far as extending the DataGrid, you could do that but you seem to be developing more of a composite control, which it's typically better to encapsulate (in order to control, for one). It'll also make rendering (including placement, etc.) a little easier.
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You can set the IsBackground property of all threads true.
Once all foreground threads belonging to a process have terminated, the common language runtime ends the process by invoking Abort on any background threads that are still alive.
Otherwise use the ApplicationExit event of Application class and abort the threads yourself inside the event handler.
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Another way - albeit it a potentionally dangerous one - is to call Environment.Exit, which unloads the CLR - which unloads your application - immediately. No clean-up code is executed at all and the OS will reclaim memory used by the process. This will stop any execution dead in its tracks.
Another common implementation is to signal threads or have threads query for a "stop" request while running (in a loop, you could do this at the beginning of each iteration, for example). They could then stop themselves gracefully instead of throwing ThreadAbortExceptions that may be undesirable and often difficult to catch (for more information on that, see the Application.ThreadException or AppDomain.UnhandledException events).
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I have one minor correction related to what you wrote (although the quality of your advice is as high as ever, don't get me wrong). Calling Environment.Exit() doesn't mean that no clean-up code is executed, just that no normal shutdown code written into the application will be executed. If you run this, you'll probably agree with me:
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using System;<br />
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namespace Test {<br />
<br />
class ExitTest {<br />
<br />
[STAThread]<br />
static void Main(string[] args) {<br />
ExitTest et = new ExitTest();<br />
Environment.Exit(0);<br />
}<br />
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~ExitTest() {<br />
Console.WriteLine( "Destroying..." );<br />
}<br />
}<br />
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}<br />
I think that if someone is going to use Environment.Exit(), it should only be used in emergency situations if they need their code to exit quickly, or to return a specific exit code to the OS (which can also be done using a variant of Main()). If the case is the former, all objects using important resources should implement destructor methods to make sure that no matter what, they're cleaned up properly.
Regards,
Jeff Varszegi
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Hi everybody!
Last week I received the task to develop and implement a simulation and analysis environment for a flow control algorithm. I have no restrictions for this except that the flow control algorithm will be implemented in C++.
Because i recently worked much with C# and really like it, i want to use this instead of C++. But this of course brings up the question of how to insert the algorithm into the environment.?
How good are the chances to port this algorithm to C# and are there maybe some existing tools?
Otherwise, i thought of creating a .NET Class Library with the algorithm and use this in my C#-Code, because i've read it's no problem to mix programming languages that way.?
Can someone tell me if it's possible what i want to do or give me some suggestions.
Thx in advance!
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Troschi wrote:
Otherwise, i thought of creating a .NET Class Library with the algorithm and use this in my C#-Code
A .NET Class Library is written in any language targeting the CLR, like C#. You could implement this in C#, yes, but .NET itself is not a language - it's a Framework comprised of the Common Language Runtime (CLR), the Common Type System (CTS), and the Common Interface Language (CIL).
If you need to implement the algorithm in C++, consider using the Managed C++ extensions and write it using a mixed-mode assembly. Any language targeting the CLR (like C#, VB.NET, et. al.) can use it like any other assembly written in any other language (it all compiles down to Microsoft Intermediate Language, or MSIL anyway, though native instructions in C/C++ are compiled to native code, making your assembly less portable).
You seem to be a little confused about what .NET is. I suggest you read about the Microsoft .NET Framework[^] to learn more.
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Thanks for answering.
I know .Net is not a language. Maybe i didn't express myself well by using the term ".NET Class Library". I meant creating a Class Library targeting the CLR which is written in C++.
Anyway, it's good to know that i can use it in languages targeting the CLR. As i said i read about it but never used it until now. Just wanted to be sure it works. Also i will read more about .NET Framework, always had this in mind but never found the time.
Nevertheless I have another question. I don't write the flow control algorithm myself, just the simulation and analysis environment. Therefor I have no real influence on the implementation of the algorithm. I'm a bit afraid that when i want to create the .Net Class Library with the completed algorithm some bad difficulties, incompabilities or so occur. I don't really know how to say this. Any guideline to avoid such things?
Hope i could make myself clear.
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If you can't dictate how the algorithm is developed, don't fret. You have several options: create a MC++ assembly that uses the C/C++ APIs even in a __gc class (managed class declaration). Compile it as an assembly and you'll have no problems.
If the algorithm is comprised of only a few exported functions (hopefully C-style, but C++ name mangling is not really a problem either), then consider writing your wrapper component in C# and just P/Invoke the functions you need, correctly defining any structs and consts you might need to marshal.
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Hi!.
I have write an application and I want to know if there is a way to protected the resulting EXE agains a reverse engineer.
Obfuscating the assemblies is just a step in the real protection, 'cause if someone edit, the resulting obfuscate exe's and dll's, with the tool provide for Microsoft, (ildasm), could see the objetcs, (with a confusing name that's true, but however it can see it).
Thank you
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There's no way beyond obfuscation. Frameworks that use intermediate code like .NET and Java all suffer from that, but that's part of what makes them highly portable. If you don't want your application to be easily reverse-engineered, then choose a language that compiles down to native code like C/C++.
Also, for every obfuscator, there's a deobfuscator. If you still want to keep your code managed, then consider a mixed-mode Managed C++ (MC++) assembly whereby sensitive code is written using unmanaged C/C++ and classes are exposed using the managed extensions so that they can easily be used by any other languages targeting the CLR, i.e. C#, VB.NET, and many others.
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Thank you for answer me.
If I use MC++, how can I write a class with unmanaged code, (with the result of native-code), 'cause I want the UI code managed, but many classes that I wrote have code that I want to protect so it should be native-code and all this building in one EXE. It could be that possible?.
Thank you.
J Herrera
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As I said, you create a mixed-mode assembly that includes both unmanaged code and managed code, then turn compilation to the CLR on (/clr switch on the compiler, also available somewhere in the project configuration). See Managed Extensions for C++ Programming[^] in the Visual Studio .NET documentation for more information.
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I am working on the ID3 algorithm send by Roosevelt and it is very useful but I have some questions and I need a fast answer to them
1) If I have a file containing the attributes can I read it from there and how?
2) How can I maiplate the output to show me each node with it value?
Thanks
Cherif
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You can use a FileStream and seek to the last 128 bytes for ID3v1, or search the stream until you find "TAG" for ID3v2 and higher, IIRC. Just see the specs for ID3 for more information.
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