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Hello. I'm working on a performance critical component, and need buffers to work in. I'll only need one buffer per thread, (at most) so I'll store one in thread-local-storage and I'll keep a record on the average needed size, per AppDomain. Thus I'll change the size of the pooled buffers peridocially to the average size (rounded up to the nearest SystemPageSize, which is usually 4K).
So, the question is if this is even a good idea in managed code at all? If I was working in unmanaged code, I'd not even have asked, but now I don't know if it's simply better to call new byte[requiredSize].
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Better is a relative term. If "better" == "safer", then new byte[requiredSize] is better. If "better" == "faster", then you'll get better performance by P/Invoking HeapAlloc or similar. The problem with this approach is that the memory is unmanaged by the CLR so it can't track it. You could marshal it to an IntPtr and use that in managed code, but the buffer is still allocated on the unmanaged heap (or stack if you used something like _alloca). You'll have to free it explicitly. This is where wrapping such functions in a class following the disposable pattern is handle, and .NET 2.0 will introduce the SafeHandle for just such a purpose. You can either define your own now, or take a look at the GCHandle and HandleRef structs under System.Runtime.InteropServices which may be helpful depending on how you're using the memory (especially if you need to marshal managed types to native memory).
There is yet another way, though. Read about C#'s stackalloc operator keyword. This, of course, will alloc memory on the heap and give you an unsafe (i.e., has access to direct memory and is not GC'd) pointer.
HTH
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Hi there!
In a program that I´m trying to develop I have a panel that as lot of PictureBox so I put the property AutoScroll equal to true.
Now I´m making a function to remove one PictureBox, in order to do this I´m clearing the panel and then I redraw all the existing pictureBox (I keep all the picturebox in an array). The problem is that, in this process of removing and redrawing, the scroll is moving for the left first (because of the clear of the panel) and then to the right (because the insertion of the picturebox).
What I want to know is how can I make that the scrolling movement don´t happen. After all I´m only removing one pictureBox in thousand of them.
Best Regards, Sérgio
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Why are you removing all the PictureBoxes just to remove a single one? Use a little simple math and just reposition all the PictureBoxes after the one you removed consecutively. That's much more efficient and much less memory- and CPU-intensive. But if you really do have a around a thousand PictureBoxes then memory will alread be a problem for you. Use a more efficient application design where you don't allocate memory for a rich control like the PictureBox for each image when most won't even appear, but draw the images yourself (Graphics.DrawImage makes easy work of this) onto a single control based on the position of the scroll bar which you can manage yourself.
As for your immediately problem, set AutoScroll to false. You may loose the scrollbars temporarily but at least it isn't changing sizes constantly (which is eating even more CPU cycles than you already are by removing all your PictureBoxes and re-adding them).
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Microsoft
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As you notice, i´m not an expert in programation. I´m usign picturebox because it´s the only manner that I found to solve my problem.
I have a linkedlist with all the elements that I want to put in the panel, and I do something like this...
panelCenas.EnableAutoScrollHorizontal = true;
for(int i = 0; i < cenaslist.LastIndex(); i++)
{
cenasBox = new PictureBox();
cenasBox.Image = cenaslist.GetAtPosition(i + 1);
cenasBox.Tag = cenaslist.GetTagAtPosition(i + 1);
cenasBox.SizeMode = System.Windows.Forms.PictureBoxSizeMode.StretchImage;
cenasBox.BorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.BorderStyle.Fixed3D;
cenasBox.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(96, 72);
cenasBox.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(i*96+1, 0);
cenasBox.MouseMove += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(cenasBox_MouseMove);
cenasBox.MouseDown += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(cenasBox_MouseDown);
cenasarrayList.Add( (PictureBox)cenasBox );
TipCenas.SetToolTip( (PictureBox) cenasarrayList[i], Convert.ToString(cenaslist.GetTimeAtPosition(i+1)));
panelCenas.Controls.Add( (PictureBox)cenasarrayList[i]);
}
panelCenas.VisibleAutoScrollVertical = false;
How can I do this with the Graphics.DrawImage?!!! Could you explain it to me.
Thank you very much, Sérgio
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The way to get better is by reading. In VS.NET's Help index type "Graphics.DrawImage" or search for it on http://msdn.microsoft.com/library[^]. This forum is for helping with specific problems, but only you can teach yourself what you need to know. Not even schools can do that - they merely give you the tools and training with which to start your real education.
Most of the .NET Framework SDK documentation includes samples that should help you. There's also hundreds of articles here on CodeProject, many of which explain how to draw in .NET (just keep your search limited to C# and .NET, which you can check in the search page). That's why this site exists: to help new - and even experienced - programmers.
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Good day all…
I am experiencing a problem in using the Form Icon property. I have created a custom icon for my app and cannot display the icon (in the design view) by setting the property using the browse function. It displays properly in the properties view but not on the title bar. I get a default icon (on the title bar) of which I cannot determine its origin. This icon is not the system default icon.
Thank you very much in advance for your assistance
Have a great coding day.
Regards,
Tony D. Abel
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Open your icon in the icon editor in visual studio (if the .ico file is not part of your project, add it to the project and then double click it to open it in the editor). In the icon editor, there will be an enlarged view of your icon. Right-click anywhere in that view (not on the icon itself) and select "Current Icon Image Types | 16x16, 16 Colors". You should now see the smaller version of your icon which can be edited. If you have not made any changes to this before, then that would explain why your small icon is the default icon.
Hope this helps.
Best Regards.
-Matt
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The 3 great virtues of a programmer:
Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris.
--Larry Wall
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Good day Matt
Thanks for the assist. I was trying to load a 32 x 32 icon for the title bar.
After changing the icon to a 16 x 16 icon it became present in the form design view.
Have a great coding day.
Regards,
Tony D. Abel
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Hi all,
I want to use RegisterWindowMessage for IPC in pocketPC 2003 ?
Is it possible ? I have tried it by C# but some classes needed are missing
in .NET CF, so I try to find to implement it in VC++ in pocket2003. So what is the corresponding command for register the window message in VC++ ?
Thanks
Patrick
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Hi~
As the message windows instance created in c# not register the window class or window title.(not like C++). So how can i get the handler of a message window which written from C#?
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Hi all,
How to create COM by C# ? I have searched but can't find detail enough information to create it, including the interface...etc.
And can I use the c# com in VB script in a html file ?
e.g. in the VB script, I will program it as,
Set comObject = new CreateObject("comObject")
Thanks
Patrick
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I am currently working on creating a COM+ component using C#. I can't asnwer your question about calling it from an HTML file, however, I have successfully run my COM component from a VBScript on the command line. Do a search on google for System.EnterpriseServices.ServicedComponent (you will inherit from this class to create your component). You will find several articles online that explain how to do it. Once you have successfully created your component, you simply register it with the regsvcs command line tool. Then you will see it in the component services control panel. You then instantiate it from your script as you would any other COM component.
One thing to keep in mind is that while the API to do all of this seems pretty clear, in practice it proves very complex and confusing. I am currently having some problems myself that I hope to figure out soon. Anyhow, let me know if you can't get going. I'll help you out however I can.
-Matt
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The 3 great virtues of a programmer:
Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris.
--Larry Wall
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Doesn't work as Console.ReadLine return a string:
int x = Console.ReadLine();
...
Console.WriteLine(x);
So how can I convert the string to int (or float or short and so on) ?
String object doesn't seem to have ToInt member either ...
I still can't belive I don't know this one ...
Regards, Desmond
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int x = Int32.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
This one will also throw an exception if it isnt a number string
Yuvaraj N
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int.Parse("1");<br />
float.Parse("1.1");<br />
double.Parse("1.123");
etc.
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How do i get information about the Share folders in my computer
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Does anyone know the correct way of marshalling inline multi-dimensional arrays?
I have the following structure that I want to reproduce in C#:
typedef struct tagMyStruct {
WORD Version;
char szName[3][256];
} MyStruct, *MyStruct;
Now if this was just an inline array:
typedef struct tagMyStruct {
WORD Version;
char szName[256];
} MyStruct, *MyStruct;
You do this:
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet=CharSet.Auto)] public struct MyStruct {
public int Version;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst=257)]
public string szName;
}
But it is not, so it is not that easy. I have tried, without success:
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet=CharSet.Auto)] public struct MyStruct {
public int Version;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst=257)]
public string name1;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst=257)]
public string name2;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst=257)]
public string name3;
}
Any ideas?
David M. Kean
My Blog: Managed from Down Under
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How can I use a c# com object in c++? I've tried an example but everytime I call this" Edcont::Edcont_InterfacePtr p(__uuidof(Edcont::EdconClass)); " in the c++ .cpp file, the app just closes. Does anyone have another example that I can use? This is the place where got the example that I used
http://www.csharphelp.com/archives/archive281.html[^]
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Create your C# component as a System.EnterpriseServices.ServicedComponent, register it with regsvcs, and call it as you would call any other COM component from C++.
Best Regards.
-Matt
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The 3 great virtues of a programmer:
Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris.
--Larry Wall
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Hi
Type of enum member is underlying type for the containing enum, then why casting is necessary on enum member?
DF
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Diana Fernandez wrote:
Type of enum member is underlying type for the containing enum, then why casting is necessary on enum member?
Because it isn't the underlying type (even though the value might be physically stored as such), it is the type defined in your enum.
Do you want to know more?
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It so happens that I have a class named Poetic which is the rootelement. When SERIALIZED --using the XMLSerializer--the outcome should be:
<Poetic xmlns:xsi="http//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNameSpaceSchemaLocation="http://poetic.publisher.com/xmlcomm/poetic.xsd">
My Class declaration is:
[System.Xml.Serialization.XmlRootAttribute("Poetic")]
public class Poetic
{
// properties, methods and the like in here
}
When I serialize it comes out:
<Poetic xmlns:xsd="http://http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http//www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
So...
1. How do I get the xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation into the element using SERIALIZATION. I know the noName.. is part of the w3 spec.
2. How do I get rid of the xmlns:xsd="http://http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema".
Thanks,
Guillermo Jimenez
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