Comments by MR. AngelMendez (Top 90 by date)

thanks all for the help, I appreciate it.

never mind I got your solution to work thanks :)

Its not that, the problem is that I created the picturebox through code and not through the toolbox. I guess I need to find a way to turn that picturebox into an actual control or something.

hi, sorry I haven't been on lately. I tried your code as suggested but I get debugging error.
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'WindowsFormsApplication1.Form1' does not contain a definition for 'ANDpic_MouseDown' and no extension method 'ANDpic_MouseDown' accepting a first argument of type 'WindowsFormsApplication1.Form1' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
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Any suggestions?

Thanks

thanks I'll see what I can come up with

sorry I haven't been on but I tried what you did but I get an error at r.Top saying "Error Property or indexer 'System.Drawing.Rectangle.Top' cannot be assigned to -- it is read only"

I tried this and no success, other than that I have no clue on what to do next.

I updated my code with your implement

hmmm I did noticed that when I move to the object my picturebox kind of gets inside of the object a little bit so maybe thats why it still gets stuck.

back with the results. It seems like it works... to good actually, now I can't move the object away from the red picturebox when I collide with it.

no just a simple 2D top-down movement based game. I see what you mean though, let me see if I can implement what you are saying and I'll respond my results.

I see, I am going to have to reboot the computer. Besides, the only thing I could do is get the command prompt which is useless because of what you said about hidden processes and there is no way to tell which process is a system process and which is actually the virus process anyways. How can one defeat a virus that blocks all view from the desktop and renders things like taskmanager useless? thanks again

thanks I'll do some looking but can you show me how to delete the windows startup files anyways just to try, thanks :)

thanks all, I see you guys are amused by the way I ask this question :) I wanted to make sure I get full CPU usage rather than just the app.

thanks I'll definitely use the WCF service.

sorry everyone, it seemed to work but when I tried to implement it in my application it doesn't work. I posted my code above.

yeah I was one of those people lol!

I do, thanks for asking though. The reason why I am doing this is for a graphic design class. I have to make several designs in adobe illustrator and then send them as a .pdf so changing these .ai files are tedious for me. And yes, I know that .ai files are compatible with .pdf. thanks for your help :P

Thanks, I will look into that. just to let you know I got some inspiration from the new Tron movie when I saw it last night :)

Thanks, Ill get some practice in that. For the ai articles, I have been trying to look for some and cant seem to find one. Do you know any links?

One more thing, I was thinking about making a class for every mood and some integer values for them.Is this a good way to start or do you have another hypothesis?

Thanks,

its pretty much a hangman game. this is just a test but if I can get it right I want to make the game allow users to create their own hangman levels and send the game file to their friends so they can play it.

Sorry for the trouble, here is my full source code of what I'm working on with comments of what I'm doing.




using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

//the word that the person has to guess
string word;

// the letter that the person types to see if the there is a match
string guess;

// lines to show how many characters are missing
string space = "____";



private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

//adds a space for each char from the textbox1.
word = textBox1.Text;

foreach (char c in word)
{

// the listview is pretty much the game board, it displays the spaces and letters when correct
listView1.Items.Add(space);
}
}

private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

// puts any text that the person types into the guess string

guess = textBox2.Text;

// this checks to see if guess has any char comparisons from the word string
foreach(char c2 in word)
{
if (guess.Contains(c2))
{
// I want to see if I can get the letter's line number to see if I can get the listview to
// correctly diplay the letter in the right order.

MessageBox.Show(guess.IndexOf(textBox2.Text).ToString());
}
}
}
}

I followed the code that you put but I'm puzzled, what can I do with this?

I want to get a letter's line number and display it in the messagebox

Thanks, I never knew that. I'm going to take a look at everyone's comments/solutions and see if I can blend it in with my desired result. If I have any questions I'll post it up. Thanks again everyone for your help.

I'm sorry I was talking about the letters not the keychar. I updated my question so no one else will get confused. Thanks.

thank you so much OriginalGriff, I got it to work!!

yeah its an old hacker trick that was passed down to me but cant remember lol :)

oooh user controls I forgot about those, never really could figure out how to display them on my form though. I'll need help with this.

thanks.

yeah thats code that I was testing but forgot to take off, remember im learning how to do this so i dont really care about neatness right now. And just to let you know... I did explained the required behavior and that is to make picturebox1 not go through picturebox2 as seen on the last sentence of the explanation. It's a simple collision behavior like in a game when the character runs to a wall but doesn't go through, thats what I need help in.

how can I lengthen the body by the x amount like you said?

ok, my question is, how can I make a custom value to a control? So If I have a picturebox how can I set some sort of value like picturebox(1). Not sure how to explain it that's why I posted my snake example.

first off, the reason why someone would want to shutdown their computer when they are done downloading or installing something is I don't know.. maybe they have to go somewhere or their pulling a huge all nighter download and they want their PC to shutdown while their asleep.

Secondly, any type of download or installation. I got my program to list all of the processes that are running in a checklistbox. The design was that the user checks on the programs that they wish to monitor. If those processes closed or is "idle" then the program was supposed to shutdown the computer.

Thirdly, not all programs close when they are done installing, some stay open and say installation is complete and the user has to close it manually like video games, old software and non commercial applications.

Since there is no other way to do this then how do I check to see if the processes that the user selects from the checklistbox exited?

here is my code

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

int timer = 100;

bool restart;



Process[] pro = Process.GetProcesses();

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{



foreach (Process prolist in pro)
{
checkedListBox1.Items.Add(prolist.ProcessName);

}

}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

MessageBox.Show("timer started");
timer1.Interval = timer;
timer1.Enabled = true;

timer1.Start();



}

private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (timer1.Enabled == true)
{



timer = timer = -1;
}
if (timer == -1)
{

checkedListBox1.Refresh();

foreach (Process prolist in pro)
checkedListBox1.Items.Add(prolist.ProcessName);
{
if (listBox1.Items.Equals(listBox1.SelectedItems.Equals(0)))
{
MessageBox.Show("not found");

}


else
{
timer = 100;
}


}
}
}







private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
timer1.Stop();
timer = 10;
MessageBox.Show("timer stopped");
}

private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
checkedListBox1.Items.Clear();

Process[] pro = Process.GetProcesses();
foreach (Process prolist in pro)
{
checkedListBox1.Items.Add(prolist.ProcessName);
}
}

private void checkedListBox1_ItemCheck(object sender, ItemCheckEventArgs e)
{


listBox1.Items.Add(checkedListBox1.SelectedItem);




}
}
}

thanks this is exactly what i need

thanks

never mind I got it, I'm supposed to use "\\" thanks for your help

Hi, thanks for the help but I am running into a little problem. it is giving me an error on each of the "\" symbols. what can I do to fix this? thanks.

thanks, both solutions are helpful. I will check into it.

After switching code around I have been able to get my timer running but the problem now is that when the timer runs out and my process list updates it always gives me the messagebox("not found"); when the process is still running. Is there some way to post my project so you can download it and see whats wrong? Just need a little more help, thanks.

I tried the code but it wont work. I updated my question with all of my explanation and code. Think you can figure out the problem? thanks.

My solution worked I just needed to run notepad first before running my application. Thanks for the help though I will be using your references later.

Hi, sorry I haven't been on lately. Unfortunately I am confused with both of your example links, I am not so fluent in visual C#. Is there a process that goes on when the camera is active? if so then I could try to track it and make a messagebox alert me when it is active. I appreciate your help, thanks.

how about closing any windows that are behind my full screen window?

so I can't just target applications like in the task manager where it only lists applications in the application tab?

I'm making a custom login program that prompts the user to put in a password at the startup. I don't want the user to be able to stop my program by using command prompt, task manager or be able to use the computer without putting in the password. If there is another method of doing the desired result then please let me know.

NOTE: so far I got a blank, full screen, topmost window that covers everything. I also have the login form that prompts the user for the password. it is a modal form so you cannot click anywhere but the user is able to use the keyboard to navigate out.

I know this program is reinventing the wheel but I'm doing this for practice.

I appreciate everyone's comments and help. I also respect everyone's concern.

thanks your first solution works, I'm using visual C# express 2008 and I wasn't able to create a new desktop. thanks again for your help.

thanks I hope the process is possible and easy to do

wow, quite a lot of code to remember for me. Besides using scripting I'm going to try to implement a drag and drop code block function. Thanks for the help.

Both of your solutions were helpful, Great examples from both of you.

Thanks,

an exe name like notepad.exe or command prompt.exe things like that.

I tried and removed the "!" in the code but now all it says is the error message. If I type for example "cmd" "notepad.exe" it wont work without the "!".

Hi, the debugger still gives me the error, here is my code to help you out

the program is a winform.

private void toolStripButton5_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{


if (!File.Exists(toolStripTextBox1.Text))
{

Process p = Process.Start(toolStripTextBox1.Text);
Thread.Sleep(500); // Allow the process to open it's window
SetParent(p.MainWindowHandle, panel1.Handle);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("could not find file, please try again or browse");
}
}

cool it worked but I got another problem, how can I make an "if" statement that will handle an error message when the file does NOT exists?

thanks for the help everyone, is there a way to implement it for a winform? also, I noticed that your code only checks for a specific file, is there a way to make it check if the text in the textbox equals an existing file name?

got it! Once again thank you for all of your help. All that's left to do is to polish it and then find a site to publish it. Just a free program nothing big. and use it for myself when I'm playing my game. I have one more problem that I need help with but its something simple. If your up to it here is a link to another question I posted

http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/328900/how-to-check-if-a-file-name-and-or-path-exists-in


thanks,

Actually windows media player works now that I tried it again. Before I draw this to a close I have one more question, in the code from the link it responds by starting a program by calling it by its name. I made some changes so that it opens a filebrowser and you choose what to open and capture. Is there a way to fire the code by dragging a program into the application instead?

I thank you for your time, you help me tremendously.

I found a way to capture windows in my program in this link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/758494/how-can-i-run-another-application-within-a-panel-of-my-c-sharp-program

But I noticed that I can only capture simple things like notepad and cmd but not windows media player and others(most likely because they don't support that function). The link that you sent me is kind of confusing to me and I'm not sure how to implement the code. If your link can do any type of program then could you show an example and explain it to me?

I'm so dumb lol, I was searching for the solution online(which was not successful) and realized that instead of trying to dock a program into mines why not open the program within mines. Do you know how this could be done? I've done some research and haven't found anything yet. Thanks,

Thanks, I'm glad you finally understand. I did some diagnostics on what you said and it seems like the game allows some options that enable it to be windowed instead of full screen. So no problem there, it displays the form first when switched to those settings. Even if I don't need to make this program anymore I can tell it will be handy to know its functionality and plus it might be more convenient in other games or programs. So its a go, if your still willing to help out.

lol I can tell you guys haven't played MMOs wich means massive multiplayer online. Pretty much you play the game in a server which players from all over the world can connect and play. you just can't pause the game, have you ever played world of Warcraft? That's pretty much why I want to make this app.

hey sayrecollado, I'm not sure if I put your code in the right place but I seem to be getting some errors, here is the full code.

Thanks,


using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();

}
//Drag Forms w/out titlebar
public const int WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN = 0xA1;
public const int HT_CAPTION = 0x2;
(error on this line) [DllImportAttribute("user32.dll")]
public static extern int SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd,
int Msg, int wParam, int lParam);
(error on this line) [DllImportAttribute("user32.dll")]
public static extern bool ReleaseCapture();
//End

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

}





}
}


the error says the type or namespace could not be found.

I thought it was clear enough, You see when your playing a MMO you cant pause the game therefore you are pretty much vulnerable if you have to tab in order to look at another window. A lot of programs don't support features that allows you to keep the window from hiding in the background, so by dragging a window for example a media player playing a song into my application's window I will be able to keep my window from minimizing or hiding, thus allowing me to control the media player while keeping track of the game.

yeah I guess this is a nogo then thanks everyone for the help

oh, thanks everyone for your help I guess ill have to think of another project to do then.

i just recently found out that you can create a custom font using a tool called private character editor but how can I use this for all the keystrokes?

I was thinking on a more different approach, of course i know it would be insane to try to hook all applications in my system and don't forget new ones. So I was thinking more like temporary changing the computer system's fonts to bullets, that way I can always be writing in bullets. well that's my hypothesis. can this be done?

so do you think my idea works? if so how can we test this?

Thanks, I knew it was unlikely to be successful but worth asking. You mentioned about an executable format, what is it and what needs to be done?

how about email?

is there a way to send the project to u? so u can see it.

Hey its been a while, I have everything set up, the timer the checklistbox selected items and the shutdown code. All i need help is to refresh the checklistbox or update it so it can actually fire the shutdown code. Hope u can help, thanks.

in the last code were it says console.writeline..... I tried to make it that a message box shows instead but it doesnt work. how can I do this?

PS: When I finish the app I want to send it to you so you can see it.

thanks,

thanks for your help ill see what I can do.

thanks for your help, I'll see if I can get it running

I have another question now actually, I am having trouble doing a for each statement for all of the checked processes in the checkedlistbox. for example foreach(checkedlistbox1.selecteditems after that I am stuck. this code is to check all of the checked processes in the list and keep track of them for activity.

OMG lol thanks a lot, I finally was able to advance forward!!!! :)

I was working on another short project just to get me by but I got stuck there too and I haven't been able to proceed in that one. If you don't mind to take a crack at it here is the link to my question. People have given me some solutions but I just don't understand their ways because it is to advance for my level. Thanks again for the help :)

http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/300211/how-to-select-a-node

I got it to work thanks for all the help, now to explain myself. my project is to make a GUI form of command prompt which means graphic user interface. Pretty much I'm making a graphical menu for all the commands so you can just click on them to execute. Now for your question of "C# is able to call events from the command line itself" -- who told you that?" well here is a sample code which will shutdown the computer using a command-line command.

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("Shutdown", "/s");

hope this clarifies your questions.

I still cant seem to get it running here is what I got based on my understanding and everyone's help

public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();


}
bool run = false;

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Process[] processlist = Process.GetProcesses();

foreach (Process theprocess in processlist)
{
Console.WriteLine("Process name: {0}; Process ID: {1}", theprocess.ProcessName, theprocess.Id);
if (run == true)
{
richTextBox1.Text.Equals(theprocess);
}
}
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
run = true;
}
}
}

ive been trying your code and I cant seem to figure out how to implement it. I am somewhat as a beginner/ almost intermediate :) so It's a lot to take in. Is there an easier way or can you try to explain it based at my skill level? I know im asking for a lot because based on how much programming is involved here but I would deeply appreciate some extra help.

To make things more clear I will explain what my project is. My project is to make a GUI form of the command prompt. How was I going to achieve this? well I learned from recent research that visual C# is able to call events from the command-line itself. So the real problem is just organizing all of its functions. So I decided to go with the treeview tool because there are so many sub-commands within a command in the command line. Like I said earlier I wanted a treeview with the name of all the functions and a textbox with the description when someone selects a command. then I would add a button which would call the command-line command.

well thats what I am aiming for, so I hope this info can help you help me better.

thanks for the help, it works good but its not quite what I had in mind but thanks I'll use it until I find a better way.

ok thanks, well Robins solution works because instead of textbox1.text = e.Node.text I changed it to textbox1.text = e.Node.tooltip

which all i do is change the tooltip to my description but if you have a better way then I would appreciate it.

sorry about that, my application is a windows form, now about the TreeView I don't know how to explain it because all I see is one but here is the tooltip definition.

Displays a hierarchical collection of labeled items to the user that optionally contains an image.

thanks for the help, I like your ideas but I have a question. you have the code for a console application but my app is a windows forms so how would I record all the processes in a richtextbox or in any other graphical environment?