C#

private void Compress(XDocument doc, string fullUserFilePath)
{
            byte[] buffer;

            MemoryStream memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
            XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(memoryStream);

            doc.Save(writer);

            writer.Close();

            memoryStream.Position = 0;

            buffer = new byte[memoryStream.Length];
            memoryStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Count());
            using (FileStream outfile = new FileStream(fullUserFilePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
            {
                using (GZipStream stream = new GZipStream(outfile, CompressionMode.Compress))
                {
                    using (BinaryWriter sw = new BinaryWriter(stream))
                    {
                        sw.Write(buffer);
                    }
                }
            }
}

using (GZipStream stream = new GZipStream(outfile, CompressionMode.Compress))

using (GZipStream stream = new GZipStream(outfile,"myfileName.xml", CompressionMode.Compress))

switch(inputname){
  case "Screen1": Screen1 s1 = new Screen1();
  s1.ShowDialog(); 
  break;

  case "Screen2": Screen2 s2 = new Screen2();
  s2.ShowDialog(); 
  break;

  // continue

  default: // add a default situation.
  break;
}

	private void CreateScreen(string FullName, params object[] args)
{
    Type t ;
    Form f;
    
    t = Type.GetType(FullName);
    
    if (t != null) {
        f = Activator.CreateInstance(t, args) as Form;
        if (f != null) {
            f.Show();
        }
    }
}

Bob Steel-Smith wrote:

I have an ASP.Net application that scans input then collects other data from SQL 2005 DB. This data is then required to be sent to a server application that "Captures" the information into an ERP application. The "Capturing" app takes +- 30 seconds to run for each transaction.

Bob Steel-Smith wrote:

The Server app is the slow one where it is actually typing in the data into the ERP application through the ERP client

1. The screen scraper probably has a typing rate: increase this! - Simple but doubling the rate ~halves the time...


2. Multi-thread the server so it can deal with more than one client (assuming it isn't already).


3. Is it possible to call the ERP server though the same mechanism as the ERP client (e.g. are there service calls available?)


4. Is it possible to expose the methods on the ERP service as web services. I know some of the IBM Mainfames now allow you to install websphere, which can be utilised by a .net client and can expose functions on the server automagicallly


5. If you are not on a mainframe and you have a propriatary ERP systems, do they provide an API you can use to communicate with the server?