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5-Nov-10 2:47

What is your question

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_Erik_5-Nov-10 2:54

Re: Working with own libaries [modified]

5-Nov-10 2:54

Maybe you want to know how to make an enum[^]?

neus835-Nov-10 4:43

neus83

5-Nov-10 4:43

yes I think I'm walking a step forward.

I was creating an enum and read out the integer.

But how can I transfer enum values to a method ?

At the moment i use "int MessageType"
I will call the Method Loggerschema
i.e:
LoggerScheme(ex.ToString(),MessageType.Error);

public enum MessageType1{Information=1,Error,Warning};

public void LoggerScheme(string ex, int MessageType)
{
if(MessageType==1)
{
// This is a Information Message
// But I prefer to give Type "Information" instead 1
}
if(MessageType==2)
{
// This is a Error Message
// But I prefer to give Type "Error" instead 2
}
if(MessageType==3)
{
// This is a Warning Message
// But I prefer to give Type "Warning" instead 2
}
}

modified on Friday, November 5, 2010 10:53 AM

_Erik_5-Nov-10 4:45

5-Nov-10 4:45

Use the name of the enum type, instead of int:

public void LoggerScheme(string ex, MessageType1 MessageType)

Edit

And don't cast it to int, it is not necessary:

if (MessageType == MessageType1.Information)
...

neus835-Nov-10 5:01

neus83

5-Nov-10 5:01

Thanks a lot, that is the solution for all my problems Smile | :)

_Erik_5-Nov-10 5:06

5-Nov-10 5:06

You're welcome. I wish all of my problems were like this one... Laugh | :laugh:

Exposing interfaces of a C# executable(.EXE) application

Trollslayer6-Nov-10 1:07

Trollslayer

6-Nov-10 1:07

Erik's example above is a good way of making things typesafe.

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Akt_4_U5-Nov-10 2:08

Akt_4_U

5-Nov-10 2:08

Hi All,

I am new to .NET platform.
I have a C#.NET executable(.EXE) application. I would like to expose some interfaces for my client applications. What are the possible options for doing this?

Some of my ideas are..
1. Exposing interfaces via COM Interop
2. Using .NET remoting

Please help.

prvn

Re: Exposing interfaces of a C# executable(.EXE) application

_Erik_5-Nov-10 2:16

Re: Exposing interfaces of a C# executable(.EXE) application

5-Nov-10 2:16

I think WCF[^] is better.

Akt_4_U5-Nov-10 2:28

Akt_4_U

5-Nov-10 2:28

what happens if my client applications are not using .NET?

prvn

Re: Exposing interfaces of a C# executable(.EXE) application

Dave Kreskowiak5-Nov-10 2:32

Dave Kreskowiak

5-Nov-10 2:32

Then you're only interface of choice would be COM.

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Re: Exposing interfaces of a C# executable(.EXE) application

Akt_4_U7-Nov-10 18:21

Akt_4_U

7-Nov-10 18:21

Is there any method to expose COM interface from C# executable(EXE)? All examples I have seen were to expose COM interface from C# class library.
Please help.

prvn

Re: Exposing interfaces of a C# executable(.EXE) application

Dave Kreskowiak8-Nov-10 1:35

Dave Kreskowiak

8-Nov-10 1:35

There's serveral different ways of exposing your objects through COM. None of them are what I would call ".NET easy". Which method is best for you depends on your skill level, COM knowledge, Win32 API experience, ...

Google for "C# out of process COM server" or "C# DCOM Server" and you'll get a ton of articles, opinions, pitfalls, and examples, but little in the way of documentation.

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Re: Exposing interfaces of a C# executable(.EXE) application

_Erik_5-Nov-10 2:49

Re: Exposing interfaces of a C# executable(.EXE) application

5-Nov-10 2:49

That depends on what your clients are using.

If, for example, your clients are using Java, you can find something about WCF-Java interoperatibility here[^].

If your clients are using COM+, here[^] is a point of start for WCF-COM+ interoperability.

You just have to search for WCF-(technology) interoperability, whichever the technology of your clients is.

Pete O'Hanlon5-Nov-10 4:12

Pete O'Hanlon

5-Nov-10 4:12

WCF does not limit the subscribing applications to .NET. Remember that WCF is a communications technology and you can subscribe using pretty much any of the standard comms mechanisms, such as named pipes or TCP.

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Re: Exposing interfaces of a C# executable(.EXE) application

Abhinav S5-Nov-10 2:43

Abhinav S

5-Nov-10 2:43

Akt_4_U wrote:
Some of my ideas are.. 1. Exposing interfaces via COM Interop2. Using .NET remoting

If you are using C#, hese are both old technologies.
Web services might be a better idea.

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abbd4-Nov-10 23:49

abbd

4-Nov-10 23:49

Hello,

I would print a PDF file on any printer X, how i can do this with c# ? thank you verry mutch.

Re: Print a PDF file on any printer

_Erik_5-Nov-10 2:23

Re: Print a PDF file on any printer

5-Nov-10 2:23

There are many ways but, if you only want to print PDF files, I think this[^] is a good one.

Luc Pattyn5-Nov-10 2:24

Luc Pattyn

5-Nov-10 2:24

see here[^].

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dsrao4-Nov-10 12:33

dsrao

4-Nov-10 12:33

Hi All,

I am designing brand new application using the following technologies.
C#
ASP.Net
AJAX
SQL SERVER 2005

Visual Studio 2008.

Approach's

3-Tier architecture

UI+BL+DL classical way.
UI+BL+DL with Application blocks.

N-Tier architecture<

UI+BL+Linq to SQL
UI+BL+WCF+database

Can you please help me which approach will give best performance.

Thanks & Regards
Rao

Pete O'Hanlon4-Nov-10 12:39

Pete O'Hanlon

4-Nov-10 12:39

Please don't cross post. It's not cool.

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Dave Kreskowiak4-Nov-10 14:54

Dave Kreskowiak

4-Nov-10 14:54

Noone can answer that question. Since you haven't given any details about what the app is doing, how it's designed, the requirements, yada, yada, yada, ... It's impossible for anyone to answer this question at all.

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Richard Andrew x644-Nov-10 17:23

Richard Andrew x64

4-Nov-10 17:23

Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
Noone can answer that question.

Who is this guy Noone? He seems to know a lot.

Richard MacCutchan4-Nov-10 23:29

Richard MacCutchan

4-Nov-10 23:29

Richard Andrew x64 wrote:
Who is this guy Noone?

Him[^]?

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