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Unmanaged dll call from C#, AccessViolationExceptionMessage [modified]

marca2923-Jul-11 22:24

3-Jul-11 22:24

Hi,

I am calling a .dll from C#. There is no problem loading the dll and call some functions from C#, but one function call gives
"System.AccessViolationExceptionMessage: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt."
There is no problem to call this function from c++.
I suppose something is wrong with the structures I use in C# but I'm not sure what and how to solve this issue.

Using Visual Studio 2008.

********************************** C++ **********************************

typedef enum _MAPI_APN_TYPE
{
	MAPI_APN_PRIMARY = 0,
	MAPI_APN_ACTIVATION,

}MAPI_APN_TYPE;

typedef struct _MAPI_APN_DATA
{
	wchar_t wcApn[80];
	wchar_t wcUsername[80];
	wchar_t wcPassword[80];
	wchar_t wcDialNumber[80];

}MAPI_APN_DATA, * LPMAPI_APN_DATA;

typedef struct _MAPI_CORE_PATH
{
	wchar_t	strPath     [ 260 ];

}MAPI_CORE_PATH, *LPMAPI_CORE_PATH;


***** c++ function that works: *******
MAPI_APN_DATA data;
MAPI_CORE_PATH path;
memset( &path, 0, sizeof( MAPI_CORE_PATH ) );
result = M_API_GetApnData( &path, MAPI_APN_ACTIVATION, &data );

********************************** C# **********************************

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public struct MAPI_APN_DATA
{
	[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 80)]
	public string apn;

	[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 80)]
	public string username;

	[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 80)]
	public string password;

	[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 80)]
	public string dialNumber;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public struct MAPI_CORE_PATH
{
	[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 260)]
	public string strPath;
}
public enum MAPI_APN_TYPE
{
	MAPI_APN_PRIMARY = 0,
	MAPI_APN_ACTIVATION,
};

[UnmanagedFunctionPointer(CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
private delegate MAPI_RESULT M_API_GetApnData(ref MAPI_CORE_PATH path, MAPI_APN_TYPE apn_type, ref MAPI_APN_DATA data);
private M_API_GetApnData             fnMGetApnData;

//Init function delegates
pFunction = MbmFramework.Native.GetProcAddress(pMClientDll, "M_API_GetApnData");
fnMGetApnData = (M_API_GetApnData)Marshal.GetDelegateForFunctionPointer(pFunction, typeof(M_API_GetApnData));

//And the method that calls fnMGetApnData and gives System.AccessViolationExceptionMessage
MAPI_APN_DATA data = new MAPI_APN_DATA();
MAPI_CORE_PATH path = new MAPI_CORE_PATH();
MAPI_RESULT apiRes = fnMGetApnData(ref path, MAPI_APN_TYPE.MAPI_APN_ACTIVATION, ref data);

Best regards
Olof

modified on Monday, July 4, 2011 4:54 AM

Re: Unmanaged dll call from C#, AccessViolationExceptionMessage

Richard MacCutchan3-Jul-11 22:37

Richard MacCutchan

3-Jul-11 22:37

Does the exception occur inside the fnMGetApnData() function? If so you need to track exactly what is going on in there, and without seeing the code it is impossible for anyone here to make a guess.

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Re: Unmanaged dll call from C#, AccessViolationExceptionMessage

marca2923-Jul-11 22:47

marca292

3-Jul-11 22:47

Yes, fnMGetApnData() is the unmanaged call to the dll. I don't have the source code to this dll. I tried to debug this unmanaged call in the assembler code but have not enought assembler experience. The only thing I can see is that a assembler "call" is causing the exception.

Re: Unmanaged dll call from C#, AccessViolationExceptionMessage

Richard MacCutchan3-Jul-11 23:22

Richard MacCutchan

3-Jul-11 23:22

marca292 wrote:
I don't have the source code to this dll

It's unlikely that anyone here will be able to guess what's going on. Is there any way you can get hold of the people who created the dll?

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Re: Unmanaged dll call from C#, AccessViolationExceptionMessage

marca2923-Jul-11 23:26

marca292

3-Jul-11 23:26

I was just wondering if anyone could see something wrong with my C# struct declaration that could cause this error.

Maybe, I shall see if I can get hold of the people who created this dll.

Re: Unmanaged dll call from C#, AccessViolationExceptionMessage

BobJanova4-Jul-11 0:38

BobJanova

4-Jul-11 0:38

Make sure wchar_t is what you think it is. I don't see anything obviously wrong with the structure definitions.

Alternatively, does the function rely on the path being set to zeros? You are doing that in C++ and not C#. You might need to assign "\0" to path.strPath if the C function expects it to be set to zero length to start with. (I'm not sure what the marshalling does with an unassigned string variable in a struct. You might need to assign a value to all the string properties; a constructor or method on the struct to do that might be a good idea.)

Re: Unmanaged dll call from C#, AccessViolationExceptionMessage

Pete O'Hanlon4-Jul-11 1:15

Pete O'Hanlon

4-Jul-11 1:15

Try changing the CharSet to CharSet.Ansi.

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Re: Unmanaged dll call from C#, AccessViolationExceptionMessage

George Tryfonas5-Jul-11 3:33

George Tryfonas

5-Jul-11 3:33

I'm confused as to why you're using the UnmanagedFunctionPointerAttribute to get the dll function and then go through all that marshalling mess. Wasn't a simple DllImport enough?

database connection code in c# for asp .net

Arvind Vishwakarma2-Jul-11 6:09

Arvind Vishwakarma

2-Jul-11 6:09

please send me code to run the project in asp .net
thanks

Re: database connection code in c# for asp .net

Richard MacCutchan2-Jul-11 6:47

Richard MacCutchan

2-Jul-11 6:47

Arvind Vishwakarma wrote:
please send me code to run the project in asp .net

What sort of question is that? Please note:

This is not the ASP.NET forum
You have not given any details about what problem you are trying to solve
Working projects are not free, you either have to buy them or build them yourself

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Re: database connection code in c# for asp .net

PIEBALDconsult2-Jul-11 6:54

PIEBALDconsult

2-Jul-11 6:54

DatabaseAccessor[^]

Re: database connection code in c# for asp .net

RaviRanjanKr2-Jul-11 8:34

RaviRanjanKr

2-Jul-11 8:34

hey! be more specific while asking question and please don't ask to send me code because no one will send you code whatever
Try
ASP.NET - Database Connection[^]

Re: database connection code in c# for asp .net

Abhinav S2-Jul-11 23:33

Abhinav S

2-Jul-11 23:33

How about doing a search on the internet for this information?
You could check out msdn for tutorials / quickstarts.

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how to "inject" string

igalep1322-Jul-11 5:53

igalep132

2-Jul-11 5:53

Hi,

i'm not sure how to describe my self (not sure what is the name of this issue)

i can write to console like this

Console.WriteLine("The answer of {0} + {1} is {2}",2,2,2+2);

how exactly this topic (of {0}... and the arguments) is called ?

any way, i was wondering if i can write something like this.

Dictionary <string,int> dic = new ...
 
string [] arr = {"hello","world"};
 
foreach (var str in arr)
{
dic.Add({0},str, str.Length);
}

I know that it's not the correct syntax, but i hope i was understandable enough... Smile | :)

Re: how to "inject" string

PIEBALDconsult2-Jul-11 6:06

PIEBALDconsult

2-Jul-11 6:06

Uh, no, I have no idea what you want, but would String.Format help?

Re: how to "inject" string

Mark Salsbery2-Jul-11 6:09

Mark Salsbery

2-Jul-11 6:09

The method has to support Composite Formatting[^] to use that syntax.

You can build the string first, perhaps using StringBuilder, String.Format(), string operators, etc., before adding it to the dictionary.

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Microsoft MVP - Visual C++
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Re: how to "inject" string

Philippe Mori2-Jul-11 12:37

Philippe Mori

2-Jul-11 12:37

If you want to write a function that accepts variable number of arguments like WriteLine does, you have to uses the params modifier.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/w5zay9db(v=VS.100).aspx[^]

In the format string {#} where # is a number refer to the the argument at that position starting at index 0 with the first argument after the format string.

Philippe Mori

Re: how to "inject" string

#realJSOP3-Jul-11 5:59

#realJSOP

3-Jul-11 5:59

Your sample doesn't really make any sense.

Why don't you just do it this way:

for (int i = 0; i < arr.Length; i++)
{
    dic.Add(arr[i], arr.length);
}

One of the Console.WriteLine method overloads acts just like string.Format. You pass a format string, followed by an array of objects. The number inside the curly braces indicates the index into the specified object array. Just like all other arrays, this one is 0 based, and you can't specify a value < 0 or > the number of elements in the array (minus 1). You can specify the same array index over and over again:

WriteLine("{0}{0}{0}", "x", "y");

which would result in "xxx" being written

or even out of order:

WriteLine("{2}{1}{0}", "x", "y", "z");

which would result in "zyx" being written.

You can have more objects to format, but your indexes in the format string can never exceed the number of objects in the array.

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Re: how to "inject" string

Shameel3-Jul-11 8:34

Shameel

3-Jul-11 8:34

String.Format() does the trick, Console.WriteLine() internally uses String.Format().

ms access afterupdate event in c# textbox

Asif Rehman1-Jul-11 23:34

Asif Rehman

1-Jul-11 23:34

I'm unable to get ms access afterupdate event like functionality in c# textbox.

What I have done so far is:

private void VocNoTextBox_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)<br />
{<br />
    if (e.KeyData.Equals(Keys.Enter))<br />
        MoveToSpecificVocNo();<br />
}<br />

and Leave event

<br />
        private void VocNoTextBox_Leave(object sender, EventArgs e)<br />
        {<br />
            MoveToSpecificVocNo();<br />
        }<br />

But the problem is If I press enter and press tab to move to next field. The event is called twice. One for Enter key, another for Leave.

Is there any solution?

Regards
Asif Rehman

Re: ms access afterupdate event in c# textbox

JOAT-MON2-Jul-11 3:12

JOAT-MON

2-Jul-11 3:12

One way would be using a flag to indicate it had been run already.

At the form level:

private bool func_called = false;

In KeyDown you set it to true after calling the function:

private void VocNoTextBox_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
   if (e.KeyData.Equals(Keys.Enter))
   {
      MoveToSpecificVocNo();
      func_called = true;     // <---
   }
}

And in Leave you reset it (if this is appropriate for what it does):

private void VocNoTextBox_Leave(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   if ( !func_called )
   {
      MoveToSpecificVocNo();
   }

   func_called = false;     //<---
}

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Re: ms access afterupdate event in c# textbox

JOAT-MON2-Jul-11 3:26

JOAT-MON

2-Jul-11 3:26

Possibly a better way (depends on what MoveToSpecificVocNo() does) is to implement the SendKeys class:

private void VocNoTextBox_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
   if (e.KeyData.Equals(Keys.Enter))
   {
      SendKeys.Send ( "\t" );
   }
}

This will cause the focus to jump and trigger the Leave event.

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File Type forensic identification

devvvy1-Jul-11 14:20

devvvy

1-Jul-11 14:20

Hi
This is a question in File Type forensic identification - how can I verify, via C#, an Excel file really is an Excel file, a Word file is word, a 7z/zip is genuinely a zip file, a csv is what it claims to be?

Thanks

dev

Re: File Type forensic identification

Philippe Mori1-Jul-11 14:58

Philippe Mori

1-Jul-11 14:58

For each type of file, the validation would be different. Thus it cannot be done in a generic way.

Many file types do have a signature that could be checked (http://www.garykessler.net/library/file_sigs.html[^]).

Also so file format are based on other file format like an xlsx file is based on a zip file with some specific content.

Also for some file type some statistics could be used... or some patterns could be found in the file.

Generally, you won't really validate a file... You will try to open it using appropriate library and assumes the file is good if it can be opened and used.

Some file might also have a checksum to validate it or might contain information related to its length. A wave file for example would have the number of sample (or something like that) in it header. That information with other information like the number of channel and the bit depth would allows to validate that the length of the file match (maybe rounded up a bit) with that value.

Philippe Mori

Re: File Type forensic identification

PIEBALDconsult1-Jul-11 18:51

PIEBALDconsult

1-Jul-11 18:51

Yeah, just open it in the appropriate app and let it tell you, it's the expert.
It's really not worth trying to guess.

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