Re: Install software and menus depending upon radion button selection option used in MSI - C# Discussion Boards

Dave Kreskowiak20-Feb-13 7:38

20-Feb-13 7:38

First, and foremost, we're not in the business of just handing over code on demand.

Second, navigation of what?? Driving a car via GPS? A boat perhaps? Something in a WPF app? Menus in a Windows Forms app? a ASP.NET app?

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Re: source code for navigation

Jibesh20-Feb-13 8:32

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20-Feb-13 8:32

Quote:
Second, navigation of what?? Driving a car via GPS? A boat perhaps? Something in a WPF app? Menus in a Windows Forms app? a ASP.NET app

might be a Space Shuttle navigation?

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Re: source code for navigation

Dave Kreskowiak20-Feb-13 11:24

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20-Feb-13 11:24

Soo many choices, soo little time to list them all...

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How to Show GIF Image Transparent C#

ishrar19-Feb-13 21:53

ishrar

19-Feb-13 21:53

Hello Guys,

Hope you are doing good.

I am developing a Designing Application. In this application there is a feature where user can add multiple images on form(can drag here and there).

I have few GIF Images of Cartoons. I want to show them as GIF Only. But when I put image on form it shows White area in blank portion.
Confused | :confused:

I have used Panel and Images are set as Background Image in the Panel.

I think I have not described clearly. Here I have attached image link for more clarification.

In this image background is a Panel(pnlMain) with a Background image. And Spider man is in another panel (panel1) with Background Image in panel1. Spider man image is GIF Image with Transparent area around spider man.

Image is here in this link.http://www.evernote.com/shard/s263/sh/8afc9a41-2a22-4a46-9703-33b77bb93f11/c1ecd6fb6a2ec44f6ac324e6482c4e6e[^]

I appreciate your cooperation.

-Ishrar G.

Re: How to Show GIF Image Transparent C#

Alan Balkany20-Feb-13 8:28

Alan Balkany

20-Feb-13 8:28

Use this:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/query/dev10.query?appId=Dev10IDEF1&l=EN-US&k=k%28SYSTEM.DRAWING.BITMAP.MAKETRANSPARENT%29;k%28TargetFrameworkMoniker-%22.NETFRAMEWORK%2cVERSION%3dV4.0%22%29;k%28DevLang-CSHARP%29&rd=true[^]

to make the background color transparent.

Install software and menus depending upon radion button selection option used in MSI

sjs4u19-Feb-13 19:33

sjs4u

19-Feb-13 19:33

Hi,

I made simple winform application in C#. I am showing menu options depending upon the mode selection. .i.e. if mode is eng then I am showing all the menus in MDI and if mode is tech then I am hiding some menus of MDI.This is handled in Code.

I am using MSI to create setup.I am using custom dialog box i.e. 2 radio button for mode selection. Now I want install software depeding upon the mode selection. i.e. if I select Eng mode radio button then installer install software with all menus and if I select tech mode then installer install only few menus which is applicable to tech mode.

I dont know how to use custom action so that i can pass the selection option to the exe.
Is there any other solution just let me know.

Thanks,
sjs4u

Re: Install software and menus depending upon radion button selection option used in MSI

Eddy Vluggen20-Feb-13 0:31

Eddy Vluggen

20-Feb-13 0:31

sjs4u wrote:
I dont know how to use custom action so that i can pass the selection option to the exe.

So the "mode" (eng/tech) is passed as a command-line parameter? I think you could add that part in the shortcut that's being made.

Alternatively, you could write a setting during the custom action[^] and check it's value on startup.

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Re: Install software and menus depending upon radion button selection option used in MSI

sjs4u20-Feb-13 18:12

sjs4u

20-Feb-13 18:12

Hi Eddy,

Thanks for your reply.

Yes I am passing tech/eng mode values as commadline argument and checked that in Main Method in program.cs. Default is tech mode.

In Installer Project - I set the radio button values and can able to get these values using
string myInput1 = this.Context.Parameters["BUTTON1"];
string myInput2 = this.Context.Parameters["BUTTON2"];
Now when I start installer it is showing 2 radio button and in that i want selected radion button value to be passed to exe so that only that exe get installed.

Regards,
sjs4u

Re: Install software and menus depending upon radion button selection option used in MSI

Eddy Vluggen21-Feb-13 7:06

Eddy Vluggen

21-Feb-13 7:06

sjs4u wrote:
Now when I start installer it is showing 2 radio button and in that i want selected radion button value to be passed to exe so that only that exe get installed.

Most installers will allow you to create a "default" and a "custom" setup; simply install a different shortcut on the desktop, and put the argument in there.

"How" that's done will vary per installer; check it's manual.

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project

pramodrastogi9119-Feb-13 18:14

pramodrastogi91

19-Feb-13 18:14

sir im student of B.tech final year . i have require the project of window based simulator using backpropogation algorithm in C#.
please suggest me

Re: project

Jibesh19-Feb-13 19:52

Jibesh

19-Feb-13 19:52

A google search would result more samples than we provide you here.

some of them are ..
Image Recognition with Neural Networks[^]
http://mihaiv.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/backpropagation-algorithm/[^]

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Re: project

Abhinav S19-Feb-13 22:25

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19-Feb-13 22:25

Try http://www.dzone.com/links/backpropagation_algorithm_tutorial_with_c_example.html[^].

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Re: project

fjdiewornncalwe20-Feb-13 3:17

fjdiewornncalwe

20-Feb-13 3:17

How about trying to do the project yourself? Life is much more fulfilling when you actually learn something from your assignments.

I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

Binary stream '0' does not contain a valid BinaryHeader. Possible causes are invalid stream or object version change between serialization and deserialization.

kandel1519-Feb-13 14:25

kandel15

19-Feb-13 14:25

Hello everyone. I get this excepction "Binary stream '0' does not contain a valid BinaryHeader. Possible causes are invalid stream or object version change between serialization and deserialization.". I am looking for solution about this exception 2 day's now with out success.I tried (i think) everthing D'Oh! | :doh:

.
Please can someone take a look on code bellow? where is error?

Thank's.

private player ByteArrayToPlayer(byte[] temp)
        {
            try
            {
                MemoryStream objectStream = new MemoryStream(temp);

                IFormatter BinaryFormatter
                            = new BinaryFormatter();

                objectStream.Position =0;
              
                return (player)BinaryFormatter.Deserialize(objectStream);     <--- get exception
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                ;
            }
            return null;


        }
        private byte[] PlayerToByteArray(player o)
        {
            try
            {
                objectStream = new MemoryStream();

               IFormatter BinaryFormatter
                            = new BinaryFormatter();
                
                BinaryFormatter.Serialize(objectStream, o);
                objectStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
                return objectStream.ToArray();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                ;

            }

            return null;
        }

Here are classes which serialize and deserialize.

[Serializable()]
        public class player :ISerializable
       {
           public byte[] temp;
           public int id;
           public bool isConnected;
           public cube[] receivedCubes;
           public cube[] cubesToSend;
           public string name;
           public bool isLoaded = false;
           public List<index>[] indexes;         // list of field indexes

           public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)
           {
               info.AddValue("receivedCubes", receivedCubes);
               info.AddValue("name", name);
               info.AddValue("temp", temp);
               info.AddValue("isConnected", isConnected);
               info.AddValue("isLoaded", isLoaded);
               info.AddValue("cubesToSend", cubesToSend);
               info.AddValue("indexes", indexes);
               info.AddValue("id", id);
               
           }
           public player()
           { }

           public player(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)
           {
               receivedCubes = (cube[])info.GetValue("receivedCubes", typeof(cube[]));
               name = (String)info.GetValue("name", typeof(string));
               temp = (byte[])info.GetValue("temp", typeof(byte[]));
               isConnected = (bool)info.GetValue("isConnected", typeof(bool));
               isLoaded = (bool)info.GetValue("isLoaded", typeof(bool));
               cubesToSend = (cube[])info.GetValue("cubesToSend", typeof(cube[]));
               indexes = (List<index>[])info.GetValue("indexes", typeof(List<index>[]));
               id = (int)info.GetValue("id", typeof(int));

           }



       }

 [Serializable()]
        public class index   //object idex indicate where cube entry on the screen from other player
        {
            public int x;       
            public int y;
            public int indexOfTargetCube;     // that mark own of index( cube)
            public byte direct;
            public index()
            {
            }

              public index (SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)
           {

               x = (int)info.GetValue("x", typeof(int));
               y = (int)info.GetValue("y", typeof(int));
               indexOfTargetCube = (int)info.GetValue("temp", typeof(int));
               direct=(byte)info.GetValue("isConnected",typeof(byte));
              
           
           }
              public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)
            {
                info.AddValue("x", x);
                info.AddValue("y", y);
                info.AddValue("indexOfTargetCube", indexOfTargetCube);
                info.AddValue("direct", direct);
               

            }

        }


 [Serializable()]
    public class cube :ISerializable
    {
        public int x;  // position x
        public int y;   // position y
        public int size;  // size of cube
        public byte direct=2;  // direct , default is rigtUp=2;
        public  byte speed;    // speed cube
        public bool live;      // isLive ???
        public int room = 0;   // where cube is
        public bool isOut;     // idicate for dealer, that is cube out from players
        public bool isMarked = false; // indicate that cube have index
        public byte numOfExit = 0;    // num. of exit for dealer
        public int exploseTimer = 0;   // timer for explose
        public byte sizeTimer;          // timer for size cube
        public byte speedTimer=0;      // timer for speed cube
        public byte stopTimer=0;      // timer for stop cube
        public byte lastDirect=0;      // last direct, if cube keep position
        public int assumeX = 0;        // for index calculate
        public int assumeY=0;          // for index calculate

public cube()
        {

        }

public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)
        {
            info.AddValue("x", x);
            info.AddValue("y", y);
            info.AddValue("size", size);
            info.AddValue("direct", direct);
            info.AddValue("speed", speed);
            info.AddValue("live", live);
            info.AddValue("room", room);
            info.AddValue("isOut", isOut);
            info.AddValue("isMarked", isMarked);
            info.AddValue("numOfExit", numOfExit);
            info.AddValue("exploseTimer", exploseTimer);
            info.AddValue("sizeTimer", sizeTimer);
            info.AddValue("speedTimer", speedTimer);
            info.AddValue("stopTimer", stopTimer);
            info.AddValue("lastDirect", lastDirect);
            info.AddValue("assumeY", assumeY);
            info.AddValue("assumeY", assumeY);

        }


public cube(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)
           {
               x=(int)info.GetValue("x", typeof(int));
               y=(int)info.GetValue("y", typeof(int));
               size=(int)info.GetValue("size", typeof(int));
               direct=(byte)info.GetValue("direct",typeof(byte));
               speed=(byte)info.GetValue("speed", typeof(byte));
               live=(bool)info.GetValue("live", typeof(bool));
               room=(int)info.GetValue("room", typeof(int));
               isOut=(bool)info.GetValue("isOut", typeof(bool));
               isMarked=(bool)info.GetValue("isMarked",typeof(bool));
               numOfExit=(byte)info.GetValue("numOfExit",typeof(byte));
               exploseTimer=(int)info.GetValue("exploseTimer",typeof(int));
               sizeTimer=(byte)info.GetValue("sizeTimer",typeof(byte));
               speedTimer=(byte)info.GetValue("speedTimer",typeof(byte));
               stopTimer=(byte)info.GetValue("stopTimer",typeof(byte));
               lastDirect=(byte)info.GetValue("lastDirect",typeof(byte));
               assumeX=(int)info.GetValue("assumeY",typeof(int));
               assumeY=(int)info.GetValue("assumeY",typeof(int));
         
           }
}

private player ByteArrayToPlayer(byte[] temp)
{
try
{
MemoryStream objectStream = new MemoryStream(temp);

IFormatter BinaryFormatter
= new BinaryFormatter();

objectStream.Position =0;

return (player)BinaryFormatter.Deserialize(objectStream); <--- get exception
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
;
}
return null;

}
private byte[] PlayerToByteArray(player o)
{
try
{
objectStream = new MemoryStream();

IFormatter BinaryFormatter
= new BinaryFormatter();

BinaryFormatter.Serialize(objectStream, o);
objectStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
return objectStream.ToArray();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
;

}

return null;
}

Here are classes which serialize and deserialize.

[Serializable()]
public class player :ISerializable
{
public byte[] temp;
public int id;
public bool isConnected;
public cube[] receivedCubes;
public cube[] cubesToSend;
public string name;
public bool isLoaded = false;
public List<index>[] indexes; // list of field indexes

public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)
{
info.AddValue("receivedCubes", receivedCubes);
info.AddValue("name", name);
info.AddValue("temp", temp);
info.AddValue("isConnected", isConnected);
info.AddValue("isLoaded", isLoaded);
info.AddValue("cubesToSend", cubesToSend);
info.AddValue("indexes", indexes);
info.AddValue("id", id);

}
public player()
{ }

public player(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)
{
receivedCubes = (cube[])info.GetValue("receivedCubes", typeof(cube[]));
name = (String)info.GetValue("name", typeof(string));
temp = (byte[])info.GetValue("temp", typeof(byte[]));
isConnected = (bool)info.GetValue("isConnected", typeof(bool));
isLoaded = (bool)info.GetValue("isLoaded", typeof(bool));
cubesToSend = (cube[])info.GetValue("cubesToSend", typeof(cube[]));
indexes = (List<index>[])info.GetValue("indexes", typeof(List<index>[]));
id = (int)info.GetValue("id", typeof(int));

}

}

[Serializable()]
public class index //object idex indicate where cube entry on the screen from other player
{
public int x;
public int y;
public int indexOfTargetCube; // that mark own of index( cube)
public byte direct;
public index()
{
}

public index (SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)
{

x = (int)info.GetValue("x", typeof(int));
y = (int)info.GetValue("y", typeof(int));
indexOfTargetCube = (int)info.GetValue("temp", typeof(int));
direct=(byte)info.GetValue("isConnected",typeof(byte));

}
public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)
{
info.AddValue("x", x);
info.AddValue("y", y);
info.AddValue("indexOfTargetCube", indexOfTargetCube);
info.AddValue("direct", direct);

}

}

[Serializable()]
public class cube :ISerializable
{
public int x; // position x
public int y; // position y
public int size; // size of cube
public byte direct=2; // direct , default is rigtUp=2;
public byte speed; // speed cube
public bool live; // isLive ???
public int room = 0; // where cube is
public bool isOut; // idicate for dealer, that is cube out from players
public bool isMarked = false; // indicate that cube have index
public byte numOfExit = 0; // num. of exit for dealer
public int exploseTimer = 0; // timer for explose
public byte sizeTimer; // timer for size cube
public byte speedTimer=0; // timer for speed cube
public byte stopTimer=0; // timer for stop cube
public byte lastDirect=0; // last direct, if cube keep position
public int assumeX = 0; // for index calculate
public int assumeY=0; // for index calculate

public cube()
{

}

public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)
{
info.AddValue("x", x);
info.AddValue("y", y);
info.AddValue("size", size);
info.AddValue("direct", direct);
info.AddValue("speed", speed);
info.AddValue("live", live);
info.AddValue("room", room);
info.AddValue("isOut", isOut);
info.AddValue("isMarked", isMarked);
info.AddValue("numOfExit", numOfExit);
info.AddValue("exploseTimer", exploseTimer);
info.AddValue("sizeTimer", sizeTimer);
info.AddValue("speedTimer", speedTimer);
info.AddValue("stopTimer", stopTimer);
info.AddValue("lastDirect", lastDirect);
info.AddValue("assumeY", assumeY);
info.AddValue("assumeY", assumeY);

}

public cube(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)
{
x=(int)info.GetValue("x", typeof(int));
y=(int)info.GetValue("y", typeof(int));
size=(int)info.GetValue("size", typeof(int));
direct=(byte)info.GetValue("direct", typeof(byte));
speed=(byte)info.GetValue("speed", typeof(byte));
live=(bool)info.GetValue("live", typeof(bool));
room=(int)info.GetValue("room", typeof(int));
isOut=(bool)info.GetValue("isOut", typeof(bool));
isMarked=(bool)info.GetValue("isMarked", typeof(bool));
numOfExit=(byte)info.GetValue("numOfExit", typeof(byte));
exploseTimer=(int)info.GetValue("exploseTimer", typeof(int));
sizeTimer=(byte)info.GetValue("sizeTimer", typeof(byte));
speedTimer=(byte)info.GetValue("speedTimer", typeof(byte));
stopTimer=(byte)info.GetValue("stopTimer", typeof(byte));
lastDirect=(byte)info.GetValue("lastDirect", typeof(byte));
assumeX=(int)info.GetValue("assumeY", typeof(int));
assumeY=(int)info.GetValue("assumeY", typeof(int));

}
}

Re: Binary stream '0' does not contain a valid BinaryHeader. Possible causes are invalid stream or object version change between serialization and deserialization.

BobJanova20-Feb-13 0:04

BobJanova

20-Feb-13 0:04

What's actually in the byte array?

You're swallowed exceptions in serialisation which is a really bad idea as it makes it impossible to tell if that failed.

Re: Binary stream '0' does not contain a valid BinaryHeader. Possible causes are invalid stream or object version change between serialization and deserialization.

Pete O'Hanlon20-Feb-13 0:11

Pete O'Hanlon

20-Feb-13 0:11

The problem is that one of the keys you attempt to read doesn't match the name of the key that you write. It's generally a bad idea to use strings like this in serialisation code - you should really use constants. That way, you make sure that the string is the same on the input and the output.

This code has the problem:

[Serializable()]
       public class index   //object idex indicate where cube entry on the screen from other player
       {
           public int x;
           public int y;
           public int indexOfTargetCube;     // that mark own of index( cube)
           public byte direct;
           public index()
           {
           }

             public index (SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)
          {

              x = (int)info.GetValue("x", typeof(int));
              y = (int)info.GetValue("y", typeof(int));
              indexOfTargetCube = (int)info.GetValue("temp", typeof(int));
              direct=(byte)info.GetValue("isConnected",typeof(byte));


          }
             public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext ctxt)
           {
               info.AddValue("x", x);
               info.AddValue("y", y);
               info.AddValue("indexOfTargetCube", indexOfTargetCube);
               info.AddValue("direct", direct);
           }

       }

You use indexOfTargetCube when you write the data out, and you use temp when you read the same item back in.

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Windows Mobile

aymen Tn19-Feb-13 5:04

aymen Tn

19-Feb-13 5:04

Hi
I'm working on improving a GUI on an application, I have a tabconrol with many pages, I want to put a background Image instead of the unique color which appear behind, I didn't find any property to do it .. Is there any way ??
your help is really appreciated,
thanks

Re: Windows Mobile

Abhinav S19-Feb-13 5:49

Abhinav S

19-Feb-13 5:49

Tab control? If you are using Pivot view, you can set a background image as described here[^].

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Re: Windows Mobile

aymen Tn19-Feb-13 22:44

aymen Tn

19-Feb-13 22:44

Hi thanks for the answer,apparently this is for windows phone, I'm using a smart device, windows mobile version 6

Re: Windows Mobile

Pete O'Hanlon19-Feb-13 6:00

Pete O'Hanlon

19-Feb-13 6:00

What version of Windows Mobile are you using?

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Re: Windows Mobile

aymen Tn19-Feb-13 22:42

aymen Tn

19-Feb-13 22:42

Hi I'm using the mobile 6 version, visual studio 2008, .NEt 3.5

Re: Windows Mobile

Pete O'Hanlon20-Feb-13 2:12

Pete O'Hanlon

20-Feb-13 2:12

I don't believe you can do this with the default WinMo TabControl, and I'm not aware of any open source implementations that provide this functionality. You might want to look at the controls at Resco[^]

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How to create dynamic menu

ebrahim kalteh19-Feb-13 1:36

ebrahim kalteh

19-Feb-13 1:36

There is a software called "advanced uninstaller pro 11" , I want to know is how the software dynamic menus can be built with C #? My English is poor, please reply with fluent English Wink | ;)

This is software that addresses:advanceduninstaller

Re: How to create dynamic menu

BobJanova19-Feb-13 3:06

BobJanova

19-Feb-13 3:06

Instead of linking us to a website (which makes me wonder whether this is just a spam pseudo-ad), describe your problem. Dynamic menus could mean a lot of things. What do you mean by dynamic? (Different content each time you show them? Ability to change content while it's visible? Built once on app startup?) And what environment (i.e. web, WinForms, WPF, Silverlight etc)?

Re: How to create dynamic menu

ebrahim kalteh19-Feb-13 8:13

ebrahim kalteh

19-Feb-13 8:13

Surely this is not spam. I mean that would like the software advanced uninstaller, Means when we click on one of the menus with animation-like state of being into another.

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