.NET (Core and Framework)

Re: Is VC++ .net a multithreaded complier?

24-Jun-02 12:46

While compiling my CPU usage goes over 50% on my dual, but not to 100%

This means that it is not multithreaded, but some tasks are being done in seperate processes. I would assume the compiler is some sort of console utility running in the background, with VS listening and echoing (which takes cycles from the tool on a single cpu).

And performance isnt the only reason to go dual!

Being able to use photoshop, browse the net, review code, etc. while vs.net does its thing is just as valuable.

Christopher Duncan24-Jun-02 12:52

Christopher Duncan

24-Jun-02 12:52

Thanks for the feedback. Yeah, that's the same behavior we noted in 6.0. Oh, well...

Christopher Lord wrote:
And performance isnt the only reason to go dual!

Being able to use photoshop, browse the net, review code, etc. while vs.net does its thing is just as valuable.

Which is the reason, of course, that he went dual. Er, did I mention he was the boss? (In fairness, we all have screaming machines and ours, while not dual, have faster CPUs that actually build the system quicker than his. I think we got the better end of the deal.)

Thanks, man!

Chistopher Duncan
Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)

IL Question

sultan_of_6string23-Jun-02 5:05

sultan_of_6string

23-Jun-02 5:05

By Microsoft's own admission, the C# compiler is not much of an optimizer. I need to get a particular class working blazing fast, so I'm using ildasm to get the IL, modifying it and ilasm-ing it back to a PE.

I need to know what's a faster way to push two references to the current object onto the stack:

ldarg.0
ldarg.0

OR

ldarg.0
dup

Thanks

SimonS23-Jun-02 5:35

SimonS

23-Jun-02 5:35

I'm going to ask a dumb question:
If you're requiring performance only, why not go for C++ (or even inline C) ?
I don't see the benefit of doing IL manually.

Cheers,
Simon

"Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch.", Eric S. Raymond

sultan_of_6string23-Jun-02 7:22

sultan_of_6string

23-Jun-02 7:22

After disassembling the Managed C++ code, I realized that I can optimize it better than the compiler. However, the MC++ included some native code which can't be disassembled with ildasm so I can't compile it with ilasm. Besides, since the stuff is managed, it doesn't really matter what language I write in; I like C#.

Alexandru Savescu28-Jun-02 8:28

Alexandru Savescu

28-Jun-02 8:28

I think it does. Only memmory is managed, but the Managed C++ code is more optimized that C#, actually I think is the only optimized language from .NET. Also with managed you can combine managed and unmanaged code so you can obtain native code for real time actions.

Best regards,
Alexandru Savescu

Christopher Lord28-Jun-02 14:51

28-Jun-02 14:51

Could you direct me to where ms says mc++ is more optimized?

I cant seem to find reference to that.

Joao Vaz26-Jun-02 6:45

Joao Vaz

26-Jun-02 6:45

The 2nd part is faster since dup doesn't need to be verified and it's considered type safe Smile | :)

Cheers,
Joao Vaz
The loved ones never really leave us , they are always alive on our hearts and minds.

Re: and ECMA doc

Joao Vaz26-Jun-02 6:55

Joao Vaz

26-Jun-02 6:55

And since you are interested in Il, check the Ecma-335 specificationthat deals with the Commom Language Infrastructure, in which IL instruction set belongs, here Common Language Infrastructure

Cheers,
Joao Vaz
The loved ones never really leave us , they are always alive on our hearts and minds.

Capturing mouse events on a TreeNode

Rama Krishna Vavilala28-Jun-02 16:12

Rama Krishna Vavilala

28-Jun-02 16:12

I don't think there will be any observable difference between the two. I will really be surprised if your hand optimization gives you more speed than the unoptimized code.

I have never wasted time worrying about such insignificant things. Keep your eye upon the donut and NOT upon the hole. - Bill Sergio about posting in the right forum. The Lounge - June 23, 2002

Newbie Question

Venet23-Jun-02 4:09

Venet

23-Jun-02 4:09

Excuse my (!knowledge ) of WebServices.

Let's say I have a simple WebService that accepts 2 integers and give you back the result of addition.

What's the way to make this service known to other applications. Do you need to setup some central server, so it would keep track of all services (let's say in an Intranet), or is there a standard way to do it ?

Thanks

Venet.

--------
Black holes are where God divided by zero.(Steven Wright)

Re: Newbie Question

SimonS23-Jun-02 5:41

SimonS

23-Jun-02 5:41

Hi Venet

Have a look at UDDI.
If you're doing this more for a test, then maybe link your webservice from XMethods.

HTH

Cheers,
Simon

"Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch.", Eric S. Raymond

Re: Newbie Question

Venet23-Jun-02 6:48

Venet

23-Jun-02 6:48

Thanks Simon,

Question answered. This is exactly what I needed.

Venet.

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Black holes are where God divided by zero.(Steven Wright)

Andrew Connell21-Jun-02 2:32

Andrew Connell

21-Jun-02 2:32

I've extended the TreeNode control to add an additional property. Now, what
I'd like to do is capture the MouseDown event so I can perform some tasks
when either the left or right mouse button is clicked. However, I can see
that the TreeNode doesn't have any events to override. I tried capturing it
with the TreeView control, but can't get the underlying object that was
clicked.

Any ideas? I was thinking about creating my own custom event in my extended
control (TreeNodeExID)... but I can't find any examples or documentation...

-AC

Andrew Connell
IM on MSN
andrew@aconnell.com

Re: Capturing mouse events on a TreeNode

Chris Rickard21-Jun-02 4:00

Chris Rickard

21-Jun-02 4:00

Override the WndProc procedure and handle the Windows Message WM_LBUTTONDOWN:

class TreeNodeExID : TreeNode
{
    ...
    public const int WM_LBUTTONDOWN = 0x0201;
    protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
    {
        if(m.Msg == WM_LBUTTONDOWN)
        {
          //DO WORK HERE
        }
        base.WndProc(ref m);
    }
}

RSA Encryption

Ollie20-Jun-02 4:24

Ollie

20-Jun-02 4:24

RSA Parameters has an Exponent value and Modulus value how do i combine these to get the public key

Confused | :confused:

Fill Enum with DB records

Marcelo Duarte19-Jun-02 15:55

Marcelo Duarte

19-Jun-02 15:55

How can I fill ( or create ) a Enum using DB records as items ??

Or How can I override a enum declaration ?

( I want to add items to an Enum declarated in other class )

thanks

Marcelo Duarte
uruguay

Re: Fill Enum with DB records

Christopher Lord21-Jun-02 20:09

Re: Fill Enum with DB records

21-Jun-02 20:09

This may be possible by progmatically writing code and then using Emit() to generate a runtime assembly, and then using that code.

But really, you shouldnt add so much complication. Better to keep the records in their native format.

SimonS23-Jun-02 5:47

SimonS

23-Jun-02 5:47

Christopher Lord wrote:
Better to keep the records in their native format.
Agreed.
It might also be an option to check out Typed Datasets.

Cheers,
Simon

"Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch.", Eric S. Raymond

Read From Screen

gibbsnich19-Jun-02 9:02

gibbsnich

19-Jun-02 9:02

Hi!
I want to know if there's an API I can use in .NET that makes it possible to read text from any program if I e.g. do a right-click and hold ALT.
Something like an OCR API reading from screen... well, I don't know how to describe it correctly, but if you know the tool "Babylon Translator" you know what I mean...

Thanks in advance!

File Transfer Using Remoting

SHaroz19-Jun-02 5:19

SHaroz

19-Jun-02 5:19

I have set up a remoting host and client, and they work well. Now I would like the host to send a file to the client, but can't figure out how to do it. I need a function in the remoted object that would look something like this-

Public Function FileTran() as File
return C:\test.txt
End Function

I know this is completely incorrect, but you get the idea of what I'm trying to do.
Can anyone please give me some pointers?

Thanks in advance,
Steve

P.S. VB.NET code prefered, but C# would be fine too.

Christopher Lord21-Jun-02 20:12

21-Jun-02 20:12

Well, look into Stream objects. I've never used them over a remoting link, but if MS did a really good job it should be seemless.

If not, you'll have to chunk and send, which will be slow but will get the job done.
Simply chunk your file into a buffer, and send the buffer across the wire as an array of bytes, and then reconsitute. Thats not gonna be a whole lot of fun, though.

SHaroz24-Jun-02 4:57

SHaroz

24-Jun-02 4:57

Do you think it would matter whether I marshal by ref or serialize? I'm asking because I've never remoted serialized objects, but I've seen them mentioned frequently. Confused | :confused:

Christopher Lord24-Jun-02 12:49

24-Jun-02 12:49

I've only done minimal work over remoting as well. I figure that serializing a remote object will work great, but again I cant be sure. sorry.