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Normally you should post this in the ASP.NET forum, despite whatever language you're using (since it's specific to ASP.NET), but I'll answer this once anyway.
Store the RCW (runtime callable wrapper, or the "interop wrapper" as you called it - more typically called an interop assembly) in the Application object. This is for application-wide state, similar to how sessions are specific to a user. Only create an instance of the COM object if the key into the application object returns null, and set that state variable once you've created the COM object. If it's not null, then use it.
The Application property is defined for a WebService, so you should have no problem using it:
MyComObject obj = (MyComObject)Application["MyComObject"];
if (obj == null)
{
obj = new MyComObject();
Application["MyComObject"] = obj;
}
obj.DoSomething();This is one of many ways and is one of the easier ways. If ever the application is unloaded (like when the application or site's Web.config file is changed, or the machine.config file is changed) the COM object is destroyed and will have to be re-initialized.
Storing COM objects in a state service like this can be a performance drain on its own, however. COM objects are not serializable and, if you're running your ASP.NET web application in a server farm, you can have affinity problems since an instance is created on a single server.
To get around this use COM+, or Enterprise Services. Install your COM object as a COM+ object (some modificatio may be necessary, but you can leverage basic functionality from normal COM objects) and use the System.EnterpriseServices namespace classes to make calls on the object. This is definitely outside the scope of this forum, however, so I'll give you some links you should really read. This is probably the best solution to your problem and is one of the many of the features that COM+ was designed for.
Read Writing Serviced Components[^] and about the System.EnterpriseServices Namespace[^]. Also read COM+ (Component Services)[^] in the Platform SDK.
As far as the COM object goes you must make sure that the methods run within an MTA (multi-threaded apartment), otherwise you could hang your ASP.NET application.
In the future, please direct ASP.NET questions to the ASP.NET forum.
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Anyone know how to get a machine's local IP number, other than by parsing the output from IPCONFIG?
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Please refer the following article on CP:
How To Get IP Address Of A Machine[^]
Hope this helps.
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Jay...
Thank you! That's exactly what I needed.
BTW, I really did search CP before posting, but I guess I missed that article.
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I am curious if anyone has any experience in instanciating/using a singleton object via reflection?
I guess if I have a singleton class like so in a ASP.net application:
<br />
public sealed class Services<br />
{<br />
private Services() {}<br />
...<br />
public static Services Instance<br />
{<br />
...<br />
}<br />
}<br />
and lets say this is a lazy singleton (i.e. not created until the first call to the Instance method). Is there a way for me to work with this instance in a Type Library using reflection. I am sure there must be a way, but I am missing it..
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lcarriere wrote:
Is there a way for me to work with this instance in a Type Library using reflection.
Assemblies are not type libraries, which describe COM types. You can't reflect COM types in .NET, though you can reflect their RCWs (runtime callable wrappers), but that's definitely not the same thing. Type metadata and IL modules are stored in assemblies.
If you want to reflect the singleton in such a way that when you access a property then you shouldn't have a problem if you follow the recommend pattern, in which each property gets an instance - which creates the instance if not created already - and returns a value from the instance using the private instance field. The following example also uses the double-checked locking method, which is the safest way of creating a singleton:
using System;
class Singleton
{
static object sync = new object();
static Singleton instance;
int serialNumber;
Singleton()
{
}
static Singleton Instance
{
get
{
if (instance == null)
lock (sync)
if (instance == null)
instance = new Singleton();
return instance;
}
}
public static int SerialNumber
{
get
{
return ++Instance.serialNumber;
}
}
}Notice how the SerialNumber property uses the static private Instance property, which will create a single instance if necessary. When you reflect the static property SerialNumber and instance gets created.
To reflect static members you need to use the overload that allows you to specify a BindingFlags, providing to it at least BindingFlags.Static. The default implementations like GetProperty search for public instance properties, not static and non-public properties. Other than that you would reflect it as you normally would reflect a type with an assembly.
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I am sorry I meant to say Class Library (to much rum and eggnog last night - just kidding).
Thanks this helps a lot. Do you have a small example of reflecting a static method?
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If you look at the Type.GetMethods documentation - along with the BindingFlags enumeration documentation, it's quite easy:
Type t = typeof(Singleton);
MethodInfo[] methods = t.GetMethods(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static); This will gather public static methods. For more options, see the BindingFlags enumeration documentation in the .NET Framework SDK, which is installed by default with VS.NET, can be installed stand-alone from http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework[^], or is available online at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library[^].
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yes sorry, I should have replied sooner. I discovered the methods you mentioned and it is working perfectly.
Thanks for your help!
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I posted to this board almost a month ago, and no one had a response for any of my questions. Can anyone offer any comments on these topics?
Thanks much.
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(from 1 December 2004)
I'm a total newbie in the land of C#, Visual Studio, .NET, and all-things-Microsoft. I'm trying to do a number of things with a C# application that has a builtin web browser (AxSHDocVw.AxWebBrowser). Most of the code I've inherited from someone else who knew a lot more about this stuff than I do, so I'm barely treading water at the moment.
If anyone can help shed some light on the following things, I'd be very grateful.
1) Is there a way to control the browser to not display until DocumentComplete has been called (i.e. READYSTATE_COMPLETE)? I want the page to *not* show anything until it's fully loaded, and can't figure out how to do this.
2) Is there a way to modify the UserAgent sent by the browser? Some of the docs have suggested (at least in C++ land) that in the Navigate() method I can postpend to the header argument to add things, such as the user agent. However, I'm not sure that a) this works, or b) what the appropriate syntax is in calling this from C#. I've tried just throwing in a string argument, but am not 100% sure of the syntax, nor did it seem to affect anything.
I've also seen:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q183412/
but don't know how I can do something similar in my project.
3) I've tried, unsuccessfully, to make a call to create a desktop shortcut using IWshRuntimeLibrary. Here's my code:
WshShell shell = new WshShell();
IWshShortcut link = (IWshShortcut)shell.CreateShortcut(title);
link.TargetPath = url;
link.Save();
This always throws an exception, even when the app is being run by an administrator account. It's a System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException, and the message is just "Exception occurred." I took this code directly from:
http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/shelllink.asp
Any idea what might be going wrong here?
Thanks much. Sorry if these questions are too broad. Let me know if I can be more specific.
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dkarlton wrote:
I posted to this board almost a month ago, and no one had a response for any of my questions.
This is a community forum - not a managed newsgroup. Older messages sometimes slip through the cracks as there are times us regulars aren't around to answer questions.
dkarlton wrote:
1) Is there a way to control the browser to not display until DocumentComplete has been called (i.e. READYSTATE_COMPLETE)? I want the page to *not* show anything until it's fully loaded, and can't figure out how to do this.
No. The browser renders objects - including the DOM as certain elements are loaded - as they are read.
dkarlton wrote:
2) Is there a way to modify the UserAgent sent by the browser? ...
While the documentation is not clear, it does state that the second-to-last parameter (PostData) is a SAFEARRAY (native type), which is a common array type in COM (since native arrays imply no bounds; SAFEARRAYs do). The CLR will marshal a string[] array as a SAFEARRAY but you need to specify UnmanagedType.SafeArray in the MarshalAsAttribute for the parameter. Without defining the interface yourself (instead of using the imported RCW) you'll have to take a chance.
Define a string[] array like so:
string[] headers = new string[] {"User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US)"};Then pass headers as the last parameter. It's already a reference type so don't try to marshal it as a pointer. Problems will definitely arise (like, perhaps, an AV exception) if you do.
The important thing is to understand marshaling managed and native types. Read Interop Marshaling[^] in the .NET Framework SDK for more information.
dkarlton wrote:
3) I've tried, unsuccessfully, to make a call to create a desktop shortcut using IWshRuntimeLibrary. Here's my code:
A quick search[^] on "WshShell" returned the following article as the first result: Creating Shell Links (Shortcuts) in .NET Programs Using WSH
[^]. Take a look at the sample project for details, and be sure to read the documentation for the native interfaces. With that information and the marshaling information I linked above it's quite easy.
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Thanks for the info, incredibly helpful.
1) If it's not possible to suspend layout during document load of the browser control, can you recommend a good way to "hide" it until it's finished? Currently, I am using this:
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[DllImport("User32")] <br />
private static extern bool SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, int msg, int wParam, int lParam);<br />
<br />
private bool FreezePainting { <br />
set { <br />
if (value && IsHandleCreated && this.Visible) <br />
SendMessage(Handle, WM_SETREDRAW, 0, 0); <br />
if (!value) { SendMessage(Handle, WM_SETREDRAW, 1, 0); <br />
Invalidate(true);<br />
} <br />
} <br />
}<br />
I then just call FreezePainting at NavigateComplete and DocumentComplete. The problem is that the app is essentially "dead" to input during the load. Any novel ideas?
2) I'm a little unclear on how to correctly marshal the argument, for overriding the user agent. I wasn't sure if I should just pass the string[] as the last argument, or if I need to additionally declare marshaling. I tried just simply passing the string[] argument, but it seemed to have no effect. I assume I need to do more than this. Although I think I understand conceptually what is required to bridge the gap between C# code and unmanaged libraries, I'm not sure how to actually do it.
3) I got the shortcut creation to work. The link you gave was actually the same one I had indicated before, as well. The problem I had been having the entire time is that the link title apparently must end with ".lnk". I wasn't aware of this, and never saw this in any documentation. It was just throwing an exception. So one problem down... 
Thanks. Appreciate the help!
David
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Regarding #2 you may actually need to manually declare the IWebBrowser2 interface - or at least a skeleton interface with the correct method signature and DispIdAttribute, not to mention the InterfaceTypeAttribute (it inherits from IDispatch, remember), GuidAttribute, and ComImportAttribute.
If you don't want the control visible while loading, set the AxHost.Visible to false. You could also put a control in its place.
Otherwise, what you're doing seems fine but - as you've noticed - blocks the application from input. Off the top of my head I really don't have any better ideas.
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I forgot to mention in my last post (and am posting another message instead of modifying my previous one so that you get an automatic notification email again since it's an older post) that the reason for declaring IWebBrowser2 yourself is so that you can use the MarshalAsAttribute for the last two parameters with the value UnmanagedType.SafeArray. You should also set the MarshalAsAttributeSafeArraySubType appropriately as whichever VarEnum value(s) you need, like VarEnum.VT_LPWSTR when marshaling the strings as CharSet.Unicode, for example.
See the .NET Framework SDK documentation for MarshalAsAttribute and its fields and related enumerations mentioned above for more information.
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For overriding the user agent, I am wondering if I actually need to do this from within the BeforeNavigate2(object sender, AxSHDocVw.DWebBrowserEvents2_BeforeNavigate2Event e) method. If the user clicks on a link from within the browser control, the Navigate method is not exercised. Would it be possible to modify the DWebBrowserEvents2_BeforeNavigate2Event.header variable in this case? Or is there a better solution to this? In the case of modifying the header field of the event, what would need to be done for marshaling etc.? Would I need to declare an unmanaged type for the event class itself in order to modify its header field?
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Give it a try. Since the parameters are pointers to VARIANTs that is a SAFEARRAY you would marshal these using UnmanagedType.SafeArray and declare the parameters as a string[] (which is already a reference type). You can try to change the data in there but whether or not the WebBrowser uses it after firing the BeforeNavigator2 event is another question.
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Still looking into the user agent. I've also tried seeing if it's somehow possible to override the window.navigator.userAgent DHTML property, to no avail. The BeforeNavigate2 method by default has a "null" value for the header property of the event (i.e. AxSHDocVw.DWebBrowserEvents2_BeforeNavigate2Event.headers == null). So, I don't think that changing it or setting it there will make a difference (although I haven't tried yet, as I'm still trying to figure out how to write the code for marshaling). And since we aren't using the Navigate method (rather, relying on the user to click on links), I don't see how to modify the user agent, yet. We'll figure something out... I guess I need help from an IE SDK guru. Dunno.
The reason that we're trying to hide the browser window (question #1 from before) during document loading is that we need to rescale the page, by setting the body.style.zoom property once the page has loaded. This begs the question of whether or not it's possible to just automatically set the zoom property somehow (in advance), without having to invoke it once the page is loaded (which is what we're doing now, after DocumentComplete). It would be nice to be able to just have the zoom property "preset", without having to invoke it after the fact, so that the page is always scaled, even during loading (if that's even possible). Maybe this is more of a DHTML question, I don't really know.
Also, in the alternative where you suggest to put another control on top of the browser while it's loading, what exactly did you have in mind? We don't want the browser to "flash" or anything between pages.
Thanks for your help so far, it's been quite informative!
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I've been doing some more investigation to try to see how to avoid my IE web browser from showing the layout while a page is downloading, so that it waits until DocumentComplete before displaying the page.
I've noticed that in C++ world, there's a flag DLCTL_SILENT that can be set on the pvarResult in IDispatch::Invoke. This flag says "No user interface will be displayed during downloads." Needless to say, this caught my attention. (If someone out there knows offhand that this is in fact *not* doing what I hope it's doing, please chime in.)
My problem now is that I can't figure out how to properly implement this in my C# application. Any ideas?
Thanks.
David
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When I enable VisualStyles in my Application I loose all the images on all the toolbarbuttons of my app in runtime. The problem is solved when I disable visualstyles.
This only happens in runtime as I can see the images perfectly in the designer.
I'm currently using bmps 24x24 pixels and
24 BPP. Transparent color of the ImageList is set to White.
Anybody knows why this is happening?
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Are you calling Application.DoEvents after Application.EnableVisualStyles and before Application.Run? If you don't, problem like this will arise due to timing issues. A bare-bones entry-point should look like this (for example):
static void Main()
{
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.DoEvents();
Application.Run(new Form1());
}
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Thanks a lot Heath, that solved the problem 
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Maybe I wasnt clear enough in my last thread:
I want to use the API function SendMessage in my .NET CF apllication.
I use the following code to get the handle of my TextBox window:
[DllImport("coredll.dll")]
internal extern static IntPtr GetCapture();
this.Capture = true;
hwnd = GetCapture();
this.Capture = false;
I want to send messages in order to extend the functionality of my TextBox.
I use:
[DllImport("coredll.dll")]
internal extern static int SendMessage(IntPtr Hwnd, int Msg, int WParam, int LParam);
SendMessage(this.hwnd, (int)0x0300/*WM_CUT*/, 0, 0);
This does not cut the text in my TextBox.
I have read all through the .NET CF and could not find the reason for this.
Any other p/invoke I use works fine (like GetCapture) but the SendMessage doesnt.
Please help...
Thanks.
avivhal
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Seems kind of convoluted. Are you just trying to move some text from a textbox to the clipboard?
Anyway, if you are doing this in an event handler that may be the problem; have you tried PostMessage() instead?
Matt Gerrans
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