C#

Singan wrote:

my friends tell me that you get a lot of hangups when using multi threeds in VB.Net but never in C#.

Singan wrote:

I'm absolutly not a expert on the subject

Singan wrote:

my friends tell me

Singan wrote:

So I say use C#

Singan wrote:

To be frank the tell me 'u get hangups multi threeding in VB.NET ... i doesn't work'

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

in fact he couldn't be further off the mark if he insisted the earth was flat.

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

he couldn't be further off the mark if he insisted the earth was flat.

Singan wrote:

I'm absolutly not a expert on the subject

Singan wrote:

my friends tell me that you get a lot of hangups when using multi threeds in VB.Net but never in C#.

Singan wrote:

To be frank the tell me 'u get hangups multi threeding in VB.NET ... i doesn't work'

Singan wrote:

So I say use C# because you probably sooner or later like to use this solutions.

Singan wrote:

I'm absolutly not a expert on the subject

Singan wrote:

but my friends tell me that you get a lot of hangups when using multi threeds in VB.Net but never in C#.

Christian Graus wrote:

it appears your friends are idiots.

Singan wrote:

To be frank the tell me 'u get hangups multi threeding in VB.NET ... i doesn't work'

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            Shown += new EventHandler(Form1_Shown);
        }

        void Form1_Shown(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            DoPlay();
        }

        private const int MM_MCINOTIFY = 0x3B9;

        [DllImport("winmm.dll")]
        private static extern int mciSendString(string lpstrCommand, string lpstrReturnString, uint uReturnLength, IntPtr hwndCallback);

        public bool PlayMidiFile(string midiFile) 
        { 
            if (File.Exists(midiFile)) 
            { 
                mciSendString("stop midi", string.Empty, 0, IntPtr.Zero);
                mciSendString("close midi", string.Empty, 0, IntPtr.Zero);
                mciSendString("open sequencer!" + midiFile + " alias midi", string.Empty, 0, IntPtr.Zero);
                int rtn = mciSendString("play midi notify", string.Empty, 0, this.Handle);
                return (rtn == 0);
            } 
            else 
                return false;
        }

        void DoPlay()
        {
            PlayMidiFile(@"C:\Windows\Media\town.mid");
        }

        protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
        {
            base.WndProc(ref m);
            if (m.Msg == MM_MCINOTIFY)
                DoPlay();
        }
    }
}

// Turning img into bytes
Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap( FILENAME );
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
bmp.Save( ms, SOMEIMAGEFORMAT );
byte[] imgBytes = ms.ToArray();

// Turning the bytes back into an image
byte[] imgBytes = DirectCast( row["IMAGECOLUMN"], byte());
MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream( imgBytes );
Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap( ms );