C#

JD86 wrote:

What would be the best way for a windows service to interact with a sys tray icon?

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JD86 wrote:

So if the application crashed (it shouldn't.. but you never know) or if the
process was killed for some reason.... it won't be running anymore.

JD86 wrote:

So if the application crashed (it shouldn't.. but you never know) or if the process was killed for some reason.... it won't be running anymore.

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JD86 wrote:

nor do I care for the way you are coming off.

JD86 wrote:

A Windows application is better in this case instead of a web application.

With a windows application a user can EASILY click a button to take a screenshot that has the error message on the screen. With a web application this would not be easy if possible (maybe with installing some active-x crap or something).

JD86 wrote:

So if you want to get technical then a web form for submitting a ticket is less ideal than an application that we can push out with our monitoring service.

JD86 wrote:

Anyways I'm not going to worry about something to make sure the process is running at all times. I think it will be a rare occurrence when it isn't running anyways... so we can just deal with that when it comes.

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UCLAdam wrote:

Am I approaching this right with an abstract base class or should I be taking a different approach?

UCLAdam wrote:

But I also just want to be able to call _profiles.CurrentProfile.Rename(...).

namespace bla 
{
    abstract class DuckBase
    {
        abstract public void Rename();
    }
    class RubberDuck: DuckBase
    {
        // implementation 1
        override public void Rename()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Squeek");
        }
    }
    class MallardDuck : DuckBase
    {
        // implementation 2
        public override void Rename()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Quack");
        }
    }

    class Program
    {
        // These are the type of ducks we support. You could also use a string or 
        //  an int to identify them, just choose an enum for this example
        enum KindaDuck { RubberDuck, MallardDuck };

        // this is what's called a factory-method; it returns an actual implementation 
        //  of a "DuckBase"-object
        DuckBase DuckFactory(KindaDuck DuckType)
        {
            switch (DuckType)
            {
                case KindaDuck.MallardDuck: return new MallardDuck();
                case KindaDuck.RubberDuck: return new RubberDuck();
            }
            throw new IndexOutOfRangeException(DuckType.ToString() + " is not a known duck.");
        }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            DuckBase ducky = new RubberDuck();
            ducky.Rename();
            Console.ReadKey(); 
        } 
    }
}

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UCLAdam wrote:

Thanks Eddy, your reply really helped.

UCLAdam wrote:

I thought it would probably have to be a strategy-pattern to decide which derived class gets instantiated.

I know it must be intentional, but just checking that in your example the DuckFactory isn't actually being used?

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    // here the enum determines which object is created; you could program the same
    //  with a string. (Say, DuckFactory("MallardDuck"))
    DuckBase ducky = DuckFactory(KindaDuck.MallardDuck);
    ducky.Rename();
    Console.ReadKey();
}

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Jun Du wrote:

Any info or suggestions?

--edit
Another downvote for the collection. Was it that really that annoying that I did not check? Here's[^] your article - you're welcome

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Member 8461599 wrote:

It should be in a try block?

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try
 {
     ...
 }
 catch (Exception e)
 {
 }