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You'll need to P/Invoke the SystemParametersInfo API like so:
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern bool SystemParametersInfo
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[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int action,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int param,
IntPtr data,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int winini
)
private const int SPI_SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE = 0x0011;When you call this, you'll want to make sure that you activate it again, so you'll want to design your code something kind of like this:
try
{
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE, 0, null, 0);
}
finally
{
SystemParametersInfo(SPI_SETSCREENSAVEACTIVE, 1, null, 0);
}Optionally throw a catch in there if you want, but make sure you use a finally block or some other means of re-activating the screensaver in case of success OR failure (if possible). The calls above also do not update the user profile, so this change will not persist after a reboot (which seems to be the way you'd want it for what you're doing).
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Thanks Heath Stewart, it works, you ar:-De the man!!!
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Hello, Im new to all this. I was looking for an algorithm that display the sin function graphic. Can you help me please?
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Gosh! This is going back a bit... I haven't worked with trig' functions since I was a developer on a team building a GIS product.
double y;
for(double x= 0.0; x=< (Math.PI*2.0); x+=0.01)
{
y = Math.Sin(x);
}
This will generate the coorinates for one cycle.
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I have a project that generates graphis for math formulas:
http://www.adersoftware.com/?page=aderplotter
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I have an application in which I require event triggers every 1-5ms or so. I am using C# and as far as I can tell, the usual triggering method in C# actually uses the DateTime.Now.Ticks
property to generate event triggers. Thus its resolution is also limited to the resolution of DateTime.Now.Ticks which is 15.625 ms on my m/c (i.e. the smallest time interval whch DateTime.Now.Ticks can measure is 15.625 ms).
If I set my trigger interval to anywhere between 1 - 15 ms I actually get triggers only
after 15.625 ms. If I set my trigger interval to 16-31 ms I get triggers after
every 31.25 ms and so on. I can email you a .cs file that illustrates this point. If you run the program it asks you the trigger interval you want to set. Then it generates around 200 triggers and saves the measured intervals (using QueryPerformanceCounter) in a file.
Can anyone tell me if its possible to get triggers every 5ms or so?
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First, I don't think that you mean miliseconds (ms). 1000 miliseconds are one second, so you are saying that it only triggers every 15 seconds(!). I suppose you mean nanoseconds (or something alike, something small).
Second, much work is done 'behind the screen' when you do something in your program. Therefor, I suggest that you use a (for, do, while(true)) loop to get what you want. You might even want to place the loop on a separate thread.
For the rest, I think that getting the intervalls lower is just a matter of optimization (i.e. using unsafe code blocks, maybe even P/Invoke to some Windows API).
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i meant what i wrote: 15.625 ms. Note the decimal point. Do you know any way I can change the resolution of DateTime.Now.Ticks so it can measure finer intervals?
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fd97207 wrote:
Can anyone tell me if its possible to get triggers every 5ms or so?
Although I've never tinkered around with them myself, you should take a look a multimedia timers. They were designed for this kind of resolution. I think you're still going to have a problem with the garbage collector. Sooner or later it's going to want to do its business and halt every thread in your application.
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I want to program a app that use Producer-Consumer Multithread model, I used to use WinAPI WaitForSingleObject & ReleaseSemaphore as a PV operator. Which .Net class can I use to implement to same ?
Thank you!
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See the class documentation for the System.Threading namespace in the .NET Framework SDK. There's lots of information in there. WaitHandle and its derivates have several wait methods that wait for the WaitHandle to be signaled. There's also classes for mutexes and monitors. If you use the lock keyword in C# against an instance of an object (a static object for synchronizing static resources, and an instance - if you prefer - for instance resources).
There's a good section on programming in .NET with threads. See Threading[^] in the .NET Framework SDK on MSDN Online for more information, which should be the first place you check (such as scanning what's available in the class library reference).
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I need access to C# scripts for validating zip codes in three formats: ##### or #####-#### or
##### #### (no dash) & strings entered in forms @ ASP pages (running on .NET platform). Any help would be most appreciated! Many thanks!
Reed Eichner
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Take a look at the validators -- RequiredFieldValidator, RangeValidator, and RegularExpressionValidator -- as they encapsulate all of the functionality that should allow you to determine if something is in the right format to be a zipcode. There are samples here on CP and in MSDN.
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John: thanks for your feedback! However, I'm not a proficient coder...do you have the links to the respective script (pre-written code) that I can download & incorporate into an ASPX page?
Reed
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Great - don't even try, and rip other people's code off for something so simple. You won't learn anything that way.
Try reading the class documentation for these validators in the .NET Framework SDK. They even include samples. And things like the RequiredFieldValidator are so simple - all you have to do is set the control name to validate (ControlToValidate property) and an error message (ErrorMessage property) at the bare minimum.
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Reed,
Sorry, not off the top of my head. I'd have to do just what Heath suggests or look them up, too.
What a piece of work is man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable . . . and yet to me, what is this quintessence of dust? -- Hamlet, Act II, Scene ii.
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Dear, Sir
I forget use dispose() method after create a new instance in my app,
but I already sent my app to my customer.
The code below is some where I forget to use dispose() method.
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
Form2 frm = new Form2();
frm.Show.ShowDialog(this);
}
public void Connect()
{
if(idbConn != null)
idbConn.Close();
string sCnn = Report.SpecialFolder(ConnectionString_Long);
switch(_provider)
{
case EnumProviders.OLEDB:
idbConn = new OleDbConnection(sCnn);
break;
case EnumProviders.SQLClient:
idbConn = new SqlConnection(sCnn);
break;
case EnumProviders.OracleClient:
idbConn = new OracleConnection(sCnn);
break;
case EnumProviders.ODBC:
idbConn = new OdbcConnection(sCnn);
break;
}
idbConn.Open();
}
Plese tell me the risk
Thank You.
Sorry for bad English
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The memory required for Form2 will continue to increase which each instantiation. Sounds like you need to release a patch. Fortunately, .NET facilitates versioning with .NET assemblies. You can release a new version of this assembly and either use the <assemblyBinding> configuration section in the app.config file, or use a publisher policy so that older assemblies can bind against the new version.
If you want to put these assemblies in the Global Assembly Cache, they must have a strong name. This means that they must use a version number (and you'd be wise to not use automatic versioning via the asterisk character because you can quickly loose control when you need to control version numbers) and be signed, either by specifying a filename in the AssemblyKeyFileAttribute or a container name in which the private key exists, named in AssemblyKeyNameAttribute.
For more information on assembly binding redirection, see Redirecting Assembly Versions[^] in the .NET Framework SDK on MSDN Online.
For more information on publisher policies, see Creating a Publisher Policy File[^] in the .NET Framework SDK on MSDN Online.
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I'm currently in the middle of rewriting so software for work that deal with Rolm telephones. problem is, i never really messed with serial interfaces before and i am a little lost at how to ago about talking to the phones (basicly the phone tells the computer the phone number *like caller ID* and the computer tells the phone to log on and off or transfer calls).
any help would be really helpful.
Thanks again.
Joe
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There are several decent articles here on CodeProject about serial communications, including code samples and libraries. Just search for serial[^].
You can also use the MSComm control (Microsoft Communications control) as an interop assembly (right-click on your project, click Add Reference..., then find MSComm control or something like that and double-click it). There should be some articles on using this if you google for them.
As far as how to talk to the phone, you need to read the product documentation or visit the manufacturer's web site for that.
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I'm trying out crystal reports in vs.net, with the wizard, and trying to use a stored procedure to populate the fields. I can select it as a table, but it's expand node does nothing when it comes to selecting the fields, and nothing is displayed at the end of the wizard, or when the app runs.
Does anyone have any ideas how to get the fields to be automatically extracted? The SP runs fine in query analyzer.
Thanks
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Did you provide adequate credentials with which to log in to the database from the Crystal Reports designer?
Also, if you want any sort of portability of your code (i.e., not tied to a specific connection string), why don't you fill a DataSet from the stored proc and use that in the call to ReportDocument.SetDataSource? The designer can bind nicely against DataSets, and can even effectively make use of any relationships established in strongly-typed DataSets (which make designing reports are them easier as well).
Something to consider...
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I was sa as the user on a local server. I saw the dataset option, but wasn't sure where or how to create the dataset (which is probably the answer). Do I create one inside the report and use that?
Thanks,
Chris
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No, you create a typed DataSet in your project. Just right-click on your project (or subfolder) and clicked Add->Add New Item->DataSet. If you already have the tables you want added to your Solution Explorer (via a database connection), you can drag and drop the tables on the design surface. You can also set up relationships between table fields. You can easily fill that with a derivative of the DataAdapter class, then you instantiate your ReportDocument, call SetDataSource on it passing your typed DataSet, and display the report in whatever means you want.
And yes, if you're logging in as "sa" on the local db, you'll need to provide credentials since your using SQL (or whatever db) authentication as opposed to Windows integrated authentication (SSPI).
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 I got Object not set to an instance of object error. I have 1 Interface.dll, it contains interface classes for remote objects from RemoteObj.dll. I got problem when I use same namespace for interface and remote object classes. If I seperate them into 2 namespaces, will be fine.
Why? this is .NET restriction?
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