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I must profess my config file ignorance. I'm required to use an open source logging project. The project deposits logs into text files based on a path attribute in my application config file. I would really like to dynamically set that path, say to, the application path. Can you use functions in a config file, or do I have to just do it manually?
Thanks,
Ryan
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If you want the application path, simply use Application.StartupPath. Don't force a user to put the path of the executable into the .config file in that very path - it's redundent, requires extra steps (always faulty), and is easy to get from code (even with native executables).
If you want simple string settings, see ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings in the .NET Framework SDK, which also includes examples.
If you want to make your own configuration section, implement IConfigurationSectionHandler, which is documented in the .NET Framework SDK as well and includes samples. There are also several articles here on CodeProject that discuss section handlers that you should search for.
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Hey Heath,
As I stated in my orginial post, I am forced to use an open source project that requires me to use the .config file. Is there a way to use COnfigurationSettings.AppSettings in the .config file?
Thanks,
Ryan
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What does that have to do with open source? ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings and Application.StartupPath should both be available for any project that is run against an implement of the CLI (.NET, Mono, and Portable.NET). Read about the <appSettings> section in the .NET Framework SDK.
Open source just means the source is available for anyone to use and modify according to the license agreement. What language, framework, platform, etc. is not a factor of whether or not something is called "open source". Technically, every project posted on this site that provides source code is open source.
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you only store data in the config file. There isn't any environment variable type of mapping unless the library provides it.
You probably have to set the logging directory programatically whenever the application directory changes.
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Thanks Andy, thats what I needed to know. I wasn't sure if there might be some sort of environment variables.
Ryan
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Hi!
I was wondering... Is it possible that ApplicationException (or any other Exception class for that matter) catch some errors that Exception cannot catch? ApplicationException inherits from Exception so I assume Exception would catch every errors ApplicationException would.
Thanks a lot
P.S.: btw, I haven't seen such a thing... yet 
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Exceptions are caught in order:
try
{
}
catch (TargetException e)
{
}
catch (ApplicationException e)
{
}
catch (Exception e)
{
}If an exception was thrown and was a TargetException, then it would be caught by the first catch block. If it was any other derivative of ApplicationException (or ApplicationException itself), then the second target block would catch it. If it was any other Exception, the last line will catch it. If you don't plan on using the variables, you can drop them (just use catch (Exception). If you don't plan on using the exception information, you can simply use catch to catch all exceptions.
If you reverse the order of the first two catch blocks, the first catch block will catch all derivatives of ApplicationException, including an ApplicationException itself. In fact, this generates a compiler error.
You should take a look at the C# Language Specification[^].
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Does anyone has ever encountered this problem?
I called a method but it doesn't execute  (btw it's executed most of the time but sometimes it's not)
Here's what I've done to test this:
I call the method normally and the first line in the method is a Trace.WriteLine instruction.
So I guess either of two things happen:
1. Trace is not working properly (which would be pretty bad)
2. My method really is not called (which I think is even worse)
but everything after the call seems normal...
I'm thinking maybe
ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(new WaitCallback(SendData), DataObj);
causes the problem... but it doens't seem to get there since the Trace.WriteLine instruction mentioned above is not executed (well no text is in my log!)
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Tracing is not a replacement for debugging. If you really want to know if your method is being called, insert a breakpoint at the beginning of the method and click Debug->Start, or hit F5.
Trace messages are only visible if you set up trace listeners. By default, the only trace listener calls the native OutputDebugString API, which will show up in the VS.NET Output window (or any other registered debug window) when you debug your application (using the steps above). If you want to add additional trace listeners, use either the Debug.TraceListeners or Trace.TraceListeners to add instances of a TraceListener (there are some built-in, documented in the .NET Framework SDK documentation for these properties and types I'm mentioning) or the >lsystem.diagnostics/trace> configuration section (also documented in the .NET Framework SDK.
Also keep in mind that Debug method are only compiled into your assembly when the DEBUG symbol is defined at compile-time (default for Debug builds). Trace methods are only compiled into your assembly when the TRACE symbol is defined at compile-time (default for Debug and Release builds).
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Ok thanks for the advice about trace not replacing debug 
The thing is I'm trying to debug a network application (3-4 instances running locally or on computers in my LAN for now) and it's kinda hard to know what's really happening if I interrupt the normal course of execution by using debug. Do you have a suggestion other than tracing since it doesn't seem to be too good apparently.
Thanks
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Tracing is fine as long as you implement it correctly (but still will never give the sort of state information debugging can). As I mentioned in my previous post, make sure you actually have trace listeners installed that will work correctly. The DefaultTraceListener won't work since debugging messages are sent only to the local computer (though remote debugging services may dispatch them elsewhere - I honestedly never tried this approach). You could always write your own TraceListener derivative that sends messages using MSMQ, Web Services, or some other standard or proprietary mechanism.
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I've got a memory issue with an unmanaged call to GDI.
I've followed the CreateDC, releaseDC, DeleteDC step outlined in the platform SDK,these methods all return true or 1, indicating that they succeeded. However after each call to the method it consumes 3 mb of RAM and does not release the memory, the issue is that method will be called many times and builds up to about 60mb memory used.
I store a bitmap in a member variable, which i dispose of.
iWidth = nWidth;
iHeight = nHeight;
hdcSrc = User32.GetWindowDC(User32.GetDesktopWindow());
hdcDest = GDI32.CreateCompatibleDC(hdcSrc);
hBitmap = GDI32.CreateCompatibleBitmap(hdcSrc,iWidth,iHeight);
image = new Bitmap(iWidth,iHeight);
GDI32.SelectObject(hdcDest,hBitmap);
GDI32.BitBlt(hdcDest,0,0,iWidth,iHeight,hdcSrc,iStartX,iStartY,SRCCOPY);
image = Image.FromHbitmap(new IntPtr(hBitmap));
User32.ReleaseDC(User32.GetDesktopWindow(),hdcSrc);
GDI32.DeleteDC(hdcDest);
GDI32.DeleteObject(hBitmap);
if I call GC.Collect() it clears the memory and brings it back down but this is oviously not a good idea.
Any Idea's?
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nEgAtIvE cReEp wrote:
if I call GC.Collect() it clears the memory and brings it back down but this is oviously not a good idea
That should be your clue right there. Unmanaged resources are called "unmanaged" because they are not managed by the GC. If you call GC.Collect and it makes a difference, then unmanaged reosurces are not your problem.
The problem here is that you must dispose those images you're creating (the image) variable. When finished (and be re-assigning image to something else), call image.Dispose(); otherwise, the Image is not cleaned-up until the GC gets around to it or you call GC.Collect.
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Thanks for the reply.
I do dispose of the image variable, I just didn't include the code on the post. Although I realize my comment on the GC doesn't make sense.
I will have to investigate if any .NET objects are still hanging around, that acompany the Call to GDI) i.e the form.
thanks again
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I'm working on the hex conversion software for myself and engineering use. I'm trying to get the int value of oxFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF as the windows XP calculator can figure this.
I'm ok for 15 characters long in Hex but not 16.
I have been getting the result of -1 dec value.
What I did was doing by:
(note that the editbox in windows application are: edtHex (editbox for Hex values) and edtDec (editbox for Dec))
long tempDec;
tempDec = long.Parse(this.edtHex.Text, System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber);
edtDec.Text = tempDec;
Anyone have any suggestion on how I can correct this?
Am I correct that this "long" is 64bit in XP?
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A long (C# alias for Int64) is 64 bits on any platform.
16 F's for a long is -1. 16 F's for a ulong, however, is 18,446,744,073,709,551,615. It's important to understand the difference between signed (like int and long) and unsigned (like uint and ulong) types: signed can be negative, and a negative value is when the most significant bit is 1.
It's also important to note that unsigned primatives are not CLS-compliant, meaning that only CLS-compliant languages (i.e., no additional support for the CLI) like JScript.NET cannot use them. Both C# and VB.NET support unsigned types, though.
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I dont even know if this is possible , but...
The company i work for uses 802.11x for wireless authentication. We have an issue regularly where the certificates expire or become invalid, because usually because the user has changed their password recently, and a bug in Microsoft's software causes it to fail on the automated request.
What i am looking to do is create a web page that will sit on our intranet that will allow users to request a new certificate based on who they are. We currently have to walk the user through going into MMC and walking through the certificate request procedure.
This is particularly timely since we had an issue recently that expired every certificate on the network....
i do know there is a certificate namespace, and since MMC allows for the request, there MUST be a way to use the object for this procedure, I am just at a loss where to start tocreate a page for it.
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Microsoft Certificate Services actually already has this functionality, and you can set up a CA site easily. I suggest you read the product documentation for Microsoft Certificate Services. I set up such a site with very few steps some time back on our network and it was quite easy, but I don't remember all that I did.
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Hi,
I'm trying to replace some text in an html file based on some regular expressions (or literal text) in a text file.
What should happen is that "A0-1234" in the html file should get replaced by:
"<a href="javascript:selectItem('A0-1234',42)">A0-1234</a>"
and "B1-123456" in the html file should get replaced by:
"<a href="javascript:selectItem('B1-123456',42)">B1-123456</a>"
and so on...
Here's what I'm doing:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
/* For following code:
* i - input; c - config; o - output;
* Therefore, isr - input streamreader, csr - config streamreader,
* cline - config line, iline - input line
*/
String ifile = "data.html";
String cfile = "config.txt"
String ofile = "newdata.html"; // output file name
string cline;
string iline="";
try
{
// open a StreamReader to read in the input file
using (StreamReader isr = new StreamReader(ifile))
{
// Read in the entire input file into a single string
iline = isr.ReadToEnd();
// open another StreamReader to read in the config file
using (StreamReader csr = new StreamReader(cfile))
{
// open a StreamWriter to write out to the output file
using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(ofile))
{
// Read in the config file, one line at a time.
// Each line corresponds to an expression to be matched
// in the input file
while ((cline = csr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
// Set every line of the config file as the
// regular expression to be tested for
Regex testExp = new Regex( cline );
/*
// Setup the replacement string
// INSTEAD OF cline, USE MATCHED VALUE
string replaceString = "<a href=\"javascript:selectItem(\'" + cline + "\',42)\">" + cline + "</a>";
*/
if (iline != null)
{
// Replace all matched expressions with the
// appropriate function
Match m = Regex.Match( iline, cline );
String replaceString = "<a href=\"javascript:selectItem(\'" + m.ToString() + "\',42)\">" + m.ToString() + "</a>";
m = m.NextMatch();
iline = testExp.Replace( iline, replaceString );
Console.WriteLine(iline);
}// end if iline
} // end while cline
// Write the replaced text back to the output file
// using the StreamWriter
sw.Write(iline);
} // end using streamwriter sw
} // end using StreamReader csr
} // end using StreamReader isr
} // End Try block
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("The file could not be read:");
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
} // End catch block
} // End Main
Now the problem is that ALL matches of a regular expression in the config file (say "[A-Z,a-z]\d-\d{4,8}", which matches "A0-1234", "B6-12345678", "D4-12345" etc) get replaced by the first match...
So if the first expr matched in the input html file is "A0-1234", then all other expressions in the html file get replaced by :
"<a href="javascript:selectItem('A0-1234',42)">A0-1234</a>"
even if those expressions are "B4-12345", "T6-886745" or anything else that matches "[A-Z,a-z]\d-\d{4,8}"
Please help.....
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Hy everyone!
I was just having a look how to get the cursor postion.
Because I do want a context menu pop up at the cursor position.
I did the contextmenu, but I didn't manage to make it appear!
My contextmenu looks like this:
System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu ctNameKeyMenu;
ctNameKeyMenu = new System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu();
System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem menuItem1;
menuItem1 = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem menuItem2;
menuItem2=new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
ctNameKeyMenu.MenuItems.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem[] {menuItem1, menuItem2});
menuItem1.Index=0;
menuItem1.Text=ltemparray[1].ToString();
menuItem2.Index=1;
menuItem2.Text=ltemparray[2].ToString();
// show the contextmenu at the local mouseposition
ctNameKeyMenu.Show(lTextBox, ???);
lTextBox in the line above is the TextBox the contextmenu should appear for respectively appear in. I do know I have to put a point object in there as the second parameter. But well how do I get the MousePos?? Because I can't simply type MousePos() in there!
Thanks!
Stephan.
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Cursor.Position should give you the mouse position I believe
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Yup, I had this one, but the result was quit strange, because the context appeared around as far from the cursor as the cursor was located rom the upper left corner of my application window! Meaning the upper left corner of the context was twice the distance of the mouse distance of the left corner of the application.
Do you have an idea why?
Because I also tried Control.MousePosition.
Same result!
Because I can't find out why!
And a second question: When selecting one of the MenuItems I do want the selected one to being placed in the TextBox the Context "belongs" to. But to do so, I do have to create an eventhandler for the clickevent, but then I do loose access to my TextBox.
Well it looks like this:
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System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu ctNameKeyMenu;
ctNameKeyMenu = new System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu();
System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem menuItem1;
menuItem1 = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem menuItem2;
menuItem2=new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();
ctNameKeyMenu.MenuItems.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem[] {menuItem1, menuItem2});
menuItem1.Index=0;
menuItem1.Text=ltemparray[1].ToString();
menuItem1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.menuItem1_Click();
menuItem2.Index=1;
menuItem2.Text=ltemparray[2].ToString();
menuItem2.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.menuItem2_Click);
ctNameKeyMenu.Show(lTextBox, Control.MousePosition);
.....
// same for menuItem2
private void menuItem1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// assign the selected item of the context to the TextBox
}
But in the Clickevent section my TextBox is no longer accessible. So how do I get it in there? The selected item is available in the sender object, but this doesn't really help much.
Thanks again!
Stephan.
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If you would read the documentation for the Cursor.Position property in the .NET Framework SDK, you'd see that the coordinate it in screen coordinates, so you must call PointToClient on the Control for which you want to transform the coordinates (relative to the Control), passing the Cursor.Position to get a Point relative to the control:
Point p = button1.PointToClient(Cursor.Position);
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Thanks the hint worked!
Well I read this section, but I didn't count my application to be the client to the screen!  But looking at it now, it looks clear and I am wondering why I didn't realize it earlier!
So then I can switch my task towards the event which has to take place when selecting an item in the context, namely assining it to the TextBox. 
Thanks again!
Stephan.
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