Re: Preserve creation date [modified] - C# Discussion Boards

5-May-07 3:08

How can I copy a file and preserve the creation date?

subai5-May-07 4:02

subai

5-May-07 4:02

i know a trick with MS-Dos command prompt but i think it will not be usefull for you
however if you didn't find your answer try System.IO.Directory.SetCreationTime
as your last solution

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Luc Pattyn5-May-07 6:42

5-May-07 6:42

Hi,

Explorer when copying a file sets creation time current,
but preserves last modified time (which seems logical).
And I assume File.Copy does the same.

AFAIK there is no function that does it differently.

You could make a method that copies a file and restores some
of the file properties, e.g. by using File.Get/SetCreationTime.

Regards,

Luc Pattyn

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electriac5-May-07 8:16

5-May-07 8:16

Yeah! I am now using Western Digital drive mirroring but it is not convienent. Did a thirty day agricultral experiment that required date and time of each picture to be recorded. Did not realize that this data would be lost when the images were transfered from the chip to the hard drive. Lost thirty days work.

Guess Ile have to write a piece of software for this.

Luc Pattyn5-May-07 8:45

Re: Preserve creation date [modified]

5-May-07 8:45

Two ideas:

If the file is created and written only once (i.e. not modified afterwards) on a Windows
system, then the "last written" or "modification" date should not change when the file
gets copied by either Win Explorer or File.Copy

If your pictures are JPEG files generated by a camera, it is very likely they contain a lot
of "properties" including the date & time of exposure (assuming the camera's real-time clock
has been initialized correctly...).

Smile | :)

Luc Pattyn

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electriac5-May-07 9:01

5-May-07 9:01

Luc

Thanks the modified date is correct for all the pics. So I will be able to salvage my work. Some how modified does not seem to be good terminology for when a picture is taken but thats MS for ya. I still am going to write a copy utility for my own use. The code below seems to work. Any Suggestions.

<br />
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)<br />
        {<br />
            string infile="";<br />
            string outfile = "C:\\test.jpg";<br />
            OpenFileDialog dlg = new OpenFileDialog();<br />
            if (dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)<br />
            {<br />
                infile = dlg.FileName;<br />
                File.Copy(infile, outfile, true);<br />
                File.SetCreationTime(outfile,File.GetCreationTime(infile));<br />
            } <br />
        }<br />

-- modified at 17:54 Saturday 5th May, 2007

Luc Pattyn5-May-07 9:20

5-May-07 9:20

Hi,

1. file times
creation time is when the file got created
modification time is when the file contents last have been modified
and yes that can be before creation time (when file gets copied, as you have experienced).

2. code comments
I would put infile declaration and all actions inside the OK? test

3. JPEG
as I said before, JPEG files typically contain a lot of properties, which may be the safest way
to retrieve exposure information. If you want to make sure for your files, just mail me one.

Regards

Luc Pattyn

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Luc Pattyn5-May-07 12:31

5-May-07 12:31

Hi,

digital cameras add a lot of information into the JPEG files they generate.

This info is loaded into the Image object when executing Image.FromFile(filespec).
The info can be interrogated, item by item, by calling Image.GetPropertyItem(itemID).

AFAIK the info is preserved (not updated) when such image gets operated upon;
So as long as you modify and then save the Image to another file, you will still have
all the original properties, which may have become invalid, since they contain size,
datetime, etc, which may have been modified or become meaningless by the applied modifications.

When you create a new image from an existing one, as in new Bitmap(myImage),
the properties are not copied.

BTW you can add or modify properties using Image.SetPropertyItem().

Regards,

Luc Pattyn

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electriac5-May-07 12:42

5-May-07 12:42

Luc your the best!

AFSEKI7-May-07 2:56

AFSEKI

7-May-07 2:56

Use:

File.GetCreationTime and store it in a file ( .xml, .txt, .dat...e.t.c )

Hope this helps...

electriac8-May-07 12:36

how can the software retrieve machine's servername and change the datasource to the machine's servername...

8-May-07 12:36

Read Luc's comments they are insitefull!

fgfdhghgfd5-May-07 2:17

fgfdhghgfd

5-May-07 2:17

hi..
i have built up a window based software ...with vb.net....i want the software to be installed in any machine....with setup.exe...the datasource is now required to be changed the user from .exe.config file...but how can the software retrieve machine's servername and change the datasource to the machine's servername...
thanks

Re: how can the software retrieve machine's servername and change the datasource to the machine's servername...

Rob Graham5-May-07 4:15

Rob Graham

5-May-07 4:15

System.Environment.MachineName will return the current machine's netbios name.
System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("COMPUTERNAME") will return the computer name

Develop web application using communicator web access

Hardik Patel (GTL)4-May-07 23:30

Hardik Patel (GTL)

4-May-07 23:30

Hi,

I am new in Communicator Web Access. Can you please provide me some sample using Communicator Web Access?

I tried to connect Communicator Web Access server. My main problem is that how can i get event when any body comes online? I want to develop web application using ASP.Net and C#. Can you please tell me, how browser is refreshed when any body comes online?

Thanks,

Regards,
Hardik Patel
Analyst Programmer

how to insert unicode into SQL server from c#

rehab14-May-07 21:49

rehab1

4-May-07 21:49

i want to insert unicode(arabic,urdu) characters from c# to SQL server 2005. but sql is not supporting the unicodes.

Seishin#5-May-07 0:25

Seishin#

5-May-07 0:25

rehab1 wrote:
but sql is not supporting the unicodes.

it does.. change datatype to unicode by adding 'n' in front of type name ex. 'nchar', 'nvarchar'..

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Muammar©5-May-07 1:49

Muammar©

5-May-07 1:49

You dont want to be reported as a spammer do you Mad | :mad:

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Rob Graham5-May-07 4:08

Rob Graham

5-May-07 4:08

I don't know how many times you intend to ask this question, but it might help you to get an answer if you FOLLOWED THE GUIDLINES in "how to get an answer to your question" above. What do you mean when you say "sql is not supporting the unicodes". Are you getting an error when you try to insert/update a field that contains a unicode character? Are you getting incorrect data when you read the data back ? Or ar you looking ad the DISPLAY, and not realizing that the font used can't display that character (for instance, in Management Studio)?
Sql server has supported Unicode for quite some time (NCHAR, NVARCHAR and NTEXT data types), but depending on the version installed, some tools may not display those correctly, substituting typically a 'box' character for those not in the current font. The data is correct, its just that the reading application cant display it using the font it is running with. Not sure what your problem is, since you have discribed it so poorly, but I suspect it is the disply issue, since that commonly trips up newbies (who also tend not to pay attention to posting guidelines).