Is it possible for my application to check if its been modified?
e.g. Could i compile the app and use a 3rd party tool to calculate the MD5 checksum of the compiled exe - and inside the app, code it so that if the MD5 checksum doesnt match then run the deactivation process?
I know its not foolproof but if it makes it slightly more hassle to crack my app i'd rather have it
If I was to upload one or more file(s) to a server, is there anyway to check that / those file(s) against the file(s) stored on my computer without downloading the file(s) to check against the original file(s)using VB.Net?This would need to be done in a recursive fashion from a parent folder downwards, the folder being of the end-users choosing.
View 6 RepliesMy current method was overwriting the file with a file from My.Resources, but that's only good if the file is really small in size... Is there a better way to patch files? For example. Lets say I have 2 100 MB files. If I were to use my current way, the EXE would be at least 100MB. I basically want to make a File Patcher that can patch a large file without the patcher having to be a large file.
View 20 RepliesI'm useing a auth system for my programme and wanted to no how people Patch/Crack programmes
View 6 RepliesI have an MS Access database and an MS Visual Basic 2008 front end.I get this error when trying to update a record that has related records:The record cannot be deleted or changed because table 'X' includes related records.I only want to update one field in the row in the 'parent' table which is not the primary key field of either record but the 'Update' command seems to want to rewrite the whole datarow. Rewriting the whole row causes the error (as this updates the primary key). If I switch off refrential integrity checking in the underlying database this solves the problem except that I want to maintain referential integrity so its not really a solution. I have tried beginEdit and EndEdit with no success - same error.Is there a way to update just one field in a row and write that back to the database?
View 2 RepliesI would like to determine which DataGridViewRow causes an SQLException to occur.A typical scenario follows:1) Using LinQ, I select a set of 'StockItems' as a datasource for a datagridview, and all works fine.2) I insert a new object and (purposely) leave a primary key value blank.3) I attempt to save using MyDBContext.SubmitChanges(Data.Linq.ConflictMode.FailOnFirstConflict)4) An SQLException is received.How do I tell which row has caused a violation, particularly when one or several changes have been made. I would like to advise the user that a specific row in the datagrid caused the error to occur.
View 2 RepliesHow to ensure data integrity in multiple table update (which have relationship like reference of a column)[code]Now when I update the tables in datagridview in win form .and update it using dataadapter .update then how to make sure that all the data is updated correctly.
View 1 RepliesI'm working with some very large files residing on P2 (Panasonic) cards. Part of the process we employ is to first generate a checksum of the file we are going to copy, then copy the file, then run a checksum on the file to confirm that it copied OK. The problem is, is that files are large (70 GB+) and take a long time to complete. It's an issue since we will eventually be dealing with thousands of these files.
I would like to find a faster way to generate the checksum other than using the System.Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider I don't care if this means using a specialized hardware card, provided it works and is not to ungodly expensive. I would prefer to have a method of encoding that provided some feedback as to how far the process has gone along so I can display it like I do now.
The application is written in vb.net. I would prefer to be able to use it as component, library, reference within my application, but I'm willing to call an outside application if there is enough improvement in the speed of generating the checksum.
Needless to say, the checksum must be consistent and correct.
This comparison shows the different values of the known good checksum calculation (c#) as used by my client and what I 'hoped' was the vb.net equivalent. How can I get 405 rather than 513 as I currently do?
For i = 0 To length - 2 Step 1
cksum += sendFrameData(i + 5)
Next i
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I need to convert a string to get a checksum as follows;
Checksum
The checksum is the 8 LSB (least significant bits) of a simple addition of all octets (note that a message type '30' is two octets with the values 33 hex and 30 hex) following the STX character and until the checksum field. Note that all separators will be included in the checksum, but the STX, checksum and the ETX will not be included.
Dim str as string = "01/00064/O/30/12345678/87654321////////48656C6C6F20576F726C64/"
This should result in checksum = "C2" What type of checksum is this? what should I Google for? CRC, MD5, hash ?
Dim sum As Byte
Dim Trans_Array(_64K, 2) As Byte
Const _64K As Integer = 65536
sum = 0
For i = 0 To 15
BinaryStream.Write(Trans_Array(Address + i, RIGHT_FILE))
sum = (Convert.ToByte(sum + Trans_Array(Address + i, RIGHT_FILE)))
Next
I can't figure out how to calculate the checksum of the bytes from array.
I have the following hex string 40 50 4C 41 59 0D I am transmitting to a piece of equipment, I need to calculate a checksum value to add to the string as the last byte to be sent. The checksum byte is generated in such a manner that the result of addition of all bytes of a message will become 11111111(255). the code that you see here does not work can anyone tell/show me why? Whats important is the checksum calculation.
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Is there any way to generate checksum for a dll from the main app (compiled) and the main app from the dll when I run the main app or something of this kind?
View 3 RepliesI'm trying to create an app that controls a BSS BLU-80 (DSP) through Ethernet. I've written a few basic programs in the past, but nothing that used sockets or even required calculating a checksum. One of the values I need to send has to be 24 bits. This one really has me scratching my head. From the manufacturer's docs:
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This function doesn't work if I change the input argument 'pdu' from a string to an int.Would someone please help me figure out what to do here so that the checksum does not add the ascii value of the int argument but rather the actual integer value?I took out a few lines of the actual function but it adds the input argument to a packet sent out via TCP protocol.This function shows the integer value just fine in the string that gets encoded as a byte array. the checksum is wrong.!
''Public Function buildpacket(pdu As Integer) is what I want.
Public Function buildpacket(pdu As String)
Dim packet As String
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I've wanting to generate a CRC16-X25 checksum in the form HiByte and LowByte. All the examples I've found by searching are either VB6 which uses functions and data types that are no longer supported or C, C++ etc. Does anyone have a simple VB.Net version? Speed is not an issue.
View 10 RepliesI have been trying to compute the checksum for a line of hex code. This is to create a hex file which will be loaded onto an embedded micro.Some of you guys may not know how this is done so very briefly:
a line of hex bytes:
: 10 01 00 00 21 46 01 36 01 21 47 01 36 00 7E FE 09 D2 19 01 40
The underlined bytes are taken and summed. (in this case the decimal 960). and the bold is the checksum Only the 8LSB (or single least significant byte) is needed to compute the checksum... which in this case, 960 = 03C0 in hex, so only C0 is needed.Two's complement is then taken:
step 1) logical not of C0 which is
step 2) add one (integer)
BIN...........DEC...HEX
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So here is the code I have been using: (quick mention that in the string passed, the hex bytes are all grouped together, there are no space characters)
Public Sub CreateLine(ByVal Data As String)
'Dim BDataArray(DataLength) As Byte
Dim IDataArray(Data.Length) As Integer
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where i get into trouble is where i commented 'i get into trouble'. My code works, but it's rather crude Now, in that line i first convert the hex value (string) "SChecksum" into an integer. I want to NOT this, so I get my step 2 from my explanation. However, the results appears to be a signed logical NOT. which gives me the wrong answer. My hashed togther version simply subtracts 256 before the not, in order to give me the correct answer.
Basically, I would love for someone to chime in and point out the flaws in my function, and push me towards figuring out the 'proper' way of doing this. Also I can't quite wrap my head around what would happen in the case a string were passed to my function that is over 16 bits, but I imagine I would have to subtract a larger value than 256, before doing the NOT in this case?(whilst we're on the subject of functions, I've used a 'sub', in which case should I used a sub, and which case should I use a function?).
Is there any better performance by checking for a true value like this:
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Than like this:
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in the current project im making i've decided to add in some tools, 1 of which is a renamer based of a renamer app that already exists (called scdtoolz), i want to build my own version of it so i can learn some new things, and build a nice GUI version of it.[code]So what i have managed to determine is that the current app scans the folders contents for the CRC32 Checksum, and renames based of that, since the 456.bin's CRC32 Checksum was 2274F80B, and in the text file 2274F80B is found here 'WWF - Rage in the Cage (T-81015)(U)#2274F80B#'So now i have determined game identification is based of the CRC32 checksums, how would i go about coding a similar ap in vb.net?first i need to make the app scan a folder, but how to return crcchecksum? and then rename if check = XXXX? If MD4 sums are easier/simpler i can use those instead, im lookin at a few hash app sources now, so i think i can see how to get the md5 but not the crc32 yet, or how to rename the 2 files and folder based of the text file.
View 6 Repliesi am writing a vb.net program which gets a c program as an input and checks it for errors,now i want my program to skip the comments in the c program,i have written some code but its not working
For Each line In TextBox1.Lines
sample = TextBox1.Lines(k)
Dim len As String
len = sample.Length
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Basically, I have a list of dates in a SQL table with some statistics next to each of them. I want to compare the dates in the table with a certain date I choose. However, my dates in my table are stored as Varchar(50) (and have to be). Apparently I can convert the date in the table into date type but I don't know. Does anyone know how? My current code can be seen below.
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I have a form which contains a checkbox field. On page load I want to create a separate checkbox for each customer in my Database. The code I have to create the checkboxes for each customer works fine. However, I also want to check in the database if the customer is set to unauthorized if they are then I want to check there box. I also have code for the case where the user checks a box. If a box is checked I update the database setting the unauthorized attribute to true. My problem is when I check a box it works fine and the box is checked, however if I reload the page all the boxes are unchecked. So either my database update is not updating the database or the way I check on page load for checked boxes is incorrect. Any ideas?
The code for the asp checkbox field:
<asp:CheckBoxList id="check1" AutoPostBack="True" TextAlign="Right" OnSelectedIndexChanged="Check" runat="server">
</asp:CheckBoxList>
The Code for the page load:
Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
Dim sql As String = "SELECT Name, unauthorized, ID FROM Customer ORDER BY Name"
Dim dt As DataTable = db.execDataTableQuery(sql, "Customer")
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I am trying to check whether a row is getting inserted into my database. It is throwing an error even when it does insert (it's a database issue that will get resolved later when I get a newer version of Microsoft Access), so I can't check whether the insert is successful based on whether there's an error or not. I think I need to check the AffectedRows of something, but I'm not sure what. I've been looking for info on how to do this but I can't figure out how to make it work for my exact situation. Here's a general idea of what my code looks like:
Protected Sub Wizard1_FinishButtonClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.WizardNavigationEventArgs) Handles Wizard1.FinishButtonClick
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But the numInserted is coming out as 0 every time even though the insert is successful. It may have to do with the fact that myIns1.ExecuteNonQuery() throws an error even though the insert is successful.
-EDIT- I discovered that the "duplicate values" error is because it is somehow attempting to insert the record twice. I have no idea why it's doing that though.
The following line of code gives a warning with Resharper: 'Comparison of floating point numbers with equality operator. Possible loss of precision while rounding values.'
Dim samples() As Single
If samples(i) = Nothing Then
samples(i) = _mPreviousSamples(i)
End If
What is the best way of checking if a value is present?
I am trying to figure out how to check a string can contain a certain value.In the begining I had a checkbox and wanted to hide a ceratin field depending upon which checkboxes were selected.The problem with this is that the value is always = to the first value.
I got around this by writing these values into a hidden textBox and using a loop.So now I have a textbox and if the user selected the 1st and 3rd choice the textBox would = "AC" If they selected all choices it would = ABCD etc...How can I determine if the values in my textBox contains just letter 'B' ?
I tried this:
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Dim values As String = [String].Empty
For Each item As ListItem In section2List.Items
If item.Selected Then
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but this doesn't work.
I need to check if my SQL statement returned any results from the Access db I'm using to store my data.
I have this code atm:
cn = New OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=D:Computing Projectdatabase.mdb;")
cn.Open()
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I would like to be able to check (maybe via a boolean value or something) that this result returned a query. I'm using VB.net.
I've been wondering how to do that for a while. (I never really needed it so far ). I wanna make e.g. a simple alarm script (waits for 6.30 am and makes a beep). The only way I could think of it is make a loop in the main function which loops until 8 hours later. Is there any other, more civilized way (probably event?)
View 6 RepliesHow do I check which functions are in a dll I don't who's contents are unknown to me? I am looking to use a certain function and I have a couple of dlls and I don't know in which one it is are its name. So i need to be able to show all function available in a dll and their parameters.
View 6 RepliesIn my application i have set a reference to an activeX component that has been written in vb6(that's not important) What i have done is Here (woo my first hyperlink i hope it works lol) But this is neither here nor there, what i would like to do is put a check to see if the object that has been assigned the activeX component has been assigned it. What i can think of is:If myObject Is Not Nothing Then'set some other stuff End If
The only trouble is, obviously i have an error. Over the Not Nothing I have the following error: 'Is' requires operands that have reference types, but this operand has the value type 'Integer'.Is the type 'Integer' at the end there refering to the Nothing being an integer -1 or 0 and i'm not sure how i would reference the type active x.my question: How can i check if the activeX component is an activeX component and not a whisp of thin air/nothing.
I am trying to make a form that is connected to all my systems at work, this form will not be doing much, it will have an image representing each system, all I want the application to do is if one system is down, the image will turn into red, and if its up, it should be green, to be more clearly and make it simpler, I want it to be linked to more than one destination, each time one link goes down, its image changes to red, and that it. But the problem here is i dont know where to start from, specially that I don't know how to link and get a true or false for the connection!
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