VS 2008 Determining Architecture Of OS (x86 Or X64)?
Nov 1, 2009
When trying to determine the Architecture of an OS, I ran across IntPtr.From reading the documentation, I saw this: Quote:The IntPtr type is designed to be an integer whose size is platform-specific. That is, an instance of this type is expected to be 32-bits on 32-bit hardware and operating systems, and 64-bits on 64-bit hardware and operating systems.
Since the size of IntPtr is intended to be the size of the architecture, would it be feasible to test the size and determine the OS by that? Or is there a better way?
I was thinking there might also be a way via WMI, but I don't want to use that for compatibility reason.
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Jan 6, 2009
I am looking for a method to determine an applicants age from a masked text box(date). Below is what I am using but I wnat to utilize vb.net code instead of inherited datediff from VB6, also this method rounds off the age e.g 44.9 to 45 which is not acceptable.
Below is what I am currently using, looking for a better way.
Private _age As Int32
Private _SixQvar As Int32
'This determines the age of the client and sets the value of _SixQvar
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Jun 16, 2009
I have recently built an N-Tier app using VB.Net 2008. The application is based on Beth Massi's tutorial at [URL] I am trying to incorporate a datagrridview control on a Parent form - one parent (father and mother) to many children. For example,
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Dec 5, 2009
I wrote this code to try and figure out which drive Windows is installed on - it basically starts with C and looks for the first "fixed disk" with a Windows folder.
' Start with c: and look for first fixed drive (type=3) with a windows folder
Dim getInfo As System.IO.DriveInfo
Dim m_start As Integer = 67
Dim m_drv As String = Chr(m_start) & ":windows"
[Code] .....
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Feb 8, 2011
I was trying to make a client/server application. Server listens at a specific port for an incoming connection and if there is a connection it accepts is and asks for a password. If password is correct then they simply wait for some "string" from eachother. everything is fine if I send and get data in string format. there is no problem at all!
(By the way I am using simple usual TcpListener/TcpClient, Networkstream, Binaryreader/writer, etc...
I decided to add file transfer option. well for that i needed to transfer data in byte arrays. Because of this I decided to make all data traffic in byte arrays. So I converted strings to arrays and arrays to string in between. In case of file transfer, file chunks are being sent with a cap like "[cap]"<data chunk>. This was my idea. On the other side there is a sub looking what is coming and what does it mean by looking its cap. In case of file transport specific cap, cap will be removed and data is being added to previous ones...
My problem was, that my binaryreader: reader reads incoming data without any parameter:
message=reader.readstring
But in case of readbytes i have to put a parameter called count.
Well I don't know how much bytes are going to come until I get them. In case of TcpClient I can get it with: Client.GetStream.length.
But how can I get the same result with TcpListener? (At the server)
Can I transfer chunks of file bytes in string format and convert them back to bytearrays without any loss or problem?
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Nov 6, 2009
I was wondering does anyone know where i can find some good books and or articles covering the architecture and design of OOP applications. Also I need a book that explains how to structure an application as it relates to the data tier, business logic tier, and the front end.
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Jun 3, 2009
In the first comment (by J.W.) to this question: Using ObjectDataSource and DataObjectTypeName, How Do You Handle Delete Methods With Just An Id Parameter?, it is said that using ObjectDataSource is a bad design. What is considered good design for well-architected ASP.NET applications?
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Nov 12, 2010
To write a effecient Active Directory library to ease the work of technicals who are responsible to create access models into the domain controller's Active Directory. This library must allow the following:Basic operations: Add, Modify, Delete, List entries;An entry may either be an organizational unit, group or user (no further need required as of now);I thought about having a class which would represent the domain with which we want to work with.
public class Domain {
public Domain(string root) {
Root = root;
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Aug 10, 2010
We have a small visual basic 6.0 application with an Access DB that we would like to migrate to modern code and architecture. I am not technical, but I am believe this would be something like a .net framework with a SQL Server DB.What I am wondering about, is there any way to covert this code to a modern language/architecture? If so, what is the easist modern language to migrate to?
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Dec 25, 2009
what is a disconnected architecture in dot net?Why are the dataSets a disconnected architectures in dot net?
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Oct 4, 2007
Is there a way to programatically determine if the OS Architecture is 32-bit or 64 -bit?
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Nov 5, 2009
I need to write an app that that will iterate over our database, and perform various anaylsis on each record. In order to do this (partially for the learning exercise in creating plugin support) I want to use a Plugin model.
Currently, I have a simple Interface in my main app, which plugins can Implement. My app then loads all DLL's in a folder looking for ones implementing the Interface.
As you can see in the pseudo-code below, I have to keep performing a loop through all loaded plugins calling the process methods.
Sub ProcessData()
For Each Record In MyDataSet
For Each Plugin In MyPluginCollection
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Apr 14, 2010
I am beginner in programming and developed an application of mine. Although, I am finished with the coding part, but I have to present my software architecture diagram. I am not a software engineer and so familiar with basics of software engineering, layering etc.I have used 1) .NET GDI Graphics in my application, 2) Text to Speech, 3) RichTextBox which retireives pictures etc. How do I proceed with the architecture diagram now?
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Aug 12, 2009
I am working on a new domain model for an application that will have order processing for items built in (well, too keep it simple for this question anyway). I have a class "VendorItem" that represents items that can be ordered. Originally the "Order" class was going to have a list of VendorItems associated with it, but I have come across problems with it so far.
Let's say that the system has been creating orders for some time just fine. One day a user comes along and decides that a vendoritem has changed price or some other detail like packaging size. I wouldn't want the previous orders to be affected by such change. At first wash I was going to make a "OrderLine" class that is basically a copy of the "VendorItem" class, but that just feels (smells?) wrong in the OO sense. Is there a better way to refactor this so I don't have copies of classes and information in the domain model?
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May 23, 2011
I have a large application that has always existed all in a single .NET project up until recently (200,000+ LOC). I'm finally getting to the point where I can fix this. I just started using the Entity Framework (4.1 using code first) and I believe this is a good time to start seperating my logic.
What I did is I separated my application into three subprojects:UI - Windows forms project Business - The POCO classes Data - Legacy data access code AND the DBContext class to connect my POCO classes to the database. I also have a Windows service project and will soon have a WCF project, but those concern me less.
The problem is that in this plan, the data layer depends on the business layer and vice versa causing a circular reference error. There is no way around this.So, my idea is to move my POCO classes into the data layer removing all business logic first (just keeping the database fields, basically). Then, I will inherit from those classes in the business layer adding back all the business rules. Then my data access layer will not rely on any other project, the business layer will rely just on the data access layer, and the interface layer will rely on both for now but eventually only on the business layer.
Does anyone see any problems with this, or a better way of doing things given my current circumstances?
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Jun 6, 2011
Explain Singleton architecture of Remoting.
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Jul 20, 2011
I need help in understanding this architecture. The person who wrote it is long gone and I'm stuck to figure it out. We are creating an object in some code from some random workflow in the web application (unimportant for my question). The object is being instantiated from a class found in a Designer.vb file. I couldn't initially see the file until I clicked the "show all files" in Solution Explorer in Visual Studio. There are 3 files linked together.. a *.xsd file, a *.Designer.vb file and a *.xsx file. The *.Designer.vb file looks to be auto-generated.
Goal:Get dbo.note.text from the dbo.note table column and place it in the dbo.exportnote.text column. I just don't understand how it's connecting to the database and getting the data from the dbo.note.text field. I want to make the query more specific (possibly put a where clause on it). But really I just want to understand how it's communicating with the database. Most of the code uses stored procedures. So I'm confused on the architecture. What would be really cool is if you can explain how this code was autogenerated. It appears that the *.xsd file is an XML file when I "View in Browser" from the Solution Explorer.Code to instantiate object of designer class:
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Oct 21, 2009
Using VB.NET 2008 I want to know what is 3 Tier Architecture for windows application? How to make a code for Inserting, Deleting, Updating in a database using 3 tier architecture.
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Oct 23, 2009
I am in process of designing an architecture for an application. Following is the high level requirement.
1. The basic requirement is to convert a flat file into XML
2. The input flat file can have various formats, the delimiters, the data positions may vary.
3. The output XML format is predefined. There is a specification defined in a word format, which I think I need to define it as an XSL or XSD.
I am planning to follow some design pattern. Not decided yet. The architecture should be flexible to extend the input file formats and accommodate any changes in output specification.
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Feb 8, 2011
Building a large application using 3 tier architecture in vb.net. Question: I am a vb.net developer. I have developed small and medium size application with 2 tier architecture. Now I am going to develop a large application. I have decided to develop that application using 3 tier architecture. So I studied about 3 tier. Now I know how what is 3 tier and how to develop a simple application. And also I studied about .Net Remoting and Web services. In my project, 7 modules are available. Each module has 3 layers. How can I manage in a Single Solution?
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Jun 22, 2010
how to create a stable plugin architecture. Stable because I plan on opening up plugin creation to the public but I dont want a sloppy coded plugin to take down my whole application.
So I thought of using an AppDomain per plugin and I did a little seaching. But it seems that even using a temp AppDomain to load plugins and then unloading it once all assemblies have been inspected raises complexity allot and I was planing on using an AppDomain per plugin.
I feel the gained stability (if there is any at all) may be raising the complexity so much the app will never be done..
Is there another way to both create a stable application and at the same time making it extensible?
I cases where the host calls a defined function via say IPluginInterface I guess I can pack a whole lot of try catch blocks around that call but what if a plugin insisted of a timed routine that would run continously without being invoked from the host other that a starting call to StartPluginService or something like that?
If I include a plugin like that in the default AppDomain and it blows up I sure will blow my own foot off right?
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Jul 15, 2011
I'm creating a rather large and complex application and was wondering if any of you had any recommendations for good books on application and project architecture. Multi-user - database - heavy interaction with windows api for shell extensions.Not the standard maintenance or reporting app I usually write!
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Apr 17, 2012
Here's my current set-up:
Public Interface IDatabase
Function CreateParameter(name as String, dbType as <dbTypeEnumeration>)
End Interface
[Code]....
The problem here is what exactly is dbTypeEnumeration. In the example above, it's simply a placeholder to what my problem is. Since we use both Oracle and SQL Server databases, the DbTypes are different depending on the database being used. For Oracle, the OracleClient object has its own OracleDbType enumeration with types. SQL Server also has its own enumeration.
My question is: is it possible to show those database-specific enumerations depending on which repository is injected into the DatabaseService constructor? If not, what's the best way to go about this? I want to separate the two databases, share logic, and allow for future development, ala the interface as a code contract for that development.
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May 9, 2011
I do have some classes that implement their own serialization/deserialization but I'm doing all of these without implementing system.runtime.serialization.ISerializable. so my question is what exactly is the benefit of using system.runtime.serialization.ISerializable ? in what example situation will we need to implement system.runtime.serialization.ISerializable?
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Feb 15, 2012
what's a Class, and Object, a Method, a property and thins like that, but I have this doubt:Let's supppose I have a class "Laundry" this class has (just for this example) 3 propierties:
1.- laundryID
2.- Name
3.- Washers
Id and Name are "primitive" types or simple types (integer and string), but Washers, represent a list of object of type "Washer", that has 3 properties:
1.- washerID
2.- laundryID
3.- capacity
4.- brand
All of them (for this example) simple/primitives types (integer,string,string).So this my dilemma, it is correct to have a constructor like this (VB .net)
public sub new(ByVal laundryID as integer)
'' Here I'll query for the data of the Laundry on DB
'' After that I will query for every washer that belongs to this laundry
[code]....
And inside of that constructor query for all the washers that belongs to the laundry with id=laundryID parameter, and create objects of type "Washer" and add them to the list of Laundry ?I'm not sure If I explain myself, any comment I'll be really grateful, in less words, what's the correct approach (or good practices) to work with class/objects that has properties which are complex (other class/objects).I usually work with ADO.net probably ADO/LINQ/Entity solve this thins in an transparent way, but if they do it I don't really know it.
Note: I'm familiar with VB.net, C#, PHP, so if you prefer explain/help me using examples with its syntax, it's ok
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Mar 3, 2011
This question is the follow-up of a a desire to architect a simple spreadsheet API while keeping it user-friendly to those who know Excel well.
To sum it up, this question is related to these below two:
1. How to implement column self-naming from its index?;
2. How to make this custom worksheet initialization faster?.
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Jan 25, 2010
I'm experimenting with a plugin architecture for my company's internal business system. I have managed to read all .DLLs in a Plugin folder which implement a specific interface. What I am trying to figure out is the best method of communication between the "host" MDI parent application and forms that will be in the .DLLs which I intend to make MDI children.
Currently, I am returning just ToolStripMenuItem objects from the .DLLs to add to the MDI Parent. I've also tested that events wired in the .DLLs to the ToolStripMenuItems do propagate to the code in the .DLLs. I've also managed to return a Form object via the interface and open that form, as the Plugin folder is being "scanned".
However, I am not clear how I would make these forms MDI children. Also, any other forms living in the .DLLs will also have to be MDI children. I created a VS 2008 Addin project just to see what's going on, and it seems that the Addin accepts an Application object on which it adds to the ToolStripMenuItems and does other operations. The code to build the menu inside the .DLL. This is opposite of what I have done so far, where the MDI requests a ToolStripMenuItem from each .DLL and adds the returned object to its own menu.
Would designing my plugin architecture to accept an application object in the same manner the only way I could get forms to open as an MDI child? Am I asking for other, currently unknown to me, headaches by NOT passing in the application object to the .DLL?
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Jul 24, 2009
I am writing a simple program to perform a task at work. It is an update application that will allow end users to update software themselves.I have come up against a problem though. In order to fully complete the installation, the latest service packs have to be installed. The machines are either running XP or 2000 and need updating to the latest service packs.The problem is I cannot find any code that will let me determine the service pack, all I have is:
HTML
MsgBox("Computer's operating system version: " & _
My.Computer.Info.OSVersion)
This finds the OS version, but I don't seem to be able to determine the SP from it. What I need to do is make a piece of code that will find the OS and SP, and then download the latest SP.The service packs are as follows: 2000 needs SP4 and Rollup 1 and XP needs SP3. I value will need to be returned and then stored to create and IF statemenet, but I am stumped on how to find the SP.
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Dec 4, 2009
In my code behind I'd like to be able to tell that I'm running my web site project in Visual Studio (either Debug or Release).I was considering testing for "localhost" but that's not perfect because we could be testing it locally on the server.
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Aug 5, 2009
Is there any easy way to determine the IP address for the computer that an app is running on. I looked through the System.Net namespace and didn't see anything of the sort.
Basically, I want to display the IP address to the user, instead of walking them through how to do an "ipconfig". They then can put that IP address into another app, so the one app can talk to the other via UDP.
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