I have an array of Bytes. Most of these are interpreted as Unsigned. On certain occasions I need to interprete the byte as signed. Why can't Byte convert to SByte? What I'm doing: I'm trying to program a disassembler for an 8-bit video game ROM. My program reads the ROM and processes each instruction. The instructions are interpreted as unsigned. Some arguments for instructions would be treated by two's complement in the original hardware, however, to make a signed number.
I would like to know how to convert a unisgned byte to signed byte
Atm I got this
a Function readSignedByte() As SByte '-128/127 Dim b As SByte
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it doesn't work one that well works for numbers positive over 127 if lets say ReadByte() has 128 it would give overflow error which I don't want it to give I would like it to overflow the number to negivate value aka its signed value.
I need to be able to write signed bytes to a serial port using SerialPort.Write() method, except that method only takes byte[] arrays of unsigned bytes, how would i write a signed byte to the serial port?For what I'm working on the particular command takes values from -1700 to 1700.
How can I write a signed byte (sbyte) to unmanaged memory using VB.NET? I can use Marshal.WriteByte() to write an unsigned byte, but there doesn't appear to be an overload for signed bytes.
I need to read signed and unsigned 8 bit, 16 bit and 32 bit values from a file stream which may be little-endian or big-endian (it happens to be a tiff file which carries the byte order indicator at the start).I initially started by writing my own functions to read the values and was able to do so for unsigned values. e.g.
Public Function ReadUInt32() As UInt32 Dim b(4) As Byte input.Read(b, 0, 4)
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But then I started looking at signed values and my brain broke.As an alternative, I found the IO.BinaryReader which will let me read signed values directly but doesn't seem to have any way to indicate that the data is big-endian or little-endian.Is there a nice way of handling this? Failing that, can someone tell me how to convert multiple bytes into signed values (in both byte orders)?
I am trying to interpret a xml response that gets fed into my RichTextBox so that i can alert the user of their success when posting a record to a website I am managing to count the number of successful and failed postings by searching for text shown below:
I am connecting to a MS-Access 2007 database using VB 2010 and OLEDB. Conducting the following test seems to suggest that MS-Access does not interpret DBNull.Value correctly when sent as a parameter from OLEDB:[code]
I'm learning about GAC and signing assembly! And I have some problems...1. I make a DLL having some basic functions in ONE SOLUTION (Signed and Compile)2. Then, I make a FormApp, add a reference to this DLL and using its function to do somethings in OTHER SOLUTION. No error appears!3. I run this project, so I get an error:A call to PInvoke function 'MyDLL.LunarDate:: ' has unbalanced the stack. This is likely because the managed PInvoke signature does not match the unmanaged target signature. Check that the calling convention and parameters of the PInvoke signature match the target unmanaged signature.
I tried 4 possible abilities that I can image: 1. I unsign DLL and re-add it to FormApp : It's OK 2. I sign FormApp with same pnk : The same error
I'm searching for a way to validate (or bypass validation for) self-signed SSL certificates using VB .Net. I found code to do this in C# and tried converting it into VB code, but I'm not having any luck.
Here is the C# code. Here is what I tried:
Imports System Imports System.Net Imports System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates
I'm working with byte arrays and building and disassembling Int16/UInt16 and Int32/UInt32 from them. I'd like to not worry about the Sign bit until I return the final value and just have the code return the appropriate value for the data type that was requested to be converted to/from the byte array
Looking for some .net snippet on accessing what users are logged into a domain. I have looked through all the AD namespace and okay with that in getting static items. Specifically, NOT looking for current logged in user for a given machine(have that as well). Looking for a list of users that are currently signed into a Domain.Essentially, I want to pass a user (or list of users) to a method that will check to see if the user passed in, is currently logged into the network (AD).
I create my algorthm and its finished but there is a problem, it encrypte all text and all text in a file but after decryption when i open my file (a video file)the player show all information about file(duration,size and ect) currectly but it dont play that my program encrypt and decrypt byte by byte and place a asci code in bytes(0 to 255)
I just converted the following code from c# to vb.net. It is functional and works correctly with my company's firmware/devices. My next challenge. Previous serialport code used much more readable structs which where then converted (after building a packet) into byte() automatically as part of the serialport encoding. (this is my understanding)How could I
1. morph byte arrays 'ToSocket' and 'ToMTP' below into structs and
2. convert into byte array for Socket.BeginSend(byte(),.....) to stream out to remote devices?
I have query that involves a cross-language operation, namely converting 4 SBytes to a signed integer. The source language for this operation is Java, which utilizes the ByteBuffer in order to extract a signed integer from the data stream. The inner workings of ByteBuffer are at best a black box to me, as I haven't been able to find any hints to what actually goes on when Java extracts the integer. [Code]
I'm looking for a way to locate signature field on PDF using VB.Net Or JavaScript and Acrobat and then I want to check if it is signed or not. Here is what I have so far:
Dim page As Acrobat.CAcroPDPage Dim annot As Acrobat.CAcroPDAnnot page = acroPDDoc.AcquirePage(0)
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Im finding the annotations but I dont know how to check if it is signature field or not.
Im using the SSL stream class to connect to a server and authenticate their self-signed certificate. My authentication code gets an error: "RemoteCertificateChainErrors". When I drill down into the X509ChainStatuses, I only see a status of "UntrustedRoot" and status information of "A certificate chain processed, but terminated in a root certificate which is not trusted by the trust provider." This seems acceptable due to the self-signed nature of their certificate. I understand that I can ignore this error. However, Id like to do as much as possible to authenticate. I have a certificate from them. Ive been told to add their cert to my root certs somehow. How do I correct my code use this cert in authentication?
Is it possible in VB to truncate a larger data type ( an int with a value greater than 255) to a smaller one, say a Byte (which only goes up to 255) in a way such that the 8LSBs of the integer are copied to the newly created byte. I have tried this using CType with the following code, however it does not work.
Dim TestByte As Byte = CType(Test, Byte) Where the variable "Test" is an integer with a value of 419. This code always results in the Overflow exception.
I have 2 byte arrays. I want to merge these two byte array into 1 byte array.Usually, I just create a new byte array with length = byte array #1 + byte array #2. Then copy byte array #1 and #2 to the new byte array.do I have more efficient way to merge 2 byte array using VB.NET and .Net 4?
I would like to create a function so that I can pass a string and it will return me the binary value, I will use this later in other parts of the script but I am getting an error that I don't understand.
Private Function ConvertToMD5(ByVal OldPassword As String) As Byte Dim NewPassword As String = "" 'The string we wish to encrypt
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On the "Return hashedDataBytes I get "Value of type '1-dimensional array of Byte' cannot be converted to 'Byte'"
Newbie here I need to send a email with and attached file (a *.xls file) The condition is that the e-mail need to be signed and crypted. I already got a digital certificate sign (provided by Verisign). I also read something about X509Certificate2 Class on MSDN, and something about Outlook interop Model. My idea was use the Outlook Interop Model Class (from Outlook 2007) but i have no idea how to do this.
Since I sign my project .exe files with my code signing certificate, I want to check in my application MainForm_Load if the executable is signed and the signature is valid?If not signed or signature has been tampered it must exit the code.
Im currently developing a custom logging component, that we will deploy with all our applications, windows services, webapps, windows apps etc. I have a few questions of various nature. The component is a single signed dll file:
1) Which is the "safest" way to get the current directory? For example, in the config file, in the config section I have a property "logpath". The application will read this and write a log file depending in what they write:
c:myapplog (it will write a log here, create whatever folders it need) /Log (directly under the installed app directory, like c:program filesmyappLog) Log (same as above) I need something that work with both windows and web apps, for webapps it will log under the virtual directory of the aspnet app.
2) For exception handling, if nothing special is happening, like in the DAL, I get a sql server exception, is there any point in using
I 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:
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?).
