im trying to save a encrypted password to a application settings which is a byte array but didn;t find any easy way to do so. i did try to convert the byte array to string adn read the string back as a byte array but the problem was the bytearray lenght increases when i read it back.
View 1 RepliesWhat I am trying to do is serialize an object map and store it in My.Settings. There appears to be no data type that can be used in My.Settings that would hold a byte array other than a string. Therefore, I encoded the byte array from the serialization and turned it into an ASCII string, but it wasn't a true representation of the bytes, and the deserialization failed. Converting the bytes to an ASCII string apparently chops some of the bytes down to 7 bits, which hoses the conversion.
Before I get into anything too bizarre, I figured I might as well put the question here: Is there a way to stuff a byte array into My.Settings?
I just wondered if you can or can't save arrays using the settings system object. There seems to be no way of entering it at designtime. It seems implied you cannot create new user settings.subobjects at runtime. I'm looking to find the easiest way to save a populated array of PictureBox's. If the only way is a self/custom made/managed .ini file then I need to know so i can start on that but I was hoping to use some of all this phaff in the new frameworks usefully.
View 3 Repliesi have created a user setting named 'setmeup' as string, scope = user, value = "magical meow meow!".in my code i access it and assign it a new value like this...my.settings.setmeup = "howdy cowboy!"my.settings.save()application.restart()when the application restarts, i expect the my.settings.setmeup = "howdy cowboy!" but when i check its contents its still "magical meow meow!".but when i use application.exit() instead of application.restart() and manually restart the program, my.settings.setmeup = "howdy cowboy!" which is correct.what must i do? i want to use application.restart() because i don't want the users to double-click the icon again to start the program. i want the program to restart automatically.
View 2 RepliesNow i have some images and i have a database (MS Access)i need to convert all images to !one byte array!(couse i have 1 column for images) and i save this array. Then when i need a picture i should take some pic on this byte array.umm i think i cant explain my status :)
i need to cut this byte array like split function. so then i can choose image whatever i want
I try to read a stream and save it as byte array to add it later to zip file.this is the code that I use
Dim totalbytes As Byte() = Nothing
Dim iBytesRead As Integer
Dim sChunks As FileStream = File.OpenRead("c:myfile.wav")
Dim Totalread As Int64 = 0
[code]....
but there is something is not correct,
I have a byte array of a file and I need to save it into my database in a field that has been set aside of type image.
However I have a problem my data access class takes a sql string and commits it to the database for example.
"EXECUTE stored proc @parm1, @parm2, @parm3"
However the problem is I cannot figure out how to transfer the byte array to string so that I can add it as an argument.
I hope this make sense.
I also understand that I can build parameters in com objects but I do not want to do this as it will disrupt my whole data access class and I am not prepared to do this at the moment.
I have this code which saves an "Image" to a SQL Server database:
vb.net
'You have the images in the PictureBoxes, now you need to store it as a Reference Image
'if the user has selected that option
Dim ms2 As New MemoryStream()
[Code].....
I am working on a PHP site at the moment that is having trouble reading that data to display the image, so I am attempting to not only save it to the DB, but also save it as a bitmap or other file type to the actual server.
How can I create an image file (not really picky on which file type) from the "arrImage()" data above?
I have a device with upon serial communication, it send the data as HEX values, (e.g., C020042ABD0F91A103E400F929EBC). I use the following code to get data from the serial port.
Dim fStream As New FileStream(sFileName, FileMode.CreateNew) ' creates new file
Dim bw As New BinaryWriter(fStream)
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1500)
ComTd.Read(data, 1, bCount)
Dim bCount As Integer = 4119 ' it is the size of the chunk not block size
Dim data(bCount) As Byte
[Code] .....
Apparently the system.collection.arraylist does not work since it is more of a list than anything else. Is there some sort of collection that will save my array as is so that it can be retained latter on application load?
View 5 RepliesHow do you save an array or an arraylist in vb.net using My.Settings? I cannot find the array type anywhere, even in the browse window.I absolutely need to be able to save this.I know I can convert the array to a string, but I do not know how to convert a string to an array. I know that if I were to break it at a delimiter then I could convert a string to an array, but my problem is that any text at all could be stored within the array as a single value, so I cannot pick a delimiter that is likely to be used.
View 3 RepliesI have some code in a module:
Public esUsefullitems as new arraylist
That declares my list and I am using a simple structure to store data in but what I was wondering how can I save the arraylist to my.settings without getting a nasty object reference is not set to an instance of an object error, I know this involves using the 'new' method but I have tried many different ways of doing it but I still get that error, how do I do it?
Here's the code i've used in the past to save an integer array to settings (The setting being listed as a String on the dropdown):
Save:
vb
sec0string = String.Join(";", Array.ConvertAll(sec0, Function(n) n.ToString()))
Load:
vb
sec0string = My.Settings.sec0
sec0 = Array.ConvertAll(sec0string.Split(";"c), Function(s) Convert.ToInt32(s))
[Code]...
HumanName (the variable, not the setting) in this code is a 1-Dimensional string array. HumanLevel is a 1-dimensional integer array. There is no error in this code, but for some reason despite the fact that the integer array actually saves to settings exactly as it is supposed to, the string array causes the program to crash.
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I'm trying to save a collection of key/value settings in my application's "user settings" (they're column widths), but while I see no errors, when I run the code (in the IDE) my collection in "My.Settings" is always nothing at startup. I do a "My.Settings.Save" when the application exits, and barring the "serializers not found" errors in the IDE, no other errors occur. When I run my application as an exe, it behaves the same way..
View 7 RepliesSave some settings related to the application on individual computer so that user does not have to set them again and again.
View 10 RepliesI am starting to use cryptostream class. I may be wrong, if you encrypt something, close the app, and then try to decrypt it, it will not be able to because a different key will be generated. Because I do need this functionality, I am wondering if it's possible to save the key in application settings and whether this is the right way to go?
View 2 Replies(using VB.Net 2008) I am trying to save one of my custom types to the application settings. I've read a variety of opinions on the internet about whether this possible.
When creating an app setting, none of my types appear when browsing. However, previously I needed to save off one of my datasets, and it worked simply by hand-entering it as the setting type (ie, I just typed "MyProjectName.DatasetName"). However, when I try the same trick with another custom type that isn't a dataset, I get a "type was not found" error. So I'm a little confused, can the program "find" some custom types and not others?
How do I save my settings in the same folder of my application is in .INI file.[code]And how do I delete the app.config folder in the AppData Local dir?Because what I noticed is.. It creates new folders everytime I release a new version of my application.It doesn't consume much space though but still it creates new folder corresponding to the application version.
View 5 RepliesI'm looking how to save the checked checkboxes in a treeview which contains a lot of folders and subfolders.Is it possible to save them in the application settings ?
View 1 RepliesI am working on a simple game and wanted to save the high score in application settings. Research upon failure has shown that user is read/write but the program doesn't store it between runs.
View 7 RepliesI am trying to Convert a data field stored as IMAGE ( SQL Server 2000) using Java to a byte array using VB.NET Java uses signed numbers for a Byte array where as VB dosent. Can somone point me to how I can covert java byte array to VB byte array?
View 2 RepliesObjective: Combine byte arrays, read specific sections, and then cut byte array at specified point.
Private Sub DataArrival(ByRef aBot As xyzSocket, ByRef theData As Byte())
Dim RDLength As Int32
If aBot.ReceivedData Is Nothing Then[code]....
I'm not sure if I have this right to begin with because I can't test it without having it completed.
how to upload file using fileupload control into sql database. I have class where i created insert function and getting info frm the .aspx.vb file
Class File
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Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.SqlClient
[coe]....
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?
View 2 RepliesI 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
[code]....
On the "Return hashedDataBytes I get "Value of type '1-dimensional array of Byte' cannot be converted to 'Byte'"
I have 9 1-dimensional arrays of bytes and 1 of them is empty, I want to make the empty one equal to the others put together like you would a string:
Dim bla As String = "bla" & "bla" & "bla"
'now bla = "blablabla"
but instead:
[Code]......
How do I read a raw byte array from any file, and write that byte array back into a new file?
View 3 RepliesHow could you convert a IntPrt to a Byte Array (Byte()) ?
View 19 RepliesI have a byte array that I convert into a string like so Dim byt As Byte() = New Byte(255) {} s = New String(Encoding.ASCII.GetChars(byte))My question is when I look at the string in a debuger its clearly a normal string but when I compare it to what I know its supposed to be it doesnt equal. So i did a quick check and for some reason its return a string thats the length of 256 characters. So i did a s.trim and it still is 256 characters long.
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