Thanks you for you answer. I was planning on targeting laptops, Mini Computers, Smart Devices and iPads(and similar). Most of the new 4G dongles come with built-in GPS, so any device that can use them and other who are rich targets. Thanks Glenn
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
I work at a company that provides C# software solutions for GPS Tracking. They have recently asked me to write some software to use on a laptop that will read location information and report movement. The software will read the GPS information from a plug-in USB device and send the data through TCP to a server. So My Question. If you were targeting mobile platforms, and your company have invested heavily in C#. What platform would you use for development? Mono? Or would you move away from C# for another programming language. Thanks Glenn
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
I'm doing a lot of silverlight and xaml. So YES!!! I'm excited. The IDE has greatly improved tools to make development for those technologies easier.
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
Does you config file have that server? Silverlight email application[^]
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
If you are accessing through HTTP you need to provide a clientaccesspolicy.xml in the root of the site. My question is for the TCP access, it appears you must setup a TCP listener on the TCP address where Silverlight is accessing on port 943. Correct? It has nothing to do with the hosting web server. Right? Thanks
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
They(Senior Developers at where I work) say its a "Traditional" form. They check to see if the previous character matches the current. If less than one or two they will attempt a sequence. If a sequence is found, they will write out the length and the sequence. If not the character and run length is attached to the buffer. PackBits they say
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
modified on Monday, November 2, 2009 6:18 PM
My client software gets an RLE encoded TCP message from a Server. I need to decode it so I can use the data. So my question. Does C# already have an RLE decoder? Or will I need to write my own stuff? It does not look hard, but I will feel silly if Someone say there is an extension that handles the work. Thanks PS They say its PackBits style
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
modified on Monday, November 2, 2009 6:17 PM
It will not be listening. Only requesting data from a server that hosts the data. Sorry I miss understood. Yeah its a tough decision, there are several options for me. 1) I can edit the data server, but its an established C++(unmanaged) application. I will have several of the senior programmers grilling me on whether I screwed up anything. 2) I could write an app that uses a different port. Then all my silverlight traffic goes to that port. I convert the data and forward. (this is my preferred approach) 3) OR Convert in the silverlight app. What fun!!!
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
There is much I don't know about silverlight but there seem to be support for TCP connectivity in silverlight. Here is a good post on it. http://weblogs.asp.net/mschwarz/archive/2008/03/07/silverlight-2-and-sockets.aspx[^] My only concern is working through a binary message byte by byte to convert it into my managed code. I know there are several libraries that are not supported by Silverlight, and I hope that I don't get stuck.
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
Code is running on a client webpage. It streams data to a web user for live updates.
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
I'm new to silverlight. My web application "Might" attach to a TCP port that outputs a binary compressed TCP message for my web data. I'm trying to decide if I should 1)parse it in silverlight or 2)write a middle-ware application that unpacks it and then sends it to my silverlight App. Thanks for any recommendations.
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
I have to write a client that gets its data through a TCP connection from a server written in unmanaged C++ (It does support managed c++ though). It sends a large structure. The Structure is unmanaged. It even has unmanaged structures in the structure. My client must be C#. I have two chooses (as I see it); 1) Modify the server to package the data into an managed type. The server does support c++ managed code. Making it easy on the client. 2) Or Parse the binary incoming TCP message, then place it into a managed structure on client. I'm leaning toward option 1. Since I think it will allow more versatility, however the programmers that wrote the original server think the parsing is a simple method. I hope someone can help me Decide. Thanks Glenn
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
After research I also found that you can give the X.exe an X.exe.config file that defines other sub-folders to search. This works for me. Thanks Glenn
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
I would like our project DLL’s placed into a sub-folder(\plugins). But when I try to run the application, it can’t find them. In the reference paths, I added a relative search path (.\plugins) and tried a micro path ($(TargetPath\plugins)). Neither seems to work. Unless the dll is in the same directory, I get an exception. The exceptions are the same. Can’t find file. Thanks :((
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
Is there any guidelines out there for which compiler option is best for Optimization? I have heard the minimizing size is important to reduce page faults but I'm not sure. Opinions? links? Thanks Glenn
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
We are currently developing using VS2005 without any major issues. However we are two months from starting our test phase. So it’s not a bad time to upgrade. My company has VS2008 (part of our developers support package). We don't currently need any advanced features in VS2008. Typically I would wait. Let the new software at least get to its first SP. However I have not heard any really negatives about VS2008. Its making me wonder if it might be solid release from MS. Is VS2008 as stable as VS2005? Your Opinion? :confused:
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
I am using the DateTimePicker to get a time from my users. It has a custom format of mm:ss. I have my ShowUpDown set to true. However, most of the time changes my users will be making will be in the seconds field. The upDown defaults to changing minutes. Is there a way to make the default be seconds?
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
Got worked out. Here is my final code.
for each ( ToolStripMenuItem ^tmpMS in this->menuMainForm->Items )
{
for each ( ToolStripItem ^tmpCntl in tmpMS->DropDownItems )
{
if (tmpCntl)
{
if ( tmpCntl->Selected )
String ^tmpCntlName = tmpCntl->Name;
OpenHelpForMenuItem(tmpCntlName);
}
}
}
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
Thank You very much. It works like a champ! Here is my final code (c++/CLI).
for each ( ToolStripMenuItem ^tmpMS in this->menuMainForm->Items )
{
for each ( ToolStripItem ^tmpCntl in tmpMS->DropDownItems )
{
if (tmpCntl)
{
if ( tmpCntl->Selected )
String ^tmpCntlName = tmpCntl->Name;
OpenHelpForMenuItem(tmpCntlName);
}
}
}
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX
For the menu dropdown items there is no event for the helpprovider. There is for the file menu itself but it does not tell you which menu item you are currently looking at.
Luc Pattyn wrote:
I have not used it myself, but the way I understand MSDN on Control.HelpRequested event you should add an event to every Control for which you want to provide help; then in the HelpRequested event handler the sender parameter points to the Control that currently needs to show help.
Programmer Glenn Earl Graham Austin, TX