C#: Get Parent Control with Generics

by Pieter Brinkman 27. April 2010 04:43

I use the following method to return a parent control of a specific type. This method is recursive and uses generics.

[code:c#]

private Control GetParentControl<T1>(Control control)
{
    if (control.Parent.GetType() == typeof(T1))
    {
        return control.Parent;
    }
    else
    {
        return GetParentControl<T1>(control.Parent);
    }
}

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ASP.Net | C# | Controls

MemoryStream to Byte Array (Byte[])

by Pieter Brinkman 19. April 2010 09:25

With the following code you can convert your MemoryStream to a Byte Array.

[code:c#]
//create new Bite Array
byte[] biteArray = new byte[memoryStream.Length];

//Set pointer to the beginning of the stream
memoryStream.Position = 0;

//Read the entire stream
memoryStream.Read(biteArray, 0, (int)memoryStream.Length);
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ASP.Net | C#

C#: Remove line from textfile

by Pieter Brinkman 26. January 2010 03:29

With the following code you can remove a line from a textfile (web.config). If the string is within a line the line will be removed.

[code:c#]

string configFile = @"C:\dev\web.config";
List<string> lineList = File.ReadAllLines(configFile).ToList();
lineList = lineList.Where(x => x.IndexOf("<!--") <= 0).ToList();
File.WriteAllLines(configFile, lineList.ToArray());

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ASP.Net | Linq | C#

Asp.Net: DataPager problem with Listview

by Pieter Brinkman 23. December 2009 06:48

When using the Datapager with a ListView I had the following problem. When clicking a paging button for the first time nothing happens.But when I click a button the second time, then the page from the first click loads.

I search the internet for a solution and found that you need to add some code to the OnPagePropertiesChanging event of the list view to reload the DataPager.

The following code is the solution to my problem. Including a fix that the data doesn't get loaded two times.

[code:c#]

private List<Product> productList;

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!IsPostBack)
        fillGrid();
}

private void fillGrid()
{
    if(productList == null)
        productList = getproducts();
    ListView1.DataSource = productList;
    ListView1.DataBind();
    DataPager1.DataBind();
}

public List<Product> getproducts()
{
    using (AdventureWrksDataContext db = new AdventureWrksDataContext())
    {
        return db.Products.ToList();
    }
}

protected void lvproducts_PagePropertiesChanging(object sender, PagePropertiesChangingEventArgs e)
{
    DataPager1.SetPageProperties(e.StartRowIndex, e.MaximumRows, false);
    fillGrid();
}

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You can download the solution (PagingExample.zip (83.05 kb))

Cheers,

Pieter

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ASP.Net | Controls

TypeMock: Mock Unittest examples

by Pieter Brinkman 21. October 2009 06:45

In this example I will show how to create a Unit Test with TypeMock.

First I have created some basic dummy classes for the example

[code:c#]

public sealed class ServiceFactory
{
    public static ExpireDateService CreateExpireDateService()
    {
        ExpireDateService expireDateService = new ExpireDateService();
        expireDateService.administration = new SqlAdministration("connectionstring");
        return expireDateService;
    }
}


/// <summary>
/// SqlAdministrion creates connection and managed queries with SQL
/// </summary>

public class SqlAdministration
{
    private static DateTime LoadParameterPrivate()
    {
        return DateTime.Parse("01-01-1980");

    }

    public SqlAdministration(string connectionString)
    {
        //Create connection to sql 
    }

    public static DateTime LoadParameter(string expireDateType)
    {
        //GET expireDate from Database:
         SqlAdministratie.LoadParameter("expireDateType");
        // Load Date from Private method for other mocking examples

        return LoadParameterPrivate();
    }
}

public class ExpireDateService
{
    public SqlAdministration administration;

    public DateTime GetDate(string expireDateType)
    {
        DateTime expireDate = SqlAdministration.LoadParameter(expireDateType);

        return expireDate;
    }
}

public class CheckDate
{
    public static bool CheckExpireDateBooking()
    {
        ExpireDateService expireDateService = ServiceFactory.CreateExpireDateService();
        DateTime expireDate = expireDateService.GetDate("expireDateDateFirst");
        return DateTime.Parse("01-01-2000") < expireDate;
    }
}

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With the following Unit test I will test the code written above. I don't want to change my code or add code for testing purpose. That's where Mocking comes in. With TypeMock I will mock the outcome of specified methods.

The first example is a standard unit test. No Mocking there.

[code:c#]

/// <summary>
/// Checks the expiredate from 'database' 01-01-1980
/// with a hardcoded date 01-01-2000
/// </summary>

[TestMethod()]
public void TestMethodWithoutTypeMock()
{
    Assert.IsFalse(CheckDate.CheckExpireDateBooking());

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 Now I want to mock the method GetDate to return a date specified by me (01-01-2010).

[code:c#]

/// <summary>
/// Checks the expiredate from database (01-01-1980)
/// with a hardcoded date provided by TypeMock (01-01-2010)
/// </summary>

[Isolated]
[TestMethod()]
public void TestMethodWithTypeMockIsolate()
{
    //Create a dummy version of the ExpireDateService object to use for Mocking

    ExpireDateService expireDateService = new ExpireDateService();
    expireDateService.administration = new SqlAdministration("dummyConnectionString");

    //Return the declared expireDateService when method CreateExpireDateService is called

    Isolate.WhenCalled(() => ServiceFactory.CreateExpireDateService())
        .WillReturn(expireDateService);

    //Isolate the call to method expireDateService.GetDate with parameter 'expireDateDateFirst' and return 01-01-2010

    Isolate.WhenCalled(() => expireDateService.GetDate("expireDateDateFirst"))
        .WillReturn(DateTime.Parse("01-01-2010"));

    Assert.IsTrue(CheckDate.CheckExpireDateBooking());
}

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For the latest example I wanted to Mock a Private method.

[code:c#]

/// <summary>
/// Checks the expiredate from database (01-01-1980)
/// with a hardcoded date provided by TypeMock on privatemethod(01-01-2010)
/// </summary>

[Isolated]
[TestMethod()]
public void TestMethodWithTypeMockIsolatePrivate()
{
    Isolate.NonPublic.WhenCalled(typeof(SqlAdministration), "LoadParameterPrivate")
        .WillReturn(DateTime.Parse("01-01-2010"));

    Assert.IsTrue(CheckDate.CheckExpireDateBooking());

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You can download the source here:
MockingWithTypeMockExampleSource.zip (44.47 kb)

Hope it helps.

Cheers,

Pieter

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Asp.net: DateTime Eval String formatting

by Pieter Brinkman 24. September 2009 07:13

With the following code you can format a DateTime within a Databind.

[code:c#]

<%# DateTime.Parse(Eval("DateModified").ToString()).ToString("MM-dd-yyyy")%> 

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Asp.Net: invoke WCF method with WCF Test Client

by Pieter Brinkman 20. August 2009 02:53

When deploying a Silverlight application we ran into problems a WCF web-service, to find out what the problem was I wanted to invoke the method.

Microsoft shipped an application for invoking methods from your Windows PC (WCFtestclient.exe). The following steps explain how to use WCFtestclient.exe.

First startup Visual Studio 2008 Command Prompt. In the command prompt type wcftestclient, the application will startup.

Now we need to add the Service. Click File and Add Service.

 Add Service to wcftestclient


Add the URL to your service in the pop-up and pres ok. The service will now add all methods from your service. You can add multiple service URLs.

Double click the method you want to invoke from the tree on the left pane. Enter the values that are required for the Invoke and press Invoke. The method will be invoked.

Invoke WCF method


The right bottom pane will show the response. In my case this shows the Stack-trace because of the error. Normally this will show the web-service response (XML).

With the stack-trace I could located the error and fix it.

Hope this helps,

Pieter

 

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ASP.Net | Microsoft | Silverlight | Visual Studio

LINQ: Creating a if statement in Linq query

by Pieter Brinkman 30. July 2009 10:24

A lot of times I need to check a statement within my LINQ-query and I wish there was a possibility of a IF statement within LINQ.

The following code is the solution to my IF problem. I use a temporary variable (let isOlderThen30) to check if a statement is true. Then in my WHERE statement I use the temporary variable in a INFLINE IF.

For this example I use my Blogger class with some data

[code:c#]

public class Blogger
{
 public string FirstName { get; set; }
 public string LastName { get; set; }
 public int Age { get; set; }
 public string Blog { get; set; }
}


List<Blogger> personList = new List<Blogger>{
 new Blogger { FirstName = "Pieter", LastName = "Brinkman", Age = 27, Blog = "http://blog.newguid.net" },
 new Blogger { FirstName = "Mark", LastName = "van Aalst", Age = 26, Blog = "http://www.markvanaalst.com" },
 new Blogger { FirstName = "Bas", LastName = "Hammendorp", Age = 32, Blog = "http://www.hammendorp.net" }
};

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It's kind of hard to think of a easy good example, but here it is. In this example I want to set the Age property to "Older then 30" when the Blogger is older then 30 (how useful!).

[code:c#]

//If a blogger is older then set Age text to "Older then 30"

var rawList = from item in personList
  let isOlderThen30 = item.Age > 30
  select new
  {
   Name = item.FirstName,
   Age = (isOlderThen30 ? "Older then 30" : item.Age.ToString()),
  };


//GENERATE OUTPUT

foreach (var item in rawList)
{
 Response.Write(item.Name + " (" + item.Age + ")<br/>");
}

//OUTPUT
//Pieter (27)
//Mark (26)
//Bas (Older then 30)

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Hope that the example is clear. If you have any questions let me know.

---------- UPDATE (3 aug 2009)----------

I thought about the codeexample and offcourse you can do it shorter (but less readable with complex queries).

[code:c#]

var rawList = from item in personList
  select new
  {
   Name = item.FirstName,
   Age = (item.Age > 30 ? "Older then 30" : item.Age.ToString()),
  };

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Linq to Xml: Generate Google Sitemap with sitemap-protocol

by Pieter Brinkman 8. July 2009 02:22

In this example I will generate a XML site-map that complies with the sitemap-protocol XML schema.

[code:c#]

//create datasource

List<string> blogPosts = new List<string>{
 "http://blog.newguid.net/mypost1.aspx",
 "http://blog.newguid.net/mypost_about_Net.aspx",
 "http://blog.newguid.net/morePosts.aspx",
 "http://blog.newguid.net/andEvenMorePosts.aspx"
};


//Create namespace for sitemap-protocol

XNamespace xmlNS = "http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9";
XDocument xmlDoc =
 new XDocument(
  new XDeclaration("1.0", "UTF-8", null),
  new XElement(xmlNS + "urlset",
   from blogPostUrl in blogPosts
   select
    new XElement(xmlNS + "url",
    new XElement(xmlNS + "loc", blogPostUrl))
    ));


//Show output

Response.Write(xmlDoc);

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This example will give the following output:

[code:xml]
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">  <url>    <loc>http://blog.newguid.net/mypost1.aspx</loc>  </url>  <url>    <loc>http://blog.newguid.net/mypost_about_Net.aspx</loc>  </url>  <url>    <loc>http://blog.newguid.net/morePosts.aspx</loc>  </url>  <url>    <loc>http://blog.newguid.net/andEvenMorePosts.aspx</loc>  </url></urlset>
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To keep the example as simple as possible I only use the LOC element of the URL node. In the real world you can implement the lastmod, changefreq and priority node.

More information about the sitemap-protocol.

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ASP.Net | Google | Linq | XML

Add meta data (keywords, description) dynamicly

by Pieter Brinkman 6. July 2009 06:02

Add meta-data dynamically to your page by adding a HtmlMeta control to your Header. In this example I dynamically add a keyword string to the page.

[code:c#]

string keyWords = "metatags, html, dynamic, generate";

HtmlMeta keywords = new HtmlMeta();
keywords.Name = "keywords";
keywords.Content = keyWords;
Page.Header.Controls.Add(keywords); 

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You can do the same for other meta-data like description.

  

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Set CultureCode for RDLC (SQL reporting report)

by Pieter Brinkman 11. June 2009 06:34

You can set the culture of a report by clicking the report and setting the Language property. If you want to support multiple cultures you can set the property to =User!Language .

 

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ASP.Net

Using the ViewState within the SelectMethod of a ObjectDataSource

by Pieter Brinkman 3. June 2009 07:32

By default it is not possible to use the ViewState within methods of a ObjectDataSource. Because the DataSource doesn't run within the current page instance, it just fires the method that you specified.

You can set the page instance for the DataSourceby setting the ObjectInstance property in the ObjectCreating event of the DataSource.

[code:html]

<asp:ObjectDataSource ID="odsListing" runat="server" SelectMethod="getItems" TypeName="YOUR.NAMESPACE" OnObjectCreating="ObjectDataSource_ObjectCreating" DataObjectTypeName="List&lt;Item>">

[/code]

protected void ObjectDataSource_ObjectCreating(object sender, ObjectDataSourceEventArgs e)
{
 e.ObjectInstance = this;
}

Now you can use the ViewState in you DataSourceMethod (getItems() in this example).

 

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My name is Pieter Brinkman I am a .NET Software Engineer for Achmea IT in De Meern, The Netherlands. My interests are mainly web applications created with ASP.NET, MSSQL and Silverlight.

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