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How to pass device information to a SSRS subscription?

My team and I, we're trying to create a subscription and export a report in CSV format, but we need to change the field delimiter from "," (which is the default). How can we pass the device information to a SSRS (2008) subscription programmatically (C#)?
We have a web reference to ReportingServices2005. This is and example of our code:
string report = "Insert report here";
string desc = "A description";
string eventType = "TimedSubscription";
string matchData = "<ScheduleDefinition>...</ScheduleDefinition>";
string RenderFormat = "CSV";
ParameterValue[] reportParameters = GetReportParameters();
var extensionParams = new List<ParameterValue>();
extensionParams.Add(new ParameterValue
{
Name = Constants.EXTENSIONPARAMRENDER_FORMAT,
Value = RenderFormat
});
extensionParams.Add(new ParameterValue
{
Name = Constants.EXTENSIONPARAMFILENAME,
Value = FileName
});
// Insert more params here...
ExtensionSettings extSettings = new ExtensionSettings();
extSettings.ParameterValues = extensionParams.ToArray();
extSettings.Extension = Constants.EXTENSIONREPORTSERVERFILESHARE;
try
{
ReportingService2005 rs = new ReportingService2005();
rs.CreateSubscription(
report, extSettings, desc, eventType, matchData, reportParameters);
}
catch (SoapException e)
{
// Handle the exception
}
We can't find a way to pass the device information, is this even posible?
For more info check:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.wssux.reportingserviceswebservice.rsmanagementservice2005.reportingservice2005.createsubscription%28v=SQL.90%29.aspx

You can't pass DeviceInfo to the CreateSubscription() method, but one of these two approaches may do the trick for you...
See Customizing Rendering Extension Parameters in RSReportServer.Config to create a new version of the default "CSV" extension where you can configure the DeviceInfo you require. So you could add a section like this in your config file...
<Extension Name="CsvPipeDelimited" Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.DataRenderer.CsvReport,Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataRendering">
<Configuration>
<DeviceInfo>
<Extension>txt</Extension>
<FieldDelimiter>|</FieldDelimiter>
<NoHeader>false</NoHeader>
</DeviceInfo>
</Configuration>
</Extension>
Implementing a Rendering Extension is much more involved, but gives you more control.
Once you have your new Rendering Extension, you can pass the name like this...
extensionParams.Add(new ParameterValue
{
Name = "RenderFormat",
Value = "CsvPipeDelimited"
});

Display sharepoint people/group field list's value in people editor

i want to display value of sharepoint people/group value in people editor(web part) when the page is loaded. This is the code that i use to get the value displayed in web part
if(SPContext .Current .ListItem .ID >= 1)
using (SPSite site = new SPSite("sitename"))
{
using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
{
var id = SPContext.Current.ListItem.ID;
SPList lists = web.Lists["DDClist"];
SPListItem item = lists.GetItemById(id);
{
string test = Convert.ToString(item["Project No"]);
tb_pno.Text = test;
string test2 = Convert.ToString(item["Project Title"]);
tb_pname.Text = test2;
string test3 = Convert.ToString(item["DDC No"]);
tb_idcno.Text = test3;
string test4 = Convert.ToString(item["Date In"]);
TextBox3.Text = test4;
}
}
}
is there a way to do the same thing with people editor?

This is all a little tricky; when I've had to do it before, I use the following to get SPUser object out of a field:
SPUser singleUser = new SPFieldUserValue(
item.Web, item["Single User"] as string).User;
SPUser[] multipleUsers = ((SPFieldUserValueCollection)item["MultipleUsers"])
.Cast<SPFieldUserValue>().Select(f => f.User);
I'm not sure why one user is stored as a string, but multiple users are stored as a specific object; it may also not be consistent in this so you might have to debug a bit and see what the type in your field is.
Once you have these SPUsers, you can populate your PeopleEditor control
using the account names as follows (quite long-winded):
ArrayList entityArrayList = new ArrayList();
foreach(SPUser user in multipleUsers) // or just once for a single user
{
PickerEntity entity = new PickerEntity;
entity.Key = user.LoginName;
entity = peMyPeople.ValidateEntity(entity);
entityArrayList.Add(entity);
}
peMyPeople.UpdateEntities(entityArrayList);
This also performs validation of the users of some kind.
If the page this control appears on may be posted-back, you need the following to be done during the postback in order for the values to be correctly roundtripped; I put it in PreRender but it could happen elsewhere in the lifecycle:
protected override void OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
{
if (IsPostBack)
{
var csa = peMyPeople.CommaSeparatedAccounts;
csa = peMyPeople.CommaSeparatedAccounts;
}
}
If you want to check any error messages that the control generates for you (if the user input is incorrect), you need to have done this switchout already:
var csa = usrBankSponsor.CommaSeparatedAccounts;
csa = usrOtherBankParties.CommaSeparatedAccounts;
//ErrorMessage is incorrect if you haven't done the above
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(usrBankSponsor.ErrorMessage))
{
...
}
It's really not very nice and there may be a much better way of handling it, but this is the result of my experience so far so hopefully it will save you some time.

C# Inserting a new Requirement in HP Quality Center - AccessViolationException

Trying to create a prototype application that will post a new Requirement to HPQC 11.
I've managed to get a solid connection but when I attempt to add the blank requirement I get an AccessViolationException.
TDConnectionClass td = HPQC_Connect(); //Open a connection
ReqFactory myReqFactory = (ReqFactory)td.ReqFactory; //Start up the Requirments Factory.
Req myReq = (Req)myReqFactory.AddItem(DBNull.Value); //Create a new blank requirement (AccessViolationException)
myReq.Name = "New Requirement"; //Populate Name
myReq.TypeId = "1"; // Populate Type: 0=Business, 1=Folder, 2=Functional, 3=Group, 4=Testing
myReq.ParentId = 0; // Populate Parent ID
myReq.Post(); // Submit
Any ideas? I'm fairly new to C# and coding in general, so it's probably best to assume I know nothing.

After some significant working through the isse the following code works correctly:
private void HPQC_Req_Create_Click()
{
TDConnection td = null;
try
{
td = new TDConnection();
td.InitConnectionEx("server");
td.Login(HPQCUIDTextbox.Text.ToString(), HPQCPassTextbox.Text.ToString());
Console.WriteLine(HPQCPassTextbox.Text.ToString());
td.Connect("DEFAULT", "Test_Automation_Playground");
bool check = td.LoggedIn;
if (check == true)
{
Console.WriteLine("Connected.");
HPQCStatus.Text = "Connected.";
}
ReqFactory myReqFactory = (ReqFactory)td.ReqFactory;
Req myReq = (Req)myReqFactory.AddItem(-1); //Error Here
myReq.Name = "New Requirement 1";
myReq.TypeId = "1"; // 0=Business, 1=Folder, 2=Functional, 3=group, 4=testing
myReq.ParentId = 0;
myReq.Post();
Console.WriteLine("Requirement Created.");
HPQCStatus.Text = "Requirement Created.";
try
{
td.Logout();
td.Disconnect();
td = null;
}
catch
{ }
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("[Error] " + ex);
try
{
td.Logout();
td.Disconnect();
td = null;
}
catch
{ }
}
This code requires that the Server be patched to QC 11 Patch 9 (Build 11.0.0.7274) in order to work. Previous versions cause errors, most notably the error in the question.

Requirements in ALM are hierarchical, when creating requirement you need to create it under some existing requirement.
What you want to do is get a hold of the root requirement, it's Id should be either 0 or 1, you can check it in ALM UI.
And then get an instance of ReqFactory from a property on that Root requirement.
And then add your requirement to that factory.
Also, make sure you are working on STA and not MTA thread.

Reading Group Policy Settings using C#

How do I go about iterating over available and/or set settings in a given GPO (using name or GUID) in an AD domain? Without having to export to XML/HTML using powershell, etc.
I'm using C# (.NET 4.0).

That question got me hyped so I went to research it. So a +1
Some solutions I found from the top being the best to bottom being the worst
A good explanation with an example and example script!
This one, tells you to go through the registry but you gotta figure out who to access the AD
Pinvoke: Queries for a group policy override for specified power settings.

I had a similar problem, and didn't want to download and install the Microsoft GPO library (Microsoft.GroupPolicy.Management). I wanted to do it all with System.DirectoryServices. It took a little digging, but it can be done.
First retrieve your container using DirectorySearcher. You'll need to have already opened a directory entry to pass into the searcher. The filter you want is:
string filter = "(&" + "(objectClass=organizationalUnit)" + "(OU=" + container + "))";
and the property you're interested in is named "gPLink", so create an array with that property in it:
string[] requestProperties = { "gPLink" };
Now retrieve the results, and pull out the gPLink, if available.
using (var searcher = new DirectorySearcher(directory, filter, properties, SearchScope.Subtree))
{
SearchResultCollection results = searcher.FindAll();
DirectoryEntry entry = results[0].GetDirectoryEntry();
string gpLink = entry.Properties["gPLink"].Value;
If gpLink is null, there is no GPO associated with the container (OU).
Otherwise, gpLink will contain a string such as this:
"[LDAP://cn={31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9},cn=policies,cn=system,DC=Test,DC=Domain;0]"
In the text above, you can see a CN for the GPO. All we need to do now is retrieve the GPO from the DC.
For that, we use a filter that looks like this:
string filter = "(&" +
"(objectClass=groupPolicyContainer)" +
"(cn={31B2F340-016D-11D2-945F-00C04FB984F9}))";
You'll want to create a Properties array that include the following:
Properties = { "objectClass", "cn", "distinguishedName", "instanceType", "whenCreated",
"whenChanged", "displayName", "uSNCreated", "uSNChanged", "showInAdvancedViewOnly",
"name", "objectGUID", "flags", "versionNumber", "systemFlags", "objectCategory",
"isCriticalSystemObject", "gPCFunctionalityVersion", "gPCFileSysPath",
"gPCMachineExtensionNames", "dSCorePropagationData", "nTSecurityDescriptor" };
Now use DirectorySearcher to retrieve the GPO. You'll get back a DirectoryEntry in the results that contains all of the above fields in the Properties collection. Some are COM objects, so you'll have to handle those appropriately.

Here is a better and more complete example then above.
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
DirectoryEntry rootDse = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://rootDSE");
DirectoryEntry root = new DirectoryEntry("GC://" + rootDse.Properties["defaultNamingContext"].Value.ToString());
DirectorySearcher searcher = new DirectorySearcher(root);
searcher.Filter = "(objectClass=groupPolicyContainer)";
foreach (SearchResult gpo in searcher.FindAll())
{
var gpoDesc = gpo.GetDirectoryEntry().Properties["distinguishedName"].Value.ToString();
Console.WriteLine($"GPO: {gpoDesc}");
DirectoryEntry gpoObject = new DirectoryEntry($"LDAP://{gpoDesc}");
try
{
Console.WriteLine($"DisplayName: {gpoObject.Properties["displayName"].Value.ToString()}");
}
catch
{
}
try
{
Console.WriteLine($"PCFileSysPath: {gpoObject.Properties["gPCFileSysPath"].Value.ToString()}");
}
catch
{
}
try
{
Console.WriteLine($"VersionNumber: {gpoObject.Properties["versionNumber"].Value.ToString()}");
}
catch
{
}
try
{
Console.WriteLine($"UserExtensionNames: {gpoObject.Properties["gPCUserExtensionNames"].Value.ToString()}");
}
catch
{
}
try
{
Console.WriteLine($"MachineExtensionNames: {gpoObject.Properties["gPCMachineExtensionNames"].Value.ToString()}");
}
catch
{
}
try
{
Console.WriteLine($"PCFunctionality: {gpoObject.Properties["gPCFunctionalityVersion"].Value.ToString()}");
}
catch
{
}
}
Console.ReadKey();
}
}

UPDATED: Working copy. You can now use c# to get read and parse a given GPO without having to use Powershell or write anything to disk.
using Microsoft.GroupPolicy;
var guid = new Guid("A7DE85DE-1234-F34D-99AD-5AFEDF7D7B4A");
var gpo = new GPDomain("Centoso.local");
var gpoData = gpo.GetGpo(guid);
var gpoXmlReport = gpoData.GenerateReport(ReportType.Xml).ToString();
using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(new StringReader(gpoXmlReport)))
{
string field;
while (reader.MoveToNextAttribute())
{
foreach (string attr in attributes)
{
// do something
}
}
}
This uses the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) tools:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa814316(v=vs.85).aspx
Microsoft.GroupPolicy Namespace
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/microsoft.grouppolicy(v=vs.85).aspx

Getting all startup items?

Ok, I guess I'm having a brain fart here and cant find my way out of it. What I'm trying to accomplish is to list all startup items (applications, processes, etc) and display them on a form (like what you get with msconfig.exe). I thought this code would do it:
private List<StartupItems> getStartupItems()
{
try
{
ManagementClass cls = new ManagementClass("Win32_StartupCommand");
ManagementObjectCollection coll = cls.GetInstances();
List<StartupItems> items = new List<StartupItems>();
foreach (ManagementObject obj in coll)
{
items.Add(
new StartupItems
{
Command = obj["Command"].ToString(),
Description = obj["Description"].ToString(),
Name = obj["Name"].ToString(),
Location = obj["Location"].ToString(),
User = obj["User"].ToString()
});
}
return items;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
_message = ex.ToString();
_status = false;
return null;
}
But all that gets are the enabled ones with my username. What I'm trying to get is all items, either my username or system, all the enabled ones and all the disabled ones as well (just like msconfig). I've done tons of searching and cannot find anything really any different than what I'm using.

Have you considered reading directly from the registry?
One alternative would be to run autorunssc (it's the command-line version of autoruns) in the background and read its response.