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StackOverflow in SelectSingleNode

Hello I have function which creates/updates fields in app.exe.config file
public static void UpdateConfig(string FieldName, string FieldValue, ConfigSelector SectionName = ConfigSelector.AppSettings)
{
switch (SectionName)
{
case ConfigSelector.Execption:
{
// MessageBox.Show("gg");
var xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
xmlDoc.Load(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ConfigurationFile);
if (xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("configuration/Execption") != null)
{
if (xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("configuration/Execption/List") != null)
{
// create new node <add key="Region" value="Canterbury" />
var nodeRegion = xmlDoc.CreateElement("add");
nodeRegion.SetAttribute("key", FieldName);
nodeRegion.SetAttribute("value", FieldValue);
xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("configuration/Execption/List").AppendChild(nodeRegion);
}
else
{
var List = xmlDoc.CreateElement("List");
xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("configuration/Execption").AppendChild(List);
UpdateConfig(FieldName, FieldValue, SectionName);
}
}
else
{
var List = xmlDoc.CreateElement("Execption");
xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("configuration").AppendChild(List);
UpdateConfig(FieldName, FieldValue, SectionName);
}
xmlDoc.Save(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ConfigurationFile);
ConfigurationManager.RefreshSection("Execption/List");
break;
}
}
}
Function works first Check if xpath configuration/Execption exist, if not exist it creates this path and recalls function again, second time check if configuration/Execption/List path exist if not creates path and recalls function again, and third time adds required fields which is fieldname and fieldvalue,
but I getting System.StackOverflowException in line:
if (xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("configuration/Execption") != null)
Did I miss something?

You are calling UpdateConfig recursively, with the exact same arguments already passed to it
UpdateConfig(FieldName, FieldValue, SectionName);
Since the recursive call happens before the xmlDoc.Save(), it always works on the same content.
Saving before doing the recursive call should fix the issue.

You don't save the document after adding the new element, so when you are loading the file in the next iteration the new element isn't there, and xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("configuration/Execption") != null is still false, so the code creates the element again in infinite recursion and you get StackOverflowException.
Just save the document after you change it
else
{
var List = xmlDoc.CreateElement("Execption");
xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("configuration").AppendChild(List);
xmlDoc.Save(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ConfigurationFile);
UpdateConfig(FieldName, FieldValue, SectionName);
}

Visual Studio Debugger Extension get user settings

I'm writing a visual studio extension based on the Concord Samples Hello World project. The goal is to let the user filter out stack frames by setting a list of search strings. If any of the search strings are in a stack frame, it is omitted.
I've got the filter working for a hardcoded list. That needs to be in a non-package-based dll project in order for the debugger to pick it up. And I have a vsix project that references that dll with an OptionPageGrid to accept the list of strings. But I can't for the life of me find a way to connect them.
On the debugger side, my code looks something like this:
DkmStackWalkFrame[] IDkmCallStackFilter.FilterNextFrame(DkmStackContext stackContext, DkmStackWalkFrame input)
{
if (input == null) // null input frame indicates the end of the call stack. This sample does nothing on end-of-stack.
return null;
if (input.InstructionAddress == null) // error case
return new[] { input };
DkmWorkList workList = DkmWorkList.Create(null);
DkmLanguage language = input.Process.EngineSettings.GetLanguage(new DkmCompilerId());
DkmInspectionContext inspection = DkmInspectionContext.Create(stackContext.InspectionSession, input.RuntimeInstance, input.Thread, 1000,
DkmEvaluationFlags.None, DkmFuncEvalFlags.None, 10, language, null);
string frameName = "";
inspection.GetFrameName(workList, input, DkmVariableInfoFlags.None, result => GotFrameName(result, out frameName));
workList.Execute();
CallstackCollapserDataItem dataItem = CallstackCollapserDataItem.GetInstance(stackContext);
bool omitFrame = false;
foreach (string filterString in dataItem.FilterStrings)
{
if (frameName.Contains(filterString))
{
omitFrame = true;
}
}
The CallstackCollapserDataItem is where I theoretically need to retrieve the strings from user settings. But I don't have access to any services/packages in order to e.g. ask for WritableSettingsStore, like in You've Been Haacked's Example. Nor can I get my OptionPageGrid, like in the MSDN Options Example.
The other thing I tried was based on this StackOverflow question. I overrode the LoadSettingsFromStorage function of my OptionPageGrid and attempted to set a static variable on a public class in the dll project. But if that code existed in the LoadSettingsFromStorage function at all, the settings failed to load without even entering the function. Which felt like voodoo to me. Comment out the line that sets the variable, the breakpoint hits normally, the settings load normally. Restore it, and the function isn't even entered.
I'm at a loss. I really just want to pass a string into my Concord extension, and I really don't care how.

Ok, apparently all I needed to do was post the question here for me to figure out the last little pieces. In my CallstackCollapserDataItem : DkmDataItem class, I added the following code:
private CallstackCollapserDataItem()
{
string registryRoot = DkmGlobalSettings.RegistryRoot;
string propertyPath = "vsix\\CallstackCollapserOptionPageGrid";
string fullKey = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\" + registryRoot + "\\ApplicationPrivateSettings\\" + propertyPath;
string savedStringSetting = (string)Registry.GetValue(fullKey, "SearchStrings", "");
string semicolonSeparatedStrings = "";
// The setting resembles "1*System String*Foo;Bar"
if (savedStringSetting != null && savedStringSetting.Length > 0 && savedStringSetting.Split('*').Length == 3)
{
semicolonSeparatedStrings = savedStringSetting.Split('*')[2];
}
}
vsix is the assembly in which CallstackCollapserOptionPageGrid is a DialogPage, and SearchStrings is its public property that's saved out of the options menu.

RegistryKey.GetValue(..) returns null

I'm trying to retrieve the value of a (REG_SZ) registry key and write it to a string. However this code seems to think the key is null or doesn't exist and won't allow me to GetValue() it. Here's the code I'm using to retrieve the value.
string s64BasePath = "SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Xactware\\";
private void versionSelectorBox_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
showForms();
sVersionSelected = versionServerBox.Text;
if (b64Bit == true)
{
string sRKey = s64BasePath + sVersionSelected + "\\"; //Reads as SOFTWARE\\Wow6432Node\\Xactware\\Xactimate28\\
using (RegistryKey key = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(sRKey))
{
if (key != null)
{
//label1.Text = "Test."; //Reaches this point just fine
Object o = key.GetValue("Location");
if (o != null)
{
//label1.Text = "Test."; //Does not reach this point, o = null?
sLocationKey = Convert.ToString(o);
}
}
}
//label1.Text = sLocationKey;
}
Here is what the registry looks like. As you can see the Location key exists in the path provided. However the code isn't dropping into the inner most if statement, acting like the o object is null.
Thanks in Advance.

I will be honest, without having Xactimate installed, I do not have the same registry entry you do so I used Skype as my key.
I changed one thing, I changed it from \ to using the literal string flag.
FYI, I ran in this in LINQPad so ignore the 'dump' commands
var test = #"SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Skype\Phone";
var reg = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(test);
reg.Dump("OpenSubKey: ");
var result = reg.GetValue("SkypeFolder");
result.Dump("GetValue: ");
Here are the results from the two dumps

When using MergeField FieldCodes in OpenXml SDK in C# why do field codes disappear or fragment?

I have been working successfully with the C# OpenXml SDK (Unofficial Microsoft Package 2.5 from NuGet) for some time now, but have recently noticed that the following line of code returns different results depending on what mood Microsoft Word appears to be in when the file gets saved:
var fields = document.Descendants<FieldCode>();
From what I can tell, when creating the document in the first place (using Word 2013 on Windows 8.1) if you use the Insert->QuickParts->Field and choose MergeField from the Field names left hand pane, and then provide a Field name in the field properties and click OK then the field code is correctly saved in the document as I would expect.
Then when using the aforementioned line of code I will receive a field code count of 1 field. If I subsequently edit this document (and even leave this field well alone) the subsequent saving could mean that this field code no longer is returned in my query.
Another case of the same curiousness is when I see the FieldCode nodes split across multiple items. So rather than seeing say:
" MERGEFIELD Author \\* MERGEFORMAT "
As the node name, I will see:
" MERGEFIELD Aut"
"hor \\* MERGEFORMAT"
Split as two FieldCode node values. I have no idea why this would be the case, but it certainly makes my ability to match nodes that much more exciting. Is this expected behaviour? A known bug? I don't really want to have to crack open the raw xml and edit this document to work until I understand what is going on. Many thanks all.

I came across this very problem myself, and found a solution that exists within OpenXML: a utility class called MarkupSimplifier which is part of the PowerTools for Open XML project. Using this class solved all the problems I was having that you describe.
The full article is located here.
Here are some pertinent exercepts :
Perhaps the most useful simplification that this performs is to merge adjacent runs with identical formatting.
It goes on to say:
Open XML applications, including Word, can arbitrarily split runs as necessary. If you, for instance, add a comment to a document, runs will be split at the location of the start and end of the comment. After MarkupSimplifier removes comments, it can merge runs, resulting in simpler markup.
An example of the utility class in use is:
SimplifyMarkupSettings settings = new SimplifyMarkupSettings
{
RemoveComments = true,
RemoveContentControls = true,
RemoveEndAndFootNotes = true,
RemoveFieldCodes = false,
RemoveLastRenderedPageBreak = true,
RemovePermissions = true,
RemoveProof = true,
RemoveRsidInfo = true,
RemoveSmartTags = true,
RemoveSoftHyphens = true,
ReplaceTabsWithSpaces = true,
};
MarkupSimplifier.SimplifyMarkup(wordDoc, settings);
I have used this many times with Word 2010 documents using VS2015 .Net Framework 4.5.2 and it has made my life much, much easier.
Update:
I have revisited this code and have found it clears upon runs on MERGEFIELDS but not IF FIELDS that reference mergefields e.g.
{if {MERGEFIELD When39} = "Y???" "Y" "N" }
I have no idea why this might be so, and examination of the underlying XML offers no hints.

Word will often split text runs with into multiple text runs for no reason I've ever understood. When searching, comparing, tidying etc. We preprocess the body with method which combines multiple runs into a single text run.
/// <summary>
/// Combines the identical runs.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="body">The body.</param>
public static void CombineIdenticalRuns(W.Body body)
{
List<W.Run> runsToRemove = new List<W.Run>();
foreach (W.Paragraph para in body.Descendants<W.Paragraph>())
{
List<W.Run> runs = para.Elements<W.Run>().ToList();
for (int i = runs.Count - 2; i >= 0; i--)
{
W.Text text1 = runs[i].GetFirstChild<W.Text>();
W.Text text2 = runs[i + 1].GetFirstChild<W.Text>();
if (text1 != null && text2 != null)
{
string rPr1 = "";
string rPr2 = "";
if (runs[i].RunProperties != null) rPr1 = runs[i].RunProperties.OuterXml;
if (runs[i + 1].RunProperties != null) rPr2 = runs[i + 1].RunProperties.OuterXml;
if (rPr1 == rPr2)
{
text1.Text += text2.Text;
runsToRemove.Add(runs[i + 1]);
}
}
}
}
foreach (W.Run run in runsToRemove)
{
run.Remove();
}
}

I tried to simplify the document with Powertools but the result was a corrupted word file. I make this routine for simplify only fieldcodes that has specifics names, works in all parts on the docs (maindocumentpart, headers and footers):
internal static void SimplifyFieldCodes(WordprocessingDocument document)
{
var masks = new string[] { Constants.VAR_MASK, Constants.INP_MASK, Constants.TBL_MASK, Constants.IMG_MASK, Constants.GRF_MASK };
SimplifyFieldCodesInElement(document.MainDocumentPart.RootElement, masks);
foreach (var headerPart in document.MainDocumentPart.HeaderParts)
{
SimplifyFieldCodesInElement(headerPart.Header, masks);
}
foreach (var footerPart in document.MainDocumentPart.FooterParts)
{
SimplifyFieldCodesInElement(footerPart.Footer, masks);
}
}
internal static void SimplifyFieldCodesInElement(OpenXmlElement element, string[] regexpMasks)
{
foreach (var run in element.Descendants<Run>()
.Select(item => (Run)item)
.ToList())
{
var fieldChar = run.Descendants<FieldChar>().FirstOrDefault();
if (fieldChar != null && fieldChar.FieldCharType == FieldCharValues.Begin)
{
string fieldContent = "";
List<Run> runsInFieldCode = new List<Run>();
var currentRun = run.NextSibling();
while ((currentRun is Run) && currentRun.Descendants<FieldCode>().FirstOrDefault() != null)
{
var currentRunFieldCode = currentRun.Descendants<FieldCode>().FirstOrDefault();
fieldContent += currentRunFieldCode.InnerText;
runsInFieldCode.Add((Run)currentRun);
currentRun = currentRun.NextSibling();
}
// If there is more than one Run for the FieldCode, and is one we must change, set the complete text in the first Run and remove the rest
if (runsInFieldCode.Count > 1)
{
// Check fielcode to know it's one that we must simplify (for not to change TOC, PAGEREF, etc.)
bool applyTransform = false;
foreach (string regexpMask in regexpMasks)
{
Regex regex = new Regex(regexpMask);
Match match = regex.Match(fieldContent);
if (match.Success)
{
applyTransform = true;
break;
}
}
if (applyTransform)
{
var currentRunFieldCode = runsInFieldCode[0].Descendants<FieldCode>().FirstOrDefault();
currentRunFieldCode.Text = fieldContent;
runsInFieldCode.RemoveAt(0);
foreach (Run runToRemove in runsInFieldCode)
{
runToRemove.Remove();
}
}
}
}
}
}
Hope this helps!!!

Redirect in a Sitecore solution Noob

Here What I am trying to do, my employer want to be able to be able do 301 redirect with regex expression with the alias in Sitecore so the way I am trying to implement this is like this!
a singleline text field
with a checkbox to tell sitecore it will be a regex expression I am a noob in .NET and Sitecore how can I implement this ? here a exemple http://postimg.org/image/lwr524hkn/
I need help the exemple of redirect I want handle is like this, this is a exemple of the redirect I want to do it could be product at the place of solution.
exemple.com/en/solution/platform-features to
exemple.com/en/platform-features
I base the code from http://www.cmssource.co.uk/blog/2011/December/modifying-sitecore-alias-to-append-custom-query-strings-via-301-redirect this is for query string I want to use regex expression.
namespace helloworld.Website.SC.Common
{
public class AliasResolver : Sitecore.Pipelines.HttpRequest.AliasResolver
{
// Beginning of the Methods
public new void Process(HttpRequestArgs args)
{
Assert.ArgumentNotNull(args, "args");
if (!Settings.AliasesActive)
{
Tracer.Warning("Aliases in AliasResolver are not active.");
}
else
{
Sitecore.Data.Database database = Context.Database;
if (database == null)
{
Tracer.Warning("There is no context in the AliasResolver.");
}
else
{
{
Profiler.StartOperation("Resolve virgin alias pipeline.");
Item item = ItemManager.GetItem(FileUtil.MakePath("/sitecore/system/aliases", args.LocalPath, '/'), Language.Current, Sitecore.Data.Version.First, database, SecurityCheck.Disable);
if (item != null)
{
//Alias existis (now we have the alias item)
if (item.Fields["Regular Expressions"] != null)
{
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(item.Fields["Regular Expressions"].Value) && !args.Url.QueryString.Contains("aproc"))
{
var reg = new Regex(#"(?<Begin>([^/]*/){2})[^/]*/(?<End>.*)");
var match = reg.Match(#"exemple.com/en/solution/platform-features");
var result = match.Groups["Begin"].Value + match.Groups["End"].Value;
}
}
}
Profiler.EndOperation();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Log.Error("Had a problem in the VirginAliasResolver. Error: " + ex.Message, this);
}
}
}
}
///<summary>
/// Once a match is found and we have a Sitecore Item, we can send the 301 response.
///</summary>
private static void SendResponse(string redirectToUrl, HttpRequestArgs args)
{
args.Context.Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently";
args.Context.Response.StatusCode = 301;
args.Context.Response.AddHeader("Location", redirectToUrl);
args.Context.Response.End();
}
}
}
PS: I know they have module for this but my employer want it done that way and I am reaching for help since it's been a week I'm trying to add this feature

So if I understand correctly, you do not want to select an Alias by path:
Item item = ItemManager.GetItem(FileUtil.MakePath("/sitecore/system/aliases", args.LocalPath, '/'), Language.Current, Sitecore.Data.Version.First, database, SecurityCheck.Disable);
But rather find an Alias comparing a Regex field to the Url. I have not tested this, but it could be someting like:
var originalUrl = HttpContext.Current.Request.Url;
var allAliases = Sitecore.Context.Database.SelectItems("/sitecore/system/aliases//*");
var foundAlias = allAliases.FirstOrDefault( alias =>
!string.IsNullOrEmpty(alias["Regular Expressions"]) &&
Regex.IsMatch(HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.ToString(), alias["Regular Expressions"]));
Then, if foundAlias != null, you can retrieve the url and redirect like you do in your private SendResponse function.
var linkField = (LinkField)foundAlias.Fields["linked item"];
var targetUrl = linkField.Url;
using (new SecurityDisabler())
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(targetUrl) && linkField.TargetItem != null)
targetUrl = LinkManager.GetItemUrl(linkField.TargetItem);
}
SendResponse(targetUrl, args);
Again, I have not tested this so don't shoot me if it needs some corrections, but this should help you get on your way.