We Keep Coding

how to get real time log via perforce api similar to p4v log

I am facing issue with perforce api (.net), as i am unable to pull sync logs in real time.
- What am I trying to do
I am trying to pull real time logs as Sync is triggered using the
Perforce.P4.Client.SyncFiles() command. Similar to the P4V GUI Logs, which update when we try to sync any files.
- What is happening now
As the output is generated only after the command is done execution its not something intended for.
Also tried looking into Perforce.P4.P4Server.RunCommand() which does provide detailed report but only after the execution of the command.
Looked into this
Reason is -
I am trying to add a status update to the Tool i am working on which shows which Perforce file is currently being sync'd.
Please advise. Thanks in Advance.
-Bharath

In the C++ client API (which is what P4V is built on), the client receives an OutputInfo callback (or OutputStat in tagged mode) for each file as it begins syncing.
Looking over the .NET documentation I think the equivalents are the P4CallBacks.InfoResultsDelegate and P4CallBacks.TaggedOutputDelegate which handle events like P4Server.InfoResultsReceived etc.

I ended up with the same issue, and I struggled quite a bit to get it to work, so I will share the solution I found:
First, you should use the P4Server class instead of the Perforce.P4.Connection. They are two classes doing more or less the same thing, but when I tried using the P4.Connection.TaggedOutputReceived events, I simply got nothing back. So instead I tried with the P4Server.TaggedOutputReceived, and there, finally, I got the TaggedOutput just like I wanted.
So, here is a small example:
P4Server p4Server = new P4Server(cwdPath); //In my case I use P4Config, so no need to set user or to login, but you can do all that with the p4Server here.
p4Server.TaggedOutputReceived += P4ServerTaggedOutputEvent;
p4Server.ErrorReceived += P4ServerErrorReceived;
bool syncSuccess=false;
try
{
P4Command syncCommand = new P4Command(p4Server, "sync", true, syncPath + "\\...");
P4CommandResult rslt = syncCommand.Run();
syncSuccess=true;
//Here you can read the content of the P4CommandResult
//But it will only be accessible when the command is finished.
}
catch (P4Exception ex) //Will be caught only when the command has failed
{
Console.WriteLine("P4Command failed: " + ex.Message);
}
And the method to handle the error messages or the taggedOutput:
private void P4ServerErrorReceived(uint cmdId, int severity, int errorNumber, string data)
{
Console.WriteLine("P4ServerErrorReceived:" + data);
}
private void P4ServerTaggedOutputEvent(uint cmdId, int ObjId, TaggedObject Obj)
{
Console.WriteLine("P4ServerTaggedOutputEvent:" + Obj["clientFile"]); //Write the synced file name.
//Note that I used this only for a 'Sync' command, for other commands, I guess there might not be any Obj["clientFile"], so you should check for that.
}

Cannot create DICOMDIR file using GDCM library

I am using GDCM library to create a DICOMDIR file. I implemented the code as shown in GDCM docs:
http://gdcm.sourceforge.net/html/GenerateDICOMDIR_8cs-example.html
In the code:
private int GenerateDicomDir(string directory, string outFileName)
{
gdcm.Directory d = new gdcm.Directory();
uint nfiles = d.Load(directory, true);
if (nfiles == 0) return 1;
string descriptor = "Descriptor";
FilenamesType filenames = d.GetFilenames();
gdcm.Trace.DebugOn();
gdcm.DICOMDIRGenerator gen = new DICOMDIRGenerator();
gen.SetFilenames(filenames);
gen.SetDescriptor(descriptor);
if (!gen.Generate())
{
return 1;
}
gdcm.FileMetaInformation.SetSourceApplicationEntityTitle("GenerateDICOMDIR");
gdcm.Writer writer = new Writer();
writer.SetFile(gen.GetFile());
writer.SetFileName(outFileName);
if (!writer.Write())
{
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
The function returns and does not generate a DICOMDIR file. I have added trace debug on but still cannot debug or get any output message.
Is there any way to generate DICOMDIR file for bunch of DICOM files ?

As per the documentation, did you made sure that:
Warning: : PS 3.11 - 2008 / D.3.1 SOP Classes and Transfer Syntaxes
Composite Image & Stand-alone Storage are required to be stored as
Explicit VR Little Endian Uncompressed (1.2.840.10008.1.2.1). When a
DICOM file is found using another Transfer Syntax the generator will
simply stops. Input files should be Explicit VR Little Endian
filenames should be valid VR::CS value (16 bytes, upper case ...)
If you turn verbose debugging you could log the exact error message, see gdcm::Trace for usage.
As per the documentation of gdcm::Trace, you need to pay attention to the following:
Warning: All string messages are removed during compilation time when
compiled with CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE being set to either: Release MinSizeRel
It is recommended to compile with RelWithDebInfo and/or Debug during
prototyping of applications.
You could also use gdcm::Trace::SetStreamToFile, to properly redirect any messages to a file (instead of stdout by default).
Since you use the recursion option of gdcm.Directory, you need to also pay attention that sub-directory name are valid (VR::CS, 16bytes, upper case...).
See also the gdcmgendir man page for more info.

How to mark mails as read using ImapX lib? C#

I'm using the free lib ImapX and I'm making an application to mark all my mails as receieved. Can anyone lend me a hand?
EDIT: Nevermind, found it out myself. They get marked as read when you process them.

You need to add flag, which will help you to update status as seen.
foreach (var mess in messages)
{
mess.SEEN = true;
}
Let me know if you are unable to change status.

First of all, if you're using the old ImapX library, I invite you to upgrade to ImapX 2. It's being constantly developed and supported. There is also sample code for all common operations.
The Process method of a message doesn't mark the message as read, it only downloads the whole message including attachments. In your case, if you call the Search method setting the second parameter to true, you don't have to call it for every single message.
To mark a message as read simply use the AddFlag method of Message:
ImapX.FolderCollection folders = imapclient.Folders;
ImapX.MessageCollection messages = imapclient.Folders["INBOX"].Search("UNSEEN", true);
foreach (var mess in messages)
{
mess.AddFlag(ImapFlags.SEEN);
}

FOP and IKVM in .NET - Images Not Working

UPDATE2: I got it working completely now! Scroll way down to find out how...
UPDATE: I got it working! Well... partially. Scroll down for the answer...
I'm trying to get my FO file to show an external image upon transforming it to PDF (or RTF for that matter, but I'm not sure whether RTFs are even capable of displaying images (they are)) with FOP, but I can't seem to get it working. (The question asked here is different than mine.)
I am using IKVM 0.46.0.1 and have compiled a FOP 1.0 dll to put in .NET; this code worked fine when I didn't try to add images:
private void convertFoByMimetype(java.io.File fo, java.io.File outfile, string mimetype)
{
OutputStream output = null;
try
{
FOUserAgent foUserAgent = fopFactory.newFOUserAgent();
// configure foUserAgent as desired
// Setup outputput stream. Note: Using BufferedOutputStream
// for performance reasons (helpful with FileOutputStreams).
output = new FileOutputStream(outfile);
output = new BufferedOutputStream(output);
// Construct fop with desired output format
Fop fop = fopFactory.newFop(mimetype, foUserAgent, output);
// Setup JAXP using identity transformer
TransformerFactory factory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer transformer = factory.newTransformer(); // identity transformer
// Setup input stream
Source src = new StreamSource(fo);
// Resulting SAX events (the generated FO) must be piped through to FOP
Result res = new SAXResult(fop.getDefaultHandler());
// Start XSLT transformation and FOP processing
transformer.transform(src, res);
}
catch (Exception ex)
...
}
However, when I (or rather a DocBook2FO transformation) added the following code:
<fo:external-graphic src="url(images/interface.png)" width="auto" height="auto" content-width="auto" content-height="auto" content-type="content-type:image/png"></fo:external-graphic>
into the FO file, the image did not show. I read through a bit of the FAQ on Apache's site, which says:
3.3. Why is my graphic not rendered?
Most commonly, the external file is not being found by FOP. Check the
following:
Empty or wrong baseDir setting.
Spelling errors in the file name (including using the wrong case).
...
Other options did not seem to be my case (mainly for the reason below - "The Weird Part"). I tried this:
...
try
{
fopFactory.setBaseURL(fo.getParent());
FOUserAgent foUserAgent = fopFactory.newFOUserAgent();
foUserAgent.setBaseURL(fo.getParent());
FOURIResolver fourir = fopFactory.getFOURIResolver();
foUserAgent.setURIResolver(fourir);
// configure foUserAgent as desired
...
with no avail.
The Weird Part
When I use the command-line implementation of FOP, it works fine and displays my image with no problem. (I don't want to go the run-command-line-from-program route, because I don't want to force the users to install Java AND the .NET framework when they want to use my program.)
The png file is generated from GDI+ from within my application (using Bitmap.Save). I also tried different png files, but none of them worked for me.
Is there anything I might be missing?
Thanks a bunch for getting this far
UPDATE and possible answer
So I might have figured out why it didn't work. I put some time into studying the code (before I basically just copypasted it without thinking about it much). The problem is indeed in the wrong basedir setting.
The key is in this chunk of code:
// Setup JAXP using identity transformer
TransformerFactory factory = TransformerFactory.newInstance();
Transformer transformer = factory.newTransformer(); // identity transformer
// Setup input stream
Source src = new StreamSource(fo);
// Resulting SAX events (the generated FO) must be piped through to FOP
Result res = new SAXResult(fop.getDefaultHandler());
// Start XSLT transformation and FOP processing
transformer.transform(src, res);
What happens here is an identity transformation, which routes its own result into an instance of FOP I've created before. This effectively changes the basedir of the routed FO into that of the application's executable. I have yet to figure out how to do this without a transformation and route my input directly into FOP, but for the moment I worked around this by copying my images into the executable's directory.
Which is where another problem came in. Now whenever I try to execute the code, I get an exception at the line that says transformer.transform(src, res);, which confuses the pants out of me, because it doesn't say anything. The ExceptionHelper says:
java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError was caught
and there is no inner exception or exception message. I know this is hard to debug just from what I wrote, but I'm hoping there might be an easy fix.
Also, this e-mail seems vaguely related but there is no answer to it.
UPDATE2
Finally, after a few sleepless nights, I managed to get it working with one of the simplest ways possible.
I updated IKVM, compiled fop with the new version and replaced the IKVM references with the new dlls. The error no longer occurs and my image renders fine.
I hope this helps someone someday

I'm using very similar code, although without the FOUserAgent, Resolvers, etc. and it works perfectly.
Did you try setting the src attribute in the XSLT without the url() function?
What might help you diagnose the problem further are the following statements:
java.lang.System.setProperty("org.apache.commons.logging.Log", "org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SimpleLog")
java.lang.System.setErr(New java.io.PrintStream(New TraceStream(TraceStream.Level.Error)))
java.lang.System.setOut(New java.io.PrintStream(New TraceStream(TraceStream.Level.Info)))
Where TraceStream is a .NET implementation of a java.io.OutputStream which writes to your favorite logger.
I posted a version for the Common.Logging package at http://pastebin.com/XH1Wg7jn.

Here's a post not to leave the question unanswered, see "Update 1" and "Update 2" in the original post for the solution.

Using C# how to clean up MSMQ message format to work with C++ IXMLDOMDocument2

I'm trying to get a C++ service to load an XML document from a MSMQ message generated by C#. I can't really change the C++ side of things because I'm trying to inject test messages into the queue. The C++ service is using the following to load the XML.
CComPtr<IXMLDOMDocument2> spDOM;
CComPtr<IXMLDOMNode> spNode;
CComBSTR bstrVal;
if(_FAILED(hr = spDOM.CoCreateInstance(CLSID_DOMDocument30)))
{
g_infoLog->LogCOMError(hr, "CWorker::ProcessBody() Can't Create DOM");
pWork->m_nFailure = WORKFAIL_BADXML;
goto Exit;
}
hr = spDOM->loadXML(bstrBody, &vbResult);
The C# code to send the MSMQ message looks like this (just test code not pretty):
// open the queue
var mq = new MessageQueue(destinationQueue)
{
// store message on disk at all intermediaries
DefaultPropertiesToSend = { Recoverable = true },
// set the formatter to Binary, default is XML
Formatter = new BinaryMessageFormatter()
};
// send message
mq.Send(messageContent, "TestMessage");
mq.Close();
I tried to send the same message using BinaryMessageFormatter but it puts what I think are unicode characters at the top before the XML starts.
.....ÿÿÿ
ÿ.......
......À)
If I use the default XML formatter the message has the following top element. The C++ service doesn't seem to handle this.
<?xml version="1 .0"?>..<string>& lt;
Do you know of a way I could easily clean up the unicode characters when using the binary formatter? If so I think it might work.

Have you tried the ActiveXMessageFormatter? It might not compile with it as the formatter, i have no way to test here, but it might.
EDIT: just tried and it compiles ok, whether the result is any better i still couldn't say for sure.