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How can tell the difference between the link and the footnote using C# ITextSharp?

I have a simple PDF file that has the Link and the Footnote on a page. When I run the annotation check using iTextSharp, both of the links return the sub type as Link. Is there a way to tell the difference between those two items?
I did examine through an intellisence the structure of an annotation dictionary and notice the annotation object dictionary for the Footnote has once extra item, which is named "F", and that item has a value of 4. That item is NOT present at all in the annotation dictionary for the Link. Can I use the 'F' item/parameter as a way to tell the difference between the Link and the Footnote?
Thank you very much in advance
Here is the PDF file
Here is our code
public string AnyPDFCheckComments(string inFileName, string strUsername, string strFilename)
{
string strCommentType = string.Empty;
string strWidgetFound = string.Empty;
string strPageNumber = string.Empty;
string message = string.Empty;
string strComments = string.Empty;
string strCommentsFound = string.Empty;
int intCommentCount = 0;
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(inFileName);
for (int i = 1; i <= reader.NumberOfPages; ++i)
{
strPageNumber = i.ToString();
PdfDictionary pagedic = reader.GetPageN(i);
PdfArray annotarray = (PdfArray)PdfReader.GetPdfObject(pagedic.Get(PdfName.ANNOTS));
if (annotarray == null || annotarray.Size == 0)
{
continue;
}
// Finding out the links
foreach (object annot in annotarray.ArrayList)
{
PdfDictionary annotationDic = null;
if (annot is PdfIndirectReference)
{
annotationDic = (PdfDictionary)PdfReader.GetPdfObject((PdfIndirectReference)annot);
}
else
{
annotationDic = (PdfDictionary) annot;
}
PdfName subType = (PdfName)annotationDic.Get(PdfName.SUBTYPE);
if ((subType.Equals(PdfName.TEXT)) && (strCommentsVariables.IndexOf("text") != -1))
{
strCommentType = "text";
//break;
}
else if ((subType.Equals(PdfName.LINK)) && (strCommentsVariables.IndexOf("Link") != -1))
{
strCommentType = "Link";
//break;
}
if ((strCommentType != ""))
{
strCommentsFound = "Yes";
intCommentCount = ++intCommentCount;
strComments = strComments + "<BR>" + "A comment type of '" + "<b>" + strCommentType + "</b>" + "' has been found on page no: " + "<b>" + strPageNumber + "</b>";
if (intCommentCount == 5)
{
break;
}
else
{
strCommentType = string.Empty;
}
}
}
}
return strComments;
}

This code worked for us
var footnoteIdentifier = annotationDic.Get(PdfName.F);
if (footnoteIdentifier != null)
{
continue;
}

How do I generate a unique number for every computer? [duplicate]

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How to uniquely identify computer using C#?
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I am working on a software lock using C#. I need to generate a unique number for every computer.
I have researched and decided to use the CPU number and hard drive number as a unique number for every computer.
My Code :
private string UniqID()
{
////////////////CpuID
string cpuInfo = string.Empty;
ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass("win32_processor");
ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc)
{
cpuInfo = mo.Properties["processorID"].Value.ToString();
break;
}
////////////////HDD ID
string drive = "C";
ManagementObject dsk = new ManagementObject(
#"win32_logicaldisk.deviceid=""" + drive + #":""");
dsk.Get();
string volumeSerial = dsk["VolumeSerialNumber"].ToString();
return volumeSerial + cpuInfo;
}
That works, but there is a problem!
When a user re-installs Windows (OS) and wants to run my software, the unique number has been changed.
Why does the unique number change when Windows is installed again? Do the CPU number and HDD number depend on the current windows installation?

You realistically have MotherboardID, CPUID, Disk Serial and MAC address, from experience none of them are 100%.
Our stats show
Disk serial Is missing 0.1 %
MAC Is missing 1.3 %
Motherboard ID Is missing 30 %
CPUID Is missing 99 %
0.04% of machines tested they yielded no information, we couldn't even read the computer name. It maybe that these were some kind over virtual PC, HyperV or VMWare instance?
Disk serial is the most reliable, but easy to change, mac can be changed and depending on the filtering applied can change if device drivers are added (hyperv, wireshark etc).
Motherboard and CPUID sometimes return values that are placeholders "NONE" etc.
You should also note that these functions can be very slow to call (they may take a few seconds even on a fast PC), so it may be worth kicking them off on a background thread as early as possible, you ideally don't want to be blocking on them.
Motherboard ID
private static void FetchMotherboardIdInternal()
{
try
{
ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope("\\\\" + Environment.MachineName + "\\root\\cimv2");
scope.Connect();
using (ManagementObject wmiClass = new ManagementObject(scope, new ManagementPath("Win32_BaseBoard.Tag=\"Base Board\""), new ObjectGetOptions()))
{
object motherboardIDObj = wmiClass["SerialNumber"];
if (motherboardIDObj != null)
{
string motherboardID = motherboardIDObj.ToString().Trim();
Trace.WriteLine("MotherboardID = " + motherboardID);
if (IsValidMotherBoardID(motherboardID))
{
_motherboardID = motherboardID;
}
}
}
}
catch (System.Threading.ThreadAbortException)
{
throw;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Trace.TraceWarning("Failed to read MotherbaordID\r\n" + ex.Message);
}
}
public static bool IsValidMotherBoardID(string value)
{
if (value == null)
return false;
string motherboardID = value.Trim();
return !( motherboardID.Replace(".", "").Replace(" ", "").Replace("\t", "").Trim().Length < 5 ||
motherboardID.ToUpper().Contains("BASE") ||
motherboardID.Contains("2345") ||
motherboardID.ToUpper().StartsWith("TO BE") ||
motherboardID.ToUpper().StartsWith("NONE") ||
motherboardID.ToUpper().StartsWith("N/A") ||
motherboardID.ToUpper().Contains("SERIAL") ||
motherboardID.ToUpper().Contains("OEM") ||
motherboardID.ToUpper().Contains("AAAAA") ||
motherboardID.ToUpper().Contains("ABCDE") ||
motherboardID.ToUpper().Contains("XXXXX") ||
motherboardID.ToUpper().Contains("NOT") ||
motherboardID.ToUpper().StartsWith("00000")
);
}
CPU ID
private static void FetchCpuIdInternal()
{
try
{
using (ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass("Win32_Processor"))
{
using (ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances())
{
foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc)
{
if (mo.Properties["UniqueId"] != null && mo.Properties["UniqueId"].Value != null)
{
// only return cpuInfo from first CPU
Trace.WriteLine("CPU ID = " + mo.Properties["UniqueId"].Value.ToString());
_cpuID = mo.Properties["UniqueId"].Value.ToString();
}
mo.Dispose();
}
}
}
}
catch (System.Threading.ThreadAbortException)
{
throw;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Trace.TraceWarning("Failed to read CPUID\r\n" + ex.Message);
}
}
MAC Adress of first card
private static void FecthMACAddressInternal()
{
try
{
using (ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration"))
{
using (ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances())
{
if (moc != null)
{
foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc)
{
Trace.WriteLine(mo["Index"] + " Mac " + mo["Caption"] + " : " + mo["MacAddress"] + " Enabled " + (bool)mo["IPEnabled"]);
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_macAdderss)) // only return MAC Address from first card
{
if ( mo["MacAddress"] != null && mo["IPEnabled"] != null && (bool)mo["IPEnabled"] == true)
{
_macAdderss = mo["MacAddress"].ToString();
}
}
mo.Dispose();
}
}
}
}
}
catch (System.Threading.ThreadAbortException)
{
throw;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Trace.TraceWarning("Failed to read DiskID\r\n" + ex.Message);
}
if (_macAdderss != null)
_macAdderss = _macAdderss.Replace(":", "");
}
Drive Serial Number
/// <summary>
/// return Volume Serial Number from hard drive
/// </summary>
/// <param name="strDriveLetter">[optional] Drive letter</param>
/// <returns>[string] VolumeSerialNumber</returns>
public static string GetVolumeSerial(char driveLetter)
{
try
{
using (ManagementObject disk = new ManagementObject("win32_logicaldisk.deviceid=\"" + driveLetter + ":\""))
{
if (disk == null)
return null;
disk.Get();
object diskObj = disk["VolumeSerialNumber"];
if (diskObj != null)
return diskObj.ToString();
}
}
catch (System.Threading.ThreadAbortException)
{
throw;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Trace.TraceWarning("Failed to read DiskID\r\n" + ex.Message);
}
try
{
uint serialNum, serialNumLength, flags;
StringBuilder volumename = new StringBuilder(256);
StringBuilder fstype = new StringBuilder(256);
bool ok = GetVolumeInformation(driveLetter.ToString() + ":\\", volumename, (uint)volumename.Capacity - 1, out serialNum, out serialNumLength, out flags, fstype, (uint)fstype.Capacity - 1);
if (ok)
{
return string.Format("{0:X4}{1:X4}", serialNum >> 16, serialNum & 0xFFFF);
}
}
catch (System.Threading.ThreadAbortException)
{
throw;
}
catch (Exception ex2)
{
Trace.TraceWarning("Failed to read DiskID\r\n" + ex2.Message);
}
return null;
}
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
static extern bool GetVolumeInformation(string Volume, StringBuilder VolumeName, uint VolumeNameSize, out uint SerialNumber, out uint SerialNumberLength, out uint flags, StringBuilder fs, uint fs_size);

Using System.Management you can extract all Hardware information. with this you can create an ID from this values, meaby a crypted id and save it.
Here is a reference: Link
I use MAC Address, Motherboard id and works fine to me.
I hope this help!

Parallel.ForEach(...) System Out of Memory exception

I've looked at Parallel.ForEach - System Out of Memory Exception regarding this issue but not much of a solution was given. I'm very new to using Parallel.ForEach, so I'm trying to figure out what's going on.
Diagnostic tools caps out at 1023 repeating (I understand this is an x86 to x64 arch restriction, but I wanted to offer the program in both formats.) I also don't feel like any program should ever meet that threshold. When I compile the program in x64, I sit around 1.1-1.4GB with MaxDegree . For sake of testing, I am running GC.Collection() at the end of each Parallel.ForEach iteration (I understand this isn't good practice, I'm just trying to troubleshoot at this point.)
Here's what I'm seeing:
Now if I try to use a Partitioner method, such as:
var checkforfinished = Parallel.ForEach<ListViewItem>(Partitioner.Create(0,lstBackupUsers.Items.Count), lstBackupUsers.Items.Cast<ListViewItem>(), opts, name =>
The I get an error of:
"No overload for method 'ForEach' takes 4 arguments"
That's fine, I modify my Parallel.ForEach statement so it looks like this:
var checkforfinished = Parallel.ForEach(Partitioner.Create(0,lstBackupUsers.Items.Count), lstBackupUsers.Items, opts, name => (I removed my casts)
and then my ForEach method won't accept the statement because it wants me to explicitly tell it that it's addressing a listviewbox.items method.
I am so confused on what to do.
Do I create a Partitioner, and if I do, how do I make my Parallel.ForEach method understand how to address a listviewbox?
update 1
I want to try to give as many details as possible because this is just rough. I'm sure it's easy, I'm just overcomplicationg it by an nth degree.
I have my Parallel.ForEach(//) running in a background worker function. My DoWork process is over 300 lines (I'm not an expert in C#, I'm just putting things together for a program at work.)
Here are bullet points of its basic structure
User clicks a "Start backup" button as seen in the screenshot
Button begins a separate function that checks to see which method the user selected to grab a list of usernames from (LDAP or flat text file)
That function then sends off a bgw_dowork() request
Inside the DoWork request, it looks like a summary of:
Check preliminary statements (bgw.cancellationpending for example)
Move on to grabbing some settings from the configurationmanager.appsettings
Begin the "complex" Parallel.ForEach command which Reads the listbox record rows and foreach row performs a very long list of commands to complete an operation for one user
The entire program, especially bgw_dowork heavily uses Google's v3 Drive API to login as a user, grab a file as recorded by other functions that prepare the user directory to be backed up (separate functions which login as a user, record their files (and fileIds) and their directories/subdirectories) and the bgw_dowork performs a chunk of the actual download functionality, which then calls off to the other functions to finish moving the files after they have been downloaded.
The actual "code" I use is (and I promise it's not pretty...)
private void bgW_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
{
try
{
txtFile.ReadOnly = true;
btnStart.Text = "Cancel Backup";
var appSettings = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings;
string checkreplace = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["checkreplace"];
string userfile = txtFile.Text;
int counter = 0;
int arraycount = 0;
if (bgW.CancellationPending)
{
e.Cancel = true;
stripLabel.Text = "Operation was canceled!";
}
else
{
for (int z = 0; z >= counter; z++)
{
if (bgW.CancellationPending)
{
e.Cancel = true;
stripLabel.Text = "Operation was canceled!";
break;
}
else
{
double totalresource = int.Parse(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["multithread"]);
totalresource = (totalresource / 100);
//var opts = new ParallelOptions { MaxDegreeOfParallelism = Convert.ToInt32(Math.Ceiling((Environment.ProcessorCount * totalresource) * 1.0)) };
var opts = new ParallelOptions { MaxDegreeOfParallelism = 2 };
var part = Partitioner.Create(1, 100);
//foreach (ListViewItem name in lstBackupUsers.Items)
var checkforfinished = Parallel.ForEach(lstBackupUsers.Items.Cast<ListViewItem>(), name =>
{
try
{
string names = name.SubItems[0].Text;
lstBackupUsers.Items[arraycount].Selected = true;
lstBackupUsers.Items[arraycount].BackColor = Color.CornflowerBlue;
arraycount++;
stripLabel.Text = "";
Console.WriteLine("Selecting user: " + names.ToString());
txtLog.Text += "Selecting user: " + names.ToString() + Environment.NewLine;
txtCurrentUser.Text = names.ToString();
// Define parameters of request.
string user = names.ToString();
// Check if directory exists, create if not.
string savelocation = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["savelocation"] + user + "\\";
if (File.Exists(savelocation + ".deltalog.tok"))
File.Delete(savelocation + ".deltalog.tok");
FileInfo testdir = new FileInfo(savelocation);
testdir.Directory.Create();
string savedStartPageToken = "";
var start = CreateService.BuildService(user).Changes.GetStartPageToken().Execute();
// This token is set by Google, it defines changes made and
// increments the token value automatically.
// The following reads the current token file (if it exists)
if (File.Exists(savelocation + ".currenttoken.tok"))
{
StreamReader curtokenfile = new StreamReader(savelocation + ".currenttoken.tok");
savedStartPageToken = curtokenfile.ReadLine().ToString();
curtokenfile.Dispose();
}
else
{
// Token record didn't exist. Create a generic file, start at "1st" token
// In reality, I have no idea what token to start at, but 1 seems to be safe.
Console.Write("Creating new token file.\n");
//txtLog.Text += ("Creating new token file.\n" + Environment.NewLine);
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(savelocation + ".currenttoken.tok");
sw.Write(1);
sw.Dispose();
savedStartPageToken = "1";
}
string pageToken = savedStartPageToken;
int gtoken = int.Parse(start.StartPageTokenValue);
int mytoken = int.Parse(savedStartPageToken);
txtPrevToken.Text = pageToken.ToString();
txtCurrentToken.Text = gtoken.ToString();
if (gtoken <= 10)
{
Console.WriteLine("Nothing to save!\n");
//txtLog.Text += ("User has nothing to save!" + Environment.NewLine);
}
else
{
if (pageToken == start.StartPageTokenValue)
{
Console.WriteLine("No file changes found for " + user + "\n");
//txtLog.Text += ("No file changes found! Please wait while I tidy up." + Environment.NewLine);
}
else
{
// .deltalog.tok is where we will place our records for changed files
Console.WriteLine("Changes detected. Making notes while we go through these.");
lblProgresslbl.Text = "Scanning Drive directory.";
// Damnit Google, why did you change how the change fields work?
if (savedStartPageToken == "1")
{
statusStripLabel1.Text = "Recording folder list ...";
txtLog.Text = "Recording folder list ..." + Environment.NewLine;
exfunctions.RecordFolderList(savedStartPageToken, pageToken, user, savelocation);
statusStripLabel1.Text = "Recording new/changed files ... This may take a bit!";
txtLog.Text += Environment.NewLine + "Recording new/changed list for: " + user;
exfunctions.ChangesFileList(savedStartPageToken, pageToken, user, savelocation);
}
else
{
//proUserclass = proUser;
statusStripLabel1.Text = "Recording new/changed files ... This may take a bit!";
txtLog.Text += Environment.NewLine + "Recording new/changed list for: " + user + Environment.NewLine;
exfunctions.ChangesFileList(savedStartPageToken, pageToken, user, savelocation);
}
// Get all our files for the user. Max page size is 1k
// after that, we have to use Google's next page token
// to let us get more files.
StreamWriter logFile = new StreamWriter(savelocation + ".recent.log");
string[] deltafiles = File.ReadAllLines(savelocation + ".deltalog.tok");
int totalfiles = deltafiles.Count();
int cnttototal = 0;
Console.WriteLine("\nFiles to backup:\n");
if (deltafiles == null)
{
return;
}
else
{
double damn = ((gtoken - double.Parse(txtPrevToken.Text)));
damn = Math.Round((damn / totalfiles));
if (damn <= 0)
damn = 1;
foreach (var file in deltafiles)
{
try
{
if (bgW.CancellationPending)
{
stripLabel.Text = "Backup canceled!";
e.Cancel = true;
break;
}
DateTime dt = DateTime.Now;
string[] foldervalues = File.ReadAllLines(savelocation + "folderlog.txt");
cnttototal++;
bgW.ReportProgress(cnttototal);
proUser.Maximum = int.Parse(txtCurrentToken.Text);
stripLabel.Text = "File " + cnttototal + " of " + totalfiles;
double? mathisfun;
mathisfun = ((100 * cnttototal) / totalfiles);
if (mathisfun <= 0)
mathisfun = 1;
double mathToken = double.Parse(txtPrevToken.Text);
mathToken = Math.Round((damn + mathToken));
// Bring our token up to date for next run
txtPrevToken.Text = mathToken.ToString();
File.WriteAllText(savelocation + ".currenttoken.tok", mathToken.ToString());
int proval = int.Parse(txtPrevToken.Text);
int nowval = int.Parse(txtCurrentToken.Text);
if (proval >= nowval)
proval = nowval;
proUser.Value = (proval);
lblProgresslbl.Text = ("Current progress: " + mathisfun.ToString() + "% completed.");
// Our file is a CSV. Column 1 = file ID, Column 2 = File name
var values = file.Split(',');
string fileId = values[0];
string fileName = values[1];
string mimetype = values[2];
mimetype = mimetype.Replace(",", "_");
string folder = values[3];
string ext = null;
int folderfilelen = foldervalues.Count();
fileName = GetSafeFilename(fileName);
Console.WriteLine("Filename: " + values[1]);
logFile.WriteLine("ID: " + values[0] + " - Filename: " + values[1]);
logFile.Flush();
// Things get sloppy here. The reason we're checking MimeTypes
// is because we have to export the files from Google's format
// to a format that is readable by a desktop computer program
// So for example, the google-apps.spreadsheet will become an MS Excel file.
switch (mimetype)
{
(switch statement here removed due to body length issues for this post.)
}
if (ext.Contains(".doc") || ext.Contains(".xls"))
{
string whatami = null;
if (ext.Contains(".xls"))
{
whatami = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet";
}
else if (ext.Contains(".doc"))
{
whatami = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document";
}
else if (ext.Contains(".ppt"))
{
whatami = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation";
}
if (fileName.Contains(".mov") || ext == ".ggl" || fileName.Contains(".mp4"))
{
txtLog.Text += Environment.NewLine + "Skipping file.";
return;
}
var requestfileid = CreateService.BuildService(user).Files.Export(fileId, whatami);
statusStripLabel1.Text = (savelocation + fileName + ext);
txtCurrentUser.Text = user;
string dest1 = Path.Combine(savelocation, fileName + ext);
var stream1 = new System.IO.FileStream(dest1, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
scrolltobtm();
requestfileid.MediaDownloader.ProgressChanged +=
(IDownloadProgress progress) =>
{
switch (progress.Status)
{
case DownloadStatus.Downloading:
{
Console.WriteLine(progress.BytesDownloaded);
logFile.WriteLine("Downloading: " + progress.BytesDownloaded);
txtLog.Text += ("Downloading ... " + progress.BytesDownloaded + Environment.NewLine);
scrolltobtm();
logFile.Flush();
break;
}
case DownloadStatus.Completed:
{
Console.WriteLine("Download complete.");
logFile.WriteLine("[" + user + "] Download complete for: " + requestfileid.ToString());
txtLog.Text += ("[" + user + "] Download complete for: " + fileName + Environment.NewLine);
logFile.Flush();
break;
}
case DownloadStatus.Failed:
{
Console.WriteLine("Download failed.");
logFile.WriteLine("Download failed.");
logFile.Flush();
break;
}
}
};
scrolltobtm();
GC.Collect();
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
requestfileid.Download(stream1);
stream1.Close();
stream1.Dispose();
}
else
{
scrolltobtm();
var requestfileid = CreateService.BuildService(user).Files.Get(fileId);
//Generate the name of the file, and create it as such on the local filesystem.
statusStripLabel1.Text = (savelocation + fileName + ext);
string dest1 = Path.Combine(savelocation, fileName + ext);
var stream1 = new System.IO.FileStream(dest1, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
requestfileid.MediaDownloader.ProgressChanged +=
(IDownloadProgress progress) =>
{
switch (progress.Status)
{
case DownloadStatus.Downloading:
{
Console.WriteLine(progress.BytesDownloaded);
logFile.WriteLine("Downloading: " + progress.BytesDownloaded);
txtLog.Text += ("Downloading ... " + progress.BytesDownloaded + Environment.NewLine);
scrolltobtm();
logFile.Flush();
break;
}
case DownloadStatus.Completed:
{
Console.WriteLine("Download complete.");
logFile.WriteLine("Download complete for: " + requestfileid.ToString());
txtLog.Text += (Environment.NewLine + "[" + user + "] Download complete for: " + fileName + Environment.NewLine);
logFile.Flush();
break;
}
case DownloadStatus.Failed:
{
Console.WriteLine("Download failed.");
logFile.WriteLine("Download failed.");
logFile.Flush();
break;
}
}
};
scrolltobtm();
GC.Collect();
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
requestfileid.Download(stream1);
stream1.Close();
stream1.Dispose();
}
}
catch (Google.GoogleApiException ex)
{
Console.Write("\nInfo: ---> " + ex.Message.ToString() + "\n");
}
}
}
exfunctions.MoveFiles(savelocation);
Console.WriteLine("\n\n\tBackup completed for selected user!");
txtLog.Text += ("\n\nBackup completed for selected user.\n\n");
statusStripLabel1.Text = "";
//logFile.Close();
//logFile.Dispose();
}
}
}
catch (Google.GoogleApiException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Info: " + ex.Message.ToString());
}
}
);
if (checkforfinished.IsCompleted == true)
{
MessageBox.Show("Parallel.ForEach() Finished!");
Console.WriteLine("Parallel.ForEach() Finished!");
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("Parallel.ForEach() not completed!");
Console.WriteLine("Parallel.ForEach() not completed!");
}
}
}
}
}
catch (Google.GoogleApiException ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Info: " + ex.Message.ToString());
}
}
}
You can see where I initiate the Parallel.ForEach(...) and then see what it is in charge of doing. It's a lot, and I understand it's not pretty, so I appreciate constructive criticism.

Can't read active directory users from IIS, but can read in debugging mode

I have an issue in LDAP with Asp.net IIS application.
I am just reading the user from Active directory, like below,
public class ActiveDirectoryRepository : IActiveDirectoryRepository
{
#region Public methods
List<User> IActiveDirectoryRepository.GetActiveDirectoryUsers(string loginName)
{
List<User> activeDirectoryUsersList = new List<User>();
try
{
string activeDirectory = System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["EDPUserDomain"];
var searchRoot = new DirectoryEntry(activeDirectory);
var search = new DirectorySearcher(searchRoot);
FormUserSearchFilter(loginName, search);
SearchResultCollection activeDirectoryUsers = search.FindAll();
if (activeDirectoryUsers != null)
{
for (int counter = 0; counter < activeDirectoryUsers.Count; counter++)
{
string userNameEmailString = string.Empty;
SearchResult result = activeDirectoryUsers[counter];
if (result != null && result.Properties.Contains("displayname"))
{
User activeDirectoryUser = new User();
if (result.Properties["givenname"].Count > 0)
{
activeDirectoryUser.FirstName = Convert.ToString(result.Properties["givenname"][0], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
}
if (result.Properties["sn"].Count > 0)
{
activeDirectoryUser.LastName = Convert.ToString(result.Properties["sn"][0], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
}
if (result.Properties["mail"].Count > 0)
{
activeDirectoryUser.email = Convert.ToString(result.Properties["mail"][0], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
}
if (result.Properties["distinguishedname"].Count > 0)
{
string[] domain = Convert.ToString(result.Properties["distinguishedname"][0], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).Split(',');
if (domain[2] != null)
{
activeDirectoryUser.DomainName = domain[2].Replace("DC=", String.Empty);
}
}
if (result.Properties["samaccountname"].Count > 0)
{
activeDirectoryUser.UserName = Convert.ToString(result.Properties["samaccountname"][0], CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
}
activeDirectoryUsersList.Add(activeDirectoryUser);
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
string filePath = #"C:\Mails\Error.txt";
using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filePath, true))
{
writer.WriteLine("Message :" + ex.Message + "<br/>" + Environment.NewLine + "StackTrace :" + ex.StackTrace +
"" + Environment.NewLine + "Date :" + DateTime.Now.ToString());
writer.WriteLine(Environment.NewLine + "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------" + Environment.NewLine);
}
}
return activeDirectoryUsersList;
}
The above code works well in debugging mode, but it throws the below error after deployed the application in IIS 6.1
Message :An operations error occurred.
<br/>
StackTrace : at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind(Boolean throwIfFail)
at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.Bind()
at System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry.get_AdsObject()
at System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher.FindAll(Boolean findMoreThanOne)
at System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher.FindAll()
at PW.EPD.DataAccess.Repository.ActiveDirectoryRepository.PW.EPD.DataAccess.Repository.IActiveDirectoryRepository.GetActiveDirectoryUsers(String loginName)
Date :5/20/2015 11:50:30 PM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please help me.
Thanks in advance.

FileWatcher issue

OK, so this time I created a service with a file watcher to process file once created.
it seems that my service crashes when the files being processed reaches 1000 (I'm receiving loads of messages).
here is my logic: files comes in, file watcher read the text send it to email, insert into DB, move original message to a folders.
on the service start, I'm processing pending messages first before start to watch (I'm talking about over 1000 of text file pending) and my service needs about a second to work on each file.
All goes OK, but when the total incoming files reaches 1000, it simply crash.
sometimes the service stops processing pending and only start looking for new files only.
I have the "InternalBufferSize = 64000" the max recommended.
Please help me with my code (I know it should be multi-threaded for better handling, but I'm not that expert):
protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
using(TREEEntities TEX = new TREEEntities())
{
var mp= TEX.TREE_settings.FirstOrDefault(x=>x.SET_key =="MSGDump");
MsgsPath = mp.SET_value;
var dc = TEX.TREE_settings.FirstOrDefault(x => x.SET_key == "DupCash");
DupCash = Convert.ToInt16(dc.SET_value);
}
if (Directory.Exists(MsgsPath))
{
if (!Directory.Exists(MsgsPath+"\\Archive"))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(MsgsPath+"\\Archive");
}
if (!Directory.Exists(MsgsPath + "\\Duplicates"))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(MsgsPath + "\\Duplicates");
}
if (!Directory.Exists(MsgsPath + "\\Unsent"))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(MsgsPath + "\\Unsent");
}
}
else
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(MsgsPath);
Directory.CreateDirectory(MsgsPath + "\\Archive");
Directory.CreateDirectory(MsgsPath + "\\Duplicates");
Directory.CreateDirectory(MsgsPath + "\\Unsent");
}
processPending();//<--- process pending files after last service stop
fileSystemWatcher1.Path = MsgsPath;//<--- path to be watched
fileSystemWatcher1.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
fileSystemWatcher1.InternalBufferSize = 64000;
addToLog(DateTime.Now, "Service Started", 0, "Service", "Info");
addToLog(DateTime.Now, "File Watcher Started", 0, "Service", "Info");
//dupList.Clear();//<--- clear duplicates validation list
}
protected override void OnStop()
{
fileSystemWatcher1.EnableRaisingEvents = false;
addToLog(DateTime.Now, "File Watcher Stopped", 0, "Service", "Alert");
addToLog(DateTime.Now, "Service Stopped", 0, "Service", "Alert");
}
private void fileSystemWatcher1_Created(object sender, FileSystemEventArgs e)
{
try
{
//---------read from file------------
Thread.Sleep(200);//<---give the file some time to get released
string block;
using (StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(MsgsPath + "\\" + e.Name))
{
block = sr.ReadToEnd();
}
PRT = block.Substring(block.Length - 6, 6);//<--- get the printer name
seq = Convert.ToInt16(block.Substring(block.Length - 20, 20).Substring(0, 4));//<--- get the sequence number
switch (PRT)//<----track sequence number from the 3 printers
{
case "64261B"://<---prt1
int seqPlus1=0;
if(seqPrt1 == 9999)//<---ignore sequence change from 9999 to 1
{ seqPlus1 = 1; }
else { seqPlus1 = seqPrt1 + 1; }
if (seq != seqPlus1 && seqPrt1 != 0)//<---"0" to avoid first service start
{
int x = seq - seqPrt1 - 1;
for (int i = 1; i <= x; i++)
{
addToMissing(PRT, seqPlus1);
addToLog(DateTime.Now, "Missing Sequence Number On Printer: " + PRT + " - " + seqPlus1, seqPlus1, "Service", "Missing");
seqPlus1++;
}
seqPrt1 = seq;
}
else { seqPrt1 = seq; }
break;
case "24E9AA"://<---prt2
int seqPlus2=0;
if(seqPrt2 == 9999)
{ seqPlus2 = 1; }
if (seq != seqPlus2 && seqPrt2 != 0)
{
int x = seq - seqPrt2 - 1;
for (int i = 1; i <= x; i++)
{
addToMissing(PRT, seqPlus2);
addToLog(DateTime.Now, "Missing Sequence Number On Printer: " + PRT + " - " + seqPlus2, seqPlus2, "Service", "Missing");
seqPlus2++;
}
seqPrt2 = seq;
}
else { seqPrt2 = seq; }
break;
case "642602"://<---prt3
int seqPlus3=0;
if(seqPrt3 == 9999)
{ seqPlus3 = 1; }
if (seq != seqPlus3 && seqPrt3 != 0)
{
int x = seq - seqPrt3 - 1;
for (int i = 1; i <= x; i++)
{
addToMissing(PRT, seqPlus3);
addToLog(DateTime.Now, "Missing Sequence Number On Printer: " + PRT + " - " + seqPlus3, seqPlus3, "Service", "Missing");
seqPlus3++;
}
seqPrt3 = seq;
}
else { seqPrt3 = seq; }
break;
}
block = block.Remove(block.Length - 52);//<--- trim the sequence number and unwanted info
string[] Alladd;
List<string> sent = new List<string>();
if (!dupList.Contains(block)) //<--- if msg not found in duplicates validation list
{
//--------extract values--------------
if (block.Substring(0, 3) == "\r\nQ") //<--- if the msg. contains a priority code
{
Alladd = block.Substring(0, block.IndexOf(".")).Replace("\r\n", " ").Substring(4).Split(' ').Distinct().Where(x => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(x)).ToArray(); ;
}
else//<--- if no priority code
{
Alladd = block.Substring(0, block.IndexOf(".")).Replace("\r\n", " ").Substring(1).Split(' ').Distinct().Where(x => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(x)).ToArray(); ;
}
string From = block.Substring(block.IndexOf('.') + 1).Substring(0, 7);
string Msg = block.Substring(block.IndexOf('.') + 1);
Msg = Msg.Substring(Msg.IndexOf('\n') + 1);
//--------add msg content to the DB group table--------
using (TREEEntities TE1 = new TREEEntities())
{
TREE_group tg = new TREE_group()
{
GROUP_original = block,
GROUP_sent = Msg,
GROUP_dateTime = DateTime.Now,
GROUP_from = From,
GROUP_seq = seq,
GROUP_prt = PRT,
};
TE1.AddToTREE_group(tg);
TE1.SaveChanges();
GID = tg.GROUP_ID;
}
//--------validate addresses---------------
foreach (string TB in Alladd)
{
string email = "";
string typeB = "";
TREEEntities TE = new TREEEntities();
var q1 = from x in TE.TREE_users where x.USR_TypeB == TB && x.USR_flag == "act" select new { x.USR_email, x.USR_TypeB };
foreach (var itm in q1)
{
email = itm.USR_email;
typeB = itm.USR_TypeB;
}
//-------send mail if the user exist----
if (TB == typeB)
{
if (typeB == "BAHMVGF")
{
addToFtl(block);
}
try
{
sendMail SM = new sendMail();
SM.SendMail(Msg, "Message from: " + From, email);
//---save record in DB----
addToMsg(typeB, email,"sent","act",1,GID,seq);
sent.Add(typeB);
}
catch (Exception x)
{
addToMsg(typeB, email, "Failed", "act", 1, GID, seq);
addToLog(DateTime.Now, "Send message failed: " + x.Message, GID, "Service", "Warning");
}
}
//-------if no user exist----
else
{
if (TB == "BAHMVGF")
{
addToFtl(block);
}
addToMsg(TB, "No email", "Failed", "act", 1, GID, seq);
addToLog(DateTime.Now, "Send message failed, unknown Type-B address: " + TB, GID, "Service", "Warning");
}
}
if (sent.Count < Alladd.Count())//<--- if there is unsent addresses
{
StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder(block);
foreach (string add in sent)
{
b.Replace(add, "");//<--- remove address that has been sent from the original message and write new msg. to unsent folder
}
if (!Directory.Exists(MsgsPath + "\\Unsent"))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(MsgsPath + "\\Unsent");
}
using (StreamWriter w = File.AppendText(MsgsPath + "\\Unsent\\" + e.Name))
{
w.WriteLine(b);
}
}
sent.Clear();
//---add to dupList to validate the next messages-------------
if (dupList.Count > DupCash)
{
dupList.RemoveAt(0);
}
dupList.Add(block);
//---move msg to archive folder-----------------
if (!Directory.Exists(MsgsPath + "\\Archive"))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(MsgsPath + "\\Archive");
}
File.Move(MsgsPath + "\\" + e.Name, MsgsPath + "\\Archive\\" + e.Name);
}
else //<--- if message is a duplicate
{
addToLog(DateTime.Now, "Duplicated message, message not sent", seq, "Service", "Info");
//---move msg to duplicates folder-----------------
if (!Directory.Exists(MsgsPath + "\\Duplicates"))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(MsgsPath + "\\Duplicates");
}
File.Move(MsgsPath + "\\" + e.Name, MsgsPath + "\\Duplicates\\" + e.Name);
}
}
catch (Exception x)
{
addToLog(DateTime.Now, "Error: " + x.Message, seq, "Service", "Alert");
if (!Directory.Exists(MsgsPath + "\\Unsent"))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(MsgsPath + "\\Unsent");
}
//---move msg to Unsent folder-----------------
File.Move(MsgsPath + "\\" + e.Name, MsgsPath + "\\Unsent\\" + e.Name);
}
}

I wanted to add this as a comment but it exceeded the allowed number of characters so here goes.
First thing I noticed in your code that you are doing all the file handling inside the Created event handler. This is not a good practice, you should always let your FileSystemWatcher event handlers do minimum work as it might result an overflow which is probably what you are facing.
Instead it is better to delegate the work on a separate thread. You can add the events to a queue and let a background thread worry handling them. You can filter the files in the event handler so that your queue does not get filled with garbage.
Using Sleep inside the event handler is also considered a bad practice as you'll be blocking the FileSystemWatcher event.
The maximum buffer size allowed is 64K, it is not a recommended buffer size unless you are dealing with long paths. Increasing buffer size is expensive, because it comes from non-paged memory that cannot be swapped out to disk, so keep the buffer as small as possible. To avoid a buffer overflow, use the NotifyFilter and IncludeSubdirectories properties to filter out unwanted change notifications.
And finally I would suggest reading the FileSystemWatcher MSDN article and looking at several examples online before attempting to write code as the Windows watcher is somewhat delicate and prone to errors