Loop through all the files in C# 2010

Hi All,

I migrated from VBA to C# a while back. Earlier, with VBA, I used to create Re-Cursive function to loop through all inner folders in a given folder. For example, if I have to search whole files in C: Drive, I will probably need to loop through Drive, then folders and subfolders in VBA. But in C#, you can simply give a parameter to search through the subdirectories as well.

Code:

DirectoryInfo parent = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\Vikas");
FileInfo[] files = parent.GetFiles("*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories);

The files array will contain all the files within the Folder "Vikas" and it's subfolder.

Thanks,
Vikas B

Org Charts using Google docs

Hi All,

I was reading a thread in LinkedIn. Someone had asked if it is possible to create a ORG chart in Excel or not. I tried to google it and found a very interesting way to do it using Google Docs.

Create Org Chart using Google Docs/

Cheers!
Vikas B

ORACLE DAL in C#

Hi All,

We can easily find the Data Access Layer for SQL, but here is one which we created for Oracle. Hope it would help you all.

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Configuration;

using Demo.Common;

namespace Demo.DataAccessLayer
{

    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    /// <summary>
    ///   Defines common DataService routines for transaction management, 
    ///   stored procedure execution, parameter creation, and null value 
    ///   checking
    /// </summary>    
    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    public class DataServiceBase
    {

        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // Fields
        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        private bool _isOwner = false;   //True if service owns the transaction        
        private SqlTransaction _txn;     //Reference to the current transaction

        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // Properties 
        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        public IDbTransaction Txn
        {
            get { return (IDbTransaction)_txn; }
            set { _txn = (SqlTransaction)value; }
        }


        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // Constructors
        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

        public DataServiceBase() : this(null) { }


        public DataServiceBase(IDbTransaction txn)
        {
            if (txn == null)
                _isOwner = true;
            else
            {
                _txn = (SqlTransaction)txn;
                _isOwner = false;
            }
        }


        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // Connection and Transaction Methods
        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        protected static string GetConnectionString()
        {
            return ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["DB"].ConnectionString;
        }


        public static IDbTransaction BeginTransaction()
        {
            SqlConnection txnConnection =
                new SqlConnection(GetConnectionString());
            txnConnection.Open();
            return txnConnection.BeginTransaction();            
        }


        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // ExecuteDataSet Methods
        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        protected DataSet ExecuteDataSet(string procName,
            params IDataParameter[] procParams)
        {
            SqlCommand cmd;
            return ExecuteDataSet(out cmd, procName, procParams);
        }


        protected DataSet ExecuteDataSet(out SqlCommand cmd, string procName,
            params IDataParameter[] procParams)
        {
            SqlConnection cnx = null;
            DataSet ds = new DataSet();
            SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter();
            cmd = null;

            try
            {
                //Setup command object
                cmd = new SqlCommand(procName);
                cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
                if (procParams != null)
                    for (int index = 0; index < procParams.Length; index++)
                        cmd.Parameters.Add(procParams[index]);

                da.SelectCommand = (SqlCommand)cmd;

                //Determine the transaction owner and process accordingly
                if (_isOwner)
                {
                    cnx = new SqlConnection(GetConnectionString());
                    cmd.Connection = cnx;
                    cnx.Open();
                }
                else
                {
                    cmd.Connection = _txn.Connection;
                    cmd.Transaction = _txn;
                }

                //Fill the dataset
                da.Fill(ds);
            }
            catch
            {
                throw;
            }
            finally
            {
                if(da!=null) da.Dispose();
                if(cmd!=null) cmd.Dispose();
                if (_isOwner)
                    cnx.Dispose(); //Implicitly calls cnx.Close()
            }
            return ds;
        }


        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // ExecuteNonQuery Methods
        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        protected void ExecuteNonQuery(string procName,
            params IDataParameter[] procParams)
        {
            SqlCommand cmd;
            ExecuteNonQuery(out cmd, procName, procParams);
        }


        protected void ExecuteNonQuery(out SqlCommand cmd, string procName,
            params IDataParameter[] procParams)
        {
            //Method variables
            SqlConnection cnx = null;
            cmd = null;  //Avoids "Use of unassigned variable" compiler error

            try
            {
                //Setup command object
                cmd = new SqlCommand(procName);
                cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
                for (int index = 0; index < procParams.Length; index++)
                    cmd.Parameters.Add(procParams[index]);

                //Determine the transaction owner and process accordingly
                if (_isOwner)
                {
                    cnx = new SqlConnection(GetConnectionString());
                    cmd.Connection = cnx;
                    cnx.Open();
                }
                else
                {
                    cmd.Connection = _txn.Connection;
                    cmd.Transaction = _txn;
                }

                //Execute the command
                cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
            }
            catch
            {
                throw;
            }
            finally
            {
                if (_isOwner)
                    cnx.Dispose(); //Implicitly calls cnx.Close()

                if (cmd != null) cmd.Dispose();
            }
        }


        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // CreateParameter Methods
        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        protected SqlParameter CreateParameter(string paramName,
            SqlDbType paramType, object paramValue)
        {
            SqlParameter param = new SqlParameter(paramName, paramType);
            
            if (paramValue != DBNull.Value)
            {
                switch (paramType)
                {
                    case SqlDbType.VarChar:
                    case SqlDbType.NVarChar:
                    case SqlDbType.Char:
                    case SqlDbType.NChar:
                    case SqlDbType.Text:
                        paramValue = CheckParamValue((string)paramValue);
                        break;
                    case SqlDbType.DateTime:
                        paramValue = CheckParamValue((DateTime)paramValue);
                        break;
                    case SqlDbType.Int:
                        paramValue = CheckParamValue((int)paramValue);
                        break;
                    case SqlDbType.UniqueIdentifier:
                        paramValue = CheckParamValue(GetGuid(paramValue));
                        break;
                    case SqlDbType.Bit:
                        if (paramValue is bool) paramValue = (int)((bool)paramValue ? 1 : 0);
                        if ((int)paramValue < 0 || (int)paramValue > 1) paramValue = Constants.NullInt;
                        paramValue = CheckParamValue((int)paramValue);
                        break;
                    case SqlDbType.Float:
                        paramValue = CheckParamValue(Convert.ToSingle(paramValue));
                        break;
                    case SqlDbType.Decimal:
                        paramValue = CheckParamValue((decimal)paramValue);
                        break;
                }
            }
            param.Value = paramValue;
            return param;
        }

        protected SqlParameter CreateParameter(string paramName, SqlDbType paramType, ParameterDirection direction)
        {
            SqlParameter returnVal = CreateParameter(paramName, paramType, DBNull.Value);
            returnVal.Direction = direction;
            return returnVal;
        }

        protected SqlParameter CreateParameter(string paramName, SqlDbType paramType, object paramValue, ParameterDirection direction)
        {
            SqlParameter returnVal = CreateParameter(paramName, paramType, paramValue);
            returnVal.Direction = direction;
            return returnVal;
        }

        protected SqlParameter CreateParameter(string paramName, SqlDbType paramType, object paramValue, int size)
        {
            SqlParameter returnVal = CreateParameter(paramName, paramType, paramValue);
            returnVal.Size = size;
            return returnVal;
        }

        protected SqlParameter CreateParameter(string paramName, SqlDbType paramType, object paramValue, int size, ParameterDirection direction)
        {
            SqlParameter returnVal = CreateParameter(paramName, paramType, paramValue);
            returnVal.Direction = direction;
            returnVal.Size = size;
            return returnVal;
        }

        protected SqlParameter CreateParameter(string paramName, SqlDbType paramType, object paramValue, int size, byte precision)
        {
            SqlParameter returnVal = CreateParameter(paramName, paramType, paramValue);
            returnVal.Size = size;
            ((SqlParameter)returnVal).Precision = precision;
            return returnVal;
        }

        protected SqlParameter CreateParameter(string paramName, SqlDbType paramType, object paramValue, int size, byte precision, ParameterDirection direction)
        {
            SqlParameter returnVal = CreateParameter(paramName, paramType, paramValue);
            returnVal.Direction = direction;
            returnVal.Size = size;
            returnVal.Precision = precision;
            return returnVal;
        }


        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // CheckParamValue Methods
        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
        protected Guid GetGuid(object value)
        {
            Guid returnVal = Constants.NullGuid;
            if (value is string)
                returnVal = new Guid((string)value);
            else if (value is Guid)
                returnVal = (Guid)value;

            return returnVal;
        }

        protected object CheckParamValue(string paramValue)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(paramValue))
                return DBNull.Value;
            else
                return paramValue;
        }

        protected object CheckParamValue(Guid paramValue)
        {
            if (paramValue.Equals(Constants.NullGuid))
                return DBNull.Value;
            else
                return paramValue;
        }

        protected object CheckParamValue(DateTime paramValue)
        {
            if (paramValue.Equals(Constants.NullDateTime))
                return DBNull.Value;
            else
                return paramValue;
        }

        protected object CheckParamValue(double paramValue)
        {
            if (paramValue.Equals(Constants.NullDouble))
                return DBNull.Value;
            else
                return paramValue;
        }

        protected object CheckParamValue(float paramValue)
        {
            if (paramValue.Equals(Constants.NullFloat))
                return DBNull.Value;
            else
                return paramValue;
        }

        protected object CheckParamValue(Decimal paramValue)
        {
            if (paramValue.Equals(Constants.NullDecimal))
                return DBNull.Value;
            else
                return paramValue;
        }

        protected object CheckParamValue(int paramValue)
        {
            if (paramValue.Equals(Constants.NullInt))
                return DBNull.Value;                
            else
                return paramValue;
        }
    }
}

Reading File Tags in VB.Net

Hi All,

There are times when we add the tags to our files. We can use the Shell32 folder to read the tags. I found a little problematic for the first timer, so adding the code to read the tags here :

Sub TestTags()
Dim fInfo As New FileInfo("Path of your File goes here")
Dim tags As String = ReadFileAttributes(fInfo)
End Sub

Public Function ReadFileAttributes(fInfo As FileInfo) As String

Dim shell As New Shell32.Shell
Dim objFolder As Shell32.Folder
Dim items As Shell32.FolderItems
Try
objFolder = shell.NameSpace(fInfo.Directory.FullName)
items = objFolder.Items
Return objFolder.GetDetailsOf(items.Item(fInfo.Name), 18)
Catch ex As Exception
Return "Caught Exception in Tags" 'exception..cannot find the tags
End Try

End Function

.

You have to add a reference to Microsoft Shell Controls and Automation from the COM tab of the Refences dialog.

HTH,
Vikas