GetPrivateProfi leString

[L]

[DllImport("kern el32.dll")]
static extern uint GetPrivateProfi leString(
string lpAppName,
string lpKeyName,
string lpDefault,
StringBuilder lpReturnedStrin g,
uint nSize,
string lpFileName);
Interoping GetPrivateProfi leString is giving me this Exception in
certain cases:

StringBuilder buffer has been overflowed by unmanaged code. The
process may become unstable. Insufficient capacity allocated to the
StringBuilder before marshaling it."

public void ReadINIFile()
{
try
{
GetPrivateProfi leString("Direc tories" , "In" , "(rg)data/xml",
_strInDir,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Direc tories" , "Out", "c:\\xmldat a" ,
_strOutDir,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Syste m" , "IPAddress" , "198.190.229.10 1" ,
_strIP,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Syste m" , "UserID", "jw" , _strUser,80,
_strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Syste m" , "Password", "jason" ,
_strPwd,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "BusyTimeStart" , "14:30" ,
_strBusyTimeSta rt,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "BusyTimeEn d", "15:30" ,
_strBusyTimeEnd ,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "BusyTimeInterv alInMin", "1" ,
_strBusyTimeInt ervalInMin,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "RegTimeInterva lInMin", "5" ,
_strRegTimeInte rvalInMin,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("File" , "MainFrame to PC File extension",
"false" , _strFile,80, _strINIFile);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}

Does anybody have a solution to this?

Thanks,
Lalasa.

[Pieter Philippaerts]

"L" <la********@inv estors.com> wrote in message

[DllImport("kern el32.dll")]
static extern uint GetPrivateProfi leString(
string lpAppName,
string lpKeyName,
string lpDefault,
StringBuilder lpReturnedStrin g,
uint nSize,
string lpFileName);
You may want to use a more explicit declaration of this function:

[DllImport("KERN EL32.DLL", EntryPoint="Get PrivateProfileS tringA",
CharSet=CharSet .Ansi)]
private static extern int GetPrivateProfi leString (string lpApplicationNa me,
string lpKeyName, string lpDefault, StringBuilder lpReturnedStrin g, int
nSize, string lpFileName);
StringBuilder buffer has been overflowed by unmanaged code. The
process may become unstable. Insufficient capacity allocated to the
StringBuilder before marshaling it."
How did you initialize the StringBuilder?
Does anybody have a solution to this?

http://www.mentalis.org/soft/class.qpx?id=6

Regards,
Pieter Philippaerts

[David Anton]

You need to initialize the StringBuilder with the appropriate initial size.
StringBuilder _strInDir = new StringBuilder(8 0);

David Anton
www.tangiblesoftwaresolutions.com
Home of the Instant C# VB.NET to C# converter and the Instant VB C# to
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"L" wrote:

[DllImport("kern el32.dll")]
static extern uint GetPrivateProfi leString(
string lpAppName,
string lpKeyName,
string lpDefault,
StringBuilder lpReturnedStrin g,
uint nSize,
string lpFileName);
Interoping GetPrivateProfi leString is giving me this Exception in
certain cases:

StringBuilder buffer has been overflowed by unmanaged code. The
process may become unstable. Insufficient capacity allocated to the
StringBuilder before marshaling it."

public void ReadINIFile()
{
try
{
GetPrivateProfi leString("Direc tories" , "In" , "(rg)data/xml",
_strInDir,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Direc tories" , "Out", "c:\\xmldat a" ,
_strOutDir,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Syste m" , "IPAddress" , "198.190.229.10 1" ,
_strIP,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Syste m" , "UserID", "jw" , _strUser,80,
_strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Syste m" , "Password", "jason" ,
_strPwd,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "BusyTimeStart" , "14:30" ,
_strBusyTimeSta rt,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "BusyTimeEn d", "15:30" ,
_strBusyTimeEnd ,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "BusyTimeInterv alInMin", "1" ,
_strBusyTimeInt ervalInMin,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "RegTimeInterva lInMin", "5" ,
_strRegTimeInte rvalInMin,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("File" , "MainFrame to PC File extension",
"false" , _strFile,80, _strINIFile);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}

Does anybody have a solution to this?

Thanks,
Lalasa.

[L]

Hi,

I figured that out but I have more questions regarding using
StringBuilder. I am also using WritePrivatePro fileString and whenever I
want to assign a value to the string builder before I do a
WritePrivatePro fileString, have I no choice but to do a new
StringBuilder(v alue), every time I want to assign a new value to the
StringBuilder type variable. Will that affect the amount of memory
used?

for ex : I have my class

public class INIFileOp
{

/* private members */
private StringBuilder _strInDir = new StringBuilder(8 0);
...

/* properties */
public string InputDir
{
get { return _strInDir.toStr ing();
set { _strInDir = new StringBuilder(v alue); } // Do I have to
do the new every time I set the value?
}

...

/* Methods */
public void WriteINIFile()
{
WritePrivatePro fileString("Dir ectories", "In", _strInDir,
_strINIFile);
...
...
}

public void ReadINIFile()
{
GetPrivateProfi leString("Direc tories" , "In" ,
"(rg)data/xml",_strInDir, 80, _strINIFile);
...
...
}

}
public class Test
{
INIFileOp objINIFileOp = new INIfileOp();
objINIFileOp.Re adINIFile();
objINIFileOp.In putDir = "xyz/xyz"; // Actually in my code values
will be read from the form fields and set to the properties of
INIFileOp class.
objINIFileOp.Wr iteINIFile();

}

Any comments on using StringBuilders and the way I am doing it?

Thanks,
Lalasa.

David Anton wrote:

You need to initialize the StringBuilder with the appropriate initial size. StringBuilder _strInDir = new StringBuilder(8 0);

David Anton
www.tangiblesoftwaresolutions.com
Home of the Instant C# VB.NET to C# converter and the Instant VB C# to VB.NET converter

"L" wrote:

[DllImport("kern el32.dll")]
static extern uint GetPrivateProfi leString(
string lpAppName,
string lpKeyName,
string lpDefault,
StringBuilder lpReturnedStrin g,
uint nSize,
string lpFileName);
Interoping GetPrivateProfi leString is giving me this Exception in
certain cases:

StringBuilder buffer has been overflowed by unmanaged code. The
process may become unstable. Insufficient capacity allocated to the StringBuilder before marshaling it."

public void ReadINIFile()
{
try
{
GetPrivateProfi leString("Direc tories" , "In" , "(rg)data/xml",
_strInDir,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Direc tories" , "Out", "c:\\xmldat a" ,
_strOutDir,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Syste m" , "IPAddress" , "198.190.229.10 1" , _strIP,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Syste m" , "UserID", "jw" , _strUser,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Syste m" , "Password", "jason" ,
_strPwd,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "BusyTimeStart" , "14:30" ,
_strBusyTimeSta rt,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "BusyTimeEn d", "15:30" ,
_strBusyTimeEnd ,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "BusyTimeInterv alInMin", "1" ,
_strBusyTimeInt ervalInMin,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "RegTimeInterva lInMin", "5" ,
_strRegTimeInte rvalInMin,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("File" , "MainFrame to PC File extension", "false" , _strFile,80, _strINIFile);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}

Does anybody have a solution to this?

Thanks,
Lalasa.

[David Anton]

Note that while the GetPrivateProfi leString requires a StringBuilder as a
parameter, WritePrivatePro fileString does not. So if you're doing a lot of
string manipulation then you can just use a regular string as a parameter and
argument to WritePrivatePro fileString.

David Anton
www.tangiblesoftwaresolutions.com
Home of the Instant C# VB.NET to C# converter and the Instant VB C# to
VB.NET converter

"L" wrote:

Hi,

I figured that out but I have more questions regarding using
StringBuilder. I am also using WritePrivatePro fileString and whenever I
want to assign a value to the string builder before I do a
WritePrivatePro fileString, have I no choice but to do a new
StringBuilder(v alue), every time I want to assign a new value to the
StringBuilder type variable. Will that affect the amount of memory
used?

for ex : I have my class

public class INIFileOp
{

/* private members */
private StringBuilder _strInDir = new StringBuilder(8 0);
...

/* properties */
public string InputDir
{
get { return _strInDir.toStr ing();
set { _strInDir = new StringBuilder(v alue); } // Do I have to
do the new every time I set the value?
}

...

/* Methods */
public void WriteINIFile()
{
WritePrivatePro fileString("Dir ectories", "In", _strInDir,
_strINIFile);
...
...
}

public void ReadINIFile()
{
GetPrivateProfi leString("Direc tories" , "In" ,
"(rg)data/xml",_strInDir, 80, _strINIFile);
...
...
}

}
public class Test
{
INIFileOp objINIFileOp = new INIfileOp();
objINIFileOp.Re adINIFile();
objINIFileOp.In putDir = "xyz/xyz"; // Actually in my code values
will be read from the form fields and set to the properties of
INIFileOp class.
objINIFileOp.Wr iteINIFile();

}

Any comments on using StringBuilders and the way I am doing it?

Thanks,
Lalasa.

David Anton wrote:

You need to initialize the StringBuilder with the appropriate initial

size.

StringBuilder _strInDir = new StringBuilder(8 0);

David Anton
www.tangiblesoftwaresolutions.com
Home of the Instant C# VB.NET to C# converter and the Instant VB C#

to

VB.NET converter

"L" wrote:

[DllImport("kern el32.dll")]
static extern uint GetPrivateProfi leString(
string lpAppName,
string lpKeyName,
string lpDefault,
StringBuilder lpReturnedStrin g,
uint nSize,
string lpFileName);
Interoping GetPrivateProfi leString is giving me this Exception in
certain cases:

StringBuilder buffer has been overflowed by unmanaged code. The
process may become unstable. Insufficient capacity allocated to the StringBuilder before marshaling it."

public void ReadINIFile()
{
try
{
GetPrivateProfi leString("Direc tories" , "In" , "(rg)data/xml",
_strInDir,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Direc tories" , "Out", "c:\\xmldat a" ,
_strOutDir,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Syste m" , "IPAddress" , "198.190.229.10 1" , _strIP,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Syste m" , "UserID", "jw" , _strUser,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Syste m" , "Password", "jason" ,
_strPwd,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "BusyTimeStart" , "14:30" ,
_strBusyTimeSta rt,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "BusyTimeEn d", "15:30" ,
_strBusyTimeEnd ,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "BusyTimeInterv alInMin", "1" ,
_strBusyTimeInt ervalInMin,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "RegTimeInterva lInMin", "5" ,
_strRegTimeInte rvalInMin,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("File" , "MainFrame to PC File extension", "false" , _strFile,80, _strINIFile);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}

Does anybody have a solution to this?

Thanks,
Lalasa.

[David Anton]

I meant "if you're *not* doing a lot of string manipulation... " of course.

"L" wrote:

Hi,

I figured that out but I have more questions regarding using
StringBuilder. I am also using WritePrivatePro fileString and whenever I
want to assign a value to the string builder before I do a
WritePrivatePro fileString, have I no choice but to do a new
StringBuilder(v alue), every time I want to assign a new value to the
StringBuilder type variable. Will that affect the amount of memory
used?

for ex : I have my class

public class INIFileOp
{

/* private members */
private StringBuilder _strInDir = new StringBuilder(8 0);
...

/* properties */
public string InputDir
{
get { return _strInDir.toStr ing();
set { _strInDir = new StringBuilder(v alue); } // Do I have to
do the new every time I set the value?
}

...

/* Methods */
public void WriteINIFile()
{
WritePrivatePro fileString("Dir ectories", "In", _strInDir,
_strINIFile);
...
...
}

public void ReadINIFile()
{
GetPrivateProfi leString("Direc tories" , "In" ,
"(rg)data/xml",_strInDir, 80, _strINIFile);
...
...
}

}
public class Test
{
INIFileOp objINIFileOp = new INIfileOp();
objINIFileOp.Re adINIFile();
objINIFileOp.In putDir = "xyz/xyz"; // Actually in my code values
will be read from the form fields and set to the properties of
INIFileOp class.
objINIFileOp.Wr iteINIFile();

}

Any comments on using StringBuilders and the way I am doing it?

Thanks,
Lalasa.

David Anton wrote:

You need to initialize the StringBuilder with the appropriate initial

size.

StringBuilder _strInDir = new StringBuilder(8 0);

David Anton
www.tangiblesoftwaresolutions.com
Home of the Instant C# VB.NET to C# converter and the Instant VB C#

to

VB.NET converter

"L" wrote:

[DllImport("kern el32.dll")]
static extern uint GetPrivateProfi leString(
string lpAppName,
string lpKeyName,
string lpDefault,
StringBuilder lpReturnedStrin g,
uint nSize,
string lpFileName);
Interoping GetPrivateProfi leString is giving me this Exception in
certain cases:

StringBuilder buffer has been overflowed by unmanaged code. The
process may become unstable. Insufficient capacity allocated to the StringBuilder before marshaling it."

public void ReadINIFile()
{
try
{
GetPrivateProfi leString("Direc tories" , "In" , "(rg)data/xml",
_strInDir,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Direc tories" , "Out", "c:\\xmldat a" ,
_strOutDir,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Syste m" , "IPAddress" , "198.190.229.10 1" , _strIP,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Syste m" , "UserID", "jw" , _strUser,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Syste m" , "Password", "jason" ,
_strPwd,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "BusyTimeStart" , "14:30" ,
_strBusyTimeSta rt,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "BusyTimeEn d", "15:30" ,
_strBusyTimeEnd ,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "BusyTimeInterv alInMin", "1" ,
_strBusyTimeInt ervalInMin,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("Time" , "RegTimeInterva lInMin", "5" ,
_strRegTimeInte rvalInMin,80, _strINIFile);
GetPrivateProfi leString("File" , "MainFrame to PC File extension", "false" , _strFile,80, _strINIFile);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}

Does anybody have a solution to this?

Thanks,
Lalasa.