Vision

Since .NET can use reflection to get property names, basic serialization is unbelievably simple. It only gets slightly difficult when you want to name your XML tags differently than your property names (but still not very hard). If you’ve ever used an XML serialization package in C++ like boost, tinyXML, or libXML2, you’ll see how comparatively easy C# is to use.

Let’s start with a basic example. Below is an object that stores some information about a movie.

All right, now that we have an object, let’s write a function that will save it to XML.

The first thing I do is create an XMLSerializer (located in the System.Xml.Serialization namespace) that will serialize objects of type Movie. The XMLSerializer will serialize objects to a stream, so we’ll have to create one of those next. In this case, I want to serialize it to a file, so I create a TextWriter. I then simply call Serialize on the XMLSerializer passing in the stream (textWriter) and the object (movie). Lastly I close the TextWriter because you should always close opened files. That’s it! Let’s create a movie object and see how this is used.

After this code executes, we’ll have an XML file with the contents of our movie object.

If you noticed, all of the XML tag names are the same as the property names. If we want to change those, we can simply add an attribute above each property that sets the tag name.

Now when the same code is executed again, we get our custom tag names.

Sometimes, in XML, you want information stored as an attribute of another tag instead of a tag by itself. This can be easily accomplished with another property attribute.

With this code, MovieName will now be an attribute on the Movie tag.

Let’s move on to something a little more interesting. Let’s create another movie and serialize a List of them to our XML file. Here’s the modified code to do just that:

Now we have XML that looks like this:

Ok, so you can see how easy it is to get your objects into an XML document. Let’s now look at how to read an XML document back into our objects - deserialization. The process of deserializing is very similar to what we did for serialization.

Just like before, we first create an XmlSerializer that can deserialize objects of type List<Movie>. The XmlSerializer also deserializes from a stream, so we create a file stream from our XML file. We then simply call Deserialize on the stream and cast the output to our desired type. Now the movies List is populated with objects that we previously serialized to the XML file.

The deserializer is very good at handling missing pieces of information in your XML file. Let’s say the second movie didn’t have the MovieName attribute on the Movie tag. When the XML file is deserialized, it simply populates that field with null. If MovieRating wasn’t there, you’d receive 0. Since a DateTime object can’t be null, if MovieReleaseDate was missing, you’d receive DateTime.MinValue (1/1/0001 12:00:00AM).

If the XML document contains invalid syntax, like say the first opening Movie tag was missing, the Deserialize call will fail with an InvalidOperationException. It will also be kind enough to specify the location in the file where it encountered the error (line number, column number).

One thing to remember is that the basic XML serialization won’t maintain references. Let’s say I populated my movies list with the same movie reference multiple times:

Now I have a list containing two of the exact same movie reference. When I serialize and deserialize this list, it will be converted to two separate instances of the movie object - they would just have the same information. Along this same line, the XMLSerializer also doesn’t support circular references. If you need this kind of flexibility, you should consider binary serialization.

There’s still a lot to cover when it comes to XML serialization, but I think this tutorial covers enough of the basics to get things rolling. If you’ve got questions or anything else to say, leave us a comment.

How to make DVD-ROM region free ?

If your drive is locked, DVD doesn’t play and you can’t change region code or bypass protection using described methods, then the last & only working solution is to “patch” your DVD-ROM drive, and replace hardware region code protection mechanism. It’s a dangerous method, which can be used only by PC professionals.

If you live in the USA or Canada (R1) then you most likely won’t need the ability to play DVDs from other regions, unless you are interested in some of the rare titles that are out in Europe (R2) but not in the USA. If you live in Europe and you prefer to watch the movies in English then most likely you have to flash your firmware (in order to buy American DVDs).

Load another firmware which disables the region code protection. This is ONLY for advanced users!

Step 1.  If you’re unsure about the type of the drive I suggest you run driveinfo.
Download DriveInfo program from this page: http://www.remoteselector.com/driveinfo.htm

In case of ASPI error you have to install forceaspi first. Here’s download link with instructions on how to install it: http://force_aspi_18.w.interia.pl/. After installing forceaspi you have to reboot your machine. Driveinfo will show you the type of your DVD drive as well as the current firmware, and whether or not the drive is regionfree. If driveinfo tells you the drive has no region protection of course you don’t have to do anything.

Step 2.  After you determine the type of your firmware you should download _EXACT_ version of patched firmware. Go here: http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_all.php and check if there’s an updated firmware for your type of DVD drive. This step is really crucial! Double or triple check that you have the right firmware, otherwise your drive might not work after flashing anymore (and unfortunately there are flash programs that allow you to load the wrong firmware). Bad flashing could destroy your drive definitively. Read carefully the installation notes of your firmware before you upgrade. The Firmware Page and the drive manufacturer can’t be responsible. AND REMEMBER: This is at your own risk.

Step 3.  After you’ve downloaded the right firmware you’ll have to create a Windows bootdisk. You can format a disk and check “copy system files” and you’ll get a working bootdisk. Then copy the flasher program and the firmware to the disc as well. Then reboot your pc and change the boot drive order if necessary so that your pc boots from the disk drive. Since every BIOS looks different I can’t tell you where to change the boot order. Please refer to the manual of your mainboard / pc or call customer support.

Step 4.  After rebooting run the flasher. Then the program will search for a DVD-ROM and ask you if you want to flash. Type yes, wait until the program has finished, then reboot your pc. Once back in Windows run driveinfo again. If everything has gone as it’s supposed to that’s what you’re supposed to get. Enjoy.. you’ve just beaten the DVD-ROM Hardware region-protection system.

NOTE: Before you buy a DVD-ROM make sure that there’s RPC-1 firmware for it on this site: http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_all.php.

You should be aware that in some cases the warranty might become void if you mess around with your drive on your own. Here are additional useful tips: The DVD-ROM Firmware Flashing FAQ

COLOR ENERGIES AND HEALING THE COLOR RAYS OF CREATION

SOUND/COLOR TABLE

Hertz frequencies chart from Barbara Hero

Copyright © Barbara Hero 1996-98
E-Mail Barbara Hero

Electrical wave forms

One of the benefits of working with electrical stimulation is the ability to generate precise and complex waveforms. It is likely that specific waveforms have specific functions. Brain stimulation, frequencies and waveforms are a vast and promising field of experimentation for alchemists.

PHI - Sound and Healing

Great Dreams Main Index

Gematria - Code of the Ancients

Chanting

… In working with Gregorian chant among the Benedictines, chanting which is centered on the middle to higher frequencies of the human voice, combined with active …

Frequency Sickness - What Are The Causes And The Symptoms?

… Though Alex speaks eloquently about the clash of frequencies on earth between people and nature and how the conflict between ‘tones’ are called ‘frequency

DNA - Past And Future

… and wanted to become creators likened unto the all-that-is, but not aligned with the all-that-is became raptured with the physical domains/frequencies … …

Are You Giving Up Your Freedoms for Security?

… Biohazards of Extremely Low Frequencies (ELF), LOW-FREQUENCY electrical and magnetic fields - the precautionary principle for national authorities -. .

Two Streams of Future Probability

… In the higher frequencies of density your sense of now-time is greatly expanded, collapsing the partititons between past and future and allowing you a much …

The Rainbow of Creation

… I found my drawing from March 20, 1996. It was based on an idea about music frequencies. …

Scalar Physics - Alternative Energy - Free Energy - Plasma Energy…

… (Please keep in mind that it has long been known that selected EMF pulse rates, waveforms and frequencies have healing, sedation and emotion-evoking …

The Reptilians -  Who are they Really?

… We will only experience the energy frequencies/entities closest to our personal density or vibratory rate, in essence, those with which we resonate. …

Indigo Children - Chrystalline Children

… The Sacred Spiral. This meaning a fullness of the spectrum of light and frequencies. A complete set of energies. Perfection in existence. …

Two Suns

… towards the ultraviolet frequencies.

What Is A Walk-In and What do They Do?

… He has the ability to utilize his wings to shift consciousness, by running different frequencies of color, light and sound through a series of harmonically …

Worm Holes, Stargates, and Time Travel

… to disrupt all “Council of 9″ frequencies and setup … of the incompatible absorption of the incoming energies, into the … The color shots by TV back from Mars …

Weaving - The Mythology and the Reality

… elements of light, vibration (sound harmonics), color and aroma … in harmony with the refined frequencies/ideals you … again becoming aware of the energies and uses …

Agreements - Dreams - Biblical Extraterrestrial

… Black Sun Agenda ( not a racial color association ) of … responsibility of keeping our planet’s energies in balance … codes that are keyed to frequencies …

Alternative Health Database

… the bodies’ life force with the energies it needs … yoga, daily lectures and devotional music, discussion, chat … Color / Colour Therapy Charts/ Interpretations

Second Insight

… do our dream research and our website GreatDreams.com was born. … NOTE: We put the music “His Love Amazes Me” on … that were the size of pearls and the same color. …

Methods of Healing

crystals draw light and color into the … and allowing the emergence of “lower frequency energies,”

Earthchanges - The Children

… I was dancing to some fast paced jazz music and my … There was no other color except that I told a girl … it was because there was an oscillation of energies today …

Dreams of Awakening

… a large pile of green and blue mush, the same color as the … At this point, it was so noisy with music in the … in the system as a single point and energies as a …

Dreams of Records and CDs

… buttons (like the candy kind) they were arranged by color in a … My Father came in the room and turned off the music

DREAMS OF THE GREAT EARTHCHANGES

By now everyone should be familiar with the cool option to rotate wallpapers in Windows 7.

So i did a little proggie to achieve the same thing in Vista.

Their is no funny crap in this software, like virusses etc.

Do not waste my time by complaining  if something breaks you computer and you feel the need to blame this software.

In downloading this software YOU acknowledge that it is on your own risk!!!

You will need dotnet framework 2:

.NET2.0

Wallpaper Rotate:

WallPaperRotate.zip

Notes:

There will be a new icon added to you Startup Programs. ( I put it there so EVERYONE can see it).

1. It will stretch all wallpapers.

2. It will only do jpeg’s

3. Disable UAC (user account control) in Vista before installing.

4. You may customize the default settings, by double clicking on the icon in the taskbar.

There will be a new icon added to you Startup Programs. ( I put it there so EVERYONE can see it).

To start either click on the icon(In Startup Programs), or restart you computer.

Have fun!!!

Simple mod to change the  increase Bus speed.

Always remember that any voltages above 1.4 V is very dangerous on 45nm chips!

USE AT OWN RISK!!!!

Simple mod to change the CPU to 3.0 GHZ.

Always remember that any voltages above 1.4 V is very dangerous on 45nm chips!

USE AT OWN RISK!!!!

I had some problems with this device not performing up to scratch in windows Vista. Have a look at this post, maybe it could help.

Open regedit

1. The key to look at :
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\EMDMgmt\

2. Locate your usb device:

3. Change the following values:(values set to 32 mb/s)

“ReadSpeedKBs”=dword:000011a2
“WriteSpeedKBs”=dword:00000474

4. Unplug Device

5. plug in device

6. Format device with Fat32

Retest device.

This is the simplest example of the SQL Server Cursor. I have used this all the time for any use of Cursor in my T-SQL.

DECLARE @Channel1 INT
DECLARE @cursor CURSOR
SET @cursor = CURSOR FOR
SELECT top 10 Channel1
FROM PortData

OPEN @cursor

FETCH NEXT
FROM @cursor INTO @Channel1

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
PRINT @Channel1

FETCH NEXT
FROM @cursor INTO @Channel1

END
CLOSE @cursor
DEALLOCATE @cursor

Introduction

This article describes an approach to displaying transparent forms in a Windows application. Such may be useful to anyone wishing to display an odd shaped form for a splash screen or possibly a tool dialog with a transparent background.

Figure 1: Transparent Forms

Getting Started

The solution contains three Windows Form classes; each shows something different about a transparent form.

Figure 2: Solution Explorer with the Project Visible

Code: Form 1 (Form1.cs)

There is nothing much to creating the transparent form; setting the forms back color and transparency key property value to the same color is all that is required. In form 1, the form back color and transparency key are both set to lime green; this color does not occur within the image and so the image will not appear to have holes in it; do not use a transparency color that occurs in your images. That much takes care of making the form transparent. Setting the forms FormBorderStyle property to none removes the forms border and all that will remain when the form is displayed is an image.

Figure 3: Form Transparency Key Property

Of course having a transparent, borderless form eliminates the ability to drag the form around the desktop; at least without doing a bit more work. In order to set up the form for dragging in this condition, a couple of DLL imports are needed. The following contains the code behind the Form1 class.

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Data;

using System.Drawing;

using System.Text;

using System.Windows.Forms;

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

InteropServices was added to the list of defaults to support the use of DLL imports within the class.

namespace XparentForm

{

public partial class Form1 : Form

{

The following user32.dll imports (SendMessage and ReleaseCapture) are required to support the dragging and dropping of the form in the absense of a caption bar on the form.

#region Form Dragging API Support

//The SendMessage function sends a message to a window or windows.

[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = false)]

static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, uint Msg, int wParam, int lParam);

//ReleaseCapture releases a mouse capture

[DllImportAttribute("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = false)]

public static extern bool ReleaseCapture();

#endregion

/// <summary>
/// default constructor

/// </summary>

public Form1()

{

InitializeComponent();

}

The picturebox fills the entire draggable area of the form (those sections which are not visible cannot be used for a drag operation) and for that that reason the picture box controls mouse down event is used to support the borderless form dragging operations.

/// <summary>
/// Respond to the picture box mousedown event to
/// drag the borderless form around (left click and drag)/// </summary>

/// <param name=”sender”></param>
/// <param name=”e”></param>

private void pictureBox1_MouseDown(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)

{

// drag the form without the caption bar

// present on left mouse button

if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left)

{

ReleaseCapture();

SendMessage(this.Handle, 0xa1, 0×2, 0);

}

}

The rest of the class code is pretty straightforward and is not particularly relevant to the topic. The code is annotation to explain the remaining event handlers.

/// <summary>

/// Close the Application

/// </summary>

/// <param name=”sender”></param>

/// <param name=”e”></param>

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

// dispose

this.Dispose();
}

/// <summary>

/// Creates a second transparent form

/// </summary>

/// <param name=”sender”></param>

/// <param name=”e”></param>

private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

// open up another transparent form, this one with a hole in it

Form2 f = new Form2();

f.Show();

}

/// <summary>

/// Creates a third transparent form

/// </summary>

/// <param name=”sender”></param>

/// <param name=”e”></param>

private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

Form3 f = new Form3();

f.Show();

}

Form 2 (Form2.cs)

The code behind Form2 is the same as it used in Form1; the only differences between the two forms are the complexity of the image used as the borderless form and that the background color and transparency key property values are different than that used on Form1.

Form 3 (Form3.cs)

Form3 is another spin on the same thing used in forms 1 and 2. The difference here is that the picture box contains a white rectangle; the transparency key value is set also to white which will defeat any attempts to drag the form. This form does have a border around it to enable dragging the form If you set the border style to None then the form will no longer be draggable.

Summary

This article was intended to demonstrate an approach to creating transparent backed, borderless draggable forms. The approach may be used to generate some sort of custom UI or may be used to build a classier looking splash screen.