I'm trying to use DocumentViewer (or, more specifically, DocumentViewer's DocumentPageView) to load a presentation that was saved from Powerpoint as XPS.
However, the author of the slides was being clever and entered one of his URLs as a pseudo-regex (e.g. http://[blog|www]mywebsite.com). The built in XPS Viewer is able to load the document without a problem. However, DocumentViewer throws an exception because it tries to validate the URI:
Failed to create a 'NavigateUri' from the text 'http://[blog|www]mywebsite.com'
I could of course go into the slide and fix the URI so that the document displays. However, since I can't control the documents that will be used with my application, I'd prefer to find a way to display the document in spite of invalid URI's (like XPS Viewer).
Any thoughts?
The DocumentViewer is trying to create a Uri instance from the provided URL. If the URL isn't valid, the operation will fail.
You can prevent this from happening by performing validation on the URLs provided to you by the author.
(writing this without testing, so there may be some syntax errors)
public static bool IsValidUrl(this string url)
{
if(string.IsNullOrWhitespace(url) return false;
try
{
var uri = new Url(url);
return true;
}
catch
{
// if you were implementing IDataErrorInfo rather than using a
// lousy extension method you would catch the exception
// here and display it to the user
return false;
}
}
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I am using the ReportViewer in my WPF application and I am trying to get a custom protocol to work with the application. So I get the ability to open sub-programs inside my application when a url is clicked inside the ReportViewer.
When I click on the custom-protocol-url (inside the ReportViewer) nothing happens.
When I open the same report via the Web-Browser, my URL works flawlessly.
It seems like the ReportViewer doesn't allow custom protocols? Has anyone experienced that aswell? Is there any documentation on that?
http, https and mailto are working in the ReportViewer.
I am just adding an Action in the Report pointing to my url
customurl://123
Url definition:
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\customurl]
#="URL: customurl Protocol"
"URL Protocol"=""
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\customurl\shell]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\customurl\shell\open]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\customurl\shell\open\command]
#="\"C:\\Extra Programme\\TestAlert.exe\" \"%1\""
Testalert (just the test-program by microsoft):
static string ProcessInput(string s)
{
// TODO Verify and validate the input
// string as appropriate for your application.
return s;
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Alert.exe invoked with the following parameters.\r\n");
Console.WriteLine("Raw command-line: \n\t" + Environment.CommandLine);
Console.WriteLine("\n\nArguments:\n");
foreach (string s in args)
{
Console.WriteLine("\t" + ProcessInput(s));
}
Console.WriteLine("\nPress any key to continue...");
Console.ReadKey();
}
I have looked into the code of ReportViewer and found an if statement, that checks if the url starts with either http:// or https:// or mailto:.
It gets this information with Uri.UriSchemeHttp, Uri.UriSchemeHttps and Uri.UriSchemeMailto
So you could overwrite eg. Uri.UriSchemeHttp with "customurl" (if your url is customurl://123) before rendering the report.
var field = typeof(Uri).GetField("UriSchemeHttp");
field.SetValue(null, "customurl");
The more elegant solution would be, to use a webbrowser control and just show the SSRS Web-Page
I have the following requirement for a business application:
(All of this could be on local or server)
Allow user to select folder location
Show contents of folder
Print selected items from folder (*.pdf)
Display which files have been printed
Potentially move printed files to new location (sub-folder of printed)
How can I make this happen in Silverlight?
Kind regards,
ribald
First of all, all but the last item can be done (the way you expect). Due to security protocols, silverlight cannot access the user's drive and manipulate it. The closest you can get is accessing silverlight's application storage which will be of no help to you whatsoever in this case. I will highlight how to do the first 4 items.
Allow user to select folder location & Show contents of folder
public void OnSelectPDF(object sender)
{
//create the open file dialog
OpenFileDialog ofg = new OpenFileDialog();
//filter to show only pdf files
ofg.Filter = "PDF Files|*.pdf";
ofg.ShowDialog();
byte[] _import_file = new byte[0];
//once a file is selected proceed
if (!object.ReferenceEquals(ofg.File, null))
{
try
{
fs = ofg.File.OpenRead();
_import_file = new byte[fs.Length];
fs.Read(_import_file, 0, (int)fs.Length);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
}
finally
{
if (!object.ReferenceEquals(fs, null))
fs.Close();
}
//do stuff with file - such as upload the file to the server
};
}
If you noticed, in my example, once the file is retrieved, i suggest uploading it to a webserver or somewhere with temporary public access. I would recommend doing this via a web service. E.g
//configure the system file (customn class)
TSystemFile objFile = new TNetworkFile().Initialize();
//get the file description from the Open File Dialog (ofg)
objFile.Description = ofg.File.Extension.Contains(".") ? ofg.File.Extension : "." + ofg.File.Extension;
objFile.FileData = _import_file;
objFile.FileName = ofg.File.Name;
//upload the file
MasterService.ToolingInterface.UploadTemporaryFileAsync(objFile);
Once this file is uploaded, on the async result, most likely returning the temporary file name and upload location, I would foward the call to some javascript method in the browser for it to use the generic "download.aspx?fileName=givenFileName" technique to force a download on the users system which would take care of both saving to a new location and printing. Which is what your are seeking.
Example of the javascript technique (remember to include System.Windows.Browser):
public void OnInvokeDownload(string _destination)
{
//call the browser method/jquery method
//(I use constants to centralize the names of the respective browser methods)
try
{
HtmlWindow window = HtmlPage.Window;
//where BM_INVOKE_DOWNLOAD is something like "invokeDownload"
window.Invoke(Constants.TBrowserMethods.BM_INVOKE_DOWNLOAD, new object[] { _destination});
}
catch (Exception ex) { System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(ex.ToString()); }
}
Ensure you have the javascript method existing either in an included javaScript file or in the same hosting page as your silverlight app. E.g:
function invokeDownload(_destination) {
//some fancy jquery or just the traditional document.location change here
//open a popup window to http://www.myurl.com/downloads/download.aspx? fileName=_destination
}
The code for download.aspx is outside the scope of my answer, as it varies per need and would just lengthen this post (A LOT MORE). But from what I've given, it will "work" for what you're looking for, but maybe not in exactly the way you expected. However, remember that this is primarily due to silverlight restrictions. What this approach does is rather than forcing you to need a pluging to view pdf files in your app, it allows the user computer to play it's part by using the existing adobe pdf reader. In silverlight, most printing, at least to my knowledge is done my using what you call and "ImageVisual" which is a UIElement. To print a pdf directly from silverlight, you need to either be viewing that PDF in a silverlight control, or ask a web service to render the PDF as an image and then place that image in a control. Only then could you print directly. I presented this approach as a lot more clean and direct approach.
One note - with the temp directory, i would recommend doing a clean up by some timespan of the files on the server side everytime a file is being added. Saves you the work of running some task periodically to check the folder and remove old files. ;)
Has anyone had any luck passing from Silverlight to Bing or Google a url parameter based string that will open search results in a browser. I have been using the Bing API and been able to search and return results within the client and I have also done this using JSON and passing values to the Google API. However if you want to just send a query string to either service and have the results returned via a browser result list I have not found this to be possible. What I am trying to see if it is possible to pass a term "gocart" to Google or Bing as a url (http:www.bing.com/query?gocart) and it return in a new browser window results of the search term. From my initial research both search engines appear to prevent unauthorized queries via URL, I was curious if anyone found it different.
thanks
I have made a hyperlink class:
private class HyperlinkButtonWrapper : HyperlinkButton
{
public void OpenURL(string navigateUri)
{
OpenURL(new Uri(navigateUri, UriKind.Absolute));
}
public void OpenURL(Uri navigateUri)
{
base.NavigateUri = navigateUri;
base.TargetName = "_blank";
base.OnClick();
}
}
Then use it like this:
private void ButtonSearch_Click(object sender, System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs e)
{
var hyperlinkwrapper = new HyperlinkButtonWrapper();
hyperlinkwrapper.OpenURL(#"http://www.google.com/#q=gocart");
}
I found that on this blog
couldn't test it right now but try:
HtmlPage.Window.Navigate(new Uri("http://www.bing.com/query?gocart", UriKind.Absolute), "_blank");
This should open a new browser window or tab with the url supplied... wouldn't expect any differences between Google and Bing in this regard.
The MSDN reference link is http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc190508%28v=VS.95%29.aspx
If you use google you can get html rendered results using Yahia's suggestion and open a link formatted such as this http://www.google.com/#q=gocart.
Out of the few api options I tried from the search api documentation I could only change the language without entering my API key.
(http://www.google.com/#q=gocart&hl=fr for French) Page result size etc failed but if you're looking for something quick and dirty with not much control the above will work.
I have a Silverlight app where I want to do an export of some data. The file output format is most likely going to be PDF or Word. But let's assume I can generate the file contents appropriately. I want to be able to pop up a Save dialog for the user to save this data or open it directly in the program.
Now obviously I could just launch the user to a URL and do the export on the server, and change the MIME type of the response to be either Word or PDF. This would work just fine. However, the sticking point is that I already have the correct data on the client (including complex filters and the like) and recreating this data set on the server just to send it back to the client again seems silly if I can avoid it.
Is there any way to take an existing set of data in Silverlight and generate a Word or PDF file and get it onto the user's computer? I could also do it from JavaScript using browser interop from Silverlight. I don't want to use out-of-browser Silverlight.
You need to use the SaveFileDialog class. Note that due to Silverlight's security settings, the SaveFileDialog needs to be opened as the result of a user event (e.g., a button click).
The dialog can be configured (if you want) using properties such as DefaultExt or Filter before you display it using the ShowDialog() method.
The ShowDialog() method will return true if the user correctly specified a file and clicked OK. If this is the case, you can then call the SaveFileDialog.OpenFile() method to access this file and write your data to it.
Example:
private void Button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
SaveFileDialog saveDialog = new SaveFileDialog();
if (saveDialog.ShowDialog())
{
System.IO.Stream fileStream = textDialog.OpenFile();
System.IO.StreamWriter sw = new System.IO.StreamWriter(fileStream);
sw.Write("TODO: Generate the data you want to put in your file");
sw.Flush();
sw.Close();
}
}
I'm developing my first windows phone 7 app, and I've hit a snag. basically it's just reading a json string of events and binding that to a list (using the list app starting point)
public void Load()
{
// form the URI
UriBuilder uri = new UriBuilder("http://mysite.com/events.json");
WebClient proxy = new WebClient();
proxy.OpenReadCompleted += new OpenReadCompletedEventHandler(OnReadCompleted);
proxy.OpenReadAsync(uri.Uri);
}
void OnReadCompleted(object sender, OpenReadCompletedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Error == null)
{
var serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(EventList));
var events = (EventList)serializer.ReadObject(e.Result);
foreach (var ev in events)
{
Items.Add(ev);
}
}
}
public ObservableCollection<EventDetails> Items { get; private set; }
EventDetails is my class that wraps the json string. this class has to be correct because it is an exact copy of the class used by that website internally from which the json is generated...
I get the json string correctly from the webclient call (I read the memorystream and the json is indeed there) but as soon as I attempt to deserialize the string, the application exits and the debugger stops.
I get no error message or any indication that anything happen, it just stops. This happens if I type the deserialize method into the watch window as well...
I have already tried using JSON.net in fact I thought maybe it was a problem with JSON.net so I converted it to use the native deserializer in the .net framework but the error is the same either way.
why would the application just quit? shouldn't it give me SOME kind of error message?
what could I be doing wrong?
many thanks!
Firstly, the fact that you have some string there that looks like JSON does not mean that you have a valid JSON. Try converting a simple one.
If your JSON is valid, it might be that your JSON implementation does not know how to convert a list to EventList. Give it a try with ArrayList instead and let me know.
The application closes because an unhandled exception happens. If check the App.xaml.cs file you will find the code that closes your app. What you need to do is try catch your deserialization process and handle it locally. So most likely you have some JSON the DataContractJsonSerializer does not like. I have been having issue with it deserializing WCF JSON and have had to go other routes.
You may want to check to ensure your JSON is valid, just because your website likes it does not mean it is actually valid, the code on your site may be helping to correct the issue. Drop a copy of your JSON object (the string) in http://jsonlint.com/ to see if it is valid or not. Crokford (the guy who created JSON) wrote this site to validate JSON, so I would rely on it more than your site ;) This little site has really helped me out of some issues over the past year.
I ran into this same kind of problem when trying to migrate some existing WM code to run on WP7. I believe that the WP7 app crashes whenever it loads an assembly (or class?) that references something that's not available in WP7. In my case, I think it was Assembly.Load or something in the System.IO namespace, related to file access via paths.
While your case might be something completely different, the symptoms were exactly the same.
The only thing I can recommend is to go through the JSON library and see if it's referencing base classes that are not allowed in WP7. Note that it doesn't even have to hit the line of code that's causing the issue - it'll crash as soon as it tries to hit the class that contains the bad reference.
If you can step into the JSON library, you can get a better idea of which class is causing the problem, because as soon as the code references it, the whole app will crash and the debugger will stop.