Hi,
I am currently learning C# and I would need some advice from experienced programmers.
I am currently writting a small app that is comparable to a printing queue except that the app monitors directories for files and then processes them one by one.
This is what I have done so-for: I have a form with a a FileWatcher than monitors a directory and populates a multi-column ListView. A Timer object scans the list on 10 sec basis and if a File is marked "Queued", executes it on a separate thread using the Backgroundworker. The Listview on the form looks something like this:
[tt]
File Status Date Directory
abc.dat Finished 17/09/2007 C:\temp\dir1
def.dat Running 17/09/2007 C:\temp\dir2
ghi.dat Queued 17/09/2007 C:\temp\dir1
jkl.dat Queued 17/09/2007 C:\temp\dir1
[/tt]
Here are my questions:
[ol]
[li]Does the general approach seem reasonable?[/li]
[li]I am looking for an event to create a delegate that runs on ListViewSubItems, when I value is changed. I found standadard events like clicking, but not one that runs when a value is changed by code. I must be missing something...[/li]
[li]The next step is to modify the form to create a main form with client forms that connect to the main (server) form and ave a listview that stays in sync with the main form (like a printing queue). I want to stay on .Net 2, so not WCF. I suppose that I should use Stream Sockets. Is this th best way?[/li]
[/ol]
Thanks for any advice you can provide.
AD AUGUSTA PER ANGUSTA
Thierry
I am currently learning C# and I would need some advice from experienced programmers.
I am currently writting a small app that is comparable to a printing queue except that the app monitors directories for files and then processes them one by one.
This is what I have done so-for: I have a form with a a FileWatcher than monitors a directory and populates a multi-column ListView. A Timer object scans the list on 10 sec basis and if a File is marked "Queued", executes it on a separate thread using the Backgroundworker. The Listview on the form looks something like this:
[tt]
File Status Date Directory
abc.dat Finished 17/09/2007 C:\temp\dir1
def.dat Running 17/09/2007 C:\temp\dir2
ghi.dat Queued 17/09/2007 C:\temp\dir1
jkl.dat Queued 17/09/2007 C:\temp\dir1
[/tt]
Here are my questions:
[ol]
[li]Does the general approach seem reasonable?[/li]
[li]I am looking for an event to create a delegate that runs on ListViewSubItems, when I value is changed. I found standadard events like clicking, but not one that runs when a value is changed by code. I must be missing something...[/li]
[li]The next step is to modify the form to create a main form with client forms that connect to the main (server) form and ave a listview that stays in sync with the main form (like a printing queue). I want to stay on .Net 2, so not WCF. I suppose that I should use Stream Sockets. Is this th best way?[/li]
[/ol]
Thanks for any advice you can provide.
AD AUGUSTA PER ANGUSTA
Thierry
