Re: using DLL in Vista 64bit, Bad Image Format Exception - C# Discussion Boards

Assuming this dll you're using is one you've built,

When you built the dll, was it built using the AnyCPU platform? If so, you must ensure there are not 32-bit specific references to your code. (Many COM objects, native dlls, 3rd party libs are all 32-bit specific. You may need to obtain 64-bit specific versions of those components.)

Another thing to try is build the dll using x64 as the platform.

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Judah Himango

Yes it is my own dll and it was built using 'any cpu' option. Also I tried the x64bit but it gave the same error. Sometime it give NotValidEntryPointException, othertimes it gives BadImageException. It work fine on 32bit wondows though.

I am not deep into COM so i do not know what can go wrong there.

Does your dll use any 3rd party libraries? COM objects? Does it make P/Invoke calls into native dlls?

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Judah Himango

Yes it does use third party libraries. I am new to c# so I do not know much about p/invoke but yes it uses p/invoke as well. I do not think it uses COM objects. Again it is working on on 64bit machine (not a vista one).

Can you post some of your P/Invoke calls? Most likely it's an issue with those.

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Judah Himango

Here is the format of one such call.

[DllImport(dllName, ExactSpelling=true, SetLastError=false, CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Cdecl)]<br />
       internal static extern float a_function(int n, [In] float[] x, int incX);<br />

Thanks.

Yep, that looks problematic: the first value is an integer. In .NET, this will always be 4 bytes. In native code, however, this will be either 4 bytes on a 32-bit system, or 8 bytes on a 64 bit system (IIRC). Instead of an integer, pass in an IntPtr. Your function would look something like this:

[DllImport(dllName, ExactSpelling=true, SetLastError=false, CallingConvention=CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
       internal static extern float a_function(IntPtr n, [In] float[] x, IntPtr incX);

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Judah Himango

I will try it with a new test program to see if it works. Now apparentely the code should work because i am getting error from DLL not from native code. The client program basically does not find the necessary signature or entry point inside DLL. It does not reach the native code part at all. The DLL is just a wrapper of the native code. I will give it a try though and will let you know what happens.

I'm dealing with my course project. This method handles ListView.SelectedIndexChanged, and al is an ArrayList.

<br />
        private void lvFiles_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)<br />
        {<br />
            al.Clear();<br />
            foreach (int i in lvFiles.SelectedIndices)<br />
                al.Add(exTree.SelectedPath+lvFiles.Items[i].Text);<br />
        }<br />

I want to collect the selected items in ListView when event SelectedIndexChanged is triggered. But I always get an ArrayList that contains two copies of selected items, just like this:
AAAAAA
BBBBBB
AAAAAA
BBBBBB
But what I want is:
AAAAAA
BBBBBB
Confused | :confused:

I'm totally confused....Can anyone explain this? Many thanx....

I'm not sure what could be wrong, the problem might be somewhere else. Try putting a break point on al.Clear() and step through the foreach loop checking the contents of al each time in the debugger. If you find that by some strange reasoning everything is getting added twice in the loop, then you can try a slightly different loop, like:

foreach(ListViewItem item in lvFile.SelectedItems)
   al.Add(...);

or something.

Its always possible that items are getting doubled up somewhere else, so use the debugger to find out whats going on.

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Hi,

I can't explain the doubles, every time you add or remove an item to the selection,
the event will fire but since you always clear the ArrayList that should not cause
wrong results.

However I do suggest you use SelectedItems instead of SelectedIndices, it will yield simpler code,
skipping all the index stuff.

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natsuyaki,

Add some Trace'ing so that you know how many items are selected, and then how many items are added to the arraylist and what those items are.

Also, if you're using .NET 2.0 upwards, i'd change the arraylist to a generic list, just makes life easier.

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Where do you create a new arraylist?

Is there a chance that you are creating a new copy each time hence having more than one instance of al?

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How do you determine what the ArrayList contains?

Are you stuck with framework 1.1? Otherwise you should use a List<string> instead of an ArrayList.

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Thx everyone...
al is all right.The problem is: the main thread print this list, and then another thread tried again.... Poke tongue | ;-P

Hey guys

i need to programaticly stop a sql server and then start it again

the reson for this is that i have to delete a database even if its in use, then create the database again...

or is there some other programatical way of "kicking" the connections to that database?

thanx

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You can try ClearAllPools() or ClearPool() to clear the ADO.NET connection pool. To restart SQL Server, you need to restart the service. Check this[^] to get an idea about starting/stopping services through code.

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thanx

ill have a look at it

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I'd try this[^] and if that doesn't work for you then there's this[^]. Forgive me, both examples are in VB but converting them to C# shouldn't be too hard Smile | :)

Thanx man, it works like a charm Smile | :)

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i am sooo sorry i never knew how things are done here,this is my first time of askin a question,i am not in the habi....I AM SO SORRY. i am actually workin on a desktop application..
and nobody will understand my code but i want to implement it in this area
its over 5000 lines of code, i thot nobody will be interested in that sh*t..
I AM VERY SORRY IF I HAVE OFFENDED ANYONE WITH MY APPROACH..
I WILL BE VERY GLAD TO REMAIN HERE...

if (readval1.Read())
{
//assign these values into current sem sum variables
int TUT3, TUP3, COUT3;
decimal WS3, GPA3;
TUT3 = System.Convert.ToInt16(readval1.GetValue(3).ToString());
TUP3 = System.Convert.ToInt16(readval1.GetValue(4).ToString());
WS3 = System.Convert.ToDecimal(readval1.GetValue(5).ToString());
GPA3 = System.Convert.ToDecimal(readval1.GetValue(6).ToString());
COUT3 = System.Convert.ToInt16(readval1.GetValue(7).ToString());

MessageBox.Show("TUT = " + TUT3.ToString() + "TUP = " + TUP3.ToString() + "WS = " + WS3.ToString() + "GPA = " + GPA3.ToString() + "Outstanding = " + COUT3.ToString());

//add the values of previous sem to current semester
decimal CUT3, CUP3, AOUT3;
decimal CWS3, CGPA3;
CUT3 = (TUT3 + PTUT2);
CUP3 = (TUP3 + PTUP2);
CWS3 = (WS3 + PCWS2);
CGPA3 = Math.Round((CWS3 / CUT3), 2);
AOUT3 = System.Convert.ToInt32((CUT3 - CUP3));

MessageBox.Show("CUT =" + CUT3 + " CUP = " + CUP3 + " CWS =" + CWS3 + " CGPA =" + CGPA3 + " OUT =" + AOUT3);

//update All Semester Summary
string updalltab = "UPDATE AllSemesterSummary SET Levels = '200', Semester = '2', CumulativeUnitTaken = '" + CUT3 + "', CumulativeUnitPassed = '" + CUP3 + "', CumulativeWeightedScore = '" + CWS3 + "', CumulativeGradePointAverage = '" + CGPA3 + "', OutstandingUnits = '" + AOUT3 + "' WHERE MatricNumber = '" + matnumber + "' ";

Oluwayomi Ige
MCP MCAD.

Please ignore the duplicate post Hmmm | :|

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This is about as bad as code gets, plus you have not actually asked a question - you've just posted your crap repeatidly.

Stick to 419's!

Jamie is correct. This is some really nasty code and you haven't asked a question about it.

Oluwayomi wrote:
and nobody will understand my code

So, you're saying that you're writing code like this in an effort to build "job security" for yourself?? Thank God, 'cause I wouldn't want to be the poor bastard coming in behind you to support this code.

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i am sooo sorry i never knew how things are done here,this is my first time of askin a question,i am not in the habi....I AM SO SORRY. i am actually workin on a desktop application..
and nobody will understand my code but i want to implement it in this area
its over 5000 lines of code, i thot nobody will be interested in that sh*t..
I AM VERY SORRY IF I HAVE OFFENDED ANYONE WITH MY APPROACH..
I WILL BE VERY GLAD TO REMAIN HERE...

if (readval1.Read())
{
//assign these values into current sem sum variables
int TUT3, TUP3, COUT3;
decimal WS3, GPA3;
TUT3 = System.Convert.ToInt16(readval1.GetValue(3).ToString());
TUP3 = System.Convert.ToInt16(readval1.GetValue(4).ToString());
WS3 = System.Convert.ToDecimal(readval1.GetValue(5).ToString());
GPA3 = System.Convert.ToDecimal(readval1.GetValue(6).ToString());
COUT3 = System.Convert.ToInt16(readval1.GetValue(7).ToString());

MessageBox.Show("TUT = " + TUT3.ToString() + "TUP = " + TUP3.ToString() + "WS = " + WS3.ToString() + "GPA = " + GPA3.ToString() + "Outstanding = " + COUT3.ToString());

//add the values of previous sem to current semester
decimal CUT3, CUP3, AOUT3;
decimal CWS3, CGPA3;
CUT3 = (TUT3 + PTUT2);
CUP3 = (TUP3 + PTUP2);
CWS3 = (WS3 + PCWS2);
CGPA3 = Math.Round((CWS3 / CUT3), 2);
AOUT3 = System.Convert.ToInt32((CUT3 - CUP3));

MessageBox.Show("CUT =" + CUT3 + " CUP = " + CUP3 + " CWS =" + CWS3 + " CGPA =" + CGPA3 + " OUT =" + AOUT3);

//update All Semester Summary
string updalltab = "UPDATE AllSemesterSummary SET Levels = '200', Semester = '2', CumulativeUnitTaken = '" + CUT3 + "', CumulativeUnitPassed = '" + CUP3 + "', CumulativeWeightedScore = '" + CWS3 + "', CumulativeGradePointAverage = '" + CGPA3 + "', OutstandingUnits = '" + AOUT3 + "' WHERE MatricNumber = '" + matnumber + "' ";

Oluwayomi Ige
MCP MCAD.