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Re: How I write this logic to check if string in a list and also checked ?

26-Jun-24 18:24

And?
What have you tried?
Where are you stuck?
What help do you need?

This is not a good question - we cannot work out from that little what you are trying to do.
Remember that we can't see your screen, access your HDD, or read your mind - we only get exactly what you type to work with - we get no other context for your project.
Imagine this: you go for a drive in the country, but you have a problem with the car. You call the garage, say "it broke" and turn off your phone. How long will you be waiting before the garage arrives with the right bits and tools to fix the car given they don't know what make or model it is, who you are, what happened when it all went wrong, or even where you are?

That's what you've done here. So stop typing as little as possible and try explaining things to people who have no way to access your project!

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Martin Adams 202327-Jun-24 1:46

Martin Adams 2023

27-Jun-24 1:46

Hold on. I did not that my question is vague . I have a list checked box that has items like "C:\", "D:\" etc...
and I need to check current string value in a loop if that value is checked or not in the list box

What I tried:
I have a loop like this:

foreach (drive in all drives)
{
  // I need here to check if drive value (for example D:\) checked in the list or not . this is pseudo code
  
  if (drive not in chklist_drives.CheckedItems) continue;
  
}

Thats it I dont know how I can implement this if line of code

Re: How I write this logic to check if string in a list and also checked ?

Richard Deeming27-Jun-24 2:35

Richard Deeming

27-Jun-24 2:35

As you have discovered, drive not in chklist_drives.CheckedItems is not valid C#.

Assuming this is a Windows Forms CheckedListBox control, the CheckedItems collection provides a Contains method to test whether an item is in the collection:
CheckedListBox.CheckedItemCollection.Contains(Object) Method (System.Windows.Forms) | Microsoft Learn[^]

But you're also going to find that foreach (drive in all drives) is not valid C# either. Perhaps you're looking for the System.IO.DriveInfo.GetDrives method[^]?

foreach (DriveInfo drive in DriveInfo.GetDrives())
{
    if (!drive.IsReady) continue;
    if (!chklist_drives.CheckedItems.Contains(drive.Name)) continue;
    
    ...
}

You'll need to adjust that code so that the value you check for in the list matches the value you added to the list in the first place.

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Re: How I write this logic to check if string in a list and also checked ?

Martin Adams 202327-Jun-24 2:46

Martin Adams 2023

27-Jun-24 2:46

Thanks alot. Second if is what I need.

Re: How I write this logic to check if string in a list and also checked ?

OriginalGriff27-Jun-24 3:55

Project structure with C# and EfCore

27-Jun-24 3:55

Now compare that against your original question and it should be obvious why it took you 8 hours to get an answer!

If you give us details we can help a lot quicker!

nwbkn20-Jun-24 4:54

nwbkn

20-Jun-24 4:54

Hi,
I'm currently learning how to use Entity Framework Core and I'm trying to create a "more advanced" application divided into multiple projects.

When I was using ADO.NET, I would usually make:

- Project.DatabaseAccess - for managing connection strings,
- Project.Shared - base classes and interfaces (which implement INotifyPropertyChanged)
- for example Project.Customers - models for customer-related stuff and a static class with CRUD methods for them.

Customers would then reference the Shared and DatabaseAccess projects.

When using EfCore, I wanted to achieve similar structure, so:

- Project.DatabaseAccess - managing connection strings, main DbContext
- Project.Shared,
- Project.Customers - models for customer-related stuff and repositories for them (with DbContext provided in the constructor)

The problem with that approach is that Customers reference to the DatabaseAccess (for accessing DbContext), and DatabaseAccess needs to reference to the Customers (because it has DbSet<customer>). Unfortunately, you can't make A<-->B references in the Visual Studio.

What other project structures do you recommend? I know that there is something called CleanArchitecture (Application, Domain, Infrastructure), but it doesn't provide the separation between different spheres of my program (Project.Customers, Project.Planning, Project.Mailing, etc.)

Thank you in advance!

jschell20-Jun-24 12:41

jschell

20-Jun-24 12:41

nwbkn wrote:
you can't make A<-->B references in the Visual Studio

You can use interfaces for circular references.

nwbkn wrote:
Customers reference to the DatabaseAccess

Your Data API layer accepts DTOs (Data Transfer Object) and returns DTOs. So 'Customer' is a DTO which the CustomerDB class uses. Although you can choose your own names for the classes.

Create Data Transfer Objects (DTOs) | Microsoft Learn[^]

Be very careful about what you put in a DTO. Probably to start out you should have nothing but properties.

nwbkn21-Jun-24 6:35

nwbkn

21-Jun-24 6:35

Thanks for the response!

Richard Andrew x6423-Jun-24 4:58

Richard Andrew x64

23-Jun-24 4:58

jschell wrote:
You can use interfaces for circular references.

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Waqas Khan 202427-Jun-24 2:22

Waqas Khan 2024

27-Jun-24 2:22

difficulties gives us new challenges and something new to learn.

JasonParker33320-Jun-24 2:03

JasonParker333

20-Jun-24 2:03

Hi,
I have downloaded Visual Studio to write and run C# scripts.
Can I use Microsoft SQL Manager for free to use with C# to create windows database apps?
Or do you suggest another free DB to use? or even another app to run C#?
Basically I want to get my Grand Daughter into programming using C# for, well FREE
Any suggestions and code examples greatly appreciated.
Thanks

OriginalGriff20-Jun-24 2:09

20-Jun-24 2:09

There is a free version of SQL Server: SQL Server Downloads | Microsoft[^] - you want the Express or Developer edition (probably the former).
I use it myself as a testbed for DB apps so I don;t go near the production server and any c**k-ups I make don't harm anything in the real world.

But even in development, it;'s a good idea to back up your DB before testing extensive changes - this may help make that easy: Backing up an SQL Database in C#[^]

And SSMS is free as well: Download SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) - SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) | Microsoft Learn[^]

JasonParker33320-Jun-24 3:18

JasonParker333

20-Jun-24 3:18

Thank you for the quick response, really appreciated Smile | :)

OriginalGriff20-Jun-24 4:36

20-Jun-24 4:36

You're welcome! Good luck with the granddaughter - teaching isn't as easy as some people think ... Big Grin | :-D

Richard MacCutchan24-Jun-24 6:12

Richard MacCutchan

24-Jun-24 6:12

You might like to download a copy of .NET Book Zero by Charles Petzold[^], which is also free, and very well written for people starting out with C#.

JasonParker33324-Jun-24 6:18

JasonParker333

24-Jun-24 6:18

Excellent, Thank you very much

trønderen24-Jun-24 7:18

trønderen

24-Jun-24 7:18

Note that the current revision (1.1) of the book is more than 17 years old. Don't expect it to cover all the new bells & whistles. A few Smile | :)

things have been added since C# version 2.0 and dotNet 3.0, so don't expect to learn enough to understand all the sample code you'll find on the internet today.

Do read the book - Petzold is a top notch technical writer, and most certainly for beginners. Just be prepared to discover that there is a lot more to C#/dotNet today that Petzold couldn't possibly have described in his 2006-2007 book.

Additional comment: Once you are through Petzold, a nice way to learn about more recent additions is to read The history of C#[^] bottom up. The links to the descriptions of each new extension is mostly quite readable!

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Richard MacCutchan24-Jun-24 7:50

Richard MacCutchan

24-Jun-24 7:50

I don't think you meant this message for me.

trønderen24-Jun-24 8:08

trønderen

24-Jun-24 8:08

It was meant as an extension to your message, an additional comment.

I wasn't prepared for anyone having problems understanding that. In meatspace discussions, I am used to discussion participants expand on each other's contributions, directed to all listeners, not just to the one making the statement expanded upon. I frequently consider network discussions in a similar way: A post is not meant for one specific listener, but for all participants taking part in the discussion.

I'm really sorry for creating this highly undesirable situation; I hope you do not feel terribly offended. That certainly wasn't my intention. I will try to remember in the future that if I add to something that you say, I will not do it as a followup to your post, but wait until someone else makes a followup to your post and rather add my addition to that post, rather than to yours.

Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.

Richard MacCutchan24-Jun-24 9:33

Richard MacCutchan

24-Jun-24 9:33

Sorry, I did not mean to offend you. And your comments are all valid, but I just thought that they would be best posted to the OP, as follow up to what I suggested. Experience (here) tells me that not everyone reads every message in a thread; even though you and I would seem to.