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ASP.net core api cant add printer

I made a program which prints on a specific printer, but I have multiple printers to setup, so I thought that I will make the site from where they print, do it for me. I have tried to do it via. powershell etc., and it works, just not in my .net core api, but it works in my .net core console. I have given the IUSR rights to manage printers, ports etc. It can make the printer port, but not create the printer. When I used powershell, I got that "Add-Printer" didn't exist, and I tried putting it in powershell myself, and it worked perfectly.. Here is my code:
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
IntPtr mystrptr = new IntPtr(0);
bool mysend;
IntPtr mysend2;
PRINTER_INFO_2 pi = new PRINTER_INFO_2();
string printer = "05_Vognmodtagelse_Label";
pi.pPrinterName = printer;
pi.pPortName = printer;
pi.pDriverName = "Brother PT-P950NW";
pi.pDevMode = mystrptr;
pi.pPrintProcessor = "WinPrint";
pi.pDatatype = "RAW";
pi.pSecurityDescriptor = mystrptr;
mysend2 = AddPrinter(null, 2, ref pi);
}
[DllImport("winspool.drv", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
static extern IntPtr AddPrinter(string pName, uint Level, [In] ref PRINTER_INFO_2 pPrinter);
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
struct PRINTER_INFO_2
{
public string pServerName,
pPrinterName,
pShareName,
pPortName,
pDriverName,
pComment,
pLocation;
public IntPtr pDevMode;
public string pSepFile,
pPrintProcessor,
pDatatype,
pParameters;
public IntPtr pSecurityDescriptor;
public uint Attributes,
Priority,
DefaultPriority,
StartTime,
UntilTime,
Status,
cJobs,
AveragePPM;
}
}
Note: It is the code from the console app.

OpenFileById getting System.AccessViolationException when running as a user (Running as admin works)

I have some code which retrieves the 128bit NTFS Ids from files at specific paths. Then I attempted to retrieve the file path using this ID. The code works as long as when retrieving the paths I run as admin. This is not going to be possible in production. Unfortunately I am unable to call Marshal.GetLastWin32Error() because the System.AccessViolationException causes the application to completely crash. Below is the code to retrieve the paths.
public const int NO_PERMISSION = 0;
[DllImportAttribute("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern SafeFileHandle CreateFile(
string lpFileName,
uint dwDesiredAccess,
uint dwShareMode,
[InAttribute()] System.IntPtr lpSecurityAttributes,
uint dwCreationDisposition,
uint dwFlagsAndAttributes,
[InAttribute()] System.IntPtr hTemplateFile
);
[DllImportAttribute("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern SafeFileHandle OpenFileById(
IntPtr hVolumeHint,
FILE_ID_DESCRIPTOR lpFileId,
uint dwDesiredAccess,
uint dwShareMode,
[InAttribute()] System.IntPtr lpSecurityAttributes,
uint dwFlagsAndAttributes
);
public enum _FILE_ID_TYPE
{
FileIdType = 0,
ObjectIdType,
ExtendedFileIdType,
MaximumFileIdType
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)]
public struct FILE_ID_128
{
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 16)]
[FieldOffset(0)]
public byte[] Identifier;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public struct FILE_ID_DESCRIPTOR
{
public uint dwSize;
public _FILE_ID_TYPE Type;
public FILE_ID_128 ExtendedFileId;
}
public static string GetObjectPathFromId(string pathToSection, string hexId)
{
// We need a file handle to the drive we are looking in
using (SafeFileHandle handle = Methods.CreateFile(
pathToSection,
Constants.NO_PERMISSION,
Constants.NO_PERMISSION,
IntPtr.Zero,
Constants.OPEN_EXISTING,
0x02000000 | 0x00000080,
IntPtr.Zero))
{
// Build descriptor
FILE_ID_DESCRIPTOR descriptor = new FILE_ID_DESCRIPTOR();
descriptor.dwSize = (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(descriptor);
descriptor.Type = _FILE_ID_TYPE.ExtendedFileIdType;
descriptor.ExtendedFileId.Identifier = StringToByteArrayFastest(hexId);
using (SafeFileHandle actualFile = OpenFileById(handle.DangerousGetHandle(), descriptor,
Constants.NO_PERMISSION, Constants.NO_PERMISSION,
IntPtr.Zero, 0))
{
if (actualFile.IsInvalid)
return "";
// Buffer for the path, this should be way big enough
int sizeOfBuffer = 1024;
// Allocate a buffer
IntPtr pointer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(sizeOfBuffer);
uint size = (uint)sizeOfBuffer;
uint returnValue = GetFinalPathNameByHandleW(actualFile.DangerousGetHandle(), pointer, size, 0);
// Copy it into a managed array
byte[] outPut = new byte[sizeOfBuffer];
Marshal.Copy(pointer, outPut, 0, (int)returnValue);
// Decode it
var str = Encoding.Unicode.GetString(outPut);
// Will be an empty string if the call fails
return str;
}
}
}
Again I want to specify - this code works perfectly when running as admin. The files are owned by the user, the user is able to delete, rename and move the files without any additional permissions.
Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks!
Edit1:
I implemented the answer found here How to handle AccessViolationException to successfully catch the exception. However even after doing this Marshal.GetLastWin32Error() returns 0. If anyone has any idea of how I can debug this type of issue please let me know.
Also it's still functioning when I run as admin, just not as a user.
Edit2:
Not sure if it's relevant - library with this code is building for .NET Standard 2.0 - Application using this library code is building for .NET Framework 4.6.2

get string value from registry using p/invoke (Silverlight)

I am trying to find the COM port assigned to a USB device, through the registry using Silverlight, and have tried the following:
dynamic WshShell = AutomationFactory.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");
string strRegKeyUSB = #"HKLM\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\SERIALCOMM\\Device\USB_COM";
string strCOMValue = WshShell.RegRead(strRegKeyUSB);
This approach usually works 100%, but all Value names under the DEVICEMAP Key is "\Device\XXX"
This causes the the "Path" to not be found, as the "\\" between SERIALCOMM and Device is not seen as valid (Throws Error: "Cannot find File Specified")
This, as far as I can see, only really leaves me with one option - P/Invoke, in Silverlight 5
I am using P/Invoke already for a SerialWrapper Class, to Open, Read, Write the COM Ports, and would like to include only the minimal needed to only read this one Key Value from the Registry - I have tried following some examples I have found, but not being strong in Interop, P/Invoke, etc. I am struggling to find only the portions I need.
If someone could please just give me a basic example, to only accomplish this (I do NOT need to write to the registry, or read QWORDS, or anything else - Only read this string value from only this specific key)
I have tried following the following post (Marshal.PtrToStructure in Silverlight) and it's answer, in relation to this (http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/winspool.enumports), but have not been able to get this working, Most likely form a lack of REALLY understanding ;-)

Here's a simple desktop application that reads a REG_SZ value. It's crude and simple. It will read the value that you want. You may have to adapt it to Silverlight. I cannot help you there!
I hope this is useful:
using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
internal static class NativeMethods
{
public const int ERROR_SUCCESS = 0;
public const uint HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = 0x80000002;
public const int KEY_READ = 0x20019;
[DllImport("advapi32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern int RegOpenKeyEx(
UIntPtr hKey,
string subKey,
int ulOptions,
int samDesired,
out UIntPtr hkResult
);
[DllImport("advapi32.dll")]
public static extern int RegCloseKey(
UIntPtr hKey
);
[DllImport("advapi32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public static extern int RegQueryValueEx(
UIntPtr hKey,
string lpValueName,
int lpReserved,
IntPtr type,
IntPtr lpData,
ref int lpcbData
);
}
internal static class RegistryWrapper
{
private static void checkErrorCode(int errorCode)
{
if (errorCode != NativeMethods.ERROR_SUCCESS)
throw new Win32Exception(errorCode);
}
public static string ReadRegString(UIntPtr rootKey, string subKey, string name)
{
UIntPtr hkey;
checkErrorCode(NativeMethods.RegOpenKeyEx(rootKey, subKey, 0, NativeMethods.KEY_READ, out hkey));
try
{
int cbData = 0;
checkErrorCode(NativeMethods.RegQueryValueEx(hkey, name, 0, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, ref cbData));
IntPtr ptr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(cbData);
try
{
checkErrorCode(NativeMethods.RegQueryValueEx(hkey, name, 0, IntPtr.Zero, ptr, ref cbData));
return Marshal.PtrToStringUni(ptr, cbData / sizeof(char)).TrimEnd('\0');
}
finally
{
Marshal.FreeHGlobal(ptr);
}
}
finally
{
checkErrorCode(NativeMethods.RegCloseKey(hkey));
}
}
}
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine(RegistryWrapper.ReadRegString((UIntPtr)NativeMethods.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, #"HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\SERIALCOMM", #"\Device\Serial0"));
}
}
}
Update
It seems that AllocHGlobal and FreeHGlobal are not available on Silverlight. You can p/invoke to LocalAlloc and LocalFree instead. Or you could use CoTaskMemAlloc and CoTaskMemFree. Here's what the former looks like:
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError=true)]
static extern IntPtr LocalAlloc(uint uFlags, UIntPtr uBytes);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError=true)]
static extern IntPtr LocalFree(IntPtr hMem);
Define LMEM_FIXED like this:
const uint LMEM_FIXED = 0x0000;
Then replace the call to AllocHGlobal with this:
IntPtr ptr = LocalAlloc(LMEM_FIXED, cbData);
And replace the call to FreeHGlobal with this:
LocalFree(ptr);

A BIG thank you to #Dave Heffernan,
I got this to work FINALLY...
I Added the following code within the RegistryWrapper class in Dave's Answer:
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern IntPtr LocalAlloc(uint uFlags, int size);
internal static IntPtr AllocHGlobal(int size)
{
uint LPTR = (uint)0x0040;
IntPtr hGlobal = LocalAlloc(LPTR, size);
if (hGlobal == IntPtr.Zero)
{
throw new OutOfMemoryException("Unmanaged memory was not allocated.");
}
return hGlobal;
}
This works around the limitation of Marshal.AllocHGlobal not being available in Silverlight.
I then also just changed the reference to Marshal.AllocHGlobal to the local AllocHGlobal method above.

No console output when using AllocConsole and target architecture x86

I have a WinForms project, and if the user want's a debug console, I allocate a console with AllocConsole().
All console output works normally with the target architecture set to "Any CPU", but when I change it to "x86" it doesn't output anything (Console.Read() still works as expected). If I open the EXE directly, the output works. It looks like Visual Studio redirects it into it's own "Output" window.
I also tried this answer, but it didn't work, I also tried Console.SetOut(GetStdHandle(-11)), which didn't work either.
Setting the target architecture to 'Any CPU' is no option for me.
So here are my two questions:
Why is this only the case when the target architecture is set to x86?
How can I output to my console when running inside of Visual Studio?

When "Enable native code debugging" is enabled, output from consoles crated with AllocConsole is redirected to the debug output window instead.
The reason this only happens in x86 and not AnyCPU is because you can only debug native code in an x86 application.
Note that this behavior only occurs with consoles created with AllocConsole. A console application's output is not redirected.
EDIT: The other reason for the console not outputting text is when you've written to the console before calling AllocConsole.
Regardless of the reason, this code will restore output if it was redirected, and reopen the console in case it's invalid. It uses the magic number 7 which is what the handle of stdout usually equals to.
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
public static class ConsoleHelper
{
public static void CreateConsole()
{
AllocConsole();
// stdout's handle seems to always be equal to 7
IntPtr defaultStdout = new IntPtr(7);
IntPtr currentStdout = GetStdHandle(StdOutputHandle);
if (currentStdout != defaultStdout)
// reset stdout
SetStdHandle(StdOutputHandle, defaultStdout);
// reopen stdout
TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(Console.OpenStandardOutput())
{ AutoFlush = true };
Console.SetOut(writer);
}
// P/Invoke required:
private const UInt32 StdOutputHandle = 0xFFFFFFF5;
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
private static extern IntPtr GetStdHandle(UInt32 nStdHandle);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
private static extern void SetStdHandle(UInt32 nStdHandle, IntPtr handle);
[DllImport("kernel32")]
static extern bool AllocConsole();
}
See How to detect if Console.In (stdin) has been redirected? for another way to detect if the console handles have been redirected.

None of the earlier answers worked well for me with VS2017 and Windows 10 (for instance they failed if launch app in debug mode).
Below you can find a little bit enhanced code. Idea is the same, but magic numbers are removed (Ceztko already mentioned that) and all necessary in\out streams are initialized.
This code works for me if create a new console (alwaysCreateNewConsole = true).
Attaching to console of parent process (alwaysCreateNewConsole = false) has several drawbacks. For example I was unable to completely mimic behavior of console app launched from cmd. And I'm not sure that it is possible at all.
And most important: after revision of Console class I reconsidered general idea of using Console class with manually created console. It works well (I hope) for most of the cases, but can bring a lot of pain in future.
static class WinConsole
{
static public void Initialize(bool alwaysCreateNewConsole = true)
{
bool consoleAttached = true;
if (alwaysCreateNewConsole
|| (AttachConsole(ATTACH_PARRENT) == 0
&& Marshal.GetLastWin32Error() != ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED))
{
consoleAttached = AllocConsole() != 0;
}
if (consoleAttached)
{
InitializeOutStream();
InitializeInStream();
}
}
private static void InitializeOutStream()
{
var fs = CreateFileStream("CONOUT$", GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_WRITE, FileAccess.Write);
if (fs != null)
{
var writer = new StreamWriter(fs) { AutoFlush = true };
Console.SetOut(writer);
Console.SetError(writer);
}
}
private static void InitializeInStream()
{
var fs = CreateFileStream("CONIN$", GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ, FileAccess.Read);
if (fs != null)
{
Console.SetIn(new StreamReader(fs));
}
}
private static FileStream CreateFileStream(string name, uint win32DesiredAccess, uint win32ShareMode,
FileAccess dotNetFileAccess)
{
var file = new SafeFileHandle(CreateFileW(name, win32DesiredAccess, win32ShareMode, IntPtr.Zero, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, IntPtr.Zero), true);
if (!file.IsInvalid)
{
var fs = new FileStream(file, dotNetFileAccess);
return fs;
}
return null;
}
#region Win API Functions and Constants
[DllImport("kernel32.dll",
EntryPoint = "AllocConsole",
SetLastError = true,
CharSet = CharSet.Auto,
CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
private static extern int AllocConsole();
[DllImport("kernel32.dll",
EntryPoint = "AttachConsole",
SetLastError = true,
CharSet = CharSet.Auto,
CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
private static extern UInt32 AttachConsole(UInt32 dwProcessId);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll",
EntryPoint = "CreateFileW",
SetLastError = true,
CharSet = CharSet.Auto,
CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
private static extern IntPtr CreateFileW(
string lpFileName,
UInt32 dwDesiredAccess,
UInt32 dwShareMode,
IntPtr lpSecurityAttributes,
UInt32 dwCreationDisposition,
UInt32 dwFlagsAndAttributes,
IntPtr hTemplateFile
);
private const UInt32 GENERIC_WRITE = 0x40000000;
private const UInt32 GENERIC_READ = 0x80000000;
private const UInt32 FILE_SHARE_READ = 0x00000001;
private const UInt32 FILE_SHARE_WRITE = 0x00000002;
private const UInt32 OPEN_EXISTING = 0x00000003;
private const UInt32 FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL = 0x80;
private const UInt32 ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED = 5;
private const UInt32 ATTACH_PARRENT = 0xFFFFFFFF;
#endregion
}

Following worked for me in vs 2015, none worked from other answers:
Source: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/profile/dmitri567/?ws=usercard-mini
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;
namespace WindowsApplication
{
static class Program
{
[DllImport("kernel32.dll",
EntryPoint = "GetStdHandle",
SetLastError = true,
CharSet = CharSet.Auto,
CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
private static extern IntPtr GetStdHandle(int nStdHandle);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll",
EntryPoint = "AllocConsole",
SetLastError = true,
CharSet = CharSet.Auto,
CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
private static extern int AllocConsole();
private const int STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE = -11;
private const int MY_CODE_PAGE = 437;
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("This text you can see in debug output window.");
AllocConsole();
IntPtr stdHandle=GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
SafeFileHandle safeFileHandle = new SafeFileHandle(stdHandle, true);
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(safeFileHandle, FileAccess.Write);
Encoding encoding = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(MY_CODE_PAGE);
StreamWriter standardOutput = new StreamWriter(fileStream, encoding);
standardOutput.AutoFlush = true;
Console.SetOut(standardOutput);
Console.WriteLine("This text you can see in console window.");
MessageBox.Show("Now I'm happy!");
}
}
}

I also had this problem. Every time I tried to debug my app, the console was blank. Strangely, launching the exe without the debugger worked fine.
I found that I had to Enable the Visual Studio hosting process from the project's Debug menu.
Stephen is correct that Enable native code debugging does redirect the console to the Output window. However, regardless of the native code debugging setting, I saw absolutely no output in either place until I enabled the Visual Studio hosting process.
This could have been the reason that merely disabling native code debugging did not solve your issue.

Just wanted to post the answer from Visual studio Developer community.
https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/12166/console-output-is-gone-in-vs2017-works-fine-when-d.html
Go to this link and look at the answer from Ramkumar Ramesh.
I have tested this code in VS 2017.
I spent one day to find this answer. Hope it helps you as well.
Edit--
As suggessted by Mike to include some description. I would like to suggesst some corrections in Zuniar answer. He tested with VS 2015. But that would not work in VS 2017.
Instead of GetStdHandle, Please use CreateFile reference from kernel32.dll
IntPtr stdHandle = CreateFile("CONOUT$", GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_WRITE, 0,
OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0);
Before adding above code, please declare
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
private static extern IntPtr CreateFile(string lpFileName, uint
dwDesiredAccess, uint dwShareMode, uint lpSecurityAttributes, uint
dwCreationDisposition, uint dwFlagsAndAttributes, uint hTemplateFile);
private const int MY_CODE_PAGE = 437;
private const uint GENERIC_WRITE = 0x40000000;
private const uint FILE_SHARE_WRITE = 0x2;
private const uint OPEN_EXISTING = 0x3;
i have taken this code from the given link.

Can't figure out how to check if Biometric is present

At work we make our own tablets. Some of the tablets have fingerprint biometrics, some don't. Sometimes a tech forgets to plug it in. I have yet to find a way to check if that device (or any for that matter) is present.
My first approach was to use the GUID for a biometric which is {53D29EF7-377C-4D14-864B-EB3A85769359}. I would search in the registry at hklm\system\currontcontrolset\control\class and check to see if that key is present.
That doesn't work because it seems that Windows 7 has that key present even if you've never had a biometric installed. It worked in XP, but I just tried again on a unit that used to have a biometric but I took it out and that key is still present.
The hardest part about this problem is that I have to work with Windows 7, 7 embedded, xp, and xp embedded.
Next idea was to use WMI, but I couldn't find the correct class to call to check if it is present.
I then found a biometric.dll but that only works in Windows 7.
Sometimes finding a common solution to a problem is not always easy. I'm doing this project in C# but iI'm willing to convert it to any language.
Any ideas on were I should start looking?

With the help of Joshua Drake who gave me an awesome link on how to solve my problem, those are my results:
The code that I am fixing to post is kind of specialized in that it looks for a specific GUID and only looks for the first one. I adapted it from the article about how to disable a device, although this code does not disable anything it merely checks for presence.
public static bool IsDevicePresent(string guid)
{
var info = IntPtr.Zero;
var NullGuid = new Guid(guid);
try
{
info = SetupDiGetClassDevsW(ref NullGuid,null,IntPtr.Zero,DIGCF_PRESENT);
CheckError("SetupDiGetClassDevs");
var devdata = new SP_DEVINFO_DATA();
devdata.cbSize = (UInt32)Marshal.SizeOf(devdata);
// Get first device matching device criterion.
SetupDiEnumDeviceInfo(info,0,out devdata);
// if no items match filter, throw
if (Marshal.GetLastWin32Error() == ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS)
CheckError("No device found matching filter.", 0xcffff);
CheckError("SetupDiEnumDeviceInfo");
}
catch
{
return false;
}
finally
{
if (info != IntPtr.Zero)
SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList(info);
}
return true;
}
private static void CheckError(string message, int lasterror = -1)
{
int code = lasterror == -1 ? Marshal.GetLastWin32Error() : lasterror;
if (code != 0)
throw new ApplicationException(String.Format("Error disabling hardware device (Code {0}): {1}",code, message));
}
[DllImport("setupapi.dll", SetLastError = true)]
private static extern IntPtr SetupDiGetClassDevsW([In] ref Guid ClassGuid,[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)]string Enumerator,IntPtr parent,UInt32 flags);
[DllImport("setupapi.dll", SetLastError = true)]
private static extern bool SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList(IntPtr handle);
[DllImport("setupapi.dll", SetLastError = true)]
private static extern bool SetupDiEnumDeviceInfo(IntPtr deviceInfoSet,UInt32 memberIndex,[Out] out SP_DEVINFO_DATA deviceInfoData);
//used to find device info from device manager
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
private struct SP_DEVINFO_DATA
{
public UInt32 cbSize;
public Guid classGuid;
public UInt32 devInst;
public IntPtr reserved;
}
private const uint DIGCF_PRESENT = 2;
private const uint ERROR_INVALID_DATA = 13;
private const uint ERROR_NO_MORE_ITEMS = 259;
private const uint ERROR_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND = 1168;
And here is a simple unit test to prove it works for first device
[Test]
public void TestDevicePresent()
{
var bluetoothClassGuid = "e0cbf06c-cd8b-4647-bb8a-263b43f0f974";
var biometricClassGuid = "53D29EF7-377C-4D14-864B-EB3A85769359";
var cdromdrivClassGiud = "4d36e965-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318";
Assert.False(Native.IsDevicePresent(bluetoothClassGuid));
Assert.False(Native.IsDevicePresent(biometricClassGuid));
Assert.True(Native.IsDevicePresent(cdromdrivClassGiud));
}