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txtbox string and innerText/innerHTML (HTMLAGILITYPACK) are returning a false comparison

I have pulled some information from the internet using HTMLAGilityPack. No problem.
I then pass the innerHTML through a method I took from stackoverflow (this is to remove mark ups etc and make it plaintext).
I then call a boolean to determine if the new output is the same as a txtInput on the form. It is returning false even though they are the same?
I know nothing about unicode, UT-8, Cry, character bytes etc.. Though i'm assuming the binary are different? even though they appear the same? How can I get around this problem.
This is the string in the input box, the same one it pulls from HTMLAGilitypack
"When I Grow Up (feat. Lauren Ward & Bailey Ryon)"
This is the 2 outputs side by side.
As you can see from the pictures, face value they look exactly the same. Yet it returns false. Please how can I fix this?
Here is my code:
This checks if the values are different and always returns false.
private bool CheckText(string node)
{
string value = HtmlToPlainText(txtSong.Text);
if (value == node)
return true;
else
return false;
}
This is the method that actually pulls the data, If it matches it will open the page, if it doesn't it retry.
private void pullTable(int pageNum, string keyWord, int resultStart)
{
int countCheck = 0;
while (countCheck == 0)
{
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(3000);
HtmlWeb web = new HtmlWeb();
string amazon = "https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&page=" + pageNum + "";
if (txtSong.Text != "")
{
string temp = txtSong.Text.Replace("(", "%28");
temp = temp.Replace(")", "%26");
amazon = amazon + "&field-keywords=" + temp;
}
if (txtArtist.Text != "")
{
string temp = txtArtist.Text.Replace("(", "%28");
temp = temp.Replace(")", "%26");
amazon = amazon + "&field-author=" + temp;
}
if (radioArtistAZ.Checked)
amazon = amazon + "&sort=artist-album-asc-rank";
else if (radioArtistZA.Checked)
amazon = amazon + "&sort=artist-album-desc-rank";
else if (radioSongAZ.Checked)
amazon = amazon + "&sort=title-asc-rank";
else if (radioSongZA.Checked)
amazon = amazon + "&sort=title-desc-rank";
{
}
var doc = web.Load(amazon);
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(200);
var nodes = doc.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//body");
try
{
nodes = doc.DocumentNode.SelectNodes("//tr[starts-with(#id, 'result_')]/td[2]/div/a");
}
catch (Exception)
{
}
try
{
for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++)
{
// string tempValue = nodes[i].InnerHtml.Replace("&", "&");
var plainText = HtmlToPlainText(nodes[i].InnerText);
if (CheckText(plainText))
{
AppendTextBox("Opening on page " + pageNum);
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(amazon);
found = 1;
countCheck = 1;
return;
}
else
{
}
}
countCheck = 1;
AppendTextBox("Not found on page " + pageNum);
}
catch (Exception)
{
AppendTextBox("error on page " + pageNum);
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1500);
}
}
}

using .replace to replace a word in text document (c#)

currently have the following code:
string[] fileLineString = File.ReadAllLines(Server.MapPath("~") + "/App_Data/Users.txt");
for (int i = 0; i < fileLineString.Length; i++)
{
string[] userPasswordPair = fileLineString[i].Split(' ');
if (Session["user"].ToString() == userPasswordPair[0])
{
userPasswordPair[i].Replace(userPasswordPair[1], newPasswordTextBox.Text);
}
}
}
the text file is set out as: 'username' 'password
what i'm trying to do is be able to edit the password and replace it with a new one using my code, but my code seems to do nothing and the text file just stays the same.

string[] fileLineString = File.ReadAllLines(Server.MapPath("~") + "/App_Data/Users.txt");
for (int i = 0; i < fileLineString.Length; i++)
{
string[] userPasswordPair = fileLineString[i].Split(' ');
if (Session["user"].ToString() == userPasswordPair[0])
{
// set the new password in the same list and save the file
fileLineString[i] = Session["user"].ToString() + " " + newPasswordTextBox.Text;
File.WriteAllLines((Server.MapPath("~") + "/App_Data/Users.txt"), fileLineString);
break; // exit from the for loop
}
}

At the moment, you're not storing the file.
Your replace is not assigned to a variable (Replace does not edit or write anything, it just returns the new string object).
Corrected code:
string[] fileLineString = File.ReadAllLines(Server.MapPath("~") + "/App_Data/Users.txt");
for (int i = 0; i < fileLineString.Length; i++)
{
string[] userPasswordPair = fileLineString[i].Split(' ');
if (Session["user"].ToString() == userPasswordPair[0])
{
fileLineString[i] = fileLineString[i].Replace(userPasswordPair[1], newPasswordTextBox.Text);
break;
}
}
File.WriteAllLines((Server.MapPath("~") + "/App_Data/Users.txt", fileLineString);

String _userName = "User";
String _newPassword = "Password";
// Reading All line from file
String _fileContent = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines("filePath").ToString();
// Pattern which user password like to changed
string _regPettern = String.Format(#"{0} ?(?<pwd>\w+)[\s\S]*?", _userName);
Regex _regex2 = new Regex(_regPettern, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
String _outPut = Regex.Replace(_fileContent, _regPettern, m => m.Groups[1] + " " + _newPassword);
// Writing to file file
System.IO.File.WriteAllText("filePath", _outPut);

How to check parent folder

I have get my website path using HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppPath (like this C:/personal/Website/page.aspx)
Web service is always located on page.aspx parent of parent folder (like this C:/personal/Service/service.asmx ). I get the webservice-path using a ABC.dll in servicePath variable like this string servicePath="C:/personal/Service/service.asmx".
How to check service path against website path?
If (GetWebPath()== GetServicePath())
{
// ... do something
}
private string GetWebPath()
{
string path = HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppPath;
string[] array = path.Split('\\');
string removeString = "";
for(int i = array.Length; --i >= 0; )
{
removeString = array[array.Length - 2];
break;
}
path = path.Replace(#"\" + removeString + #"\", "");
return path;
}
private string GetServicePath()
{
string path = #"C:\MNJ\OLK\ABC.asmx"
string[] array = path.Split('\\');
string removeString = "";
for(int i = array.Length; --i >= 0; )
{
removeString = #"\" + array[array.Length - 2] + #"\" + array[array.Length - 1];
path = path.Replace(removeString, "");
break;
}
return path;
}

string webPath = #"C:\blabla\CS_Web\website\";
string servicePath = #"C:\blabla\CS_Web\SPM\Server.asmx";
if(Path.GetDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(servicePath))==Path.GetDirectoryName(webPath)
{
//You do something here
}
You have to up page to parent folder using Path.GetDirectoryName()

Try this:
System.Web.Server.MapPath(webPath);
This will return the physical file path of the currently executing web file.
More information can be found here: System.Web.Server

Providing you want to check the following pathes:
string webPath = #"C:\blabla\CS_Web\website\";
string servicePath = #"C:\blabla\CS_Web\SPM\Server.asmx";
you should call
string webPathParentDir = GetParentDirectoryName(webPath);
string servicePathParentDir = GetParentDirectoryName(servicePath);
if (servicePathParentDir.Equals(webPathParentDir, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
{
// ... do something
}
with method:
private string GetParentDirectoryName(string path)
{
string pathDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(servicePath);
return new DirectoryInfo(pathDirectory).Parent.FullName;
}

Convert SID to Username in C#

In .net, I can create a NTAccount using domain and username, and get it's SID.
But I cannot convert the SID back to NTAccount using translate function.
new SecurityIdentifier(stringSid).Translate(typeof(NTAccount)).ToString();
And this two way conversion code has no problem running on Domain Controller.
Maybe some configuration wrong?

SecurityIdentifier.Translate() method works only on domain accounts so perhaps your computer not attached to domain. To resolve local SIDs into account name you can use Win32 API function LookupAccountSid() look here for example.

Instead of using the SecurityIdentifier, you can use an easier and more general use of DirectoryServices in .NET.
In codeproject, there is a nice sample of this:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/getusersid.aspx
The code is:
private string GetSid(string strLogin)
{
string str = "";
// Parse the string to check if domain name is present.
int idx = strLogin.IndexOf('\\');
if (idx == -1)
{
idx = strLogin.IndexOf('#');
}
string strDomain;
string strName;
if (idx != -1)
{
strDomain = strLogin.Substring(0, idx);
strName = strLogin.Substring(idx+1);
}
else
{
strDomain = Environment.MachineName;
strName = strLogin;
}
DirectoryEntry obDirEntry = null;
try
{
Int64 iBigVal = 5;
Byte[] bigArr = BitConverter.GetBytes(iBigVal);
obDirEntry = new DirectoryEntry("WinNT://" +
strDomain + "/" + strName);
System.DirectoryServices.PropertyCollection
coll = obDirEntry.Properties;
object obVal = coll["objectSid"].Value;
if (null != obVal)
{
str = this.ConvertByteToStringSid((Byte[])obVal);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
str = "";
Trace.Write(ex.Message);
}
return str;
}
private string ConvertByteToStringSid(Byte[] sidBytes)
{
StringBuilder strSid = new StringBuilder();
strSid.Append("S-");
try
{
// Add SID revision.
strSid.Append(sidBytes[0].ToString());
// Next six bytes are SID authority value.
if (sidBytes[6] != 0 || sidBytes[5] != 0)
{
string strAuth = String.Format
("0x{0:2x}{1:2x}{2:2x}{3:2x}{4:2x}{5:2x}",
(Int16)sidBytes[1],
(Int16)sidBytes[2],
(Int16)sidBytes[3],
(Int16)sidBytes[4],
(Int16)sidBytes[5],
(Int16)sidBytes[6]);
strSid.Append("-");
strSid.Append(strAuth);
}
else
{
Int64 iVal = (Int32)(sidBytes[1]) +
(Int32)(sidBytes[2] << 8) +
(Int32)(sidBytes[3] << 16) +
(Int32)(sidBytes[4] << 24);
strSid.Append("-");
strSid.Append(iVal.ToString());
}
// Get sub authority count...
int iSubCount = Convert.ToInt32(sidBytes[7]);
int idxAuth = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < iSubCount; i++)
{
idxAuth = 8 + i * 4;
UInt32 iSubAuth = BitConverter.ToUInt32(sidBytes, idxAuth);
strSid.Append("-");
strSid.Append(iSubAuth.ToString());
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Trace.Warn(ex.Message);
return "";
}
return strSid.ToString();
}
There is also a conversion from SID bytes to String in the article.

How to Access Variable From One Class in Another Class? [C#]

So I am working on a C# program that takes in a set of delimited text files within a directory and parses out the info within the files (i.e. the file path, file name, associated keywords). And this is what a sample file looks like...
C:\Documents and Settings\workspace\Extracted Items\image2.jpeg;image0;keyword1, keyword2, keyword3, keyword4
C:\Documents and Settings\workspace\Extracted Items\image3.jpeg;image1;keyword1, keyword2, keyword3, keyword4
C:\Documents and Settings\workspace\Extracted Items\image4.jpeg;image2;keyword1, keyword2, keyword3, keyword4
C:\Documents and Settings\workspace\Extracted Items\image5.jpeg;image3;keyword1, keyword2, keyword3, keyword4
Well I was given some code by my partner that does this, but I need to be able to access the list variable, that is populated within one of the methods. This is the code:
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
namespace ConsoleApp
{
public class FileIO
{
private static Boolean isTextFile;
private static Boolean debug;
private static int semiColonLoc1, semiColonLoc2, dblQuoteLoc1;
private static int lineLength, currentTagLength;
private static int numImages;
private static int numFiles;
public static List<Image> lImageSet;
/*
****************************************************
***** CHANGE THIS PATH TO YOUR PROPERTIES FILE *****
****************************************************
*/
private static readonly string propertiesFileDir = "C:/Documents and Settings/properties.properties";
public PropertyKeys getProperties(string propertiesFileDir, PropertyKeys aPropertyKeys)
{
string line;
string directoryKey = "extractedInfoDirectory";
string debugKey = "debug2";
string directory;
Boolean isDirectoryKey;
Boolean isDebugKey;
System.IO.StreamReader file = new System.IO.StreamReader(propertiesFileDir);
while ((line = file.ReadLine()) != null)
{
isDirectoryKey = false;
isDebugKey = false;
// If the current line is a certain length, checks the current line's key
if (line.Length > debugKey.Length)
{
isDebugKey = line.Substring(0, debugKey.Length).Equals(debugKey, StringComparison.Ordinal);
if (line.Length > directoryKey.Length)
{
isDirectoryKey = line.Substring(0, directoryKey.Length).Equals(directoryKey, StringComparison.Ordinal);
}
}
// Checks if the current line's key is the extractedInfoDirectory
if (isDirectoryKey)
{
directory = line.Substring(directoryKey.Length + 1);
aPropertyKeys.setExtractedInfoDir(directory);
}
// Checks if the current line's key is the debug2
else if (isDebugKey)
{
debug = Convert.ToBoolean(line.Substring(debugKey.Length + 1));
aPropertyKeys.setDebug(debug);
}
}
return aPropertyKeys;
}
public void loadFile()
{
string line;
string tempLine;
string fileToRead;
string fileRename;
string imagePath, imageName, imageTags, currentTag;
string extractedInfoDir;
string extension;
string textfile = "txt";
string[] filePaths;
PropertyKeys aPropertyKeys = new PropertyKeys();
// Finds extractedInfoDir and debug values
aPropertyKeys = getProperties(propertiesFileDir, aPropertyKeys);
extractedInfoDir = aPropertyKeys.getExtractedInfoDir();
debug = aPropertyKeys.getDebug();
// Finds all files in the extracted info directory
filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(extractedInfoDir);
numFiles = filePaths.Length;
// For each file in the directory...
for (int n = 0; n < numFiles; n++)
{
int k = filePaths[n].Length;
// Finds extension for the current file
extension = filePaths[n].Substring(k - 3);
// Checks if the current file is .txt
isTextFile = extension.Equals(textfile, StringComparison.Ordinal);
// Only reads file if it is .txt
if (isTextFile == true)
{
fileToRead = filePaths[n];
Console.WriteLine(fileToRead);
System.IO.StreamReader file = new System.IO.StreamReader(fileToRead);
// Reset variables and create a new lImageSet object
lImageSet = new List<Image>();
line = ""; tempLine = ""; imagePath = ""; imageName = ""; imageTags = ""; currentTag = "";
semiColonLoc1 = 0; semiColonLoc2 = 0; dblQuoteLoc1 = 0; lineLength = 0; currentTagLength = 0; numImages = 0;
while ((line = file.ReadLine()) != null)
{
// Creates a new Image object
Image image = new Image();
numImages++;
lineLength = line.Length;
// Finds the image path (first semicolon delimited field)
semiColonLoc1 = line.IndexOf(";");
imagePath = line.Substring(0, semiColonLoc1);
image.setPath(imagePath);
tempLine = line.Substring(semiColonLoc1 + 1);
// Finds the image name (second semicolon delimited field)
semiColonLoc2 = tempLine.IndexOf(";");
imageName = tempLine.Substring(0, semiColonLoc2);
image.setName(imageName);
tempLine = tempLine.Substring(semiColonLoc2 + 1);
// Finds the image tags (third semicolon delimited field)
imageTags = tempLine;
dblQuoteLoc1 = 0;
// Continues to gather tags until there are none left
while (dblQuoteLoc1 != -1)
{
dblQuoteLoc1 = imageTags.IndexOf("\"");
imageTags = imageTags.Substring(dblQuoteLoc1 + 1);
dblQuoteLoc1 = imageTags.IndexOf("\"");
if (dblQuoteLoc1 != -1)
{
// Finds the next image tag (double quote deliminated)
currentTag = imageTags.Substring(0, dblQuoteLoc1);
currentTagLength = currentTag.Length;
// Adds the tag to the current image
image.addTag(currentTag);
image.iNumTags++;
imageTags = imageTags.Substring(dblQuoteLoc1 + 1);
}
}
// Adds the image to the current image set
lImageSet.Add(image);
}
// Prints out information about what information has been stored
if (debug == true)
{
Console.WriteLine("Finished file " + (n + 1) + ": " + filePaths[n]);
for (int i = 0; i < numImages; i++)
{
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("***Image " + (i + 1) + "***");
Console.WriteLine("Name: " + lImageSet.ElementAt(i).getName());
Console.WriteLine("Path: " + lImageSet.ElementAt(i).getPath());
Console.WriteLine("Tags: ");
for (int j = 0; j < lImageSet.ElementAt(i).iNumTags; j++)
{
Console.WriteLine(lImageSet.ElementAt(i).lTags.ElementAt(j));
}
}
}
file.Close();
// Changes destination file extension to .tmp
fileRename = fileToRead.Substring(0, fileToRead.Length - 4);
fileRename += ".tmp";
// Changes file extension to .tmp
System.IO.File.Move(fileToRead, fileRename);
}
// Not a text file
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Skipping file (no .txt extension)");
}
}
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
However, I don't want to mess with his code too much as he is not here for the time being to fix anything. So I just want to know how to access lImageSet from within his code in another class of mine. I was hoping it would be something like instantiating FileIO with FileIO fo = new FileIO, then doing something like fo.loadFile().lImageSet but that's not the case. Any ideas?

Since lImageSet is static, all you need to do to access it is:
List<image> theList = FileIO.lImageSet;
No instantiated object is necessary to get a reference to that field.

The list is static, so you access it with the name of the class:
List<Image> theList = FileIO.lImageSet

The loadFile method returns void, so you cannot use the dot operator to access anything from it. You'll want to do something like this:
FileIO fo = new FileIO();
fo.loadFile();
List<Image> theImages = FileIO.lImageSet;

It's public -- so from your class, you can just access it as:
FileIO.lImageSet
To get to the values in it, just iterate over it as:
//from FishBasketGordo's answer - load up the fo object
FileIO fo = new FileIO();
fo.loadFile();
foreach(var img in FileIO.lImageSet) {
//do something with each img item in lImageSet here...
}
EDIT: I built upon FishBasketGordo's answer by incorporating his loadFile() call into my sample.

Because lImageSet is static, so you don't need to instantiate FileIO to get it.
Try FileIO.lImageSet