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Reuse MQMessage object

I have this test code that listens for messages forever. If it gets one it prints it out. What I want to do is avoid having to construct a MQMessage object prior to each get(). How do i reuse a MQMessage for multiple calls to get()?
using System;
using IBM.WMQ;
namespace WMQ {
class Program {
static void Main(string[] args) {
string QueueManagerName = "A1PATA00";
string channelName = "ECACHE";
string connectionName = "A1PATA00.WORLDSPAN.COM(1414)";
var queueManager = new MQQueueManager(QueueManagerName, channelName, connectionName);
MQQueue get = queueManager.AccessQueue("SPLASH.ECAC.2", MQC.MQOO_INPUT_AS_Q_DEF | MQC.MQGMO_FAIL_IF_QUIESCING);
var gmo = new MQGetMessageOptions();
gmo.Options = MQC.MQGMO_FAIL_IF_QUIESCING | MQC.MQGMO_WAIT;
gmo.WaitInterval = 10000000;// wait time
// var queueMessage = new MQMessage(); <--- i want to do this new once!
while (true) {
var queueMessage = new MQMessage(); // <-- only works if I do this every time i do a get
get.Get(queueMessage, gmo);
var strReturn = queueMessage.ReadString(queueMessage.MessageLength);
Console.WriteLine(strReturn);
}
}
}
}

When I see questions like this, I shake my head. You do not
understand object oriented concepts in the .NET VM (framework) and
garbage collection.
Also, why don't you write pure C# code?
Finally, in a world where security is very important, your code does
not support either SSL/TLS and/or UserID & Password authentication.
(1) Please notice where I am defining the MQMessage object (very important).
There is basically no difference in memory usage or speed between the following 2 code snippets:
(A)
MQMessage msg = null;
while (true)
{
msg = new MQMessage();
get.Get(msg, gmo);
Console.WriteLine(msg.ReadString(msg.MessageLength));
}
(B)
MQMessage msg = new MQMessage();
while (true)
{
get.Get(msg, gmo);
Console.WriteLine(msg.ReadString(msg.MessageLength));
msg.ClearMessage();
msg.MessageId = MQC.MQMI_NONE;
msg.CorrelationId = MQC.MQCI_NONE;
}
I prefer (A) because it is cleaner and easier to read.
(2) When you use 'var', you are forcing the .NET framework to guess at what you are doing. Do pure object oriented programming.
i.e.
MQMessage msg = new MQMessage();
(3) Explicitly setting the channel name and connection name in the MQQueueManager does not allow setting of MQ security information. Also, do NOT use the MQEnvironment class as it is NOT thread safe. It is far better to put all the information in a Hashtable and pass the Hashtable to the MQQueueManager class. Here is a MQ .NET managed-mode example using a Hashtable for MQ connection information:
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using IBM.WMQ;
namespace MQTest02
{
class MQTest02
{
private Hashtable inParms = null;
private Hashtable qMgrProp = null;
private System.String qManager;
private System.String outputQName;
/*
* The constructor
*/
public MQTest02()
: base()
{
}
/// <summary> Make sure the required parameters are present.</summary>
/// <returns> true/false
/// </returns>
private bool allParamsPresent()
{
bool b = inParms.ContainsKey("-h") && inParms.ContainsKey("-p") &&
inParms.ContainsKey("-c") && inParms.ContainsKey("-m") &&
inParms.ContainsKey("-q");
if (b)
{
try
{
System.Int32.Parse((System.String)inParms["-p"]);
}
catch (System.FormatException e)
{
b = false;
}
}
return b;
}
/// <summary> Extract the command-line parameters and initialize the MQ variables.</summary>
/// <param name="args">
/// </param>
/// <throws> IllegalArgumentException </throws>
private void init(System.String[] args)
{
inParms = Hashtable.Synchronized(new Hashtable());
if (args.Length > 0 && (args.Length % 2) == 0)
{
for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i += 2)
{
inParms[args[i]] = args[i + 1];
}
}
else
{
throw new System.ArgumentException();
}
if (allParamsPresent())
{
qManager = ((System.String)inParms["-m"]);
outputQName = ((System.String)inParms["-q"]);
qMgrProp = new Hashtable();
qMgrProp.Add(MQC.TRANSPORT_PROPERTY, MQC.TRANSPORT_MQSERIES_MANAGED);
qMgrProp.Add(MQC.HOST_NAME_PROPERTY, ((System.String)inParms["-h"]));
qMgrProp.Add(MQC.CHANNEL_PROPERTY, ((System.String)inParms["-c"]));
try
{
qMgrProp.Add(MQC.PORT_PROPERTY, System.Int32.Parse((System.String)inParms["-p"]));
}
catch (System.FormatException e)
{
qMgrProp.Add(MQC.PORT_PROPERTY, 1414);
}
if (inParms.ContainsKey("-u"))
qMgrProp.Add(MQC.USER_ID_PROPERTY, ((System.String)inParms["-u"]));
if (inParms.ContainsKey("-x"))
qMgrProp.Add(MQC.PASSWORD_PROPERTY, ((System.String)inParms["-x"]));
if (inParms.ContainsKey("-s"))
qMgrProp.Add(MQC.SECURITY_EXIT_PROPERTY, ((System.String)inParms["-s"]));
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("MQTest02:");
Console.WriteLine(" QMgrName ='{0}'", qManager);
Console.WriteLine(" Output QName ='{0}'", outputQName);
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("QMgr Property values:");
foreach (DictionaryEntry de in qMgrProp)
{
Console.WriteLine(" {0} = '{1}'", de.Key, de.Value);
}
}
else
{
throw new System.ArgumentException();
}
}
/// <summary> Connect, open queue, read a message, close queue and disconnect.
///
/// </summary>
/// <throws> MQException </throws>
private void testReceive()
{
MQQueueManager qMgr = null;
MQQueue queue = null;
int openOptions = MQC.MQOO_INPUT_AS_Q_DEF + MQC.MQOO_FAIL_IF_QUIESCING;
MQGetMessageOptions gmo = new MQGetMessageOptions();
MQMessage receiveMsg = null;
try
{
qMgr = new MQQueueManager(qManager, qMgrProp);
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("MQTest02 successfully connected to " + qManager);
queue = qMgr.AccessQueue(outputQName, openOptions, null, null, null); // no alternate user id
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("MQTest02 successfully opened " + outputQName);
receiveMsg = new MQMessage();
queue.Get(receiveMsg, gmo);
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("Message Data>>>" + receiveMsg.ReadString(receiveMsg.MessageLength));
}
catch (MQException mqex)
{
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("MQTest02 cc=" + mqex.CompletionCode + " : rc=" + mqex.ReasonCode);
}
catch (System.IO.IOException ioex)
{
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("MQTest02 ioex=" + ioex);
}
finally
{
try
{
queue.Close();
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("MQTest02 closed: " + outputQName);
}
catch (MQException mqex)
{
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("MQTest02 cc=" + mqex.CompletionCode + " : rc=" + mqex.ReasonCode);
}
try
{
qMgr.Disconnect();
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("MQTest02 disconnected from " + qManager);
}
catch (MQException mqex)
{
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("MQTest02 cc=" + mqex.CompletionCode + " : rc=" + mqex.ReasonCode);
}
}
}
/// <summary> main line</summary>
/// <param name="args">
/// </param>
// [STAThread]
public static void Main(System.String[] args)
{
MQTest02 mqt = new MQTest02();
try
{
mqt.init(args);
mqt.testReceive();
}
catch (System.ArgumentException e)
{
System.Console.Out.WriteLine("Usage: MQTest02 -h host -p port -c channel -m QueueManagerName -q QueueName [-u userID] [-x passwd] [-s securityExit]");
System.Environment.Exit(1);
}
catch (MQException e)
{
System.Console.Out.WriteLine(e);
System.Environment.Exit(1);
}
System.Environment.Exit(0);
}
}
}
To run MQTest02 using your information, it would be:
MQTest02.exe -h A1PATA00.WORLDSPAN.COM -p 1414 -m A1PATA00 -c ECACHE -q SPLASH.ECAC.2

In the IBM MQ Knowledge center page "ClearMessage method" it documents the following:
This method clears the data buffer portion of the MQMessage object.
Any Message Data in the data buffer is lost, because MessageLength,
DataLength, and DataOffset are all set to zero.
The Message Descriptor (MQMD) portion is unaffected; an application
might need to modify some of the MQMD fields before reusing the
MQMessage object. To set the MQMD fields back use New to replace the
object with a new instance.
In the IBM MQ Knowledge center page "MQMessage .NET class" it documents the following:
public byte[] MessageId {get; set;}
For an MQQueue.Get call, this field specifies the message identifier
of the message to be retrieved. Normally, the queue manager returns
the first message with a message identifier and correlation identifier
that match the message descriptor fields. Allow any message identifier
to match using the special value MQC.MQMI_NONE.
public byte[] CorrelationId {get; set;}
For an MQQueue.Get call, the correlation identifier of the message to
be retrieved. The queue manager returns the first message with a
message identifier and a correlation identifier that match the message
descriptor fields. The default value, MQC.MQCI_NONE, helps any
correlation identifier to match.
Try this:
var queueMessage = new MQMessage(); <--- i want to do this new once!
while (true) {
//var queueMessage = new MQMessage(); // <-- only works if I do this every time i do a get
queueMessage.ClearMessage();
queueMessage.MessageId = MQC.MQMI_NONE;
queueMessage.CorrelationId = MQC.MQCI_NONE;
get.Get(queueMessage, gmo);

ASP.NET Web Api calling a non Task async method

In my Web Api project, I have a [HttpPost] method - public HttpResponseMessage saveFiles() {}
which saves some audio files to the server.
after I save the files, I need to call a method in the Microsoft.Speech server api, this method is async but it returns void:
public void RecognizeAsync(RecognizeMode mode);
I would want to wait until this method is finished and just then return an answer to the client with all the information I gathered.
I can not use await here because this function returns void.
I implemented an event: public event RecognitionFinishedHandler RecognitionFinished;
This event is called when this function is finished.
-- EDIT
I am wrapping this event with a Task, but I guess I am doing something wrong because I can not get the RecognizeAsync function to actually do its job. it seems that the function is not working now, here is my code:
the functions containing the Speech recognition:
public delegate void RecognitionFinishedHandler(object sender);
public class SpeechActions
{
public event RecognitionFinishedHandler RecognitionFinished;
private SpeechRecognitionEngine sre;
public Dictionary<string, List<TimeSpan>> timeTags; // contains the times of each tag: "tag": [00:00, 00:23 .. ]
public SpeechActions()
{
sre = new SpeechRecognitionEngine(new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US"));
sre.SpeechRecognized += new EventHandler<SpeechRecognizedEventArgs>(sre_SpeechRecognized);
sre.AudioStateChanged += new EventHandler<AudioStateChangedEventArgs>(sre_AudioStateChanged);
}
/// <summary>
/// Calculates the tags appearances in a voice over wav file.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">The path to the voice over wav file.</param>
public void CalcTagsAppearancesInVO(string path, string[] tags, TimeSpan voLength)
{
timeTags = new Dictionary<string, List<TimeSpan>>();
sre.SetInputToWaveFile(path);
foreach (string tag in tags)
{
GrammarBuilder gb = new GrammarBuilder(tag);
gb.Culture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US");
Grammar g = new Grammar(gb);
sre.LoadGrammar(g);
}
sre.RecognizeAsync(RecognizeMode.Multiple);
}
void sre_AudioStateChanged(object sender, AudioStateChangedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.AudioState == AudioState.Stopped)
{
sre.RecognizeAsyncStop();
if (RecognitionFinished != null)
{
RecognitionFinished(this);
}
}
}
void sre_SpeechRecognized(object sender, SpeechRecognizedEventArgs e)
{
string word = e.Result.Text;
TimeSpan time = e.Result.Audio.AudioPosition;
if(!timeTags.ContainsKey(word))
{
timeTags.Add(word, new List<TimeSpan>());
}
// add the found time
timeTags[word].Add(time);
}
}
and my function that calls it + the event hander:
[HttpPost]
public HttpResponseMessage saveFiles()
{
if (HttpContext.Current.Request.Files.AllKeys.Any())
{
string originalFolder = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/files/original/");
string lowFolder = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/files/low/");
string audioFolder = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/files/audio/");
string voiceoverPath = Path.Combine(originalFolder, Path.GetFileName(HttpContext.Current.Request.Files["voiceover"].FileName));
string outputFile = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/files/output/") + "result.mp4";
string voiceoverWavPath = Path.Combine(audioFolder, "voiceover.wav");
var voiceoverInfo = Resource.From(voiceoverWavPath).LoadMetadata().Streams.OfType<AudioStream>().ElementAt(0).Info;
DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(originalFolder);
// speech recognition
// get tags from video filenames
string sTags = "";
di = new DirectoryInfo(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/files/low/"));
foreach (var item in di.EnumerateFiles())
{
string filename = item.Name.Substring(0, item.Name.LastIndexOf("."));
if (item.Name.ToLower().Contains("thumbs") || filename == "voiceover")
{
continue;
}
sTags += filename + ",";
}
if (sTags.Length > 0) // remove last ','
{
sTags = sTags.Substring(0, sTags.Length - 1);
}
string[] tags = sTags.Split(new char[] { ',' });
// HERE STARTS THE PROBLEMATIC PART! ----------------------------------------------------
var task = GetSpeechActionsCalculated(voiceoverWavPath, tags, voiceoverInfo.Duration);
// now return the times to the client
var finalTimes = GetFinalTimes(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/files/low/"), task.Result.timeTags);
var goodResponse = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, finalTimes);
return goodResponse;
}
return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, "no files");
}
private Task<SpeechActions> GetSpeechActionsCalculated(string voPath, string[] tags, TimeSpan voLength)
{
var tcs = new TaskCompletionSource<SpeechActions>();
SpeechActions sa = new SpeechActions();
sa.RecognitionFinished += (s) =>
{
tcs.TrySetResult((SpeechActions)s);
};
sa.CalcTagsAppearancesInVO(voPath, tags, voLength);
return tcs.Task;
}

You're almost there with your edit, you just have to await the task:
[HttpPost]
public async Task<HttpResponseMessage> saveFiles()
{
if (HttpContext.Current.Request.Files.AllKeys.Any())
{
...
string[] tags = sTags.Split(new char[] { ',' });
await GetSpeechActionsCalculated(voiceoverWavPath, tags, voiceoverInfo.Duration);
// now return the times to the client
var finalTimes = GetFinalTimes(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/files/low/"), task.Result.timeTags);
var goodResponse = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, finalTimes);
return goodResponse;
}
return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, "no files");
}

The remote host closed the connection. The error code is 0x800703E3

I am currently trying to generate a CSV using nhibernate. This error does not occur on my development enviroment but it does on the live site that it's being used on. I have tried fiddling with time out's but this does not seem to have any effect as it's timing out way before it should. The timing is completely random, sometimes it'll be 3 seconds before it times out the next it will be 10 seconds. There doesn't seem to be any real consistancy in the timing.
Stack Trace:
System.Web.HttpException: The remote host closed the connection. The error code is 0x800703E3.
at System.Web.Hosting.IIS7WorkerRequest.RaiseCommunicationError(Int32 result, Boolean throwOnDisconnect)
at System.Web.Hosting.IIS7WorkerRequest.ExplicitFlush()
at System.Web.HttpResponse.Flush(Boolean finalFlush)
at Reports.CustomCSVWriter.WritetoHttpStream(String filename, Boolean header)
The code is as follows:
public class ProductSpreadSheetDownload : CustomCSVWriter
{
protected override string[] GetCollection()
{
Page.Server.ScriptTimeout = 300;
IList<Product> products = new List<Product>();
IStockScheme stockScheme = Fabric.ObjectProvider.Get<IStockScheme>();
ICriteria criteria = CoreHttpModule.Session.CreateCriteria(typeof(Product))
.Add(NHibernate.Expression.Expression.IsNotNull(Product.STOCK_CODE))
.Add(NHibernate.Expression.Expression.Eq(Product.IS_VISIBLE_ON_WEBSITE, true))
.Add(NHibernate.Expression.Expression.Eq(Product.STOCK_TYPE, StockType.StockItem))
.Add(NHibernate.Expression.Expression.Not(NHibernate.Expression.Expression.Like(Product.NAME, "%*%")));
AddCustomCriteria(criteria);
products = criteria.List<Product>();
products = Product.RemoveOrphanedAndUnrooted((List<Product>)products);
Product[] productArray = new Product[products.Count];
products.CopyTo(productArray, 0);
double?[] levels = stockScheme.GetStock(productArray, false);
List<string> productStringList = new List<string>();
IProductMapper mapper = Fabric.ObjectProvider.Get<IProductMapper>();
var rootUrl = Fabric.SettingsProvider.ReadSetting<string>("RootUrl", string.Empty);
string showOutOfStock = Page.Request.QueryString["ShowOutOfStock"];
int minStockLevel = int.MinValue;
if (showOutOfStock == "False")
minStockLevel = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < productArray.Length; i++)
{
if (levels[i] > minStockLevel && levels[i] != null && productArray[i].Parent != null && productArray[i].Parent.IsVisibleOnWebsite)
{
StringBuilder productStringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
productStringBuilder.AppendFormat("{0}, ", CleanString(productArray[i].Name));
productStringBuilder.AppendFormat("{0}, ", CleanString(productArray[i].StockCode));
productStringBuilder.AppendFormat("{0}, ", levels[i]);
productStringBuilder.AppendFormat("{0}, ", mapper.GetUrl(productArray[i]) );
productStringBuilder.AppendFormat("{0}, ", CleanString(productArray[i].Category));
productStringBuilder.AppendFormat("{0}, ", CleanString(productArray[i].SubCategory));
productStringBuilder.AppendFormat("{0}, ", CleanString(mapper.GetText(productArray[i], "Description")));
productStringBuilder.AppendFormat("{0}, ", mapper.GetImageUrl(productArray[i], "Main"));
AddCustomFields(productStringBuilder, mapper);
productStringList.Add(productStringBuilder.ToString().Trim().TrimEnd(','));
}
}
string[] productstrings = new string[productStringList.Count];
productStringList.CopyTo(productstrings, 0);
return productstrings;
}
/// <summary>
/// Override this method to add custom criteria to the feed
/// </summary>
/// <example>
/// criteria.Add(NHibernate.Expression.Expression.Eq(Product.IS_VISIBLE_ON_WEBSITE, true));
/// </example>
protected virtual void AddCustomCriteria(ICriteria criteria) {}
/// <summary>
/// Override this method to add custom fields to the CSV output
/// </summary>
/// <example>
/// productStringBuilder.AppendFormat("{0}, ", mapper.GetImageUrl(productArray[i], "Main"));
/// </example>
protected virtual void AddCustomFields(StringBuilder productStringBuilder, IProductMapper mapper) { }
protected override string Headers()
{
string headers = "Name, Stockcode, Stock_Level, URL, Category, SubCategory, Description, Main Image URL";
return headers;
}
/// <summary>
/// Removes characters that are not safe in a CSV file.
/// </summary>
protected static string CleanString(string stringToClean)
{
return string.IsNullOrEmpty(stringToClean) ? string.Empty : stringToClean.Replace("\n", " ").Replace(',', ' ');
}
}
}

How to return JSON to browser from model class using SignalR and URL call to Web API?

Here's what's going on. I have an ASP.NET MVC 4 Web API web application. I can call API resources via URL. One of these functions get performance monitoring data for a specified amount of time and returns it in JSON once it has completed. However, what I want to do is return
It is IMPORTANT to note that I am working with a the browser and API resources in the model, not with a View. Please don't casually tell me to use Javascript in a View, because there is no view, or tell me to look at the SignalR wiki because the information for ".NET" sections is meant for desktop applications, not web apps. For example, you can't "Console.WriteLine()" to a browser.
To reiterate, I am using ASP.NET MVC 4 Web API to develop an API, and am calling the API via URL in the browser and it is returning JSON. I am attempting to use SignalR to have the app send JSON to the browser, but it is not doing anything at all. Rather, the application simply returns the completed JSON from the controller action with all of the performance data values once the process has completed. In other words, SignalR is not working.
So what I'm trying to do is while the API resource is gathering all the information, SignalR sends JSON to the browser every second so that the client can see what's going on in real time.
What I need to find out is why SignalR isn't sending it, and how I can send information to be displayed in the browser without Javascript, since I'm working from a model class, not from a view.
As you can see, I subscribe to the event using On, and then use Invoke to call the server-side hub method SendToClient.
Please let me know if I'm trying to do is impossible. I have never heard of a "real-time", dynamic API call via URL.
Here is my hub class. It is located in ~/signalr/hubs and is in a file called LiveHub.cs. The method Send is what I am trying to invoke in the method seen in the next code block.
namespace PerfMon2.signalr.hubs
{
public class LiveHub : Hub
{
public void SendToClient(List<DataValueInfo> json)
{
Clients.showValue(json);
}
}
}
Here is the method from LogDBRepository.cs that includes the SignalR calls.
public List<LogInfo> LogTimedPerfData(string macName, string categoryName, string counterName,
string instanceName, string logName, string live, long? seconds)
{
iModsDBRepository modsDB = new iModsDBRepository();
List<MachineInfo> theMac = modsDB.GetMachineByName(macName);
if (theMac.Count == 0)
return new List<LogInfo>();
else if (instanceName == null)
{
if (!PerformanceCounterCategory.Exists(categoryName, macName) ||
!PerformanceCounterCategory.CounterExists(counterName, categoryName, macName) )
{
return new List<LogInfo>();
}
}
else if (instanceName != null)
{
if (!PerformanceCounterCategory.Exists(categoryName, macName) ||
!PerformanceCounterCategory.CounterExists(counterName, categoryName, macName) ||
!PerformanceCounterCategory.InstanceExists(instanceName, categoryName, macName))
{
return new List<LogInfo>();
}
}
else if (logName == null)
{
return new List<LogInfo>();
}
// Check if entered log name is a duplicate for the authenticated user
List<LogInfo> checkDuplicateLog = this.GetSingleLog(logName);
if (checkDuplicateLog.Count > 0)
{
return new List<LogInfo>();
}
PerformanceCounterCategory category = new PerformanceCounterCategory(categoryName, theMac[0].MachineName);
if (category.CategoryName == null || category.MachineName == null)
{
return new List<LogInfo>();
}
List<LogInfo> logIt = new List<LogInfo>();
if (category.CategoryType != PerformanceCounterCategoryType.SingleInstance)
{
List<InstanceInfo> instances = modsDB.GetInstancesFromCatMacName(theMac[0].MachineName, category.CategoryName);
foreach (InstanceInfo inst in instances)
{
if (!category.InstanceExists(inst.InstanceName))
{
continue;
}
else if (inst.InstanceName.Equals(instanceName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
{
PerformanceCounter perfCounter = new PerformanceCounter(categoryName, counterName,
inst.InstanceName, theMac[0].MachineName);
//CounterSample data = perfCounter.NextSample();
//double value = CounterSample.Calculate(data, perfCounter.NextSample());
string data = "";
List<UserInfo> currUser = this.GetUserByName(WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name);
string timeStarted = DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy - h:mm:ss tt");
//string[] dataValues = new string[(int)seconds];
List<string> dataValues = new List<string>();
var hubConnection = new HubConnection("http://localhost/PerfMon2/");
hubConnection.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;
var perfMon = hubConnection.CreateProxy("LiveHub");
// perfMon.On("sendValue", message => Console.WriteLine(message));
perfMon.On("showValue", json => Console.WriteLine(json));
hubConnection.Start().Wait();
List<DataValueInfo> lol = new List<DataValueInfo>();
for (int i = 0; i < seconds; i++)
{
data = "Value " + i + ": " + perfCounter.NextValue().ToString();
//dataValues[i] = data;
dataValues.Add(data);
lol.Add(new DataValueInfo
{
Value = perfCounter.NextValue().ToString()
});
// perfMon.Invoke<List<DataValueInfo>>("Send", lol);
perfMon.Invoke("SendToClient", lol);
Thread.Sleep(1000);
}
string timeFinished = DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy - h:mm:ss tt");
Log log = new Log
{
LogName = logName,
CounterName = perfCounter.CounterName,
InstanceName = perfCounter.InstanceName,
CategoryName = perfCounter.CategoryName,
MachineName = perfCounter.MachineName,
TimeStarted = timeStarted,
TimeFinished = timeFinished,
PerformanceData = string.Join(",", dataValues),
UserID = currUser[0].UserID
};
this.CreateLog(log);
logIt.Add(new LogInfo
{
LogName = logName,
CounterName = perfCounter.CounterName,
InstanceName = perfCounter.InstanceName,
CategoryName = perfCounter.CategoryName,
MachineName = perfCounter.MachineName,
TimeStarted = timeStarted,
TimeFinished = timeFinished,
PerformanceData = dataValues.ToList<string>()
});
break;
}
}
}
else
{
PerformanceCounter perfCounter = new PerformanceCounter(categoryName, counterName,
"", theMac[0].MachineName);
string data = "";
List<UserInfo> currUser = this.GetUserByName(WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name);
string timeStarted = DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy - h:mm:ss tt");
//string[] dataValues = new string[(int)seconds];
List<string> dataValues = new List<string>();
var hubConnection = new HubConnection("http://localhost/PerfMon2/");
hubConnection.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;
var perfMon = hubConnection.CreateProxy("LiveHub");
// perfMon.On("sendValue", message => Console.WriteLine(message));
perfMon.On("showValue", json => Console.WriteLine(json));
hubConnection.Start().Wait();
List<DataValueInfo> lol = new List<DataValueInfo>();
for (int i = 0; i < seconds; i++)
{
data = "Value " + i + ": " + perfCounter.NextValue().ToString();
//dataValues[i] = data;
dataValues.Add(data);
lol.Add(new DataValueInfo
{
Value = perfCounter.NextValue().ToString()
});
// perfMon.Invoke<List<DataValueInfo>>("Send", lol);
perfMon.Invoke("SendToClient", lol);
Thread.Sleep(1000);
}
string timeFinished = DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy - h:mm:ss tt");
Log log = new Log
{
LogName = logName,
CounterName = perfCounter.CounterName,
InstanceName = perfCounter.InstanceName,
CategoryName = perfCounter.CategoryName,
MachineName = perfCounter.MachineName,
TimeStarted = timeStarted,
TimeFinished = timeFinished,
PerformanceData = string.Join(",", dataValues),
UserID = currUser[0].UserID
};
this.CreateLog(log);
logIt.Add(new LogInfo
{
LogName = logName,
CounterName = perfCounter.CounterName,
InstanceName = perfCounter.InstanceName,
CategoryName = perfCounter.CategoryName,
MachineName = perfCounter.MachineName,
TimeStarted = timeStarted,
TimeFinished = timeFinished,
PerformanceData = dataValues.ToList<string>()
});
}
return logIt;
}
Here is the controller for the method in LogController.cs :
[AcceptVerbs("GET", "POST")]
public List<LogInfo> Log_Perf_Data(string machine_name, string category_name, string counter_name, string instance_name,
string log_name, long? seconds, string live, string enforceQuery)
{
LogController.CheckUser();
// POST api/log/post_data?machine_name=&category_name=&counter_name=&instance_name=&log_name=&seconds=
if (machine_name != null && category_name != null && counter_name != null && log_name != null && seconds.HasValue && enforceQuery == null)
{
List<LogInfo> dataVal = logDB.LogTimedPerfData(machine_name, category_name, counter_name, instance_name,
log_name, live, seconds);
logDB.SaveChanges();
return dataVal;
}
return new List<LogInfo>();
}

Maybe you can implement it in push technique. Here is how I do it:
Class with message
public class Message
{
/// <summary>
/// The name who will receive this message.
/// </summary>
public string RecipientName { get; set; }
/// <summary>
/// The message content.
/// </summary>
public string MessageContent { get; set; }
}
Class that will represent client:
public class Client
{
private ManualResetEvent messageEvent = new ManualResetEvent(false);
private Queue<Message> messageQueue = new Queue<Message>();
/// <summary>
/// This method is called by a sender to send a message to this client.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="message">the new message</param>
public void EnqueueMessage(Message message)
{
lock (messageQueue)
{
messageQueue.Enqueue(message);
// Set a new message event.
messageEvent.Set();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// This method is called by the client to receive messages from the message queue.
/// If no message, it will wait until a new message is inserted.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>the unread message</returns>
public Message DequeueMessage()
{
// Wait until a new message.
messageEvent.WaitOne();
lock (messageQueue)
{
if (messageQueue.Count == 1)
{
messageEvent.Reset();
}
return messageQueue.Dequeue();
}
}
}
Class to send messages to clients:
public class ClientAdapter
{
/// <summary>
/// The recipient list.
/// </summary>
private Dictionary<string, Client> recipients = new Dictionary<string,Client>();
/// <summary>
/// Send a message to a particular recipient.
/// </summary>
public void SendMessage(Message message)
{
if (recipients.ContainsKey(message.RecipientName))
{
Client client = recipients[message.RecipientName];
client.EnqueueMessage(message);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Called by a individual recipient to wait and receive a message.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>The message content</returns>
public string GetMessage(string userName)
{
string messageContent = string.Empty;
if (recipients.ContainsKey(userName))
{
Client client = recipients[userName];
messageContent = client.DequeueMessage().MessageContent;
}
return messageContent;
}
/// <summary>
/// Join a user to the recipient list.
/// </summary>
public void Join(string userName)
{
recipients[userName] = new Client();
}
/// <summary>
/// Singleton pattern.
/// This pattern will ensure there is only one instance of this class in the system.
/// </summary>
public static ClientAdapter Instance = new ClientAdapter();
private ClientAdapter() { }
}
Sending messages:
Message message = new Message
{
RecipientName = tbRecipientName.Text.Trim(),
MessageContent = tbMessageContent.Text.Trim()
};
if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(message.RecipientName) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(message.MessageContent))
{
// Call the client adapter to send the message to the particular recipient instantly.
ClientAdapter.Instance.SendMessage(message);
}
Receive messages (this is JavaScript functions written in test page. They render content of the message on ASPX page. Here you should implement your logic):
// This method will persist a http request and wait for messages.
function waitEvent() {
CSASPNETReverseAJAX.Dispatcher.WaitMessage("<%= Session["userName"] %>",
function (result) {
displayMessage(result);
// Keep looping.
setTimeout(waitEvent, 0);
}, function () {
// Keep looping.
setTimeout(waitEvent, 0);
});
}
// Append a message content to the result panel.
function displayMessage(message) {
var panel = document.getElementById("<%= lbMessages.ClientID %>");
panel.innerHTML += currentTime() + ": " + message + "<br />";
}
// Return a current time string.
function currentTime() {
var currentDate = new Date();
return currentDate.getHours() + ":" + currentDate.getMinutes() + ":" + currentDate.getSeconds();
}

Email Tracking using asp.net

I want to track users who have read my mails.I am doing this but it's not working
I am sending mails to myself in outlook.
Here is my code which sends mails
try
{
string emailTemplateBody = "Hy this is test mail";
emailTemplateBody += "<tr><img src=''http://localhost:52583/HttpModule_using_beacon_images/images/<keyvalue>.aspx'' style=''opacity:0.0; filter:alpha(opacity=0);'' /></tr>";
string templateName = txtTemplateName.Text;
string toEmail = mymailaddress
//// Get unique Key after registring mail to be sent
string key = bl_email_calls.RegisterSystemEmailAudit("1", templateName, DateTime.Now);
emailTemplateBody = emailTemplateBody.Replace("<keyvalue>", key);
//// sending e-mail
bl_email_calls.SendMailMessage(toEmail, templateName, emailTemplateBody, key);
using (var cn = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["webConnectionString"].ToString()))
{
//code to insert record in database; }
Response.Write("Mail sent");
// return false;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw;
}
Here is my HTTP module i have used from http://www.aspnetemail.com/samples/emailtracker/default.aspx[^]
public class HttpModuleClass : IHttpModule
{
//public event EventHandler BeginRequest;
public void Dispose()
{
}
/// <summary>
/// public varibles
/// </summary>
string footerFile = "~/images/footer.png";
//string footerFile = "~/images/ajax-loader.gif";
Email_Calls bl_email_calls = new Email_Calls();
/// <summary>
/// Init methoed
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context"></param>
public void Init(HttpApplication context)
{
context.BeginRequest += new System.EventHandler(GetImage_BeginRequest);
}
/// <summary>
/// handles requests made to server and call update email read time
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender"></param>
/// <param name="args"></param>
public void GetImage_BeginRequest(object sender, System.EventArgs args)
{
//cast the sender to a HttpApplication object
System.Web.HttpApplication application = (System.Web.HttpApplication)sender;
string url = application.Request.Path; //get the url path
//string pattern = #"/HttpModule/images/(?<key>.*)\.aspx";
//string pattern = #"/HttpModule_using_beacon_images/images/(?<key>.*)\.aspx";
string pattern = #"/HttpModule_using_beacon_images/images/(?<key>.*)\.aspx";
//string pattern = #"~/images/(?<key>.*)\.aspx";
//create the regex to match for beacon images
Regex r = new Regex(pattern, RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
if (r.IsMatch(url))
{
MatchCollection mc = r.Matches(url);
if ((mc != null) && (mc.Count > 0))
{
string key = (mc[0].Groups["key"].Value);
bl_email_calls.UpdateSystemEmailAuditReadDate(key);
}
//now send the REAL image to the client
//application.Response.ContentType = "image/gif";
application.Response.ContentType = "image/png";
application.Response.WriteFile(application.Request.MapPath(footerFile));
//end the response
application.Response.End();
}
}
}

To request a read receipt, we need add a custom header named 'Disposition-Notification-To'
in this example, read receipts will go back to 'someaddress#mydomain.com'
it's important to note that read receipts will only be sent by those mail clients that
a) support them
and
b)have them enabled.
//Add "Disposition-Notification-To" for Read receipt
mail.Headers.Add("Disposition-Notification-To", "<mail#yahoo.com>");

I got it. I was making some little mistakes.
Actually I was saving the email body into the database so I had to use '' instead of ' and that was making all the trouble. When is removed '' it worked fine.