ANN: DumpNS utility (was Re: C# Example)

Thanks a million!! It works great.I printed a page and have it handy now. I
can see this being a very useful tool later down the road... I recommend
everyone d/l this - certainly will save time hunting through the SDK
documentation!!! (and later on when you're looking at your own dll's!)

Greg

"Peter Drayton" <peter@razorsoft.com> wrote in message
news:399a7400$1@news.dev-archive.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I whipped up a little utility to dump all of the namespaces in one or more
> assemblies. This should give Greg exactly what he asked for. Basically,
you
> can get a human-readable output listing all of the namespaces in each
> assembly, or a CSV-formatted dump suitable for pulling into Excel and
using
> as a cross-reference.
>
> It's available at http://www.razorsoft.net (the site's barren right now
> apart from DumpNS, but there's more on the way once I clean up some more
of
> the stuff I've been playing with.
> I've included source in case anyone's interested, but it was hacked out in
> about 30 minutes, so it's basically worth what you just paid for it!
>
> --Peter
>
> "Oscar" <consulBanana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:39999fc3$1@news.dev-archive.com...
> > I've been looking for the same thing, actually. So far these are the
only
> > tools I've seen:
> >
> > 1)those .chm files
> > 2)ildasm.exe (in %sdk root%/bin)(takes a .dll apart for you - kind of
the
> > inverse fn)
> > 3)WinCV.exe (same place)
> > 4)the example(can't remember what it is 'cause I couldn't get it to
> compile
> > 5)the "random include" method mentioned previously
> >
> > WinCV is probably one of your best options, though I couldn't get it to
> load
> > up just now(I need to raid one of the other office machines for memory
> ;) )
> > It probably wouldn't be too hard to extend that program or write a
similar
> > one, but I probably won't make it to winForms for a while now.
> >
> > "Greg Huber" <ghuber@NOSPAMPLEASEhcr-manorcare.com> wrote in message
> > news:39998278$1@news.dev-archive.com...
> > > cpref.chm seems to have everything listed, but what would really be
nice
> > is
> > > a document that has a one-to-one mapping of namespace to assembly for
> > > example:
> > >
> > > System.Data.ADO -- System.Data.dll
> > > System.Net -- System.Net.dll
> > > System.Runtime.InteropServices -- mscorlib.dll
> > >
> > > or even:
> > > System.Data.DLL
> > > --List of namespaces
> > >
> > > System.Net.dll
> > > --List of namespaces
> > >
> > > Maybe there is and I haven't found it yet.. :)
> > >
> > > "Oscar" <consulBanana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:39997af1$1@news.dev-archive.com...
> > > > All the reference I wrote about should have come with your sdk.
It's
> > the
> > > > sdkstart.chm file buried in the sdk folder under docs. If you're
> > familiar
> > > > with the general layout of MSDN stuff, it'll be a cinch. If you're
> > > > not...whoa. When I was introduced to MSDN for the first time, I
> > couldn't
> > > > find the same article twice for about three months :)
> > > >
> > > > "Greg Huber" <ghuber@NOSPAMPLEASEhcr-manorcare.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:39982f62@news.dev-archive.com...
> > > > > Yeah, playing around always seems to be the best way to figure it
> out!
> > > > I'll
> > > > > agree on that one :) I wonder what harm is done including extra
> > > namespaces
> > > > > when you don't need them, maybe just a bigger EXE? (ie, similar to
> > C++).
> > > > > I'll have to dig up the documentation on the reference that you're
> > > > > mentioning so I don't have to be lazy.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for the advice!
> > > > >
> > > > > Greg
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "Oscar" <consulBanana@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:39982ac4$1@news.dev-archive.com...
> > > > > > You'll notice that a lot of people have been having problems
with
> > > > > > compilations, especially on examples. I posted a similar
problem
> > with
> > > > > XML,
> > > > > > but the revelation hit me a couple of hours later. When you're
> > > > compiling
> > > > > an
> > > > > > example, check out the listing in the reference. Someone who
> knows
> > a
> > > > > little
> > > > > > more about assemblies than me could add some detail here, but
the
> > name
> > > > of
> > > > > > the dll you need to include will be listed in the Requirements
> > section
> > > > of
> > > > > > the class members. For example, if you grab one of the classes
> > under
> > > > > > System.Net, you'll see System.net.dll listed as the required
> > assembly.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Alternatively, you can do like I did the first time: Go to
> %system
> > > > > > root%/ComPlus/v2000.14.1812, and start including relavent
looking
> > dlls
> > > > > until
> > > > > > it compiles :)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Greg Huber" <ghuber@NOSPAMPLEASEhcr-manorcare.com> wrote in
> message
> > > > > > news:3997e97a$1@news.dev-archive.com...
> > > > > > > I found the code sample below on the microsoft web site that
> > allows
> > > > you
> > > > > to
> > > > > > > create a simple TCP listener with c#:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?URL=/library/techart/PDC_websv
> > > > > > > c.htm
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > But when I compile I get this error:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Server.cs(2,14): error CS0234: The type or namespace name
'Net'
> > does
> > > > not
> > > > > > > exist i
> > > > > > > n the class or namespace 'System'
> > > > > > > Server.cs(3,14): error CS0234: The type or namespace name
'Net'
> > does
> > > > not
> > > > > > > exist i
> > > > > > > n the class or namespace 'System'
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Is there something I'm not doing right? How do I get the Net
> > > classes?
> > > > > (Did
> > > > > > > they not come with the NGWS preview)?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > Greg
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > /* Begin Code */
> > > > > > > using System;
> > > > > > > using System.Net;
> > > > > > > using System.Net.Sockets;
> > > > > > > using System.Text;
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > class Server
> > > > > > > {
> > > > > > > public static void Main()
> > > > > > > {
> > > > > > > DateTime now;
> > > > > > > String strDateLine;
> > > > > > > Encoding ASCII = Encoding.ASCII;
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > // listen on port 23
> > > > > > > TCPListener tcpl = new TCPListener(23);
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > tcpl.Start();
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Console.WriteLine("Waiting for clients to connect");
> > > > > > > Console.WriteLine("Press Ctrl+c to Quit...");
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > while (true)
> > > > > > > {
> > > > > > > // Accept will block until someone connects
> > > > > > > Socket s = tcpl.Accept();
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > // Get the current date and time then concatenate it
> > > > > > > // into a string
> > > > > > > now = DateTime.Now;
> > > > > > > strDateLine = now.ToShortDateString() + " "
+
> > > > > > > now.ToLongTimeString();
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > // Convert the string to a Byte Array & send
> it
> > > > > > > Byte[] byteDateLine =
> > > > > > > ASCII.GetBytes(strDateLine.ToCharArray());
> > > > > > > s.Send(byteDateLine, byteDateLine.Length, 0);
> > > > > > > Console.WriteLine("Sent " + strDateLine);
> > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > }
> > > > > > > }
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > /* End Code */
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