Websocket in dotnet with API Gateway and Fargate?
I'm building an ASP.NET core project. The bulk of it is a REST API, which we have deployed in a Fargate Container behind API Gateway. Those are partly client requirements, not my decision. For part...
Is this a misuse of Dispose?
I'm reviewing a class that implements `IDispose` and therefore has a Dispose method. In the constructor of this class we open a DB transaction. In the dispose method we commit the transaction and exe...
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How to open an Angular+.NET project in Visual Studio GUI after creating it in VSC?
I have a [Angular+.NET](https://Angular+.NET) project where the 'client' folder holds the Angular files and 'api' folder has the .NET project. I started working on it in Visual Studio Code and jus...
Settle an Argument (Logical/Physical Layers, Clean Architecture, etc).
A colleague and I are going through an exercise of developing guidance around practices and conventions for writing Clean Architecture projects in our organization. We have project structure as fol...
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Piece of code that can kill computer performance
I'm searching for code in c# that can kill computer performance (CPU performance, maybe cpu - memory link performance too) as much as it is possible (it will run on 4 core box so I'm going to create 4...
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Reformat SQLGeography polygons to JSON
I am building a web service that serves geographic boundary data in JSON format. The geographic data is stored in an SQL Server 2008 R2 database using the geography type in a table. I use `[ColumnN...
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Add web service reference from behind a proxy server
I'm using vs2010. In a simple console app I try to add a service reference to `http://***/service1.asmx` , old asmx service. My computer is behind a proxy server, so i get an error : > "The remo...
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No more post back after file download in sharepoint
I tried to download a file from sharepoint. But after I download this file, I can't click on other buttons. What is wrong with my coding? **This is my first way.** ```csharp Response.AppendHe...
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Sleep task (System.Threading.Tasks)
I need to create thread which will replace photo in [Windows Forms][1] window, than waits for *~1second* and restore the previous photo. I thought that the following code: ```csharp TaskSchedul...
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Graphic - DrawLine - draw line and move it
In my .net c# program i draw few lines using values from text boxes (i use DrawLine function). I want to be able to move one of this lines by clik on it and move this line with mouse - is it possible?...
Find node when traversing tree
I want to implement a method that will enable me to find a node in a tree. The way I do it is recursively using global variables to know when to stop. **I have the class:** ```csharp class Nod...
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Why use events for what I can do with Delegates?
I know Events are always associated with Delegates. But, I am missing some core use of Events, and trying to understand that. I created a simple Event program, as below, and it works perfectly fine...
Sharing DTOs between my API, Blazor web app and WPF client
I have recently been revisiting a project from a year ago where I had an ASP.NET web API and a WPF client. The WPF client would call the API and each project had a separate models folder where I dupli...
How to handle no matches case in List.First in c#?
In [IEnumerable.First][1] function, how do I handle the case if there are no matches? Currently it just crashes... ```csharp MySPListItem firstItem = itemCollection.First(item => !item.isFolder); ...
GridView Command Arguments out of sync after dynamic row inserts
I have a gridview (for displaying data only) with multiple LinkButton objects in each row. In the gridview's DataBound function, I iterate through the rows of the gridview and dynamically to add new "...
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- 3 May at 14:34
Covariance in C# .NET 4 Framework
Is it possible to cast a `List` to `List` in C# 4.0? Something along these lines: ```csharp class joe : human {} List joes = GetJoes(); List humanJoes = joes; ``` Isn't this what co...
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- 30 Apr at 12:19
Elegant alternative to int.TryParse
I feel that every time I use `TryParse` that it results in somewhat ugly code. Mainly I am using it this way: ```csharp int value; if (!int.TryParse(someStringValue, out value)) { value = 0...
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Saving datetime offset in database
I currently have a problem with saving the UTC time. I have an application in which you can specify a timer for a job and this is then saved in the database. However, I have the following problem: The...
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ASP.NET Core 6 : The best way to list a group of numbers in a string?
I have a string of numbers in the form of an object like this: I want to put the numbers before ":" in a list and the numbers after it in a list, what is the best way to do this?
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Why is Task.Run() blocking controller action when handling long-running CPU-bound Tasks?
I’m working on an .NET 6 Web API and handling a CPU-bound task using Task.Run() to offload it to a background thread. However, it seems like my controller action is still being blocked, and the reques...
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How to return JSON result in ASP.NET Core 8 project
With ASP.NET MVC framework, there was a way to do this: Now this way is missing - trying to use it results in this error: > Cannot implicitly convert type 'Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.JsonResult' to 'Mi...
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Use of C# MemoryStream for encryption
I often see code that looks something like this (key and plain are byte arrays) I'm just wondering why the MemoryStream and CryptoStream are used. Why not Maybe TransformFinalBlock uses MemoryStream a...
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How to convert an ImageSharp Image<> to a SkiaSharp SkImage?
I've got an ImageSharp `Image` image which is already loaded in memory, and I need to convert it into a SkiaSharp `SkImage` object to pass into a library that I'm using. I'd like to use the already-lo...
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Date format culture differences with .NET 4.8 and .NET 8
I have this bit of code and when running in .NET 4.8 gives a different result than .NET 8 var cultureInfo = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("ar-KW"); var date = new DateTime(2024, 10, 12); str...
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How can you programmatically insert "requestTimeout="00:30:00" via program.cs, rather than web.config
I have an ASP.NET Core 8 Web API that gets published to IIS on multiple dedicated customer web servers. Is there a way to insert the: in `program.cs`? I tried doing a timeout middleware but it appear...
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Swapping between 2 objects in a list c#
I’m trying to sort an array of `Student` objects alphabetically by name and swap two objects in the list. However, after swapping, I’m noticing that the objects sometimes appear to become identical, a...
How do I change Orthographic camera size smoothly?
I am trying to change my ortho size on cinemachine smoothly. I have it set up to zoom in and out on mouse wheel but it happens instantly and id like it to take a few seconds and do it smoothly. Like a...
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C# Unit Test: Concurrent Requests with MemoryCache and SemaphoreSlim
I'm unit testing a service that fetches data from an API and caches it using IMemoryCache and SemaphoreSlim to handle concurrency. I want to simulate a scenario with multiple concurrent requests where...
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Ignoring thrown exceptions in an MSTest test
Suppose we wish to test the following method. It's a contrived network call that logs a warning if the request failed and then throws after three attempts. ```csharp private async Task ContrivedNetwor...
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ServiceStack.OrmLite for PostgreSQL returning lowercase property names for dynamic sql query that defines PascalCase column names
I have the following dynamic SQL query generated by my code: I then run this through a ServiceStack Service Handler method, like so: Which returns an ` IEnumerable`. The problem I have is that the `re...
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ServiceStack Blazor Modal Not Opening for Editing Existing Player DTO
I'm working with [ServiceStack Blazor][1] and using a standard modal provided by the framework to handle CRUD operations in a Blazor web application. The modal opens as expected when creating new reco...
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How do you change the default logging of JsonApiClient?
I am using the ServiceStack JsonApiClient to make service requests. When the JsonApiClient encounters a non successful status code i.e. 500, it automatically (and rightly) logs at error level to my co...
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ServiceStack Credentials AuthProvider return custom exception
Using ServiceStack 8.~ with .NET 6. We've implemented a custom credentials `AuthProvider`. When authentication fails, we would like to throw our own error message, not just invalid username/password; ...
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- 29 Aug at 10:39
"GenerateCrudServices.DbFactory is not configured" error in scaffolded ServiceStack template
I've just scaffolded a new blazor template with the latest version (v8.0.1) of the ServiceStack `x tool` using this command: `x new blazor && x mix ef-sqlserver autocrudgen` I get this error when I la...
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Disabling an input when editing a record using AutoQuery and AutoQueryGrid
I want to disable or set to read-only an input when I am updating a record using [AutoQuery][1] and [AutoQueryGrid][2], I have used the class attribute and also the property attribute and in no case i...
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- 29 Aug at 10:42
Limiting models that are returned in OpenAPI specification
Using ApiDeclarationFilter we can remove paths from openapi specification without removing it from MetaData (/types/typescript for example). SchemaFilter allows going through the models that are in ap...
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- 29 Aug at 10:44
ServiceStack OpenAPI Swagger Exclude "auth" methods
How can I exclude these base "auth" methods circled in the screenshot from my ServiceStack application's Swagger docs? [![enter image description here][1]][1] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/2ft3jGVM.png
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- 29 Aug at 10:45
Customizing Temporal Table DateTime mappings with EF Core
The datetime values in temporal tables are UTC. Is it possible to configure your DbContext class to apply a custom mapping to the sysstarttime/sysendtime columns? In this case I would simply want to c...
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- 16 May at 03:46
Find point at "t" on a cubic spline with math.net
I am using C# with MathNet to make a 2d cubic spline that I can draw. I was able to make a spline, but I couldn't figure out if there is a function that takes in a "t" value and spits out a point. I a...
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