CodeXchange: User Contributed Snippets

Generate random numbers

Poovannan Rajendran — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:37:15 GMT

 public static string GetRandom()
        {
            Random random = new Random();
            return random.Next(10000).ToString();
        }

Sorting in grid

Poovannan Rajendran — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:00:27 GMT

protected void gvEmpMail_Sorting(object sender, GridViewSortEventArgs e)
    {
        try
        {
            DataTable dt = new DataTable();
            dt = (DataTable)getSession("EmpMailReport");
            if (SortDirection == "ASC")
                SortDirection = "DESC";
            else
                SortDirection = "ASC";
            dt.DefaultView.Sort = e.SortExpression + " " + SortDirection;
            gvEmpMail.DataSource = dt;
            gvEmpMail.DataBind();
        }
        catch { }
    }

Starting a windows service from .net

Poovannan Rajendran — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:10:30 GMT

 //Retreive the Service and Machine name from config file
            string servicename = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ServiceMachine"].ToString();
            string serviceMachine = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["MachineName"].ToString();
            //Create a new ServiceController object with the service and machine name as parameters
            ServiceController svc = new ServiceController(servicename, serviceMachine);
            //Start the service if its not already running
            if (svc.Status == ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped)
            {
                //Start the Service
                svc.Start();
            }