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Imprumut = loan
I have 6 tables:
I have one combobox(from where I select utilizatori(users)) and 2 CheckedListBox(Between first box and second box I have 2 buttons:imprumuta(loan) and restituie(return))
This c# code works just for first user: Utilizator, but something's not good. When I add new utilizator(user) and select it, the loan will be add in my SQL DataBase, but... the book who I selected doesn't move to the right in CheckedListBox and the reason
is that I can't make an return
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;
namespace proiect
public partial class Imprumut : Form
MySqlConnection con = new MySqlConnection("DataSource=localhost;UserID=root;database=biblio1");
//stabilim conexiunea
MySqlCommand comUser;//interogarea pe baza careia umplem comboBox
MySqlDataAdapter adaptu;
DataTable userT = new DataTable();
MySqlCommand cmdCarti;//interogarea pe baza careia umplem checkListBox
MySqlDataAdapter adaptCarti;
DataTable CartiTabel = new DataTable();
MySqlCommand cmdCartiImprumutate;//interogarea pe baza careia umplem checkListBox
MySqlDataAdapter adaptCartiImprumutate;
DataTable CartiImprumutateTabel = new DataTable();
public int UserId
get
return Convert.ToInt32(user.SelectedValue.ToString());
void Completez_Combo_User()
try
comUser = new MySqlCommand("SELECT n.userid, CONCAT(n.UserName) as UserN FROM users n left join userroles us on n.userid=us.userid left join roles r on r.roleid=us.roleid WHERE r.roleid='3'",
con);
adaptu = new MySqlDataAdapter(comUser);
adaptu.Fill(userT);
user.Items.Clear();
user.DataSource = userT;
//DataTable din care sunt preluate datele pentru ComboBox user
user.ValueMember = "UserID";
//Valoarea din coloana UserID nu se afiseaza in combobox
user.DisplayMember = "UserN";
//Eelementele afisate in combobox, preluate din concatenarea mai multor coloane
catch (Exception ex)
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
void Completez_CheckList_Carti()
try
cmdCarti = new MySqlCommand("SELECT BookID, CONCAT(title, ' ', ISBN,' ',author)as date_carte FROM books WHERE NumberLeft > 0 ORDER BY BookID", con);
adaptCarti = new MySqlDataAdapter(cmdCarti);
adaptCarti.Fill(CartiTabel);
imp.Items.Clear();
//carti.DataSource=null;
imp.DataSource = CartiTabel;
//DataTable din care sunt preluate datele pentru ComboBox carte
imp.ValueMember = "BookID";
//Valoarea din coloana BookID nu se afiseaza in combobox
imp.DisplayMember = "date_carte";
//Eelementele afisate in combobox, preluate din concatenarea mai multor coloane
catch (Exception ex)
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
void Completez_CheckList_Cartires()
try
cmdCartiImprumutate = new MySqlCommand(string.Format("SELECT b.BookID, CONCAT(title, ' ', ISBN,' ',author) as date_carte FROM books b inner join userbooks ub on ub.bookid = b.bookid
WHERE ub.userid = {0} ORDER BY BookID", UserId), con);
adaptCartiImprumutate = new MySqlDataAdapter(cmdCartiImprumutate);
adaptCartiImprumutate.Fill(CartiImprumutateTabel);
res.Items.Clear();
//carti.DataSource=null;
res.DataSource = CartiImprumutateTabel;
//DataTable din care sunt preluate datele pentru ComboBox carte
res.ValueMember = "BookID";
//Valoarea din coloana BookID nu se afiseaza in combobox
res.DisplayMember = "date_carte";
//Eelementele afisate in combobox, preluate din concatenarea mai multor coloane
catch (Exception ex)
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
void Inregistrez_imprumut_in_BD()
int useridu = Convert.ToInt32(user.SelectedValue.ToString()); //useridu = id book
int bookidi;
try
DateTime azi = System.DateTime.Now; // Data imprumutului
DateTime atunci = termenul.Value; // Data restituirii
MySqlTransaction tranzactie = con.BeginTransaction();
MySqlCommand adaugImpr = new MySqlCommand("INSERT INTO bookshistory(UserID, BookID,BorrowDate) VALUES(@UserID, @BookID, CAST(@BorrowDate as datetime))", con);
MySqlCommand scadCarti = new MySqlCommand("UPDATE books SET numberleft=numberleft-1 WHERE bookid=@bookid", con);
MySqlCommand adauga_userbooks = new MySqlCommand("INSERT INTO userbooks(userId,bookID)VALUES(@userID,@bookID)", con);
adauga_userbooks.Transaction = tranzactie;
adaugImpr.Transaction = tranzactie;
scadCarti.Transaction = tranzactie;
try
foreach (int i in imp.CheckedIndices)
imp.SelectedIndex = i;
bookidi = Convert.ToInt32(imp.SelectedValue.ToString());
MessageBox.Show(bookidi.ToString());
//bookidi va fi id-ul cartea bifata, pe rand din checklistBox
//Inregistrez in tabela imprumut
adaugImpr.Parameters.AddWithValue("@UserID", useridu);
adaugImpr.Parameters.AddWithValue("@BookID", bookidi);
adaugImpr.Parameters.AddWithValue("@BorrowDate", azi);
adaugImpr.ExecuteNonQuery();
adaugImpr.Parameters.Clear();
adauga_userbooks.Parameters.AddWithValue("@userID", useridu);
adauga_userbooks.Parameters.AddWithValue("@bookID", bookidi);
adauga_userbooks.ExecuteNonQuery();
adauga_userbooks.Parameters.Clear();
//Scad numarl de carti disponibile pentru cartea imprumutat
scadCarti.Parameters.AddWithValue("@bookid", bookidi);
scadCarti.ExecuteNonQuery();
scadCarti.Parameters.Clear();
tranzactie.Commit();
catch (Exception ex)
tranzactie.Rollback();
string message = ex.Message;
if (ex.Message.ToLower().Contains("duplicate entry"))
message = "Una dintre carti mai exista deja";
MessageBox.Show(message);
catch (Exception ex)
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
void Inregistrez_restituire_in_BD()
int useridu = Convert.ToInt32(user.SelectedValue.ToString()); //useridu = id book
int bookidi;
try
DateTime azi = System.DateTime.Now; // Data imprumutului
DateTime atunci = termenul.Value; // Data restituirii
MySqlTransaction tranzactie = con.BeginTransaction();
MySqlCommand modificIstoric = new MySqlCommand("UPDATE bookshistory SET returndate = @returnDate WHERE userID = @userID AND bookID = @bookID", con);
MySqlCommand adaugCarti = new MySqlCommand("UPDATE books SET numberleft = numberleft + 1 WHERE bookID = @bookID", con);
MySqlCommand sterge_userbooks = new MySqlCommand("DELETE FROM userbooks WHERE userID = @userID AND bookID = @bookID", con);
sterge_userbooks.Transaction = tranzactie;
modificIstoric.Transaction = tranzactie;
adaugCarti.Transaction = tranzactie;
try
foreach (int i in res.CheckedIndices)
res.SelectedIndex = i;
bookidi = Convert.ToInt32(res.SelectedValue.ToString());
MessageBox.Show(bookidi.ToString());
//bookidi va fi id-ul cartea bifata, pe rand din checklistBox
//Inregistrez in tabela imprumut
modificIstoric.Parameters.AddWithValue("@UserID", useridu);
modificIstoric.Parameters.AddWithValue("@BookID", bookidi);
modificIstoric.Parameters.AddWithValue("@returnDate", termenul.Value);
modificIstoric.ExecuteNonQuery();
modificIstoric.Parameters.Clear();
sterge_userbooks.Parameters.AddWithValue("@UserID", useridu);
sterge_userbooks.Parameters.AddWithValue("@BookID", bookidi);
sterge_userbooks.ExecuteNonQuery();
sterge_userbooks.Parameters.Clear();
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//adaugCarti.Parameters.AddWithValue("@bookid", bookidi);
adaugCarti.Parameters.AddWithValue("@bookid", bookidi);
adaugCarti.ExecuteNonQuery();
adaugCarti.Parameters.Clear();
tranzactie.Commit();
catch (Exception ex)
tranzactie.Rollback();
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
catch (Exception ex)
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
public Imprumut()
InitializeComponent();
try
con.Open();
catch (Exception ex)
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
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adaptCarti.Fill(CartiTabel);
CartiImprumutateTabel.Clear();
adaptCartiImprumutate.Fill(CartiImprumutateTabel);
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if (dr == DialogResult.No)
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foreach (int i in imp.CheckedIndices)
imp.SetItemChecked(i, false);
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// //res.Items.Clear();
// foreach (string str in imp.CheckedItems)
// res.Items.Add(str);//adauga in partea cealalta, imprumuta
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// imp.Items.Remove(imp.CheckedItems[0]);
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Confirmare r = new Confirmare("Confirmati restituirea?");
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if (dr == DialogResult.Yes)
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Inregistrez_restituire_in_BD();
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//Dupa inregistrarea imprumutului o parte din carti nu mai sunt disponibile pentru imprumut
//Reincarc in CheckList cu Carti noua lista cu carti ramase dupa imprumut
//Pentru asta "resetez" datele din dataTable cartiT (sursa pentru carti.DataSource)
CartiTabel.Clear();
adaptCarti.Fill(CartiTabel);
CartiImprumutateTabel.Clear();
adaptCartiImprumutate.Fill(CartiImprumutateTabel);
catch (Exception ex)
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
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MessageBox.Show("Restituirea NU a fost inregistrata");
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//debifeaza cartile bifate
if (res.CheckedItems.Count > 0)
foreach (string str in res.CheckedItems)
imp.Items.Add(str);
while (res.CheckedItems.Count > 0)
res.Items.Remove(res.CheckedItems[0]);
private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
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// res.Items.Clear();
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// MySqlDataReader reader = selectcart.ExecuteReader();
// try
// while(reader.Read())
// res.Items.Add(reader["title"]);
// catch(Exception ex)
// MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
// finally
// reader.Close();Hello Vincenzzo,
This issue seems to be a window form UI implemented related issue, for this i suggest that you could ask it to the windows form forum:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/home?forum=winforms
The current forum you posted to is used to discuss and ask questions about .NET Framework Base Classes (BCL) such as Collections, I/O, Regigistry, Globalization, Reflection.
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Who can shed some light on my ongoing connection problem.
After upgrading my iPad Air with IOS 7.06, I could no longer connect to the internet.
I have 2 MacBooks Air, 1 ipad mini and one iPhone 4S running on the same network, and they are all connected to the net and function well.
So I cleaned up the ipad completely, installed the latest firmware and reinstalled my apps : no connection.
I tried all things of resets and forgets. No result.
I have been fondling with my Airport Extreme 5 , but that did not help much.
This morning I went to a neighbor , hooked my ipad air on his network, typed the password and the thing all worked fine.
I have tried to connect the ipad air as an ethernet client, but that did not work. „Not enough power“ was the statement
Ideas anyone ?Yes I tried this manyfold. But did not work. Reading on, I took Tesserac's advice. Shut down router and computer.
Start router after 15 minutes and wait another 10 minutes before starting the computer.
Et voila.... everything is back in working order,
Regards form Curacao, Dutch Caribean.
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Hi, I downloaded the app for macbook "Lens Flare for Final Cut" and I've struggled a lot to install this app at final cut . Someone could help me ? how i can install this app in Final Cut? this app cost me money and not is working to me, i am disappointed sorry if a write bad, i´m from Mexico i speak spanish
This is a user2user board for FCPX - maybe better you discuss your issues with the makers of that 'plug in'
Seems for me a bit 'fishy', isn't it? - other professional plug-in makers deliver with an installer... That advice at AppStore, how to install it, is ... rare:
How install it ? – click the launch button. Motion 5 will start itself. When Motion is open click save as. Write a generator name - Lens Flare and choose category RGB HOUSE or make it. Click Publish and you are done. If you don’t have Motion 5 look at support site - how to install in FCP.
How it works ? – In Final Cut Pro you will find in Generators RGB HOUSE group, where will be Lens Flare. Drag this generator above all clips in timeline. When it’s there remember to change blending mode to Screen (in video section). You can adjust color, steak color, glow, intensity, scale - apacity and blur of artifacts, position. Any parameter could be stored as a keyframe, so You can easily animate the flare.
so, I don't speak Spanish, lets have some fun with translate.google...:
Cómo instalarlo? - Haga clic en el botón de inicio. Motion 5 comenzará Misma. Cuando el movimiento está abierto clic en Guardar como escribir un generador de nombres -. Resplandor del objetivo y seleccionar categoría RGB CASA o hacerlo. Haga clic en Publicar y ya está. Si usted no tiene el movimiento 5 vistazo a sitio de soporte - cómo instalar en FCP.
Cómo funciona? - En Final Cut Pro se encuentra en el grupo generador RGB CASA, donde serán destello de lente. Arrastre este generador por encima de todos los clips en la línea de tiempo. Cuando es allí te acuerdas de que cambiar el modo de fusión a la pantalla (en la sección de vídeo). Usted puede ajustar el color, color carne, brillo, intensidad, escala - falta de definición apacidad y artefactos de su posición. Cualquier parámetro podría almacenarse como un fotograma clave, por lo que puede animar fácilmente la antorcha.
Hope it makes at last a little sense... I don't trust these automatic translators
(the German translation is ... awesome funny!)
Finally: it's from 2012! Needs probably an update - contact the dealer! -
I just upgraded to a new MacBook and my wife is inheriting my old MacBook Air. How can I change the her MacBook Air to now be fundamentally hers? That is, so the House Icon under Users folder is her name and not mine? Also the default AppleID for purchase stubbernly remains my own.
You do not mention it, but I will assume you are running OS 10.9.1.
Go to: Apple menu / System Preferences / Users & Groups. Click the padlock and enter your password.
Click the + (plus sign) and set up a new account for your wife. You have to enter a bunch of info. And then create the correct Login Options. Automatic login does not require a password from the selected user.
When that is done, verify the account works by restarting the computer and login as your wife.
Make sure that any applications in your own Users folder that will be needed are moved to the Applications folder in your wife's Users folder.
Now go back to Users and Groups, click the padlock and authenticate, select your own account, and hit the - (minus sign). This step cannot be reversed, so you might want to wait a few days before doing it.
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Hello, I own a macbook air and I deleted the iPhoto app by mistake, I cant re download it now, do you have any answer for me how to do it?
That's an App Store problem not an iPhoto one. That forum is here
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_app_store/using_mac_apple_store
but perhaps you just need to try again later, as the message says.
Regards
TD
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