Re: windows-less console app visual progress indicator

I do a lot of lookups in SQL Server Mgt Studio for people who send me
a list of IDs to check and got sick of having to format the items
needed to be listed in the a SQL SELECT WHERE IN (...)

e.g.
select *
from table
where val in
(
     'A'
    ,'B'
    ,'C'

)

So I copy the list they send to the clipboard, run this app which
pulls it from the clipboard, formats it, and copies it back to the
clipboard.  Then I just paste it into Mgt Studio. No big deal, but now
others in the office want to use it and I'd like to make it a little
friendlier. Since it has no UI, it's not obvious that it's done.

Thanks,

Chris







On Dec 6, 2007 10:41 AM, Peter Obiefuna <[email protected]> wrote:
> How will the App be scheduled? One design principle for unattended execution
> is that you don't assume that someone is sitting there on the desktop to see
> your brief balloon. Again, it may be installed on a server whose monitor is
> usually turned off.
>
> This sounds to me like a batch job. I advice you schedule it in a good batch
> scheduler and write out your logs to text file. At the end, you can post the
> text file to a public location for operational people to check if it ran
> successfully or you can send the log by email to a mailing list you'll
> maintain. This would be my preferred implementation. The scheduling engine
> can record the exit status if you modify your Main() procedure to "static
> int Main()" which by convention returns 0 for success and any other int for
> an errorcode of your choice.
>
> If it must be a balloon, you probably need an app with a SystemTray control
> and pop up the balloon when you want, but remember, people may still need to
> know the status of the job, even if it ended when they were out getting
> coffee.
>
> A more sophisticated system will have the server-side engine of your choice,
> and a client-side installable, ie Windows. The client-side may subscribe to
> a remoting event on the server and pop-up the balloon. A good example of
> this pattern is CCTRAY of CruiseControl.NET
>
> P
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "chris Burgess" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 8:26 AM
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: [DOTNET-CLR] windows-less console app visual progress indicator
>
>
> > I have a very small windows-less console app that runs very quickly
> > and doesn't require user interaction. What would be a simple,
> > non-intrusive visual indicator that the job has run and completed. I
> > want something that will let them know it's done for a second or two
> > and then go away. I don't want the user to need to dismiss a dialog
> > box.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Chris
> >
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