Error running app but not while debugging!

[Don Gollahon]

Help please! .NET 2.0.

I have a hashtable defined:

public static Hashtable Params;

It currently is in a shared class in my app. I have moved it from the
main form to the shared class but get the same results no matter what.

When I run the app within VS it works fine! But when I run it outside
of VS I get "object reference is not set to an instance of an object"
and it is the Params.

Any ideas how this could be?


--

Don Gollahon

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Re: Error running app but not while debugging!

Hi,

could you post some code?
Also take a look in the deail of the exception , as the line # of where the
error occurred.

--
Ignacio Machin

http://www.laceupsolutions.com

Mobile & warehouse Solutions.
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Help please! .NET 2.0.
>
I have a hashtable defined:
>
public static Hashtable Params;
>
It currently is in a shared class in my app. I have moved it from the
main form to the shared class but get the same results no matter what.
>
When I run the app within VS it works fine! But when I run it outside
of VS I get "object reference is not set to an instance of an object"
and it is the Params.
>
Any ideas how this could be?
>
>
--
>
Don Gollahon

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Re: Error running app but not while debugging!

Could you give more explanation about it.

For instance, how do you intialize the Params member.
At what line of code do you get the error (you can get it by looking at the
stack trace of the error object.

- José

"Don Gollahon" <don.gollahon@n ospam.acs-inc.coma écrit dans le message de
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Help please! .NET 2.0.
>
I have a hashtable defined:
>
public static Hashtable Params;
>
It currently is in a shared class in my app. I have moved it from the
main form to the shared class but get the same results no matter what.
>
When I run the app within VS it works fine! But when I run it outside
of VS I get "object reference is not set to an instance of an object"
and it is the Params.
>
Any ideas how this could be?
>
>
--
>
Don Gollahon

[Don Gollahon]

Re: Error running app but not while debugging!

Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP ) wrote:

Hi,
>
could you post some code?
Also take a look in the deail of the exception , as the line # of
where the error occurred.

I inserted a test line to make sure this is where the problem was and
it is. The following is in the Main() method:

Main.GetINISett ings();
try
{
string vstr = SharedClass.Par ams["LOGSERVER"].ToString();
}
catch (Exception E1)
{
MessageBox.Show ("Main Params: " + E1.Message);
throw (new Exception(E1.Me ssage));
}


And here is the GetINISettings method:

private void GetINISettings( )
{
if (System.IO.File .Exists(IniName ))
{
FileStream vini = new FileStream(IniN ame, FileMode.Open);
StreamReader vsr = new StreamReader(vi ni);
String[] elements;
try
{
while (!vsr.EndOfStre am)
{
string vstr = vsr.ReadLine();
elements = vstr.Split('=') ;
SharedClass.Par ams.Add(element s[0], elements[1]);
}
}
catch (Exception Ex)
{
vsr.Close();
vini.Close();
Environment.Exi tCode = 9000;
throw (new Exception("Conf ig file not found or invalid: " +
Ex.Message));
//MessageBox.Show ("Config file not found or invalid. " +
Ex.Message, "Error", MessageBoxButto ns.OK);
return;
};
if (vsr != null)
vsr.Close();
if (vini != null)
vini.Close();
}
}



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Don Gollahon

[Don Gollahon]

Re: Error running app but not while debugging!

Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP ) wrote:

Hi,
>
could you post some code?
Also take a look in the deail of the exception , as the line # of
where the error occurred.

I forgot to include this in the sample I sent. It is before the other
code in Main():

SharedClass.Par ams = new Hashtable();

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Don Gollahon

[Don Gollahon]

Re: Error running app but not while debugging!

Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP ) wrote:

Hi,
>
could you post some code?
Also take a look in the deail of the exception , as the line # of
where the error occurred.

Uhhh, nevermind.

I forgot to move the ini file to the working directory.

Good grief!

--

Don Gollahon

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Re: Error running app but not while debugging!

Hi,

Take a look at the ini file, must probably you are using a different version
when you are debugging

--
Ignacio Machin

http://www.laceupsolutions.com

Mobile & warehouse Solutions.
"Don Gollahon" <don.gollahon@n ospam.acs-inc.comwrote in message
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Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP ) wrote:
>

>Hi,
>>
>could you post some code?
>Also take a look in the deail of the exception , as the line # of
>where the error occurred.

>
I inserted a test line to make sure this is where the problem was and
it is. The following is in the Main() method:
>
Main.GetINISett ings();
try
{
string vstr = SharedClass.Par ams["LOGSERVER"].ToString();
}
catch (Exception E1)
{
MessageBox.Show ("Main Params: " + E1.Message);
throw (new Exception(E1.Me ssage));
}
>
>
And here is the GetINISettings method:
>
private void GetINISettings( )
{
if (System.IO.File .Exists(IniName ))
{
FileStream vini = new FileStream(IniN ame, FileMode.Open);
StreamReader vsr = new StreamReader(vi ni);
String[] elements;
try
{
while (!vsr.EndOfStre am)
{
string vstr = vsr.ReadLine();
elements = vstr.Split('=') ;
SharedClass.Par ams.Add(element s[0], elements[1]);
}
}
catch (Exception Ex)
{
vsr.Close();
vini.Close();
Environment.Exi tCode = 9000;
throw (new Exception("Conf ig file not found or invalid: " +
Ex.Message));
//MessageBox.Show ("Config file not found or invalid. " +
Ex.Message, "Error", MessageBoxButto ns.OK);
return;
};
if (vsr != null)
vsr.Close();
if (vini != null)
vini.Close();
}
}
>
>
>
--
>
Don Gollahon

[Don Gollahon]

Re: Error running app but not while debugging!

Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP ) wrote:

Hi,
>
Take a look at the ini file, must probably you are using a different
version when you are debugging

Yep. Actually, blush, I forgot to copy it to the working directory and
not just the development area.

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Don Gollahon