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Which Packet Capture Format is better?

- by Lopper

I am writing an application to save the captured IP packets to file. Which of the following packet capture format is better suited for use as the file format? Click on the link for more information on each. Snoop (rfc1761) PCAP In addition, is there a C# library for any of the above format?

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How do I detect a connection break using MessageQueue

- by Lopper

My application written in C# makes use of the MessageQueue class in .NET for communicating messages with another remote application and the MessageQueue should always be "connected" (heartbeat present) with the remote messageQueue under all circumstances. If it is not "connected", then it signals that something is wrong and my application will need to perform some actions such as updating an event log. Is there a method in the MessageQueue class that can be used to detecting such breaks in connection?

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C#: How to print a unicode string to console?

- by Lopper

How do I print out the value of a unicode String in C# to the console? byte[] unicodeBytes = new byte[] {0x61, 0x70, 0x70, 0x6C, 0x69, 0x63, 0x61, 0x74, 0x69, 0x6F, 0x6E, 0x2F, 0x70, 0x63, 0x61, 0x70}; string unicodeString = Encoding.Unicode.GetString(unicodeBytes); Console.WriteLine(unicodeString); What I get for the above is "?????????" However, I see the following in the autos and local window when in debug mode for the value of unicodeString which is what I wanted to display. "??????????" How do I print out the correct result to the console as what the autos and local window for debugging demonstrated?

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WSDL vs DLL. Which is better?

- by Lopper

I would like to create a reusable interface to transfer some proprietary information over the TCP/IP connection. If given only the choice of either WSDL or DLL, what are the pros and cons of using each? This is assuming that Windows OS is used.

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