Hi,

I get the following error whenever i try to run the exe.
I did not get this error opn the development machine.
Any clue?
It points to length parameter but i dont see anything wrong there.
I checked the length parameters in those forms.
Is it caused by a substring?



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************** Exception Text **************
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Length cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: length
at System.String.InternalSubStringWithChecks(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length, Boolean fAlwaysCopy)
at System.String.Substring(Int32 startIndex, Int32 length)
at trTransportationMgrProject.cls_Schedules.getSelectCriteria()
at trTransportationMgrProject.cls_Schedules.loadGDVData()
at trTransportationMgrProject.frm_Schedules.btnSearch_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

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trTransportationMgrProject
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trUserControls
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Can you show us that line of code? For some reason, either the string (first argument) or the length (second argument) is different on your test machine.

I've normally seen this when people try to "split" a string themselves. Something like:

string results = originalString.Substring(position, originalString.Length-position - 1);

If you're doing that or something similar, your "position" argument may be at or past the end of the string, which causes the second argument to be <0.

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Excellent! Then you will never have an error on that line! :-)

Just kidding.

If that is indeed where the error is occurring, then somehow it is getting to be less than 2 at runtime.

If you want to post a little more of your code, we can help.

Otherwise, you could consider putting more logging code into your application to display this value into a log at runtime when the code generates the exception you defined at the beginning of this thread.

Hope this helps.

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That would be a good guess.

Do you have some substring logic in getSelectCriteria?

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Somewhere in your routine: trTransportationMgrProject.cls_Schedules.getSelectCriteria

You are calling string.Substring, and passing a value <0 for the second argument. Unfortunately, that is all your stack trace shows.

If you want to post this code, we can help narrow it down. Look for calls to Substring. Chances are, you're passing a value there being built off the string, and it's ending up with a value <0.

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I have a substring that i am using in getselectcriteria function but when i am debugging(on developmet machine), i can see te value of it to be more than 0.
On the development machine this works fine without error. error comes up only whne i run the exe on the test amchine

Can you show us that line of code? For some reason, either the string (first argument) or the length (second argument) is different on your test machine.

I've normally seen this when people try to "split" a string themselves. Something like:

string results = originalString.Substring(position, originalString.Length-position - 1);

If you're doing that or something similar, your "position" argument may be at or past the end of the string, which causes the second argument to be <0.

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Reed Copsey, Jr. - http://reedcopsey.com

Do you have any calculations in the substring?

Could you post that bit of code?

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strSelect has column names in it. (string values)
In the debug mode when i do a quick watch on length it says length is not declared.

length is showing the total count of characters in strselect.

this is the line of code:

strSelect = strSelect.Substring(0, strSelect.Length - 2)

On your test machine, strSelect.Length is < 2, so you're passing -1 or -2 to that routine.

You can verify this - just add something like:

if (strSelect.Length < 2)
Console.WriteLine("strSelect's [{0}] length is only {1}! We're going to crash now.", strSelect, strSelect.Length);
strSelect = strSelect.Substring(0, strSelect.Length - 2);

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Then at run-time it appears that strSelect.Length is less than 2.

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strSelect is not going less than 2
it it not going into that loop.

Excellent! Then you will never have an error on that line! :-)

Just kidding.

If that is indeed where the error is occurring, then somehow it is getting to be less than 2 at runtime.

If you want to post a little more of your code, we can help.

Otherwise, you could consider putting more logging code into your application to display this value into a log at runtime when the code generates the exception you defined at the beginning of this thread.

Hope this helps.

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I think i found where the error is .... i have to test it tomorrow.
strselect.length should get values from a table. which might be empty on the test machine.
thanks for your help .

This issue was fuixed when i populate the table.
Thanks.