Nov 19, 2008

Captcha Image using C# in Asp.Net

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Captcha Image using C# in Asp.Net


What is Captcha Image?

In web when ever you are registering on any site normally they are asking at the end of page for enter Image code/Challenge Image/Image verification code etc. This type of image called Captcha Image.


What is the use of Captcha?


Captcha is a type of challenge-response test used in computing to ensure that the response is not generated by a computer. The process usually involves one computer (a server) asking a user to complete a simple test which the computer is able to generate and grade. Because other computers are unable to solve the CAPTCHA, any user entering a correct solution is presumed to be human.

A best technique to restrict automatic form submissions when developing a web page is to add some kind of verification. And as per my knowledge image verification is the best way, it’s also called Captcha image. In this process dynamically we are creating a image with random string either string, number or alphanumeric and display on the web page. After that at the time of form submission user is asked to enter same code in the text box as shown in that image. Once form is submitted then we can compare both auto generated value and entered by user. Because there id no other good way to protect your webworms from spammers (auto submission).


How can we do that?

Here is the details explanation with Code snippets.

This is the default.aspx (partially)
Html Code

    <asp:Label ID="lblmsg" runat="server" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="Red" Text="">asp:Label>
    <br />
    Enter code shown below in text box.
    <asp:TextBox ID="txtimgcode" runat="server" ValidationGroup="1">asp:TextBox><br />
        <img height="70" width="200" src="CImage.aspx" width="176" alt="" />
        <br />
    div>
    <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Validate" onclick="Button1_Click" />

In above code there are three control Lable control to display message weather entered code is matched or not. TextBox to take input from user and Image box to hold a image autogenerated by CImage.aspx page. Before that we will see default.aspx.cs page code


protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (this.txtimgcode.Text == this.Session["CaptchaImageText"].ToString())
        {
            lblmsg.Text = "Excellent.......";
        }
        else
        {
            lblmsg.Text = "image code is not valid.";
        }
        this.txtimgcode.Text = "";
    }

In button’s click event we are just checking entered value with stored value in session. And display appropriate message on the screen.

CImage.aspx page
Remove all the code except first line

Like 

Main code is here witch is calling a method to generate random no string and pass it to class file which will generate image with same string and retrun it as a Jpeg format.

Here is the details code.

using System.Drawing.Imaging;

public partial class CImage : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // Create a random code and store it in the Session object.
        this.Session["CaptchaImageText"] = GenerateRandomCode();

        // Create a CAPTCHA image using the text stored in the Session object.
        RandomImage ci = new RandomImage(this.Session["CaptchaImageText"].ToString(), 300, 75);

        // Change the response headers to output a JPEG image.
        this.Response.Clear();
        this.Response.ContentType = "image/jpeg";

        // Write the image to the response stream in JPEG format.
        ci.Image.Save(this.Response.OutputStream, ImageFormat.Jpeg);

        // Dispose of the CAPTCHA image object.
        ci.Dispose();
    }
  
    // Function to generate random string with Random class.

    private string GenerateRandomCode()
    {
        Random r = new Random();
        string s = "";
        for (int j = 0; j <>
        {
            int i = r.Next(3);
            int ch;
            switch (i)
            {
                case 1:
                    ch = r.Next(0, 9);
                    s = s + ch.ToString();
                    break;
                case 2:
                    ch = r.Next(65, 90);
                    s = s + Convert.ToChar(ch).ToString();
                    break;
                case 3:
                    ch = r.Next(97, 122);
                    s = s + Convert.ToChar(ch).ToString();
                    break;
                default:
                    ch = r.Next(97, 122);
                    s = s + Convert.ToChar(ch).ToString();
                    break;
            }
            r.NextDouble();
            r.Next(100, 1999);
        }
        return s;
    }
}


And finally at last the code for RandomImage class which is genrating Image with the help of BitMap class.

//Extra name space
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Drawing2D;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.Drawing.Text;
public class RandomImage
{
//Default Constructor
      public RandomImage(){}
//property
      public string Text
        {
            get { return this.text; }
        }
    public Bitmap Image
    {
        get { return this.image; }
    }
    public int Width
    {
        get { return this.width; }
    }
    public int Height
    {
        get { return this.height; }
    }
//Private variable
    private string text;
    private int width;
    private int height;
    private Bitmap image;

    private Random random = new Random();
    //Methods decalration
    public RandomImage(string s, int width, int height)
    {
          this.text = s;
          this.SetDimensions(width, height);
          this.GenerateImage();
    }

    public void Dispose()
    {
        GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
        this.Dispose(true);
    }

    protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
    {
        if (disposing)
            this.image.Dispose();
    }

    private void SetDimensions(int width, int height)
    {
          if (width <= 0)
                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("width", width, "Argument out of range, must be greater than zero.");
          if (height <= 0)
                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("height", height, "Argument out of range, must be greater than zero.");
          this.width = width;
          this.height = height;
    }

    private void GenerateImage()
    {
          Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(this.width, this.height, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);

          Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bitmap);
          g.SmoothingMode = SmoothingMode.AntiAlias;
          Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(0, 0, this.width, this.height);

          HatchBrush hatchBrush = new HatchBrush(HatchStyle.SmallConfetti, Color.LightGray, Color.White);
          g.FillRectangle(hatchBrush, rect);

          SizeF size;
          float fontSize = rect.Height + 1;
        Font font;
       
          do
          {
                fontSize--;
            font = new Font(FontFamily.GenericSansSerif, fontSize, FontStyle.Bold);
                size = g.MeasureString(this.text, font);
          } while (size.Width > rect.Width);

          StringFormat format = new StringFormat();
          format.Alignment = StringAlignment.Center;
          format.LineAlignment = StringAlignment.Center;

          GraphicsPath path = new GraphicsPath();
          //path.AddString(this.text, font.FontFamily, (int) font.Style, font.Size, rect, format);
        path.AddString(this.text, font.FontFamily, (int)font.Style, 75, rect, format);
          float v = 4F;
          PointF[] points =
          {
                new PointF(this.random.Next(rect.Width) / v, this.random.Next(rect.Height) / v),
                new PointF(rect.Width - this.random.Next(rect.Width) / v, this.random.Next(rect.Height) / v),
                new PointF(this.random.Next(rect.Width) / v, rect.Height - this.random.Next(rect.Height) / v),
                new PointF(rect.Width - this.random.Next(rect.Width) / v, rect.Height - this.random.Next(rect.Height) / v)
          };
          Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
          matrix.Translate(0F, 0F);
          path.Warp(points, rect, matrix, WarpMode.Perspective, 0F);

          hatchBrush = new HatchBrush(HatchStyle.Percent10, Color.Black, Color.SkyBlue);
          g.FillPath(hatchBrush, path);

          int m = Math.Max(rect.Width, rect.Height);
          for (int i = 0; i < (int) (rect.Width * rect.Height / 30F); i++)
          {
                int x = this.random.Next(rect.Width);
                int y = this.random.Next(rect.Height);
                int w = this.random.Next(m / 50);
                int h = this.random.Next(m / 50);
                g.FillEllipse(hatchBrush, x, y, w, h);
          }

          font.Dispose();
          hatchBrush.Dispose();
          g.Dispose();

          this.image = bitmap;
    }
}
 Happy protecting Auto submission...................



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Nov 17, 2008

Custom Paging in Asp.Net with Data Grid or Grid View

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Custom Paging in Asp.Net with Data Grid or Grid View
Purpose:

When ever in any large application lots of data are there, and we want to display all the data on the page so long scroll will come, and might be some alignment issue can arise. For that purpose to display some specific no of data on the page and at the bottom or top of the page display page no list so user can move easily on the specific page quickly.


But Grid view and Data grid is giving in built paging facility. So there is no need to develop it independently right? No it’s wrong; Let me come to the point, suppose we are developing any shopping cart application. In that application user is searching for particular item and that item is suppose mobile device. Now in store there are 1000 different models. But you are displaying only 20,30 or 50 models on the page and then paging is there. But when ever you are retrieving data from database all 1000 record will come into result. On the client end rest of data will be eliminated by grid and display particular no of data on the page. So why we are retrieving extra data from database?, why we will use network bandwidth?, why we will create overhead on server, database and network? For that we need custom page to retrieve data effectively.

What is custom paging?

Custom paging in the sense implement the paging facility in web page by programmatically. In this procedure how can we achieve this functionality just see it here. In our application when ever large amount of data is there to be displayed. Then write a Stored Procedure and pass two parameter one for page id and second for no of data. And from procedure retrieve specific no of data that’s it. It’s very simple.

Here is the sample code for stored procedure.

CREATE Procedure [dbo].[CustomePaging]

-- Declare parameters.

@CurrPage As int,

@PageSize As int

As

Set NoCount On

-- Declare variables.

Declare @FRec int

Declare @LRec int

-- Initialize variables.

Set @FRec = (@CurrPage - 1) * @PageSize

Set @LRec = (@CurrPage * @PageSize + 1)

-- Create a temporarily table to hold the current page of data

--Guess we are retrieving from emp table name and age

Create Table #Temp
(
              RecId int IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
              Emp_Name varchar(100),
              Emp_Age int
)

--Fill the temp table with the reminders

Insert Into #Temp
(
     Emp_Name, Emp_Age
)

Select Emp_Name,Emp_Age from emp Order By Emp_Id Desc -- Assume Emp_Id is primary key

--Select one page of data based on the record numbers above

Select * From #Temp Where RecId > @FRec And RecId < @LRec

Drop Table #Temp

In above procedure we are passing two parameters CurrentPage and PageSize. On base upon we set First Record and Last record No. Then we create Temp Table select all the data from original table and insert into that temp table. From there we are retrieving all the data between First and Last Record.

In webpage set CurrentPage=1 during page load event then put two arrow button on page like previous and next and on the click of that button set current page index either CurrentPage -1 or CurrentPage +1 and then again retrieve data and bind to grid or datagrid.

Happy custom paging…………….


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