-
Recent Posts
-
Recent Comments
Archives
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- October 2013
- August 2013
- June 2013
- December 2012
- September 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- November 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- February 2011
- December 2010
Categories
- .NET
- 3D
- 3D graphics
- ADO.NET
- algorithms
- animation
- API
- arrays
- attributes
- audio
- books
- C#
- C# programming
- calculations
- challenges
- classes
- clipboard
- coding
- combinatorics
- console
- controls
- cryptography
- curve fitting
- database
- debugging
- dialogs
- directories
- Drag and Drop
- drawing
- drawings
- enums
- Event
- events
- example program
- Excel
- extension methods
- extensions
- files
- finance
- fonts
- formatting
- forms
- fractals
- ftp
- games
- GDI+
- generic
- geometry
- globalization
- graphics
- html
- IDE
- image processing
- inheritance
- interfaces
- internationalization
- internet
- interoperability
- LINQ
- lists
- localization
- mathematics
- memory
- menus
- MessageBox
- methods
- miscellany
- multimedia
- network
- Office
- OOP
- operators
- parsing
- performance
- phone
- PowerPoint
- printers
- printing
- productivity
- programs
- puzzles
- recursion
- reflection
- registry
- regular expressions
- serialization
- settings
- SQL
- stories
- strings
- syntax
- system
- threading
- three-dimensional graphics
- tips
- tools
- transformations
- Uncategorized
- user interface
- variables
- VBA
- web
- Windows Forms programming
- WMI
- Word
- wpf
- XAML
- XML
Meta
Monthly Archives: March 2017
Parse file sizes in KB, MB, GB, and so forth in C#
The example Format file sizes in KB, MB, GB, and so forth in C# shows how to convert a number into a string formatted in KB, MB, etc. This example does the opposite: it parses a value such as “1.23 … Continue reading
Posted in algorithms, files, mathematics
Tagged algorithms, C#, C# programming, example, example program, file size, files, parse, parse file size, Windows Forms programming
Leave a comment
Highlight the DataGridView row that is under the mouse in C#
Someone recently asked me how to change the style of the row under the mouse in a DataGridView control. This example does that. When the program starts, the following code prepares the DataGridView for use. // The style to use … Continue reading
Compare the performance of incrementing statements in C#
This is another performance testing post. Assembly language usually has statements comparable to x++, x–, x +=, and other operators that add or subtract to a value and store the result in the same value, so it makes some sense … Continue reading
Posted in performance, syntax
Tagged ++, +=, C#, C# programming, example, example program, increment, performance, syntax, Windows Forms programming
Leave a comment
Make a simple event logger in C#
Usually the debugger lets you examine how a program works quite effectively, but sometimes it’s useful to use an event logger to record events for later study. For example, when you’re working with mouse events, stopping execution at a break … Continue reading
Posted in classes, debugging, files
Tagged C#, C# programming, classes, debugging, event logger, example, example program, files, log event, log file, Windows Forms programming
3 Comments
Display a form’s control hierarchy in C#
This example displays the control hierarchy for a form. It’s actually relatively simple. Some controls can contain other controls. For example, a form is a control and it contains all of a Windows Forms application’s controls. Similarly Panel, TableLayoutPanel, SplitContainer, … Continue reading
Loop over a form’s controls in C#
This example shows how to loop over controls of various types on a form. The Control class defines a Controls property that is a collection containing references to the controls inside a control. For example, a form’s Controls collection holds … Continue reading
Posted in controls, forms
Tagged C#, C# programming, control types, controls, example, example program, find controls, forms, generic, generic methods, loop over controls, OfType, Windows Forms programming
3 Comments
Make a shaded ellipse control in C#
Note: Before you can use the ShadedEllipse control in the example program, you must build the solution. After you download the example, build it before you try to view the form. This example walks through building a control that draws … Continue reading
Posted in controls, drawing, graphics
Tagged C#, C# programming, controls, custom controls, drawing, example, example program, graphics, shaded ellipse, Windows Forms programming
1 Comment
Give a class default indexer properties in C#
An indexer property is a property that other code can use inside square brackets to access some value provided by the class, much as you can use the index of an array. Unlike an array, a class’s indexer need not … Continue reading
Posted in arrays, classes, syntax
Tagged arrays, C#, C# programming, classes, default property, example, example program, indexer property, syntax, Windows Forms programming
Leave a comment