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Monthly Archives: May 2018
Puzzle: Find the squares in C#
The example Puzzle: Find the equilateral triangles in C# was fun, at least for me, so here’s another puzzle. This time your goal is find all of the squares that you can make using the red dots shown here. If … Continue reading
Posted in algorithms, games, graphics, mathematics
Tagged algorithms, C#, C# programming, example, example program, find the squares, games, graphics, mathematics, puzzles, squares puzzle, Windows Forms programming
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Save WriteableBitmap images in multiple formats in WPF and C#
The post Easily save a WriteableBitmap in WPF and C# describes an extension method that makes it easy to save a WriteableBitmap object into a PNG file, but what if you want to save the image in some other format … Continue reading
Posted in extension methods, graphics, image processing, wpf, XAML
Tagged C#, C# programming, example, example program, extension methods, graphics, image file formats, image formats, image processing, png, png file, save bitmap, save WriteableBitmap, SaveBitmap, Windows Forms programming, WPF, WriteableBitmap, XAML
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Easily save a WriteableBitmap in WPF and C#
In my post Save bitmap files in WPF and C# I lamented (okay, whined about) the cumbersomeness of saving a WriteableBitmap into a file in WPF. Fortunately there’s a way you can make it easier. Simply add an extension method … Continue reading
Easily manipulate pixels in WPF and C#
After building the example Save bitmap files in WPF and C#, I couldn’t get it out of my head. Doing the math to set the correct bytes in a one-dimensional pixel array isn’t all that hard, but it is annoying … Continue reading
Posted in graphics, image processing, wpf
Tagged Bitmap, BitmapPixelMaker, C#, C# programming, example, example program, graphics, image, image processing, pixels, Windows Forms programming, WPF, WriteableBitmap, XAML
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Display team names for a round robin tournament in C#
The example Generate a schedule for a round robin tournament in C# explains how you can generate a schedule for a round robin tournament. This example simply adds the ability to display the schedule using the team names instead of … Continue reading
Save bitmap files in WPF and C#
This example shows how to use WPF and C# to save bitmap files. The example Set the pixels in a WPF bitmap in C# shows how to create a WriteableBitmap in WPF. This example shows how to save the resulting … Continue reading
Posted in files, graphics, image processing
Tagged Bitmap, C#, C# programming, example, example program, files, graphics, image, image processing, pixels, save bitmap, save bitmap files, Windows Forms programming, WPF, WriteableBitmap, XAML
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Draw different styles of “illuminated” text in C#
My previous post Draw “illuminated” text in C# showed how to draw “illuminated” text. It drew each paragraph’s initial letter in a large font with a box around it. Real illuminated manuscripts typically make the initial letter much more elaborate. … Continue reading
Posted in fonts, graphics, strings
Tagged C#, C# programming, example, example program, fonts, graphics, illuminated text, strings, text, Windows Forms programming
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Draw “illuminated” text in C#
This example lets you draw “illuminated text” where each paragraph begins with an oversized letter. In some illuminated manuscripts, the first letter of a paragraph is drawn in a larger font than the remaining text. This example does something similar. … Continue reading
Posted in fonts, graphics, strings
Tagged C#, C# programming, example, example program, fonts, graphics, illuminated text, strings, text, Windows Forms programming
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Merge directories in C#
This example lets you merge directories. Once upon a time, if you used Windows Explorer to move a file from one directory to another and the destination directory already contained a file with that name, you had the option of … Continue reading
Posted in directories, files, system, tools
Tagged C#, C# programming, copy files, directories, example, example program, File Explorer, files, merge directories, merge files, move files, system, tools, Windows Explorer, Windows Forms programming
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Use a FileSystemWatcher to build a spooler in C#
This example uses a FileSystemWatcher to implement a spooling program. SPOOL is an ancient computer acronym dating from the 1950s that stands for “Simultaneous Peripheral Operations On-Line.” It is a technique in which jobs are placed in a queue in … Continue reading
Posted in controls, files
Tagged C#, C# programming, controls, example, example program, file changes, files, FileSystemWatcher, spool, spooler, spooling, watch files, Windows Forms programming
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