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Category Archives: extension methods
Make drawing extension methods in WPF and C#
This example shows how to make a few handy extension methods for drawing in WPF. Drawing in WPF is at best awkward and at worst downright painful. For example, the following XAML code draws a rectangle. <Grid> <Canvas Name=”canDrawing”> <Rectangle … Continue reading
Posted in drawing, extension methods, graphics, wpf, XAML
Tagged C#, C# programming, drawing, example, example program, extension methods, graphics, Windows Forms programming, WPF, XAML
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Convert between ragged arrays and two-dimensional arrays
Ragged arrays are arrays that hold other arrays, as opposed to two-dimensional arrays. They are called “ragged arrays” because they work like two-dimensional arrays (or higher-dimensional arrays) where each row in the array can hold a different number of elements. … Continue reading
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
Initialize a TreeView control to display a directory hierarchy in C#
This example adds the following LoadFromDirectory extension method to the TreeView control. // Initialize the TreeView from a directory, // its subdirectories, and their files. public static void LoadFromDirectory(this TreeView trv, string directory, int folder_img, int file_img) { DirectoryInfo dir_info … Continue reading
Make extension methods to generate random double values in C#
This example adds extension methods to the Random class to generate double values within a specified range. The Random class provides methods for generating pseudo-random numbers. The Next method has three overloaded versions that produce a non-negative integer, an integer … Continue reading
Make rectangle extension methods in C#
This example shows how to add rectangle extension methods to the Rectangle and RectangleF structs. The Rectangle and RectangleF structs have several useful properties for determining their geometry such as Left, Right, Top, and Bottom, but they have no midpoint … Continue reading