Category Archives: interoperability

Randomly change the desktop picture in C#

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Rod Stephens

The example Set the Windows desktop picture in C# shows how to display an image on the desktop. This example periodically changes the desktop picture to a randomly selected image file picked from a directory. Note that recent versions of … Continue reading →

Posted in API, graphics, image processing, interoperability, system | Tagged API, C#, C# programming, desktop, desktop image, desktop picture, example, example program, graphics, image processing, interoperability, SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE, SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE, SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER, system, Windows Forms programming | Leave a comment

Set the Windows desktop picture in C#

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Rod Stephens

This example sets the Windows desktop picture much as you can manually in Windows 10. (I can’t guarantee that it will work without any changes in other versions of Windows.) Exactly how you set the desktop picture manually depends on … Continue reading →

Posted in API, graphics, interoperability, system | Tagged API, C#, C# programming, desktop, desktop image, desktop picture, example, example program, graphics, image processing, interoperability, SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE, SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE, SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER, system, Windows Forms programming | Leave a comment

Convert RTF and TXT files into DOCX files in C#

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Rod Stephens

First add a reference to Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word. To make using the library easier, add this using statement: using Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word; When you enter the input and output file names and click Convert, the program uses the following code to open … Continue reading →

Posted in files, interoperability, Office, Word | Tagged C#, C# programming, DOCX, example, example program, files, interoperability, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Office, RTF, TXT, Windows Forms programming, Word | Leave a comment

Make a temperature forecast in C#

Posted on May 18, 2016 by RodStephens

The example Get weather forecast data in C# explains how to read weather forecast data from OpenWeatherMap. This example uses that data to list the forecast’s temperatures. The forecast data has (in part) the following structure. <weatherdata> … <forecast> <time … Continue reading →

Posted in internet, interoperability, web, XML | Tagged C#, C# programming, example, example program, internet, interoperability, temperature, temperature forecast, weather conditions, weather forecast, web, Windows Forms programming, XML | 5 Comments

Get weather forecast data in C#

Posted on May 16, 2016 by RodStephens

There are many sites that offer weather condition and weather forecast services. All of the ones I found required you to have a developer key, although most of them have a free membership that works for a simple program like … Continue reading →

Posted in internet, interoperability, web, XML | Tagged C#, C# programming, example, example program, internet, interoperability, weather conditions, weather forecast, web, Windows Forms programming, XML | Leave a comment

Make an Excel chart in C#

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Rod Stephens

This example uses the following code to create an Excel chart in a new workbook. private void btnCreateChart_Click( object sender, EventArgs e) { // Get the Excel application object. Excel.Application excel_app = new Excel.ApplicationClass(); // Make Excel visible (optional). excel_app.Visible … Continue reading →

Posted in Excel, interoperability, Office | Tagged C#, C# programming, chart, example, example program, Excel, Excel chart, Excel graph, interoperability, Office, Windows Forms programming | Leave a comment

Drag and drop images while displaying a preview in C#

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Rod Stephens

The example Drag and drop images in C# explains how to drag and drop images. See that example for the basic ideas. (Pay special attention to the second paragraph, which discusses the AllowDrop property for the PictureBox control.) This example … Continue reading →

Posted in Drag and Drop, graphics, image processing, interoperability | Tagged AllowDrop, C#, C# programming, DoDragDrop, drag, drag and drop, drag source, DragEnter, DragLeave, DragOver, drop, drop target, example, example program, feedback, graphics, image processing, interoperability, Windows Forms programming | Leave a comment

Drag and drop text with feedback in C#

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Rod Stephens

These examples explain the basics of drag and drop: Drag and drop text in C# Drag and drop images in C# Those examples use these methods and events: The DoDragDrop method to start a drag The DragEnter event to tell … Continue reading →

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Drag and drop images in C#

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Rod Stephens

This example shows how to drag and drop images in C#. The example Drag and drop text in C# explains basic drag and drop operations. See that example for the fundamentals. One of the first things you must do before … Continue reading →

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Drag and drop text in C#

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Rod Stephens

This example shows how to let a program drag and drop text both between its controls and with drag and drop enabled controls in other applications. First, to receive a drop, you must set a control’s AllowDrop property to true. … Continue reading →