Category Archives: wpf

Use code to make a slideshow in C# and WPF

Posted on April 23, 2020 by RodStephens

This is example shows how to make a slideshow in WPF. Unlike all of the examples I’ve seen on the internet, however, this one uses C# code rather than XAML. It’s actually fairly simple, it just took a long time … Continue reading →

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Load a picture and manipulate pixels in WPF and C#

Posted on April 8, 2020 by RodStephens

The post Easily manipulate pixels in WPF and C# explains a BitmapPixelMaker class that you can use to manipulate the pixels in an image in WPF relatively easily. That example creates the image from scratch. This post extends that class … Continue reading →

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Move and resize polygons in WPF and C#

Posted on March 12, 2020 by RodStephens

The example Move and resize multiple shapes in WPF and C# shows how to resize some shapes in WPF, but it doesn’t let you resize polygons. You determine the position and size of most shapes by giving their left, top, … Continue reading →

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Move and resize multiple shapes in WPF and C#

Posted on March 10, 2020 by RodStephens

The example Move and resize multiple rectangles in WPF and C# shows how to let the user move and resize multiple rectangles in a WPF program. This example extends that one to let you move and resize multiple shapes. See … Continue reading →

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Let the user draw a polyline in WPF and C#

Posted on June 10, 2019 by RodStephens

This example shows how you can let the user use the mouse to draw a polyline in and WPF application in C#. I often badmouth WPF by saying that it is “twice as flexible and only ten times as hard” … Continue reading →

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Make a pie slice drawing extension in WPF and C#

Posted on June 2, 2019 by RodStephens

This example shows how to make an extension method to draw a pie slice easily in WPF and C#. My post Make an intuitive extension method to draw an elliptical arc in WPF and C# shows how to make an … Continue reading →

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Make an intuitive extension method to draw an elliptical arc in WPF and C#

Posted on May 20, 2019 by RodStephens

In my previous post Draw an elliptical arc in WPF and XAML, I explained how WPF makes you define an elliptical arc. Their method almost makes sense if you want draw an arc as part of a path. however, if … Continue reading →

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Draw an elliptical arc in WPF and XAML

Posted on May 17, 2019 by RodStephens

This example shows how to use XAML code to draw an elliptical arc in a WPF. The following sections explain how to specify an elliptical arc and how to draw one in XAML. Specifying an Elliptical Arc WPF provides several … Continue reading →

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Make drawing extension methods in WPF and C#

Posted on May 15, 2019 by RodStephens

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 →

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Graph equations while preserving aspect ratio in WPF and C#

Posted on May 1, 2019 by RodStephens

The previous example, Graph equations entered by the user in WPF and C# shows how to graph an equation entered by the user. The user must also enter the coordinate bounds that the program should use. For example, in the … Continue reading →

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