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Tag Archives: API
Use a standard Windows dialog to let the user select folders in C#
The .NET OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog are fairly full-featured. They’re a lot like Windows Explorer with some added file selection capabilities thrown in. In contrast, the FolderBrowserDialog is pretty pathetic. It only lets you use a hierarchical tree-like display, doesn’t provide … Continue reading
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Tagged API, browse for directory, browse for folder, C#, C# programming, common dialog, CommonOpenFileDialog, controls, dialog, example, example program, files, FolderBrowserDialog, select directory, select folder, Windows dialogs, Windows Forms programming
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Quick tip: Use pinvoke.net to get information about API functions for use in C#
Platform Invocation Services (pinvoke) lets allows managed .NET code call unmanaged API functions that are implemented in a DLL. The functions in a DLL are exposed via an Application Programming Interface (API). The enormous .NET runtime library wraps many API … Continue reading
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Tagged API, API declarations, API functions, C#, C# programming, declarations, example, example program, pinvoke, pinvoke.net, Windows Forms programming
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Use a timer to make a form TopMost or BottomMost in C#
The example Make a form TopMost or BottomMost in C# uses one method for making a form bottommost. It overrides the form’s WndProc method and looks for the message WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING. When it finds that message, the program uses the SetWindowPos … Continue reading
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Tagged API, BottomMost, C#, C# programming, controls, example, example program, forms, on bottom, on top, SetWindowPos, timer, TopMost, user interface, Windows Forms programming, WM_ACTIVATE, WM_MOVE, WM_PAINT
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Make a form TopMost or BottomMost in C#
Keeping a form on top of other windows is simple. Just set the form’s TopMost property to true. Keeping a form below other windows is harder. To do that, the program must override its WndProc method, look for messages that … Continue reading
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Tagged API, BottomMost, C#, C# programming, controls, example, example program, forms, on bottom, on top, SetWindowPos, TopMost, user interface, Windows Forms programming, WM_ACTIVATE, WM_MOVE, WM_PAINT, WndProc
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Display system metric values with descriptions in C#
The example Get system metrics in C# shows how to get system metrics, but the the metrics’ terse names make the results hard to understand. This example displays descriptions of the metrics in addition to their values. Some of the … Continue reading
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Tagged API, border height, border thickness, border width, C#, C# programming, example, example program, GetSystemMetrics, metrics, system, system metrics, SystemMetric, tooltips, Windows Forms programming
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Get system metrics in C#
The GetSystemMetrics API function returns system metrics, values that give dimensions used by the system such as the default size of icons and the thickness of a resizable window’s borders. For example, the highlighted line in the picture on the … Continue reading
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Tagged API, border height, border thickness, border width, C#, C# programming, example, example program, GetSystemMetrics, metrics, system, SystemMetric, Windows Forms programming
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Book Errata Page: The C# Helper Top 100
This is the errata page for my book The C# Helper Top 100, The 100 most popular posts at csharphelper.com. If you find mistakes, please post them here in the Leave a Reply box at the bottom of the page. … Continue reading
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Tagged .NET, algorithms, animation, API, books, C#, C# Helper, C# programming, classes, clipboard, combinatorics, cryptography, curve fitting, dialogs, drag and drop, drawing, events, example, example program, Excel, files, fractals, FTP, graphics, image processing, interop, interoperability, mathematics, multimedia, Office, printing, Rod Stephens, serialization, system, threading, tips, tools, Windows Forms programming
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Book Discussion Page: The C# Helper Top 100
This is a discussion page for my book The C# Helper Top 100, The 100 most popular posts at csharphelper.com. Please post questions, thoughts, and suggestions here in the “Leave a Reply” box at the bottom of the page. I … Continue reading
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Tagged .NET, algorithms, animation, API, books, C#, C# Helper, C# programming, classes, clipboard, combinatorics, cryptography, curve fitting, dialogs, drag and drop, drawing, events, example, example program, Excel, files, fractals, FTP, graphics, image processing, interop, interoperability, mathematics, multimedia, Office, printing, Rod Stephens, serialization, system, threading, tips, tools, Windows Forms programming
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Table of Contents: The C# Helper Top 100
This is a brief summary of the book’s table of contents. Introduction Part I. Serialization 1. Read a CSV File into an Array (1) 2. Use JSON to Serialize and Deserialize Objects (49) Part II. Graphing 3. Draw a Graph … Continue reading
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Tagged .NET, algorithms, animation, API, books, C#, C# Helper, C# programming, classes, clipboard, combinatorics, cryptography, curve fitting, dialogs, drag and drop, drawing, events, example, example program, Excel, files, fractals, FTP, graphics, image processing, interop, interoperability, mathematics, multimedia, Office, printing, Rod Stephens, serialization, system, threading, tips, tools, Windows Forms programming
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New Book: The C# Helper Top 100
I’m happy to announce my latest book, The C# Helper Top 100, The 100 most popular posts at csharphelper.com. It describes the 100 most popular posts on the C# Helper web site. This is my 32nd book and my second … Continue reading
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