Tag Archives: strings

Draw ransom note text in a RichTextBox in C#

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Rod Stephens

This example is similar to the post Draw ransom note text in C# but it writes text into a RichTextBox instead of on a PictureBox. This has the following advantages. The code is simpler The RichTextBox can arrange text more … Continue reading →

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Draw ransom note text in C#

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Rod Stephens

This example draws each of the characters in a string in a different random font to produce a ransom note text effect. The program starts by using the following code to create arrays holding font names and brushes from which … Continue reading →

Write a CSV file from an array in C#

Posted on April 15, 2018 by RodStephens

The example Read a CSV file into an array in C# shows how to load a CSV file into a two-dimensional array of strings. This example does the opposite: it saves a two-dimensional array of strings into a CSV (comma-separated … Continue reading →

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Use a custom dash pattern with WPF and XAML in C#

Posted on March 13, 2018 by RodStephens

My post Render dashed lines in a WPF program using C# explains how a WPF program can use C# code to render lines with a custom dash pattern onto a bitmap. This post shows how to use a custom dash … Continue reading →

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Use StringFormat to align text in columns in C#

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Rod Stephens

My previous post Use tabs and StringFormat to align text in C# showed how to use a StringFormat object to draw tab-delimited text in columns. Unfortunately, that method doesn’t give you control over how the values in each column are … Continue reading →

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Use tabs and StringFormat to align text in C#

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Rod Stephens

This example shows how you can use a StringFormat object to align tab-delimited text when drawing it on a window. The Graphics class’s DrawString method draws a string on a window, PictureBox, Bitmap, or other drawing surface. The DrawString method … Continue reading →

Draw text on a circle in C#

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Rod Stephens

This example uses some of the techniques described in the post Measure character positions when drawing long strings in C# to draw text on a circle. The previous post explains how to determine where the characters in a string will … Continue reading →

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Extract comments from a group of files in C#

Posted on January 30, 2018 by RodStephens

I’m finishing up another book (I’ll announce it when it’s ready in a week or so) and I’m working through one of the thornier issues of any programming book: spell-checking code comments. I already have an example to extract comments … Continue reading →

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Justify paragraphs in C#

Posted on January 26, 2018 by RodStephens

This example adds the ability to justify paragraphs to the example The example Align text by lines in C#. This is a bit more complicated than aligning text on the left, right, or center. (I don’t know why Microsoft didn’t … Continue reading →

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Align text by lines in C#

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Rod Stephens

The example Draw paragraphs one line at a time in C# shows how to draw the lines of a paragraph one at a time. Once you can do that, it’s a simple matter to align text one line at a … Continue reading →