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Flow words around drop caps in C#

Posted on August 28, 2019 by RodStephens

The example Flow blocks around obstacles for document layout in C# implements a document layout algorithm that flows blocks around obstacles. Moving from there to flowing words around obstacles is relatively simple. The following sections describe the main places where … Continue reading →

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Flow words around obstacles for document layout in C#

Posted on August 19, 2019 by RodStephens

The example Flow blocks around obstacles for document layout in C# implements a document layout algorithm that flows blocks around obstacles. Moving from there to flowing words around obstacles is relatively simple. The following sections describe the two main places … Continue reading →

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Flow blocks around obstacles for document layout in C#

Posted on August 17, 2019 by RodStephens

The following two document layout examples draw “illuminated” text by using an initial or drop cap. Draw different styles of “illuminated” text in C# Draw “illuminated” text in C# Martin asked how we could do something similar when the text … Continue reading →

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Convert camel case into underscore case in C#

Posted on January 6, 2019 by RodStephens

Lately I’ve been doing a lot of C#-to-python conversion. The style in C# is to use camel case where you capitalize the first letter each each word after the first one in a variable’s name as in thisIsAVariableName. The style … Continue reading →

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Copy ListView data into an array in C#

Posted on June 20, 2018 by RodStephens

This example uses the following ListView extension method to copy ListView data into a two-dimensional array of strings. // Return the ListBox’s contents in a string[,]. public static string[,] GetListViewData(this ListView lvw) { // Get the number of rows and … Continue reading →

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Add LINQ to autocomplete in C#

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Rod Stephens

This example adds LINQ to the example Improve autocomplete suggestion in C#. It adds LINQ in two places: when it loads the list of words and when the program searches for the best matches that begin with a particular letter. … Continue reading →

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Improve autocomplete suggestion in C#

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Rod Stephens

This example improves on the example Suggest autocomplete words in C#. The previous example loads all of its words into a big array. Then, to find the words that start with a particular letter, the program uses a binary search … Continue reading →

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Suggest autocomplete words in C#

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Rod Stephens

This example shows one way that a program can suggest words for the user. When I type something on my phone, it displays a list of possible words for autocomplete below the editing area. For example, if I type “gping” … Continue reading →

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Draw different styles of “illuminated” text in C#

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Rod Stephens

My previous post Draw “illuminated” text in C# showed how to draw “illuminated” text. It drew each paragraph’s initial letter in a large font with a box around it. Real illuminated manuscripts typically make the initial letter much more elaborate. … Continue reading →

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Draw “illuminated” text in C#

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Rod Stephens

This example lets you draw “illuminated text” where each paragraph begins with an oversized letter. In some illuminated manuscripts, the first letter of a paragraph is drawn in a larger font than the remaining text. This example does something similar. … Continue reading →

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