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Date Title 9/21/2017 Make a dice-rolling simulation in C# 9/20/2017 Tile a PictureBox in C# 9/14/2017 Use a symbiote to graphically select hours in C# 9/13/2017 Graphically select hours in C# 9/12/2017 Remove unnecessary using directives in C# 9/11/2017 Draw the Weierstrass function in C# 9/11/2017 Determine whether a file or directory exists in C# 9/8/2017 Calculate Fibonacci numbers in several ways in C# 9/7/2017 Recursively draw equations in C# 9/7/2017 The C# Helper Top 100 now available at Amazon 9/5/2017 Efficiently see if a string is blank in C# 9/4/2017 Table of Contents: The C# Helper Top 100 9/4/2017 New Book: The C# Helper Top 100 9/1/2017 Change image resolution in C# 8/30/2017 Examine the unique words in a Microsoft Word file in C# 8/29/2017 Find random prime numbers in C# 8/28/2017 Probabilistically determine whether a number is prime in C# 8/25/2017 Iterate over items in an array with unknown dimensions in C# 8/24/2017 Solution to puzzle: Zero rows and columns in an array in C# 8/23/2017 Draw improved text on a curve in C# 8/22/2017 Make a TextBox preview extender provider in C# 8/21/2017 Make the user enter a float in C# 8/19/2017 Preview TextBox changes in C#, Part 2 8/17/2017 Preview TextBox changes in C# 8/16/2017 Use Array methods in C# 8/15/2017 Puzzle: Zero rows and columns in an array in C# 8/14/2017 Compare performance looping over DateTime and integer variables in C# 8/11/2017 Find Friday the Thirteenths in C# 8/11/2017 Use == and != to compare structs in C# 8/10/2017 Book Review: Super Scratch Programming Adventure!: Learn to Program By Making Cool Games 8/9/2017 Animate rainbow colors in C# 8/8/2017 Animate exploding 3-dimensional pie slices in C# 8/7/2017 Use the mouse wheel to scale an image in C# 8/6/2017 Use Windows Forms controls to make multiple stacked expanders in C# 8/5/2017 Use Windows Forms controls to make an expander in C# 8/3/2017 Calculate where a line segment and an ellipse intersect in C# 8/2/2017 Make transparent button images in C# 8/1/2017 List USB devices in C# 7/27/2017 Draw "marching ants" dashed lines in C# 7/26/2017 Draw dashed lines that are visible on any background in C# 7/25/2017 Produce a repeatable series of "random" numbers in C# 7/22/2017 Safely manage documents in C# 7/21/2017 Get font size in pixels in C# 7/19/2017 Draw smooth text in a GraphicsPath in C# 7/15/2017 Create a class outside of any namespace statement in C# 7/15/2017 Book Review: The Manga Guide to Linear Algebra 7/12/2017 Get the screen's resolution in C# 7/8/2017 Make Ctrl+A select all of the text in a TextBox in C# 7/7/2017 Generate random polygons in C# 7/5/2017 Make extension methods to generate random double values in C# 7/3/2017 Iterate over the items in arrays and lists in C# 6/30/2017 Print a ListView control's contents on multiple pages in C# 6/27/2017 Update a DataTable that is bound to a DataGridView in C# 6/25/2017 Print a ListView with large contents in C# 6/22/2017 Print the contents of a ListView control in C# 6/21/2017 Make rectangle extension methods in C# 6/19/2017 Use string extension methods to validate Social Security numbers in C# 6/17/2017 Understand the @ symbol in C# 6/16/2017 Center a form on the screen at run time in C# 6/16/2017 Understand when a finally block is executed in C# 6/3/2017 Use a ProgressBar in C# 6/1/2017 Make pop buttons in C# 5/29/2017 Calculate the present value of a future amount of money in C# 5/27/2017 Make silly eyes that track the mouse without flicker in C# 5/26/2017 Make silly eyes that track the mouse in C# 5/26/2017 Compare the performance of simple arithmetic operations in C# 5/25/2017 Make a 3D globe in WPF and C# 5/25/2017 Graph event probabilities in C# 5/24/2017 Find the number of trials for an event probability in C# 5/23/2017 Calculate the probability of an event occurring in a given number of trials in C# 5/22/2017 Understand probabilities of unrelated events (and escaping zombies) 5/19/2017 Display reusable dialog forms in C# 5/18/2017 Make a TextBox with auto-complete in C# 5/17/2017 Compare the performance of the int, long, and byte data types in C# 5/16/2017 Compare the performance of the float, double, and decimal data types in C# 5/12/2017 Save several images into Access in C# 5/10/2017 Find .NET libraries for namespaces in C# 5/10/2017 Load images from an Access database in C# 5/9/2017 Save images in an Access database in C# 5/8/2017 Use the Filter property to select image files in C# 5/5/2017 Use filenames stored in a database to display images in C# 5/4/2017 Move and resize multiple rectangles in WPF and C# 5/3/2017 Display database records without data binding in C# 5/2/2017 Initialize lists from databases without binding in C# 5/1/2017 Check a TreeView subtree in C# 4/28/2017 Display context menus for TreeView items in C# 4/27/2017 Enumerate TreeView nodes in C# 4/26/2017 Yield checked TreeView nodes in C# 4/25/2017 Make a list of checked TreeView nodes in C# 4/24/2017 Display tooltips for TreeView nodes in C# 4/21/2017 Compare sorting algorithms in C#, part 5 of 5 (Countingsort) 4/21/2017 Compare sorting algorithms in C#, part 4 of 5 (Quicksort) 4/20/2017 Compare sorting algorithms in C#, part 3 of 5 (Selectionsort) 4/19/2017 Compare sorting algorithms in C#, part 2 of 5 (Bubblesort) 4/18/2017 Compare sorting algorithms in C#, part 1 of 5 (Array.Sort) 4/14/2017 Run user-entered code that modifies the program's form in C# 4/13/2017 Use the yield statement in C# 4/12/2017 Understand AutoScaleMode in C# 4/11/2017 Draw transformed text in C# 4/11/2017 Tip: Make parentheses matching more visible in C# 4/10/2017 Display tips in a status bar instead of a tooltip in C# 4/7/2017 Make a sunburst chart in C#, Part 4 4/6/2017 Make a sunburst chart in C#, Part 3 4/5/2017 Make a sunburst chart in C#, Part 2 4/4/2017 Make a sunburst chart in C#, Part 1 4/3/2017 Make a status strip label that sticks to the right side of the form in C# 3/31/2017 Parse file sizes in KB, MB, GB, and so forth in C# 3/30/2017 Highlight the DataGridView row that is under the mouse in C# 3/29/2017 Use accelerators on labels and buttons in C# 3/28/2017 Compare the performance of incrementing statements in C# 3/27/2017 Make a simple event logger in C# 3/25/2017 Display a form's control hierarchy in C# 3/23/2017 Loop over a form's controls in C# 3/22/2017 Make a shaded ellipse control in C# 3/21/2017 Quickly insert standard menu items on a form in C# 3/20/2017 Give a class default indexer properties in C# 3/17/2017 Solution: The 40 pound stone puzzle 3/16/2017 Activate another running program in C# 3/15/2017 Use digits of Pi to draw a picture in C# 3/15/2017 Look for dates in the digits of Pi in C# 3/14/2017 Find patterns within Pi in C# 3/14/2017 Puzzle: The 40 pound stone 3/13/2017 Make the basis for a card game in C# 3/13/2017 Verify sizes of playing cards in C# 3/10/2017 Use System.Threading.Timer to make a countdown timer in C# 3/8/2017 Installing Visual Studio 2017 3/8/2017 Use an improved extension method to calculate standard deviation in C# 3/7/2017 Remove a TextBox control's context menu in C# 3/6/2017 Use ActiveControl to enabled and disable menu items in C# 3/2/2017 Use the ActiveControl property in C# 3/1/2017 Make a case-insensitive dictionary in C# 2/28/2017 Understand string equality testing in C# 2/27/2017 Use a Dictionary to store and retrieve items in C# 2/25/2017 Compare the performance of string comparison methods in C# 2/24/2017 Compare the performance of switch and if statements in C# 2/23/2017 Draw, move, and delete line segments in VB.NET 2/21/2017 Convert a Rectangle into a RectangleF and vice versa in C# 2/20/2017 Make a hangman game in C# 2/16/2017 Use LINQ to select words of certain lengths from a file in C# 2/15/2017 Draw a golden spiral in C# 2/14/2017 Draw a nested series of golden rectangles in C# 2/13/2017 Examine the relationship between the Fibonacci sequence and phi in C# 2/11/2017 Use a TextFieldParser to read fixed-width data in C# 2/10/2017 Use a TextFieldParser to read delimited data in C# 2/8/2017 Suspend or hibernate the system in C# 2/7/2017 Make light pixels transparent in an image in C# 2/6/2017 Draw a smiley face with WPF in C# 2/3/2017 Rotate images that are scaled in C# 2/2/2017 Rotate images inside a scrolled panel in C# 2/1/2017 Explore the Visual Studio Image Library in C# 1/31/2017 List controls on a form in C# 1/30/2017 Give transparent backgrounds to images displayed on buttons in C# 1/26/2017 Easily draw rotated text on a form in C# 1/25/2017 Display the Astronomy Picture of the Day on the desktop in C# 1/24/2017 Download the Astronomy Picture of the Day in C# 1/23/2017 Randomly change the desktop picture in C# 1/20/2017 Set the Windows desktop picture in C# 1/19/2017 Convert RTF and TXT files into DOCX files in C# 1/17/2017 Draw a scrolling family tree in C# 1/17/2017 Remove non-printable ASCII characters from a string in C# 1/16/2017 See what processes have a file locked in C# 1/13/2017 Use "banker's rounding" and "normal rounding" in C# 1/12/2017 See if a file is locked in C# 1/11/2017 Map between host names and IP addresses in C# 1/10/2017 List available culture codes in C# 1/9/2017 Make a cannon game in C# 1/6/2017 Convert a bitmap into a cursor in C# 1/5/2017 Use a bitmap for an icon in C# 1/4/2017 Make a tool that creates PNG files with transparent backgrounds in C# 1/3/2017 Give an image a transparent background in C# 1/2/2017 Make a TextBox convert text into proper case in C# 12/31/2016 Five hats puzzle solution 12/31/2016 Five hats puzzle 12/30/2016 Convert a string to proper case (title case) in C# 12/29/2016 Make TextBoxes automatically convert case in C# 12/28/2016 See if Internet Explorer uses a proxy in C# 12/27/2016 Move a window with a title that matches a pattern in C# 12/26/2016 Tile desktop windows in rows and columns in C# 12/23/2016 Set another application's size and position in C# 12/23/2016 Find a target window and minimize, maximize, or restore it in C# 12/23/2016 Make a stopwatch in C# 12/21/2016 Extract text from a metafile in C# 12/21/2016 Enumerate the records in a metafile in C# 12/20/2016 Draw an interesting pattern of circles in C# 12/19/2016 Use BeginInvoke and callbacks to perform tasks asynchronously in C# 12/16/2016 Use BeginInvoke and EndInvoke to perform tasks asynchronously in C# 12/15/2016 Use base insets with custom end caps in C# 12/14/2016 Hints for beginners without sacrificing efficiency 12/14/2016 The ribbon interface: sacrificing usability for discoverability 12/13/2016 Loop over an array of unknown dimension in C# 12/13/2016 Loop over entries in an array of unknown length in C# 12/12/2016 Display memory usage in C# 12/11/2016 Sort ListView controls by all columns or clicked columns in C# 12/10/2016 Add "extension properties" to classes in C# 12/9/2016 Apply a color threshold to an image in C# 12/9/2016 Adjust image translucency in C# 12/8/2016 Provide gamma correction for an image in C# 12/7/2016 Make stable appointments in C# 12/6/2016 Display thumbnails for image files in a directory in C# 12/5/2016 Update to "Interview Puzzles Dissected" sample puzzles 12/5/2016 Draw outline graphics in C# 12/2/2016 Graph currency rates over time in C# 12/2/2016 Get currency exchange rates in C# 12/1/2016 Get stock prices from different exchanges in C# 11/30/2016 Make mazes with topographic features in C# 11/29/2016 Make and draw a maze in C# 11/28/2016 Graph equations entered by the user in C# 11/27/2016 Graph an equation in C# 11/26/2016 Find files in the startup directory in C# 11/23/2016 Evaluate numeric expressions that are entered by the user in C# 11/23/2016 List the locations of special folders in C# 11/22/2016 List languages that you can compile at runtime in C# 11/21/2016 Run user-entered code in C# 11/18/2016 Display tooltips for ListView items in C# 11/17/2016 Sample Puzzles for Interview Puzzles Dissected 11/17/2016 Convert doc files into docx files in C# 11/16/2016 Override WndProc to see when the user clicks any control on a form in C# 11/16/2016 Save and restore line drawings in C# 11/15/2016 Center the cursor over a particular control in C# 11/14/2016 Take actions depending on the day of the week in C# 11/12/2016 Find the Friday following a given date in C# 11/11/2016 Create directories and intermediate directories in C# 11/11/2016 Book Overview Page: Interview Puzzles Dissected 11/11/2016 Table of Contents: Interview Puzzles Dissected 11/11/2016 Questions and Discussion: Interview Puzzles Dissected 11/11/2016 Book Errata Page: Interview Puzzles Dissected 11/10/2016 New Book:Interview Puzzles Dissected, Solving and Understanding Interview Puzzles 11/10/2016 Generate self-avoiding walks one at a time in C# 11/9/2016 Generate random self-avoiding walks in C# 11/8/2016 Find corner-to-corner self-avoiding walks in C# 11/7/2016 Find self-avoiding walks in C# 11/6/2016 Find the word under the mouse in a RichTextBox control in C# 11/4/2016 Enable commands in Visual Studio Express Edition 11/3/2016 Circumscribe three tangent circles in C# 11/2/2016 Overlay images in C# 11/1/2016 Draw numbered buttons and save them into files in C# 10/31/2016 Draw numbered circles and save them into files in C# 10/29/2016 Animate images in C# 10/28/2016 Draw gears in C# 10/24/2016 Simulate mouse movement and clicks in C# 10/23/2016 Let a thread call a form's methods in C# 10/21/2016 Run threads with different priorities in C# 10/20/2016 Sort words by letter count in C# 10/19/2016 Count pixels of different colors in C# 10/18/2016 Define and use bit masks in C# 10/18/2016 Understand bit masks in C# 10/17/2016 Use bit operations in C# 10/16/2016 Solve the equilateral triangles puzzle in C# 10/14/2016 Set font size to fit a wrapped label in C# 10/14/2016 Set font size to fit a label in C# 10/10/2016 Randomize two-dimensional arrays in C# 10/9/2016 Get variable values by name in C# 10/6/2016 Puzzle: Find the equilateral triangles in C# 10/4/2016 Randomly color an Apollonian gasket in C# 9/30/2016 Draw an Apollonian gasket in C# 9/28/2016 Clone lists and arrays of objects in C# 9/26/2016 Clone serializable objects in C# 9/21/2016 Find the shortest distance between a point and a line segment in C# 9/20/2016 Use MemberwiseClone the ICloneable interface in C# 9/19/2016 Clone objects in C# 9/17/2016 Convert latitudes and longitudes into distances on the globe in C# 9/16/2016 Find circles that are tangent to three given circles (Apollonius' Problem) in C# 9/16/2016 Draw three circles and find their tangent circles in C# 9/15/2016 Use steganography to hide one large picture inside another in C# 9/15/2016 Use steganography to hide one picture inside another in C# 9/14/2016 Draw a circle through three points in C# 9/13/2016 Remove the Close button from a form's system menu in C# 9/11/2016 Add delegates in C# 9/10/2016 Convert a metafile into a PNG file in C# 9/9/2016 Make a metafile in C# 9/6/2016 Display a Windows metafile (wmf) in C# 9/4/2016 Display battery status using a notify icon in C# 9/2/2016 Make a Region from non-transparent pixels in C# 8/29/2016 Scale images and save them in C# 8/27/2016 Make shaped PictureBoxes in C# 8/24/2016 Use XML comments in C# 8/22/2016 Draw trees vertically or horizontally in C# 8/20/2016 Use DrawImage to warp images in C# 8/19/2016 Warp images arbitrarily in C#, Part 2 8/18/2016 Warp images arbitrarily in C#, Part 1 8/17/2016 Compare fuel efficiency in different units in C# 8/17/2016 Compare car costs including long term mileage in C# 8/16/2016 Draw an analog clock in C# 8/15/2016 Use fuzzy lines to draw shadows in C# 8/13/2016 Play an audio resource in C# 8/13/2016 Play WAV files in C# 8/12/2016 Handle NumericUpDown value change events in C# 8/12/2016 Make a NumericUpDown use decimal values in C# 8/11/2016 Use scrollbars to select RGB and HLS colors in C# 8/11/2016 Convert between RGB and HLS color models in C# 8/10/2016 Test investment strategies with Dow Jones data in C# 8/9/2016 Graph historical Dow Jones Industrial Average values in C# 8/8/2016 Compress JPG files in a directory in C# 8/5/2016 Quickly pick JPG compression level in C# 8/5/2016 Compress JPG files to a certain size in C# 8/5/2016 Generate words of a given length in C# 8/5/2016 Generate three-letter words in C# 8/4/2016 Close Mozilla Firefox popups in C# 8/3/2016 List desktop windows in C# 8/3/2016 Load a CSV file in Excel in C# 8/2/2016 Calculate interest for a loan in C# 8/1/2016 Make an OwnerDraw ListView in C# 7/29/2016 Drag a map to scroll in C# 7/27/2016 Define map hotspots in C# 7/26/2016 Display a scalable map with hotspots in C# 7/25/2016 Display text on a ProgressBar in C# 7/23/2016 Draw justified text in C# 7/22/2016 Display map distance with limited significant digits in C# 7/21/2016 Display significant digits in C# 7/20/2016 Measure distance on a map with a scale in C# 7/16/2016 Align numeric values in ComboBox and ListBox controls in C# 7/15/2016 Sort partly numeric items in a ComboBox or ListBox in C# 7/14/2016 Link ComboBox and ListBox data sources in C# 7/14/2016 Warholize an image in C# 7/13/2016 Animate a piston driving a wheel in C# 7/12/2016 List an image's EXIF properties in C# 7/10/2016 Make an enumeration of EXIF property IDs in C# 7/7/2016 Use EXIF information to orient an image in C# 7/6/2016 Animate two rods connected to a wheel in C# 7/5/2016 Read an image file's EXIF orientation data in C# 7/4/2016 Compare speeds of arithmetic operations in C# 7/2/2016 Make two forms open each other in C# 7/1/2016 Make a robot arm track the mouse in C# 7/1/2016 Draw a robot arm with a hand that points downward in C# 6/31/2016 Draw a simple robot arm with a hand in C# 6/29/2016 Draw a simple robot arm in C# 6/28/2016 Fill a shape with random lines in C# 6/27/2016 Fill an ellipse with random lines in C# 6/24/2016 Use WPF code to display subscripts and superscripts in C# 6/24/2016 Display subscripts and superscripts in a WPF TextBlock in C# 6/23/2016 Easily display subscripts and superscripts in a RichTextBox in C# 6/22/2016 Display subscripts and superscripts in a RichTextBox in C# 6/21/2016 Calculate credit payments in C# 6/20/2016 Make a stacked graph showing compound interest in C# 6/19/2016 Show compound interest graphically in C# 6/17/2016 Calculate the value of a monthly investment in C# 6/16/2016 Split image files in C# 6/15/2016 Use a string collection setting in C# 6/6/2016 Select and print multiple files in C# 6/6/2016 Display the number of checked items in a CheckedListBox in C# 6/6/2016 Set a print job name in C# 6/6/2016 Determine the default printer in C# 6/6/2016 See how much text fits in a rectangle in C# 6/6/2016 Print a text file in C# 6/4/2016 Make a console application in C# 6/3/2016 Use the Obsolete attribute in C# 5/27/2016 Find a matrix inverse in C# 5/26/2016 Use the Conditional attribute to make a method non-callable in C# 5/25/2016 Draw smoother cones using WPF and C# 5/24/2016 Draw smooth cones using WPF and C# 5/20/2016 Draw cones using WPF and C# 5/18/2016 Make a temperature forecast in C# 5/16/2016 Get weather forecast data in C# 5/14/2016 Graph historical stock prices in C# 5/13/2016 Give an application beautiful icons in C# 5/12/2016 Provide multiple inheritance in C# 5/11/2016 Define and implement an interface in C# 5/10/2016 Display Google Maps for the computer's location in C# 5/10/2016 Use the Location API to find the computer's latitude and longitude in C# 5/9/2016 Display Google Maps for an address inside a form in C# 5/9/2016 Display Google Maps for an address in C# 5/6/2016 List birthdays in C# 5/6/2016 Use file dialog filters in C# 5/3/2016 Override a parent class method in C# 5/3/2016 Make an initializing constructor for a child class in C# 5/3/2016 Set the MessageBox default button in C# 5/2/2016 Use a custom sort order for ListBox or ComboBox items in C# 4/29/2016 Make extension methods that convert to and from Roman numerals in C# 4/29/2016 Convert to and from Roman numerals in C# 4/28/2016 Sort ListBox or ComboBox items in numeric order in C# 4/26/2016 Easily reset file access and write times in C# 4/26/2016 Make a slider with a value bar in C# 4/25/2016 Resize an image to view its pixels in C# 4/22/2016 Make a slider with a needle in C# 4/21/2016 Enumerate metafile records in C# 4/20/2016 Read and draw a metafile in C# 4/19/2016 Make and use a metafile in C# 4/15/2016 Find an image URI in a WPF program in C# 4/14/2016 Remove tabs from a WPF TabControl at runtime in C# 4/13/2016 Add tabs to a WPF TabControl at runtime in C# 4/8/2016 Use the is operator in C# 4/7/2016 Compare a list priority queue to a heap priority queue in C# 4/6/2016 Make an efficient priority queue class in C#, Part 2 4/5/2016 Make an efficient priority queue class in C#, Part 1 4/4/2016 Map between nodes and node numbers in a binary tree in C# 4/1/2016 Make animated labels in C# 4/1/2016 Draw animated text in C# 3/31/2016 Copy and paste scribble data in C# 3/31/2016 Use XOR to swap two numbers in C# 3/30/2016 Make a ComboBox display images with text in C# 3/29/2016 Make a ComboBox display colors or images in C# 3/28/2016 See if the mouse is over a curve in C# 3/27/2016 Add useful extensions to the BitArray class in C# 3/27/2016 Use the BitArray class in C# 3/26/2016 Refine the complex number class in C# 3/25/2016 Make a complex number class that works with real numbers in C# 3/24/2016 Make a complex number class with equality in C# 3/22/2016 Make a complex number class with overloaded operators in C# 3/18/2016 Compare loop performance in C# 3/18/2016 Draw 3-dimensional pie slices in C# 3/17/2016 Draw an annotated pie chart in C# 3/16/2016 Draw a labeled pie chart in C# 3/16/2016 Draw a pie chart in C# 3/16/2016 Fill and draw pie slices in C# 3/16/2016 Use yield to generate prime numbers in C# 3/14/2016 Load a WPF TreeView control from an XML file in C# 3/14/2016 Check text data type in C# 3/10/2016 Make a generic TreeNode class with link weights in C# 3/9/2016 Make a list without duplicates in C# 3/7/2016 Reset an Access autonumber field in C# 3/7/2016 Get an autonumber value that was just inserted in C# 3/5/2016 Perform multiple default actions in C# 3/5/2016 Perform a default action without an accept button in C# 3/2/2016 Interactively rotate images in C# 3/2/2016 Rotate images in C# 3/1/2016 Use SQL queries to display master-detail data in C# 2/28/2016 Generate random data in an Access database in C# 2/26/2016 Display master-detail data in a DataGrid in C# 2/25/2016 Draw a recursive overlapping snowflake fractal in C# 2/25/2016 Draw a recursive von Koch snowflake fractal in C# 2/25/2016 Draw a recursive snowflake fractal in C# 2/24/2016 Make an Excel chart in C# 2/24/2016 Graph mosquito populations in C# 2/24/2016 Simulate mosquito populations in C# 2/22/2016 Calculate a row of Pascal's triangle in C# 2/22/2016 Print a Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion chart in C# 2/20/2016 Draw a curly tree fractal using less memory in C# 2/19/2016 Draw a curly tree fractal in C# 2/18/2016 Use a scrollbar to select non-integer values in C# 2/16/2016 Display a perspective image in C# 2/16/2016 Hide the taskbar and start button in C# 2/16/2016 Make a form cover the taskbar and start button in C# 2/15/2016 Draw a colored Pickover popcorn fractal in C# 2/15/2016 Draw a Pickover popcorn fractal in C# 2/13/2016 Download images from a web page in C# 2/12/2016 Draw a 3D heart using WPF and C# 2/11/2016 Draw a parametric heart-shaped curve in C# 2/11/2016 Map drawing coordinates without distortion in C# 2/9/2016 Draw a curve with more sharply delineated colors in C# 2/9/2016 Draw a curve with sharply delineated colors in C# 2/9/2016 Draw a curve with multiple colors in C# 2/8/2016 Easily map drawing coordinates in C# 2/5/2016 Let the user select a folder in C# 2/4/2016 Convert XPS files into PNG files in C# 2/3/2016 Validate a form in C# 2/3/2016 Use the Validating event in C# 2/2/2016 Use tooltips in C# 2/1/2016 Graph the values of a savings account, 401(k), and Roth IRA in C# 2/1/2016 Compare a savings account to a 401(k) in C# 2/1/2016 Reparent a control in C# 1/29/2016 Draw four interlocking Heighway dragon fractals in C# 1/29/2016 Center a Heighway dragon fractal in C# 1/29/2016 Draw a Heighway dragon fractal in C# 1/29/2016 Control serialization and deserialization in C# 1/29/2016 Serialize and deserialize objects in C# 1/28/2016 Find a polygon union in C# 1/27/2016 Solve the skyline problem in C# 1/27/2016 Draw text on a curve in C# 1/26/2016 Draw text on a line segment in C# 1/26/2016 Position a form in the screen's lower right corner in C# 1/26/2016 Display battery status in a friendly way in C# 1/25/2016 Draw rounded rectangles in C# 1/25/2016 Get the screen's working area in C# 1/23/2016 Clip a line segment to a polygon in C# 1/22/2016 Display battery status in C# 1/16/2016 Enlarge a polygon in C# 1/14/2016 Print a calendar in C# 1/12/2016 Get the name of the first day of the week in C# 1/11/2016 Restart the print spooler in C# 1/9/2016 Display the local time and GMT in C# 1/8/2016 Get date format information for the computer's locale in C# 1/6/2016 Sort and search arrays in C# 1/5/2016 Make a rotating brush in C# 1/4/2016 Make truncated dodecahedrons in WPF and C# 1/3/2016 Make truncated tetrahedrons, octahedrons, and icosahedrons in WPF and C# 12/31/2015 Make a truncated cube in WPF and C# 12/30/2015 Initialize a Dictionary in C# 12/29/2015 Draw round circles in scaled coordinate systems in C# 12/29/2015 Initialize an array of arrays in C# 12/29/2015 Perform binary contrast enhancement interactively in C# 12/28/2015 Perform binary contrast enhancement on an image in C# 12/26/2015 Initialize two-dimensional arrays in C# 12/22/2015 Draw text with a moving brush in C# 12/21/2015 Make a moving background in C# 12/19/2015 Calculate standard deviation in C# 12/17/2015 Make a simple histogram in C# 12/16/2015 Easily draw platonic solids in WPF and C# 12/10/2015 Study WPF 3D performance in C# 12/8/2015 Make a stellate geodesic sphere with WPF and C# 12/7/2015 Build a geodesic sphere with WPF and C# 12/4/2015 Rotate a picture in C# 12/3/2015 Platonic Solids Part 8: Icosahedron and dodecahedron 12/2/2015 Platonic Solids Part 7: The dodecahedron 12/1/2015 Platonic Solids Part 6: The icosahedron 11/30/2015 Platonic Solids Part 5: Cube and octahedron 11/30/2015 Platonic Solids Part 4: The octahedron 11/29/2015 Platonic Solids Part 3: The cube 11/28/2015 Platonic Solids Part 2: The tetrahedron 11/28/2015 Platonic Solids Part 1: What are the Platonic solids? 11/24/2015 Add and remove pictures in an Excel worksheet 11/24/2015 Number files in a directory in C# 11/23/2015 Convert a directory's files to grayscale in C# 11/22/2015 Perform line clipping in C# 11/19/2015 Perform line trimming in C# 11/19/2015 Open a PDF file in C# 11/19/2015 Get the program's memory usage in C# 11/19/2015 Copy files into the executable directory in C# 11/13/2015 Save a color palette in a program's settings in C# 11/12/2015 Make a persistent color palette in C# 11/12/2015 Make a standard color palette in C# 11/12/2015 Print images in C# 11/3/2015 Make a form fade out until it disappears in C#, Part 2 11/3/2015 Make a form fade out until it disappears in C# 11/3/2015 Draw a watermark in C# 11/2/2015 Move items between two ListBoxes in C# 11/2/2015 Display font samples for all installed fonts in WPF and C# 10/30/2015 List colors in WPF and C# 10/30/2015 Bind arrays and lists in C# 10/29/2015 Set video position with a scroll bar with WPF in C# 10/28/2015 Make a XAML button library in C# 10/27/2015 Make a WPF button template in C# 10/26/2015 Control a video with the WPF MediaElement in C# 10/23/2015 Make video control buttons in WPF and C# 10/22/2015 Save WPF control images in C# 10/20/2015 Print at full scale in C# 10/20/2015 Allow limited CheckBox selection in C# 10/19/2015 Use a tristate CheckBox to show partial selections in C# 10/19/2015 Use a tristate CheckBox in C# 10/16/2015 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Understand taxicab numbers in C# 1/6/2015 Make owner drawn tooltips with pictures in C# 1/6/2015 Make owner drawn menus in C# 1/6/2015 Calculate Nth roots in C# 1/5/2015 List unique words in a text file in C# 1/5/2015 Access firewall information and check firewall status using the dynamic keyword in C# 1/5/2015 Display Unicode symbols in C# 1/4/2015 Draw a Phoenix set fractal in C# 1/4/2015 Draw smooth graphics in C# 12/31/2014 Draw on a bitmap in C# 12/30/2014 Draw in a Paint event handler in C# 12/29/2014 Let controls share event handlers in C# 12/28/2014 Use the params keyword in C# 12/27/2014 Split and join strings in C# 12/26/2014 Get the system's board serial numbers and CPU IDs in C# 12/24/2014 Make a blinking label in WPF and C# 12/22/2014 Let the user move and resize a rectangle in WPF and C# 12/20/2014 Register a program for a particular system in C# 12/20/2014 Set form client size in C# 12/20/2014 Size forms to fit their contents in C# 12/19/2014 Draw a Bezier curve by hand 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Part 2 11/2/2014 See where two ellipses intersect in C#, Part 1 11/1/2014 Use Newton's method to find the roots of equations in C# 11/1/2014 Calculate the formula for an ellipse selected by the user in C# 11/1/2014 Calculate the formula for a circle selected by the user in C# 10/31/2014 Select parts of a scaled image in a PictureBox with different SizeMode values in C# 10/30/2014 Find a least squares Weibull curve fit for a set of points in C# 10/30/2014 Find an exponential least squares fit for a set of points in C# 10/30/2014 Find a polynomial least squares fit for a set of points in C# 10/30/2014 Find a linear least squares fit for a set of points in C# 10/30/2014 Solve a system of equations with Gaussian elimination in C# 10/29/2014 Display custom colors in the color selection dialog in C# 10/29/2014 Clean a WordPress database in C# 10/28/2014 Rainbowize an image in C# 10/28/2014 Use an ImageAttributes object to apply general color tones to an image in C# 10/28/2014 Use an ImageAttributes object to convert an image to shades of red, green, or blue in C# 10/28/2014 Use an ImageAttributes object to convert an image to sepia tone in C# 10/28/2014 Use an ImageAttributes object to convert an image to monochrome in C# 10/28/2014 Use an ImageAttributes object to adjust an image's brightness in C# 10/27/2014 Quickly convert an image to grayscale in C# 10/24/2014 Validate a switch statement that uses values from an enumerated type in C# 10/24/2014 Let the user select and deselect 3D objects using WPF and C# 10/23/2014 Perform hit testing in a 3D program that uses WPF, XAML, and C# 10/22/2014 Use segments to draw 3D axes with tic marks using WPF and C# 10/22/2014 Use segments to draw 3D arrows using WPF and C# 10/22/2014 Draw triangle vertex normals on a 3D model using WPF and C# 10/21/2014 Draw surface normals on a 3D model using WPF and XAML 10/20/2014 Draw a 3D wireframe using WPF and C# 10/18/2014 Draw improved 3D line segments using WPF and C# 10/18/2014 Draw interlocked tetrahedrons in a cage of "line segments" using WPF and C# 10/18/2014 Draw two interlocked tetrahedrons defined by a cube using WPF and C# 10/17/2014 Use a dictionary to draw a 3D Menger sponge fractal more efficiently using WPF, XAML, and C# 10/17/2014 Draw a 3D Menger sponge fractal using WPF, XAML, and C# 10/16/2014 Apply textures to triangles using WPF and C# 10/15/2014 Fully justify paragraphs of text in C# 10/15/2014 Fully justify a line of text in C# 10/14/2014 Create a 3D surface really quickly with WPF, XAML, and C# 10/14/2014 Create a 3D surface more quickly with WPF, XAML, and C# 10/14/2014 Draw a smooth 3D surface with WPF, XAML, and C# 10/13/2014 Draw a 3D surface with WPF, XAML, and C# 10/13/2014 Understand three-dimensional drawing with WPF, XAML, and C# 10/13/2014 Use static resources to customize a XAML program 10/13/2014 Use static resources to draw three interlocked boxes using XAML and C# 10/13/2014 Draw three interlocked boxes using XAML and C# 10/13/2014 Draw interlocked tetrahedrons using XAML and C# 10/13/2014 Rotate a tetrahedron with crisp edges using XAML and C# 10/13/2014 Rotate a tetrahedron using XAML and C# 10/13/2014 Make a 3D cube with pictures on its sides with XAML and C# 10/12/2014 Make a continuously spinning 3D cube with XAML and C# 10/12/2014 Rotate a 3D cube using XAML and C# 10/10/2014 Draw a 3D surface overlaid with a shaded altitude map using WPF and C# 10/10/2014 Draw a 3D surface overlaid with a grid using WPF and C# 10/10/2014 Initialize a ComboBox from an enumeration in C# 10/10/2014 Convert between Pascal case, camel case, and proper case method 2 in C# 10/10/2014 Convert between Pascal case, camel case, and proper case in C# 10/9/2014 Draw and move polygons snapping them to a grid in C# 10/8/2014 Let the user draw polygons, move them, and add points to them in C# 10/7/2014 Let the user draw and move polygons in C# 10/7/2014 Let the user draw polygons in C# 10/6/2014 Draw and move line segments 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of its columns in C# 9/14/2014 Implement an interface in C# 9/14/2014 Draw text filled with a picture in C# 9/14/2014 Use VBA code to pick random cells from the currently selected cells in an Excel workbook 9/13/2014 What is WPF and why should you care? 9/12/2014 Use regular expressions to rename files within a date range and that match a pattern in C# 9/12/2014 Write a graphical floodfill method in C# 9/12/2014 Paste a PNG format image with a transparent background from the clipboard in C# 9/12/2014 Copy an irregular area from a picture to the clipboard in C# 9/12/2014 Copy an irregular area from one picture to another in C# 9/11/2014 Find the ListView row and column under the mouse in C# 9/11/2014 Easily add column headers and items to a ListView control in C# 9/11/2014 Use regular expressions to rename files that match a pattern in C# 9/10/2014 Format an XML file so it looks nice in C# 9/10/2014 Use objects to make an XML document in C# 9/10/2014 Build a formatted XML document in 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intersects a circle in C# 9/5/2014 Use WPF to make a download button in C# 9/4/2014 Draw an ellipse that sort of looks like a button in C# 9/4/2014 Use the using statement to automatically call Dispose in C# 9/3/2014 Redraw a form whenever it resizes in C# 9/3/2014 Compare the speeds of different methods for string concatenation in C# 9/3/2014 Draw a Pickover strange attractor fractal in C# 9/3/2014 Make an extender provider that validates required TextBoxes in C# 9/2/2014 Learn why a form is closing in C# 9/2/2014 Apply a filter to make a color embossed image in C# 9/2/2014 Pixellate an image and create other effects in C# 9/2/2014 Use image filters to perform edge detection, smoothing, embossing, and more in C# 9/2/2014 Convert bases decimal, hexadecimal, octal, and binary in C# 9/2/2014 Understand font aliasing issues in C# 8/29/2014 Use value equality to compare font objects in C# 8/29/2014 Display a font selection dialog with an Apply button in C# 8/29/2014 Make a program display its own binary code in three ways in C# 8/27/2014 Use the Bitmap32 class to manipulate image pixels very quickly in C# 8/27/2014 Add GetPixel and SetPixel methods to the Bitmap24 class in C# 8/27/2014 Use the Bitmap24 class to manipulate image pixels very quickly in C# 8/27/2014 Let the user move the center point of elliptical gradient in C# 8/27/2014 Fill an area with an elliptical gradient in C# 8/27/2014 Fill a polygon with a PathGradientBrush in C# 8/27/2014 Use a LinearGradientBrush in C# 8/26/2014 Select full rows in a ListView and store extra information with ListView rows in C# 8/26/2014 Parse currency values in C# 8/25/2014 Draw striped lines in C# 8/25/2014 Draw a star with a given number of points in C# 8/25/2014 Draw a non-intersecting star in C# 8/25/2014 Draw a star in C# 8/23/2014 See a review of my book "C# 5.0 Programmer's Reference" at the Denver Visual Studio User Group web site 8/23/2014 See how much time a checked block takes in C# 8/23/2014 Control overflow behavior with checked and unchecked in C# 8/22/2014 Use a bitmap to visualize composite runs in C# 8/22/2014 Find runs of composite numbers (non-primes) in C# 8/21/2014 Use a bitmap to visualize odd primes in C# 8/21/2014 Use a bitmap to visualize primes in C# 8/21/2014 Use Euler's Sieve to find prime numbers in C# 8/21/2014 Use the Sieve of Eratosthenes to find prime numbers in C# 8/21/2014 Make a checked GroupBox in C# 8/21/2014 Change control stacking order in C# 8/20/2014 Make menu items behave like check boxes in C# 8/20/2014 Make toolstrip buttons act like radio buttons in C# 8/20/2014 Make menu items act like radio buttons in C# 8/19/2014 Select ComboBox or ListBox values that contains target text in C# 8/19/2014 Draw a timezone conversion chart in C# 8/19/2014 Use Microsoft Word to make a timezone conversion chart in C# 8/19/2014 List the defined locales in C# 8/19/2014 List timezones in C# 8/19/2014 Use custom numeric formats in C# 8/19/2014 Use custom date and time formats in C# 8/19/2014 Use standard numeric formats in C# 8/19/2014 Use standard date and time formats in C# 8/19/2014 Use the DateTime class's standard formatting methods in C# 8/19/2014 Use ListView data to generate HTML TABLE code in C# 8/19/2014 Use groups in a ListView control in C# 8/18/2014 Draw text filled with random colored circles in C# 8/18/2014 Draw text filled with random colored lines in C# 8/18/2014 Draw text in random colors in C# 8/18/2014 Draw text filled with random lines in C# 8/18/2014 Draw text filled with text in C# 8/18/2014 Draw hollow text in C# 8/17/2014 Use try catch blocks to protect against unexpected errors in C# 8/15/2014 Use TryParse to parse values entered by the user in C# 8/15/2014 Parse user-entered values in C# 8/15/2014 Draw a smooth vortex fractal in C# 8/15/2014 Draw a vortex fractal in C# 8/15/2014 Draw a curlicue fractal in C# 8/15/2014 Draw rainbow text in C# 8/15/2014 Get font metrics in C# 8/15/2014 Measure character positions in a drawn string in C# 8/15/2014 Use LINQ to list files and file sizes in a directory in C# 8/14/2014 Use reflection to enumerate HatchStyle values and display samples of them in C# 8/14/2014 Use reflection to easily list the values defined by an enumerated type in C# 8/14/2014 Use reflection to list the values defined by an enum in C# 8/14/2014 Display images of the cursors available in C# 8/14/2014 Copy, cut, and paste parts of an image to the clipboard in C# 8/13/2014 Use a rubber band box to let the user select an area in a picture in C# 8/13/2014 Find a minimal bounding circle of a set of points in C# 8/13/2014 Draw a circle through three points in C# 8/12/2014 Find the shortest distance between two line segments in C# 8/12/2014 Determine where two lines intersect in C# 8/12/2014 Copy and paste text to and from the clipboard C# 8/12/2014 Calculate the factorial function and use Debug.Assert in C# 8/12/2014 Give classes auto implemented properties and initializing constructors in C# 8/12/2014 Initialize arrays, lists, and class instances in C# 8/12/2014 Override a class's ToString method to allow controls such as ListBox to display objects in C# 8/12/2014 Start another program and wait until it finishes in C# 8/12/2014 Open a file with the system's default application in C# 8/12/2014 Combine and resolve relative paths in C# 8/11/2014 Draw an animated hypotrochoid (Spirograph curve) in C# 8/11/2014 Draw a hypotrochoid (Spirograph curve) in C# 8/11/2014 Calculate the GCD (greatest common divisor) and LCM (least common multiple) of two integers in C# 8/10/2014 Generate all selections of K items from a set of N items in C# 8/10/2014 Calculate the binomial coefficient "N choose K" efficiently in C# 8/10/2014 Generate all of the permutations of a set of objects in C# 8/10/2014 Make a notepad application that uses encryption in C# 8/10/2014 Make a password manager in C# 8/8/2014 Use cryptographic methods to generate random passwords in C# 8/8/2014 Use a cryptographic random number generator in C# 8/8/2014 Use the .NET cryptography library to make extension methods that encrypt and decrypt strings in C# 8/7/2014 Protect a program from SQL injection attacks in C# 8/5/2014 Use WMI to get information including the operating system's name in C# 8/5/2014 Make a web browser that only allows certain web sites in C# 8/5/2014 Provide printing and print previews with advanced features for Windows Forms applications in C# 8/4/2014 Provide print previews and printing for Windows Forms applications in C# 8/4/2014 Create controls for a tic-tac-toe application at run time in C# 8/3/2014 Make a shaped button in C# 8/1/2014 Use the TableLayoutPanel control in C# 8/1/2014 Post some book reviews! 7/31/2014 Find a number's prime factors in C# 7/30/2014 Perform geometric operations on polygons in C# 7/29/2014 Find a minimal bounding rectangle for a polygon in C# 7/29/2014 Triangulate a polygon in C# 7/29/2014 Find the centroid of a polygon in C# 7/29/2014 Reverse the orientation of a polygon in C# 7/29/2014 Determine whether a polygon is oriented clockwise or counterclockwise in C# 7/28/2014 Calculate the area of a polygon in C# 7/28/2014 Determine whether a point is inside a polygon in C# 7/28/2014 Determine whether a polygon is convex in C# 7/27/2014 Draw a Sierpinski fractal curve in C# 7/27/2014 Draw a strange attractor fractal in C# 7/27/2014 Make a dialog with standard dialog features in C# 7/25/2014 Use standard dialogs in C# 7/25/2014 Use WndProc to read Windows messages in C# 7/24/2014 Find the convex hull of a set of points in C# 7/24/2014 Align text drawn by DrawString in C# 7/23/2014 Sort objects in C# 7/23/2014 Use WMI to get detailed printer information in C# 7/23/2014 Display font samples on a computer in C# 7/22/2014 Let the user select rectangular areas in an image in C# 7/22/2014 Optimize JPEG compression level and file size in C# 7/22/2014 Format file sizes in KB, MB, GB, and so forth in C# 7/22/2014 Easily save and restore a form's settings in the Registry in C# 7/22/2014 Change image file types in a directory in C# 7/21/2014 C# Helper RSS feed 7/21/2014 Resize pictures in a directory in C# 7/21/2014 Resize images and save the results in C# 7/21/2014 Save images with an appropriate format depending on the file name's extension in C# 7/21/2014 Load images without locking their files in C# 7/20/2014 Save and restore program settings in C# 7/20/2014 Calculate logarithms in different log bases in C# 7/19/2014 Convert between Excel column numbers and names in C# 7/19/2014 Make a transparent form and let the user move it in C# 7/17/2014 Set tab positions inside a ListBox or TextBox in C# 7/17/2014 Draw a Mandelbrot set fractal with smoothly shaded colors in C# 7/17/2014 Use a Complex number class to draw a Mandelbrot set fractal easily in C# 7/17/2014 Draw a Mandelbrot set fractal in C# 7/16/2014 Programmatically adjust the splitter in a SplitContainer control in C# 7/16/2014 List installed fonts on your system in C# 7/16/2014 Get command line arguments in C# 7/16/2014 Calculate compound interest over time in C# 7/16/2014 Find controls by name in C# 7/16/2014 Make a string extension to determine whether a string matches a regular expression in C# 7/16/2014 Make random groups of people or other objects in C# 7/14/2014 Randomize arrays in C# 7/13/2014 Make an extension method to convert numbers into words (as in "one thousand eight hundred twelve") in C# 7/13/2014 Evaluate mathematical expressions with code in C# 7/13/2014 Download files from the web in C# 7/13/2014 Execute ad hoc database commands such as CREATE TABLE, INSERT INTO, DROP TABLE, and so forth in C# 7/12/2014 Measure elapsed time in C# 7/12/2014 Use resources to hold images, text, and other data, and load it at run time in C# 7/12/2014 Place a notify icon in the notification area in C# 7/12/2014 Search files in a directory hierarchy for a target string in C# 7/12/2014 Create controls at runtime and add them to a form or inside a container in C# 7/11/2014 Draw a Barnsley fern fractal in C# 7/11/2014 Override ToString to allow controls such as ListBox to display objects in C# 7/11/2014 Draw rotated text in C# 7/11/2014 Add items to the Send To menu 7/11/2014 Programmatically add new rows to an unbound DataGridView control in C# 7/11/2014 Draw a Buddhabrot fractal in C# 7/11/2014 Draw a Hilbert curve fractal in C# 7/10/2014 Test different methods that compare directories to see which files they have in common in C# 7/10/2014 Compare directories to see which files they have in common in C# 7/10/2014 Draw backwards text in C# 7/10/2014 Get a disk drive's serial number in C# 7/10/2014 Get information about a disk drive such as size and available space in C# 7/10/2014 Play system sounds: beep, asterisk, question, etc. in C# 7/9/2014 Problems with comments and links in older posts 7/9/2014 The older C# Helper blog posts are once again available 7/8/2014 Switching the blog to WordPress 6/26/2014 Welcome!