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Extending the LabelEdit functionality of a TreeView to include validation
In my last post I described how to extend the default label edit funcionality of a TreeView control to be somewhat more flexible, by allowing you to specify custom text other than blindly using the...
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How to be notified when your application is activated and deactivated
I recently had a requirement where a user was able to perform an action externally to my application, and my application then had to detect this for processing.I could of course just had a poller...
View ArticleTools we use - 2013 edition
As another year enters its final stages, I decided I would log the primary tools I use for my developer role, should be an interesting experiment to compare with each year, if I don't get distracted by...
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Loading the color palette from a BBM/LBM image file using C#
I took a break from arguing with our GIF decoder to take a quick look at the BBM format as I have a few files in that format containing colour palettes I wished to extract. When I looked into this, I...
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Reading Photoshop Color Swatch (aco) files using C#
In a previous article I described how to read the colour map from a DeluxePaint LBM/BBM file. In the next pair of articles, I'm going to describe how to load and save colour swatch files used by...
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Writing Photoshop Color Swatch (aco) files using C#
The previous article in this mini-series described how to read files in Abode's Colour File format as used by applications such as Photoshop and other drawing programs.In this second article, I'll...
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Adding drag handles to an ImageBox to allow resizing of selection regions
The ImageBox control is already a versatile little control and I use it for all sorts of tasks. One of the features I recently wanted was to allow users to be able to select a source region, then...
View ArticleColorPicker Controls 1.0.4.0 Update
The ColorPicker Controls have been updated to version 1.0.4.0.This is a fairly substantial update, with quite a few bug fixes and enhancements to the code.What's next for the library?I feel the code is...
View ArticleAdd Projects Extension - 1.0.1.0
A short and sweet post today...I've been happily using the Add Projects extension since first writing it several months ago, and I actually find it a real time saver. However, one thing that has been...
View ArticleCircularBuffer - a first-in, first-out collection of objects using a fixed...
I haven't had much time to work on blog posts recently, but I do have one quick post to make.One of our current application prototype's stores a bunch of data. Data continuously arrives, but I only...
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Batch Syntax Highlighting in the DigitalRune Text Editor Control
In a previous article I described how to create a CSS syntax highlighting definition file for use with the open source DigitalRune Text Editor Control.Today I was testing events in one of our myriad of...
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Configuring the emulation mode of an Internet Explorer WebBrowser control
Occasionally I need to embed HTML in my applications. If it is just to display some simple layout with basic interactions, I might use a component such as HtmlRenderer. In most cases however, I need a...
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Dragging items in a ListView control with visual insertion guides
I can't remember when it was I first saw something being dragged with an insertion mark for guidance. Whenever it was, it was a long long time ago and I'm just catching up now.This article describes...
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Dragging items in a ListBox control with visual insertion guides
In my last post, I described how to drag and drop items to reorder a ListView control. This time I'm going to describe the exact same technique, but this time for the more humble ListBox.Getting...
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Adding Double Click support to the ComboBox control
I was recently using a ComboBox control with the DropDownStyle set to Simple, effectively turning into a combined text box and list box. However, when I wanted an action to occur on double clicking an...
View ArticleCreating a code signing certificate with StartSSL
Edit 02Jan2017: Even if you wanted to ignore the revelations of dubious practices of StartSSL and with them now being owned by WoSign, there is another matter to consider - StartSSL authenticode...
View ArticleTools we use - 2014 edition
Following on from last years post, I'll list again what I'm using and seeing what (if anything) has changed.tl;dr; - it's pretty much the same as last yearOperating SystemsWindows Home Server 2011 -...
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Hosting a ColorGrid control in a ToolStrip
The ColorGrid control is a fairly useful control for selecting from a predefined list of colours. However, it can take up quite a bit of screen real estate depending on how many colours it contains....
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Essential Algorithms - A Book Review
This post is a review (or possibly some long winded rambling) of the book Essential Algorithms: A Practical Approach to Computer Algorithms by Rod Stephens and published by Wiley.Disclaimer: I received...
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ColorEcho - adding colour to echoed batch text
We use batch files for... well, pretty much everything. From simple files that simple optimize modified graphics, to the tendril-like files that build our software. For some time now, I've been using...
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