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Hey Hey 16K! →
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April 2010
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WPF 4 & Spellchecking
Using WPF 4? Want spell checking on your textbox? BAM: SpellCheck.IsEnabled=”True” I love it!
Apr 12th
March 2010
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Single instance app in WPF 4 with argument...
I was building a WPF app that required the use of JumpLists; the thing with JumpLists is that it calls your app’s exe with an argument which in turn creates a new instance of your app. After a quick bit of googling I found a link [now dead] some code that restricts an app to a signle instance by using a mutex and passes the command argument supplied via named pipes. Only portions of the...
Mar 30th
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February 2010
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Want the directory of a .Net app?
Then use this line: AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory
Feb 23rd
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likes 28 Weeks Later on Boxee →
Feb 17th
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Xml Serialisation (Serialization) in C# →
One thing I absolutely hate doing is reading xml, it bores me to bits. So to make this dreadful task a little more easier I use a nice little extension function that I found (and improved; then put up on stackoverflow). If you mark a class with the XmlSerialization attributes (XmlRoot/XmlElement) you can quickly take an xml string and turn it in to an object.
Feb 17th
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ASP.Net Pager Control →
I built this quite a while ago - some one might find it useful.
Feb 17th
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Find the transparent pixels in an image - WPF
The other day I had to create an image element that contained a png with transparent sections and have it display a hand cursor when the mouse was over the opaque sections. The first thing I tried (and failed) was to have an image element with the cursor property set to “Hand” like so: <Image Source=”{Binding SomeImage}” Cursor=”Hand” /> That obviously...
Feb 16th
January 2010
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The Morning Brew →
Fantastic site that keeps me updated on all the goings on around .Net / Development.
Jan 28th
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Chimp TV →
The chimps chose a good score to accompany their film ;)
Jan 25th
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WPF 4 & Touch →
Invaluable resource for getting start with touch and WPF 4. Helped out greatly when developing the touch features of the graphic.ly WPF app.
Jan 24th
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Jan 19th
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Day 0
Until I can think of something to write for this I’ll start off by telling you all little about my self. In bullet form of course ;) Born and bred in the North East of England (Hartlepool to be exact) Software developer for numerous companies (current at Graphic.ly) Former Ice-Cream man Big on Technology / .Net / WPF / C# and other various geek stuff Afraid of heights Love pizza ...
Jan 10th
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