Hey guys! The DST are a real pain in the ass for all developers. But I have got a little something for you! A DateTime extension method which will return the number of hours for the current Date. public static int GetNumberOfActualHours(this DateTime dateTime) { var hours = 24; var start = new DateTime(dateTime.Year, dateTime.Month, dateTime.Day, […]
C# – Kill any running application by code
This is a very simple way to kill an application by code under Windows. Don’t forget to add System.Diagnostics in the Using section. public void KillApp(string appName) { try { foreach (Process proc in Process.GetProcessesByName(appName)) proc.Kill(); } catch (Exception ex) { //TODO… } } Enjoy!
C# – Set the Wallpaper by code
There is no simple way to set the wallpaper. We have to use a Windows DLL to do that. And this DLL is able to set the wallpaper only if the image is a BMP. So we have to convert it first. using Microsoft.Win32; using System.Drawing; using System.Drawing.Imaging; using System.IO; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; namespace WindowsStarter { […]
WPF – Missing Underscore with Label or CheckBox
Did you ever have a missing underscore with WPF? If you have a Label or a Checkbox containing underscores, the first underscore will not be displayed on screen. It is called the RecognizeAccessKey. Which allows you to reach the control with you keyboard by pressing ALT and the first lettre following the first underscore. So […]
WPF – MVVM – Get filtered values from a GridView
The goal of this article is to show how to get the filtered items from a GridView (here we will use Telerik RadGridView, but it should be the same for any Grid). This case is really useful if you need to apply some calculation on a filtered subset of the Data you’re displaying, while you’re […]
WPF – Add a Watermark to a native WPF TextBox
This is how to add a Watermark to a native WPF TextBox without using a control from another toolkit. The concept is to create a Style which will add a new property (called Tag) for your TextBoxes. The content of this Tag will be the watermark. And it will manage the events like if you […]
C# – Start any Windows application from code
To start any application by code, it pretty easy: static void Main(string[] args) { var pi = new ProcessStartInfo { FileName = “calc”, //Arguments = “…”, //RedirectStandardOutput = true, UseShellExecute = false //Allows the redirection of the ouput }; var p = Process.Start(pi); } But in that simple case, we could just do: static void […]
WPF – MVVM – Proxy Binding
Here the purpose is to be able to bind a Command on a Button which is under 2 levels of ItemsControl without using the “Ancestor” stuff. So the classic way of doing this: the following should work : <TextBlock Text=”{Binding RelativeSource={RelativeSource Mode=FindAncestor, AncestorType={x:Type Window}}, Path=DataContext.Client.Name}” /> But we can do something better and more readable. […]
WPF MultiBinding
In WPF, it’s pretty common to display differenct properties of an object as if there where one. Typycally, I have a User, which contains a FirstName and a LastName and I want them both to be displayed as one. <TextBlock> <TextBlock.Text> <MultiBinding StringFormat=”{}{0} ({1})” > <Binding Path=”User.FirstName”></Binding> <Binding Path=”User.LastName”></Binding> </MultiBinding> </TextBlock.Text> </TextBlock> Enjoy!
How to connect to LocalDB in Visual Studio Server Explorer
Steps to connect LocalDB to Visual Studio Server Explorer Open command prompt Run SqlLocalDB.exe start v11.0 Run SqlLocalDB.exe info v11.0 Copy the Instance pipe name that starts with np:\… In Visual Studio select TOOLS > Connect to Database… For Server Name enter (localdb)\v11.0. If it didn’t work, use the Instance pipe name that you copied earlier. You can also use this to […]