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 | I am working on a combination productivity and source/version control app. One of the features i would like to add might sound crazy, but I would like to substitute the User's windows Desktop folder with the project files "Working Directory" That way, until the the software is exited, or the …  |
| |  I'm working on an a windows phone project where I need to support fully transparent backgrounds in my controls to overlay ontop of dynamic image. I want to use this "new item" path I created to show how many updates an item has. I attached an image showing … |
| | I needed a 5 minute countdown for a project I was working on so I hacked this up, It does nothing more and nothing less. Figured I would post it while I was here to save someone else the trouble. (Not that it's in anyway difficult to do.) |
| | A couple of months ago I had wanted to keep a form active as long as it was visible, I couldn't find any help with this, a couple of forums led me into the dirt, as everything they suggested failed. I decided against the feature, but not before I found …  |
| | This simple static class contains a static method called sOnline that accepts a username as a string param. it make a call to an old yahoo api that will determine if a Y! user is online. This only returns true if the user is not using stealth, this will return … |
| | I am working on an application where I am presented a string that has some information, its always in the same order, but not always the same length with no special separators, here is an example "May 30 10:08 am ARRIVAL AT UNIT WILMINGTON DE 19850" I need to be … |
| | I am working on a little USPS tracking class, very simple calls web api returns xml, parses the xml to an object, passes that object back via an event. for some reason I can't seem to get the XML to parse correctly. I there are an unknown amount of a … |
| | I have an object that i use in a generic list, i need to expose a property in that object that will return the index position of the object in the list plus one. example Items in list myobject1 myobject2 myobject3 myobject2.indexValue would equal 1 any idea how I can … |
| | I have hit a slump, my line sorting text program runs out of memory when sorting large files, the answer is using an external merge sort. basically it breaks the file into chunks, sorts them, then loads chunks of the chunks, and sorts them, then some how comes up with … |
| | I have hacked up this gorgeous files system tree view that looks like the windows 7 explorer sidebar. Its starts as one control, and that control lives in another control that makes up an "segment" whom are created and added to a host that handles scrolling ect. I have the … |
| | When using a background thread to do some lengthy possibly blocking processes, its necessary to invoke any gui update calls onto the gui thread. In all my reading I have come to the conclusion that most programmers feel that it is and should be up to the gui code to … |
| | A project I am working needed a question style message box, but I wanted that contemporary look of Vista and Seven. I set out to see how it was accomplished, turns out there are some special APIs that exist in Vista and Seven that don't exist in XP that accomplish … |
| | I can't seem to remember what it's called, nor can I articulate a concise explanation to even begin searching the net. (I tried) Does anyone know what that list of Icons like my computer/mydocuments ect that appear to the left in windows XP open and save dialog boxes? I know … |
| | I needed a very simple multi-line label control for a project I was working on, It had very simple requirements. It needed to draw text in any font, in any color, on multiple lines with vertical and horizontal alignment control. So I hacked up this little class. Just as easy … |
| | I am working on an application that lets you play drum sounds using a rockband drum kit. Current version available [URL="http://www.diamonddrake.com/software.aspx?title=RockBand%20Drum-Kit"]here[/URL] I am wanting to add a recording function but all I can think of is loop back recording. That's manageable but in Vista and Windows 7 by default the … |
| | I'm new to ASP.net I am a decent C# programmer, but I usually write windows programs, not web stuff, I did my website in plain html and recently I have started working in asp.net. I've read a few tutorials, but I'm stuck on what to search for, and how to … |
| | I am kinda new to asp.net. I used asp backing flash for most of the site work i have done, but I have shied away from flash and I am having some issues understanding asp.net membership. I am currently using the web.config file to set the credentials for forms authentication. … |
| | I have been working closely with libvlc the core library that plays videos in VLC player. I wrote my own wrapper because its actually a well written library and all the wrappers I have found are more complicated than libvlc itsself. So 5 little classes give me all the power … |
| | I have written a couple applications that Work great on 32-bit but crash on open in 64-bit. They are all compiled against "any CPU" but even when I compile them for 64-bit they still crash on 64-bit windows. both of these applications rely on 3rd party Dlls, some native dlls … |
| | I have written a Rockband Drum kit app that lets you use the Rockband Drum kit with your PC as a drum synthesizer. It has 30 Drum wav sounds and can also be used to play sound through MIDI as well, working on MIDI recording and a loopback driver to … |
| | I am working on a couple projects where I need to upload files from a client using my software to my webserver and then do some other things. But I would like the software to handles this automatically so the user doesn't have to worry with it. I am currently … |
| | I am working on an application that is all about its interface. I want a very remote control accessible media browsing application. The Browsing is done. but playing video keeps getting complicated. using DirectX is no problem, using the managed direct X video object works. But looks bad, doesn't preserve … |
| | I have a ps3 and I have been using it to stream my huge media collection to my TV. my ps3 failed, I keep reflowing it but it keeps overheating but that's not what this is about. I have all my media set up the way I like it on … |
| | I am working on a picturebox that adds a in-depth cropping feature, I am a centered junkie, that is to say I don't find left justified images aesthetically pleasing. I just have to have everything centered. Add to this that the zoom mode of the picture box ensures that the … |
| | Not like I don't have 100 unfinished projects already. But I recently come across a mario paint composer by unfungames.com. I remember playing mario paint back on the Snes. So I gave it a whirl. Turns out they wrote it in macromedia director. and it sucks. It does what its … |
| | I have been looking for the answer for 7 hours. So a quick google isn't going to cap this one. I Am working on a programming notepad app with intellisense like Visual Studio. only I have run into a big issue. In Visual studio the little intellisense window is its … |
| | This simple class encapsulates the exAnimatewindow api call. I got tired of adding all the jazz to every form I need to use as a pop up, or any borderless forms I used. (Windows 7 and vista don't animate windows with no border by default) This class could easily be … |
| | I need to count the ticks from a simple switch attached to a gauge. The time it takes from the first detected tick to the 20th is the important data. To acquire the cycling on and off of the switch i have come up with 2 serial port techniques. 1) … |
| | I am working on a really fun project. I have written much of a program that lets you use a RockBand or GuitarHero drum kit to play drum sounds on your PC, record, playback, ect. I have decided conclusively as I add features I need more than just a gui … |
| | Just because I was bored one day I looked on the net for an app that would let me use my RockBand ps3 drum kit on the PC. There was a fancy direct X app out that turned out to be very buggy, slow, and annoying to use. I set … |
| | I needed a way to buffer into memory an entire wav sound file to be played back a moments notice, as if for a game. So i created this class, simple instantiate it by passing to it a string and a bool indicating if you should buffer it to memory. … |
| | If you drop a picturebox control onto a form and set its SizeMode to zoom you will notice that no matter what you change the padding property to, it won't change the output. The code for drawing the image in zoomed mode doesn't take in account the deflated rectangle it … |
| | I have been working on an Picture adjusting/cropping/resizing/emailing app. Its concept is pushed toward looking similar to Adobe Lightroom, in that none of the adjustments affect the original images, and all the adjustments are reversible and appear on the main screen as a sidebar. The goal of the app it … |
| | I would like to create a overridden picturebox control that accepts a colormatrix as a property, and when the picturebox is drawn it uses that colormatrix. This is to cut down on drawimage GDI calls that are slowing down my app. I would love to turn 2 into 1, and … |
| | if you have ever used adobe lightroom you would have noticed that there is an awesome sidebar with 15 or so sliders on it. they can all be adjusted from the same screen and you watch as they edit the image in real time. This is what I am trying … |
| | I am working on a little image program aimed at having a simple interface but a strong backend. Its mostly just for basic bulk settings and looping through files. but will allow for all the images to be loaded in a thumbnail strip and be able to be edited before … |
| | I am able to post data to a form so long as its strings. by creating a dictinary of keys and values, then creating a string in the style of key+ "=" + value "+ & repeat. then passing it to a method kinda like [CODE] private string PostData(string url, … |
| | I need to be able to take a point on an image and convert it into a point relative to a picturebox with the pictureSizeMode set to zoom here is the code that the picturebox uses to scale and center the image [CODE] Size size = this.image.Size; float num = … |
| | I have inherited from a picturebox and modified it to allow a selection rectangle to be drawn. Everything works well, except I would like for it to work in all sizeModes. center is simple, normal is simple. but I cant' seem to get "Zoom" to work. I have used reflector … |
| | When I installed windows 7 I opted to do a fresh clean install, but the key I purchased was an upgrade key and required that I performed an upgrade. The disk itself was bootable so I performed a clean install and modified some registry keys and ran a vb script … |
| | I have a class that in one of its methods creates a new thread that makes some http requests, serializes the results, packs them up in an event object and then it Should call broadcast an event returning its data. but I can't figure out how. the class is not … |
| | I am trying to read data from a bloodpressure meter that has a usb interface that windows recognizes as a HID device. The BloodPressure meter comes with no documentation or software for its USB port. but other meters similar to this one allow you to download data from it about … |
| | I recently started messing with tcp socket programming. I hacked up a little instant messaging application that seems to work has some little problems but the world isn't in need of more IM clients. but I wanted to know a good practice for sending large files over tcp sockets. i …  |
| | I have been working with desktop server/client applications today, making pretty good progress when I came across a problem. the webserver I use for my website is shared and doesn't allow me access to start programs so I must use my desktop as a server. The problem with this is … |
| | I have been working on a custom Hue Slider, when you drag the knob the color of it changes to its hue value. (ex 0 is red). I added a little gloss to the knob, I feel its not done, I Just don't have any Ideas as to how to … |
| | I am writing a custom slider control, All its functionality is accounted for but now the aesthetics (which was the reason for writing it in the first place) has become problematic. It starts with a custom class that converts true hls and rgb, thats 360 stops not 255. then I … |
| | In my project I had been using a set of arrays to hold some data, realized it was a bad design, so then I decided to create an object that holds all the relevant data, and add them to an arraylist, this work great except all the data was information … |
| | I have been part time working on the same application for a year. its a very self serving, on day freeware application for easily accessing applications ect. I need a container for dynamically create rows of buttons, I am currently using some transparent panels, and changing their visibility when I … |
| | I have created a custom drawn search bar for an app i am working on. see picture: [URL="http://www.diamonddrake.com/test/imgs/mySearch.JPG"]http://www.diamonddrake.com/test/imgs/mySearch.JPG[/URL] when the user clicks on the google icon to the left. a little borderless form opens with custom drawn buttons that have icons for other search engines, you get the drift. only … |
| | What are you guys using for version control in conjunction to Visual Studio? I am currently using Tortoise Bazaar, and it shipped broken, had to edit a file just to get it to run. Other wise its effective, only it is a console interface. and although I know many that … |
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