So, you are writing a windows service. You want to debug it when it starts. How do you attach the debugger in time? I’ve seen lots of examples where people have implemented a Thread.Sleep() method during start-up to allow them enough time to attach to the service process. While this works it is pretty messy.[…]
Recently I had a requirement to be able to ‘re-theme’ an application at startup. By this, I mean I needed to change the background image for a WPF application, as well selecting a specific resource dictionary that contains all the styles for buttons, text, labels and all the other controls in the application. It was[…]
Something that crops up from time to time is a nice, simple way to resize an image. Well, here is a nice, simple routine, that you can use (feel free to modify and improve). The method takes in an existing Bitmap image and a percentage (i.e 50). The image is then resized proportionally using the[…]
If you don’t know about the CodeSharper PowerPoint Helper Library, then go and take a look! I have created a demonstration PowerPoint Presentation using the library. It is included in the GitHub repository, however, if you want to just check out the demo presentation, then click here. The example provides a demonstration of the following[…]
A very simple piece of code, but useful anyway! Original code source comes from here. public static bool IsOdd(int value) { return value % 2 != 0; }
I have been automating various aspects of Office for a while now and there is something that really bugs me. There are a number of expensive products that are meant to make life easier when working with office through the .net framework. In my experience the price tag doesn’t line up to what you really[…]
I have been using NDesk.Options on an off for a while now and find it very useful. It’s simple to setup and use and very powerful. I figured I should demonstrate how easy it is to use, so have uploaded a sample project to Github. The code should be self explanatory. If you have any[…]