C#
- Limit C# Windows Application to single instance
private bool PreviousInstance()
{
return ( System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName(
System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName ).Length > 1 );
}
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Getting the Screen Size in WPF
System.Windows.SystemParameters.PrimaryScreenWidth;
System.Windows.SystemParameters.PrimaryScreenHeight;
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Embed Mozilla Firefox in .Net apps
Gecko for C# : http://geckofx.org/
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merge a native dll and a managed dll
http://sqlite.phxsoftware.com/
- Compile time scripting
MSBuild : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0k6kkbsd.aspx
- Drop shadow in WPF
<Grid>
<Rectangle
Width="Auto"
Height="Auto"
Stroke="#10000000"
StrokeThickness="1"/>
<Rectangle
Width="Auto"
Height="Auto"
Stroke="#5C000000"
StrokeThickness="1" Margin="1" />
<Rectangle
Width="Auto"
Height="Auto"
Stroke="#AC000000"
StrokeThickness="1" Margin="2" />
<Rectangle
Width="Auto"
Height="Auto"
Fill="Transparent"
Stroke="#FF000000"
StrokeThickness="1" Margin="3">
</Rectangle>
<Grid Margin="3" Background="White">
Contents go here!
</Grid>
</Grid>
- Drop Shadow in WPF better way
add PresentationFramework.Aero to project's resources. then add this line to XAML namespace:
xmlns:dropShadow=”clr-namespace:Microsoft.Windows.Themes;assembly=PresentationFramework.Aero”
then use this to enclose the shadowed elements:
<dropShadow:SystemDropShadowChrome>
<Grid x:Name=”MyElement” />
</dropShadow:SystemDropShadowChrome>
<Grid x:Name=”MyElement” />
</dropShadow:SystemDropShadowChrome>