Feed Editor 4 Jul 2009 10:20:10 GMT en Fast simple image clipping code in C# using GDI+ to ensure speed and efficiency. 4 Jul 2009 10:19:47 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/image-clip.php 17FACA3A-D48F-4903-823A-FAC7FE3030F0 Learn how to access common environment information through C#.NET. 29 Jun 2009 7:53:10 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/environment-vars.php D9B36D18-45FA-4C25-A6AE-85BF1EA455F4 Add ActionLists to C# controls to make properties and methods more accessible during design-time. 20 Jun 2009 9:19:23 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/action-list.php 018A2E15-E5CD-4297-B90D-FF4E8E7D9783 How to use the TabControl .NET control to create virtual Forms inside WinForms. 15 Jun 2009 8:41:19 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/virtual-forms.php F263CD95-7C7B-41A4-AAD5-67B35ACD74A2 Learn how to convert a string into an array in C#.NET. 3 Jun 2009 2:52:12 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/string-to-array.php A8819317-5542-4492-A48B-31A81E3F0474 Compute the hash code of data in C# using .NET Framework classes. 30 May 2009 8:50:11 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/compute-hash.php CC2C6466-6EF8-4DC1-AA39-30FA0A476083 How to pass data between Windows Forms in C# using parameters and properties of .NET classes. 23 May 2009 8:51:26 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/data-between-forms.php 86075909-D7F9-4466-B6D3-7364147501C6 Capture the graphics of a visible .NET control to a bitmap using GDI. 21 May 2009 1:59:35 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/capture-control-graphics.php 9A62011B-9C57-4935-A1A2-214C5E654A05 Learn two effective methods to convert an image in C# into a byte array. 19 May 2009 1:12:15 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/image-to-byte.php DAB5E722-C9EB-48EC-9A9B-D8EA6990D80E Using binary search on a sorted .NET List or ArrayList to quickly find elements. 17 May 2009 8:47:58 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/binary-search-list.php EE6DE4B1-E296-4DE8-ACA3-CFE442707EC1 Fetch all the images displayed on a webpage with C#.NET. Done by parsing the HTML code for image URLs. 14 May 2009 7:26:22 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/extract-images.php 718DA9CB-EF78-4270-A9B7-F799879F548A Implement the new Window 7 Aero Shake feature in C# Windows Forms with simple .NET code. 7 May 2009 2:42:42 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/aero-shake.php E1EFCC45-7D15-4B33-B4C4-999166A46CEF Load an image from a URL to memory, no need to save the image to the hard drive. 1 May 2009 1:54:18 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/image-from-url.php F8F5C1F2-912A-499C-B53B-89055C3772F1 Quickly and easily verify credit card numbers in C# with the Luhn Algorithm. Works in desktop applications, ASP.NET, and mobile applications. 28 Apr 2009 1:29:11 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/credit-card-verification.php AFD78061-2A92-4190-B90D-BFE0F4CB2563 Flip an image in C# with GDI+ and Matrix transformation, a simple yet powerful method for image transformation. 19 Apr 2009 4:42:7 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/image-flip.php A088D8ED-CF88-4DA7-93DF-29884196433A Send HTML emails in C# with .NET Framework classes, no need for external components. 13 Apr 2009 2:0:5 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/html-email.php BBC7D223-8E66-440E-9439-418ADE33F825 Read some points to consider when choosing an ASP.NET web hosting service for your web applications. 11 Apr 2009 1:55:45 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/asp-web-hosting.php 64165EB6-9F10-4FB2-9D4F-1FC8202481AF Discussion on stock images for developers along with some sample royalty-free stock images. 9 Apr 2009 1:34:45 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/stock-images.php B91E4B6F-60EF-4EC5-950B-4D75964F3CFC Invert an image colors in .NET with three different methods. Read the advatanges of each method. 5 Apr 2009 8:28:2 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/image-invert.php 3296E54A-832C-49CF-8D35-552B9251036F Rotate an image in C#.NET with only GDI+, no need for complex bitmap rotation algorithms. 29 Mar 2009 5:50:16 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/image-rotate.php 58D4FE1A-7D03-44DA-B634-ADFE75D41510 Create an application to zoom into image in C# by harnessing the power of GDI+ and C#.NET. 28 Mar 2009 2:31:30 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/image-zoom.php 880660F4-FD3F-4F5B-82FD-7DD1E8375EED A C# implementation of a boolean matrix, complete with basic matrix operations and transformations. 26 Mar 2009 8:12:5 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/boolean-matrix.php 88EC1067-063C-4A4A-A3D6-C1E1BE9E0765 Encode a URL string in C# easily for both ASP and desktop development. 22 Mar 2009 7:18:3 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/encode-url.php E0D362D6-6DF0-48E5-BEA9-6A1D151E1792 Easily convert HTML hex colors to RGB colors in C#. 21 Mar 2009 8:10:55 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/hex-to-rgb.php 85F1EEC7-E1FD-4F16-8D23-1B747DCB4A50 Automatically generate get-set methods in C# based on existing source code using simple text parsing. 20 Mar 2009 8:5:51 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/generate-method.php 78C7D4BE-5D6B-49CE-93C7-07BDEF88F343 Generate an image with grayscale noise for a variety of different purposes using a simple C# algorithm. 19 Mar 2009 1:28:44 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/image-noise.php 0132BC0C-C720-4BB1-853A-1E1F85D12419 Write a flexible C# random string generator without complex algorithms. Useful for things such as random password generators. 17 Mar 2009 1:13:4 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/random-string-generator.php DF767093-3FEE-4E46-BF3B-93DA571F95A8 Draw the outline of any text, as opposed to the fill, using only GDI+ in C#.NET. 14 Mar 2009 5:20:40 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/text-outline.php 42935DC7-2E64-4FF6-A04B-B8A3514F4E18 Create C# Windows Form that keeps its aspect ratio as it is being resized without any flickering. 7 Mar 2009 2:33:6 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/maintain-aspect-ratio.php C858EB56-99F5-45DD-9E26-72152C6C79A1 Calculate the overall dominant color in an image using a simple C# algorithm. 4 Mar 2009 2:48:41 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/dominant-color.php 9D4FEF46-7D3D-4669-8FBD-3D883A303D3D Create a Windows Form in C# that docks and snaps to the screen edges like in the upcoming Windows 7. 24 Feb 2009 12:26:27 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/windows-seven-docking.php BDCC049D-0BFB-47FC-9D75-8493F4CB951C How to read and write a binary file in C# and some of its applications. 13 Feb 2009 1:40:7 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/write-binary-file.php 90D8FCE8-574B-47EA-9131-DD42D028CCCA The VCSKicks CommandLink control is a powerful control designed to mimic the look of command link control in Windows Vista and Windows 7. 9 Feb 2009 3:44:52 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/components/command-link.php 4FABCA21-303D-445E-A601-9867D64835AB Format C# and .NET source code in Visual Studio with region code blocks. Combined with keyboard shortcuts and a little common sense, regions can format code to make it more readable. 29 Jan 2009 1:44:20 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/code-region.php 6DB29E23-AC28-4C23-8BC5-5B7C21AF9D88 Add a great-looking C# image button to your .NET applications. 19 Jan 2009 5:39:48 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/image-button.php CB744382-F4E7-44DD-9FB6-D8EA1057C01D The two simplest ways to implement a C# Password Textbox. 15 Jan 2009 5:39:48 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/password-character.php F868A694-71BB-429D-9A41-7CF2E5DF4600 Basics on how to launch a .NET application from memory using Reflection. 12 Jan 2009 1:13:20 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/exe-from-memory.php 8B5D6970-4918-4914-AFE8-4F1C23E6B6BB C# Priority Queue is a specialized Queue data structure. Useful in many applications and can be used for sorting data. 2 Jan 2009 10:0:58 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/priority-queue.php BDC5319B-2325-4FB2-AD79-1540B6884DC7 C# AVL Tree is a self-balancing binary tree designed to improve the running time of searching through data. 30 Dec 2008 10:28:3 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/AVL-tree.php C1C39F83-646E-4B8B-B83B-894419BC7C04 C# Binary Search Tree is a simple data structure for fast searching of data. 26 Dec 2008 11:31:12 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/binary-search-tree.php 6C83FD8A-D0C6-4646-AC18-B5B060F5A0B6 C# Skip List is a powerful data structure that allows for fast searching of data. 24 Dec 2008 1:45:14 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/skiplist.php 0235F772-D212-4E1F-B043-BF68DEDF042F Store pairs of values in with the C# KeyValuePair generic structure. 15 Dec 2008 10:34:33 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/keyvaluepair.php 49D6DFD8-9506-4976-8ADE-D9EEBA372C53 How to efficiently put the bucket sort algorithm in practice in C#. 14 Dec 2008 9:37:31 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/bucket-sort-faster.php 7D5FF4CD-3F69-4D92-A88E-43D699C7F223 A close look at the C# Dictionary and SortedDictionary data structures. 7 Dec 2008 10:48:49 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/dictionary.php 1EAA0123-F51B-43BF-8BA7-A189E2B2BD88 Witness the power of an advanced commercial .NET string processing library. 6 Dec 2008 1:37:5 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/components/string-library-pro.php DCD4F620-E792-4ADA-95AE-FA878B274011 Explore the three C# iteration methods: for loop, foreach loop, and enumerators. 2 Dec 2008 7:14:1 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/iterator.php F77EF56D-23BD-4C06-A9D3-9C7FF6A6845B Overview of the new C# HashSet data structures along with some comparisons and benchmarks. 26 Nov 2008 7:8:29 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/hashset.php 2058AAA7-344F-4D33-BAA0-F528C888D015 Easily open and close multiple CD and DVD trays programmatically with C#. 23 Nov 2008 9:18:14 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/disk-drive.php 1B4B1B65-1D4D-4E31-9613-CFDB3F1E9CBB Use the .NET built-in XML documentation support to quickly add documentation to your C# projects without major hassels. 18 Nov 2008 6:49:42 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/xml-documentation.php A1C39448-B402-4C71-B8CC-40271D9C834A Bucket sort is a simple algorithm for sorting data in C#. 15 Nov 2008 6:42:21 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/bucket-sort.php D3BA36ED-AEEA-430C-A334-9F3EB172977D Efficiently find the Greatest Common Denominator (GCD) of two numbers in C# by using the Euclidean Algorithm. 6 Nov 2008 10:47:16 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/euclidean-gcd.php D20A3884-2255-4542-8875-EAC1221A9E87 Test the speed of C# methods and algorithms with this extremely easy to use SpeedTester class, written entirely in C# for fast and simple integration. 2 Nov 2008 7:28:14 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/algorithm-performance.php 0D2118E3-0ADB-456D-985C-E8BBB0BBE57A Download the free version of our String Processing Library component. 27 Oct 2008 6:12:40 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/components/string-library.php 7576071F-5B82-4B2B-B9F7-787C79906FFF Download the free version of our Command-Link user control. 27 Oct 2008 6:12:40 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/components/vista-command-link.php 0B735002-19D6-457C-850D-6A15BC873A0F There are characteristics that a good C# component should have in order to make it worth selling. Here is a quick outline of some of those aspects. 21 Oct 2008 2:39:43 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/creating-components.php 628AA26D-4D7A-42B4-A333-4E2A687616FB Learn to convert between C# Color and uint variables. Helpful for working with Pointers in fast image processing. 18 Oct 2008 7:36:13 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/color-uint.php 0CB08547-ED4E-4212-A49B-33806860BF64 Convert any C# array to string with a single function. Supports generic and non-generic lists. 12 Oct 2008 10:28:26 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/array-to-string.php F6776890-65BC-4BA7-9DB4-FC5980522FF6 Find out how to launch a hyperlink in C# using elements built-in the .Net Framework. 8 Oct 2008 5:3:8 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/hyperlink-button.php 13726604-37DF-47EB-BB0A-BF99D72813EB Use C# to check if a string is a palindrome or not using two different approaches. 5 Oct 2008 6:34:11 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/palindrome-string.php 64BDA58C-5E3F-41EE-8A85-CF5281AAED14 Extract links from a webpage URL or HTML using some simple, elegant C# code. 29 Sep 2008 3:5:37 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/extract-links.php 77D0D043-F57D-4915-AA64-4299045FB62E Calculate the slope of a line defined by two points with simple C# operations. 23 Sep 2008 8:13:47 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/slope-line.php 91909EE1-00C6-4AC0-8A1F-0E3CA55DD519 Calculate the distance between two points using a C# function to process the distance formula. 23 Sep 2008 12:53:1 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/distance-formula.php 85219369-937D-47D3-BC9C-D73E14B2EC9C Explore a simple way to encrypt string using the xor operator. 17 Sep 2008 9:3:32 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/xor-encryption.php 513180A2-BCF2-4618-A6A1-54DC0E36C655 Constrain a Windows Form to the bounds of the screen. Useful for preventing users from dragging a window outside of the bounded area. 16 Sep 2008 8:47:36 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/bind-form.php E7D6B869-E5DC-4129-B1F0-A4B1B81ABC72 Harness the power of GDI+ to draw translucent images without needing more complex image processing algorithms. 15 Sep 2008 10:9:8 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/draw-translucent-image.php AFEC6288-7D12-4402-8FDA-1083391E6FB2 Shorten conditionals in C# by using the ? operator. 11 Sep 2008 12:45:7 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/question-mark-operator.php 7B14135E-A11F-4610-959D-8B2132A36C37 Properly and elegantly make cross-thread operations using delegates. 9 Sep 2008 9:34:31 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/cross-thread.php CCB29ACB-F142-42B3-8E51-DD0771FFBB29 Work with dynamic controls in C#, including setting properties and attaching events. 8 Sep 2008 2:44:30 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/dynamic-control.php 3BE97775-BBFA-4533-BAF5-6E7586C37802 How to set the row selected on a DataGridView control programmatically with C#. 5 Sep 2008 5:46:43 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/datagridview-selection.php 1F67BC2F-42B8-40B0-8686-875E424DCD3E How to generate a unique identifier, GUID, for use in all types of C# applications. 3 Sep 2008 6:4:18 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/guid.php 0F31699B-24E3-495B-81CD-C18DBA12060B Save the state of a TreeView when it is cleared and repopulated. Very useful when working with dynamic data displayed on a TreeView control. 1 Sep 2008 7:53:19 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/treeview-state.php 6CEFA53B-F482-4D70-A123-EF1EFE6FCF51 Create an advanced dialog in C# to mimic the behavior of a drop-down list. Useful for user controls such as color pickers. 21 Aug 2008 9:16:43 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/drop-down-dialog.php 83C400BF-4D01-4981-9940-A4C01187EBA9 Use a C# algorithm to simplify complicated square roots into their simplest, most accurate, terms. 18 Aug 2008 8:4:24 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/simplify-square-root.php 8A03DA96-730E-417A-B981-C72C75AED073 Make your applications run in circles for a specified amount of time without the need for a troublesome Timer control. 16 Aug 2008 8:5:41 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/loop-time.php BAD5E2CA-81E1-49BE-AF3B-D6B4FBC1473D Align the controls in your Windows Form programmatically instead of relying on design-time to keep a clean user-interface. 12 Aug 2008 9:48:14 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/align-user-interface.php 0982206D-CD44-43C9-B798-BE78FE676902 Improve data-handling in your C# applications through the use of strong-typed DataSets, whether your are developing SQL-enabled applications or simpler XML ones. 8 Aug 2008 3:25:49 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/strong-typed-dataset.php 4C07BB00-B812-4E0E-B550-7EBB732DDD6B Learn the basics of opening an image file to a variable in C#. 6 Aug 2008 5:22:21 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/image-from-file.php 3F44D8B4-16D3-4901-8ABC-10D1E05BCDC7 Write C# applications that support single-instance run-time behavior. Prevent users from running your program more than once at the same time. 2 Aug 2008 5:6:0 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/single-instance.php 386028CF-9659-498D-A253-3DB6573D4A7D Use C# and some API calls to easily extract an application icon and use it within your own program. 27 Jul 2008 1:7:20 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/icon-extractor.php 84DF693C-F84D-49E7-8C08-49572444181C Integrate the visually-appealing TaskDialog Vista control into your C# applications, which works even on old versions of Windows. 25 Jul 2008 12:22:22 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/vista-task-dialog.php 8EDD4F63-2B90-4D40-9030-D4AE0EBD5787 Although C# applictions are vulnerable to code decompilation, there are methods to protect against it, one of which is code obfuscation. 24 Jul 2008 8:41:13 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/obfuscator.php DA6E10BD-4DB3-4574-BCA1-84D176930C50 Add a splash screen to C# applications based on any kind of image, shadows and transparency fully supported. 23 Jul 2008 4:36:49 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/splash-screen.php 4AA577EA-9B19-4BD1-8273-75382F18FC42 Create a Windows Form's with no titlebar with simple C# code. Apply three different views to your titlebar-less Forms. 16 Jul 2008 8:36:43 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/remove-titlebar.php 1D4FD873-A89D-4FB1-9504-7804C7B0223D Despite the potential of the Visual Studio Express editions, there can be numerous reasons to upgrade to the full version of Visual Studio, even for small-to-medium sized projects. 15 Jul 2008 3:21:25 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/upgrading-visual-studio.html 941479A0-5844-4645-8EE5-D866939511EB Raise the presentation quality of your finished applications by adding icons. Read about tips for designing your own or for purchasing professional application icons. 7 Aug 2008 12:22:24 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/application-icons.html A8C82ED4-A7BA-4CE4-BE0C-CD5CF0D80FC9 Witness an improved 3D graphics GDI+ application. Built upon the original Euler 3D Rotation article, learn how to get around the Gimbal Lock problem and learn how to shade in 3D shapes in C#. 8 Jul 2008 8:31:16 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/3d-graphics-improved.html 5A446087-68F3-4FB0-8C24-858DA6B03B12 Enhance your custom user controls by customizing the way the designer displays the custom properties of the control. 7 Jul 2008 8:59:15 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/custom-properties.html D8870ADC-93E5-47CD-8DCC-31CFDA51099D Access a URL address with a simple C# application to determine the validity of a website link. 7 Jul 2008 7:20:21 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/check-website.html CA7984E7-F9D1-4C01-BBFF-285D4F13259B Distort a bitmap into any quadrilateral shape simply by specfiying the distinct locations of each of the corner points. All done in pure C# code. 7 Aug 2008 12:22:23 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/image-distortion.html 6FD161D0-B129-4082-B29E-92FCCBB9C6A4 Explore the advantages of the C#.Net programming language as a development platform for small and big applications. 30 Jun 2008 11:32:11 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/csharp-language.html 5DFB171D-9444-4805-96DE-7B987401FE7E Create a Windows Form that fades in when the mouse hovers over it and fades out when the cursor leaves its bounds. 30 Jun 2008 7:23:2 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/windows_form_fade.html 1DBA81FC-4A07-4B7F-818D-16A2E28AB302 Bring your C# applications to life with smooth consistent animations. 29 Jun 2008 7:23:2 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/animated-windows-form.html 1BE8F7B2-7703-48B8-85DC-8932102D86F4 Enhance your C# applications by giving them to ability to generate truly random numbers as opposed to pseudo-random ones. 29 Jun 2008 7:17:10 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/random-number-generator.html EE6E4009-E1B7-4F53-BC59-F8FC8DF3D281 Improve upon the .Net Framework's GetPixel and SetPixel GDI+ functions to increase the speed of your image processing applications exponentially. 25 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/fast-image-processing.html 4D8D86B7-B1DF-4313-8974-1560056D36EC Enable your C# applications to connect to the internet to download files and webpages from an FTP Server with nothing but pure C#.Net code. 23 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/download-file-ftp.html 573BFC70-3679-497E-AA4C-DFBC671B726C Enable your C# applications to connect to the internet to download files and webpages using nothing but .Net Framework classes. 22 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/download_file_http.html 298F8414-7C52-4262-A91C-3F9A67DD3DFB Create a Windows Form that fades in when the mouse hovers over it and fades out when the cursor leaves its bounds. 15 Jun 2008 1:56:52 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/windows_form_fade.html A1BE085D-DA5E-4156-886F-611911850D63 Professional-looking C# custom controls with the look and functionaliy of Photoshop's angle selectors 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/angle_user_control.html 21992869-CC6E-47AF-8DE8-C515A1B35C88 Witness two simple methods to display animated images using only C# functions, accomplishing the task automatically or manually by accessing the animation frames. 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/csharp_animated_gif.html 404A434C-9FB7-4B8C-944B-3210D0CEFF67 Different ways to allow users to only write numbers in a Windows Form Textbox. 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/numbers_only_textbox.html FD68DDBD-ED2E-45E8-9E6D-415D590FBA6F By using various Form events and some adding and subtracting, one can create the same effect of a windows titlebar. 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/drag_form.html DA878B11-9EA1-48B6-A0DD-A86B38C89BA4 Create Windows Forms that adapt to the shape of an imagine using a simple Form property. Custom shaped forms can be used to things such as creative splash screens. 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/custom_shape_form_transperancy.html B9CEBEDA-E84C-4C4A-9A48-61671073000A Create custom shaped forms but with the use of Regions. Regions allows for finer tuned behavior and can yield more stable results. 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/custom_shape_form_region.html 26565C80-17DB-45F1-8643-D2B45AB6E77A The .Net Framework's Math class has useful functions like the trig functions Sin, Cos, Tan. However the fuctions take in radian angles. So what can we do when we have an angle in degrees? 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/csharp_net_angles.html FD6058C7-8E0A-4D95-BFE7-BA9DD36C3C62 When it comes to drawing in 3D space, GDI+ comes with no support. This program shows how to handle 3D points and convert them to 2D points to plot using GDI+. As an example we create a cube that can be rotated in any of the three axis (X, Y, Z) using Euler's matrix formulas. 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/3d_gdiplus_drawing.html 9999BC02-57A3-4D30-8B0C-F8C51FA79374 Sorting points can be an extremely useful algorithm. Image processing algorithms often if not always require points to have a certain order, this class will use the IComparer interface to sort points according to either the X or Y values. 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/sort_points.html 7DE9277E-3C4E-4B9A-A69C-0B43C309160B Discover how to randomize a list of items. Generate a new list where items are placed in random order. 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/randomize_array.html 9A61DE56-ACAD-4209-B6BB-915C8B3702AE Derive a file's filesize from counting the number of bytes using simple C# classes. 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/csharp_filesize.html A735DE51-CF86-4AEF-89B1-5B7856B546AF Explore the various built-in C# data structures and their applications in this three part article. 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/csharp_data_structures.html 9DBF4289-8A8F-415A-A4AE-78D24F801EE8 Discover the possibilities of string processing in C#.NET. Expand upon the basic string functions provided by the .Net Framework. 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/string_functions.php 0DE5EAB7-28B9-4F5A-AED6-4FF9806D490B Easily upload a file through FTP using pure C#. 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/csharp_ftp_upload.html 862EBCF0-BBB5-440B-8A62-3E8BC2B95EBB Easily upload a file through FTP using pure C#. 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/scan_files.html 0CB1A2B7-8BFF-4FC6-9ADD-7D7CDF92F10A Find out how to read a text file in C# with the System.IO namespace. 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Luckily the .Net Framework provides the means to obtain a reliable ID which can in turn be used in licensing processes. 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/hardware_id.html 677C5DDD-FF5E-4747-9A8A-8353009500E1 Let's say you have a giant url and you need to shorten it. A short url is just more professional and attractive. Savvy online affiliates know the trick is to create a redirection page. The link cloaker uses some very simple C# methods to automate creating cloaked pages. 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/link_cloaker.html 91ED65BE-E0B1-4987-8229-5E8219E2F7CB With the reliance of C#.Net on the .Net Framework, the ability to detect if the .Net Framework is installed on a computer can be quite useful. 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In this project we will explore some fun brute-force techniques to create our very own screen locker application in C#. 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/ScreenLock.zip D5DC807C-44DA-44E6-910D-6EAA0AB43D54 Use this class of static methods to quickly encrypt and decrypt strings or directly a byte array. Encryption and decryption works based on a password. 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/Encryptor.zip 90F1A970-8104-417B-A7BB-B715948D1523 Add and subtract different times by switching between different time-formats used in C#. 15 Jun 2008 1:57:34 GMT http://www.vcskicks.com/TimeCalculator.zip 7C7E6149-10A9-4E14-996E-DF8451725C21 Use C# to ask a web server for the actual current time. 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