Tag Archives: .Net

Fandro 2 (Winforms)

Back in 2014, I mentioned briefly that I had started on the .Net version of Fandro (see: http://www.hoogervorst.ca/arthur/?p=2743): No timelines as of yet, though, but technically, the main algorithm was finished a couple of days ago. Time permitting, I expect … Continue reading

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The devil is in the SerialPort

I‘m surprised how many people look here for help on the .Net 2.0 SerialPort component (reference, which leads to this posting). I have plenty of example code, but I haven’t had time to re-test the project or even try com0com … Continue reading

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A circular thing

I‘m extremely impressed with the Google Chrome download indicator: for some kind of reason, a circular progress meter makes a lot more sense than a linear one. Maybe it’s because of Pi. Since I was so impressed and because it … Continue reading

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Ice, Ice, Maybe (part 2)

I finally figured out why help is skimpy on Wix (the Windows Installer XML toolkit): that’s mainly because the original designers of Wix don’t want you to use Wix. It’s that simple: Wix’s learning curve is so steep, I wouldn’t … Continue reading

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Ice, Ice, Maybe

Everytime a Wix script (Windows Installer XML) fails to compile, it logs ICE errors. For some kind of reason, whenever these errors or warnings pop up, I keep humming the tune of Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby” (Youtube, if you’re … Continue reading

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FFMpeg II

I have been making small progress on my own front-end for FFMPeg (earlier on xsamplex). Earlier I was rounding up the serializers (data persistence, data schmersistence): the threading code was finished months ago. I just have to connect the last … Continue reading

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Canvas

During my programming career, I’ve ran into several cases where I absolutely had to use owner-draw to accomplish customized drawing. Originally, as a Delphi programmer, this required knowledge of the specific graphic wrappers around the Windows GDI (and GDI+) functions … Continue reading

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Net. Net.

I read that the Mono developers officially released Mono 2.0, which promises compatibility with Microsoft .Net 2.0. The official announcement can be found at the Mono-project (releasenotes, if you’re impatient). The Slashdot discussion is right here. There was a long … Continue reading

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FFMpeg

Between all the ripping of my (legally) purchased DVDs and transcoding them to the proper format for my iPod I found out that most of the applications that I used have something in common (from Videora [free] to Mediacoder (open … Continue reading

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PropertyGrids in C#

Yesterday, I decided to tackle .Net’s PropertyGrid component: for Helios, I was working on code to allow users to view Datasource-specific data at run-time. For this, I already had several support objects programmed and ready to go, and what better … Continue reading

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Owner-draw (II)

Earlier, which is, almost a year ago, I was comparing owner-draw programming in Delphi and C# and concluded that it’s quite similar: basically you set any visual component in a particular mode (‘I’m going to take care of drawing the … Continue reading

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Is there a statistician in the house?

I downloaded the Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition ISO from the Microsoft site and discovered that specific stuff I was looking for isn’t supported in that special edition. I guess there is (or rather was) a huge difference between ‘Orcas’ … Continue reading

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Oh. Noes!

Yesterday, my two sets of Ubuntu 7.10 (“Gutsy Gibbon”) arrived by snail-mail, which means that I’ll be upgrading my ‘v1r7u41 b0xen’ this weekend. Once again, the package came with free stickers. Hey, Sun, what’s that? Still no free stickers with … Continue reading

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