If you have a number like 137, and you want to know how many digits it is composed: var number = 137; var nbrOfDigits = Math.Floor(Math.Log10(number) + 1); //nbrOfDigits = 3    

So let’s say you have a few operations to run and it takes a while to finish the execution. You would like to know which step is taking so long and how to improve the performance of the application. First, you could simply put a break point in each methods, but what if you want […]

Multi threaded Singleton: using System; public sealed class Singleton { private static volatile Singleton instance; private static object syncRoot = new Object(); private Singleton() {} public static Singleton Instance { get { if (instance == null) { lock (syncRoot) { if (instance == null) instance = new Singleton(); } } return instance; } } }

This is a simple code to convert any Word document to a PDF using the Word interop. using Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word; … public Word.Document wordDocument { get; set; } public void ConvertWord2PDF() { var appWord = new Word.Application(); wordDocument = appWord.Documents.Open(@”D:\Tests\test.docx”); wordDocument.ExportAsFixedFormat(@”D:\Tests\test.pdf”, Word.WdExportFormat.wdExportFormatPDF); }  

Here is a simple example of how to use a Dictionary with a Key-Value. var dico = new Dictionary<int, string>(); dico.Add(1, “Steeve”); dico.Add(2, “Morgan”); var result = dico.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Key == 1); var temp = result.Value; //temp = “Steeve”  

I will present two ways of getting an XML from a WebService and then read it as object(s). The first one will use validation. To validate an XML we generally use a XSD. This XSD can be provided in the XML it self as a reference or not (like in this case). The XSD is really usefull […]