Converting a String to something else can always be tricky. Especially if that String is about time. The thing is the fact that there are many ways to represent time and that can actually depend on the country you are. 6 PM, 6.00 PM, 06.00, 06:00, 18:00, 18h00, 18H00, they could be all the same. […]
WPF – OpenFileDialog
This is a simple example to have an OpenFileDialog (a premade view done by Windows to select a file to open) with WPF, filtering on XLSX file: In this case the InitialDirectory will always exist because it is the Desktop of the current user. But you have to know that if the targeted InitialDirectory doesn’t […]
UWP – Theme Overview
How to get current Windows 10 Theme? In the namespace Windows.UI.ViewManagement, you can Access to the UISettings class. It will allow you to get the Window background and deduce the current theme. How to set the theme when multiple views are open? You must iterate all the views via the CoreApplication. Secondly, you can go […]
C# – JSON serialize and deserialize
Hello Devz, JSON files are really common, we can see them everywhere. They provide a good structure to organize data, are simpler and lighter than XML files, and still human readable. In this simple example, we will show you how to use the Json.NET library (Newtonsoft) from NuGet. It is pretty simple to serialize and […]
C# – Copy a folder, its content and the sub-directories
Hello Devz, It’s unbelievable but yes, the System.IO provided by .NET doesn’t have a simple method to copy a folder, its content and the sub directories to another destination. There are a few different techniques to copy a directory with C#, using the command XCopy, or using a recursive method. The best one I saw […]
C# – Simple email validation regex
Hello Devz, Do you have a web or WPF application that needs email address validation? Regex (regular expression) can help you. This post outlines a simple email validation regex that you can use straight away. What is a regex? A regular expression (regex for short) describes a search pattern using a particular text string. It’s […]
C# – Natural Comparer
We all had the issue with an OrderBy on a collection of String, having that kind of result: Test1 Test10 Test2 Test20 Test3 Instead of: Test1 Test2 Test3 Test10 Test20 Here is the solution: public class NaturalComparer : Comparer<string> { public override int Compare(string x, string y) { if (x == y) return 0; string[] […]
C# – DistinctBy extension
Hello devz, The Distinct extension from System.Linq is really useful but the DistinctBy a property is missing. So we will create our own DistinctBy extension. No worries, it’s really easy. What is DistinctBy? DistinctBy is a very simple extension snippet for C# which allows the developer to remove duplicated objects in a collection based on […]
C# – Verify if it’s a network path
Hello, An easy way to determine if the path is a network path: [DllImport(“shlwapi.dll”)] public static extern bool PathIsNetworkPath(string pszPath); Yes, that’s all… Bye bye
C# – Check Write Access To Folder
Hi, An easy way to know if the user have write access to a folder can be done this way: public static bool HasWriteAccessToFolder(string folderPath) { try { // Attempt to get a list of security permissions from the folder. // This will raise an exception if the path is read only or do not […]