May 2008

The timer class is often used in many applications. It’s very simple for using, like all the classes implemented in .Net Framework.
So create a C# Console project, we will try this class in a console application.
Include this namespace, so we can use the Timer class
using System.Timers;
Then in the Main() function put this code
Timer tm = [...]

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Adding items to list view is more difficult than adding items to list box. And in general the ListView control is more complex than the ListBox, and that makes it more difficult to work with.
So, in a C# project, create this form

The controls have the default names in Visual Studio 2008.

Than click on the little [...]

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Adding items to this controls in .Net is very easy. To demonstrate that we will create a simple project with the following controls:

ListBox (name: listBox1)
ComboBox (name: comboBox1)
TextBox (name: textBox1)
Button (text: Add)

So, drag this controls from the toolbox and drop them on the main form one by one. Make a form like this

Now double click on [...]

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Writing and reading to/from a registry key in .Net is really easy. All that is implemented in Microsoft.Win32 namespace, so at the start put this in the usings
using Microsoft.Win32;
Than in some function write this
RegistryKey key = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Software", true)
.CreateSubKey("CodeItWell.com");
So, we are creating an object from the RegistryKey class, the object will open the sub key Software [...]

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