Structures are a group of data elements, and we can access them using the structures. The data elements can be from any types.
Sample of a structure
struct StructName
{
int i;
char c;
} obj1, obj2;
So, a structure is declared with the “struct” keyword, then comes its name. Then, in the braces [...]
In this post we explained how to write text to a file in C#. Today we will explain reading text from a file using the StreamReader class.
So create a file “text.txt” in the same directory where is the executable of the project. We will create a C# Console Application.
First, we must include this namespace, to [...]
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 = [...]
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 [...]
When we create a new C#.Net project (or other .Net project, , the editor includes the following using statements in the code
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
But most of this included namespaces are unused, and you don’t know which of them you don’t need.
So, in Visual Studio 2008 there is a new [...]
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 [...]
The usage of RegistryKey class is very huge in many applications in which is needed to “remember” some settings of the application, and then load them when starting the application.
Today we will use the RegistryKey class for that issue. The application will save this informations in the registry when exiting:
Left
Top
Height
Width
FirstStart
And on start the application will [...]
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 [...]
Pointers are one of the hardest parts of programming to understand. But they are very useful.
When programming with pointers, we use two operators: reference operator (&) and dereference operator (*).
We use the reference operator to see the address where a variable is stored, and the dereference operator is to see the value of a variable.
Example:
int [...]
In the previous post. We described the connection to the Microsoft Access database.
Now we will add some functionality to that. The user can insert diferent records.
For start, make a form like this (the names of the components are specified on the picture)
Now in the button1 event method insert this code
string connStr = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=db.mdb;";
OleDbConnection conn [...]
Just for start we will create very simple program, just for describing the basis of Windows Forms programming in C#.
We are using the newest version of Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2008 for programming environtment. In it is implemented the .Net Framework 3.5, but we can make projects under .Net 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5.
So, let start.
Start [...]