ITDevSpace - Development Tips & Tricks

* In Visual Studio file properties set Build Action as Embedded Resource And then you can read a file using this code private static string ReadResourceFile( string defaultNamespace, string fileName) { var resource = string .Format(" {0}.{1} ", defaultNamespace, fileName); using (var stream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(resource)) { using (var sr = new StreamReader(stream)) { return sr.ReadToEnd(); } } }

* Run xsd Visual Studio command line utility to generate object from xsd file (from Visual Studio Command Prompt) * Then add the cs file to your project (same place as your xsd file) < xsd : schema xmlns : xsd = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" targetNamespace = "urn:contacts" xmlns : bks = "urn:contacts" > < xsd : element name = "contacts" type = "bks:Contacts" /> < xsd : complexType name = "Contacts" > < xsd : sequence > < xsd : element name = "contact" type = "bks:Contact" minOccurs = "0" maxOccurs = "unbounded" /> </ xsd : sequence > </ xsd : complexType > < xsd : complexType name = "Contact" > < xsd : sequence > < xsd : element name = "firstName" type = "xsd:string" /> < xsd : element name

<? xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> < contacts > < contact id = '1' > < firstName > Michael </ firstName > < lastName > Jordan </ lastName > < age > 40 </ age > < dob > 1965 </ dob > < salary > 100.35 </ salary > </ contact > < contact id = '2' > < firstName > Scottie </ firstName > < lastName > Pippen </ lastName > < age > 38 </ age > < dob > 1967 </ dob > < salary > 55.28 </ salary > </ contact > </ contacts > public class XmlToDynamic { public static void Parse(dynamic parent, XElement node) { if (node.HasElements) { if (node.Elements(node.Elements().First().Name.LocalName).Count() > 1) { //list var item = new ExpandoObject(); var list = new List<dynamic

If you’re not familiar with Microsoft “Roslyn” please read Interactive C# Microsoft Roslyn . [TestFixture] public class TestScript { [Test] public void TestSimple() { var engine = new ScriptEngine(); Console.WriteLine(engine.Execute(" 1+1 ")); Console.WriteLine(engine.Execute< int >(" 1+1 ")); } [Test] public void TestSession() { var engine = new ScriptEngine(); var session = Session.Create(); engine.Execute(" int x = 1, y; ", session); engine.Execute(" if(x==1)y = 10; else y = 20; ",session); Console.WriteLine(engine.Execute(" y ", session)); } [Test] public void TestScriptFile() { var engine = new ScriptEngine(); ScriptContext context = new ScriptContext(); engine.ExecuteFile(" Test.csx ", context); } [Test] public void TestScriptFileHostObject() { var context = new ScriptContext(); var engine = new ScriptEn

<? xml version="1.0" ?> < configuration > < configSections > < section name = "log4net" type = "log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler,log4net" /> </ configSections > < log4net > < appender name = "Console" type = "log4net.Appender.ColoredConsoleAppender" > < mapping > < level value = "ERROR" /> < foreColor value = "Red, HighIntensity" /> </ mapping > < mapping > < level value = "WARN" /> < backColor value = "Yellow" /> < foreColor value = "Blue, HighIntensity" /> </ mapping > < mapping > < level value = "INFO" /> < foreColor value = "White" /> </ mapping > < layout type = "log4net.Layout.P

Microsoft Roslyn CTP adds Interactive C# window to Visual Studio 2010/2012 and adds support for scripting and interactive use of C# It also allows you to write script files *.csx The easiest way to initialize C# Interactive window is to right click on any C# project and choose 'Reset Interactive from Project' from context menu Then you can execute any C# code from your project public class Sample { public List< string > Run() { return new List< string >(){" One "," Two "," Three "," Four "}; } } To execute script use #load command Other useful commands #r " .\myproject.exe " //loads executable or dll #load " .\setup.csx " //loads script And this is good introduction to Microsoft “Roslyn”

This code will crop the image based on all white and transparent pixels from around the image public static Bitmap CropWhiteSpace(Bitmap bmp) { int w = bmp.Width; int h = bmp.Height; int white = 0xffffff; Func< int , bool > allWhiteRow = r => { for ( int i = 0; i < w; ++i) if ((bmp.GetPixel(i, r).ToArgb() & white) != white) return false ; return true ; }; Func< int , bool > allWhiteColumn = c => { for ( int i = 0; i < h; ++i) if ((bmp.GetPixel(c, i).ToArgb() & white) != white) return false ; return true ; }; int topmost = 0; for ( int row = 0; row < h; ++row) { if (!allWhiteRow(row)) break ; topmost = row; } int bottommost = 0; for ( int row = h - 1; row >= 0; --row) { if (!allWhiteRow(row)) break ; bottommost = row; } int leftmost = 0, rightmost = 0; for ( int col = 0; col < w; ++col) { if

public void TestGroupBy() { var people = new [] { new { Name=" John ", City=" London ", Side=" South ", Age=20}, new { Name=" John ", City=" London ", Side=" North ", Age=55}, new { Name=" Eli ", City=" London ", Side=" North ", Age=39}, new { Name=" Anna ", City=" NY ", Side=" North ", Age=23}, new { Name=" Marc ", City=" NY ", Side=" South ", Age=51}, new { Name=" Julie ", City=" NY ", Side=" South ", Age=67}, }.ToList(); var ageByCitySide = people .GroupBy(p => new {p.City, p.Side}) .Select(r => new {r.Key.City, r.Key.Side, AverageAge = r.Average(p => p.Age)}) .OrderBy(p=>p.AverageAge); foreach (var p in ageByCitySide) { Console.WriteLine(" {0},{1} AvgAge:{2} ",p.City,p.Side,p.AverageAge); } var youngOldBy