C sharp 4.0 How-to

Convert Between Number Bases 87 Convert a Number to Bytes (and Vice Versa) 89 Determine if an Integer Is Even 91 Determine if an Integer Is a Power of 2 (aka, A Single Bit Is Set) 91 Determine if a Number Is Prime 91 Count the Number of 1 Bits 92 Convert Degrees and Radians 93 Round Numbers 93 Generate Better Random Numbers 96 Generate Unique IDs (GUIDs) 97 Chapter6 Enumerations 99 Declare an Enumeration 100 Declare Flags as an Enumeration 101 Determine if a Flag Is Set 102 Convert an Enumeration to an Integer (and Vice Versa) 102 Determine if an Enumeration Is Valid 103 List Enumeration Values 103 Convert a String to an Enumeration 103 Attach Metadata to Enums with Extension Methods 104 Enumeration Tips 106 Chapter7 Strings 109 Convert a String to Bytes (and Vice Versa) 110 Create a Custom Encoding Scheme 111 Compare Strings Correctly 115 Change Case Correctly 116 Detect Empty Strings 117 Concatenate Strings: Should You Use StringBuilder? 117 Concatenate Collection Items into a String 119 Append a Newline Character 120 Split a String 121 Convert Binary Data to a String (Base-64 Encoding) 122 Reverse Words 124 Sort Number Strings Naturally 125 Chapter8 Regular Expressions 131 Search Text 132 Extract Groups of Text 132 Replace Text 133 Match and Validate 134 Help Regular Expressions Perform Better 137 Chapter9 Generics 139 Create a Generic List 140 Create a Generic Method 141 Create a Generic Interface 142 Create a Generic Class 143 Create a Generic Delegate 145 Use Multiple Generic Types. 146 Constrain the Generic Type 146 Convert IEnumerable<string> to IEnumerable<object> (Covariance) 149 Convert IComparer<Child> to IComparerarent> (Contravariance) 150 Create Tuples (Pairs and More) 151 PART II: HANDLING DATA Chapter 10 Collections 155 Pick the Correct Collection Class 156 Initialize a Collection 157 Iterate over a Collection Independently of Its Implementation 158 Create a Custom Collection 159 Create Custom Iterators for a Collection 163 Reverse an Array 166 Reverse a Linked List 167 Get the Unique Elements from a Collection 168 Count the Number of Times an Item Appears 168 Implement a Priority Queue 169 Create a Trie (Prefix Tree) 173 Chapter11 Files and Serialization 177 Create, Read, and Write Files 178 Delete a File 180 Combine Streams (Compress a File) 181 Get a File Size 183 Get File Security Description 183 Check for File and Directory Existence 185 Enumerate Drives 185 Enumerate Directories and Files 186 Browse for Directories 187 Search for a File or Directory 188 Manipulate File Paths 190 Create Unique or Temporary Filenames 192 Watch for File System Changes 192 Get the Paths to My Documents, My Pictures, Etc. 194 Serialize Objects 194 Serialize to an In-Memory Stream 198 Store Data when Your App Has Restricted Permissions 198 Chapter12 Networking and the Web 201 Resolve a Hostname to an IP Address 202 Get This Machine's Hostname and IP Address 202 Ping a Machine 203 Get Network Card Information 204 Create a TCP/IP Client and Server 204 Send an Email via SMTP 208 Download Web Content via HTTP 209 Upload a File with FTP 213 Strip HTML of Tags 214 Embed a Web Browser in Your Application 214 Consume an RSS Feed 216 Produce an RSS Feed Dynamically in IIS 220 Communicate Between Processes on the Same Machine (WCF) 222 Communicate Between Two Machines on the Same Network (WCF) 229 Communicate over the Internet (WCF) 231 Discover Services During Runtime (WCF) 233 Chapter13 Databases 237 Create a New Database from Visual Studio 238 Connect and Retrieve Data 240 Insert Data into a Database Table 245 Delete Data from a Table 246 Run a Stored Procedure 247 Use Transactions 248 Bind Data to a Control Using a DataSet 250 Detect if Database Connection Is Available 258 Automatically Map Data to Objects with the Entity Framework 259 Chapter14 XML 261 Serialize an Object to and from XML 262 Write XML from Scratch 266 Read an XML File 268 Validate an XML Document 270 Query XML Using XPath 271 Transform Database Data to XML 273 Transform XML to HTML 274 PART III: USER INTERACTION Chapter 15 Delegates, Events, and Anonymous Methods 279 Decide Which Method to Call at Runtime 280 Subscribe to an Event 282 Publish an Event 283 Ensure UI Updates Occur on UI Thread 285 Assign an Anonymous Method to a Delegate 288 Use Anonymous Methods as Quick-and-Easy Event Handlers 288 Take Advantage of Contravariance 291 Chapter16 Windows Forms 295 Create Modal and Modeless Forms 296 Add a Menu Bar 297 Disable Menu Items Dynamically 300 Add a Status Bar 300 Add a Toolbar 301 Create a Split Window Interface 302 Inherit a Form 304 Create a User Control 308 Use a Timer 313 Use Application and User Configuration Values 314 Use ListView Efficiently in Virtual Mode 317 Take Advantage of Horizontal Wheel Tilt 319 Cut and Paste 323 Automatically Ensure You Reset the Wait Cursor 327 Chapter17 Graphics with Windows Forms and GDI+ 329 Understand Colors 330 Use the System Color Picker 330 Convert Colors Between RGB to HSV 331 Draw Shapes 335 Create Pens. 337 Create Custom Brushes 339 Use Transformations 341 Draw Text 344 Draw Text Diagonally 344 Draw Images 344 Draw Transparent Images 345 Draw to an Off-Screen Buffer 346 Access a Bitmap's Pixels Directly for Performance 347 Draw with Anti-Aliasing 348 Draw Flicker-Free 349 Resize an Image 350 Create a Thumbnail of an Image 351 Take a Multiscreen Capture 352 Get the Distance from the Mouse Cursor to a Point 354 Determine if a Point Is Inside a Rectangle 355 Determine if a Point Is Inside a Circle 355 Determine if a Point Is Inside an Ellipse 356 Determine if Two Rectangles Intersect. 357 Print and Print Preview 358 Chapter18 WPF 365 Show a Window 366 Choose a Layout Method 367 Add a Menu Bar 367 Add a Status Bar 369 Add a Toolbar 369 Use Standard Commands 370 Use Custom Commands 371 Enable and Disable Commands 374 Expand and Collapse a Group of Controls 375 Respond to Events 376 Separate Look from Functionality 377 Use Triggers to Change Styles at Runtime 378 Bind Control Properties to Another Object 379 Format Values During Data Binding 383 Convert Values to a Different Type During Data Binding 383 Bind to a Collection 385 Specify How Bound Data Is Displayed 385 Define the Look of Controls with Templates 386 Animate Element Properties 388 Render 3D Geometry 389 Put Video on a 3D Surface 392 Put Interactive Controls onto a 3D Surface 395 Use WPF in a WinForms App 398 Use WinForms in a WPF Application 400 Chapter19 ASP.NET 401 View Debug and Trace Information 402 Determine Web Browser Capabilities 404 Redirect to Another Page 405 Use Forms Authentication for User Login 406 Use Master Pages for a Consistent Look 409 Add a Menu 411 Bind Data to a GridView 412 Create a User Control 414 Create a Flexible UI with Web Parts 418 Create a Simple AJAX Page 423 Do Data Validation 425 Maintain Application State 429 Maintain UI State 430 Maintain User Data in a Session 431 Store Session State 433 Use Cookies to Restore Session State 434 Use ASP.NET Model-View-Controller (MVC) 436 Chapter20 Silverlight 443 Create a Silverlight Project 444 Play a Video 445 Build a Download and Playback Progress Bar 449 Response to Timer Events on the UI Thread 451 Put Content into a 3D Perspective 452 Make Your Application Run out of the Browser 453 Capture a Webcam 455 Print a Document 457 PART IV: ADVANCED C# Chapter 21 LINQ 461 Query an Object Collection 462 Order the Results 463 Filter a Collection 464 Get a Collection of a Portion of Objects (Projection) 465 Perform a Join 465 Query XML 466 Create XML 467 Query the Entity Framework 467 Query a Web Service (LINQ to Bing) 469 Speed Up Queries with PLINQ (Parallel LINQ) 472 Chapter22 Memory Management 473 Measure Memory Usage of Your Application 474 Clean Up Unmanaged Resources Using Finalization 475 Clean Up Managed Resources Using the Dispose Pattern 477 Force a Garbage Collection 482 Create a Cache That Still Allows Garbage Collection 482 Use Pointers 485 Speed Up Array Access 486 Prevent Memory from Being Moved 487 Allocate Unmanaged Memory 488 Chapter23 Threads, Asynchronous, and Parallel Programming 491 Easily Split Work Among Processors 492 Use Data Structures in Multiple Threads 495 Call a Method Asynchronously 496 Use the Thread Pool 497 Create a Thread 498 Exchange Data with a Thread 499 Protect Data Used in Multiple Threads 500 Use Interlocked Methods Instead of Locks 503 Protect Data in Multiple Processes 504 Limit Applications to a Single Instance 505 Limit the Number of Threads That Can Access a Resource 506 Signal Threads with Events 509 Use a Multithreaded Timer 512 Use a Reader-Writer Lock 513 Use the Asynchronous Programming Model 515 Chapter24 Reflection and Creating Plugins 519 Enumerate Types in an Assembly 520 Add a Custom Attribute 521 Instantiate a Class Dynamically 523 Invoke a Method on a Dynamically Instantiated Class 523 Implement a Plugin Architecture 525 Chapter25 Application Patterns and Tips 529 Use a Stopwatch to Profile Your Code 530 Mark Obsolete Code 531 Combine Multiple Events into a Single Event 532 Implement an Observer (aka Subscriber) Pattern 536 Use an Event Broker 540 Remember the Screen Location 543 Implement Undo Using Command Objects 545 Use Model-View-ViewModel in WPF 552 Understand Localization 562 Localize a Windows Forms Application 563 Localize an ASP.NET Application 564 Localize a WPF Application 565 Localize a Silverlight Application 570 Deploy Applications Using ClickOnce 572 Chapter26 Interacting with the OS and Hardware 575 Get OS, Service Pack, and CLR Version 576 Get CPU and Other Hardware Information 576 Invoke UAC to Request Admin Privileges 578 Write to the Event Log 581 Access the Registry 583 Manage Windows Services 584 Create a Windows Service 585 Call Native Windows Functions Using P/Invoke 588 Call C Functions in a DLL from C# 589 Use Memory-Mapped Files 590 Ensure Your Application Works in Both 32-bit and 64-bit Environments 591 Respond to System Configuration Changes 593 Take Advantage of Windows 7 Features 593 Retrieve Power State Information 595 Chapter27 Fun Stuff and Loose Ends 597 Create a Nonrectangular Window 598 Create a Notification Icon 602 Create a Screen Saver in WPF 605 Show a Splash Screen 614 Play a Sound File 619 Shuffle Cards 620 Appendix Essential Tools 621 Reflector 622 NUnit 623 NDepend 626 FXCop 626 Virtual PC 627 Process Explorer and Process Monitor 628 RegexBuddy 630 LINQPad 630 Where to Find More Tools 631 Index 633