Author Archives: trev

Filtering a Dictionary List

Posted on March 22, 2015 by trev

One important component I needed for my Systems Directorate application is the ability to filter rows from a dictionary list and get the matching and non-matching rows. This article will describe the set of extension methods I created to perform … Continue reading →

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Some useful string extensions

Posted on March 22, 2015 by trev

I have created a useful set of string extensions in C# for doing many string operations like conversions to and from numbers, formatting, and escaping. Most of these were required by the application that I’m working on but are very … Continue reading →

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Macro Resolution via Dictionaries

Posted on March 18, 2015 by trev

In my Systems Directorate application, I needed a way of handling macro resolution so that the user could easily substitute values when configuring parts of the application. For most of the application, I have standardized on a Dictionary<string,object> structure for … Continue reading →

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Handling Highly Structured Data in ASP.NET Pages

Posted on September 15, 2012 by trev

Hi Everyone! I thought I’d talk about how I handle working with highly structured data in an ASP.NET web page. For my DMF application, I’m using ASP.NET for the management console for the system and I have a lot of … Continue reading →

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My Excellent Database Library

Posted on February 5, 2012 by trev

I was going to talk about a new feature that I had just added to my database library, but then I realized that I haven’t talked about the library at all yet.  I guess that I planned to for so … Continue reading →

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Updating WPF windows from background threads

Posted on August 7, 2011 by trev

One of the most confusing things to do in a Windows application is to update your window or its controls from a background thread. Window controls will only allow updates from the main application thread. This problem existed back in … Continue reading →

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Building a ListView with Checkboxes in WPF

Posted on May 29, 2011 by trev

So, in my work to build the GUI for my DMF project, I came across a need for a list view with check boxes in the first column. I was creating a dialog window for editing a user account, and … Continue reading →

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Serializing data quickly and easily

Posted on January 29, 2011 by trev

Have you ever had a class with a bunch of data in it that you needed to store easily in a file or database field? Serialization is usually the easiest answer. But, what should it be serialized to? The best … Continue reading →

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Welcome to my new programming blog!

Posted on January 28, 2011 by trev

I’ve had this domain now for about three years and have been using it for email mostly.  Once in a while, I’d setup a blog, post nothing, and shut it down again. But, I’ve finally found a hosting provider where … Continue reading →

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