Extending the ImageBox component to display the contents of a PDF file using C#
Article describing how to extend the ImageBox control to support displaying PDF files using the GhostScript API, removing the need for a dedicated PDF reader.
Cyotek Development Blog
Convert a PDF into a series of images using C# and GhostScript
Article which describes how to use C# and GhostScript to convert PDF files into raster images for displaying in an application without requiring a dedicated PDF reader.
Richard Moss
Detecting if a given font style exists in C#
Describes how to use the FontFamily object to determine if a given font style exists
Richard Moss
CSS Syntax Highlighting in the DigitalRune Text Editor Control
An article which describes how to create a definition ruleset to allow CSS formatting in the DigitalRune/SharpDevelop Text Editor Controls, and how to load custom definition rulesets into the control.
Richard Moss
Importing a SourceSafe database into Subversion
OpenSource C# tool for importing a Visual SourceSafe (VSS) database into Subversion (SVN)
Richard Moss
Migrating from Visual SourceSafe to Subversion
Article which describes Cyotek's experiences when performing a trial migration from Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS) to Subversion (SVN)
Richard Moss
Enabling shell styles for the ListView and TreeView controls in C#
Article which describes how to display ListView and TreeView controls using Visual Styles in Windows Vista or higher via the SetWindowTheme API.
Richard Moss
Creating a WYSIWYG font ComboBox using C#
This article shows how to use the built in ownerdraw functionality of a standard Windows Forms ComboBox control to display a WYSIWYG font list.
Richard Moss
MVC actions, AcceptVerbs, HEAD requests and 404 errors
A tip on using the AcceptVerbs attribute with MVC actions
Richard Moss
Using the XmlReader class with C#
Some of the project files created by Cyotek Sitemap Creator and WebCopy are fairly large and the load performance of such files is poor. The files are saved using a XmlWriter class which is nice and fast. When reading the files back however, currently the whole file is loaded into a XmlDocument and then XPath expressions are used to pull out the values. This article describes our effort at converting the load code to use a XmlReader instead.
Richard Moss
Comparing the properties of two objects via Reflection and C#
As part of the refactoring I was doing to the load code for crawler projects I needed a way of verifying that new code was loading data correctly. As it would be extremely time consuming to manually compare the objects, I used Reflection to compare the different objects and their properties. This article briefly describes the process and provides a complete helper function you can use in your own projects.
Richard Moss
Creating a trackback handler using C#
An article showing how to create a trackback handler in C# for use with either ASP.NET webforms or MVC.