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Detecting if an application is running as an elevated process, and spawning a new process using elevated permissions

Article which describes detecting if your application is running with elevated permissions on Windows Vista or Windows 7 and how to spawn new processes which run using elevated permissions.

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Richard Moss
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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.

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Richard Moss
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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.

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Richard Moss
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Detecting if a given font style exists in C#

Describes how to use the FontFamily object to determine if a given font style exists

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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.

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Richard Moss
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Importing a SourceSafe database into Subversion

OpenSource C# tool for importing a Visual SourceSafe (VSS) database into Subversion (SVN)

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Richard Moss
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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)

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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.

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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.

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Richard Moss