C# Utilities
A kitchen-sink library of components, WinForms controls, and ease-of-use extensions that make C# coding easier.
WinForms Features
- 6 Different Color Selection Controls.
- WinForms Designer for color selection including transparency.
- WinForms Designer for single and multi-select flag enums that includes support for tooltips and item icons.
- Extended Container Controls Supporting 2-color Gradient Backgrounds.
- Database Connection String Dialog.
- Folder Select Dialog.
- Application Scope Mouse Handler.
- Application Inactivity Timer.
- Extended MessageBox that leverages the Win32 MessageBox.
- MiniMessageBox - A smaller message box that includes all the features of MessageBox + more.
- PleaseWait - A popup dialog to wait for an asynchronous job to complete.
- Asynchronous Multi-line Status Control.
- Adding menu items to the SystemMenu.
- 2 different ToolTip controls.
Common .NET Features
- Robust Logging Leveraging System.Diagnostics.
- Automatic XML 3-way merging (XmlDiffMerge).
- XML Serialization
- Read/Insert/Update/Delete Database Tables
- Extract Browser Cookies.
- Dynamic Code Compiler.
- Read PE Headers.
- Base Class for a Custom-crafted COM Interface Class.
- System.Drawing.Color Manipulation Tools.
- HSL and HSV Color Classes.
- System.Console Tools.
- Assembly Resolver.
- Fast Streaming CSV Reader/Writer.
- Encryption/Decryption Tools.
- Translate English Phrases into Any Language.
- Robust HTTP File Downloader.
- Object Reflection Extensions
- Cast/Conversion between all the common types.
- Linq Extensions.
- Object Conversion Extensions.
- GDI+ Extensions.
- Plus many, many more...
See see the help file ChuckHill2.Utilities.chm for details and usage of all the components.
This codebase also includes unit tests, and demos/examples of many of the components.
Build
This was built using Visual Studio 2019 with .NET Framework 4.8.
To build the entire package with help and the Nuget package, build the release configuration of the SolutionPostBuild project.