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Brief Information about the December 2015 CSIG Meeting

TreeLite - A Christmas Tree Drag & Drop Application

by Bruce Arnold

Tree Lite

The program for this month shows a Christmas Tree with blinking lights.  The user positions the lights on the tree using Drag and Drop techniques.  It's very self intuitive.  The code for the program uses Visual Studio 2015 Express in a C-sharp, C#, configuration. The result is shown above except that you can't see the large blinking lights.

From a computer programming perspective, this app has a number of  interesting features:


(General Csig Info)   

This month's application is a Microsoft C-sharp program that deals with logic and graphics. We will also be discussing the latest Microsoft free compiler Visual Studio 2015. This new software has many new industry features such as:

Visual Studio Community 2015
Framework .NET 4.6
Support for Windows, Linux, and Os X
DotNet Open Source on Github
Support for all phones
C# Version 6
Code syntax simplification like string formatting
Website: gethub.com/dotnet/roslyn
Universal Windows Apps: Phones, Tablets, Raspberry Pi, etc.

 

Welcome to the CSIG, a Special Interest Group of the ACGNJ. This is an exciting time for the C Language programming since Microsoft now has 4 different language compilers: C++, C++ Express, C-Sharp, and C-Sharp Express. These are all capable of creating Windows (tm) programs. (Some are FREE!)

There are a number of ways to refer to Microsoft's latest compilers and code. Here's what Wikipedia says: The Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) is an open specification developed by Microsoft that describes the executable code and runtime environment that form the core of the Microsoft .NET Framework. The specification defines an environment that allows multiple high-level languages to be used on different computer platforms without being rewritten for specific architectures.

Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5
C++ 9.0
.Net 3.5
CLI
Common Language Infrastructure
Managed

Sample Code from past Meetings

// // Force entry of numeric digits on screen dialog. // private void TimeInDays_Validating(object sender, CancelEventArgs e) { int numberEntered; if (int.TryParse(TimeInDays.Text, out numberEntered)) { if (numberEntered < 0 || numberEntered > 31) { TimeInDays.Text = "7"; } } else TimeInDays.Text = "7"; TimeInDays.Update(); SaveAllTypedInfo(); } // // Force TimeInDays_Validating() to validate entry // private void Form1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.label4.Focus(); // Trick to remove focus from TimeInDays textbox. } // // Time keeping routines follow. // private string GetCurrentDay() { DateTime dt_Epoch = new DateTime(2000, 1, 1); DateTime dt_Today = DateTime.Now; TimeSpan span_Current = dt_Today - dt_Epoch; return span_Current.Days.ToString(); } private bool IsCopyRequired() { DateTime dt_Epoch = new DateTime(2000, 1, 1); DateTime dt_Today = DateTime.Now; DateTime dt_Lastsave = dt_Epoch.AddDays(Convert.ToInt32(s_Lastsave)); TimeSpan span_Elapsed = dt_Today - dt_Lastsave; //string status = string.Format( // " dt_Epoch={0}\r\n dt_Today={1}\r\n dt_Lastsave={2}\r\n span_Elapsed={3}\r\n span_Elapsed.Days={4}", //dt_Epoch.ToLongDateString(), //dt_Today.ToLongDateString(), //dt_Lastsave.ToLongDateString(), //span_Elapsed.ToString(), //span_Elapsed.Days.ToString()); MessageBox.Show(status); if (span_Elapsed.Days >= Convert.ToInt32(this.TimeInDays.Text.ToString())) return true; else return false; } // The button above the Source File has been hit. // Browse for a new file to read and then initialize the logic. // private void PickSource_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { OpenFileDialog dlg = new OpenFileDialog(); if (dlg.ShowDialog() == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK) { SourceFile.Text = dlg.FileName; SourceFilePath = dlg.FileName; SourceFileBase = System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(dlg.FileName); SourceFileExt = System.IO.Path.GetExtension(dlg.FileName); s_Lastsave = "0"; // set back to Epoch SaveAllTypedInfo(); } } // The button above the Destination Folder has been hit. // Browse and then initialize the logic. // private void PickDestination_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { FolderBrowserDialog dlg = new FolderBrowserDialog(); if (dlg.ShowDialog() == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK) { this.DestinationFolder.Text = dlg.SelectedPath.ToString(); s_Lastsave = "0"; // set back SaveAllTypedInfo(); } } // // Perform the copy operation if the logic permits. // private void CopyNow_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { // LogActivity("Obackup copy attempt"); // System Application Event Log if (SourceFile.Text.Length > 0) { DateTime lastWriteTime = File.GetLastWriteTime(SourceFile.Text); string suffix = " (" + lastWriteTime.ToString() + ")"; suffix = suffix.Replace(':', '_'); suffix = suffix.Replace('/', '_'); AdjustedDestinationFile = DestinationFolder.Text + "\\" + SourceFileBase + suffix + SourceFileExt; } if (AdjustedDestinationFile == null || SourceFilePath == null) return; if (AdjustedDestinationFile.Length > 0 && SourceFilePath.Length > 0) { if (false == File.Exists(AdjustedDestinationFile) && true == IsCopyRequired()) { CopyNow.Enabled = PickSource.Enabled = PickDestination.Enabled = false; TimeInDays.ReadOnly = true; WaitLabel.Visible = true; Update(); LogActivity(AdjustedDestinationFile); // System Application Event Log this.backgroundWorker1.RunWorkerAsync(); } else if (autoclose.Checked) { this.Close(); } } } // // THREAD logic here. // private void backgroundWorker1_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e) { File.Copy(SourceFilePath, AdjustedDestinationFile); } private void backgroundWorker1_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e) { s_Lastsave = s_CurrentDay; SaveAllTypedInfo(); CopyNow.Enabled = PickSource.Enabled = PickDestination.Enabled = true; TimeInDays.ReadOnly = false; Update(); System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(3000); WaitLabel.Visible = false; Update(); if (autoclose.Checked) { this.Close(); // That's all folks. } }

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