More C#

2 projects in one "solution"

here I create a DLL, and then call it from a separate console application:

DLL

namespace Project3
{
    using System;
    public class ClassObj1XXX
    {
        public static string MyToLower(string sz)
        {
            return sz.ToLower();
        }
    }
}

console exe

//#define DEBUG
using System;
using Project3;
public class Class1
{
#if DEBUG
    public static int Main(string[] args)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Hello Debug."); 
        return 0;
    }
#else
public static int Main(string[] args)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(ClassObj1XXX.MyToLower("Hello Release.")); 
        return 0;
    }
#endif
}

All I need to do is to place the dll in the same directory as the exe. No other registration is required!

Writing unsafe code means Pointers!

Here I get dirty and call my old friends Sleep, MessageBox and InvalidateRect!
InvalidateRect uses a pointer!

    [sysimport(dll="user32", name = "MessageBox")]
    public static extern int MyBox(int h, string m, string c, int i);

    [sysimport(dll="user32", name = "InvalidateRect")]
    public static extern bool MyInvalidate(int h, int pr, bool b);

    [sysimport(dll="kernel32", name = "Sleep")]
    public static extern void MySleep(uint t);

    int[] MyRect = {50, 50, 400, 400};

    protected void DoClick(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
        int i = MyBox(0, "Hello", "C#", 0);
        System.Type t = button1.WindowTarget.GetType();
        System.WinForms.NativeWindow n = (NativeWindow)button1.WindowTarget;
        MySleep(2000);

        unsafe
        {
            fixed(int* pRect = MyRect)
            MyInvalidate(n.Handle, (int)pRect, true);
        }
    }

Getting into GDI+ and alpha values...

protected void OnScroll(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    this.Invalidate();
}

protected void OnScroll2(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    this.Invalidate();
}

protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs pe)
{
    Graphics g = pe.Graphics;
    Color foreColor = Color.White;
    Color backColor = Color.Black;
    Font font = new Font("Times New Roman", 20);
    // place a white background
    g.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(Color.White), ClientRectangle);
    g.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(Color.FromARGB(trackBar1.Value* 4, Color.Green)), 10, 10, 500, 500);
    g.DrawString("Hello Indica", font, new SolidBrush(foreColor), 250, 100);
    g.DrawString((trackBar1.Value * 4).ToString(), font, new SolidBrush(foreColor), 250, 120);
    g.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(Color.Red), 200, 200, 100, 100);
    g.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(Color.FromARGB(trackBar2.Value* 4, Color.Yellow)), 250, 250, 100, 100);
}

Links

Photos Journal
Nick's initial Agenda
Nick's first C# program
Nick's notes about C#
Andrew's comments on the PDC
Microsoft PDC site

January 2002, and Nick uses C# to write a real application!