Extracting Image Properties in C#

One of the little tasks I have is maintaining the Thistle Society web site and that includes adding photos to the gallery pages.  I hold information about each picture in an XML file including the original file name, caption and date taken.   Up until now I have been entering all this information manually in the [...]

Kajabity Tools (for C#) version 0.1 Released

At last, I’ve finally managed to put together a release of the Kajabity Tools – this version just includes a completely rewritten JavaProperties class allowing a C# application to correctly load and store Java style properties from a “.properties” file.  For more details see Kajabity Tools. The Kajabity Tools-0.1.zip file contains: Kajabity Tools DLL – [...]

Problems With PageSetupDialog And Metric Margins

When I first wrote Year Chart (before I decided to publish it online) the printing seemed so easy – a print dialog, print preview dialog and a page setup dialog.  I defaulted the margins to half an inch and had the Year Chart panel draw onto the printer page.  Simple! This worked fine in my [...]

Loading Java Properties Files in C#

Java style properties files are not supported in C# – so here is a class that reads and writes Java “.properties” files.

The Making of … Kajabity Year Chart – Part 1

I am really proud of Kajabity Year Chart because it is the first time I have produced a complete application all on my own and published it. Oh, I know it’s hardly a world shattering innovation – it doesn’t do very much and it’s not particularly “cool” to capture the imagination (and idle fingers) of [...]