50 Ways to Kill Excel using .net

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Disabling Close Button on Forms using .net 2.0

Using the Code

During construction and creation of the Form object, .NET would use the default creation parameters available in the base class CreateParams property. In fact, CreateParams property is available in Forms.Control class. In our form class (derived from System.Windows.Forms.Form), override this property and modify the creation flags. For disabling the Close button use 0x200 to modify the ClassStyle member of the CreateParams.

private const int CP_NOCLOSE_BUTTON = 0x200;
protected override CreateParams CreateParams
{
get
{
CreateParams myCp = base.CreateParams;
myCp.ClassStyle = myCp.ClassStyle | CP_NOCLOSE_BUTTON;
return myCp;
}
}

How to implement a simple filewatcher Windows service in C#

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/files/C__FileWatcher.aspx?display=PrintAll&fid=410731&df=90&mpp=25&noise=3&sort=Position&view=Quick&select=2014241

How can I run some Python script within C# program?

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/da2a675da29b0bd/197b6a89095ef930?lnk=st&q&rnum=4&pli=1

Cross-thread operation not valid: Control accessed from a thread other than the thread it was created on.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/142003/cross-thread-operation-not-valid-control-accessed-from-a-thread-other-than-the

Multithreading in .NET With the BackgroundWorker

http://amgadhs.com/index.php/2008/11/multithreading-in-net-with-the-backgroundworker/

Convert Image to Icon in .Net

1. ///
2. /// Converts an image into an icon.
3. ///
4. /// The image that shall become an icon
5. /// The width and height of the icon. Standard
6. /// sizes are 16x16, 32x32, 48x48, 64x64.
7. /// Whether the image should be squashed into a
8. /// square or whether whitespace should be put around it.
9. /// An icon!!
10. private Icon MakeIcon(Image img, int size, bool keepAspectRatio) {
11. Bitmap square = new Bitmap(size, size); // create new bitmap
12. Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(square); // allow drawing to it
14. int x, y, w, h; // dimensions for new image
16. if(!keepAspectRatio || img.Height == img.Width) {
17. // just fill the square
18. x = y = 0; // set x and y to 0
19. w = h = size; // set width and height to size
20. } else {
21. // work out the aspect ratio
22. float r = (float)img.Width / (float)img.Height;
24. // set dimensions accordingly to fit inside size^2 square
25. if(r > 1) { // w is bigger, so divide h by r
26. w = size;
27. h = (int)((float)size / r);
28. x = 0; y = (size - h) / 2; // center the image
29. } else { // h is bigger, so multiply w by r
30. w = (int)((float)size * r);
31. h = size;
32. y = 0; x = (size - w) / 2; // center the image
33. }
34. }
36. // make the image shrink nicely by using HighQualityBicubic mode
37. g.InterpolationMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.InterpolationMode.HighQualityBicubic;
38. g.DrawImage(img, x, y, w, h); // draw image with specified dimensions
39. g.Flush(); // make sure all drawing operations complete before we get the icon
41. // following line would work directly on any image, but then
42. // it wouldn't look as nice.
43. return Icon.FromHandle(square.GetHicon());
44. }