CleanCode C# Libraries v1.2.03 API

The CleanCode C# libraries include user controls, engines, and APIs to assist in creating better software. Some of the myriad assortment of classes are support classes while many would be of direct interest to you, the developer. Most of these "front-end" classes are highlighted below. For a "big picture" view, though, start with the Product Roadmap which includes illustrations and discusses tools not just for C# but for several other languages. Also, click on the "spaghetti" diagram below to see an enlarged view detailing the relationships between all the CleanCode C# libraries.

WinForm User Controls:

• Handle on-screen file masking (to let the user enter one or more masks to filter a directory) with just a few lines of code with the FileMask.
• Perform automatic syntax highlighting and keyword completion with a ChameleonRichTextBox. Supports, Oracle, SQL Server, MySql dialects out-of-the-box, but may also be customized for any language. (See my article on DevX on the predecessor to this control, the SyntaxHilightTextBox.)
• Define and test database connection strings with the user-friendly ConnectionStringManager and MultiConnectionStringManager controls, supporting Oracle, SQL Server, MySql, and ODBC connections. (See my article on DevX.)
• Add power to a DataGridView with the ExtendedDataGridView, providing filtering, searching, sizing, masking, formatting, and export capabilities.
• Implement a complete SQL-editor-in-a-box with the SqlEditor, combining a ChameleonRichTextBox with an ExtendedDataGridView.
• Use the QueryPicker for templatized meta-queries in Oracle, SQL Server, and MySql. (See the three halves of my two-part series on Simple-Talk Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 .)
• Display a progress bar with messages with the ProgressBarMessager.

Other WinForm Visual Classes:

• Notify a user about a non-focused window with a TaskbarFlasher.
• Build a context menu more easily with a MenuBuilder.
• Streamline group boxes with an IdentifyingGroupBox.
• Display memory usage with a handy MemoryGauge.
• Streamline form validation with a Validator engine. (See my article on DevX.)
• Manage a status label with history (ToolStripDropDownManager).
• Intelligently restore windows in a multiple monitor environment (WindowRestorer).

WinForm Help and Tip Providers:

• Display a quick reference list with a DisplayCommandsForm.
• Provide a type of context-sensitive help with a SmartTipsManager.
• Provide a pop-up help in a Vista-style display (opaque help text with the background dimmed) with a ShadowTipForm.

Other Useful Utility Classes:

• Analyze diagnostics more easily with a StructuredTraceSource and an AlignedTextWriterTraceListener. (See my article on DevX.)
• Spruce up a list display with a BulletedStringCollection.
• Import and export CSV files with a CsvReader and CsvWriter.
• Build SQL query strings (SqlFilterBuilder).
• Execute an external process and process the results (ExecProcess).
• Modify ConnectionStrings--or any other attribute lists--by field name (AttributeDictionary).
• Handy for a corporate-wide network, check for application updates on a local server with an UpdateCheck and keep track of local installations with a UsageTracker.
• Manage external file resources with a ResourceMgr.
• Execute remote Unix/Linux commands (CmdRunnerWorker, CmdRunnerMultiWorker, and AbstractTelnet along with its concrete subclasses).
• Perform remote operations with a PingWorker or WMIWorker.
• Modify nodes in an XML document (NodeWrangler).

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