byteMyCode: Snippets for the Pio

Simple XML Serialized Settings

Pio — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 05:40:37 +0000

Sat. Nov. 18th, 2006 5:40 AM
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Pio
Serialization | VB.NET | XML
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I use something similar to this in an application named Shock 3. It provides you with your own Custom settings that can handle your own Custom types as well.

MD5 Hash by String

Pio — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:06:56 +0000

Sat. Sep. 23rd, 2006 5:06 AM
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Pio
MD5 | Security | VB.NET
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This could be used for any type of simple hash checking. It could also be used to store a "password" that had to be verified. This code is completely managed.

Percentage

Pio — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:48:34 +0000

Thu. Sep. 21st, 2006 7:48 AM
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Pio
math | Percent | VB.NET
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Returns a percentage. There are 3 arguments.

1. complete - How much is done?
2. total - How much is there?
3. maxPercentage - Total percentage possible, usually 100.

Simple, yep.

Load and Save Arraylist from disk

Pio — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:30:19 +0000

Thu. Sep. 21st, 2006 7:30 AM
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Pio
ArrayList | System.IO | VB.NET
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Loading and Saving an ArrayList to/from any given path.

Easy FileSize method

Pio — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 07:07:03 +0000

Thu. Sep. 21st, 2006 7:07 AM
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Pio
filesize | System.IO | VB.NET
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An all in one function that formats a given file's Size from bytes to gB.

Convert the Color structure to HTML and vice versa

Pio — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:47:12 +0000

Thu. Sep. 21st, 2006 6:47 AM
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Pio
System.Drawing.Color | VB.NET
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Have you ever tried to use Color.Blue.ToString and gotten undesired results?
Or have you ever tried to save a color to an INI and not be able to reproduce it the next time around?

The methods below will help you in your conquest of converting the Color structure to HTML (#FF0000) and back to a Color structure again.