How to create articles on Blogspot with C#

Posted by Raffael on 09/08/2013 Posted in C#.Net, Google, Test, Tutorials Tagged .NET, api, Blog has exceeded rate limit or otherwise requires word verification for new posts, blogger, blogger api, blogspot, blogspot api, c# api, c# blogger, CSharp, gdata.data.client

Blogger C# API Logo Today I want to show you how to create a blog article on Blogger.com/Blogspot.com with C#. For this you need first of all the Google.GData.Client.dll, which you can find inside the Google .Net API package.
You can download the API package here from Google. (The file is called Google_Data_API_Setup_2.2.0.msi (Please note that the version number – 2.2.0 – over time may change of course.)
If the download is complete, install the package, open a new project in Visual Studio and add a reference to the Google.GData.Client.dll.
The .dll file can be found in the installation directory of the API package. (Click on the link “add a reference” above, if you need help embedding .dlls into a Visual Studio project.)
If you have included the DLL, you can start already. Blog posts (aka articles) can be created as follows:

private static int AddPost(string […]

WordPress2Doc – How to convert WordPress articles into Word and PDF documents

Posted by Raffael on 08/31/201312/04/2017 Posted in C#.Net, Downloads, Wordpress Tagged how to convert wordpress to pdf, Wordpress article converter, Wordpress converter, Wordpress posts to doc, Wordpress to docx, Wordpress to html, Wordpress to PDF, Wordpress2Doc

WordPress2Doc is a small program I developed, that enables you to convert your WordPress articles into Word (docx) documents. In addition to the Word format (.docx) the PDF format (.pdf) is available as a target format. For the conversion, the program makes use of the WordPress export XML file and can convert the items inside the export file in one or both of the aforementioned formats.
Tip: The download link for WordPress2Doc is at the end of this article! Who needs no further information, can now confidently scroll to the bottom of the article.
How to convert WordPress articles into pdf and docx files
To convert your WordPress articles into .docx or .pdf format, the relevant articles must be exported from WordPress at first. This can be done at WordPress’ backend. Therefore open the administration page of your blog and navigate to the “Tools-> Export” menu in the WordPress backend.

How to change the size of a textbox in C#

Posted by Raffael on 08/21/2013 Posted in C#.Net Tagged .NET, bugfix, C#, c# textbox height change, c# textbox height not changing, c# textbox height resize, c# textbox line height, c# textbox set height, c#.net, how to set height of textbox in c#

I admit, the title sounds almost trivial. But on the second sight, it is not so easy to change the size of a TextBox control in C#, because a TextBox does not have the AutoSize property. For other controls you can set the AutoSize property to false and then change the height (height-property). For the TextBox control this is unfortunately not the case.
Nevertheless you can set the height of a TextBox by using a small workaround. The trick is as follows:

textBoxTest.Multiline = true;
textBoxTest.MinimumSize = new Size(150, 24);
textBoxTest.Size = new Size(150, 24);
textBoxTest.Multiline = false;

First you have to set the multiline property to true. Then you can adjust, according to your mood, the minimum-size and the size property to change the size of the TextBox. When you’re done, you set the Multiline property back to false. The TextBox maintains the set size just yet. It’s that simple
Who still wonders, why you should […]

How to search for users in Active Directory with C#

Posted by Raffael on 08/14/201311/03/2017 Posted in C#.Net, Tutorials Tagged .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0, .NET 4.5, Active Directory, AD, C#, c# active directory, DirectorySearcher, PrincipalSearcher, search active directory c#, snippet, UserPrincipal

Last time I wrote about how you can reach the Active Directory search dialog in Windows 7. Today I’ll show you how to search comfortable for users in the Active Directory by using C#. The emphasis is on comfort, because there are quite a few articles on the subject in general, on the internet.
However, most of the shown methods/solutions are build exclusively around System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory and the DirectorySearcher. But ever since .NET 3.5 it is also possible to search in the Active Directory much easier.
But let us come to the point. In the following example, I mostly use methods from the System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement namespace. And here’s how:

//Create a shortcut to the appropriate Windows domain
PrincipalContext domainContext = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain,
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The best free .NET decompilers – the .NET Reflector alternatives

Posted by Raffael on 08/14/201308/14/2013 Posted in C#.Net, Web Tips Tagged .NET, .net decompiler, .net reflector, .NET Reflector alternatives, C#, c# decompiler, DOTNET, Dotnet IL Editor, dotPeek, Downloads, ILSpy, Revers Engineering Compiler, Reverse Compiler, Telerik Decompiler

netreflector Today I want to briefly highlight a few alternatives to Redgates .NET Reflector. Former I frequently used this tool, but since it costs money and there are good and useful free alternatives, this is no longer between my fingers.
The following parenthesis is for those who don’t know what’s meant by the term .NET Reflector/decompiler. All the other can read on below the following paragraphs.
What is a (. NET) decompiler?
.NET Reflector was the first CLI assembly browser. It can be used to inspect, navigate, search, analyze, and browse the contents of a CLI component such as an assembly and translates the binary information to a human-readable form. By default Reflector allows decompilation of CLI assemblies into C#, Visual Basic .NET, Common Intermediate Language and F# (alpha version). Reflector also includes a “Call Tree” that can be used to drill down […]