PocketNerd Framework

The PocketNerd Framework provides additional classes and functionality that can be added to your applications

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Xml Collection

Creates a collection of name value pair items that can be converted into an XML Document or transformed using XSLT. It is also possible to add groups of name value pair items.

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Grouped Hashtable

The GroupedHashtable is a class that looks very similar to a standard Hashtable except the string key is used to group the corresponding items together rather than identify a single, specific item.

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Name Value Pair

This is a simple class that is used to associate a Name with a corresponding Value and to add Items to ComboBoxes, ListBoxes etc

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High Performance Timers

There is no easy way to get very precise timings within the .NET Framework to see exactly how long code takes to execute or how long it takes to access a database. However, the Windows Platform does expose such functionality through performance counters and we can use interop to access it directly from within our .NET code

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Convert a DataSet into a String

Sample code that shows how to how to convert an in memory DataSet into a String using a MemoryStream

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PocketNerd WizardEngine

The PocketNerd Wizard Engine (Pwiz Engine) provides a powerful, simple, and consistent way to create Windows Forms based Wizards that can be launched as a modal or non-modal dialog from within your own Application, as a standalone executable that runs in its own process and as a Custom Wizard from within the Visual Studio.NET IDE.

This article describes how the Pwiz Engine works and how to create such Wizards.

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C# Custom Wizards

This is the final article in the series that looks at how more programming power can be introduced into our VS.NET Wizards by creating a C# Custom Wizard

Article 1: VS.NET Wizard Overview
Article 2: Custom HTML Wizards
Article 3: C# Custom Wizards


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IDTWizard.Execute's ContextParams

Sample code that shows how to make sense of the IDTWizard.Execute's ContextParams argument when creating a Custom Wizard

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VS.NET PropertyGrid

This article takes a look at the PropertyGrid Control in a Windows Forms application before moving on to using the VS.NET 2002/3/5 Properties Window from a hosted .NET UserControl

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System Tray Application Wizard

This C# Wizard can be used to quickly create a new Windows Application that interacts with a System Tray icon

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.NET - COM Object Wizard

This C# Wizard creates a new .NET project and class that implements several best practices in exposing a COM object to a Win32 application. This is particularly useful for Excel and other Office .NET development activities

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