Released MindMate v0.8: Export to HTML and upgrade to .Net 4.8
It is mainly a maintenance release with a few enhancements. Here is the change log for version 0.8: This release can be downloaded from here.
Mind Mate v0.7 Released: Built-in and custom Themes
Download Link: MindMate 0.7 The major enhancement in this release is the support for themes. There are 11 built-in themes: A built-in theme can be applied from the following option: Now, there is also a capability to customize themes or create your own. Using the Default Format dialog, we can set the default font, colors…
Mind Mate v0.6 Released: Advanced Search Capability
The sixth release of Mind Mate has a new sidebar for searching. It supports: Search for text (results are displayed as you type in search field) Search for Icons Limit the search to a selected node and its descendants Make the search case sensitive Along with other minor changes, the accuracy of task notifications is…
Released Mind Mate v0.5: Capture and store parts of Web (Web Clipper)
Just released Mind Mate version 0.5 on Github. This update significantly enhances the image handling capabilities of Mind Mate. Now, you can copy/paste images from the Web Browser, Clipboard or File System directly into Mind Mate. These pasted images are saved inside Mind Mate file, rather than links. This functionality is supported in both Mind…
Mind Mate: Taking Notes with rich text support
(for background on Mind Mate, click here) Today, I released a new version (0.4) of Mind Mate on GitHub. The chief improvement is the rich text editing capabilities for notes as demonstrated below. When the focus is inside Note Editor, the ribbon switches to following Contextual tab. If the cursor is inside a table, ‘Table…
Mind Mate: Mind Mapping on Windows 7 and 8
(for background on Mind Mate, click here) I have been developing Mind Mate on Windows 10 machine, so wasn’t sure how it is going to behave on earlier versions of OS. Today, I tested it on Windows 7 and 8 using VMs made available by Microsoft. Mind Mate worked perfectly on Windows 8 but encountered…
Developed Mind Mapping software ‘Mind Mate’
Mind Map is a graphical way of representing concepts and ideas. It starts with the main idea at the center with branches going into details. Personally, I use it for all my notes taking, to-do lists, managing project information etc. Probably it goes beyond what normal usage of the term Mind Map implies but I…
Developed a basic, light-weight library for scheduling tasks in C# .Net
Source code can be found at GitHub TaskSchedular TaskScheduler is a simple and efficient C# .Net library that runs given tasks at the specified date and time. Efficient : There is no polling. Only runs when a task is due. This is achieved though AutoResetEvent. Simple : Merely 8 KB in size. Pretty easy to…
MouseHover event in Windows Forms .Net – Generating it repeatedly
MouseHover Event When mouse is stationary for some time over a Windows Forms control, Mouse Hover event is generated. This event is generated only once during mouse’s stay and movement over a control. If mouse leaves and re-enters the control, system again starts tracking for Mouse Hover and will generate the event accordingly. A common…
Book Review: Threading in C# by Joseph Albahari
Threading is a complex subject, it is easy to get yourself entangled in threads which don’t behave as you expect them to. There are many constructs and approaches to synchronize threads or achieve parallelism, each with its own quirks and advantages. There are good old threads, there are thread pools, task parallelism, Parallel class, Async…