From time to time we all have needed to show a YouTube video where no Internet connection is available.

This program will allow you to download a video from YouTube for later playback. It is important to say that YouTube constantly changes its video …

Creating a simple gradient using two colors is very simple:

1Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(0, 0, 100, 100);
2LinearGradientBrush lgb = new LinearGradientBrush(rect, Color.White, Color.Blue, 90);
3e.Graphics.FillRectangle(lgb, rect);

This code will …

Believe me, it is easy. As with any class, before we can use any of the Classes, Events and Objects available to us in the .Net Framework we need to import the Namespaces we need. For this we need 3 namespaces. VB.Net users only required 2 because …

There is a simple way to know this. The following code takes white (#ffffff) divided it by two as our reference color. If the comparing color is lower than the reference color, then the given color is dark, otherwise it’s light color.

1 …

You can assign a printer and other settings by using the basic PrintDocument and PrintDialog controls properties. Look at the next example:

1if (printDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) {
2    printDocument.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = …

I have always considered myself a C++ guy. That was one of the first languages I learned. But, life has taken me through many different paths, and I have needed to learn others. It was seven years ago, when I tried my first cup of Java and I realized …