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/// <summary>
/// Represents a wildcard running on the
/// <see cref="System.Text.RegularExpressions"/> engine.
/// </summary>
public class Wildcard : Regex
{
 /// <summary>
 /// Initializes a wildcard with the given search pattern.
 /// </summary>
 /// <param name="pattern">The wildcard pattern to match.</param>

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/// <summary>
/// http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/197531/Do-not-use-using-for-WCF-Clients
/// </summary>
public static class WcfExtensions
{
    public static void Using<T>(this T client, Action<T> work)
        where T : ICommunicationObject
    {
        try
        {

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/* This package contains a powerful, declarative command-line parsing system in a single .cs file. 
 * You can include this in any project with almost zero footprint and very easy/readable usage, 
 * as shown below. More switch types, including generic ones are coming soon. Visit the project 
 * page for a sample of how to use this handy package. Part of Code Blocks (http://codeblocks.codeplex.com)  
 */

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

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public class KeyboardHook
{
  #region pinvoke details
  
  private enum HookType : int
  {
      WH_JOURNALRECORD = 0,
      WH_JOURNALPLAYBACK = 1,
      WH_KEYBOARD = 2,
      WH_GETMESSAGE = 3,

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// Credits: http://stackoverflow.com/a/778133/24472

[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "SendMessageA", ExactSpelling = true, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, SetLastError = true)]
private static extern int SendMessage(IntPtr hwnd, int wMsg, int wParam, int lParam);
private const int WM_SETREDRAW = 0xB;

public static void SuspendDrawing(this Control target)
{
    SendMessage(target.Handle, WM_SETREDRAW, 0, 0);
}

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// Usage :
textBoxChangedEventMask = new EventMask(
                () => { textBox1.TextChanged += new EventHandler(textBox1_TextChanged); },
                () => { textBox1.TextChanged -= new EventHandler(textBox1_TextChanged); }
            );

//in the event code:

try
{

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int GetDataGridViewHeight(DataGridView dataGridView)
{
    var sum = dataGridView.ColumnHeadersVisible ? dataGridView.ColumnHeadersHeight : 0 +
              dataGridView.Rows.OfType<DataGridViewRow>().Where(r => r.Visible).Sum(r => r.Height);

    return sum;
}

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static string GetEnvironment(string environmentVariableName, string defaultValue)
{
    var Parameter = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(environmentVariableName, EnvironmentVariableTarget.Machine);
    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Parameter))
        return Parameter;

    Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable(environmentVariableName, defaultValue, EnvironmentVariableTarget.Machine);
    return defaultValue;
}

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static T Max<T>(T x, T y)
{
    return (Comparer<T>.Default.Compare(x, y) > 0) ? x : y;
}

static T Min<T>(T x, T y)
{
    return (Comparer<T>.Default.Compare(x, y) > 0) ? y : x;
}

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DateTime truncateMs(DateTime date)
{
  return new DateTime((date.Ticks / TimeSpan.TicksPerSecond) * TimeSpan.TicksPerSecond);
}