WPF helpers is set of classes and resources wrapped up in an assembly to get up to speed with a new WPF MVVM based project targeting .NET Framework 4.0. As this targets framework 4.0, should work with .NET 4+ as well (haven't tested it though). As of now this assembly provides below mentioned features.
- CommandBase is an abstract class which provides boilerplate implemention for commanding.
- NotificationBase is an abstract class which provides boilderplate implementation for raising notifications.
- ViewModelBase is an abstract class which provides boilerplate implementation for making view models. It has additional methods like GetView which searches and creates an instance of View and injects view model as DataContext, ShowDialog and HideDialog to show and hide a view as modal dialog respectively, IsInDesignMode property tells if a view is open in designer, etc.
- RelayCommand allows you to execute methods as commands. It allows callbacks and async execution.
- AssemblyInformation gives you metadata of passed in assembly's instance.
- DirectoryWalker lets you recursively traverse directories without running into stack overflows as its implementation relies on heap and not recursion.
- PlatformInvoke encapsulates certain methods which are not directly supported by .NET framework like run a program with user name and password, activate another window, get a window's handle, toggle a caret on textbox, hide a window, minimize a window, show a window, get public desktop directory, get start menu directory, select a folder, create a shortcut, etc.
- SettingsManager allows saving of settings in an encrypted file.
- ZipStorer allows compression and decompression of ZIP archives.
- ColumnHeaderBehaivor is a custom behavior to auto generate column headers of DataGrid based on annotation. It allows hiding of columns too.
- PasswordBoxBindingBehavior allows binding password of a password box to a string property.
This package is available via nuget, execute below mentioned command in nuget console.
Install-Package NullVoidCreations.WpfHelpers
Licensing is a component which developers can use in thier projects to incorporate machine bound licenses for their softwares. This package is available via nuget, execute below mentioned command in nuget console to include it.
Install-Package NullVoidCreations.Licensing