.NetGrid v2.8.5 has been released. New features and bug fixes
The new version includes several bug fixes and new features added to Dapfor’s framework. The following features have been added: [NEW] added new DecimalFormat and a corresponding DecimalFormatAttribute for declarative formatting. public class Product { private decimal price; [DecimalFormat(Precision = 3, ShortForm = true, ShowZero = false)] public decimal Price { get { return price; [...]
Using Application.DoEvents() in real-time applications is dangerous!
It has been numerously written that Application.DoEvents() method is not desirable, especially for high-performance applications. There are many reasons for this starting from message processing procedure and ending with non-evident problems with application response to user activity and code execution. In most cases programmers use this method without thinking of consequences or its working principle. [...]
Correct organization of event processing in a separate thread
Multithreaded application became something common. The main reason for that is execution of resource-intensive tasks in parallel to GUI without stopping it for long operations. As it is well known, the easiest way for asynchronous data processing used by ThreadPool. This method is not only the easiest, but also very efficient. Notwithstanding its merits, it [...]