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Multilanguage applications with C# with database support

[5/3/2012: I updated this post with a new version of this library for WPF, keeping this post separated because for Winforms this library is still okay. Check it here] Download the sample application: https://mesta-automation.com/Downloads/changeLanguage.rar As i wrote in an earlier post, the best way to realize a multilanguage application is to get ...

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Standard colors on HMI

The lack of a standard on what colors to use on HMI screens is a serious problem, because the most of HMI graphic pages depended on the personal taste of the engineer that realized it. It’s not the first time that i see purple buttons, blue leds and green backgrounds. ...

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7 Segment Display with WPF with a custom font

7 segment displays is one of the best way to show present values in industrial programs. Operators are used to see numbers and values with  7 segment led characters, and if the operator feels comfortable with what he sees, he works better and in a more correct way. So it’s ...

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Free set of 240 icons

This is a small (and almost useless) preview of the set, that contains more useful icons for sure: Icons are downloadable from this page: http://www.iconarchive.com/category/application/aesthetica-2-icons-by-dryicons.html to see the complete set (that is really big, around 240 icons).

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