Single Instance WinForm App in C# with Mutex and Named Pipes

Single Instance WinForm App in C# with Mutex and Named Pipes

by | Jul 4, 2018 (Updated Jul 5, 2018)

Overview This post shows how to create a single instance WinForm C# application using a Mutex. It also demonstrates how to send any object between instances with Named Pipes. While writing OSD Background I wanted an application that would only allow a single instance...
UTF-8 and UTF-16 Text Encoding Detection Library

UTF-8 and UTF-16 Text Encoding Detection Library

by | Aug 23, 2014 (Updated Jul 4, 2018)

Overview This post shows how to detect UTF-8 and UTF-16 text and presents a fully functional C++ and C# library that can be used to help with the detection. I recently had to upgrade the text file handling feature of AutoIt to better handle text files where no byte...