Author: Benjamin Perkins

How to search a Lucene.Net index in C#

By Benjamin Perkins · ·
Benjamin Perkins Lucene.NET

I used this code to perform a search of a Lucene.Net index. Lucene.Net.Store..Directory directory =      Lucene.Net.Store.FSDirectory                .Open(new DirectoryInfo(textBoxSearchIndex.Text)); Lucene.Net.Analysis.Analyzer analyzer =      new Lucene.Net.Analysis.Standard                    .StandardAnalyzer(LuceneUtil.Version.LUCENE_29); Lucene.Net.Search.Searcher searcher =      new Lucene.Net.Search                .IndexSearcher(LuceneIndex.IndexReader                                          .Open(directory, true)); Lucene.Net.Search.Query query =      new Lucene.Net.QueryParsers                .QueryParser(LuceneUtil.Version.LUCENE_29,                             “contents”, analyzer)                             .Parse(textBoxSearch.Text); Lucene.Net.Search.Hits hits = […]

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Treeview with checkbox in WPF

By Benjamin Perkins · ·
Benjamin Perkins C#

On one of my projects I had to provide treeview selection functionality. I searched the internet and pulled everything I could into a this single resource. I wasn’t able to find 1 post that provided all the details and source code to do what I needed. Now there is one and if you find it, […]

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Strings in C#

By Benjamin Perkins · ·
Benjamin Perkins C#

The String class in .Net has many capabilities. Below is a list of some string methods I use frequently in my development projects. Even when I have completed this list, I am sure it will over cover 5% of the capabilities within the String class. After reading this, I suggest you look over the MSDN […]

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Lucene.NET returns results only when using numeric values

By Benjamin Perkins · ·
Benjamin Perkins Lucene.NET

I used this code to create a Lucene.Net 2.9.2 index. System.IO.DirectoryInfo indexFileLocation = new System.IO.DirectoryInfo(textBox1.Text); Lucene.Net.Store.Directory directory = Lucene.Net.Store.FSDirectory.Open(indexFileLocation); Lucene.Net.Analysis.Analyzer analyzer = new Lucene.Net .Analysis .Standard .StandardAnalyzer(LuceneUtil.Version.LUCENE_29); IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(directory, analyzer, true, IndexWriter.MaxFieldLength.UNLIMITED); foreach (IList item in dataToIndex) { Document doc = new Document(); doc.Add(new Field(“ID”, item[0].ToString(), Field.Store.YES, Field.Index.NO)); …. string contents = […]

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Projects and Solutions in .Net (.csproj and .sln)

By Benjamin Perkins · ·
Benjamin Perkins C#

Holistic approach or high level approach are common phrases you will hear when beginning the design of a new system or the start of a new project that will modify or enhance an existing program. Therefore, when you begin a new project, start from the solution context. This means, know what the program does end-to-end […]

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Booleans and Bools in C#

By Benjamin Perkins · ·
Benjamin Perkins C#

In a job interview I had once, I was asked, “How do you store a Boolean in a database?” My first reaction was to say, True, False, 0, 1, Y or N. However, this question has some depth to it. I do not know why, if you do let me know, but there are no […]

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Constants and Enums in C#

By Benjamin Perkins · ·
Benjamin Perkins C#

Constants come in handy when you need to store values that will be used frequently within the system and at the same time will not change often, if ever. You want to avoid hard coding values in you code. It makes maintenance and debugging very difficult. You can create a constants class and then access […]

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