ah_WriteOutput.snippet

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        <Header>
            <Title>AH WriteOutput</Title>
            <Shortcut>ahWriteOutput</Shortcut>
            <Description>Code snippet created on: 2/23/2011 5:29:10 PM</Description>
            <Author>Andrew Hodgson</Author>
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                <SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>
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            <Declarations>
                <Literal>
                    <ID>type</ID>
                    <ToolTip>Property type</ToolTip>
                    <Default>string</Default>
                </Literal>
                <Literal>
                    <ID>property</ID>
                    <ToolTip>Property name</ToolTip>
                    <Default>MyProperty</Default>
                </Literal>
            </Declarations>
            <Code Language="csharp">
                <![CDATA[        void WriteOutput(string format,params object[] args) {
            WriteOutput(string.Format(format,args));
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Writes output to a windows form using InvokeRequired property
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="value">Data to output</param>
        void WriteOutput(object value) {
            string text = value == null ? string.Empty : value.ToString();
            text += Environment.NewLine;

            Action<string> writeAction = (s) => richTextBox1.AppendText(s);
            if(InvokeRequired)
                BeginInvoke(new Action<string>(writeAction),text);
            else
                writeAction(text);
        }$end$]]>
            </Code>
        </Snippet>
    </CodeSnippet>
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