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The right-angle triangle: Meet your new best friend

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Did you skip class the day trigonometry was taught? This article will explain what you’ve been missing all these years.
using System;
using System.Windows;

namespace RedCell.Articles.RightAngleTriangle
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The Silverlight application.
    /// </summary>
    public partial class App : Application
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="App"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        public App()
        {
            this.Startup += this.Application_Startup;
            this.Exit += this.Application_Exit;
            this.UnhandledException += this.Application_UnhandledException;

            InitializeComponent();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Handles the Startup event of the Application control.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sender">The source of the event.</param>
        /// <param name="e">The <see cref="System.Windows.StartupEventArgs"/> instance containing the event data.</param>
        private void Application_Startup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e)
        {
            this.RootVisual = new BallSimulator();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Handles the Exit event of the Application control.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sender">The source of the event.</param>
        /// <param name="e">The <see cref="System.EventArgs"/> instance containing the event data.</param>
        private void Application_Exit(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
        }

        private void Application_UnhandledException(object sender, ApplicationUnhandledExceptionEventArgs e)
        {
            // If the app is running outside of the debugger then report the exception using
            // the browser's exception mechanism. On IE this will display it a yellow alert 
            // icon in the status bar and Firefox will display a script error.
            if (!System.Diagnostics.Debugger.IsAttached)
            {

                // NOTE: This will allow the application to continue running after an exception has been thrown
                // but not handled. 
                // For production applications this error handling should be replaced with something that will 
                // report the error to the website and stop the application.
                e.Handled = true;
                Deployment.Current.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(delegate { ReportErrorToDOM(e); });
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Reports the error to DOM.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="e">The <see cref="System.Windows.ApplicationUnhandledExceptionEventArgs"/> instance containing the event data.</param>
        private void ReportErrorToDOM(ApplicationUnhandledExceptionEventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                string errorMsg = e.ExceptionObject.Message + e.ExceptionObject.StackTrace;
                errorMsg = errorMsg.Replace('"', '\'').Replace("\r\n", @"\n");

                System.Windows.Browser.HtmlPage.Window.Eval("throw new Error(\"Unhandled Error in Silverlight Application " + errorMsg + "\");");
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
            }
        }
    }
}

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Written By
Engineer Robotic Assistance Devices / AITX
Canada Canada
Yvan Rodrigues has 30 years of experience in information systems and software development for the industry. He is Senior Concept Designer at Robotic Assistance Devices

He is a Certified Technician (C.Tech.), a professional designation granted by the Institute of Engineering Technology of Ontario (IETO).

Yvan draws on experience as owner of Red Cell Innovation Inc., Mabel's Labels Inc. as Manager of Systems and Development, the University of Waterloo as Information Systems Manager, and OTTO Motors as Senior Systems Engineer and Senior Concept Designer.

Yvan is currently focused on design of embedded systems.

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