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Acknowledgements... Acknowledgements Credits Authors

File Secure Deletion

Author	Class / Library
Josip Habjan	Many thanks to Josip Habjan for the wonderful C# SecureDeleteExtensions Class and ThreadSafeRandom. Truly commendable work. Josip Habjan is the creator of the famous library Ghostscript.NET - (written in C#), the most completed managed Wrapper Library around the Ghostscript Library (32-bit & 64-bit), an interpreter for the PostScript Language, PDF, related software and documentation.
Cristian Hermann	Many thanks to Cristian Hermann for his wonderful c# library called Securedelete - net. I adapted and modified some units to be able to adapt and manage it inside SecureDel. The project has been published by Cristian on Ghitub under MIT license.

Tools Acknowledgements

Author	Class / Library
George Mamaladze	Globalmousekeyhook: this fantastic library allows you to use the Keyboard and Mouse detect and record their activity even when an application is inactive and running in the background. I have used some classes from this library to implement Mouse and Keyboard monitoring, integrating them with other custom classes I developed. A truly satisfying result. Thanks you George!
Dominik Reichl	Thank you very much to Dominik Reichl for the QualityProgressBar component and the fantastic C# Class PrivateXmlConfig. Dominik Reichl designs Open Source Programs, freeware applications and writes articles. A well-known programmer in the Open Source World, he is currently working on the fantastic Keepass Project. A wonderful Password Manager that you can download at this web address.
Rod Stephens	The grid on the Delete Report page of SecureDel is created using a special technique for inserting icons provided by Rod on his website entirely dedicated to C#  Programming. Rod was a Microsoft Visual Basic and C# Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for 15 years and has taught introductory programming courses. He has written more than 35 books that have been translated into languages from all over the world. He has also written more than 250 Magazine Articles covering C#, Visual Basic, Visual Basic for Applications, Delphi, and Java. Rod's popular C# Helper Website receives millions of hits per year and contains tips, tricks, and example programs for C# Programmers. Thanks you Rod.
Abhishek Kumar Ravi	Thank you very much to Abhishek Kumar Ravi  for the wonderful article dedicated to the Windows Recycle Bin: Empty Recycle Bin Using C#. An excellent piece of work, very well written and documented. Abhishek kumar Ravi is a Senior Business Analyst at Trinity Life Sciences Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Davide Ortu	A special thanks to Davide, who handled the graphical section logic through code. Thanks to his work, SecureDel now perfectly adapts to higher resolutions and can be used on systems with advanced graphics cards. Davide is an expert in graphics and languages ​​applied to interfaces.
Carlos Delgado	Thanks to Carlos for the great article "How to create a Pie Chart using the LiveCharts library in WinForms C#" where he masterfully explains how to take advantage of the wonderful Open Source LiveCharts Library. Carlos is a Senior Software Engineer  and author of most of the articles at Our Code World.
Raffael Herrman	A heartfelt thank you to Raffael Herrmann for the wonderful QRCoder Library that has made generating QR Codes simple, reliable, and efficient. His dedication and mastery in creating this Open Source Tool have enabled countless developers, myself included, to seamlessly integrate QR Coder technology into their applications. Special thanks also go to the entire QRCoder Community and its contributors, whose continuous support, bug reports, and improvements have helped maintain and enhance this valuable resource over time. It is with deep gratitude and respect that I acknowledge these efforts.

Icon Acknowledgements

Author	Icon Theme
David Vignoni	Thanks you for creating the fantastic icon theme Nuvola. You can find the original images on the homepage of the author, you can find its address below. Usage of the icons is allowed under the terms of the LGPL license: GNU Lesser General Public License, plus an addition. Here's the original distribution notice.
Carlos and Miriam	The Recycle Bin (Early versions of SecureDel) related icons were downloaded from https://icon-icons.com/ and are freely distributable. The SecureDel icon, on the other hand, is made from a composition of the above icons and the icons from the Nuvola Set. Thanks to Carlos and Miriam for making available, free of charge, this magnificent Icon Database.

Special Acknowledgements

Pierluigi Ortu			Code Writing, Test, Code Maintenance
Giancarlo Fiori			Test
Giambattista Attene			Test
Manuel Martano			Test
Palmerio Nughedu			Test
Davide Ortu			Code Writing, Graphic Resolution Adaptation
Stefano Scarpello			Test, Guide Translation
Francesco Oggianu			Press Disclosure
Emily Halberg			A heartfelt thank you to Emily Halberg for her consultancy on the vCard section in the QR Code Generator Project. Truly an exceptional job! Her precision, clarity, and attention to detail highlighted the remarkable skills of this talented Software Engineer. Emily is a seasoned Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience in developing secure and efficient applications. Specializing in user-centric design and data privacy, she provided expert consultancy specifically for the vCard module, ensuring its reliability and seamless integration. Emily has contributed as a digital consultant to numerous Open-Source projects focused on security and performance. ❤️Thank you, Emily.
			International Recognition for Open Source Contribution. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Open Source Initiative for mentioning me among the 2023 Contributors, in the Towards 2024 section of their end-of-year review. This acknowledgment is, for me, a reason for gratitude towards the open source community, with which I share the values of collaboration, transparency, and collective growth.

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