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Silver JukeBox with an Alternative Client
Updated: 21 Jun 2009  
An article on how to connect Silverlight 2 with web services in order to create a music library application with browse, search and download features.
C# (C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.5), XAML, WPF, LINQ, Silverlight, Dev
disore 4.90
A simple Windows forms properties spy
Updated: 19 Aug 2003  
A utility that can be used to spy the properties of any Windows forms control in the system.
C++/CLI, C#.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev
Rama Krishna Vavilala 4.78
Basic Skin Creator for DotNetNuke
Updated: 8 Dec 2007  
An application to create skins for DotNetNuke portals with a browser preview
.NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Mono, DotGNU, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Dev, Design
R2B2 4.76
Extract an XML Schema from a .NET 2.0 ConfigurationSection subclass for Configuration Validation & Intellisense in Visual Studio
Updated: 17 May 2007  
How to extract an XML Schema (XSD) from a .NET 2.0 ConfigurationSection subclass using the attached XSDExtractor application I've written. The article also shows how to use the XSD file to provide validation and Intellisense support in Visual Studio
C#, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
Steve Ward UK 4.67
Computer Controlled Watering System with C# or VB.NET
Updated: 25 Nov 2007  
Setup a simple and cheap computer controlled watering system using VB.NET or C# and a parallel port relay controller.
C# 2.0, VB 8.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
Troy Simpson 4.65
Starting with Acropolis
Updated: 7 Sep 2007  
This article explores the benefits of Acropolis, focusing on its ability to switch between page design and code, allowing faster development
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, XAML, Dev
Sohel_Rana 4.60
Brainnet 1 - A Neural Netwok Project - With Illustration And Code - Learn Neural Network Programming Step By Step And Develop a Simple Handwriting Detection System
Updated: 4 Apr 2007  
This article is expected to (1) Demonstrate some practical uses neural network programming (2) Give you a fair idea regarding neurons, neural networks and their applications (3) Introduce BrainNet library - an open source Artificial Neural Network library I developed - mainly using the MS.NET
C#, VB, VBScript, XML, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev
Anoop Madhusudanan 4.53
ArrayLists, Generic Lists, Is There A Way To Insert Items Faster?
Updated: 12 Dec 2007  
In this article, I try to highlight some issues in the .NET Framework generic list and how to circumvent them
VB (VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0), .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Mono, DotGNU, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Dev
Pascal Ganaye 4.43
Dynamic Console App for Invoking .NET Assemblies
Updated: 18 Oct 2007  
This application demonstrates how .NET Reflection can be used to Query and Invoke Any Assemblies Methods.
VB.NET 2.0, WinXPVS2005, Architect, Dev
Yang Yu 4.38
NTime - Performance unit testing tool
Updated: 30 Mar 2006  
An article on a performance testing tool to test an application against its performance.
C#, VB, VC7, VC7.1.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev
AdamSlosarski 4.35
Image Thumbnail Viewer with .NET 2.0
Updated: 30 Aug 2007  
A simple way to create a thumbnail viewer with .NET 2.0
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
Marc Lievin 4.35
Logging Test Runner Application
Updated: 14 Nov 2007  
An NUnit syntax-compliant Logging Test Runner for performing automated Integration/Acceptance testing with WatiN (or anything else)
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Chris Cole 4.33
Trigger Based Rule Engine
Updated: 17 Jun 2009  
Simple Rule Engine with Triggers to apply the rule
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), WPF, WinForms, Dev, Design
Deepak-VS 4.33
Yet Another Splash Screen in C#
Updated: 8 Jul 2009  
Simple splash screen using C#
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0), WinForms
kavitesh 4.33
Multi-Image Viewer
Updated: 29 Dec 2004  
A multi-image viewer with drag and drop source and sink capability.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, GDI+, Dev
Marc Clifton 4.30
Attributes Inspector
Updated: 28 Jan 2003  
Simple program to inspect custom attributes in assemblies
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Hzi 4.29
AOP – Aspect Orient Programming in .NET
Updated: 20 Apr 2009  
Use AOP principals to centralize application policy
C# (C# 2.0), .NET (.NET 2.0), Architect, Dev
Diego Resnik 4.29
Mapping Zip Code From Your Database.
Updated: 25 Jul 2004  
Using longitude, latitude, and zip code to map the United States, and then mark the zip codes that are matched in your database.
VB, SQL, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, ASP.NET, VS.NET2003, CEO, DBA, Dev
Adam A. Mitteer 4.27
Using SmartAssembly for Smart Client
Updated: 24 Dec 2003  
A solution that uses "pull model" to keep assemblies of an application up to date.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Surain Shen 4.22
Create One Application for both Desktop and Web
Updated: 30 Oct 2008  
With Habanero's support for Visual WebGui, you can write one application to release on either the desktop or web.
C# (C# 2.0), .NET (.NET 2.0), WinForms, Ajax, Architect, Dev
Erichero 4.19
Gmail Reader (GMan - The Gmail Postman)
Updated: 12 Sep 2005  
Speaking Gmail mails using Microsoft Agent and Gmail Atom feeds.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1, WinForms, VS.NET2003, Dev
Anup Shinde 4.14
SAP .NET RFC Server with SAP.NET Connector 2.0
Updated: 26 Apr 2009  
This article explains how to connect from SAP to .NET application
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, SAP, Architect, Dev, Design
huseyinakturk 4.14
TracerX Logger and Viewer for .NET
Updated: 27 Mar 2009  
Easy to use logger with a powerful viewer that supports filtering by thread, logger, etc.
C#, XML, Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0), Visual Studio (VS2005), Dev
MarkLTX 4.13
Outlook Email Extractor
Updated: 11 Oct 2007  
Extract a PST file through .NET
VB, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Tejas Patel 4.13
Using PayPal’s PayFlowPro to Achieve Recurring Billing
Updated: 13 Mar 2008  
An article on using PayPal’s PayFlowPro to achieve Recurring Billing
C#, .NET, Dev
andrew schmidt 4.05
Photo & Video Viewer with Encryption Capability
Updated: 18 Feb 2009  
A personal media viewer to view photos and videos using C# and Visual Studio 2008
C#, Windows, .NET 3.5VS2008
tedqn 3.96
A P/Invoke Type Translator
Updated: 11 May 2003  
Typtrans is a free command-line utility that helps you to translate C/C++ enumerations, unions and structures into CSharp and VB.NET code.
.NET, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
Frederic Rezeau 3.89
Start Menu Cleaner .NET - Unedited
Updated: 22 Mar 2009  
Start Menu Cleaner .NET (fka. Start Menu Cleaner for Windows XP) is a small utility that scans all dead shortcuts and empty folders on your Programs in Start menu. Tested on Windows XP, Vista, and W7
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Win2008), .NET (.NET 3.5), WinForms, SysAdmin
StringDotEmpty 3.86
Get the time in Israel, including DST
Updated: 5 May 2005  
The formula for DST in Israel is unique and based on the Jewish calendar. This function knows how to calculate this formula.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
YoniP 3.85
SMS Service
Updated: 12 Dec 2007  
Service for sending SMS through GSM modem
JScript .NET, .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0), ASP.NET
Sunil Scaria 3.82
Password Manager (.NET)
Updated: 20 Oct 2008  
Password manager application in .NET
C#.NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev
Leon Finker 3.76
Custom Serialization - Part 2
Updated: 6 Mar 2008  
Custom Serialization in .NET
C#, .NET
Niranjan Kumar 3.71
Simple Query Tool to Extract Data from Database
Updated: 9 Oct 2008  
This is a simple user friendly query tool which helps end-users to extract data from the database. The UI looks similar to query windows in Team Foundation Server, this is a modest beginning which can be enhanced and used more effectively.
C#, .NET, ADO.NET, Dev
Mohammad Hamed Akhter 3.67
A tool for dynamic compile and run of C# or VB.NET code
Updated: 24 Mar 2004  
A tool for dynamic compiling and running of C# or VB.NET code in memory without having to create a project
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
dstang2000 3.53
Debugging XPath Queries
Updated: 1 Dec 2003  
An application to visualize XPath Queries
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev
goerge@Mailinator.com 3.40
Get Rid of EXE/DLL Locks by using ShadowCopyFiles Appropriately
Updated: 21 Dec 2007  
Get rid of EXE/DLL locks by using ShadowCopyFiles appropriately with .NET 2.0 and newer
C#, .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5)
Michael Ulmann 3.32
Proxy Violator - C# - Disable GPO Enforced Proxy Server without Administrative Permissions
Updated: 25 Mar 2008  
Disables GPO enforced proxy server, even if the GPO locks the GUI
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0)
xExTxCx 3.19
SnippetManager Advanced
Updated: 4 Sep 2003  
SnippetManager Advanced, groups and organizes your snippets
C#.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev
Andi Fleischmann 3.10
Make 'ToDo' system for multi-program complex system: Part 1
Updated: 18 Apr 2004  
Make 'ToDo' system for multi-program complex system, using ASP.NET & C#.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, ASP.NET, Dev
Mad__ 3.00
Development Standards - Unedited
Updated: 13 Jan 2008  
This article describes the .Net standard approach for software development
Soumyajit Halder 3.00
SingleSimon - Password Manager Application - Unedited
Updated: 30 Sep 2008  
An open source password manager with some advanced features and cool interface
C# (C# 2.0), SQL, Windows (WinXP), SQL Server (SQL 2005), ADO.NET, DBA, Dev, Design
alon1980 2.75
Scheduler.NET for UltraDefrag
Updated: 7 Jan 2009  
Using PInvoke to add scheduled tasks to Windows
C# (C# 2.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista), .NET (.NET 2.0), Win32, Dev
zippy1981 2.71
Windows XP SP2 and Event ID 4226
Updated: 20 Feb 2008  
"TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent (incomplete) TCP connect attempts monitor program
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows (WinXP), .NET (.NET 2.0), Win32, Dev
Alphons van der Heijden 2.67
Satellite Assembly and Implementation Details
Updated: 27 Sep 2007  
Through this article, we will explain the use and implementation details of satellite assembly.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
sreejith ss nair 2.61
Javascript Formatter Tool
Updated: 28 Jan 2004  
Building an App to format Javscript for use in code behind / custom web controls
C#, VB, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Doug Wilson 2.57
Interview Questions - .Net Remoting - Unedited
Updated: 13 Jan 2008  
This article gives you few important interview questions on .Net remoting
Soumyajit Halder 2.33
Skype in Visual Studio (Visual Studio Extensibility C#) - Unedited
Updated: 3 Jul 2008  
Skype in Visual Studio (Visual Studio Extensibility C#)
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0)
Keng_Mycos 2.22
Transparency and Opacity Experiments with .NET's Web Browser Control
Updated: 6 May 2005  
This application is nothing more than an IEControl hosted on a Windows Form and some code to get it to life. By setting opacity and transparency key of the form, one can actually make the content inside the window translucent or transparent .
C#, VC8.0.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
ashish_patil++ 1.92
Make 'ToDo' system for multi-program complex system: Part 2
Updated: 19 Apr 2004  
Make 'ToDo' system for multi-program complex system using ASP.NET & C#.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, ASP.NET, Dev
Mad__ 1.75
Ten Pin Bowling Calculator
Updated: 8 Aug 2009  
Simple ten-pin bowling calculator to calculate the scores of the game
C# (C# 2.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0), Dev
Tomas Brennan  

.NET - General

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FindReferences of "N Order" - SharpDevelop Add-In - Unedited
Updated: 1 Mar 2009  
Using ICSharpCode.SharpDevelop.Refactoring.RefactoringService.FindReferences to find all references in a given project.
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0)
Mohammad Hefny 5.00
User Settings Applied
Updated: 19 Mar 2009  
Simplifying the .NET User Configuration for Windows Forms and WPF.
C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0), XAML, WPF, WinForms, Dev
Jani Giannoudis 4.93
IDisposable: What Your Mother Never Told You About Resource Deallocation
Updated: 29 Sep 2008  
One difficulty of the IDisposable interface overcome with the Disposable Design Principle.
C#, .NET CF, .NET, Dev
Stephen Cleary 4.91
The 30 Minute Regex Tutorial
Updated: 21 Nov 2005  
Learn how to use regular expressions in 30 minutes with Expresso.
C++, C++/CLI, C#, VB, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Jim Hollenhorst 4.90
CLR Injection: Runtime Method Replacer
Updated: 23 Jun 2009  
Replace any method with another method at runtime. Updated for 3.5 SP1.
ASM, MSIL, C# 2.0, C# 3.0.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, Win32, VS2008, Dev
Ziad Elmalki 4.89
Optimizing Serialization in .NET - part 2
Updated: 27 Nov 2006  
Provides code and techniques to enable developers to optimize serialization of DataSets/DataTables.
C#, Windows, .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0), Visual Studio, Dev
SimmoTech 4.88
JIT Optimizations
Updated: 4 May 2008  
In this article, we will look into JIT optimizations, with specific focus on inlining.
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), ASM, MSIL, Windows, .NET, Dev, Design
Sasha Goldshtein 4.86
Floating Point in .NET part 1: Concepts and Formats
Updated: 30 May 2005  
Introducing the basic concepts of floating-point arithmetic: number formats, accuracy and precision, and round-off error. Includes a discussion of the .NET floating-point types.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Jeffrey Sax 4.85
Getting to know IExtenderProvider
Updated: 2 Aug 2003  
A walkthrough in the creation of a trivial IExtenderProvider component
C#.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev
James T. Johnson 4.85
Expresso - A Tool for Building and Testing Regular Expressions
Updated: 21 Feb 2003  
For learning, building, and debugging .NET Framework regular expressions
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Jim Hollenhorst 4.85
Using Google Maps in .NET Micro Framework
Updated: 29 May 2009  
Using Google Maps in .NET Micro Framework
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.0)
Celiker BAHCECI 4.85
.NET file format - Signatures under the hood, Part 1 of 2 - Unedited
Updated: 29 Sep 2009  
A full description of signatures, that are part of the .NET file format.
C++/CLI, C#, .NET, Dev, Design
Przemyslaw Celej 4.85
Cracking the Mysteries of .NET 2.0 Configuration
Updated: 31 Aug 2007  
Maximize your understanding of the .NET 2.0 configuration framework, avoid common pitfalls, and gain insight into the details of how configuration works in various scenarios and environments.
C# 2.0, VB 8.0.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, .NET 3.0, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, WebForms, Dev
Jon Rista 4.84
Best Practice No 4:- Improve bandwidth performance of ASP.NET sites using IIS compression - Unedited
Updated: 30 Sep 2009  
Best Practice No 4:- Improve bandwidth performance of ASP.NET sites using IIS compression
C#, ASP.NET, Architect
Shivprasad koirala 4.84
A .NET assembly viewer
Updated: 28 Nov 2002  
An application to examine .NET assemblies both directly and with reflection
C#, VC6, VC7.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Ben Peterson 4.84
Optimizing Serialization in .NET
Updated: 4 Mar 2007  
Provides code and techniques to enable developers to optimize serialization of data.
C#, XML, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
SimmoTech 4.83
Simple Method of DLL Export without C++/CLI
Updated: 27 Jun 2009  
Article describes how to build an assembly that exposes functions to unmanaged code without C++/CLI
C++/CLI, C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows, .NET, Win32, Visual Studio, Dev
Dark Daskin 4.83
There and Back Again or Stepping Through the JIT Thunk Layer
Updated: 11 Feb 2005  
This article examines the JIT thunk layers that your code executes when a method is run for the first time.
C#, ASM, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Russ Osterlund 4.82
.NET Internals and Code Injection
Updated: 14 May 2008  
An article about .NET internals and code injection
C++/CLI, C#, MSIL, Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0), Dev
Daniel Pistelli 4.82
.NET Internals and Native Compiling
Updated: 30 May 2008  
An article about .NET internals and native compiling.
C++, C#, MSIL, Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0), Dev
Daniel Pistelli 4.80
Test-Driven Development in .NET
Updated: 17 Mar 2003  
An article presenting benefits and techniques for using test-driven development in .NET.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Visual Studio, Dev
Peter Provost 4.80
DevGlobalCache – A way to Cache and Share data between processes
Updated: 31 May 2003  
A way to Cache and Share data between processes
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
Natty Gur 4.80
Share images across processes from C++ to C#
Updated: 5 Jun 2007  
An article that demonstrates the use of the CreateFileMapping API to send shared images across processes
C++, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, Visual Studio, Dev
moadib 4.80
NScript - A script host for C#/VB.NET/JScript.NET
Updated: 18 Nov 2002  
NScript is a tool like WScript except that it allows for scripts to be written in .NET languages like C# and VB.NET
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Rama Krishna Vavilala 4.80
.NET file format - Signatures under the hood, Part 2 of 2 - Unedited
Updated: 28 Sep 2009  
A full description of signatures, that are part of the .NET file format.
C++/CLI, C#, .NET, Dev, Design
Przemyslaw Celej 4.79
Undocumented Fusion
Updated: 3 Jul 2003  
A simple tool written in C# is presented that uses undocumented Fusion classes to view the contents of the Fusion assembly caches (Gac, Zap & Download) and the Fusion application history.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
John Renaud 4.79
Targeting the .NET Framework 2.0 with Visual Studio 2008
Updated: 17 Sep 2007  
Upgrading to a new Visual Studio means installing on a few developer machines - upgrading to target a new framework (3.5) means ensuring that every client of the application has the new framework installed. With Visual Studio 2008, it's possible to target the older frameworks (2.0 and 3.0).
C# 2.0, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, .NET CF, .NET 2.0, WinXP, Vista, .NET 3.5VS2008, Dev
Robin Jet 4.79
Using C calling convention callback functions in C# and VB - the easy way
Updated: 13 Sep 2005  
Provides an easy way to use C calling convention callback functions in C# and VB.
C#, VB, VC7.1, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Jecho Jekov 4.79
AddIn Enabled Applications - Unedited
Updated: 7 May 2008  
Using the AddIn model pipeline
C# (C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.5), WPF, WinForms, Architect, Dev, Design, SysAdmin
Sacha Barber 4.78
Best Practices No 5: - Detecting .NET application memory leaks - Unedited
Updated: 29 Sep 2009  
In this article we are going to detect the .NET application memory leaks.
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C# 4.0), .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), ASP.NET, Visual Studio (VS2005, VS2008), Architect
Shivprasad koirala 4.78
Unraveling the Mysteries of .NET 2.0 Configuration
Updated: 28 Jun 2007  
Learn how to utilize the powerful new .NET 2.0 configuration features to simplify and centralize your configuration code.
C++/CLI, C#, VB.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, .NET 3.0, ASP.NET, VS2005, Architect, Dev
Jon Rista 4.78
IDisposable: For the CF Guys, Too
Updated: 24 Sep 2008  
Implementing the Disposable Design Principle on the .NET Compact Framework.
C#, .NET CF, Dev
Stephen Cleary 4.78
Arrays UNDOCUMENTED
Updated: 4 Jan 2003  
An detailed look at the implementation of Arrays and ArrayLists.
C#, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev
Wesner Moise 4.77
Automatic Runtime Tab Order Management for Windows Forms
Updated: 28 Oct 2004  
This article presents the TabOrderManager, which is a class that automatically adjusts the tab order on a Windows form based on different high-level schemes.
C#, VB, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Scott McMaster 4.77
Extending IIS 5.x and IIS6 with Managed Filters
Updated: 17 Sep 2007  
An overview on Filter.NET as a framework designed to expose the ISAPI Filters API to .NET while maintaining the power, flexibility and efficiency of the IIS platform
C#, Windows, .NET 2.0, Visual Studio, IIS 5.1, IIS 6, Dev
Tiago Halm 4.75
A Simple 2 User Whiteboard application in C#/.NET
Updated: 17 Jul 2002  
This article is my attempt at developing an extremely simple Whiteboard application in C#/ WinForms and sockets for messaging, to be used simultaneously by 2 users.
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
Ranjeet Chakraborty 4.75
Complete Comparison for VB.NET and C#
Updated: 18 Apr 2005  
This article explains about advantages, differences and new features of VB.NET and C#.
C#, VB, Windows, .NET, WinForms, WebForms, VS.NET2003, CEO, Architect, DBA, Dev, QA
Amalorpavanathan Yagulasamy(AMAL) 4.74
Dynamic/Transparent Proxy using DynamicProxy.NET
Updated: 21 Oct 2003  
Learn how easy it is to create Dynamic/Transparent proxies in .NET using DynamicProxy.NET
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Visual Studio, Dev
SKI_BUM 4.74
Strings UNDOCUMENTED
Updated: 6 Jan 2004  
Detailed looked at the implementation of strings in .NET
C#, VB.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev
Wesner Moise 4.74
Custom ProgressBar for .NET Compact Framework
Updated: 19 Dec 2007  
An article on creating a better looking ProgressBar for Windows Mobile 5
C# 2.0, .NET CF, .NET 2.0, WinXP, Vista, Visual Studio, Dev
Fredrik Bornander 4.74
Comparing Values for Equality in .NET: Identity and Equivalence
Updated: 8 May 2007  
An article clarifying the various ways of comparing two values for equality in .NET
C# 1.0, C# 2.0, VB 7.x, VB 8.0, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev
richnewman 4.74
The Implementation of Model Constraints in .NET
Updated: 19 Mar 2002  
.NET Extensions that provide an infrastructure for enforcing database-like data integrity constraints
C#, SQL, UML, VC6, Windows, .NET 1.0, Visual Studio, STL, DBA, Dev
Alex Mikunov 4.73
DLLImport with dynamically bound native DLLs using Reflection
Updated: 13 Aug 2005  
This article demonstrates how to make dynamic assemblies with API functions using DllImport attribute and using custom paths instead of hard coded ones.
C#.NET 1.1, WinXPVS.NET2003, Dev
Fran Pregernik 4.73
World Clock and the TimeZoneInformation class
Updated: 3 Jan 2006  
Using the operating system's time zone APIs to convert times from Universal time (UTC) to a specified time zone.
C#.NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev
Mike Dimmick 4.73
Demystifying the .NET Global Assembly Cache
Updated: 14 Jan 2004  
An explanation of the workings of the Global Assembly Cache
Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Dev
Jeremiah Talkar 4.72
A Fast/Compact Serialization Framework
Updated: 8 Aug 2008  
A framework for object serializiation/deserialization that is many times faster and yields compact output.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
.Shoaib 4.72
Recursively Create Thumbnails from PDF Files
Updated: 7 Oct 2007  
Create thumbnails for your PDF files, recursive from starting dir, with seperate config using VB.NET
Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
eendje001 4.71
Pretty IE Toolbar in C#
Updated: 9 Sep 2008  
The article describes the work principles and ways of use of IEToolbarEngine. This is a toolbar for Internet Explorer, which has a reusable architecture.
C# (C# 2.0), .NET (.NET 2.0), GDI+, COM, Dev
Alexandr Golovanov 4.71
The Common Language Runtime (CLR) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
Updated: 12 Feb 2002  
The article discusses interpreters, compilers, the JVM and the CLR
Windows, Java, .NET 1.0, Dev
Kashif Manzoor 4.71
UI & UA Changes on the road to Longhorn
Updated: 30 Jun 2004  
UI & UA Changes on the road to Longhorn
.NET, Vista, Visual Studio, WPF, Dev
Rob Chandler 4.71
Source Control with Visual Studio .NET
Updated: 18 Oct 2007  
How to integrate TortoiseSVN – a Subversion Source Control system with Visual Studio .NET
Windows, .NETVS.NET2003, VS2005, VS2008, Dev
Ruslan Sudentas 4.71
A Look at LINQ
Updated: 20 Sep 2005  
An overview of the new Language Integrated Query (LINQ) framework.
C#, Windows, .NET 2.0, LINQ, VS2005, Architect, Dev
David Stone 4.70
The .NET File Format
Updated: 24 Jun 2008  
A full description of the .NET File format.
C++, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Daniel Pistelli 4.70
Useful SQL Queries to Analyze and Monitor SharePoint Portal Solutions Usage
Updated: 25 May 2006  
Some useful SQL queries to analyze and monitor SharePoint Portal solutions usage.
SQL.NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, Win2003, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, DBA, Dev
Syed Adnan Ahmed 4.70
Generating XmlDocId using Mono.Cecil
Updated: 5 Oct 2009  
The article describes the rules of generation of the XmlDocId tag that is used by the .NET Framework to uniquely identify a namespace, property, event, delegate, class, or structure.
C#, .NET, Dev
Przemyslaw Celej 4.70
Threads and Synchronization: Part 1
Updated: 31 Oct 2007  
An article related Threads and Thread Synchronization from a Microsoft .NET perspective
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, Visual Studio, Dev
Tariq A Karim 4.70
Using the WebBrowser as an extention possibility
Updated: 22 Jun 2007  
Creating your own extentions by using a simple WebBrowser object
C# 2.0.NET 2.0, WinXP, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
Filip van der Meeren 4.70
EventBroker: a notification component for synchronous and asynchronous, loosly coupled event handling
Updated: 26 Oct 2008  
EventBroker is a notification component for (a)synchronous loosly coupled event handling.
C# 2.0, C# 3.0.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, Architect, Dev, Design
Urs Enzler 4.69
Share the Clipboard Using .NET Remoting
Updated: 14 Oct 2002  
Use .NET remoting to send the contents of your clipboard to another computer.
C#, VC7.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
Douglas Earl 4.69
Windows Services Can Install Themselves
Updated: 22 Nov 2007  
Never use the InstallUtil.exe utility that ships with the .NET SDK again.
C# 2.0.NET 2.0, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5VS2005, Dev
W. Kevin Hazzard 4.69
Decoding the Mysteries of .NET 2.0 Configuration
Updated: 10 Dec 2006  
Continue delving into the mysteries of the powerful .NET 2.0 Configuration framework, and learn how to write validated, type-safe, and performant configuration code.
C++, C#, VB.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, .NET 3.0, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Jon Rista 4.69
MIL HTML Parser
Updated: 30 Mar 2004  
A non-well-formed HTML parser for .NET
C#, VB, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Member 987427 4.68
AGE, Another Graphic Engine in .NET
Updated: 10 May 2007  
A library that allows some GDI+ manipulation at runtime in an easy way
VB, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
Fabio Zanetta 4.68
System File Association
Updated: 16 Mar 2007  
This article describes the use of several custom C# classes that can be used to create, view, edit and delete Windows file associations.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Brendan Grant 4.68
Garbage Collection in .NET
Updated: 23 Apr 2002  
This article basically talks about the way garbage collection is implemented in .NET.
Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Amit Kukreja 4.67
Creating Shell Links (Shortcuts) in .NET Programs Using WSH
Updated: 3 Apr 2003  
It's easy to create shortcuts using the Windows Script Host Object Model
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
Jim Hollenhorst 4.67
Generic BinaryReader and BinaryWriter Extensions
Updated: 26 Feb 2009  
Generics and extension methods in C++/CLI
C++/CLI, C# 2.0, C# 3.0WinXP, Win2003, Vista, .NET 3.5, Win2008, Dev
Lee, Gun-Woon 4.66
LINQ to SQL Transformation: Examples and Source Code
Updated: 23 Jan 2008  
LINQ to SQL Transformation: Open Source implementation of IQueryable, examples and source code
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), SQL, Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista), .NET (.NET 3.5), SQL Server (SQL 2000, SQL 2005), Visual Studio (VS2008), ADO.NET, LINQ, Dev
Jahmani 4.65
Stop Designing for Testability
Updated: 4 Apr 2007  
An article presenting a different technique to making your code more testable.
C# 1.0, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Visual Studio, Dev, QA
Eli Lopian 4.65
.NET TWAIN image scanner
Updated: 12 May 2002  
Using TWAIN API to scan images
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, Dev
NETMaster 4.64
Dynamic List Sorting
Updated: 14 Feb 2006  
Dynamically sorting a list by using dynamic methods and delegates.
C#, MSIL, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
Johannes Hansen 4.64
TreeConfiguration - configuration made as simple as it gets (or sets)
Updated: 2 Nov 2005  
Manage configuration data with a few lines of code. Very few.
C#, XML, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Vladimir Klisic 4.63
.NET Scheduled Timer
Updated: 16 Sep 2005  
A timer that easily supports absolute schedules like run at 4:00 AM every day or at 5:00 PM on Fridays..
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Andy Brummer 4.63
Rhino Mocks 2.2 - Unedited
Updated: 12 Aug 2005  
Rhino Mocks 2.2
Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Ayende @ Rahien 4.63
.NET Cross AppDomain Communication
Updated: 4 Jun 2008  
An easy-to-use, zero configuration solution to .NET communication across application boundaries. A simple library to use as an alternative to .NET Remoting based on low-level Windows Messaging.
C# 2.0, C# 3.0.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, .NET 3.0VS2005, Dev
TheCodeKing 4.62
NXML - Introducing an XML Based Language To Perform Neural Network Processing, Image Analysis, Pattern Detection Etc - Unedited
Updated: 21 Oct 2009  
Do some Brain Tumor detection using neural networks, in a very simple and easy manner. This is the story and source code of an XML based language, to help you create, train and run your own neural networks?
Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Anoop Madhusudanan 4.62
Getting the most out of Event Viewer
Updated: 17 May 2003  
This article talks about basics of event logging followed by the implementation details of how we can log messages effectively by using a custom log-file, event sources and event categories. Finally, it mentions the usefullness of troubleshooting links in error messages.
VB.NET 1.0, Win2K, Dev
Manoj G 4.62
Asynchronous design patterns.
Updated: 24 Apr 2007  
This article describes the asynchronous design pattern, it's implementation, it's limitations and ways to improve the situation in certain circumstances.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Alexey A. Popov 4.61
Gracefully shutting down Outlook from a .NET application using AppDomain
Updated: 8 Sep 2005  
Shows how to utilize Outlook automation without leaving a mess behind.
C#, .NET, Win2K, Visual Studio, COM, Dev
jmh1000 4.60
Version Control in VSTS 2008
Updated: 24 Aug 2009  
Version Control Features in Team Foundation Server 2008
Windows, Visual Studio, DBA, Dev, SysAdmin
Robin_Roy 4.60
EchoStream - An Echo/Tee Stream for .NET
Updated: 6 Apr 2003  
Presents the EchoStream class and demonstrates its use.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Stephen Quattlebaum 4.59
SQL Parser
Updated: 3 Feb 2009  
This article describes an implementation of a simple SQL parser which can be used to add or modify "where" and "order by" parts of SQL queries (PL/SQL).
C#, .NET, DBA, Dev
Serge Gorbenko 4.59
Fast Late-bound Calls with Generics in .NET
Updated: 27 Feb 2009  
Creation of unknown types and invocation of unknown methods without IL generation and Invoke calls
C# 2.0, C# 3.0.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, Dev
Alexey Zubritsky 4.59
XFxDetect - A utility to detect which versions of .Net are installed - Unedited
Updated: 10 Jun 2007  
XFxDetect inspects registry and file system of local or remote computer to determine which versions of .Net Framework are installed.
C++, Windows, .NET 3.5, MFC, VS2005, Dev
Hans Dietrich 4.59
Parsing strong name signatures generated with sn.exe
Updated: 4 May 2004  
This article shows how to parse Assembly "strong name keyfiles" generated with sn.exe
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Per R. Anderson 4.58
Age: The Scripted Graphic Item
Updated: 13 Jan 2007  
An introduction to ScriptedItem and ScriptAge for the AGE engine
VB, C# 2.0.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, .NET 3.0, Visual Studio, Dev
Fabio Zanetta 4.58
Basics of LINQ & Lamda Expressions - Unedited
Updated: 28 Feb 2009  
Basic Examples to work with Language Integrated Query(LINQ) concept that was introduces with C# 3.0 and/or .NET 3.5 (Corresponding VB.NET code included)
C# (C# 3.0), VB (VB 9.0), .NET (.NET 3.5), LINQ
Abhishek Sur 4.58
Using ASP.NET Runtime in Desktop Applications
Updated: 24 Jun 2003  
This article explains how to use ASP.NET runtime in Windows Desktop applications
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Visual Studio, Dev
shivpal 4.57
NHydrate Step-by-Step
Updated: 12 Oct 2009  
Step-by-Step example using the NHydrate platform
C# (C# 3.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 3.5), ASP.NET, Dev
gravbox 4.57
Using Internal Interfaces While Preserving Encapsulation
Updated: 28 Oct 2009  
Discusses use of interfaces to recover encapsulation where the internal keyword is used
C#, .NET, ASP.NET, Architect, Dev, Design
ggraham412 4.57
Pointers UNDOCUMENTED
Updated: 1 Jul 2003  
The article provides a detailed look at pointers and unsafe code in C#. It compares C# design against the managed pointer approaches used in Managed C++ and the overall capabilities available in IL.
C++/CLI, C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Visual Studio, Dev
Wesner Moise 4.57
Introduction to .NET
Updated: 13 Feb 2002  
The article introduces Microsoft's .NET framework and compares it to Sun's J2EE
.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
Kashif Manzoor 4.56
Introduction to Partial Methods
Updated: 23 Oct 2008  
This article explains partial methods - a new feature in .NET 3.0
C# 3.0.NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, Dev
vikas amin 4.56
The Implementation of Model Constraints in .NET - II
Updated: 24 Aug 2003  
Runtime MSIL Code Instrumentation and .NET Metadata Extensions
C#, VC7.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
Alex Mikunov 4.55
Introduction to Creating Dynamic Types with Reflection.Emit
Updated: 6 Mar 2006  
Introduction to creating dynamic types with Reflection.Emit.
C#, MSIL, .NET, WinXP, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev
jconwell 4.55
Tutorial Extending MbUnit - Unedited
Updated: 10 Oct 2006  
A tutorial on extedning MbUnit.
C# 1.0, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, Dev
jflowers 4.55
An Introduction To Performance Counters
Updated: 21 Feb 2005  
An introduction to monitoring performance of applications.
C#, VC7.1, VC8.0.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev
Michael Groeger 4.54
Using the File attribute of the appSettings element of a .NET config file
Updated: 18 Nov 2004  
Easily share configuation settings with the appSettings element File attribute.
C#, XML, Windows, .NET, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, WinForms, WebForms, Dev
Scott Bradley 4.54
Wish You Were Here… Only Once
Updated: 30 Oct 2009  
A description of techniques based on context-sensitive conditions
C#, Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.5), WPF, WinForms, Dev
SAKryukov 4.54
Type Forwarding in .NET
Updated: 24 Aug 2008  
Type forwarding is a CLR feature that allows us to move a type from its original assembly to another assembly.
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Dev
Bhupindra Singh 4.54
Hello Windows Azure
Updated: 27 Oct 2009  
An introductory article on Windows Azure - a cloud computing initiative by Microsoft
C# (C# 3.0, C# 4.0), Windows (Vista, Win 7), .NET (.NET 3.5, .NET 4.0), ASP.NET, Architect, Dev
bhavik1st 4.54
Background processing using a .NET windows service
Updated: 30 Jul 2002  
A reusable service that does database work and sends e-mails
VB.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳 4.53
Dynamic Holiday Date Calculator
Updated: 4 Jan 2006  
A class to calculate what date the configured holidays fall on in different years.
C#, XML, Windows, .NET, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Jay Muntz 4.53
Generic DFA State Machine for .NET
Updated: 21 May 2003  
Seemless NFA to DFA transfers with GraphViz graphing integration
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
leppie 4.52
Transaction Aware Table-adapters in .NET 2.0
Updated: 5 Dec 2007  
A quick and elegant way to add transaction capabilities to your table-adapters
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
Mike Pagel 4.52
.NET Client Classes for openldap/winldap
Updated: 11 Mar 2003  
An example of using LDAP/OpenLDAP with .Net
VC7, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Leon Finker 4.52
What's that "Windows Form Designer generated code" anyway?
Updated: 2 Feb 2004  
Taking a closer look at the code generated by the Windows Forms Designer and understanding some of the important implications.
VB, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
palomraz 4.50
Information Logging API for .NET
Updated: 10 Jul 2006  
An API for logging information in response to application events such as exceptions.
C#, XML, SQL, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
BoneSoft 4.50
SafeHandle and Constrained Execution Regions
Updated: 30 Oct 2006  
Explains the new SafeHandle class and Constrained Execution Regions, and shows how to use them.
C++/CLI, VB, VC8.0, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, ASP.NET, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev
Scott Dorman 4.50
Delete Project in VSTS 2008
Updated: 19 Aug 2009  
How to remove a Project from Team Foundation Server
Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, SysAdmin
Robin_Roy 4.50
NHydrate Code Generator
Updated: 6 Oct 2009  
Generate code with the NHydrate platform
C# (C# 3.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 3.5), ASP.NET, Dev
gravbox 4.50
Simple databinding with XML - A GUI for configuration files
Updated: 2 Feb 2004  
This article is about using simple databinding on XML documents by using strongly typed XML documents generated at runtime, taking advantage of System.Reflection.Emit and MSIL.
C#.NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev
Eduard Liebenberger 4.49
SmartCode-An Open Source Code Generator - Unedited
Updated: 16 Mar 2009  
SmartCode is a template-driven code generator that lets software developers automatically produce programs and components that interact with database system
VB, SQL, MSIL, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0.NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, ASP.NET, SQL 2000, SQL 2005, VS2005, DBA, Dev
Danilo Mendez 4.49
Bit Flags Type Converter
Updated: 20 Jun 2006  
An implementation of TypeConverter which allows you to edit bit flag enumerations in the PropertyGrid.
C#, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev
Serge Gorbenko 4.47
NAnt : Little Pretty Automatic
Updated: 17 Oct 2004  
Some little utility tasks for NAnt
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Alex Kolesnichenko 4.46
Trapping windows messages
Updated: 11 Apr 2003  
Trapping windows messages in the .NET framework - a small tutorial
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
Rui Reis 4.46
Logger in C# - An easy way for monitoring .NET applications
Updated: 13 Apr 2003  
Logger is used to create a customized error log file or an error can be registered as a log entry in the Windows Event Log on the administrator's machine with ON/OFF logging facility.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Ashraf Mohamed 4.46
Building Trees from Lists in .NET
Updated: 1 Mar 2008  
An interface to simplify creating trees from lists of database rows or objects
C# 2.0, C# 3.0.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, ASP.NET, Dev
Daniel Flower 4.45
Use AppDomains To Reduce Memory Consumption in .NET applications
Updated: 30 Mar 2004  
AppDomains allow sharing of the .NET runtime to save on memory usage.
C#.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev
Neil Baliga 4.45
Unmanaged to Managed Calls
Updated: 3 Apr 2003  
Call managed code from unmanaged code
C++/CLI, VB, VC7, Windows, .NET, MFC, Dev
Michael Combs 4.44
.NET 2.0 Configuration and Provider Model
Updated: 21 May 2008  
Use .NET 2.0 configuration features for building a pluggable provider framework for your application.
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Visual Studio (VS2008), Architect, Dev, Design
Sergey Sorokin 4.44
Dot Net Script
Updated: 18 Mar 2004  
Write and execute C# or VB.Net as if they were scripting languages (using the CodeDom)
C#, VB.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev
jconwell 4.43
A modal dialog that fades the background to gray-scale imitating the XP shutdown screen
Updated: 23 Feb 2006  
DimmerDialog is a .NET class that shows a modal dialog which grays out the rest of the background, just like the Windows XP Shutdown dialog. This can be used when your application needs to show a very important message box or form that requires immediate user attention.
C++/CLI, C#, VC8.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
Nishant Sivakumar 4.43
XAutobuild - A utility to increment build number - Unedited
Updated: 6 Jun 2007  
XAutobuild auto-increments the build number contained in Autobuild.h. This can be used in resource files to automatically update the version resource each time a project is compiled.
C#, Windows, .NETVS2005, Dev
Hans Dietrich 4.43
Enforce Check-in Policy in TFS 2008
Updated: 24 Aug 2009  
Enforcing Check-in Policy on Team Foundation Server 2008
Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, SysAdmin
Robin_Roy 4.43
Simplified Resource Management with the DisposableCollection Class
Updated: 26 Sep 2004  
This article demonstrates how a strongly typed collection of IDisposable objects can be used to simplify the management of multiple resources in .NET.
C#, VB, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0VS.NET2003, Dev
Scott McMaster 4.42
.NET 4.0 FAQ Part 1 -- The DLR - Unedited
Updated: 11 Oct 2009  
In this article we will discuss about new feature DLR and also about ‘dynamic’ and ‘expando’ objects.
C#, .NET (.NET 4.0), ASP.NET, Visual Studio, Architect
Shivprasad koirala 4.42
NT Security Classes for .NET
Updated: 19 Feb 2004  
A collection of .NET classes written in Managed C++ that faciliate the manipulation of NT security rights
C++/CLI, C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev
David Hall 4.41
Independent Data Access Layer (Ddocumentation in Progress)
Updated: 4 Apr 2006  
The art of swap from a database to another changing a flag
C#, SQL, MSIL, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, ASP.NET, WinForms, SQL 2000, SQL 2005, IIS 5.1, IIS 6, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Architect, DBA, Dev
Salvatore Vetro 4.41
Handling of large byte arrays - Unedited
Updated: 9 Feb 2009  
Allocation and copy of large byte[]
C#, Windows, .NET, Win32, Dev
bauemeise 4.39
Prism Event Aggregator Service and Extension Methods
Updated: 24 Mar 2009  
The extremely easy way to connect your code
C#, .NET, Dev
Wasim Farhat 4.38
An XML Schema Definition (XSD) Editor
Updated: 14 Oct 2003  
An editor capable of producing common XSD documents
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Marc Clifton 4.37
Persisting Application data using HashTable and IsolatedStorage
Updated: 14 Apr 2004  
This article demonstrates a custom class that can be used to store and retrieve application data in an easy and reliable manner. It uses an extended HashTable to persist data into Isolated Storage. You can download a sample project which demonstrates the use of this simple, but very useful class.
C#, VB.NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, ASP.NET, VS.NET2003, Dev
T Manjaly 4.37
Visual Studio 2005 Unit Testing Code Snippets
Updated: 23 Feb 2006  
In this article, I will be introducing Unit Testing Code Snippets, showing you how to add a Code Snippet in your page, and how to quickly navigate and modify the Unit Testing snippets to give you the ability to quickly create test methods and fixtures.
C#, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
Maruis Marais 4.37
Problem: ClickOnce Deployment via Internet May Not Always Upgrade an Application
Updated: 30 Oct 2007  
An application deployed using ClickOnce may not receive an upgrade if the browser’s proxy server has cached the deployment file. This article explains how to solve this problem using HTTP content expiration.
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
Johan Fourie 4.37
New AutoCAD Managed C# Project Application Wizard
Updated: 22 Aug 2005  
With "New AutoCAD Managed C# Project Application Wizard", you will be able to write your ObjectARX application (.NET) more conveniently.
C#, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, Dev
arxbird 4.36
Microsoft Robotics - Unedited
Updated: 28 Jan 2009  
This article discusses a brief overview of Microsoft Robotics.
.NET (.NET 3.5), Architect, Dev
Muhammad Shujaat Siddiqi 4.36
Reading Unmanaged Data Into Structures
Updated: 8 May 2008  
In this article, we will look into reading data from an unmanaged array of bytes into a managed data structure. We will use multiple approaches to optimize the process.
C++/CLI, C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows, .NET, Dev
Sasha Goldshtein 4.36
Writing custom .NET trace listeners
Updated: 1 Aug 2002  
Presentation of various ways to customize built-in .NET trace facilities
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Vagif Abilov 4.35
Customizing Visual Studio's Code Generation Templates
Updated: 12 Dec 2003  
A simple tutorial showing how we can customise the templates used by VS when it generates source code for us.
.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, PocketPC 2002, Dev
sh856531 4.34
Implementing IEquatable Properly
Updated: 21 Sep 2007  
Explains how to properly implement the IEquatable interface.
C# 2.0, C# 3.0, Windows, .NET CF, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
Geert Verhoeven 4.34
Managing Unhandled Exceptions in .NET
Updated: 26 Sep 2002  
How to manage unhandled exceptions in .NET
C#, VB.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Kevin McFarlane 4.34
Basics of Crystal Report for .NET Programmers
Updated: 14 Jan 2008  
Basics of Crystal Report for .NET programmers
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
ShahabFatemi 4.33
Preventing Unexpected Message Pumping in Third Party Libraries - An example using DirectShow
Updated: 7 Jun 2009  
This article shows a tidy solution to unexpected third party code pumping messages.
C#.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0, Win32, Dev
Felix Collins 4.33
Implementing a Dead Simple Licensing Library with PostSharp - Unedited
Updated: 17 Sep 2009  
Hello everyone, had been a long time from my last post (as usual, been busy busy busy). Today I want to talk about something that for most .Net developers is unknown but has been in the development industry a long time ago. I’m talking about Aspect Oriented Programming - AOP. AOP can help you to
C#, .NET (.NET 3.5), All Topics, Dev
emiaj 4.33
COM+ and .NET - A practical approach - Part 1
Updated: 2 Mar 2004  
A look at COM+ and .NET
Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Dev
Natty Gur 4.33
COM+ and .NET - A practical approach - Part 3
Updated: 2 Mar 2004  
A look at COM+ and .NET
Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Dev
Natty Gur 4.32
Dynamically Invoke Generic Methods
Updated: 1 Jan 2008  
Reflection on generics can be complicated. This article shows how to use the DynamicMethod class to dynamically invoke a generic method.
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Dev
Pedro Gomes 4.32
Mono.Cecil, The Most Powerful Tool You've Ever Heard Of
Updated: 19 Feb 2007  
Experimentation with Mono.Cecil, the IL Manipulation library
MSIL, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Architect, Dev
ronnyek 4.32
Application Settings the .NET way. INI, Registry, or XML
Updated: 27 Oct 2004  
In this article, I’ll explain how you can easily store and retrieve your application settings with just a few lines of code
C++/CLI, C#, VB, XML, JScript .NET, Forth.NET, .NET CF, .NET, Mobile, Win2003, Vista, Embedded, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev
Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu 4.31
ADO.NET Connection Pooling at a Glance
Updated: 14 May 2008  
Connection pooling can increase the performance of any application by using active connections of the pool for consecutive requests, rather than creating a new connection each time.And at the same time, the developer who is the best judge of his/her application, can configure the connection pooling.
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0), .NET, ADO.NET, Architect, Dev, Design
Neeraj Saluja 4.31
Building VS.NET Wizards - Part 2
Updated: 30 Jun 2005  
With Visual Studio .NET 2003 wizards, you can easily create new skeleton classes. But sometimes, you are implementing some things over and over again, for example, when you are creating test classes for your application. For this, you are required to create new wizards, which fit your needs.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Michael Groeger 4.30
Microsoft Visual Studio Team System: Single-Server SSL Installation (SP1) - Unedited
Updated: 15 Feb 2007  
Information relevant to installing and configuring Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server for users who require Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) access over the commercial internet with Basic Authentication in a single-server scenario
XML, SQL, .NET, WinXP, Win2003SQL 2005, IIS 6, VS2005, IE 7, Architect, DBA, Dev
Mark Bible 4.29
Understanding Stacks from System.Collections
Updated: 13 Apr 2003  
In this article, I'm going to look at the Stack type that is present in the System.Collections namespace.
VB, Windows, .NET 1.0, Visual Studio, Dev
SriSamp 4.29
FTP component written with fully managed code
Updated: 7 May 2002  
A .NET FTP component
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Alex Kwok 4.29
ImageMagick in VB.NET - Unedited
Updated: 22 May 2007  
ImageMagick is a powerful image manipulation that supports a wide variety of formats. In this article we develop an ImageMagick Wraper in C++ to expose functionalities in Magick++ to a .NET application.
C++/CLI, VB, VC8.0.NET 2.0, WinXP, ASP.NET, WebForms, VS2005, Dev
bubble2k 4.28
How to Harness the Power of XHTML and XForms in your .NET Applications
Updated: 11 Feb 2009  
XForms is an important recommendation from the W3C that enables complex XML-handling applications to be defined in a simple, declarative syntax. This article demonstrates how you can leverage this power in your own applications.
C#, XML, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC, Embedded, COM, WinForms, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Architect, Dev, Design
Phil Booth 4.28
Building VS .NET Wizards - Part 1
Updated: 5 May 2005  
Visual Studio .NET already brings us a lot of wizards, to help us create skeleton classes and projects. Developers can extend these templates and even change the existing ones.
C#, Javascript.NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXPVS.NET2003, Dev
Michael Groeger 4.28
Nine Solutions to the .NET Serialization 'Problem'
Updated: 4 Mar 2004  
Well, by now everybody has read the article and either laughed or defended it. Its now time to undo some of the damage.
C#, VB, VC7, VC7.1, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Edward Moemeka 4.27
Compiling Multiple Projects Without a Solution
Updated: 23 Jun 2007  
An article on creating a build process to compile multiple .NET projects using MSBuild without using a solution file.
VB 8.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
Brian Brewder 4.25
Adding Customized Visual Studio Code Generation Templates to the Add new item Dialog Box
Updated: 28 Dec 2003  
An article on Adding Customized Visual Studio Code Generation Templates to the Add new item Dialog Box
C#, Windows, .NETVS.NET2003, Dev
Maruis Marais Work 4.24
Crystal Reports helper class
Updated: 3 Aug 2007  
A helper class to make integrating Crystal Reports in a .NET application easier.
C# 1.0, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, ASP.NET, WinForms, WebForms, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev
Jan Schreuder 4.24
Using XAML in app.config and web.config
Updated: 16 Apr 2008  
A continuation of using XAML for configuring applications
C++/CLI, C# (C# 3.0), VB (VB 9.0), Forth.NET, .NET (.NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), ASP.NET, ADO.NET, WCF, XAML, WPF, WinForms, Architect, Dev, Design
Edward Moemeka 4.23
The coding gentleman's guide to detecting the .NET Framework
Updated: 21 Jul 2005  
A C++ class that will detect and enumerate the active CLR versions on a machine
VC7.1, Windows, .NETVS.NET2003, Dev
Nishant Sivakumar 4.23
Saving and Restoring Application Settings
Updated: 15 Mar 2003  
The Savior class makes it simple to save and restore application settings using the registry or a binary file.
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
Jim Hollenhorst 4.23
How to Use the Olson Time Zone Database in .NET
Updated: 21 Jul 2007  
Describes how to use the PublicDomain package to utilize the Olson time zone database in your .NET project, instead of the lackluster time zone support in .NET 1.1/2.0/3.0 or in the Windows Registry
Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
schizoidboy 4.22
A Wrapper for Using .NET to Submit Credit Card Transactions via the Authorize Gateway
Updated: 11 Apr 2008  
A .NET wrapper for Authorize
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista), .NET (.NET 2.0), ASP.NET, Architect, Dev
Christian Graus 4.21
Cheat Sheet - Casting in VB.NET and C#
Updated: 22 Sep 2003  
Describes several casting and type related operations in VB.NET and C#.
C#, VB, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Visual Studio, Dev
Rudi Breedenraedt 4.20
FXCop 1.32
Updated: 17 Oct 2005  
Bad Code in .NET? FxCop to the rescue.
Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
kadampravin 4.20
Printing .NET BusinessInfoObject Class Without the Print Dialog
Updated: 5 Mar 2007  
An article on how to print a .NET businessinfo object class containing simple properties and collections within the .NET application without the print dialog
C# 1.0, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, ASP.NET, GDI+, WebForms, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev
Simana 4.20
Use Multiple log4net Outputs from One Application
Updated: 8 May 2007  
By using this article, you can easily configure multiple output log files from log4net
C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, ASP.NET, WebForms, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev, QA
Charith M 4.20
MyGeneration .NET Code Generator
Updated: 25 Feb 2004  
MyGeneration is a .NET developer tool that generates code from templates by combining either JScript or VBScript with a powerful database meta-data API.
.NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
MyGeneration Software 4.20
What About ProcessStartInfo.ErrorDialog Property? Or Another Way to Show the "Open With" Dialog
Updated: 5 Jan 2007  
This article describes the use of the ErrorDialog property
C#, VB, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
ADLER1 4.19
Convert a VS.NET 2003 project to VS.NET 2002
Updated: 3 Nov 2004  
This article demonstrates how to convert a VS.NET 2003 project to VS.NET 2002
C#, Windows, .NETVS.NET2003, Dev
Ansil 4.19
Programming MSMQ in .NET - Part 1
Updated: 11 Apr 2003  
This article covers the very basics of programming MSMQ in .NET
VB, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Manoj G 4.18
GlobIt - The Globalization Framework
Updated: 16 May 2003  
An article that describes a framework helpful for writing globalized Windows Forms appliations (other uses also possible).
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Konrad Rotuski 4.18
MSN aeronix Alerter
Updated: 12 Oct 2004  
An article on how to generate RSS feeds for MSN Alerts Service
C#, VB, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
amado (Ahmed Hamdy) 4.18
ORM, Code Generation and a bit about MDA
Updated: 22 Oct 2005  
An overview of the resources for ORM and codegeneration.
Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Rajesh Sadashivan 4.18
Using Java Classes in your .NET Application
Updated: 23 Mar 2006  
IKVM.NET is an open source implementation of Java for Mono /Microsoft .NET Framework and makes it possible both to develop .NET applications in Java, and to use existing Java APIs and libraries in applications written in any .NET language.
C#, Windows, Java, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Chayan 4.18
Fast Asynchronous Delegates in .NET
Updated: 1 Jul 2009  
Implementation of delegates which are way faster during async operations than the default delegates in .NET
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Dev
Vitaliy Liptchinsky 4.18
Runtime Compilation (A .NET eval statement)
Updated: 13 Jan 2006  
An article on a new library, allowing easy, language-independent access to runtime compilation.
C#, VB.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
Eric Astor 4.17
Encrypt a Querystring with Expiration
Updated: 22 Aug 2007  
Create a querystring that is encrypted and expires
VB 8.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, ASP.NET, WebForms, VS2005, Dev
David Bauernschmidt 4.16
Programming MSMQ in .NET - Part 2: Transactional Messaging
Updated: 15 Jun 2003  
This article talks about transactional messaging with MSMQ and the implementation aspects wrt .NET
VB.NET 1.0, Win2K, Dev
Manoj G 4.15
C# And Accepting Parameters - Unedited
Updated: 9 Jul 2009  
C# offers a few additional keywords to allow you to accept multiple parameters for a method. This post goes over using the 'params' keyword and the evil '__arglist' keyword.
C#, Windows, .NET, All Topics, Dev, Design
webdev_hb 4.15
Web Forms for Submitting Issues to Team Foundation Server
Updated: 19 Jul 2006  
This article describes how you can create a Web based interface to the Team Foundation Server for the purpose of submitting and tracking issues.
C#, Windows, .NET 2.0, ASP.NET, VS2005, Dev, QA
Jim Conigliaro 4.14
Serial Communications : The .NET Way
Updated: 1 Dec 2003  
Serial Communications The .NET Way
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Timothy J. Krell 4.13
Allow the User to Resize Controls at Runtime
Updated: 2 Oct 2007  
Enable resizing of controls on a form at runtime with this class and two lines of code.
VB 8.0.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, .NET 3.0VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev, Design
Jesse Chunn 4.13
Encryption and Decryption on the .NET Framework
Updated: 6 Aug 2009  
An Article that Illustrates some Simple Ways to use the System.Security.Cryptography namespace
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0)
logicchild 4.13
Learn How To Build A Provider Framework - With An Easy To Understand Example Towards Applying Provider Pattern - Unedited
Updated: 20 Jul 2007  
After reading this article, you'll be able to (1) Change your mindset a little bit, and start thinking about 'frameworks' instead of just 'code' (2) Understand a lot about practically applying provider pattern in your projects (3) Gain much knowledge regarding xml config files and providers
C++/CLI, VB, VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, ASP.NET, WebForms, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Architect, Dev, Design
Anoop Madhusudanan 4.12
COM+ and .NET - A practical approach - Part 2
Updated: 2 Mar 2004  
A look at COM+ and .NET
Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Dev
Natty Gur 4.12
LinqToSQL: Query Multiple Databases in One LINQ Expression and More...
Updated: 31 Jan 2008  
Query multiple databases in one expression e.g. an Microsoft Access Database and an SQL Server Database
C# (C# 3.0), VB (VB 9.0), SQL, Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista), .NET (.NET 3.5), SQL Server (SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL CE), ADO.NET, LINQ, Architect, Dev
Jahmani 4.11
Work Item Tracking in VSTS 2008
Updated: 25 Aug 2009  
Project Management in VSTS 2008 using Task Management feature of Work Item Tracking
Windows, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev, SysAdmin
Robin_Roy 4.11
Email Templates
Updated: 29 Jul 2007  
In this article, I am going to consider the process of managing and sending emails inside a .NET application.
C#, VB, HTML, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Alexander Kleshchevnikov 4.11
Assembly Explorer 1.0
Updated: 21 Jan 2003  
Simple utility to browse assembly object hierarchy
C#, VC6, VC7.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Leon Langleyben 4.11
Code Generation using the ASP.NET Host
Updated: 30 Jan 2007  
An article that describes how to write a code generators within ASP.NET and host in a Windows Application.
Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Simon McEnlly 4.10
Integrating IronPython into your Applications
Updated: 16 Mar 2008  
This article describes why scripting is useful and explains how to integrate IronPython as a scripting language in your application
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0).NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5VS2005, VS2008, Architect, Dev
S. Senthil Kumar 4.09
Manifest File Injection
Updated: 9 May 2004  
Embed manifest into an executable as a resource for XP Theme support
C++, C#.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
Acoustic 4.08
Process Customization in VSTS
Updated: 21 Aug 2009  
Customizing Process Template on Team Foundation Server
Windows, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev
Robin_Roy 4.08
Building Smart Client using .NET
Updated: 13 Jun 2004  
A Smart Client is an application that uses local processing, consumes XML Web Services and can be deployed and updated from a centralized server
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Diws 4.08
Creating and Calling C Function DLL from .NET
Updated: 15 Sep 2004  
Explain how to call C function DLL from .NET
C, C#, VB, VC6.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, ASP.NET, VS.NET2003, Dev
harunmip 4.07
Compile and Run VB.NET Code using the CodeDom
Updated: 27 Jan 2006  
Demonstrates "run-time" compilation and execution of VB.NET code, using the CodeDom
VB, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
wduros1 4.07
GC 102
Updated: 2 Mar 2004  
Further notes on programming for the Garbage Collector.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Visual Studio, Dev
Ernst Kuschke 4.06
Drag and Drop between list boxes - Beginner's Tutorial
Updated: 13 May 2002  
An introduction to drag and drop in .NET
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
Nishant Sivakumar 4.05
Gain performance by not initializing variables
Updated: 19 May 2005  
Explicitly initializing variables to default values might be reducing your performance.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
gtamir 4.05
SMTP Authentication using System.Web.Mail (CDOSYS)
Updated: 12 Dec 2003  
Setting CDOSYS Schema contents to permit "tricks" with System.Web.Mail
C#, VB, Windows, .NET 1.1, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, Dev
C.Shattock 4.04
Expanding Enumerators for Saving to a Database or Displaying to a User
Updated: 26 Jan 2006  
An article showing how to use custom attributes with enumerators to display more information about the enumerator fields.
VB, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Michael Bosch 4.04
Considerations for implementing trace facilities in release builds of .NET applications
Updated: 4 Nov 2002  
What is the best technique to produce trace output in release build of .NET application, i.e. when application is shipped to a customer or runs in a production environment? The article discusses pros and cons of standard .NET trace facilities, and presents some alternatives.
C++/CLI, C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Visual Studio, Dev
Vagif Abilov 4.03
Gilma - GUI for the ILMerge Application Revised for .NET 2.0
Updated: 23 Apr 2007  
An article on a GUI to Microsoft ILMerge Program
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0VS2005, Dev
tuscano 4.03
A statistical analysis of the performance variations of assorted managed and unmanaged languages
Updated: 8 Aug 2002  
This article compares and contrasts the relative performances of various languages like native C++, Visual Basic 6, C#, VB.NET, Managed C++, MC++ and native code mix, ngen'd assemblies etc. using a prime number generation function as a generic benchmark
C++/CLI, C#, VB, VC6, VC7.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, ATL, Dev
Rama Krishna Vavilala, Nishant Sivakumar 4.02
Registry handling with .NET
Updated: 21 May 2002  
Shows with some code snippets how registry handling is a piece of cake with .NET
C#, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev
Nishant Sivakumar 4.02
Object Prevalence With Bamboo Prevalence
Updated: 31 Oct 2003  
Bamboo Prevalence is an opensource .NET implementation of the Prevayler project. This article shows how to use the library.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Arjan Einbu 4.00
Example Code And Quick Refresher on Unit Tests with Stubs and Mocks
Updated: 29 Oct 2006  
Example Code And Quick Refresher on Unit Tests with Stubs and Mocks
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
Vishnu S. Iyengar 4.00
How to Test Console Applications
Updated: 14 Feb 2007  
This article demonstates a very simple way to automate testing of your console application
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0VS.NET2003, VS2005, Architect, Dev, QA
atriplex 4.00
Reflection Benchmark and Optimize
Updated: 18 Apr 2008  
Benchmarking Reflection and Optimizing it
C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Dev
Sarafian 4.00
XSLTs to Assembly using XSLTC and ILMerge
Updated: 12 Jun 2008  
This article is used to convert XSLT files into .NET assembly using XSLTC.exe and ILMerge.exe utility
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, Dev
Saravana Prakash P 4.00
Enhanced Resource File Code Generator - Type-safe Formatted Strings
Updated: 3 Jul 2008  
An enhanced ResXFileCodeGenerator that handles formatted strings in a type-safe and natural way
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0).NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5VS2005, VS2008, Dev
Tristen Fielding 4.00
New Microsoft Chart Controls for Web and Windows Forms Applications - Unedited
Updated: 1 Dec 2008  
Microsoft has just launched a very rich chart control for .NET web and windows forms applications. Let’s take a look in some features from it.
VB (VB 9.0), C# 3.0, .NET (.NET 3.5), WinForms, WebForms, VS2008, Architect, Dev
Cirilo Meggiolaro 4.00
Transactions on object models
Updated: 8 Mar 2009  
Rollback or commit changes that you did on .NET objects.
C#.NET 3.5, Architect, Dev
Ronald Schlenker 4.00
Primer on Generics - Unedited
Updated: 18 Apr 2009  
An article that describes Generics and the need for them
C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI, C
logicchild 4.00
MSBuild: Factorial! - Unedited
Updated: 20 Jun 2009  
Using MSBuild Targets as general-purpose functions, complete with parameters and return values.
XML, Windows, .NET, All Topics, Dev
Stephen Cleary 4.00
Project Setup in VSTS 2008
Updated: 17 Aug 2009  
Creating a project on TFS and setting up permissions
Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, SysAdmin
Robin_Roy 4.00
Deploying a .NET Application with Crystal Reports
Updated: 29 Aug 2006  
Deploying a .NET application with Crystal Reports
VB, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Muhammad Shahbaz Saleem 3.97
Code generation at runtime
Updated: 16 Mar 2006  
The .NET platform contains no extensions which would allow for the use of advanced aspect oriented programming. But it does contain mechanisms which makes it possible to build components which provide similar functionality. We will find out how to achieve this in this article.
C#, MSIL, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Software Developer's Journal 3.97
How to add a new user using DirectoryServices?
Updated: 19 Feb 2003  
An article describing the use of DirectoryServices namespace classes in .NET on how to add a new user in a machine or a domain.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Visual Studio, Dev
Softomatix 3.96
Introduction to the Validation Application Block - Unedited
Updated: 2 Feb 2007  
Validation application block has been added to enterprise library 2007 CTP release.
Javascript, XML, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, ASP.NET, WCF, WPF, WebForms, Ajax, VS2005, Dev
n_ahid 3.96
Dynamic Code Generation and Code Compilation
Updated: 2 Dec 2002  
This is a simple application for generating the code dynamically and then compiling it dynamically.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Visual Studio, Dev
Wizard12 3.95
Idiot's Guide to Crystal Reports, Part I - Winforms - Unedited
Updated: 14 Aug 2005  
Crystal Reports in Winforms - Show ALL Parameters in ONE Screen!
C#, VC7, VC7.1, Windows, .NET 1.1, WinForms, VS.NET2003, CEO, Architect, DBA, Dev
TV Mogul 3.95
Desktop Decorator : Changing your wallpaper the easy way in .NET
Updated: 18 Apr 2004  
An article describing how to change the wallpaper using .NET and C#
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Steve Dunn 3.94
Remoting Singleton
Updated: 15 Nov 2002  
An alternative to the Singleton well known object mode
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Daniel Aioanei 3.94
Understanding the Windows Workflow Foundation WF: From a Business User's Perspective
Updated: 4 Apr 2006  
After reading this article, you will get a clear idea of the WF domain and the basic set of functionality and the feature set it provides.
Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, CEO, Architect, DBA, Dev
razi bin rais 3.93
Some new features in Visual Studio.NET 2005
Updated: 22 Aug 2004  
An article on the new features in Visual Studio.NET 2005
C#.NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2KVS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev, QA
Zuilin Wu 3.93
GC 101
Updated: 29 Feb 2004  
An introduction to programming for the Garbage Collector.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Visual Studio, Dev
Ernst Kuschke 3.92
Export excel data to a Dataset
Updated: 27 Nov 2003  
A usercontrol that exports from excel to a dataset without needing MS office to be installed.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
ksgopal 3.91
Replace text using tagged expressions
Updated: 2 Feb 2006  
An article on how to replace text using regular expressions, in the VS.NET IDE.
Windows, .NETVS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev
Michel.Smits 3.91
Java/.NET Integration as Simple as Possible
Updated: 5 Jul 2006  
Describes the simplest way to embed .NET controls into a Java GUI (without using COM or any other technology).
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Vitaly Shelest 3.91
Call a .NET component from an ASP Page
Updated: 7 Dec 2005  
How to call a .NET component from VB6.0/ASP developed in either Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET or Microsoft Visual C#® .NET
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Manoj Kumar G (IND) 3.90
How to Automate Exporting .NET Function to Unmanaged Programs
Updated: 21 Nov 2006  
Post-build tool which can automate exporting .NET function to unmanaged programs
C#, VB, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Selvin 3.89
Creating Optical Character Recognition (OCR) applications using Neural Networks
Updated: 1 Sep 2004  
How the use of neural network can simplify coding of OCR applications.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Visual Studio, Dev
Alex Cherkasov 3.89
VB6 - C# Interop Form Toolkit
Updated: 2 Oct 2006  
Interop Form Toolkit was released few days ago. It allows an easy creation of mixed VB6/VB.NET application. One thing it is missing is the ability to do it in C#.
Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Leon Langleyben 3.86
Different Forms to Select Data using SQL and .NET
Updated: 29 Aug 2007  
This article gives a brief introduction to development tools available that help you to select data using SQL and .NET
C#, SQL, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, DBA, Dev
Luis Ramirez 3.86
Multiple Instance .NET Windows Service
Updated: 15 Nov 2007  
This article describes how to implement a .NET Windows Service that can have multiple instances installed on the same machine.
C# 1.0, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0VS2005, Dev
Wil Peck 3.86
Visual Studio 2020 - Unedited
Updated: 5 Dec 2008  
More wild ideas for an even wilder Concept IDE.
C# 1.0, C# 2.0.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, .NET 3.0, WinForms, VS.NET2003, VS2005, CEO, Architect, Dev, QA
Tom Ollar, Jim Bennett 3.85
An insight into cloning objects in .NET
Updated: 31 Jul 2003  
This article talks about why cloning of objects is required, how it can be done and some considerations of cloning
VB.NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXPVS.NET2003, Dev
Manoj G 3.84
Smart Code Generator-How to create Templates - Unedited
Updated: 13 Aug 2007  
Smart Code the Open Source Code Generator
VB, VBScript, Javascript, SQL, C# 2.0.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, ASP.NET, WinForms, WebForms, SQL 2000, SQL 2005, VS2005, DBA, Dev
Danilo Mendez 3.84
vCard Reader with Lightweight Approach
Updated: 27 May 2008  
vCard reader coded in C#, with lightweight approach
C# 1.0, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev
Zijian 3.83
C# Ping Component
Updated: 30 Mar 2005  
An easy to use C# ping component.
C#, VB, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Wesley Brown 3.83
JavaScript Intellisense Improvements in Visual Studio 2008
Updated: 4 Nov 2007  
JavaScript Intellisense Improvements in Visual Studio 2008
C# 3.0, VB 9.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5VS2008, Dev
Arkady Lesniara 3.83
Not Another C# Versus VB Article
Updated: 20 May 2005  
It's not about feature support. It's about culture.
C#, VB, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, CEO, Architect, Dev, QA
Nigel Shaw 3.82
Extending .NET Events Functionality
Updated: 14 Nov 2007  
This article explains how to extend the standard .NET event and delegate mechanism with extra features
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 3.0, ASP.NET, WebForms, Dev
Werner Willemsens 3.81
Controlling object life time and garbage collection in .NET
Updated: 2 Mar 2004  
This article discusses scenarios where we have to take care of an object's life time and cannot rely on JIT's marking of objects for garbage collection.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Visual Studio, Dev
Sriram Chitturi 3.81
Generating MSDN-style Documentation with Sandcastle, NAnt and CruiseControl.NET
Updated: 4 Sep 2006  
NAnt tasks for Running Sandcastle through CruiseControl.NET
XML, Windows, .NET, Dev
Diederik Krols 3.81
Mixing Managed and Unmanaged code
Updated: 30 May 2001  
C++ managed code introduced us a new string type, namely System.String. You can imagine though, that some conversion functions are needed to work with this new string type when mixing managed and unmanaged code in your project.
C#, VC7, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Nick Van den Abbeele 3.77
.NET Manifest Resources
Updated: 28 Oct 2005  
An article on .NET Manifest Resources internal format.
C#, VC7, VC7.1, .NETVS.NET2003, Dev
Daniel Pistelli 3.77
Using Single EXE to Deploy Multiple Windows Service
Updated: 2 Sep 2007  
To set the Windows Service name in a Setup project instead of in Project Installer of the WIndows Service project
VB 8.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
WPKF 3.77
Multithreading in .NET
Updated: 20 May 2001  
An article on multithreading in .NET. Three different ways of creating threads in .NET are discussed: simple threads, timers and thread pool.
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev
Uroš Šmon 3.76
The Performance of System.Xml - Insert Operations
Updated: 1 Sep 2006  
The results of some perfomance tests of insert-like operations of System.Xml
C# 1.0.NET 1.1, WinXPVS.NET2003, Dev
Bcoelho2000 3.75
Add Prerequisites of .NET Framework in Visual Studio Setup Project
Updated: 27 Apr 2009  
Add prerequisites of .NET Framework in Visual Studio setup project
.NET (.NET 2.0), WinForms, Dev
S.Vinothkumar 3.75
RGreatEx - The ReSharper Great Extension
Updated: 16 Jan 2008  
The easiest way to localize projects for .NET developers
C# (C# 2.0), VB, Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0), ASP.NET, Dev
Alexander Nesterenko 3.72
Dynamic Properties - A Database Created At Runtime
Updated: 19 Mar 2007  
This article describes how to create a data structure that will allow a user at runtime to add additional data points in a manner that is easy to administer while allowing data to be inserted and validated.
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, DBA, Dev
Dave Elliott 3.71
How to do asynchronous programming using ASP.NET, MSMQ and Windows Service, for long running processes
Updated: 16 Nov 2004  
An article on how to do asynchronous programming using ASP.NET, MSMQ and Windows Service, for long running processes.
C#.NET 1.1, WinXP, ASP.NET, VS.NET2003, Dev
anupamkundu 3.67
Espresso- Java & .NET Native Interoperability - Part I
Updated: 8 Jun 2006  
This article describes a high-performing interoperability solution between the Java platform and the .NET Framework. The suggested solution does not replace the Java Virtual Machine or the .NET Framework runtime, instead, your JVM or .NET are each hosted within the opposing runtime environment
C#, VC8.0, Java, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VistaVS2005, Dev
Guy Balteriski 3.67
Generic WeakReference
Updated: 22 Dec 2007  
A generic implementation of the WeakReference class
C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET CF, .NET (.NET 2.0, Mono, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Dev, Design
RexNebular 3.67
Vietnamese Lunar Calendar for .NET - Unedited
Updated: 16 Oct 2008  
Implementation of Âm lịch Việt Nam for Microsoft.NET
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0)
nthachus 3.67
Writing the Read Only Application-scoped Settings
Updated: 21 Jun 2009  
A method to programmatically write the application-scoped setting in .NET Framework
C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Visual Studio (VS2005, VS2008), WinForms, LINQ, Architect, Dev, Design
freedeveloper 3.67
Automatically Enable/Disable Items with IExtenderProvider
Updated: 18 Aug 2006  
Using Extender Provider to add properties to enable/disable items based on common classifications using IExtenderProvider
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Pete O'Hanlon 3.63
Using XAML for Custom Application Configuration
Updated: 16 Apr 2008  
Describes why and how to use XAML as an alternative to plain XML for configuration file specification
C# (C# 3.0), VB (VB 9.0), .NET (.NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), ASP.NET, XAML, WPF, WinForms, Architect, Dev, Design
Edward Moemeka 3.63
All About .NET
Updated: 12 May 2001  
Just what is .NET? Jason Clark gives an overview of .NET and what it means to you as a developer.
Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Jason Clark 3.61
Object-Oriented Static Destructors
Updated: 28 Jul 2006  
In Delphi, there was always available initialization and finalization section for units. But have you ever wondered how to achieve the same using .NET?
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Harkos 3.60
Get a User's Full Name
Updated: 24 Sep 2009  
Use .NET 3.5's DirectoryServices namespace to quickly and easily get at a user's full name.
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows, .NET, Dev
jabit 3.60
An Intro to Constructors in C#
Updated: 30 May 2004  
This is an article on Constructors in C#, for the beginner level programmers. It covers simple constructors, constructors overloading, behaviour of constructors in inheritance, constructor chaining and static constructors. At the end, it contains the general FAQs about constructors.
C#, VB.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, Win2003, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, WebForms, Dev
Neeraj Saluja 3.59
Hash Table and Serialization in .NET
Updated: 7 Jul 2002  
This article introduces hash table and serialization in .NET
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Visual Studio, Dev
Liong Ng 3.58
New Version Of Rhino Mocks - Unedited
Updated: 1 Jul 2005  
A flexible mock objects framework and general discussion of mocking, now in a second version
Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, QA
Ayende @ Rahien 3.58
Role of HTTP Modules in .NET Security
Updated: 22 May 2007  
Custom Authorization using HTTP Modules
C#, Windows, .NET 2.0, ASP.NET, WebForms, VS.NET2003, Dev
VanithaGanesan 3.58
Geo-referencing {Map Calibration}
Updated: 5 Feb 2006  
Defining a set of equations that transfers Longitude, Latitude to X, Y coordinate system and vice versa
C#, .NET, Win2K, WinXPVS2005, Dev
Mohammad Riazi, H.Riazi 3.58
LINQ Performance Test: My First Visual Studio 2008 Project
Updated: 21 Dec 2007  
A sample Visual Studio 2008 project that compares the performance of LINQ to simpler loops
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Mono, DotGNU, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Dev
Guy Vider 3.57
Templates in Visual Studio .NET
Updated: 27 Mar 2006  
This article shows the way to create templates for Visual Studio .NET
Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Ricardo Casquete 3.57
Inside the .NET Application
Updated: 12 Jan 2004  
This article provides low level discussion about the PE file structure.
C#, VC7, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, Dev
Buddhike de Silva 3.56
.NET Event Handling using the Template Method Design Pattern
Updated: 20 Mar 2002  
How to enhance .NET event handling with the Template Method design pattern
C#, VB.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, Dev
Kevin McFarlane 3.55
.NET Remoting Spied On
Updated: 5 Feb 2001  
Microsoft's RemSpy sample's implementation has been explained and more remoting explanations.
C#, VC7, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Naveen K Kohli 3.55
App.Config for your DLL
Updated: 11 Nov 2005  
Using an app.config in your DLL.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
n10sive 3.54
Reducing the Size of .NET Applications
Updated: 4 Oct 2004  
An article on reducing size of .NET executables.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Vasian Cepa 3.54
An Easy to Understand Icon Manager Completely in .NET
Updated: 12 Nov 2007  
This article demonstrates how to extract and display icons in .NET 2.0 without resorting to the Windows API
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
Dominick O'Dierno 3.53
Post XML Data to an ASP.NET Page using C#
Updated: 18 May 2005  
This article describes the function to post XML data to an ASP.NET page and then read the data on an ASP.NET page
C#, Windows, .NET, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, IIS 5.1, IIS 6, Architect, DBA, Dev, QA
S Sansanwal 3.51
CLR Magics in Yukon
Updated: 21 Dec 2003  
This article describes Yukon (SQL Server 9.0) using CLR
C#, VB, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, Dev
Selvan 3.50
Tips about .NET Enums
Updated: 19 Apr 2004  
Some very simple tips using Enum types in VB.NET and C#.NET
C#, VB, .NET, Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev
Alberto Venditti 3.50
How Mobile Web Applications Work
Updated: 27 Sep 2005  
An article on how .NET mobile web applications work.
Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
HandyGuy 3.50
Power of Visual Inheritance in .NET – “Best”
Updated: 4 Dec 2003  
This article helps in exploring the power of Visual Inheritance and makes your application development very easy.
C#, VB.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev
Saurabhdotnet 3.48
Stateful Reflection
Updated: 8 Jan 2005  
Describes a series of classes to handle reflected members in a polymorphic, instance-specific manner.
C#, Windows, .NET CF, .NET, Mobile, Visual Studio, Dev
piers7 3.48
Dot Net Remoting: Handling Remote Events using Delegates – a real world example of 'chat and file send' application - Unedited
Updated: 14 May 2006  
This document demonstrates how to handle events from a remote object using a real time ‘Message and file transfer’ application.
Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
josekonoor 3.46
Strings in .NET
Updated: 25 Apr 2004  
Strings in .NET are special - this article shows why.
C++/CLI, C#, VB.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Ernst Kuschke 3.44
Generics and Custom Collection Classes in .NET 2.0
Updated: 30 Sep 2005  
An article on how Generics in .NET 2.0 Framework can help writing custom collection classes easily.
C#, VB, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Architect, Dev
Mahesh Kumar V K 3.43
Encrypting the app.config File for Windows Forms Applications
Updated: 18 Apr 2007  
Encrypting the app.config file for Windows Forms Applications
VB 8.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
TRON 3.43
Creating PDF with nFOP
Updated: 11 Jan 2006  
How to use generate PDF files on the fly using nFOP
Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Jerome Bellanger 3.42
Configuration By Environment
Updated: 4 Jun 2008  
Automated method for controlling the contents of application config files based on target environment
C#, XML, Windows, .NET 2.0, Dev
John Martin 3.42
Win32 API: C++ to .NET
Updated: 8 Mar 2005  
This is a conversion sheet to go from C++ API calls to .NET P/Invoke. It includes data type conversions and tips.
C++/CLI, C, C#, VB, eVC, VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Win Mobile, .NET, Mobile, Win2003, Vista, Visual Studio, Dev
kbrryder 3.42
Watching Folder Activity in VB.NET
Updated: 13 Nov 2002  
In this article we're going to learn how to implement the FileSystemWatcher class using Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
VB, Windows, .NET 1.0, Visual Studio, Dev
Jayesh Jain 3.41
My First Remoting Experience
Updated: 14 Mar 2006  
A really simple example on how to use remoting correctly in many ways
Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
.seb 3.41
Create Item Templates Which Have Nested Items
Updated: 5 May 2008  
A template creation method, implementing IWizard in order to add nested items in the solution
C# (C# 2.0), .NET, Visual Studio (VS2005)
Sarafian 3.40
MultiList: .NET Generic List with Multiple Sort Orders
Updated: 1 Feb 2008  
The MultiList class extends the functionality of the generic list. The MultiList class manages multiple sort orders on lists. It is best suited to object lists where searching is required on more than one criteria.
C# (C# 2.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0), Dev
gogglin 3.40
Adding Random Functionality to Generic Lists using Extension Methods
Updated: 29 Apr 2009  
Extends IList to include a shuffle method and a 'select an element at random' method.
C# (C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.5), Dev
andywilsonuk 3.40
Creating a Flexible Dynamic Plugin Architecture under .NET
Updated: 11 Nov 2003  
This article demonstrates how to create a simple class which can be extended to assist with plugin creation and management.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Paul Hounshell 3.39
Primitive, Reference and Value Types
Updated: 12 Sep 2005