http://www.codeproject.com Latest Articles for Nish Sivakumar from CodeProject en-us http://www.codeproject.com/App_Themes/Std/Img/logo100x30.gif http://www.codeproject.com 100 30 CodeProject Copyright CodeProject, 1999-2013 Webmaster@codeproject.com (Webmaster) Mon, 20 May 2013 03:06:07 GMT 20 C# Hand-coded goodness Writing a basic Windows Store Hello World equivalent using VC++ and MVVM http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/566622/Introduction-to-using-MVVM-with-Visual-Cplusplus-2 Nish Sivakumar C++ Windows Visual-Studio Architect Dev XAML Design Beginner Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:09:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/566622/Introduction-to-using-MVVM-with-Visual-Cplusplus-2 Article Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:09:00 GMT 4818 4.83 5.03 11 14 97 Welcome to our continuing series of CodeProject interviews in which we talk to developers about their backgrounds, projects, interests and pet peeves. In this installment we talk to Nish Sivakumar, a literal CodeProject legend. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/564903/A-Coder-Interview-with-Nish-Sivakumar CodeProject, Nish Sivakumar All-Topics Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:56:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/564903/A-Coder-Interview-with-Nish-Sivakumar Article Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:56:00 GMT 7068 4.93 6.89 25 4 A comparative look at lambdas in C++ and C# with focus on the differences and similarities in lambda usage across the languages and their variants. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/277612/Using-lambdas-Cplusplus-vs-Csharp-vs-Cplusplus-CX Nish Sivakumar C++ C# Windows Visual-Studio Architect Dev QA Beginner Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:43:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/277612/Using-lambdas-Cplusplus-vs-Csharp-vs-Cplusplus-CX Article Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT 73132 4.94 8.97 65 90 2 An introduction to using WinRT databinding with Visual C++ http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/270415/Visual-Cplusplus-and-WinRT-Metro-Databinding-Basic Nish Sivakumar C++ Windows Architect Dev COM Design Intermediate Metro WinRT Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:06:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/270415/Visual-Cplusplus-and-WinRT-Metro-Databinding-Basic Article Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:06:00 GMT 23019 4.82 5.52 14 18 346 The fundamentals of using Visual C++ to consume and create WinRT objects http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/262151/Visual-Cplusplus-and-WinRT-Metro-Some-fundamentals Nish Sivakumar C++ Windows Architect Dev COM Intermediate Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/262151/Visual-Cplusplus-and-WinRT-Metro-Some-fundamentals Article Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT 79553 4.83 8.36 54 63 This is an unofficial Code Project application that can analyze forums over a range of posts to retrieve posting statistics for individual members. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/173462/The-Code-Project-Forum-Analyzer-Find-out-how-much Nish Sivakumar Architect Dev QA WPF Design Beginner C#4.0 .NET4 Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:08:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/173462/The-Code-Project-Forum-Analyzer-Find-out-how-much Article Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:08:00 GMT 47563 4.92 7.74 37 35 525 This article is about a very light-weight enum extension library that takes advantage of dynamic types in .NET 4.0 to provide a simple way to add meta attributes to an enum field. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/169430/Adding-data-bindable-attributes-to-C-enums-using-t Nish Sivakumar Architect Dev WPF Design Intermediate C#4.0 .NET4 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:35:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/169430/Adding-data-bindable-attributes-to-C-enums-using-t Article Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:35:00 GMT 47247 4.97 8.49 51 90 599 The core idea behind this code and article is to provide an uncomplicated approach to reset a view-model without having to adjust DataContext references in views. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/158591/Resetting-a-View-Model-in-WPF-MVVM-applications-wi Nish Sivakumar .NET3.5 C# .NET Architect Dev XAML WPF Design Intermediate C#4.0 MVVM Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:40:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/158591/Resetting-a-View-Model-in-WPF-MVVM-applications-wi Article Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:16:00 GMT 25818 4.85 4.38 8 13 374 This is a WP7 application that will analyze your most recent posts and give you summarized statistics on your forum wide posting split up. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/149571/Code-Project-Posts-Analyzer-for-Windows-Phone-7 Nish Sivakumar C# Mobile Architect Dev QA Design Beginner Silverlight Windows-Phone-7 MVVM Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:14:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/149571/Code-Project-Posts-Analyzer-for-Windows-Phone-7 Article Mon, 24 Jan 2011 02:14:00 GMT 53765 4.95 7.16 28 18 281 This is a lightweight version of Luc Pattyn's popular CP Vanity application http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/128858/CP-Vanity-Lite Nish Sivakumar C# .NET Visual-Studio Dev Beginner C#4.0 VS2010 .NET4 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:20:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/128858/CP-Vanity-Lite Article Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:40:00 GMT 51027 4.99 7.21 28 21 498 PopClient is an asynchronous POP3 library with support for SSL and attachments http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/125689/PopClient-A-POP3-companion-to-SmtpClient Nish Sivakumar C# .NET Visual-Studio Architect Dev Beginner C#4.0 VS2010 .NET4 MVVM Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:46:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/125689/PopClient-A-POP3-companion-to-SmtpClient Article Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:40:00 GMT 66084 4.93 8.29 48 96 2494 This application monitors for new posts in the Code Project forums. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/111335/Code-Project-Forums-New-Posts-Monitor Nish Sivakumar Vista Architect Dev WPF Design Beginner C#4.0 Win7 VS2010 MVVM Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:09:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/111335/Code-Project-Forums-New-Posts-Monitor Article Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:09:00 GMT 111031 4.89 7.88 41 28 412 A brief introduction to using transformations with the WPF http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/14895/WPF-Tutorial-Part-1-Transformations Christian Graus, Nish Sivakumar WinXP Vista C# .NET Visual-Studio Dev XAML WPF Beginner Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:03:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/14895/WPF-Tutorial-Part-1-Transformations Article Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:43:00 GMT 201582 4.38 7.47 51 111 4506 This article discusses an attached behavior that lets you handle the View Window's Closed and Closing events via commands in the View-Model http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/73251/Handling-a-Window-s-Closed-and-Closing-events-in-t Nish Sivakumar C# .NET Visual-Studio Architect Dev QA WPF Design Intermediate VS2010 MVVM Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:46:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/73251/Handling-a-Window-s-Closed-and-Closing-events-in-t Article Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:46:00 GMT 42609 5 5.19 12 28 1215 John, here's a simpler way to do this. This will also handle strings like "3*" which are valid grid length values in Xaml.private RowDefinition MakeRowDefinition(string height){ RowDefinition rowDef = new RowDefinition(); GridLengthConverter converter = new... http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/72520/Setting-non-numeric-grid-row-column-sizes-in-WPF-S Nish Sivakumar C# WPF Silverlight Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:06:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/72520/Setting-non-numeric-grid-row-column-sizes-in-WPF-S Tip/Trick Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:51:00 GMT 1689 5 3.49 5 1 The Exif Compare Utility is a WinDiff equivalent for image files that compares the Exif meta-data and displays the differences and similarities. The application is written using WPF and MVVM. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/72124/EXIF-Compare-Utility-using-WPF Nish Sivakumar C# .NET Visual-Studio Architect Dev QA WPF Design Intermediate VS2010 MVVM Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:56:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/72124/EXIF-Compare-Utility-using-WPF Article Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:56:00 GMT 17550 5 5.73 14 38 571 This article shows you how to add menu items to the system menu and attach command handlers in an MVVM compatible fashion http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/70568/An-MVVM-friendly-approach-to-adding-system-menu-en Nish Sivakumar C# Windows .NET Visual-Studio Architect Dev QA WPF Design Beginner VS2010 MVVM Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:45:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/70568/An-MVVM-friendly-approach-to-adding-system-menu-en Article Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:43:00 GMT 37777 5 6.99 25 52 365 This paper is a summary of a research exercise conducted in conjunction by Nish Sivakumar, Professor Cuthbert Calculus, and Glenn Quagmire. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/70090/An-explorative-peek-into-generating-deterministic Nish Sivakumar, Professor Cuthbert Calculus, Glenn Quagmire C++ C++/CLI C C# VBScript Windows Architect Dev QA COM ASM Advanced Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:48:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/70090/An-explorative-peek-into-generating-deterministic Article Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:02:00 GMT 25001 4.99 7.57 33 21 71 An ExifReader class in C# that supports custom formatting and extraction. StyleCop compliant code, with demos for WPF and Windows Forms. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/69289/An-extensible-ExifReader-class-with-customizable-t Nish Sivakumar C# Windows .NET Architect Dev WPF Design LINQ Beginner Intermediate C#4.0 .NET4 MVVM WinForm Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:54:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/69289/An-extensible-ExifReader-class-with-customizable-t Article Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:54:00 GMT 25264 5 7.53 32 65 766 This is an LCS based diff library that was written for the Code Project Lean and Mean diff engine contest http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/39184/An-LCS-based-diff-ing-library-in-C Nish Sivakumar C#3.0 .NET3.5 C# .NET Architect Dev QA Design Beginner C#4.0 .NET4 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:27:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/39184/An-LCS-based-diff-ing-library-in-C Article Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:03:00 GMT 32170 4.54 6.53 28 32 665 The article shows how to interop between a WCF service and a WWS client, and also how to rewrite the WCF service in WWS retaining compatibility with existing WCF clients. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/38535/A-first-look-at-the-Windows-Web-Services-API Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 VC7.1 VC8.0 WinXP Win2003 Vista VS2008 C++ C C# Windows .NET Win32 Visual-Studio CEO Architect Dev QA WCF Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:07:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/38535/A-first-look-at-the-Windows-Web-Services-API Article Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:07:00 GMT 64529 4.97 7.49 32 66 This article describes a generic Trictionary class derived from Dictionary that allows two values of different types per key http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/34070/A-generic-Trictionary-class Nish Sivakumar .NET2.0 C#1.0 C#2.0 C#3.0 C# .NET Architect Dev Design Beginner Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:10:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/34070/A-generic-Trictionary-class Article Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:10:00 GMT 19241 4.51 5.77 19 20 64 This article walks through the implementation of a C++/CLI class from a disposable C# base. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/27521/C-CLI-HowTo-Deriving-from-a-C-disposable-class Nish Sivakumar VS2008 C++/CLI C# Windows .NET Visual-Studio Architect Dev QA Design Beginner Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:11:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/27521/C-CLI-HowTo-Deriving-from-a-C-disposable-class Article Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:11:00 GMT 25762 5 6.99 25 27 173 This articles explains how to implement a TypeDescriptionProvider for a class to support multiple object types using a single class type http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/26992/Using-a-TypeDescriptionProvider-to-support-dynamic Nish Sivakumar .NET3.0 C#3.0 VS2008 C# .NET Visual-Studio Architect Dev Design Beginner WinForm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:32:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/26992/Using-a-TypeDescriptionProvider-to-support-dynamic Article Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:32:00 GMT 33395 4.9 7.5 34 49 511 The performance of STL/CLR sequence containers are compared with that of corresponding BCL generic collection classes http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/24206/A-look-at-STL-CLR-performance-for-linear-container Nish Sivakumar .NET2.0 .NET3.0 .NET3.5 C++/CLI Windows .NET Architect Dev QA Design LINQ Intermediate Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:15:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/24206/A-look-at-STL-CLR-performance-for-linear-container Article Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:15:00 GMT 33165 4.79 6.69 25 17 A step by step tutorial on how to deploy an MFC application via ClickOnce http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/22905/Deploying-MFC-applications-via-ClickOnce Nish Sivakumar C++ C++/CLI Windows .NET Visual-Studio MFC Architect Dev QA Design Beginner Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:14:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/22905/Deploying-MFC-applications-via-ClickOnce Article Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:14:00 GMT 42328 4.85 7.09 29 50 An ownerdrawn multi-column combobox class with support for data-binding http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/19781/A-data-bound-multi-column-combobox Nish Sivakumar .NET2.0 WinXP Vista VS2005 C#2.0 Dev Intermediate WinForm Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:11:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/19781/A-data-bound-multi-column-combobox Article Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:11:00 GMT 122714 4.87 8.76 63 135 3536 This article covers basic marshal_as usage, as well as how to extend marshal_as to support additional type conversions http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/19579/Using-and-extending-the-Orcas-marshal_as-library Nish Sivakumar C++/CLI Windows .NET Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:22:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/19579/Using-and-extending-the-Orcas-marshal_as-library Article Thu, 12 Jul 2007 23:22:00 GMT 34632 4.93 6.97 26 21 1 This article covers how animations can be applied on properties that do not have an associated animation class http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/18379/WPF-Tutorial-Part-2-Writing-a-custom-animation-cla Christian Graus, Nish Sivakumar .NET3.0 C# Windows Visual-Studio Dev XAML WPF Beginner Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:17:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/18379/WPF-Tutorial-Part-2-Writing-a-custom-animation-cla Article Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:17:00 GMT 106783 4.85 8.23 50 71 3318 Excerpt from Chapter 4 on interior and pinning pointers http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/17817/C-CLI-in-Action-Using-interior-and-pinning-pointer Nish Sivakumar VC8.0 .NET2.0 VS2005 C++/CLI Windows Dev Intermediate Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:36:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/17817/C-CLI-in-Action-Using-interior-and-pinning-pointer Article Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:36:00 GMT 36750 4.94 7.57 34 38 This is an excerpt from Chapter 1 that covers how CLI classes are instantiated, and discusses constructors and assignment operators http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/17787/C-CLI-in-Action-Instantiating-CLI-classes Nish Sivakumar VC8.0 .NET2.0 VS2005 C++/CLI Windows Dev Intermediate Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:56:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/17787/C-CLI-in-Action-Instantiating-CLI-classes Article Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:56:00 GMT 41498 4.98 7.13 27 30 Excerpts from Chapter 1. Topics are (1) Declaring CLR types and (2) Handles: The CLI equivalent to pointers http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/17741/C-CLI-in-Action-Declaring-CLR-types Nish Sivakumar VC8.0 .NET2.0 VS2005 C++/CLI Windows Dev Intermediate Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:42:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/17741/C-CLI-in-Action-Declaring-CLR-types Article Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:42:00 GMT 47227 4.94 7.71 36 31 Shows how to use CFSTR_FILEDESCRIPTOR and CFSTR_FILECONTENTS to perform drag/drop with virtual files http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/15576/How-to-drag-a-virtual-file-from-your-app-into-Wind Nish Sivakumar VC7.1 VC8.0 Win2K WinXP VS.NET2003 VS2005 Dev Intermediate Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:48:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/15576/How-to-drag-a-virtual-file-from-your-app-into-Wind Article Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:48:00 GMT 115473 4.95 7.83 38 91 958 The article takes a brief look at some not so commonly used classes such as auto_handle, lock, and ptr. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/14520/C-CLI-Library-classes-for-interop-scenarios Nish Sivakumar VC8.0 .NET2.0 VS2005 C++/CLI Windows Dev Beginner Tue, 20 Jun 2006 19:17:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/14520/C-CLI-Library-classes-for-interop-scenarios Article Tue, 20 Jun 2006 19:17:00 GMT 66735 4.73 7.3 35 41 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. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/13187/A-modal-dialog-that-fades-the-background-to-gray-s Nish Sivakumar VC8.0 .NET2.0 VS2005 C++/CLI C# Windows Dev Intermediate WinForm Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:54:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/13187/A-modal-dialog-that-fades-the-background-to-gray-s Article Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:54:00 GMT 116414 4.49 6.49 28 78 1651 This article demonstrates how to use the Windows Forms 2.0 MenuStrip and ToolStrip controls in an MFC SDI application, using C++/CLI, to get the Office 2003 style menu and toolbar http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/13073/Using-the-Windows-Forms-2-0-MenuStrip-and-ToolStri Nish Sivakumar C++/CLI Windows .NET Visual-Studio Dev Intermediate Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:08:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/13073/Using-the-Windows-Forms-2-0-MenuStrip-and-ToolStri Article Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:36:00 GMT 91789 4.84 6.4 21 38 1650 MessageBoxManager is a Windows Forms component that you can drag & drop into a Windows Forms project's main form, and it gives you enhanced message box functionality without forcing you to change your existing calls to any of the MessageBox.Show() overloads http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/13123/MessageBoxManager-A-Windows-Forms-component-that-p Nish Sivakumar VC8.0 .NET2.0 VS2005 C++/CLI C# Windows Dev Intermediate WinForm Mon, 20 Feb 2006 02:03:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/13123/MessageBoxManager-A-Windows-Forms-component-that-p Article Mon, 20 Feb 2006 02:03:00 GMT 134938 4.91 8.34 50 154 3287 CAutoNativePtr is a managed template class that acts as a smart pointer, and is handy for using native objects in managed code. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/12771/CAutoNativePtr-A-managed-smart-pointer-for-using-n Nish Sivakumar VC8.0 VS2005 C++/CLI Windows .NET Dev Intermediate Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:17:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/12771/CAutoNativePtr-A-managed-smart-pointer-for-using-n Article Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:17:00 GMT 35925 4.98 7.36 30 32 487 This article is a simple introduction to using the CWinFormsControl MFC class to put a Windows Forms control on an MFC dialog. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/12308/Using-WinForms-controls-in-an-MFC-dialog Nish Sivakumar VC8.0 C++/CLI Windows .NET Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:52:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/12308/Using-WinForms-controls-in-an-MFC-dialog Article Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:52:00 GMT 136423 4.88 7.21 30 63 1892 Why the author thinks that C++/CLI has its own unique role to play as a first-class .NET programming language http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/11112/A-rational-attempt-to-substantiate-C-CLI-as-a-firs Nish Sivakumar VC8.0 VS2005 C++/CLI C# Windows .NET Dev Intermediate Tue, 26 Jul 2005 12:15:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/11112/A-rational-attempt-to-substantiate-C-CLI-as-a-firs Article Thu, 28 Jul 2005 07:31:00 GMT 212987 4.86 9.02 72 64 A C++ class that will detect and enumerate the active CLR versions on a machine http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/11003/The-coding-gentleman-s-guide-to-detecting-the-NET Nish Sivakumar VC7.1 VS.NET2003 Windows .NET Dev Intermediate Fri, 15 Jul 2005 18:15:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/11003/The-coding-gentleman-s-guide-to-detecting-the-NET Article Thu, 21 Jul 2005 16:08:00 GMT 134060 4.81 7.54 37 65 1076 A tool with full source code that enumerates tray icons and allows you to reposition them as well as send mouse messages. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10807/Shell-Tray-Info-Arrange-your-system-tray-icons Nish Sivakumar VC7.1 WinXP VS.NET2003 Dev Intermediate Mon, 27 Jun 2005 06:05:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10807/Shell-Tray-Info-Arrange-your-system-tray-icons Article Mon, 27 Jun 2005 06:05:00 GMT 200244 4.93 7.84 39 82 6006 Explains the usage of the Marshal class methods GetFunctionPointerForDelegate and GetDelegateForFunctionPointer, and compares their performance with the P/Invoke mechanism. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10704/Function-pointers-and-Delegates-Closing-the-gap Nish Sivakumar VC8.0 VS2005 C++/CLI Windows .NET Dev Intermediate Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:01:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10704/Function-pointers-and-Delegates-Closing-the-gap Article Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:01:00 GMT 95102 4.46 5.98 22 41 CProcessData is a template class that makes it easy to use data allocated in a different process, and is useful when making inter-process SendMessage/PostMessage calls. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10642/CProcessData-A-template-class-to-ease-up-SendMessa Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 VC7.1 Windows Visual-Studio Dev Intermediate Fri, 10 Jun 2005 09:21:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10642/CProcessData-A-template-class-to-ease-up-SendMessa Article Fri, 10 Jun 2005 09:21:00 GMT 75641 5 7.96 39 75 917 Describes a function that overcomes the inadequacies of IsAppThemed and IsThemeActive. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10564/How-to-accurately-detect-if-an-application-is-them Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 VC7.1 WinXP Visual-Studio Dev Intermediate Thu, 02 Jun 2005 06:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10564/How-to-accurately-detect-if-an-application-is-them Article Thu, 02 Jun 2005 06:00:00 GMT 46094 4.58 5.86 19 29 A freeware program (with source code) that allows you to change the MAC ID of your network adapter http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10493/MAC-Address-Changer-for-Windows-XP-2003 Nish Sivakumar VS2005 C++ Windows MFC Dev Intermediate Fri, 27 May 2005 04:33:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10493/MAC-Address-Changer-for-Windows-XP-2003 Article Fri, 27 May 2005 04:33:00 GMT 461434 4.67 8.3 60 113 20188 CNullable can be used to represent a value type (or simple native type) such that the type can be nulled. You can also compare it to nullptr using the == and != operators both of which have been overloaded. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10423/CNullable-T-A-convenient-Nullable-T-equivalent-cla Nish Sivakumar VS2005 C++ C++/CLI Windows .NET Dev Intermediate Wed, 18 May 2005 11:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10423/CNullable-T-A-convenient-Nullable-T-equivalent-cla Article Wed, 18 May 2005 11:00:00 GMT 35193 4.79 6 18 10 388 A convertor class for managed-unmanaged string conversions that handles memory de-allocations. Caller need not worry about freeing unmanaged memory allocations. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10400/StringConvertor-A-convertor-class-for-managed-unma Nish Sivakumar VS2005 C++ C++/CLI Windows .NET Dev Intermediate Mon, 16 May 2005 04:02:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10400/StringConvertor-A-convertor-class-for-managed-unma Article Mon, 16 May 2005 04:02:00 GMT 115025 4.97 7.67 35 47 1037 Looks at the syntax for the declaration and use of properties in C++/CLI http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10352/C-CLI-Properties-Syntactic-sugar-for-accessor-meth Nish Sivakumar C++ C++/CLI Windows .NET Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Wed, 11 May 2005 10:22:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10352/C-CLI-Properties-Syntactic-sugar-for-accessor-meth Article Wed, 11 May 2005 10:22:00 GMT 123080 4.61 5.9 19 18 Article shows how to overcome the C# insistence on operator overloads being static and describes a method for simulating polymorphic behavior for operator overloads. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10158/Simulating-polymorphic-operator-overloads-with-C James T. Johnson, Nish Sivakumar C# Windows .NET Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Tue, 19 Apr 2005 06:28:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10158/Simulating-polymorphic-operator-overloads-with-C Article Wed, 20 Apr 2005 05:20:00 GMT 87277 4.66 6.16 21 23 2 A class derived from CSMTPConnection that queries the MX record for a target domain and uses that to send mail http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10101/Send-mail-without-specifying-an-SMTP-server Nish Sivakumar VC7 VC7.1 Win2K WinXP Win2003 Visual-Studio ATL Dev Intermediate Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:10:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10101/Send-mail-without-specifying-an-SMTP-server Article Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:10:00 GMT 417552 4.75 7.71 42 105 3939 Introduces generics and compares it with templates http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/8991/Using-generics-in-C-CLI James T. Johnson, Nish Sivakumar VS2005 C++ C++/CLI Windows .NET Dev Beginner Wed, 08 Dec 2004 07:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/8991/Using-generics-in-C-CLI Article Wed, 08 Dec 2004 07:00:00 GMT 100140 5 6.61 21 28 Article on the usage and dangers of pinning pointers http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/8914/Guide-to-using-Pinning-Pointers Nish Sivakumar VS2005 C++/CLI Windows .NET Dev Beginner Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:05:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/8914/Guide-to-using-Pinning-Pointers Article Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:05:00 GMT 65121 4.75 6.87 28 32 Tries to explain the syntax, usage and behavior of interior pointers in C++/CLI http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/8901/An-overview-of-interior-pointers-in-C-CLI Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 VS2005 C++/CLI Windows Dev Beginner Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:33:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/8901/An-overview-of-interior-pointers-in-C-CLI Article Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:33:00 GMT 75821 4.92 7.12 28 30 Looks at how deterministic destruction is possible with C++/CLI http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/7965/Deterministic-Destruction-in-C-CLI Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 VS2005 C++/CLI Windows Dev Beginner Fri, 13 Aug 2004 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/7965/Deterministic-Destruction-in-C-CLI Article Fri, 13 Aug 2004 04:00:00 GMT 117716 4.82 6.97 28 33 The article exposes the new array syntax available in C++/CLI for the declaration and use of CLI arrays http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/7704/Arrays-in-C-CLI Nish Sivakumar VC8.0 C++/CLI Windows .NET Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Tue, 13 Jul 2004 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/7704/Arrays-in-C-CLI Article Thu, 12 Aug 2004 04:00:00 GMT 312665 4.95 7.92 40 48 Takes a look at new features like explicit overriding, renamed overriding, multiple overriding and sealing a method http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/7498/Function-overriding-in-C-CLI Nish Sivakumar VC8.0 .NET1.0 .NET2.0 VS2005 C++/CLI Windows Dev Beginner Wed, 23 Jun 2004 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/7498/Function-overriding-in-C-CLI Article Wed, 23 Jun 2004 04:00:00 GMT 250466 4.8 7.23 32 37 The CPZipStripper tool with source code http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/7115/A-tool-to-strip-zips-of-unwanted-files-before-subm Nish Sivakumar .NET1.1 VS.NET2003 C++ C# Windows Dev Intermediate Thu, 20 May 2004 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/7115/A-tool-to-strip-zips-of-unwanted-files-before-subm Article Thu, 20 May 2004 04:00:00 GMT 70047 4.76 7.03 30 33 989 Describes an issue when writing a binary file into a zip file using the java.util.zip classes http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/6989/Bug-when-using-the-java-util-zip-classes-to-write Nish Sivakumar .NET1.1 Dev Intermediate Sun, 09 May 2004 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/6989/Bug-when-using-the-java-util-zip-classes-to-write Article Sun, 09 May 2004 04:00:00 GMT 95966 4.58 5.51 16 23 A brief look at the new C++/CLI syntax and how it improves over the old MC++ syntax http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/6882/A-first-look-at-C-CLI Nish Sivakumar C++ C++/CLI Windows .NET Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Wed, 28 Apr 2004 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/6882/A-first-look-at-C-CLI Article Wed, 28 Apr 2004 04:00:00 GMT 384333 4.82 9.78 106 124 Article explains the differences between malloc/free and new/delete in a C++ context http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/6555/To-new-is-C-To-malloc-is-C-To-mix-them-is-sin Nish Sivakumar C++ Windows Visual-Studio Dev Intermediate Mon, 29 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/6555/To-new-is-C-To-malloc-is-C-To-mix-them-is-sin Article Tue, 30 Mar 2004 05:00:00 GMT 307469 4.39 6.52 31 47 Using nested repeaters in ASP.NET with an XML data store http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/6140/A-quick-guide-to-using-nested-repeaters-in-ASP-NET Nish Sivakumar C# ASP.NET Windows .NET Visual-Studio Dev Intermediate Fri, 20 Feb 2004 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/6140/A-quick-guide-to-using-nested-repeaters-in-ASP-NET Article Fri, 20 Feb 2004 05:00:00 GMT 318178 4.5 7.03 37 64 3024 This free program can be used to stress test SMTP servers. It also aids anti-Spam tool developers as a useful mail-bombardment tool. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1873/MultiMail-2-0-Freeware-SMTP-stress-testing-tool Nish Sivakumar VC7.1 Win2K WinXP VS.NET2003 Dev Intermediate Fri, 22 Feb 2002 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1873/MultiMail-2-0-Freeware-SMTP-stress-testing-tool Article Sat, 04 Oct 2003 04:00:00 GMT 236445 4.82 8.06 47 44 5766 Describes the virtual bool bug that exists in mixed mode Managed C++ programs that access unmanaged classes http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/4847/The-virtual-bool-bug Nish Sivakumar VC7 VC7.1 C++/CLI Windows .NET Visual-Studio Dev Intermediate Wed, 27 Aug 2003 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/4847/The-virtual-bool-bug Article Wed, 03 Sep 2003 04:00:00 GMT 111025 4.88 7.47 34 27 214 An introduction to managed exception handling in MC++ programs http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/4727/Managed-Exception-Handling-using-VC-NET Nish Sivakumar VC7 VC7.1 .NET1.0 .NET1.1 C++/CLI Windows Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Sat, 09 Aug 2003 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/4727/Managed-Exception-Handling-using-VC-NET Article Sat, 09 Aug 2003 04:00:00 GMT 87655 4.91 6.87 25 15 Demonstrates techniques using windows messages and hooks, which allow us to automate a windows properties dialog or even custom applications http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/4725/Manipulating-Windows-using-messages-and-simple-CBT Nish Sivakumar VC7.1 WinXP VS.NET2003 Dev Beginner Fri, 08 Aug 2003 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/4725/Manipulating-Windows-using-messages-and-simple-CBT Article Fri, 08 Aug 2003 04:00:00 GMT 117049 4.67 7.09 33 65 1595 Explains the pseudo modality of CDialog based modal dialogs and a problem with the CDialog::EndDialog implementation http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/3911/The-singular-non-modality-of-MFC-modal-dialogs Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 VC7.1 Win2K WinXP VS.NET2003 MFC Dev Intermediate Sat, 05 Apr 2003 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/3911/The-singular-non-modality-of-MFC-modal-dialogs Article Mon, 07 Apr 2003 04:00:00 GMT 179854 4.9 7.95 42 51 1441 Shows how to globally change the icons for folders and drives. Also shows some nifty tricks you might find handy in your applications. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/3564/Changing-default-icons-for-folders-and-drives Nish Sivakumar VC7.1 Win2K WinXP VS.NET2003 Dev Intermediate Mon, 27 Jan 2003 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/3564/Changing-default-icons-for-folders-and-drives Article Mon, 27 Jan 2003 05:00:00 GMT 124296 4.79 7.01 29 50 7601 Gives you copy/paste-able functions to retrieve the localized folder names, and to set/get user-defined folder names for dekstop folders http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/3552/Getting-and-setting-desktop-folder-names Nish Sivakumar VC7 VC7.1 Win2K WinXP VS.NET2003 MFC Dev Intermediate Sat, 25 Jan 2003 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/3552/Getting-and-setting-desktop-folder-names Article Sat, 25 Jan 2003 05:00:00 GMT 66679 4.88 7.53 35 35 658 A guide to the string wrapper classes provided by Visual C++ and class libraries http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/3004/The-Complete-Guide-to-C-Strings-Part-II-String-Wra Michael Dunn, Nish Sivakumar VC6 Win2K WinXP Visual-Studio MFC ATL WTL STL Dev Beginner Mon, 07 Oct 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/3004/The-Complete-Guide-to-C-Strings-Part-II-String-Wra Article Sun, 13 Oct 2002 04:00:00 GMT 829745 4.95 11.6 221 512 CPopProxyMT is a skeletal class that wraps a multi-threaded POP3 proxy. You can further modify this class to suite your needs. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/3011/CPopProxyMT-A-multi-threaded-POP3-proxy-skeleton Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 Win2K WinXP MFC Dev Intermediate Thu, 10 Oct 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/3011/CPopProxyMT-A-multi-threaded-POP3-proxy-skeleton Article Thu, 10 Oct 2002 04:00:00 GMT 121106 4.69 6.1 20 33 1566 Explains how you can suppress the File-Save-As dialog in a Doc/View app, how to save files to multiple formats, and how DoSave is implemented. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2908/CDocument-DoSave-revealed Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 Win2K WinXP Visual-Studio MFC Dev Intermediate Thu, 19 Sep 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2908/CDocument-DoSave-revealed Article Thu, 19 Sep 2002 04:00:00 GMT 126073 4.83 7.45 35 39 Hidden modal dialogs, stealing focus, always on top dialogs, going full-screen, expanding and contracting dialogs, removing task bar icon, context sensitive help and many other useful tips and tricks. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1724/Some-handy-dialog-box-tricks-tips-and-workarounds Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 Windows Visual-Studio MFC Dev Beginner Wed, 09 Jan 2002 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1724/Some-handy-dialog-box-tricks-tips-and-workarounds Article Wed, 18 Sep 2002 04:00:00 GMT 674388 4.93 10.52 136 345 A wrapper class for SHFormatDrive (XP/2K only). Corrects some errors in KB article Q173688 http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2807/CFormatDriveDialog-A-wrapper-class-for-the-undocum Nish Sivakumar VC7 Win2K WinXP MFC Dev Intermediate Wed, 28 Aug 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2807/CFormatDriveDialog-A-wrapper-class-for-the-undocum Article Wed, 28 Aug 2002 04:00:00 GMT 125077 5 7.39 30 31 2179 Demonstrates and compares the various casting operators available. Also suggests when to use and what to use! http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2795/Casting-Basics-Use-C-casts-in-your-VC-NET-programs Nish Sivakumar VC7 C++/CLI Windows .NET Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Sat, 24 Aug 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2795/Casting-Basics-Use-C-casts-in-your-VC-NET-programs Article Sat, 24 Aug 2002 04:00:00 GMT 263709 4.85 7.76 40 55 This message box delays its dismissal by disabling the OK button for a delay interval. It also has an optional auto-close feature. There are two versions, one uses a WH_CBT hook and some basic window tricks like sub-classing to achieve its goal. The other one is more MFC-ied. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2743/Delay-MessageBox-with-auto-close-option Shog9, Nish Sivakumar VC7 Win2K WinXP MFC Dev Intermediate Mon, 12 Aug 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2743/Delay-MessageBox-with-auto-close-option Article Wed, 14 Aug 2002 04:00:00 GMT 197484 4.96 8.52 52 65 4052 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 http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2727/A-statistical-analysis-of-the-performance-variatio Rama Krishna Vavilala, Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 .NET1.0 Win2K WinXP C++/CLI C# VB ATL Dev Intermediate Fri, 09 Aug 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2727/A-statistical-analysis-of-the-performance-variatio Article Fri, 09 Aug 2002 04:00:00 GMT 248286 4.85 9.3 83 43 945 A hot-key based program that lets you resize your current window to any size. Useful for web designers and GUI developers as it helps avoid frequent screen-resolution changes. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2719/Window-Sizer Nish Sivakumar VC7 Win2K WinXP MFC Dev Intermediate Wed, 07 Aug 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2719/Window-Sizer Article Thu, 08 Aug 2002 04:00:00 GMT 176001 4.86 8.43 54 77 3721 A fully owner drawn ComboBox derived class for enumerating and choosing fonts http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2699/FontComboBox-a-font-listing-combo-box-for-NET Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 C# Windows Dev Intermediate Mon, 05 Aug 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2699/FontComboBox-a-font-listing-combo-box-for-NET Article Mon, 05 Aug 2002 04:00:00 GMT 163067 4.93 6.85 24 63 4814 An owner drawn listbox that supports multi-line word-wrapped text as well as in-place editing. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2695/An-editable-multi-line-listbox-for-NET Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 C# Windows Dev Intermediate Mon, 05 Aug 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2695/An-editable-multi-line-listbox-for-NET Article Mon, 05 Aug 2002 04:00:00 GMT 300484 4.81 7.95 45 75 5023 Gives an elementary introduction to the use of ShellExecute/ShellExecuteEx, CreateProcess, WaitForSingleObject. How to bring up the Find window, the Properties window. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1842/A-newbie-s-elementary-guide-to-spawning-processes Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 Windows Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Mon, 18 Feb 2002 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1842/A-newbie-s-elementary-guide-to-spawning-processes Article Sat, 03 Aug 2002 04:00:00 GMT 365823 4.92 9.86 101 118 A ListBox derived class that shows tool-tips for items that won't fit within the width of the list box http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2675/ToolTipListBox-a-list-box-with-tool-tips Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 C# Windows Dev Intermediate Thu, 01 Aug 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2675/ToolTipListBox-a-list-box-with-tool-tips Article Thu, 01 Aug 2002 04:00:00 GMT 144089 4.77 6.49 23 49 2278 A ListBox derived class that supports internal ordering and re-ordering of items http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2656/Ordered-ListBox Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 C# Windows Dev Intermediate Tue, 30 Jul 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2656/Ordered-ListBox Article Tue, 30 Jul 2002 04:00:00 GMT 129025 4.98 8.66 54 31 1104 A work time tracking system that includes a Managed C++ remoting server and MFC clients that use the managed extensions. The application demonstrates how to mix managed and unmanaged code. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2631/N-Track-Work-Time-tracking-system Nish Sivakumar VC7 .NET1.0 C++/CLI Windows Dev Intermediate Thu, 25 Jul 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2631/N-Track-Work-Time-tracking-system Article Thu, 25 Jul 2002 04:00:00 GMT 232199 4.88 7.66 37 59 7553 Shows how you can call native API functions that require callbacks using IJW, and without the use of DllImport attribute. The technique allows you to pass a delegate as the callback function just as in the MS recommended manner except, I show you how to do this without the ugly DllImport attribute. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2572/Implementing-Callback-functions-using-IJW-avoiding Nish Sivakumar VC7 .NET1.0 C++/CLI Windows Dev Intermediate Sun, 14 Jul 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2572/Implementing-Callback-functions-using-IJW-avoiding Article Sun, 14 Jul 2002 04:00:00 GMT 160131 4.53 6.48 27 34 916 Shows how you can create windows that can be dragged around, not just through the title bar, but anywhere within the window body http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2567/Creating-draggable-windows-SDI-and-dialogs Nish Sivakumar VC7 WinXP MFC Dev Intermediate Sat, 13 Jul 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2567/Creating-draggable-windows-SDI-and-dialogs Article Sat, 13 Jul 2002 04:00:00 GMT 124967 4.96 6.76 23 50 2447 An attempt to get a beginner started on Managed C++ http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1479/Introduction-to-Managed-C Nish Sivakumar VC7 .NET1.0 C++/CLI Windows Dev Beginner Fri, 19 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1479/Introduction-to-Managed-C Article Mon, 08 Jul 2002 04:00:00 GMT 233705 4.81 8.25 52 48 1220 This is further demonstration of MC++ IJW capabilities http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2240/Screen-and-Form-capture-with-Managed-C Nish Sivakumar VC7 Win2K WinXP C++/CLI .NET Dev Intermediate Tue, 07 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2240/Screen-and-Form-capture-with-Managed-C Article Thu, 04 Jul 2002 04:00:00 GMT 231137 4.94 8.52 53 35 1757 Demonstrates the usage of splitters, treeviews, listviews, panels, toolbars http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1507/Outlook-style-GUI-three-way-split-form Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 C++/CLI Windows Visual-Studio Dev Intermediate Mon, 29 Oct 2001 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1507/Outlook-style-GUI-three-way-split-form Article Thu, 04 Jul 2002 04:00:00 GMT 139766 4.94 8.82 61 61 2194 Explains the basic MFC program flow including where WinMain and the message loop are hidden http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1672/MFC-under-the-hood Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 Windows MFC Dev Beginner Tue, 18 Dec 2001 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1672/MFC-under-the-hood Article Wed, 03 Jul 2002 04:00:00 GMT 243093 4.64 9.33 102 128 1811 Basic demonstration of the TcpListener/TcpClient classes. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1482/MC-TCP-server-talking-to-MFC-MC-TCP-clients Nish Sivakumar VC7 .NET1.0 C++/CLI Windows MFC Dev Intermediate Sun, 21 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1482/MC-TCP-server-talking-to-MFC-MC-TCP-clients Article Tue, 02 Jul 2002 04:00:00 GMT 136726 4.92 8.56 55 31 4438 Explains the usage of WebRequest, WebResponse and related classes. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1477/How-to-do-Synchronous-and-Asynchronous-web-downloa Nish Sivakumar VC7 .NET1.0 C++/CLI Windows Dev Beginner Thu, 18 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1477/How-to-do-Synchronous-and-Asynchronous-web-downloa Article Sat, 29 Jun 2002 04:00:00 GMT 116778 4.83 8.17 49 40 997 Demonstrates the use of the reader/writer classes as well as the file/directory info classes http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1452/Basic-stuff-on-Files-Directories-and-Streams Nish Sivakumar VC7 .NET1.0 C++/CLI Windows Dev Intermediate Sat, 13 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1452/Basic-stuff-on-Files-Directories-and-Streams Article Thu, 27 Jun 2002 04:00:00 GMT 139648 4.93 8.42 51 27 804 Declaring and using managed .NET arrays with MC++ http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1457/Using-managed-arrays Nish Sivakumar VC7 .NET1.0 C++/CLI Windows Dev Beginner Sun, 14 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1457/Using-managed-arrays Article Tue, 25 Jun 2002 04:00:00 GMT 182221 4.83 8.13 48 31 836 Some tips/suggestions on using modeless dialogs with MFC http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1651/Tutorial-Modeless-Dialogs-with-MFC Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 Windows MFC Dev Beginner Fri, 07 Dec 2001 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1651/Tutorial-Modeless-Dialogs-with-MFC Article Wed, 19 Jun 2002 04:00:00 GMT 507567 4.87 10.42 138 136 7136 Introduces and walks you through the use of delegates in .NET. Compares and contrasts the different approaches that MC++ and C# adopt in the use of delegates. With examples in both languages http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1467/Delegates-Tutorial-MC-and-C-The-dual-perspective Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 C++/CLI Windows Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Tue, 16 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1467/Delegates-Tutorial-MC-and-C-The-dual-perspective Article Thu, 13 Jun 2002 04:00:00 GMT 205104 4.76 8.52 62 86 Tutorial on creating your own collection classes that are enumerable and sortable. Explains in detail the usage of the IEnumerable, IEnumerator, IComparable and IComparer interfaces http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2427/Implementing-custom-collection-classes-with-MC Nish Sivakumar VC7 .NET1.0 Win2K WinXP C++/CLI Dev Beginner Thu, 13 Jun 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2427/Implementing-custom-collection-classes-with-MC Article Thu, 13 Jun 2002 04:00:00 GMT 244905 5 6.71 22 27 750 Beginner article that shows how you can create horizontal, vertical and diagonal backgrounds. Also tells you what to watch out for, to avoid flickering when doing complicated drawing. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2413/Using-color-gradients-as-backgrounds-in-your-dialo Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 Win2K WinXP Visual-Studio MFC GDI Dev Beginner Mon, 10 Jun 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2413/Using-color-gradients-as-backgrounds-in-your-dialo Article Mon, 10 Jun 2002 04:00:00 GMT 201507 4.78 8.88 72 83 A .NET port of my MFC CFrameWnd derived InputBox class, written using MC++ http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2403/Multi-line-InputBox-control-MC Nish Sivakumar VC7 .NET1.0 Win2K WinXP C++/CLI C# Dev Intermediate Sat, 08 Jun 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2403/Multi-line-InputBox-control-MC Article Sat, 08 Jun 2002 04:00:00 GMT 104446 5 9.29 72 25 1456 A small CDialog derived class that helps avoid frequent copy/pasting of the same code, when using a bitmap as dialog background http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2402/Tile-center-and-stretch-a-bitmap-as-your-MFC-dialo Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 Win2K WinXP MFC Dev Intermediate Fri, 07 Jun 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2402/Tile-center-and-stretch-a-bitmap-as-your-MFC-dialo Article Fri, 07 Jun 2002 04:00:00 GMT 326824 4.84 8.73 63 85 10215 Shows how to derive a class from ComboBox and add an Auto-Complete feature to it. The example uses Managed C++. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2376/How-to-have-an-Auto-Completing-ComboBox-in-NET Nish Sivakumar VC7 .NET1.0 Win2K WinXP C++/CLI Dev Intermediate Mon, 03 Jun 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2376/How-to-have-an-Auto-Completing-ComboBox-in-NET Article Mon, 03 Jun 2002 04:00:00 GMT 86025 4.45 5.48 17 36 2017 Shows how you can load an assembly at run time, instantiate a class in that assembly and call methods on the class http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2346/Dynamically-loading-a-DLL-MC Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 Win2K WinXP C++/CLI Visual-Studio Dev Intermediate Tue, 28 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2346/Dynamically-loading-a-DLL-MC Article Tue, 28 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT 176135 4.79 8.1 49 25 A basic introduction to serialization using Managed C++ http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2338/Serialization-Primer-MC Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 Win2K WinXP C++/CLI Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Sun, 26 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2338/Serialization-Primer-MC Article Sun, 26 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT 144109 4.89 6.57 22 29 2476 This article presents a port of the MFC Trick button to .NET using Managed C++ and Windows Forms http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2327/The-MFC-unclickable-button-ported-to-Managed-C Chris Maunder, Nish Sivakumar VC7 .NET1.0 C++/CLI C# Windows Dev Intermediate Fri, 24 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2327/The-MFC-unclickable-button-ported-to-Managed-C Article Fri, 24 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT 100126 4.37 5.01 14 18 1218 Shows with some code snippets how registry handling is a piece of cake with .NET http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2003/Registry-handling-with-NET Nish Sivakumar Win2K WinXP C# .NET Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Fri, 22 Mar 2002 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2003/Registry-handling-with-NET Article Wed, 22 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT 158585 4.74 8.68 67 53 A simple class to install, uninstall, start, stop, pause, continue Win32 services http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2312/CServiceHelper Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 Win2K WinXP Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Tue, 21 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2312/CServiceHelper Article Tue, 21 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT 138852 4.94 8.16 45 48 1791 Shows how you can have status bars in your dialog based apps http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2289/Adding-a-status-bar-to-an-MFC-dialog Nish Sivakumar VC6 Win2K WinXP MFC Dev Beginner Fri, 17 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2289/Adding-a-status-bar-to-an-MFC-dialog Article Fri, 17 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT 288305 4.96 10 104 112 6467 An introduction to drag and drop in .NET http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2006/Drag-and-Drop-between-list-boxes-Beginner-s-Tutori Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 Win2K WinXP C# Dev Beginner Sun, 24 Mar 2002 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2006/Drag-and-Drop-between-list-boxes-Beginner-s-Tutori Article Tue, 14 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT 274173 4.71 9.54 106 82 5750 Introduction to unsafe code http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1453/Getting-unsafe-with-pointers-in-C Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 C# Windows Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Sat, 13 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1453/Getting-unsafe-with-pointers-in-C Article Mon, 13 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT 131365 4.83 8.76 65 37 2 An MC++ class that uses IJW to invoke the IShellLink interface http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2251/Creating-and-Resolving-shell-links Nish Sivakumar VC7 Win2K WinXP C++/CLI .NET Dev Intermediate Sat, 11 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2251/Creating-and-Resolving-shell-links Article Sat, 11 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT 184806 4.92 7.26 30 26 1255 A basic introduction to using IJW instead of P/Invoke in Managed C++. This is also the first CP article on IJW. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2234/Using-IJW-in-Managed-C Nish Sivakumar VC7 Win2K WinXP C++/CLI .NET Visual-Studio Dev Intermediate Fri, 03 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2234/Using-IJW-in-Managed-C Article Fri, 03 May 2002 04:00:00 GMT 208720 4.96 7.78 37 27 Explains how to register, use and unregister hotkeys http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2213/Beginner-s-Tutorial-Using-global-hotkeys Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 Win2K WinXP Dev Beginner Mon, 29 Apr 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2213/Beginner-s-Tutorial-Using-global-hotkeys Article Mon, 29 Apr 2002 04:00:00 GMT 209396 4.9 8.56 56 57 3264 An introduction to using the clipboard http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2207/Clipboard-handling-with-NET Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 Win2K WinXP C# Dev Beginner Sun, 28 Apr 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2207/Clipboard-handling-with-NET Article Sun, 28 Apr 2002 04:00:00 GMT 349876 4.65 8 53 112 4019 This ports Joe Newcomer's AutoRepeat Button class to a .NET control http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2130/NET-port-of-Joe-s-AutoRepeat-Button-class Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 C# Windows Visual-Studio Dev Intermediate Wed, 17 Apr 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2130/NET-port-of-Joe-s-AutoRepeat-Button-class Article Wed, 17 Apr 2002 04:00:00 GMT 155117 4.92 7.86 40 55 Beginner's Tutorial on adding tray icons and setting context menus http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2099/Adding-tray-icons-and-context-menus Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 C# Windows Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Thu, 11 Apr 2002 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2099/Adding-tray-icons-and-context-menus Article Thu, 11 Apr 2002 04:00:00 GMT 418579 4.76 8.95 76 166 1 Introduces .NET remoting and the use of asynchronous callbacks using simple code snippets http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2075/Absolute-beginner-s-introduction-to-remoting Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 C# Windows Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Fri, 05 Apr 2002 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2075/Absolute-beginner-s-introduction-to-remoting Article Fri, 05 Apr 2002 05:00:00 GMT 245433 4.82 9.79 107 157 1 An introduction to using signaled events for thread synchronization in .NET http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2042/Using-events-for-thread-synchronization Nish Sivakumar .NET2.0 C# Windows Visual-Studio Dev Intermediate VS2010 Thu, 28 Mar 2002 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2042/Using-events-for-thread-synchronization Article Thu, 28 Mar 2002 05:00:00 GMT 271772 4.68 7.37 38 59 1594 Shows how you can use a timer proc in your windows forms apps http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1972/Pre-beginner-s-guide-to-using-a-timer Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 WinXP C# Dev Beginner Sat, 16 Mar 2002 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1972/Pre-beginner-s-guide-to-using-a-timer Article Sat, 16 Mar 2002 05:00:00 GMT 143496 4.63 8.39 65 47 1382 Explains a multithreaded TCP file server, a custom TCP chat protocol and a custom TCP client http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1922/Beginning-Winsock-Programming-Multithreaded-TCP-se Nish Sivakumar VC6 Win2K MFC Dev Beginner Wed, 06 Mar 2002 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1922/Beginning-Winsock-Programming-Multithreaded-TCP-se Article Wed, 06 Mar 2002 05:00:00 GMT 411008 4.9 9.71 96 202 18881 A simple TCP client is explained. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1904/Beginning-Winsock-Programming-Simple-TCP-client Nish Sivakumar VC6 Win2K MFC Dev Beginner Fri, 01 Mar 2002 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1904/Beginning-Winsock-Programming-Simple-TCP-client Article Fri, 01 Mar 2002 05:00:00 GMT 477956 4.85 9.93 112 204 13121 Shareware authors can use this class to limit the number of runs or the number of days that a program will function http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1892/CExpire-A-C-class-that-implements-time-and-run-bas Nish Sivakumar VC6 Win2K Visual-Studio Dev Intermediate Tue, 26 Feb 2002 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1892/CExpire-A-C-class-that-implements-time-and-run-bas Article Fri, 01 Mar 2002 05:00:00 GMT 161129 4.9 8.54 55 100 1539 An introduction to WinSock programming. A simple TCP server is explained. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1891/Beginning-Winsock-Programming-Simple-TCP-server Nish Sivakumar VC6 Win2K Visual-Studio MFC Dev Beginner Tue, 26 Feb 2002 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1891/Beginning-Winsock-Programming-Simple-TCP-server Article Tue, 26 Feb 2002 05:00:00 GMT 626016 4.85 10.88 176 243 4 A class for reading and writing floppy disk sectors directly [Win 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP] http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1830/CFloppyDisk-2-0 Nish Sivakumar Win2K WinXP C++ Visual-Studio Dev Advanced Thu, 14 Feb 2002 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1830/CFloppyDisk-2-0 Article Fri, 15 Feb 2002 05:00:00 GMT 194346 4.91 8.93 66 35 2119 Includes a generic skeleton for a simple NT service. Explains how to install, start, and stop the service programmatically. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1697/Beginner-s-introductory-guide-to-writing-installin Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 Windows Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Sun, 30 Dec 2001 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1697/Beginner-s-introductory-guide-to-writing-installin Article Sun, 30 Dec 2001 05:00:00 GMT 361495 4.85 10.34 135 240 13718 Basic introduction to using OLE DB to insert, update and read records from a database http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1449/OLE-DB-First-steps Nish Sivakumar VC7 .NET1.0 C++/CLI Windows Dev Beginner Thu, 11 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1449/OLE-DB-First-steps Article Sun, 02 Dec 2001 05:00:00 GMT 167208 5 9.19 69 18 2054 This article explains how you can override PreTranslateMessage and ProcessMessageFilter in dialog based apps http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1619/Keyboard-messages-accelerators-handling-in-MFC-dia Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 Windows Visual-Studio MFC Dev Intermediate Sun, 02 Dec 2001 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1619/Keyboard-messages-accelerators-handling-in-MFC-dia Article Sun, 02 Dec 2001 05:00:00 GMT 309173 4.74 10.01 128 97 A CFrameWnd derived class that provides functionality similar to the VB InputBox function. You don't need a dialog resource to use the class! http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1616/CInputBox-1-0 Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 Windows Visual-Studio MFC Dev Intermediate Sat, 01 Dec 2001 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1616/CInputBox-1-0 Article Sat, 01 Dec 2001 05:00:00 GMT 96595 4.81 8.84 69 22 1150 A class for packing and unpacking file archives. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1585/CFileTar-1-0-pack-and-unpack-file-archives Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 Windows Visual-Studio MFC Dev Intermediate Mon, 19 Nov 2001 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1585/CFileTar-1-0-pack-and-unpack-file-archives Article Mon, 19 Nov 2001 05:00:00 GMT 122488 4.88 9.69 97 40 1242 An SMTP proxy class with ability to insert signatures to outgoing mails. Does not require MFC. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1576/CSmtpProxyMT-1-0 Nish Sivakumar VC6 VC7 Win2K Visual-Studio MFC Dev Intermediate Fri, 16 Nov 2001 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1576/CSmtpProxyMT-1-0 Article Fri, 16 Nov 2001 05:00:00 GMT 103241 4.93 9.03 68 34 1353 Shows how you can use data bound controls with OLE DB http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1448/OLE-DB-Bound-controls Nish Sivakumar VC7 .NET1.0 C++/CLI Windows Dev Beginner Thu, 11 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1448/OLE-DB-Bound-controls Article Tue, 13 Nov 2001 05:00:00 GMT 178128 4.86 10.71 160 25 1149 Shows how to use the Mutex class to limit your app to a single instance using a named mutex http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1533/Limiting-your-NET-apps-to-a-single-instance Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 C++/CLI Windows Visual-Studio Dev Intermediate Sun, 04 Nov 2001 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1533/Limiting-your-NET-apps-to-a-single-instance Article Sun, 04 Nov 2001 05:00:00 GMT 180491 4.67 8.05 53 17 Introduction to using the Monitor class for accessing shared resources from multiple threads http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1521/Thread-Sychronization-using-monitors Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 C++/CLI Windows Visual-Studio Dev Intermediate Thu, 01 Nov 2001 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1521/Thread-Sychronization-using-monitors Article Thu, 01 Nov 2001 05:00:00 GMT 58775 5 7.66 34 20 Shows how you can pass data to your worker threads http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1513/How-to-pass-data-to-worker-threads Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 C++/CLI Windows Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Wed, 31 Oct 2001 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1513/How-to-pass-data-to-worker-threads Article Wed, 31 Oct 2001 05:00:00 GMT 137035 4.91 7.45 33 29 Demonstrates adding menus, showing open-dialog boxes, showing images, scrolling. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1503/Managed-C-and-Windows-Forms-Image-Viewer Nish Sivakumar VC7 Win2K C++/CLI .NET Visual-Studio Dev Intermediate Sat, 27 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1503/Managed-C-and-Windows-Forms-Image-Viewer Article Sat, 27 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT 128236 4.9 7.85 40 36 An introduction to Windows Forms using Managed C++ http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1501/Managed-C-and-Windows-Forms Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 C++/CLI Windows Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Fri, 26 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1501/Managed-C-and-Windows-Forms Article Fri, 26 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT 136673 4.87 7.8 40 35 An introduction to using events and event handlers in C# http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1474/Events-and-event-handling-in-C Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 C# Windows Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Wed, 17 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1474/Events-and-event-handling-in-C Article Wed, 17 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT 630958 4.59 9.38 111 201 2 Two oft-overlooked value types that C# offers and where they can be used http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1456/Enums-and-Structs-in-C Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 C# Windows Dev Intermediate Sun, 14 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1456/Enums-and-Structs-in-C Article Sun, 14 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT 296696 4.59 8.86 86 101 2955 An elementary introduction to inheritance, polymorphism in C# using simple code snippets http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1445/Introduction-to-inheritance-polymorphism-in-C Nish Sivakumar .NET1.0 C# Windows Dev Beginner Wed, 10 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1445/Introduction-to-inheritance-polymorphism-in-C Article Wed, 10 Oct 2001 04:00:00 GMT 613368 4.59 9.9 144 158 3138