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The top articles of June have been voted and we're proud to announce some very worthy winners:

Best overall article of May 2009
M.M.Al-Farooque Shubho - Forms authentication and Role based authorization: a quicker, simpler, and correct approach
Prizes:	DXperience™ ASP.NET Subscription - Developer Express; InstallAware 8 Express, - InstallAware; REALbasic Professional Edition, - REAL Software; DevForce Silverlight - IdeaBlade;
Best VB.NET article of May 2009
_Khallaf - Custom GMail Vacation Auto-Responder
Prizes:	iGrid.NET - 10Tec; Dundas Chart for .NET Pro - Dundas Software Ltd.; .Net Dashboard Suite - Perpetuumsoft; Nevron User Interface for .NET (Professional edition) - Nevron Software; Klik! EntryLib.Net (WinForms) - Klik! Software; Shell MegaPack.Net 2009 - LogicNP Software; The latest VB books from Apress - Apress; SmartOutline 2010 - SmartOutline;

Best ASP.NET article of May 2009
M.M.Al-Farooque Shubho - Forms authentication and Role based authorization: a quicker, simpler, and correct approach
Prizes:	Report Sharp-Shooter - Perpetuumsoft; Dundas Chart for .NET Pro (Web) - Dundas Software Ltd.; Nevron Chart for .NET (Professional edition) - Nevron Software; The latest ASP.NET books from Apress - Apress; SmartOutline 2010 - SmartOutline;
Best C# article of May 2009
Daniel Vaughan - Calcium: A modular application toolset leveraging the Composite Application Library (PRISM) – Part 1
Prizes:	Dundas Chart for .NET Pro - Dundas Software Ltd.; iGrid.NET - 10Tec; Nevron Chart for .NET (Professional edition) - Nevron Software; Klik! EntryLib.Net (WinForms) - Klik! Software; Shell MegaPack.Net 2009 - LogicNP Software; The latest C# books from Apress - Apress; SmartOutline 2010 - SmartOutline; Report Sharp-Shooter for Silverlight - Perpetuumsoft;
Best C++/MFC article of May 2009
programmersmind - An Introduction to "Iterator Traits"
Prizes:	iGrid.NET - 10Tec; Codejock Xtreme ToolkitPro - Codejock Software; Nevron 3DChart for ActiveX - Nevron Software; The latest C++ books from Apress - Apress; SmartOutline 2010 - SmartOutline; CryptoLicensing For MFC - Enterprise Edition - LogicNP Software;

Well done guys!

And remember that you have just over a week to get your entries in for the Smart Client contest. We've thrown a little extra into the pot with two prizes of $1000 USD each to the highest-rated blog articles so get writing!

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Are you doing or plan to do any mobile application development?

Survey period: 15 Jun 2009 to 22 Jun 2009

Are you working on or planning to work on apps for mobile phones, etc.? If yes, please choose the technologies you're using or plan to use.

Option	Votes	%
Nope, no wireless for me	415	41.01
Windows Mobile	411	40.61
iPhone	171	16.90
Google Android	109	10.77
J2ME	76	7.51
Symbian	66	6.52
RIM Blackberry	58	5.73
Other (please specify)	33	3.26
WebOS	25	2.47
Brew	15	1.48
Responses	1009
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Most popular new articles 15 Jun 2009 - 22 Jun 2009

• SongBird - a Twitter hybrid smart client - Pete O'Hanlon
• How Programming Should Be Done - Marc Clifton
• A Project Dependency Graph Utility for Visual Studio 2008 - Marc Clifton
• PDF Viewer Control Without Acrobat Reader Installed - Ron Schuler
• Auto Ellipsis - Thomas Polaert

Latest Additions

140 articles overall 100 new, 59 updated, 5 moved. 52 were edited, 88 unedited
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New articles added Last week

Files and Folders

• FileTrack: Co-Editing Files without Tears - Gabriyel
  A nifty tool to help people track changes in files in real-time
  VB, Windows, .NET, Dev
  
  

Grid & Data Controls

• Datagrid - Editing, Updating, Cancel, Selecting Rows - Muhammad Ahmad
  How to work with data grid view
  C#, .NET, Dev
  
  
• Databinding - Bindinglist, BindingSource and BusinessObjects - Part 1 - Arindam Sinha
  Databinding - Bindinglist, BindingSource and BusinessObjects
  C#, .NET (.NET 3.5), WinForms, Architect, Dev
  
  

List Controls

• Double-buffered tree and list views - Eugene Sichkar
  Implementing native WinForms flicker-free TreeView and ListView descedants (Unedited)
  C#, Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0), Win32, Win64, WinForms
  
  

Printing

• DataGridView Print/Print Preview Solution - Part II - Alessandro Lentini
  This article is the second one of two articles in which I want to show a solution for the Print Preview of the DataGridView object. One of the goals of my solution is to print the DataGridView keeping its styles automatically.
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Dev
  
  

Smart Client

• SongBird - a Twitter hybrid smart client - Pete O'Hanlon
  Using the WCF RESTful services to create a Twitter hybrid smart client. (Unedited)
  C# (C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.5, .NET 4.0), Win2003, Vista, Win2008, Win 7, WCF, WPF, Dev
  
  
• Genesis Hybrid Smart Client Framework part VI - Stephan Johnson
  This is part II of a VII part series. This article covers how to manage the hosted applications, user interface and security using the Genesis Management System (Unedited)
  C# (C# 3.0), Windows (Win2003, Vista, Win2008, Win 7), Architect, DBA, Dev, SysAdmin
  
  

Applications & Tools

• PDF Viewer Control Without Acrobat Reader Installed - Ron Schuler
  PDF document viewer control that does not require any Acrobat product to be installed
  VB, Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0), Dev
  
  

ASP.NET

• A Note on Web application with Reference to ASP.NET and AJAX - Suchi Banerjee, Pune
  This article helps in understanding the overall programming model of a web application with reference to ASP.NET and AJAX.
  Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), ASP.NET, Ajax, Dev
  
  
• Consuming a WCF Service from an SSRS (RDL) Server Report - John Gathogo
  An article illustrating how to consume a WCF service from an SSRS Server Report (Unedited)
  C# (C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.5), ASP.NET, Win32, Visual Studio (VS2008), WCF, WebForms, Dev
  
  

ASP.NET Controls

• Editable Gridview with Textbox, CheckBox, Radio Button and DropDown List - sagnik mukherjee
  Edit Gridview that containg various Asp.NET contols (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0), ASP.NET, Dev
  
  

Silverlight

• One way, Two way and One time bindings using SilverLight - Shivprasad koirala
  This article will talk about three ways of binding object properties with SilverLight user interfaces. (Unedited)
  C#, Windows (Vista, Win2008, Win 7), Silverlight, Architect, Design
  
  
• 4 Simple Steps to Consume WCF Service using Silverlight - Shivprasad koirala
  4 simple steps to consume WCF service using Silverlight
  WCF, Silverlight, Architect
  
  
• Silverlight Auto Complete Treeview - HarishBhattbhatt
  Silverlight AutoComplete Treeview which takes Hierarchical data as its datasource (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), LINQ, Silverlight
  
  

Office Development

• Outlook Automation - Rolf_atSC
  This article shows how to automate Outlook using VS2008 rather than VSTO or VBA
  C#, Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0), Office, Visual Studio (VS2008), Dev
  
  

GDI+

• Implementation of Laplacian of Gaussion Edge Detection Algorithm using C# - Kunal Pawar
  This code helps to implement LOG using C#
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET, GDI+
  
  

Database

• How to integrate an OLE object with SQL Server. - Md. Marufuzzaman
  This article will demonstrate on how we can integrate T-SQL with external application. (Unedited)
  C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C# 4.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), SQL Server (SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL CE, SQL 2008), Visual Studio (VS2008), COM, COM+
  
  
• Working with SQL Server Logins - Mohammad Elsheimy
  Learn the details of how to work with SQL Server logins. (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C# 4.0), SQL, .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0), SQL Server (SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL CE, SQL 2008), Visual Studio, ADO.NET, DBA
  
  
• Sum of previous row values in SqlServer - S.Vinothkumar
  Sum of previous row values in SqlServer (Unedited)
  SQL Server (SQL 2005), Architect, DBA, Dev
  
  

.NET Framework

• Trigger Based Rule Engine - Deepak-VS
  Simple Rule Engine with Triggers to apply the rule
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), WPF, WinForms, Dev, Design
  
  
• Writing the read only application-scoped settings - freedeveloper
  A method to programmatically write the application-scoped setting in NET Framework (Unedited)
  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
  
  
• A New Way to Approach APM in .NET - mahosi1
  A wrapper for the Asynchronous Progamming Model in .NET
  C#, .NET (.NET 3.5), Visual Studio (VS2008), WinForms, WebForms
  
  

Game Development

• Multi-Threaded Game Server Browser - Greenhorn999
  A project that allows users to query Source and Half-Life-based master servers and individual servers
  VB, .NET (.NET 3.5) Topics, Architect, Dev, QA, Design, SysAdmin
  
  

Vista API

• Display Progress and Overlay Icons for Multiple Views from .NET in Windows 7 Taskbar - George Mamaladze
  This article describes how to use Windows 7 new taskbar features, progress indication and overlay icon, from unmanaged .NET code. The second part shows you how to manage progress indication and overlay icons in case of multiple views (windows) and provides appropriate missing classes for Windows API
  C#, Windows (Win 7), WinForms, Dev
  
  

Windows Communication Foundation

• WCF Service Behavior Example: IPFilter - Allow/Deny Access by IP Address - Ziad Elmalki
  WCF Service Behavior Example: IPFilter - Allow/Deny Access by IP Address (Unedited)
  C# (C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.5), WCF, Dev
  
  

Windows Powershell

• Using Powershell to backup your SVN repositories - TexasMensch
  How to automate backing up Subversion repositories using Powershell (Unedited)
  Windows, PowerShell, Dev, SysAdmin
  
  

Windows Presentation Foundation

• PhotoBooth - rudigrobler
  A article on how to create a kiosk application that displays photos received via bluetooth (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows, .NET, XAML, WPF, Dev, Design
  
  
• ImageMagic - WPF Image Color Spaces - Doug Wyrembek
  An article on using WPF to display and manipulate image data in popular colorspaces
  C# (C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.5), WPF, Dev
  
  
• WPF Glass Brush Markup Extension - LarryCharlton
  A WPF XAML markup extension with a "Glass" look. (Unedited)
  VB (VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, VB 6), Windows, WPF, Dev
  
  
• XAML Graphics Series - Part 1 Silverlight 1.0 XAML Desktop Art Animation - TheArchitectualizer
  This is an introduction to creating XAML applications using Silverlight 1.0 and JavaScript. (Unedited)
  Javascript, HTML, Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC, Win2008, Win 7), .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Mono, DotGNU, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0), XAML, WPF, Silverlight, Dev, Design, SysAdmin, Sales, Marketing
  
  

Windows Workflow Foundation

• Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation - logicchild
  An artilce that explains how to call external data and methods (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0)
  
  

C / C++ Language

• Image Compressor - Muhammad Hassan Haider
  Compressing Images the easiest way
  C++VS2008, Dev
  
  
• Auto Release Pool in Pure C Language - Chilap
  Using pure C language to mimic the memory auto release pool in objective-C
  C, Windows
  
  

C#

• A Project Dependency Graph Utility for Visual Studio 2008 - Marc Clifton
  Review your project dependencies.
  C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0.NET 3.5, WinForms, Dev
  
  
• War Card Game Simulation in C# - Gary Stafford
  Windows Forms Application using LINQ expressions and Dictionary objects to recreate a classic card game
  C# (C# 3.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 3.5), Visual Studio (VS2008), Dev, Design
  
  
• A multipanel control in C# - liron.levi
  this control acts like a tab control but without the tabs... (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0), WinForms, Dev
  
  
• Extending Polymorphism Backward in Class Hierarchy - Stas Kashepava
  This article explains how to apply polymorphic behavior back in the class hierarchy
  C#, Windows, .NET (.NET 3.5, .NET 4.0), Visual Studio (VS2008), Dev
  
  
• Full Outer Join of Two DataTables C# Code - dakshithaw
  This article explains how to join two data tables and get the result set into a new data table using C#. Here, this has been done without using Database Access.
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0), ADO.NET, Dev
  
  
• RCM - Radical (Non)Client Modification Library - Steppenwolfe
  A complete skinning engine; modify the appearence of forms and common controls. (Unedited)
  C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, .NET, Dev
  
  
• A Generic Method for Cross-thread Winforms Access - colonel720
  A convenient shortcut using generics to check for InvokeRequired on a Winforms control
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), WinForms, Dev
  
  
• Auto Ellipsis - Thomas Polaert
  Add "Auto Ellipsis" feature to any Windows Form control
  C# (C# 2.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0), WinForms, Dev
  
  

Java

• OpenNxSerialization - .Shoaib
  Speed up object serialization in Java.
  Java, Java, Dev
  
  

Other .NET Languages

• Introduction to Delphi Prism - Corinna John
  First steps tutorial for Delphi developers.
  .NET (Mono, .NET 3.5), ASP.NET, WPF, VS2008, Dev
  
  

Algorithms & Recipes

• Creating a XY Chart/Plot as a BlackBerry Custom Field - becker666
  Extend a field to make into a chart/plot field
  Java, Java (J2ME), Mobile (Blackberry), Dev, Design
  
  
• BEncode Lexing in C++ - airlobster
  A very efficient BEncode Lexer in C++.
  VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Dev
  
  

Bugs & Workarounds

• How To Inspect the Content of a Program Database (PDB) File - breakpoints
  Get to know the files you use on a daily basis when debugging your application with Visual Studio or WinDbg
  C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI, C, Windows (Vista), Win32, Visual Studio (VS2008), MFC, COM, Architect, Dev, Design, SysAdmin
  
  

Programming Tips

• Execute stored procedure in SQL server using nHibernate - ziaulh
  Useful tips to excecute stored procedure using nHibernate (Unedited)
  C# (C# 2.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5) Topics
  
  
• Session of low-level optimization of memory usage in the C++ programs with the total exposure - Victor A. Milokum, Apriorit Inc
  In this article we will try to make our algorithms working faster using the methods of low-level optimization of memory allocation in C++. (Unedited)
  C++ (VC7.1, VC8.0), Visual Studio, Architect, Dev
  
  
• Memory Model, Memory Barrier and Singleton Pattern in .NET - rohits1979
  Explains Memory Model and ways to implement singleton pattern
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0), Dev
  
  

Threads, Processes & IPC

• Testing distributed memory pools - Valery Grebnev
  This article describes a simple approach and test results when creating distributed pools of objects for high-performance applications on a Multi-core PC.
  VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Dev
  
  

Design and Architecture

• How Programming Should Be Done - Marc Clifton
  Cx: A prototype on component loose coupling (Unedited)
  C#, .NET, WinForms, Architect, Dev, Design
  
  

Book Chapters

• Chapter 3: JavaFX Primer3 - Prentice_Hall
  JavaFX Script blends declarative programming concepts with object orientation. This provides a highly productive, yet flexible and robust, foundation for applications. However, with this flexibility comes responsibility from the developer.
  Java, Java, Dev
  
  

Scrapbook

• Unleash the power of Search Engines - Sandeep Aparajit
  Let’s unleash the power of a search engine and see how effectively we can use it for searching! (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  

Articles updated added Last week

Combo & List Boxes

• Customizable ComboBox Drop-Down - lhayes00
  A combobox control with a customizable drop-down
  C# (C# 2.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 3.0), GDI+, Dev
  
  

Files and Folders

• Multithreaded File/Folder Finder - Roger500
  File Find is fast, especially if you have multiple physical drives
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows (WinXP, Vista), Dev, SysAdmin
  
  

Miscellaneous

• Programming Microsoft Agent in Windows Forms - Mohammad Elsheimy
  Learn how to program with Microsoft Agent in Windows Forms applications (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C# 4.0).NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0, WinForms
  
  

Printing

• Another DataGridView Printer - aureolin
  DataGridView printing encapsulated in a stand-alone object. Very easy to use! Updated to allow printing columns wider than one page.
  C# (C# 2.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0), Visual Studio (VS2005), Dev
  
  

Smart Client

• Genesis Hybrid Smart Client Framework part II - Stephan Johnson
  This is part II of a VII part series. This article covers the basics of what the Genesis Smart Client is and serves as required reading before reading parts III - VII (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0)
  
  
• Genesis Hybrid Smart Client Framework part III - Stephan Johnson
  This is part III of a VII part series. This article covers the back-end of the Genesis Smart Client Framework including the database design. (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0)
  
  
• Genesis Hybrid Smart Client Framework part IV - Stephan Johnson
  This is part IV of a VII part series. This article covers the windows client of the Genesis Smart Client Framework (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0)
  
  
• Genesis Hybrid Smart Client Framework part V - Stephan Johnson
  This is part V of a VII part series. This article covers the programming concepts that are involved in writing code for the Genesis Smart Client Framework (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0)
  
  
• Genesis Hybrid Smart Client Framework - Part I - Stephan Johnson
  This is part I of VII in a series of articles describing the Genesis Smart Client Framework. This article covers an overview of all the articles available in the series.
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0)
  
  

Ajax and Atlas

• How to Create an HTML Editor for ASP.NET AJAX - Eric Williams (winthusiasm.com)
  This article discusses how to create an HTML editor server control specifically for the Microsoft AJAX environment.
  C#, HTML, ASP.NET, Ajax, Dev
  
  

ASP.NET Controls

• ASP.NET PartialHyperLink Control - Uwe Keim
  Introducing a small user control to simplify localization of literal text with contained hyperlinks
  C#, HTML, XHTML, ASP, ASP.NET, WebForms, Ajax
  
  

Web Services

• ExtJS and .NET Web Services - Rafal Ziolkowski
  How to use .NET Web Services in ExtJS
  C# (C# 2.0), Javascript, .NET (.NET 2.0), ASP.NET, Dev
  
  

SharePoint Server

• SharePoint Workflow Basics - Shivprasad koirala
  SharePoint workflow basics
  All Topics, Architect
  
  

Audio and Video

• MP3, Wav, and PCM Audio Recorder Using iTunes in C# - Lukasz Kwiecinski, Istrib, EdMan196
  A program that integrates with iTunes and DirectSound to record music
  C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0WinXP, DirectX, COM, VS2008, Dev
  
  

Database

• Overview of XQuiSoft Data using the provider pattern (open source) - Mike Lang
  A data abstraction layer for .net applications. Write your application code to be database neutral. Swap out the type of database your application uses without updating or even recompiling your business components. (Unedited)
  C#, Windows, .NET, SQL Server, Visual Studio, ADO.NET, Oracle, Architect, DBA, Dev
  
  
• Fast and Easy Data Access with oSo.SimpleSql - Charles T II
  A Data Access Framework using Generics, Lambda Expressions, Fluent Interfaces, and the SqlProviderFactory.
  C# (C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.5), ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Dev
  
  
• SqlMetalPlus- A VS Add-in to Manage Custom Changes to DBML - Azeet
  This add-in adds easily accessible context menu commands to your DBML files to either apply custom changes or to refresh the whole DBML file with the latest changes from the database.
  XML, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0WinXP, Vista, LINQ, VS2008, DBA, Dev
  
  

.NET Framework

• Silver JukeBox with an Alternative Client - disore
  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
  
  
• Enterprise Library Wrapper Class to Implement Run-time Dynamic Connection Strings Without Using Config File - Raja.Lakshman
  Enterprise Library wrapper class to implement run-time dynamic connection strings without using config file
  VB (VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, VB 6), .NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Dev
  
  
• Changing Display Settings Programmatically - Mohammad Elsheimy
  Learn how to change display settings programmatically via API and .NET Framework (Unedited)
  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, .NET 4.0), Win32, WinForms, Hardware Topics, Dev
  
  
• Clearing the Console Screen using API - Mohammad Elsheimy
  Learn how to clear the console screen via API calls. In addition, learn some console techniques such as moving the text around the screen. (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0), Win32, WinForms
  
  

Win32/64 SDK & OS

• Win32 SDK C Tab Control Made Easy - David MacDermot
  This article describes formatting a non-MFC based tab control
  C++, C, Visual Studio, Dev
  
  

Windows Communication Foundation

• WCF Duplex, SMS, a WebServer and a Windows Client (and a couple of other things) - Dary Hint
  Sending and receiving text messages from a Windows client (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows, WCF, Dev
  
  

Windows Presentation Foundation

• WPF/xaml NotifyIcon and Taskbar (system tray) popup window - Murray Foxcroft
  Integrating WPF and XAML with the windows forms NotifyIcon control to produce a slick, styled popup window when the mouse is moved over the NotifyIcon (Unedited)
  C# (C# 3.0), Windows (WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC, Win2008, Win 7), .NET (.NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0), XAML, WPF, WinForms, Architect, Dev, Design
  
  
• WPF Menu using ViewModel - Part 1 - Visu.v
  Implementation of WPF menus using View Model approach
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), WPF
  
  

Windows Workflow Foundation

• State Machine Work Flow Discussion - Shivprasad koirala
  State Machine Work Flow Discussion (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), ASP.NET, Architect
  
  

C / C++ Language

• Chatbot Tutorial - Gonzales Cenelia
  Tutorial on making an artificial intelligence chatbot (Unedited)
  C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI, C, Java
  
  
• INI Reader / Writer Class for MFC and ANSI C++ ( Windows \ Linux ) - Ludvik Jerabek
  Object based INI file editing in Windows and Linux
  C++, Windows, .NET, Linux, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, Dev
  
  

C#

• Overview of XQuiSoft Logging using the provider pattern (open source) - Mike Lang
  An Introduction to XQuiSoft Logging with a comparision to other log components (Unedited)
  C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev
  
  
• Solving the .resx Merge Problem - Tom Clement
  This article provides a console utility and a method for extending a merge tool to ensure that only real changes (not reordering) appear when merging files from different source control branches.
  C#, Windows, WinForms, LINQ, Dev
  
  

VB.NET

• File Association in VB.NET - Nickr5
  Easily associate your programs with file types (.jpg, .html, .mp3) with just 2 lines of Visual Basic code.
  VB (VB 8.0, VB 9.0), Windows (WinXP, Vista), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0), Visual Studio (VS2005), WinForms, Dev
  
  

Algorithms & Recipes

• Permutations in C# Using Recursion - Gary Stafford
  Calculate all permutations of a set of elements using a simple recursive algorithm
  C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Visual Studio (VS2008), Dev
  
  
• JSON Spirit: A C++ JSON Parser/Generator Implemented with Boost Spirit - John W. Wilkinson
  A C++ JSON parser/generator written using boost::spirit
  C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev
  
  

DLLs & Assemblies

• server pinger and sms reporter via GSM Modem AT COMMAND - Arash Javadi
  a software that ping many servers inside a company and report network health (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Dev
  
  

Internet / Network

• A Simple C++ Client/Server in CORBA - Carlos Jiménez de Parga
  An introduction to the Visual C++ CORBA development
  C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI, C, Windows (Win2K, WinXP), Win32, Visual Studio (VS2005), Architect, Dev, Design
  
  
• Programming control point application using the UPnP Control Point API - amatecki
  The article describes how to use the Microsoft's UPnP Control Point API for finding and controlling UPnP devices, and includes a description of simple library to facilitate the application of Control Point API in your own programs, together with an example of MFC and WinForms applications. (Unedited)
  C++, C++/CLI, C#, Windows (WinXP, Win2003, Vista), Win Mobile, .NET (.NET 2.0), Win32, Visual Studio (VS.NET2003, VS2008), MFC, ATL, STL, COM, WinForms, Dev
  
  

Programming Tips

• Object oriented JavaScript class library in C#/.NET style - EJocys
  JavaScript classes ported from .NET (Unedited)
  Javascript, CSS, HTML, .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Mono, DotGNU, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), ASP, ASP.NET, Ajax
  
  

Design and Architecture

• Showing Dialogs When Using MVVM Pattern - disore
  One solution on how to solve the problem of opening dialogs from a ViewModel when using the MVVM pattern
  C# (C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.5), XAML, WPF, Dev
  
  

Technical blogs added Last week

Document / View

• Styling A ScrollViewer/Scrollbar In WPF - Sacha Barber
  A while back I was looking at the Infragistics WPf showcase,Tangerine and I was quite jealous about the scrollbars that they managed to use. I mean styling a Button is one thing, but the ScrollBar is made of lost of nasty different control parts, (Part_XXX elements). Incidently I wrote an article ab (Unedited)
  C++, Windows, COM
  
  
• WPF Flow Document For Beginners - Sacha Barber
  As part of an article that I am creating for www.codeproject.com I decided to look into using the System.Windows.Documents namespace and have a look at seeing if I could make a semi-cool’ish looking document.Now when you use FlowDocuments, there are several container WPF container controls wh (Unedited)
  C++, Windows, COM
  
  

Ajax and Atlas

• ASP.NET AJAX-based Source Code Browser - Jeremy Likness
  This project started out when I began searching for an quick way to put source code on my website to make it easy for guests to browse projects. Time is very valuable so I don't always like downloading a zipped archive and then exploding it to see it - I'd rather have a space online. (Unedited)
  C#, Windows, .NET (.NET 3.5), ASP.NET, GDI+, Ajax, Architect, Dev
  
  

Custom Controls

• Custom Tab Style - Sacha Barber
  A little while ago I mentioned about how important I thought it was to create a brand, and I showed you that you can create some interesting looking controls by Templating/Styling the standard System.Windows controls to create a brand.I also showed you a ScrollViewer and a Tab control which I had a (Unedited)
  Windows
  
  
• Creating Custom Panels In WPF - Sacha Barber
  WPF has a number of layout Panels that you could use straight out the box, there isWrapPanelStackPanelGridCanvasDockPanelAll of which are great, but occasionally you want something a little bit special. Whilst its probably true that you make most creations using a combination of the existing (Unedited)
  Windows
  
  
• Writing Custom LINQ Extension Methods - Sacha Barber
  Microsoft have done a great job with LINQ IMHO. However there are times when it might be handy to create your own LINQ extension methods. LINQ extension methods can be applied to any type provided that the source is of type IEnumerable<T>, so thats really the only requirement.So how do we w (Unedited)
  Windows
  
  
• Direct Input Custom Action Mapping (refresh) - Inaki Ayucar
  ManagedDirectx is quite a bit outdated, and no longer supported by Microsoft, but it will make it for this example on custom action mapping. I´d suggest you to go XNA or SlimDX if you want to do some serious .Net graphics or game development. What´s this post about? It´s about having a decent cont (Unedited)
  Windows
  
  

Silverlight

• Code Browser Take 2: Silverlight - Jeremy Likness
  After publishing an AJAX-based source code browser last week, I decided to do an iteration with Silverlight support. Our company is exploring this technology, so it was the perfect "proof of concept" project to get familiar with Silverlight before wiring it in at the office.Download the Source Code (Unedited)
  C# (C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.5), ASP.NET, Silverlight Topics, Architect, Dev
  
  
• Exposing Bindings as Properties of a Control - Colin Eberhardt
  Demonstrates how to create versatile controls which expose bindings for the elements which they contain internally. (Unedited)
  C#, WPF
  
  

Web Services

• Using SoapExtension to manage sessions - Diego Resnik
  If you don't really need a big session management solution that will cost you in performance (no matter what..) and you only want 2-3 parameters that will help you identify some user's preference without all the fuss, consider - soap extension. (Unedited)
  C# (C# 2.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0), ASP.NET, IIS, Architect, Dev
  
  

Database

• SQL. How to find holes in sequences. - Anton Burtsev
  Hello,Did you ever been asked to find all holes in document numbers (docs are sequentially numbered)? I had to do this search twice. Once for auditing purposes: holes may mean some sort of forgery. And now customers want to reuse numbers of deleted docs. And how do you think holes can be found using (Unedited)
  WCF
  
  
• SQL. Running Totals. - Anton Burtsev
  Running totals... Accountants like them so much. But there is no way in SQL to make efficient query that calculate running total. Why? What is running total? It is just previous running total plus current value. But SQL syntax does not give an access to previous rows. (Unedited)
  WCF
  
  

.NET Framework

• MSBuild: Factorial! - Stephen Cleary
  Using MSBuild Targets as general-purpose functions, complete with parameters and return values. (Unedited)
  XML, Windows, .NET Topics, Dev
  
  

Win32/64 SDK & OS

• WPF GlassEffect For Non Vista OS - Sacha Barber
  For those of us fortunate enough to own Windows Vista we can now see transparent windows that show the content behind our window through a glass window. This is down to the Desktop Windows Manager ability to extend the glass effect into the client area. This is however only possible on Windows Vista (Unedited)
  C#
  
  

Windows Presentation Foundation

• Binding To The WPF Visibility Property - Jay Peer
  Click Here to Goto my Blog HomeTargeting visual studio 2008; wpf, xbap, silverlightRecently I had a business need to hide specific XAML elements based off of whether an xml node was present in a bound XML Document. Note though that I did not want to hide the element when I was formatting it in (Unedited)
  VB (VB 9.0), .NET (.NET 3.0), Visual Studio (VS2008), XAML, Dev
  
  

C#

• C#. Static cache and multithreading. - Anton Burtsev
  A few months ago I had to optimize web portal (classified ad). The portal was built on asp.net 1.1. It seemed that portal had 2 main problems: It failed when it was more than 1 user (Collection was modified, etc.)It returned different data for the same page when I setup more than 1 IIS worker proces (Unedited)
  C#
  
  

C++ / CLI

• How To Create A WCF Client Proxy Without Having a Deployed WCF Service - Sacha Barber
  At work we are currently using a very very Agile process, which involves 1/4 hourly builds, which was all going brilliantly with a WPF solution and some Mocks and some NUnit test projects. Then we got to the point where we had to start building our WCF service and have the WPF project obtain a [...] (Unedited)
  VB, Windows, .NET
  
  

Algorithms & Recipes

• Asynchronous Callback Contexts - Stephen Cleary
  End-users do not expect components to raise events after they have been disposed. One major issue when designing asynchronous components is the difficulty of cancellation, particularly during object disposal. (Unedited)
  .NET Topics
  
  

Date and Time

• Creating classes at runtime - S1mm0t
  I've been working on an application that has a number of forms that need to be laid out based on configuration data in the database, this enables the application to meet the requirements of many different customers. Laying out the forms based on the configuration data is relatively trivial - it (Unedited)
  XML, Windows
  
  
• Calling Method Asynchronously With A Timeout - Sacha Barber
  As part of an ongoing project I am just about to finish, I had a need to use a 3rd party web service. Now I am quite an cautious sort of chap when it comes to using web services. So I generally try and ensure that I try and make my code as robust as [...] (Unedited)
  XML, Windows
  
  

Internet / Network

• Detection of Half-Open (Dropped) TCP/IP Socket Connections - Stephen Cleary
  How to detect a dropped TCP/IP connection. (Unedited)
  Windows, .NET CF, .NET Topics, Dev
  
  
• TCP/IP Protocol Design: Message Framing - Stephen Cleary
  (This post is part of the TCP/IP .NET Sockets FAQ)The ProblemOne of the most common beginner mistakes for people designing protocols for TCP/IP is that they assume that message boundaries are preserved. For example, they assume a single "Send" will result in a single "Receive".Some TCP/IP docu (Unedited)
  All Topics, Dev
  
  

Threads, Processes & IPC

• Threadsafe Events - Stephen Cleary
  When writing components in a multithreaded world, one question that commonly crops up is, "how do I make my events threadsafe?" The asker is usually concerned with threadsafe subscription and unsubscription, but threadsafe raising must also be taken into consideration. (Unedited)
  C#, .NET CF, .NET, Dev
  
  
• ThreadSafeObservableCollection - Sacha Barber
  As part of an ongoing article I am just about to finish, I needed a thread safe ObservableCollection<T>. Now the native .NET framework doesn’t have one of those, but luckily it supplies you with the right job to create one using some of the Threading APIs.Here is what I came up with. (Unedited)
  C++, Windows, MFC
  
  

Design and Architecture

• Singleton Pattern - bmwz9
  Sometimes it's important to have only one instance for a class. For instance, there should be only one window manager (or only a file system or only a print spooler) in a system. Usually singletons are used for centralized management of internal or external resources and (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  

Uncategorised Technical Blogs

• WPF: Center Child Window - mastermel
  Here’s a method I’ve found for centering a window to either its parent or the main window for the application, in WPF. It’s not too far different from how you do it in WinForms. For the child window set it’s WindowStartupLocation to “CenterOwner.” This will cause (Unedited)
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• Useful WPF Threading Extension Method - Sacha Barber
  If you are working with WinForms or WPF you will more than likely run into some long running operation that you would like to run in a new thread. A novice may actually try and create a new Thread, which is ok, but that means you are responsible for the entire lifecycle of your new [...] (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• Restyling WPF ListView Header - Sacha Barber
  Of late I have been working with Net Advantage for WPF by Infragistics, but today we didn’t really need the fully functionality of a DataGrid and needed a rather lighter weight component (basically simply sorting list, no paging, no grouping…just a list), so I turned my attention back to (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• Generic Support In XAML - Sacha Barber
  I have worked with XAML/WPF for a while now, but it wasn’t until recently I thought about generic support in XAML. I had no idea if it was possible, so I decided to have a quick look into this.Luckily the WPF team thought about this and do actually enable WPF developers the correct mechanisms (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• A little var love - Sacha Barber
  As we all know one of the things that LINQ gives us is anonymous types that can be used by using the selection query operator, such as  1: var x = new { DateNow = DateTime.Now };  Which will give us an anonymous type with a single DateTime property called "DateNow", which i (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• How To Bind To Generic Method In XAML - Sacha Barber
  As some of you that have worked with XAML and Generics may know, there is currently no support for Generics in XAML (that is no support for direct binding of methods that use generics).So consider this problemThat I have various bits of static data that are used through out the system, that are he (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• NUnit STA Threads & Testing WPF - Sacha Barber
  During the course of the WPF project we are working on at work, we decided to go down the Agile/XP/TDD/Mocks/Continuous Integration route, which means Unit tests, lots of them.We are using NUnit, which I really like, but we are also using WPF, we are obviously using the latest/greatest patterns AKA (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• xamDataGrid RecordsFound Adorner - Sacha Barber
  At work we are using the Infragistics .NET Advantage For WPF, one control of which is the xamDataGrid. We had a small requirement that was to show a label over the grid whenever no records were obtained for the xamDataGrid.DataSource.Now I could have tackled this in a simple manner where I placed t (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• Lookless Controls / Themes - Sacha Barber
  One of the great things about WPF is that it separates the functionality of a control from the way it looks, this has become known as “lookless controls”. Which is great, but how can we ensure that our custom controls behave and also have a default look in the first place. This mini arti (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• .NET 3.5 SP1 StringFormat Binding Property Weirdness (A Rant) - Sacha Barber
  There are some great things in the .NET 3.5 SP1 for sure, one of them is very useful which is the new StringFormat Binding property, which means that you do not need to write ValueConverters any more to create a formatted value for the Binding. I really like this little addition to WPF. The o (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• Reading Feeds with XLINQ - Sacha Barber
  I have done a number of projects that all parse RSS Feeds using XLINQ. Which in itself is awesome, and much easier than using old XML techniques. Where I would so something like 1: public static List<PhotoInfo> LoadLatestPictures() 2: { 3: try 4: [...] (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• WPF Localization - Sacha Barber
  recently at work I was asked to look into Localization techniques when working with WPF/XAML. There are some excellent sources around that cover the various different techniques such asthis excellent article which outlines the following techniquesUsing LocbamlLocbaml is a localization tool that M (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• A Moan About ImageBrush In WPF - Sacha Barber
  I am working on a 3D article in WPF, and I wanted to use an ImageBrush but was having some issues with it, so I decided to split this out into a small test app.I had the following setupAnd I simply wanted to test this out by creating an ImageBrush that I could use to [...] (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• Dragging Element In A Canvas - Sacha Barber
  You know when there is something you have done a million times, but for the life of you, you just can’t seem to be able to remember how to do it. Well responding to mouse movements, is my bug bear.Today I had to drag an element in a container in WPF, and try as I [...] (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• Creating A Scrollable Control Surface In WPF - Sacha Barber
  Have you ever had a requirement that called for the user to be able to scroll around a large object, such as a diagram. Well I have, and I have just started working on a hobby project where I need just such a feature. We probably all know that WPF has a ScrollViewer control which [...] (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• WPF : Binding to individual collection items (but not in a ItemsControl) - Sacha Barber
  Well I had a great day yesterday, and quite a surprising one, I had an issue with an idea I was working on, so naturally I turned to Josh Smith.And guess what I, yes me the mere mortal managed to teach Josh something about WPF…Ha Ha, check that.So here is what I taught Josh…..(still ca (Unedited)
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• Cool Database Tool - Sacha Barber
  For the last 2 months Jan/Feb 2008, I have won the C# article of the month at codeproject, and as such, I receive a lot of free software. Which I normally don’t ever look at. The reason for this is simple. I write articles to share with people, so these free bits of software really [...] (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• All New .NET 3.5 3D Elements - Sacha Barber
  I have started looking at 3D again in WPF. I have in the past blogged about the Viewport2DVisual3D 3D WPF element. Well for what I am working on I didn’t need to be able to put 2D interactive elements on a 3D surface, but I did want the 3D object to able to respond to [...] (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• Explicitly Updating And Validating Databindings In WPF - Sacha Barber
  The other day I was working on something for a Codeproject article, where I needed to bind part of my UI to an underlying data object. I want to use all the good validation thing such as a Validation Style to use for my TextBox, and also the use of the new .NET 3.5 interface [...] (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• A WPF GiftWorse (AKA Xceed DataGrid for WPF) - Sacha Barber
  Now some time ago I wrote an article at Codeproject that was a simple contact keeper which used LINQ / XLINQ and one of its core requirements was an editable datagrid.The article was published at Codeproject and can be found right here.Those that use WPF will know that there is NO native control w (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• Winforms / WPF Interop - Sacha Barber
  In this blog entry I will discuss what you need to do to successfully interop Winforms with a WPF application and vice versaIn order to evaluate these 2 different interop methods, 2 demo projects have been created which carry out the functionality shown below :.NET Winforms userControl within a . (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• Consistent Window Look & Feel - Sacha Barber
  As part of a beginners WPF series (Beginners WPF series) that I am writing at codeproject, I just start to write an article on DependancyProperties. As part of that, I started to write a bunch of demo projects to illustrate the joy of DependancyProperties to people. As a side effect, I had to think (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• How to stream XLINQ - Sacha Barber
  From time to time when you are using XLINQ to query XML data, you may find that you are dealing with a very large XML file. Loading a very large XML file using the standard XLINQ Load() method may not be appropraite due to the size of the XML file. Instead some sort of streaming [...] (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  
• SQL Server CLR Functions - Sacha Barber
  Today we had a requirement to do some pretty strange stuff in SQL which required us to call an encryption library in SQL server. This is something I had not done before, so I thought I would blog about it.There are several steps involved.1. Create the CLR Dll for the SQL function to use, and [...] (Unedited)
  All Topics
  
  

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Files and Folders

     FileTrack: Co-Editing Files without Tears
     - Gabriyel (19 Jun 2009)
     A nifty tool to help people track changes in files in real-time
     VB, Windows, .NET, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749532073507


Grid & Data Controls

     Datagrid - Editing, Updating, Cancel, Selecting Rows
     - Muhammad Ahmad (18 Jun 2009)
     How to work with data grid view
     C#, .NET, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531743507


     Databinding - Bindinglist, BindingSource and BusinessObjects -
       Part 1
     - Arindam Sinha (20 Jun 2009)
     Databinding - Bindinglist, BindingSource and BusinessObjects
     C#, .NET (.NET 3.5), WinForms, Architect, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749532453507


List Controls

     Double-buffered tree and list views
     - Eugene Sichkar (15 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Implementing native WinForms flicker-free TreeView and ListView
       descedants
     C#, Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0), Win32, Win64, WinForms
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522293507


Printing

     DataGridView Print/Print Preview Solution - Part II
     - Alessandro Lentini (18 Jun 2009)
     This article is the second one of two articles in which I want
       to show a solution for the Print Preview of the DataGridView
       object. One of the goals of my solution is to print the
       DataGridView keeping its styles automatically.
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749540283507


Smart Client

     SongBird - a Twitter hybrid smart client
     - Pete O'Hanlon (19 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Using the WCF RESTful services to create a Twitter hybrid smart
       client.
     C# (C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.5, .NET 4.0), Win2003, Vista,
       Win2008, Win 7, WCF, WPF, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531783507


     Genesis Hybrid Smart Client Framework part VI
     - Stephan Johnson (19 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     This is part II of a VII part series. This article covers how
       to manage the hosted applications, user interface and
       security using the Genesis Management System
     C# (C# 3.0), Windows (Win2003, Vista, Win2008, Win 7),
       Architect, DBA, Dev, SysAdmin
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531803507


Applications & Tools

     PDF Viewer Control Without Acrobat Reader Installed
     - Ron Schuler (19 Jun 2009)
     PDF document viewer control that does not require any Acrobat
       product to be installed
     VB, Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0), Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749532023507


ASP.NET

     A Note on Web application with Reference to ASP.NET and AJAX
     - Suchi Banerjee, Pune (20 Jun 2009)
     This article helps in understanding the overall programming
       model of a web application with reference to ASP.NET and
       AJAX.
     Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), ASP.NET, Ajax,
       Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749529923507


     Consuming a WCF Service from an SSRS (RDL) Server Report
     - John Gathogo (16 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     An article illustrating how to consume a WCF service from an
       SSRS Server Report
     C# (C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.5), ASP.NET, Win32, Visual Studio
       (VS2008), WCF, WebForms, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522463507


ASP.NET Controls

     Editable Gridview with Textbox, CheckBox, Radio Button and
       DropDown List
     - sagnik mukherjee (15 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Edit Gridview that containg various Asp.NET contols 
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0), ASP.NET, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749524393507


Silverlight

     One way, Two way and One time bindings using SilverLight
     - Shivprasad koirala (15 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     This article will talk about three ways of binding object
       properties with SilverLight user interfaces.
     C#, Windows (Vista, Win2008, Win 7), Silverlight, Architect,
       Design
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522263507


     4 Simple Steps to Consume WCF Service using Silverlight
     - Shivprasad koirala (17 Jun 2009)
     4 simple steps to consume WCF service using Silverlight
     WCF, Silverlight, Architect
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531373507


     Silverlight Auto Complete Treeview
     - HarishBhattbhatt (18 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Silverlight AutoComplete Treeview which takes Hierarchical data
       as its datasource
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), LINQ, Silverlight
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531323507


Office Development

     Outlook Automation
     - Rolf_atSC (19 Jun 2009)
     This article shows how to automate Outlook using VS2008 rather
       than VSTO or VBA
     C#, Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0), Office, Visual Studio (VS2008),
       Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749532013507


GDI+

     Implementation of Laplacian of Gaussion Edge Detection
       Algorithm using C#
     - Kunal Pawar (18 Jun 2009)
     This code helps to implement LOG using C#
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET, GDI+
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522753507


Database

     How to integrate an OLE object with SQL Server.
     - Md. Marufuzzaman (15 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     This article will demonstrate on how we can integrate T-SQL
       with external application. 
     C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C# 4.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET
       3.5), SQL Server (SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL CE, SQL 2008),
       Visual Studio (VS2008), COM, COM+
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749523723507


     Working with SQL Server Logins
     - Mohammad Elsheimy (18 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Learn the details of how to work with SQL Server logins.
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C# 4.0), SQL, .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET
       1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0), SQL Server (SQL
       2000, SQL 2005, SQL CE, SQL 2008), Visual Studio, ADO.NET,
       DBA
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522503507


     Sum of previous row values in SqlServer
     - S.Vinothkumar (20 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Sum of previous row values in SqlServer
     SQL Server (SQL 2005), Architect, DBA, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749532123507


.NET Framework

     Trigger Based Rule Engine
     - Deepak-VS (18 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
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531633507


     Writing the read only application-scoped settings
     - freedeveloper (21 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     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
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749529993507


     A New Way to Approach APM in .NET
     - mahosi1 (18 Jun 2009)
     A wrapper for the Asynchronous Progamming Model in .NET
     C#, .NET (.NET 3.5), Visual Studio (VS2008), WinForms, WebForms
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749524463507


Game Development

     Multi-Threaded Game Server Browser
     - Greenhorn999 (19 Jun 2009)
     A project that allows users to query Source and Half-Life-based
       master servers and individual servers
     VB, .NET (.NET 3.5) Topics, Architect, Dev, QA, Design,
       SysAdmin
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531613507


Vista API

     Display Progress and Overlay Icons for Multiple Views from .NET
       in Windows 7 Taskbar
     - George Mamaladze (19 Jun 2009)
     This article describes how to use Windows 7 new taskbar
       features, progress indication and overlay icon, from
       unmanaged .NET code. The second part shows you how to manage
       progress indication and overlay icons in case of multiple
       views (windows) and provides appropriate missing classes for
       Windows API
     C#, Windows (Win 7), WinForms, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531953507


Windows Communication Foundation

     WCF Service Behavior Example: IPFilter - Allow/Deny Access by
       IP Address
     - Ziad Elmalki (16 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     WCF Service Behavior Example: IPFilter - Allow/Deny Access by
       IP Address
     C# (C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.5), WCF, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522563507


Windows Powershell

     Using Powershell to backup your SVN repositories
     - TexasMensch (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     How to automate backing up Subversion repositories using
       Powershell
     Windows, PowerShell, Dev, SysAdmin
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522803507


Windows Presentation Foundation

     PhotoBooth
     - rudigrobler (18 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     A article on how to create a kiosk application that displays
       photos received via bluetooth
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows, .NET, XAML, WPF, Dev,
       Design
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531313507


     ImageMagic - WPF Image Color Spaces
     - Doug Wyrembek (18 Jun 2009)
     An article on using WPF to display and manipulate image data in
       popular colorspaces
     C# (C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.5), WPF, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531833507


     WPF Glass Brush Markup Extension
     - LarryCharlton (18 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     A WPF XAML markup extension with a "Glass" look.
     VB (VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, VB 6), Windows, WPF, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522823507


     XAML Graphics Series - Part 1 Silverlight 1.0 XAML Desktop Art
       Animation
     - TheArchitectualizer (18 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     This is an introduction to creating XAML applications using
       Silverlight 1.0 and JavaScript.
     Javascript, HTML, Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista,
       TabletPC, Win2008, Win 7), .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET
       2.0, Mono, DotGNU, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0), XAML, WPF,
       Silverlight, Dev, Design, SysAdmin, Sales, Marketing
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531563507


Windows Workflow Foundation

     Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation
     - logicchild (20 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     An artilce that explains how to call external data and methods
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0)
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522613507


C / C++ Language

     Image Compressor 
     - Muhammad Hassan Haider (18 Jun 2009)
     Compressing Images the easiest way
     C++VS2008, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531753507


     Auto Release Pool in Pure C Language
     - Chilap (20 Jun 2009)
     Using pure C language to mimic the memory auto release pool in
       objective-C
     C, Windows
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749532143507


C#

     A Project Dependency Graph Utility for Visual Studio 2008
     - Marc Clifton (17 Jun 2009)
     Review your project dependencies.
     C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0.NET 3.5, WinForms, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531583507


     War Card Game Simulation in C#
     - Gary Stafford (20 Jun 2009)
     Windows Forms Application using LINQ expressions and Dictionary
       objects to recreate a classic card game
     C# (C# 3.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 3.5), Visual Studio (VS2008),
       Dev, Design
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749532463507


     A multipanel control in C#
     - liron.levi (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     this control acts like a tab control but without the tabs...
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0), WinForms, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531413507


     Extending Polymorphism Backward in Class Hierarchy
     - Stas Kashepava (19 Jun 2009)
     This article explains how to apply polymorphic behavior back in
       the class hierarchy
     C#, Windows, .NET (.NET 3.5, .NET 4.0), Visual Studio (VS2008),
       Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749532033507


     Full Outer Join of Two DataTables C# Code
     - dakshithaw (20 Jun 2009)
     This article explains how to join two data tables and get the
       result set into a new data table using C#. Here, this has
       been done without using Database Access.
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0), ADO.NET, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531883507


     RCM - Radical (Non)Client Modification Library
     - Steppenwolfe (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     A complete skinning engine; modify the appearence of forms and
       common controls.
     C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, .NET, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522723507


     A Generic Method for Cross-thread Winforms Access
     - colonel720 (18 Jun 2009)
     A convenient shortcut using generics to check for
       InvokeRequired on a Winforms control
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET
       3.5), WinForms, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531573507


     Auto Ellipsis
     - Thomas Polaert (20 Jun 2009)
     Add "Auto Ellipsis" feature to any Windows Form control
     C# (C# 2.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0), WinForms, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749532473507


Java

     OpenNxSerialization
     - .Shoaib (16 Jun 2009)
     Speed up object serialization in Java.
     Java, Java, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522793507


Other .NET Languages

     Introduction to Delphi Prism
     - Corinna John (18 Jun 2009)
     First steps tutorial for Delphi developers.
     .NET (Mono, .NET 3.5), ASP.NET, WPF, VS2008, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531543507


Algorithms & Recipes

     Creating a  XY Chart/Plot  as a BlackBerry Custom Field 
     - becker666 (17 Jun 2009)
     Extend a field to make into a chart/plot field
     Java, Java (J2ME), Mobile (Blackberry), Dev, Design
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749524373507


     BEncode Lexing in C++
     - airlobster (21 Jun 2009)
     A very efficient BEncode Lexer  in C++.
     VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749529953507


Bugs & Workarounds

     How To Inspect the Content of a Program Database (PDB) File
     - breakpoints (19 Jun 2009)
     Get to know the files you use on a daily basis when debugging
       your application with Visual Studio or WinDbg
     C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI, C, Windows (Vista),
       Win32, Visual Studio (VS2008), MFC, COM, Architect, Dev,
       Design, SysAdmin
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749532003507


Programming Tips

     Execute stored procedure in SQL server using nHibernate
     - ziaulh (18 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Useful tips to excecute stored procedure using nHibernate
     C# (C# 2.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5) Topics
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531693507


     Session of low-level optimization of memory usage in the C++
       programs with the total exposure
     - Victor A. Milokum, Apriorit Inc (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     In this article we will try to make our algorithms working
       faster using the methods of low-level optimization of memory
       allocation in C++.
     C++ (VC7.1, VC8.0), Visual Studio, Architect, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522773507


     Memory Model, Memory Barrier and Singleton Pattern in .NET
     - rohits1979 (17 Jun 2009)
     Explains Memory Model and ways to implement singleton pattern
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET
       4.0), Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522583507


Threads, Processes & IPC

     Testing distributed memory pools
     - Valery Grebnev (20 Jun 2009)
     This article describes a simple approach and test results when
       creating distributed pools of objects for high-performance
       applications on a Multi-core PC.
     VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749532083507


Design and Architecture

     How Programming Should Be Done
     - Marc Clifton (15 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Cx: A prototype on component loose coupling
     C#, .NET, WinForms, Architect, Dev, Design
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522483507


Book Chapters

     Chapter 3: JavaFX Primer3
     - Prentice_Hall (20 Jun 2009)
     JavaFX Script blends declarative programming concepts with
       object orientation. This provides a highly productive, yet
       flexible and robust, foundation for applications. However,
       with this flexibility comes responsibility from the
       developer.
     Java, Java, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749529933507


Scrapbook

     Unleash the power of Search Engines
     - Sandeep Aparajit (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Let’s unleash the power of a search engine and see how
       effectively we can use it for searching!
     All Topics
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522853507


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Combo & List Boxes

     Customizable ComboBox Drop-Down
     - lhayes00 (21 Jun 2009)
     A combobox control with a customizable drop-down
     C# (C# 2.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 3.0), GDI+, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749161273507


Files and Folders

     Multithreaded File/Folder Finder
     - Roger500 (18 Jun 2009)
     File Find is fast, especially if you have multiple physical
       drives
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows (WinXP, Vista), Dev,
       SysAdmin
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749560833507


Miscellaneous

     Programming Microsoft Agent in Windows Forms
     - Mohammad Elsheimy (18 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Learn how to program with Microsoft Agent in Windows Forms
       applications
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C# 4.0).NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET
       2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0, WinForms
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749537133507


Printing

     Another DataGridView Printer
     - aureolin (20 Jun 2009)
     DataGridView printing encapsulated in a stand-alone object.
       Very easy to use! Updated to allow printing columns wider
       than one page.
     C# (C# 2.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0), Visual Studio (VS2005),
       Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749071623507


Smart Client

     Genesis Hybrid Smart Client Framework part II
     - Stephan Johnson (19 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     This is part II of a VII part series. This article covers the
       basics of what the Genesis Smart Client is and serves as
       required reading before reading parts III - VII
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0)
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749539153507


     Genesis Hybrid Smart Client Framework part III
     - Stephan Johnson (19 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     This is part III of a VII part series. This article covers the
       back-end of the Genesis Smart Client Framework including the
       database design.
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0)
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749539163507


     Genesis Hybrid Smart Client Framework part IV
     - Stephan Johnson (19 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     This is part IV of a VII part series. This article covers the
       windows client of the Genesis Smart Client Framework
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0)
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749539693507


     Genesis Hybrid Smart Client Framework part V
     - Stephan Johnson (19 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     This is part V of a VII part series. This article covers the
       programming concepts that are involved in writing code for
       the Genesis Smart Client Framework
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0)
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749539823507


     Genesis Hybrid Smart Client Framework - Part I
     - Stephan Johnson (19 Jun 2009)
     This is part I of VII in a series of articles describing the
       Genesis Smart Client Framework. This article covers an
       overview of all the articles available in the series.
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0)
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749539123507


Ajax and Atlas

     How to Create an HTML Editor for ASP.NET AJAX
     - Eric Williams (winthusiasm.com) (20 Jun 2009)
     This article discusses how to create an HTML editor server
       control specifically for the Microsoft AJAX environment.
     C#, HTML, ASP.NET, Ajax, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749150403507


ASP.NET Controls

     ASP.NET PartialHyperLink Control
     - Uwe Keim (16 Jun 2009)
     Introducing a small user control to simplify localization of
       literal text with contained hyperlinks
     C#, HTML, XHTML, ASP, ASP.NET, WebForms, Ajax
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749524613507


Web Services

     ExtJS and .NET Web Services
     - Rafal Ziolkowski (19 Jun 2009)
     How to use .NET Web Services in ExtJS
     C# (C# 2.0), Javascript, .NET (.NET 2.0), ASP.NET, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749533983507


SharePoint Server

     SharePoint Workflow Basics
     - Shivprasad koirala (20 Jun 2009)
     SharePoint workflow basics
     All Topics, Architect
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749544023507


Audio and Video

     MP3, Wav, and PCM Audio Recorder Using iTunes in C#
     - Lukasz Kwiecinski, Istrib, EdMan196 (21 Jun 2009)
     A program that integrates with iTunes and DirectSound to record
       music
     C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0WinXP, DirectX, COM, VS2008, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749564053507


Database

     Overview of XQuiSoft Data using the provider pattern (open
       source)
     - Mike Lang (16 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     A data abstraction layer for .net applications. Write your
       application code to be database neutral. Swap out the type of
       database your application uses without updating or even
       recompiling your business components.
     C#, Windows, .NET, SQL Server, Visual Studio, ADO.NET, Oracle,
       Architect, DBA, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749276253507


     Fast and Easy Data Access with oSo.SimpleSql
     - Charles T II (20 Jun 2009)
     A Data Access Framework using Generics, Lambda Expressions,
       Fluent Interfaces, and the SqlProviderFactory.
     C# (C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.5), ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749525633507


     SqlMetalPlus- A VS Add-in to Manage Custom Changes to DBML
     - Azeet (17 Jun 2009)
     This add-in adds easily accessible context menu commands to
       your DBML files to either apply custom changes or to refresh
       the whole DBML file with the latest changes from the
       database.
     XML, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0WinXP, Vista, LINQ, VS2008, DBA, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749524303507


.NET Framework

     Silver JukeBox with an Alternative Client
     - disore (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
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749088433507


     Enterprise Library Wrapper Class to Implement Run-time Dynamic
       Connection Strings Without Using Config File
     - Raja.Lakshman (17 Jun 2009)
     Enterprise Library wrapper class to implement run-time dynamic
       connection strings without using config file
     VB (VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, VB 6), .NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749524053507


     Changing Display Settings Programmatically
     - Mohammad Elsheimy (18 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Learn how to change display settings programmatically via API
       and .NET Framework
     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, .NET 4.0), Win32, WinForms,
       Hardware Topics, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749539443507


     Clearing the Console Screen using API
     - Mohammad Elsheimy (18 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Learn how to clear the console screen via API calls. In
       addition, learn some console techniques such as moving the
       text around the screen.
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET
       2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0), Win32, WinForms
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749541743507


Win32/64 SDK & OS

     Win32 SDK C Tab Control Made Easy
     - David MacDermot (18 Jun 2009)
     This article describes formatting a non-MFC based tab control
     C++, C, Visual Studio, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749258483507


Windows Communication Foundation

     WCF Duplex, SMS, a WebServer and a Windows Client (and a couple
       of other things)
     - Dary Hint (15 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Sending and receiving text messages from a Windows client
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows, WCF, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749523903507


Windows Presentation Foundation

     WPF/xaml NotifyIcon and Taskbar (system tray) popup window
     - Murray Foxcroft (15 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Integrating WPF and XAML with the windows forms NotifyIcon
       control to produce a slick, styled popup window when the
       mouse is moved over the NotifyIcon
     C# (C# 3.0), Windows (WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC, Win2008,
       Win 7), .NET (.NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0), XAML, WPF,
       WinForms, Architect, Dev, Design
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749538123507


     WPF Menu using ViewModel - Part 1
     - Visu.v (19 Jun 2009)
     Implementation of WPF menus using View Model approach
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), WPF
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749524683507


Windows Workflow Foundation

     State Machine Work Flow Discussion
     - Shivprasad koirala (19 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     State Machine Work Flow Discussion
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.0, .NET 3.5),
       ASP.NET, Architect
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749554933507


C / C++ Language

     Chatbot Tutorial
     - Gonzales Cenelia (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Tutorial on making an artificial intelligence chatbot
     C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI, C, Java
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749533863507


     INI Reader / Writer Class for MFC and ANSI C++ ( Windows \
       Linux )
     - Ludvik Jerabek (19 Jun 2009)
     Object based INI file editing in Windows and Linux
     C++, Windows, .NET, Linux, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749286583507


C#

     Overview of XQuiSoft Logging using the provider pattern (open
       source)
     - Mike Lang (19 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     An Introduction to XQuiSoft Logging with a comparision to other
       log components
     C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749275413507


     Solving the .resx Merge Problem 
     - Tom Clement (21 Jun 2009)
     This article provides a console utility and a method for
       extending a merge tool to ensure that only real changes (not
       reordering) appear when merging files from different source
       control branches.
     C#, Windows, WinForms, LINQ, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749525103507


VB.NET

     File Association in VB.NET
     - Nickr5 (19 Jun 2009)
     Easily associate your programs with file types (.jpg, .html,
       .mp3) with just 2 lines of Visual Basic code.
     VB (VB 8.0, VB 9.0), Windows (WinXP, Vista), .NET (.NET 2.0,
       .NET 3.0), Visual Studio (VS2005), WinForms, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749054103507


Algorithms & Recipes

     Permutations in C# Using Recursion
     - Gary Stafford (15 Jun 2009)
     Calculate all permutations of a set of elements using a simple
       recursive algorithm
     C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET
       3.5), Visual Studio (VS2008), Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749524473507


     JSON Spirit: A C++ JSON Parser/Generator Implemented with Boost
       Spirit
     - John W. Wilkinson (17 Jun 2009)
     A C++ JSON parser/generator written using boost::spirit
     C++, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749050513507


DLLs & Assemblies

     server pinger and sms reporter via GSM Modem AT COMMAND
     - Arash Javadi (15 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     a software that ping many servers inside a company and report
       network health
     C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET
       3.5), Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749542123507


Internet / Network

     A Simple C++ Client/Server in CORBA
     - Carlos Jiménez de Parga (20 Jun 2009)
     An introduction to the Visual C++ CORBA development
     C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI, C, Windows (Win2K,
       WinXP), Win32, Visual Studio (VS2005), Architect, Dev, Design
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749155193507


     Programming control point application using the UPnP Control
       Point API
     - amatecki (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     The article describes how to use the Microsoft's UPnP Control
       Point API for finding and controlling UPnP devices, and
       includes a description of simple library to facilitate the
       application of Control Point API in your own programs,
       together with an example of MFC and WinForms applications.
     C++, C++/CLI, C#, Windows (WinXP, Win2003, Vista), Win Mobile,
       .NET (.NET 2.0), Win32, Visual Studio (VS.NET2003, VS2008),
       MFC, ATL, STL, COM, WinForms, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749141623507


Programming Tips

     Object oriented JavaScript class library in C#/.NET style
     - EJocys (21 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     JavaScript classes ported from .NET
     Javascript, CSS, HTML, .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0,
       Mono, DotGNU, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), ASP, ASP.NET, Ajax
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749030013507


Design and Architecture

     Showing Dialogs When Using MVVM Pattern
     - disore (19 Jun 2009)
     One solution on how to solve the problem of opening dialogs
       from a ViewModel when using the MVVM pattern
     C# (C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.5), XAML, WPF, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749537693507


/* ---  TECHNICAL BLOGS IN THE LAST WEEK --- */

Document / View

     Styling A ScrollViewer/Scrollbar In WPF
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     A while back I was looking at the Infragistics WPf
       showcase,Tangerine and I was quite jealous about the
       scrollbars that they managed to use. I mean styling a Button
       is one thing, but the ScrollBar is made of lost of nasty
       different control parts, (Part_XXX elements). Incidently I
       wrote an article ab
     C++, Windows, COM
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749523423507


     WPF Flow Document For Beginners
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     As part of an article that I am creating for
       www.codeproject.com I decided to look into using the
       System.Windows.Documents namespace and have a look at seeing
       if I could make a semi-cool’ish looking document.Now
       when you use FlowDocuments, there are several container WPF
       container controls wh
     C++, Windows, COM
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749523443507


Ajax and Atlas

     ASP.NET AJAX-based Source Code Browser
     - Jeremy Likness (16 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     This project started out when I began searching for an quick
       way to put source code on my website to make it easy for
       guests to browse projects. Time is very valuable so I don't
       always like downloading a zipped archive and then exploding
       it to see it - I'd rather have a space online.
     C#, Windows, .NET (.NET 3.5), ASP.NET, GDI+, Ajax, Architect,
       Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749524213507


Custom Controls

     Custom Tab Style
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     A little while ago I mentioned about how important I thought it
       was to create a brand, and I showed you that you can create
       some interesting looking controls by Templating/Styling the
       standard System.Windows controls to create a brand.I also
       showed you a ScrollViewer and a Tab control which I had a
     Windows
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749523113507


     Creating Custom Panels In WPF
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     WPF has a number of layout Panels that you could use straight
       out the box, there
       isWrapPanelStackPanelGridCanvasDockPanelAll of which are
       great, but occasionally you want something a little bit
       special. Whilst its probably true that you make most
       creations using a combination of the existing
     Windows
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749523243507


     Writing Custom LINQ Extension Methods
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Microsoft have done a great job with LINQ IMHO. However there
       are times when it might be handy to create your own LINQ
       extension methods. LINQ extension methods can be applied to
       any type provided that the source is of type
       IEnumerable<T>, so thats really the only
       requirement.So how do we w
     Windows
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749523493507


     Direct Input Custom Action Mapping (refresh)
     - Inaki Ayucar (19 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     ManagedDirectx is quite a bit outdated, and no longer supported
       by Microsoft, but it will make it for this example on custom
       action mapping. I´d suggest you to go XNA or SlimDX if you
       want to do some serious .Net graphics or game development.  
       What´s this post about? It´s about having a decent cont
     Windows
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531903507


Silverlight

     Code Browser Take 2: Silverlight
     - Jeremy Likness (19 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     After publishing an AJAX-based source code browser last week, I
       decided to do an iteration with Silverlight support. Our
       company is exploring this technology, so it was the perfect
       "proof of concept" project to get familiar with Silverlight
       before wiring it in at the office.Download the Source Code
     C# (C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 3.5), ASP.NET, Silverlight Topics,
       Architect, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749532053507


     Exposing Bindings as Properties of a Control
     - Colin Eberhardt (20 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Demonstrates how to create versatile controls which expose
       bindings for the elements which they contain internally.
     C#, WPF
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749532043507


Web Services

     Using SoapExtension to manage sessions
     - Diego Resnik (15 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     If you don't really need a big session management solution that
       will cost you in performance (no matter what..) and you only
       want 2-3 parameters that will help you identify some user's
       preference without all the fuss, consider - soap extension.
     C# (C# 2.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0), ASP.NET, IIS, Architect,
       Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522273507


Database

     SQL. How to find holes in sequences.
     - Anton Burtsev (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Hello,Did you ever been asked to find all holes in document
       numbers (docs are sequentially numbered)? I had to do this
       search twice. Once for auditing purposes: holes may mean some
       sort of forgery. And now customers want to reuse numbers of
       deleted docs. And how do you think holes can be found using
     WCF
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531353507


     SQL. Running Totals.
     - Anton Burtsev (20 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Running totals... Accountants like them so much. But there is
       no way in SQL to make efficient query that calculate running
       total. Why? What is running total? It is just previous
       running total plus current value. But SQL syntax does not
       give an access to previous rows.
     WCF
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531443507


.NET Framework

     MSBuild: Factorial!
     - Stephen Cleary (20 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Using MSBuild Targets as general-purpose functions, complete
       with parameters and return values.
     XML, Windows, .NET Topics, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749532223507


Win32/64 SDK & OS

     WPF GlassEffect For Non Vista OS
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     For those of us fortunate enough to own Windows Vista we can
       now see transparent windows that show the content behind our
       window through a glass window. This is down to the Desktop
       Windows Manager ability to extend the glass effect into the
       client area. This is however only possible on Windows Vista
     C#
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749523163507


Windows Presentation Foundation

     Binding To The WPF Visibility Property
     - Jay Peer (18 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Click Here to Goto my Blog HomeTargeting visual studio 2008;
       wpf, xbap, silverlightRecently I had a business need to hide
       specific XAML elements based off of whether an xml node was
       present in a bound XML Document.  Note though that I did not
       want to hide the element when I was formatting it in 
     VB (VB 9.0), .NET (.NET 3.0), Visual Studio (VS2008), XAML, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749525213507


C#

     C#. Static cache and multithreading.
     - Anton Burtsev (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     A few months ago I had to optimize web portal (classified ad).
       The portal was built on asp.net 1.1. It seemed that portal
       had 2 main problems: It failed when it was more than 1 user
       (Collection was modified, etc.)It returned different data for
       the same page when I setup more than 1 IIS worker proces
     C#
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749531403507


C++ / CLI

     How To Create A WCF Client Proxy Without Having a Deployed WCF
       Service
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     At work we are currently using a very very Agile process, which
       involves 1/4 hourly builds, which was all going brilliantly
       with a WPF solution and some Mocks and some NUnit test
       projects. Then we got to the point where we had to start
       building our WCF service and have the WPF project obtain a
       [...]
     VB, Windows, .NET
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522983507


Algorithms & Recipes

     Asynchronous Callback Contexts
     - Stephen Cleary (20 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     End-users do not expect components to raise events after they
       have been disposed. One major issue when designing
       asynchronous components is the difficulty of cancellation,
       particularly during object disposal.
     .NET Topics
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749532423507


Date and Time

     Creating classes at runtime
     - S1mm0t (15 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     I've been working on an application that has a number of
       forms that need to be laid out based on configuration data in
       the database, this enables the application to meet the
       requirements of many different customers. Laying out the
       forms based on the configuration data is relatively trivial -
       it
     XML, Windows
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522303507


     Calling Method Asynchronously With A Timeout
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     As part of an ongoing project I am just about to finish, I had
       a need to use a 3rd party web service. Now I am quite an
       cautious sort of chap when it comes to using web services. So
       I generally try and ensure that I try and make my code as
       robust as [...]
     XML, Windows
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749523413507


Internet / Network

     Detection of Half-Open (Dropped) TCP/IP Socket Connections
     - Stephen Cleary (20 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     How to detect a dropped TCP/IP connection.
     Windows, .NET CF, .NET Topics, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749532343507


     TCP/IP Protocol Design: Message Framing
     - Stephen Cleary (20 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     (This post is part of the TCP/IP .NET Sockets FAQ)The
       ProblemOne of the most common beginner mistakes for people
       designing protocols for TCP/IP is that they assume that
       message boundaries are preserved. For example, they assume a
       single "Send" will result in a single "Receive".Some TCP/IP
       docu
     All Topics, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749532403507


Threads, Processes & IPC

     Threadsafe Events
     - Stephen Cleary (20 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     When writing components in a multithreaded world, one question
       that commonly crops up is, "how do I make my events
       threadsafe?" The asker is usually concerned with threadsafe
       subscription and unsubscription, but threadsafe raising must
       also be taken into consideration.
     C#, .NET CF, .NET, Dev
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749532183507


     ThreadSafeObservableCollection
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     As part of an ongoing article I am just about to finish, I
       needed a thread safe ObservableCollection<T>. Now the
       native .NET framework doesn’t have one of those, but
       luckily it supplies you with the right job to create one
       using some of the Threading APIs.Here is what I came up with.
     C++, Windows, MFC
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522883507


Design and Architecture

     Singleton Pattern
     - bmwz9 (16 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Sometimes it's important to have only one instance for a class.
       For instance, there should be only one window manager (or
       only a file system or only a print spooler) in a system.
       Usually singletons are used for centralized management of
       internal or external resources and
     All Topics
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522733507


Uncategorised Technical Blogs

     WPF: Center Child Window
     - mastermel (15 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Here’s a method I’ve found for centering a window
       to either its parent or the main window for the application,
       in WPF. It’s not too far different from how you do it
       in WinForms.For the child window set it’s
       WindowStartupLocation to “CenterOwner.” This will
       cause 
     All Topics
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522543507


     Useful WPF Threading Extension Method
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     If you are working with WinForms or WPF you will more than
       likely run into some long running operation that you would
       like to run in a new thread. A novice may actually try and
       create a new Thread, which is ok, but that means you are
       responsible for the entire lifecycle of your new [...]
     All Topics
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522903507


     Restyling WPF ListView Header
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Of late I have been working with Net Advantage for WPF by
       Infragistics, but today we didn’t really need the fully
       functionality of a DataGrid and needed a rather lighter
       weight component (basically simply sorting list, no paging,
       no grouping…just a list), so I turned my attention back
       to
     All Topics
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522923507


     Generic Support In XAML
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     I have worked with XAML/WPF for a while now, but it
       wasn’t until recently I thought about generic support
       in XAML. I had no idea if it was possible, so I decided to
       have a quick look into this.Luckily the WPF team thought
       about this and do actually enable WPF developers the correct
       mechanisms
     All Topics
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522933507


     A little var love
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     As we all know one of the things that LINQ gives us is
       anonymous types that can be used by using the selection query
       operator, such as    1:  var x = new { DateNow =
       DateTime.Now };  Which will give us an anonymous
       type with a single DateTime property called "DateNow", which
       i
     All Topics
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522953507


     How To Bind To Generic Method In XAML
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     As some of you that have worked with XAML and Generics may
       know, there is currently no support for Generics in XAML
       (that is no support for direct binding of methods that use
       generics).So consider this problemThat I have various bits of
       static data that are used through out the system, that are he
     All Topics
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522963507


     NUnit STA Threads & Testing WPF
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     During the course of the WPF project we are working on at work,
       we decided to go down the Agile/XP/TDD/Mocks/Continuous
       Integration route, which means Unit tests, lots of them.We
       are using NUnit, which I really like, but we are also using
       WPF, we are obviously using the latest/greatest patterns AKA
     All Topics
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749522993507


     xamDataGrid RecordsFound Adorner
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     At work we are using the Infragistics .NET Advantage For WPF,
       one control of which is the xamDataGrid. We had a small
       requirement that was to show a label over the grid whenever
       no records were obtained for the xamDataGrid.DataSource.Now I
       could have tackled this in a simple manner where I placed t
     All Topics
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749523013507


     Lookless Controls / Themes
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     One of the great things about WPF is that it separates the
       functionality of a control from the way it looks, this has
       become known as “lookless controls”. Which is
       great, but how can we ensure that our custom controls behave
       and also have a default look in the first place. This mini
       arti
     All Topics
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749523023507


     .NET 3.5 SP1 StringFormat Binding Property Weirdness (A Rant)
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     There are some great things in the .NET 3.5 SP1 for sure, one
       of them is very useful which is the new StringFormat Binding
       property, which means that you do not need to write
       ValueConverters any more to create a formatted value for the
       Binding. I really like this little addition to WPF. The
       o
     All Topics
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749523043507


     Reading Feeds with XLINQ
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     I have done a number of projects that all parse RSS Feeds using
       XLINQ. Which in itself is awesome, and much easier than using
       old XML techniques. Where I would so something like   1: 
       public static List<PhotoInfo> LoadLatestPictures()  
       2:  {   3:   try   4: [...]
     All Topics
     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749523133507


     WPF Localization
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     recently at work I was asked to look into Localization
       techniques when working with WPF/XAML. There are some
       excellent sources around that cover the various different
       techniques such asthis excellent article which outlines the
       following techniquesUsing LocbamlLocbaml is a localization
       tool that M
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     A Moan About ImageBrush In WPF
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     I am working on a 3D article in WPF, and I wanted to use an
       ImageBrush but was having some issues with it, so I decided
       to split this out into a small test app.I had the following
       setupAnd I simply wanted to test this out by creating an
       ImageBrush that I could use to [...]
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     Dragging Element In A Canvas
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     You know when there is something you have done a million times,
       but for the life of you, you just can’t seem to be able
       to remember how to do it. Well responding to mouse movements,
       is my bug bear.Today I had to drag an element in a container
       in WPF, and try as I [...]
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     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749523203507


     Creating A Scrollable Control Surface In WPF
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Have you ever had a requirement that called for the user to be
       able to scroll around a large object, such as a diagram. Well
       I have, and I have just started working on a hobby project
       where I need just such a feature. We probably all know that
       WPF has a ScrollViewer control which [...]
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     WPF : Binding to individual collection items (but not in a
       ItemsControl)
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Well I had a great day yesterday, and quite a surprising one, I
       had an issue with an idea I was working on, so naturally I
       turned to Josh Smith.And guess what I, yes me the mere mortal
       managed to teach Josh something about WPF…Ha Ha, check
       that.So here is what I taught Josh…..(still ca
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     Cool Database Tool
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     For the last 2 months Jan/Feb 2008, I have won the C# article
       of the month at codeproject, and as such, I receive a lot of
       free software. Which I normally don’t ever look at. The
       reason for this is simple. I write articles to share with
       people, so these free bits of software really [...]
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     All New .NET 3.5 3D Elements
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     I have started looking at 3D again in WPF. I have in the past
       blogged about the Viewport2DVisual3D 3D WPF element. Well for
       what I am working on I didn’t need to be able to put 2D
       interactive elements on a 3D surface, but I did want the 3D
       object to able to respond to [...]
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     Explicitly Updating And Validating Databindings In WPF
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     The other day I was working on something for a Codeproject
       article, where I needed to bind part of my UI to an
       underlying data object. I want to use all the good validation
       thing such as a Validation Style to use for my TextBox, and
       also the use of the new .NET 3.5 interface [...]
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     A WPF GiftWorse (AKA Xceed DataGrid for WPF)
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Now some time ago I wrote an article at Codeproject that was a
       simple contact keeper which used LINQ / XLINQ and one of its
       core requirements was an editable datagrid.The article was
       published at Codeproject and can be found right here.Those
       that use WPF will know that there is NO native control w
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     Winforms / WPF Interop
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     In this blog entry I will discuss what you need to do to
       successfully interop Winforms with a WPF application and vice
       versaIn order to evaluate these 2 different interop methods,
       2 demo projects have been created which carry out the
       functionality shown below :.NET Winforms userControl within a
       .
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     Consistent Window Look & Feel
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     As part of a beginners WPF series (Beginners WPF series) that I
       am writing at codeproject, I just start to write an article
       on DependancyProperties. As part of that, I started to write
       a bunch of demo projects to illustrate the joy of
       DependancyProperties to people. As a side effect, I had to
       think 
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     How to stream XLINQ
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     From time to time when you are using XLINQ to query XML data,
       you may find that you are dealing with a very large XML file.
       Loading a very large XML file using the standard XLINQ Load()
       method may not be appropraite due to the size of the XML
       file. Instead some sort of streaming [...]
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     http://www.codeproject.com/Article.aspx?tag=1983749523503507


     SQL Server CLR Functions
     - Sacha Barber (17 Jun 2009) [Unedited]
     Today we had a requirement to do some pretty strange stuff in
       SQL which required us to call an encryption library in SQL
       server. This is something I had not done before, so I thought
       I would blog about it.There are several steps involved.1.
       Create the CLR Dll for the SQL function to use, and [...]
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