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Introduction to D3DImage

by Dr. WPF

.NET 3.5 SP1 is here! It's time to break out your DirectX skills. This article provides the information necessary to get started using a new DirectX interop feature in WPF called D3DImage.

Cryptographic Interoperability: Keys

by Jeffrey Walton

Import and export Cryptographic Keys in PKCS#8 and X.509 formats, using Crypto++, C#, and Java.

Custom Controls in Win32 API: Scrolling

by Martin Mitáš

How to support scrolling within your controls.

XColorSpectrumCtrl - a non-MFC color picker control that displays a color spectrum

by Hans Dietrich

XColorSpectrumCtrl displays a color spectrum that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models.

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SQL Table Dependency Diagram Generator (SSMS 19)

by Bert O Neill

This article provides an overview for developers, on how to quickly generate a dependency Entity Relationship Diagram for a table and its immediately related tables, within SQL Server.

Working with frames in a video using OpenCV and Tkinter.

by Azim Zahir

This article is a demonstration of some of the capabilities of the OpenCV library of Python.

A C++ Code Function Tracing Class

by PJ Arends

Trace your function calls to the Output window.

Tile Grid Control

by PJ Arends

An MFC CWnd derived grid of user definable tiles

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Introduction to D3DImage

11 Aug 2008 by Dr. WPF

.NET 3.5 SP1 is here! It's time to break out your DirectX skills. This article provides the information necessary to get started using a new DirectX interop feature in WPF called D3DImage.

Cryptographic Interoperability: Keys

5 Jun 2008 by Jeffrey Walton

Import and export Cryptographic Keys in PKCS#8 and X.509 formats, using Crypto++, C#, and Java.

Custom Controls in Win32 API: Scrolling

26 Feb 2018 by Martin Mitáš

How to support scrolling within your controls.

custom-controls

XColorSpectrumCtrl - a non-MFC color picker control that displays a color spectrum

4 Apr 2008 by Hans Dietrich

XColorSpectrumCtrl displays a color spectrum that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models.

XQueue - a non-MFC C++ class to manage an interprocess queue

17 Jan 2005 by Hans Dietrich

XQueue implements a shared-memory first-in first-out (FIFO) queue, based on memory-mapped files, that works on all versions of Windows.

Making DSLs in F#

16 Aug 2009 by Dmitri Nеstеruk

Let's create a simple project estimation DSL using F#!

Understanding the Insides of the SMTP Mail Protocol: Part 1

9 Dec 2012 by Higty

This article describes the mail sending process using the SMTP mail protocol.

GFX Forever: The Complete Guide to GFX for IoT

8 Mar 2022 by honey the codewitch

GFX is a fast and full featured replacement for standard IoT drawing libraries that is optimized to reduce bus I/O

.NET File Format - Signatures Under the Hood, Part 1 of 2

29 Sep 2009 by Przemyslaw Celej

A full description of signatures, that are part of the .NET file format

IResult - A Robust Option Type for C#

9 Jun 2017 by Jeremy Madden

An attempt to introduce some Functional Programming concepts into an OOP domain

Fluid Geometry - An Animation Library and Configuration Application

9 May 2012 by Josh Smith

A task-oriented review of an animation library and the application which uses it

Automatic Linguistic Indexing of Pictures (ALIP) By Artificial Neural Network Approach

10 Sep 2009 by Chesnokov Yuriy

General idea of how the computer may be used to describe the image analyzing its pixel content known as ALIP

Integration: Mechanics + Hydraulics + Navigation

3 Feb 2011 by Petr Ivankov

Sample of integration of branches of engineering.

Control Message Bar

23 Oct 2008 by Paul Vickery

Code to add a message bar to virtually any existing Windows control.

Calcium: A Modular Application Toolset Leveraging PRISM – Part 2

23 Nov 2009 by Daniel Vaughan

Calcium provides much of what one needs to rapidly build a multifaceted and sophisticated modular application. Includes a host of modules and services, and an infrastructure that is ready to use in your next application.

WPF 3D FlipPanel

13 Mar 2012 by Fredrik Bornander

WPF Implementation of the spinning panel frequently used on the iPhone

Loading Related Entities with Entity Framework - A Beginner's Primer

24 Jul 2014 by David Rogers Dev

Learn how to load related entities using the Entity Framework with simple examples

10 Mar 2010 by Apriorit Inc, Ivan Romanenko

This article is the continue of the previously posted article Hide Driver. Some methods to detect hidden files and processes are described in it

Simple Method of DLL Export without C++/CLI

27 Jun 2009 by Dark Daskin

Article describes how to build an assembly that exposes functions to unmanaged code without C++/CLI

virtual-machine

Human-readable Enumeration Meta-data

8 Mar 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Display names and descriptions for enumeration members: a non-intrusive, reliable, localizeable method.

TCP Socket Off-the-shelf

22 Jan 2014 by Igor Ladnik

Wrapper to facilitate usage of TCP sockets

Nimbus SDK: A Tiny Framework for C++ Real-Time Volumetric Cloud Rendering, Animation and Morphing

3 Apr 2022 by Carlos Jiménez de Parga

A reusable Visual C++ framework for real-time volumetric cloud rendering, animation and morphing

WPF: If Carlsberg did MVVM Frameworks: Part 6 of n

4 Sep 2009 by Sacha Barber

It would probably be like Cinch, an MVVM framework for WPF.

Understanding Merkle Trees - Why Use Them, Who Uses Them, and How to Use Them

13 Mar 2017 by Marc Clifton

An interactive demo of how audit and consistency proofs work

Using a TypeDescriptionProvider to support dynamic run-time properties

16 Jun 2008 by Nish Nishant

This articles explains how to implement a TypeDescriptionProvider for a class to support multiple object types using a single class type

XResFile - Files Stored in Resources: Part 2 - Zip Files

19 Jul 2007 by Hans Dietrich

This series of articles is a step-by-step guide to reading files stored in your program's resources. Along the way I will present some non-MFC classes to assist you in reading text, binary, zip, and even encrypted files that have been compiled into your program as resources.

Multiplatform Avalonia .NET Framework Programming Basic Concepts in Easy Samples

21 Dec 2023 by Nick Polyak

This article explains the most important and basic concepts of Avalonia WPF-like multiplatform UI package.

CProcessData : A template class to ease up SendMessage calls across processes

9 Jun 2005 by Nish Nishant

CProcessData is a template class that makes it easy to use data allocated in a different process, and is useful when making inter-process SendMessage/PostMessage calls.

DirectShow Virtual Video Capture Source Filter in C#

13 Oct 2012 by Maxim Kartavenkov

Articles describes how to create virtual video capture source directshow filter in pure C#

The Software Development Process - Science, Engineering, Art, or Craft?

21 Sep 2016 by Marc Clifton

An opinionated look at our trade

Phalanger, PHP for .NET: Introduction for .NET developers

24 Jan 2007 by Tomas Petricek

Phalanger is a PHP language compiler for the .NET Framework which introduces PHP as a first-class .NET citizen.

Routing Manager for WCF4

29 Apr 2010 by Roman Kiss

This article describes a design, implementation and usage of the Custom Routing Manager for managing messages via Routing Service built-in .Net 4 Technology.

ListBox Styling (Part 3 - Additional Templates) in Expression Blend and Silverlight

6 May 2010 by Alan Beasley

Explanation and examples of Additional Templates and Generated Content of a ListBox. Covering Layout, Transitions, and Animation.

Entity Framework: Storing Complex Properties as JSON Text in Database

18 Jan 2017 by Jovan Popovic(MSFT)

Mapping properties in EF model to database columns that contain JSON

entity-framework

SignalR Chat App With ASP.NET WebForm And BootStrap - Part Three

18 Sep 2018 by Altaf Ansari

SignalR Real-Time ChatApp with Emoji / Smiley and sending file attachment

Guide to WIN32 Regions

10 Mar 2002 by Paul M Watt

Guide to understanding how to create and use regions with the WIN32 SDK

AJAX-enabled Name Selector User Control

24 Aug 2009 by Steve Krile

Fully AJAX-enabled user control used to select names from a database in a drop-down format.

SQL-Server-2005

IFS - an Internet File System implementation based on Web services and peer-to-peer technology

28 Sep 2002 by Stoyan Damov

Internet File System from scratch - making web services and peer-to-peer technology work together to build a virtual file system

H.264 CUDA Encoder DirectShow Filter in C#

16 Jul 2012 by Maxim Kartavenkov

Article describes how to make H.264 Video Encoder DirectShow Filter using NVIDIA encoder API in C#

Demystify http.sys with HttpSysManager

23 Aug 2012 by Nicolas Dorier

Configure the HTTP traffic on your local machine. A nice alternative for netsh http.

Document Processing Part II: Request Driven OCR

30 Apr 2005 by Martin Welker

To get qualified access to paper based information, sometimes more than plain OCR is needed. This article shows why, and offers a solution to increase OCR quality by semi-automatic table extraction.

Window Tabs (WndTabs) Add-In for DevStudio

11 Jul 2002 by Oz Solomon

Window and File Management add-in for Visual C++

A Project Dependency Graph Utility for Visual Studio 2008

17 Jun 2009 by Marc Clifton

Review your project dependencies.

How To: Use Office 2007 OCR Using C#

24 Aug 2009 by Waleed Elkot

Reading text from any image using Microsoft Office 2007 OCR

Always run Visual Studio as Administrator with no UAC prompt

30 Jul 2015 by Tom Chantler

UPDATE: 2015-07-30 - Works correctly in Windows 10 RTM (10.0.10240) with VS2013 and VS2015 - If you're running Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10 and you don't want to disable User Account Control (UAC) - which you shouldn't and quite possibly can't in a corporate environment - then you get an annoying prompt

Intermediate Data Clustering with k-means

7 Jun 2023 by Andy Allinger

Add features to k-means for missing data, mixed data, and choosing the number of clusters

machine-learning

C#.NET Implementation of K-Means Clustering Algorithm to Produce Recommendations

25 Dec 2016 by Arthur V. Ratz

In this article we'll demonstrate the implementation of k-means clustering algorithm to produce recommendations.

Constructing Fast Lexical Analyzers with RE/flex - Why Another Scanner Generator?

30 Apr 2020 by Robert van Engelen

RE/flex for C++

Conceptual Children: A powerful new concept in WPF

6 Apr 2008 by Dr. WPF

This article describes a new approach by which an element can remove its visual and logical relationships to its children while maintaining a conceptual parental relationship with those children.

Object Tracking: Particle Filter with Ease

27 Apr 2015 by Darko Jurić

SIR Particle Filter brief tutorial with samples in C#

computer-vision

image-processing

Authenticated Encryption

23 Mar 2009 by Jeffrey Walton

Perform authenticated encryption with Crypto++.

Attaching a Virtual Branch to the Logical Tree in WPF

6 May 2007 by Josh Smith

Reviews a pattern which enables new possibilities for data binding.

An extensible ExifReader class with customizable tag handlers

29 Mar 2010 by Nish Nishant

An ExifReader class in C# that supports custom formatting and extraction. StyleCop compliant code, with demos for WPF and Windows Forms.

Silverlight DataTrigger is the Answer to View Model / MVVM Issues

6 Nov 2010 by defwebserver

How using the Silverlight DataTrigger allows you to run a process and then raise another when using View Model (MVVM)

WPF Geometries, the Processing Way

15 Aug 2013 by Nicolas Dorier

Create drawings easily with the Drawing/Drawer space paradigm

Music Notation in .NET

15 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

Open source library for music engraving in desktop, mobile and web applications

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part VI

26 May 2006 by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on writing a shell extension that can be used on the Send To menu.

Data Debugger Visualizer

30 May 2005 by dotnetdan

VS 2005 debug visualizers for DataSet, DataTable, DataView, DataRow and DataColumn objects.

.NET File Format - Signatures under the Hood, Part 2 of 2

28 Sep 2009 by Przemyslaw Celej

Full description of signatures, that are part of .NET file format

Build a Desktop GIS Application Using MapWinGIS and C# - Part 4

20 May 2010 by Wisam E. Mohammed

The hidden secerts of GIS data creation.

Reflection Studio - Part 2 - User Interface: Themes, Dialogs, Controls, External Libraries

22 Sep 2010 by Guillaume Waser

Reflection Studio is a "developer" application for assembly, database, performance, and code generation, written in C# under WPF 4.0.

A Journey to the World of Android Wearable

16 Oct 2015 by ridoy

A brief explanation of application development for Android Wear, helpful for every beginner and intermediate android developer.

Using Roslyn for Compiling Code into Separate Net Modules and Assembling them into a Dynamic Library

16 Jun 2021 by Nick Polyak

Dynamically compile and assemble code snippets into a dynamic assembly

Create An Awesome WPF UI for Your C++/QT Applications

6 Jan 2020 by The Ænema

This article will teach you how to create an amazing, clean and smooth WPF/Winform UI for your native application without using any complex, unsafe, ActiveXish methods, etc.

How to Write Code to Solve a Problem, A Beginner's Guide

6 Oct 2020 by OriginalGriff

First steps in development: break it, break it again!

Understanding the SynchronizationContext in .NET with C#

28 Jul 2020 by honey the codewitch

Take control of which thread your code gets executed on, and how it does

synchronization

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part VII

30 May 2006 by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on using owner-drawn menus in a context menu shell extensions, and on making a context menu extension that responds to a right-click in a directory background.

Using Reflection.Emit to Precompile Expressions to MSIL

6 Jan 2009 by Steve Marsh

The classes in this project allow you to parse text expressions entered by a user and compile them to a .NET assembly. This assembly can be executed on the fly, or saved to a DLL.

Binding RadioButtons to an Enum in Silverlight

5 Sep 2011 by Todd Davis

How to bind an enum to radiobuttons in Silverlight/WPF

.NET Shell Extensions - Shell Icon Overlay Handlers

14 Sep 2013 by Dave Kerr

Create Shell Icon Overlay Handlers using .NET!

Self-Hosting Multiple HTTPS Websites in IIS with SNI and LetsEncrypt Certificates

4 Jul 2017 by Marc Clifton

Ability to self-host multiple HTTPS websites without having to pay for hosting and certificates

fastCSV - A Tiny, Fast, Standard Compliant CSV Reader Writer

6 Dec 2020 by Mehdi Gholam

With the increased prominence of machine learning and ingesting large datasets with the CSV format for this purpose, I decided to write a CSV parser which met my requirements of being small, fast and easy to use.

Generating RDLC Dynamically for the Report Viewer Local Report

2 Jan 2014 by tetsushmz

This article explains how to dynamically create RDLC.

Outlook style GUI - three-way split form

3 Jul 2002 by Nish Nishant

Demonstrates the usage of splitters, treeviews, listviews, panels, toolbars

The ALXGrid Control Library.

10 Nov 2002 by Alexey

The ALXGrid Control Library is a set of classes for management of data as a table.

ImmDoc .NET - a tool for generating HTML documentation

27 Jun 2007 by Marek Stoj

ImmDoc .NET is a command-line utility for generating HTML documentation from a set of .NET assemblies and XML files created by the compiler.

Ultra-Rapid PHP Application Development

31 Oct 2014 by Christoph Buenger

Describes PHP application development with the free Scavix Web Development Framework (Scavix-WDF).

Introducing Calcium for Xamarin.Forms

15 Sep 2014 by Daniel Vaughan

Create best-in-breed cross-platform MVVM apps using Calcium for Xamarin.Forms.

HandlEdInput - Powerful and Highly Customizable Input Handler for TextBox, RichTextBox and ComboBox

17 Jul 2019 by Edwyn Amador

Handles and validates input typing and pressed keys in TextBox, RichTextBox and ComboBox, displaying custom balloon tips messages

Using C Calling Convention Callback Functions in C# and VB - The Easy Way

13 Sep 2005 by Jecho Jekov

Provides an easy way to use C calling convention callback functions in C# and VB

.NET Core nginx, and Postgres with EF on an rPi

11 Jan 2019 by Marc Clifton

Implementing an SSL capable server in .NET Core WITHOUT ASP.NET, using nginx, and testing Postgres with EF, all running on an rPi

Manageable Services

30 Apr 2009 by Roman Kiss

This article describes a design, implementation and tooling of model driven WorkflowServices logically centralized in the Repository and physically decentralized for their runtime projecting.

Build a Desktop GIS Application Using MapWinGIS and C# - Part 3

22 Nov 2009 by Wisam E. Mohammed

Raster data display and manipulation using MapWinGIS.

Virtualizing WrapPanel

25 May 2010 by Thiago de Arruda

A Virtualizing WrapPanel for WPF.

InternetToolTip

2 Dec 2011 by Florian Rappl

A better ToolTip for Windows Forms and more.

Introducing PdfRport

14 Feb 2013 by Vahid_N

PdfReport is a code-first reporting engine which is built on top of the iTextSharp and EPPlus libraries.

Mario5 with TypeScript

18 Dec 2014 by Florian Rappl

Exploring the abilities, benefits and features of TypeScript by extending / rewriting the original Mario5 source.

Lightning-Fast Nested User Groups in C#

5 Dec 2015 by Daniel Miller

This article describes the C# implementation for a high-performance user/role security principal hierarchy.

Vash - A GDI+ Flash-Like Vector Animation Program

27 Apr 2016 by Clayton Rumley

There are those who think I am crazy, and this just might be the proof.

A Dynamic Units of Measure Library in 9 Days

11 Feb 2020 by spi

This small library handles units of measure and quantities with a dynamic and multi-contexts approach.

.NET Wrapper of FFmpeg Libraries

15 Jul 2022 by Maxim Kartavenkov

Article describes created .NET wrapper library

Passing Strings Between Managed and Unmanaged Code

7 Jul 2017 by Leif Simon Goodwin

How to pass strings between managed and unmanaged code

Automated IE SaveAs MHTML

4 Sep 2002 by Stephane Rodriguez.

This article demonstrates how to automate IE's Save As functionality

FIXME - A Smart FIXME Macro

25 May 2009 by Jochen Baier

Using this smart 'FIXME' macro will help you not to forget to fix your code.

Driver Loader [DLoad] from Scratch

2 Nov 2009 by csrss

A tool for loading device drivers

Quantum Computation Primer - Part 1

24 Jun 2019 by Daniel Vaughan

Learn the fundamentals of quantum computation. Understand Dirac notation and design and build quantum circuits.

quantum-computing

ANNT : Convolutional neural networks

28 Oct 2018 by Andrew Kirillov

The article demonstrates usage of ANNT library for creating convolutional ANNs and applying them to image classification tasks.

artificial-intelligence

SAPrefs - Netscape-like Preferences Dialog

20 Apr 2002 by C^hris L^osinger

A base class for a prefereneces dialog, similar to that used in Netscape

Pretty Good Initialization Library

25 Nov 2004 by Thorsten Ottosen

Are you tired of filling data manually into STL containers? With the Initialization Library it gets a lot easier.

Add Images and Textboxes to PDF

2 May 2007 by pmpdesign

A lightweight C# library to add images and 'round rectangles' to a PDF on the fly and then securely embed the PDF in a web page