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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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Simplifying .NET Application Logging: Seamless Integration with Azure Log Analytics and CI/CD Automation

by Daan Acohen

Learn how to simplify .NET application logging by integrating with Azure Log Analytics and automating the process using GitHub Actions.

C# in Browser via WebAssembly (without Blazor)

by Nick Polyak

In this article I describe how to write C# code that runs in Browser.

Small function to replace characters with SQL Server

by Wendelius

A small function utilizing CTE to replace undesired characters from a string

gRPC, .NET 8.0 and Kestrel in Easy Samples

by Nick Polyak

I demonstrate the samples adding gRPC capabilities to Kestrel ASP.NET server and testing gRPC services with various clients.

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"Avalon" Application Type (By Deployment)

23 Aug 2005 by Its Piyush Gupta

In the Vista world, application type selection is based on security requirement and deployment method but not on user interface requirements. This article describes various application types supported by Avalon sub-system of the Vista operating system.

"Browse For Folder" dialog alike with source

5 Sep 2001 by Marat Bedretdinov

Shell interfaces in use. IShellFolder, IEnumIDList, etc.

"C# Hooks For RRDtool"

26 May 2010 by Mike Corley

C# (.NET and Mono) library provider for RRDtool

"ClassWizard" in VS.NET 2003

29 May 2003 by Nicolas Bonamy

Simulate the Class Wizard in VS.NET 2003

"Design, Test, Developement, Test" in-stead of "Test Driven Development" (DTDT over TDD)

27 Nov 2013 by Mahmud Hasan

The only good thing of Test Driven Development is, it ensures the maximum test coverage but TDD puts you in risk of a week design. DTDT tries to solve this while ensuring maximum test coverage.

"Do not ask again" Message Boxes

4 Feb 2003 by Nicolas Bonamy

Two simple ways to add "Do not ask again" Message Boxes to your application.

"Filmstrip" or CatalogView Photo Gallery Sample

4 Nov 2005 by eug_acc (Eugene Akimov)

A photo images gallery browsing template - CatalogView style.

"Hello Amazon!" - Making a first request to the Amazon Product API

24 Jun 2009 by kcs2c

This demo allows you to verify that you have a valid key and can format a request..

"Hey! Is That My Car? How to Sharpen a QuickBird Satellite Image Using DotImage"

12 Nov 2007 by Lou Franco

Atalasoft leverages their DotImage toolkit to manipulate color channels for the purpose of image enhancement, in this case satellite images. The article is a tutorial on image enhancement and it includes all source code and test images.

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"How to series" about MVC, jQuery, JSON, paging, mapRoute

19 Apr 2013 by Necmettin Demir

"How to series" about MVC, jQuery, JSON, paging, mapRoute.

"Liberty Profile" - IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.5

5 May 2015 by Jitendra_Jain04

IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.5 Liberty profile is a flexible and dynamic server profile of WAS which enables the WAS server to deploy only required custom features instead of deploying a big set of available JEE components.

"One size fits all" solution for freezing a Grid's header rows, why not?

23 Jan 2013 by Pham Dinh Truong

Enhance usability and look-and-feel of table/grid with freezing header rows. Let's discover it.

"OSQL Utility" for SSAS 2005

18 Jun 2008 by Igor Krupitsky

A script that lets you run many XMLA files against a SSAS 2005 database.

"Paint.exe" in CsGL

16 Dec 2003 by Todd.Harvey

Imitate Windows Paint.exe using C# and CsGL

"Please Don’t Fail Me!" - Decorator Cries Out to Template Method

13 Sep 2009 by Sanjeev Venkat, kb-boxer

Are your classes that implement the Template Method Design Pattern "Decorator aware"?

"Reader Mode" for Desktop Internet Browsers

3 Feb 2019 by V. Subhash

For a more customizable "reading mode" or "article view" in your browser when reading news and articles.

"Select Computer" Dialog

16 Apr 2001 by Igor Sukhov

The ATL and MFC versions of the class that implements a dialog for selecting users(computers) within the Windows Network.

"Serverless" CQRS using Azure Event Grid and Durable Functions

9 Dec 2018 by Duncan Edwards Jones

Using Azure Event Grid and Durable Functions as the backbone for a serverless CQRS architecture

"Skinned" UI control library (VC++)

27 Mar 2007 by vishalkmehta

This article demonstrates how to leverage the power of images and inheritance to achieve a "skinned" look for your Windows applications.

"Taskbar and Start Menu Properties Dialog" showing made easy

19 Sep 2006 by tanvon malik

This article shows you ways to run Control Panel applets from VC++, even those that don't have a cpl extension file.

"There is insufficient memory or disk space. Save the document now" - Opening MS Word from ASP.NET

5 Oct 2005 by Sadish Kumar.V

This article will help you to open an MS-Word Document (Document or Document template) or MS-Excel sheet from server side code (ASP.NET) with minimum configuration efforts.

"Unrecognized Tag" problem while changing the namespace for a custom Atlas control project

16 Oct 2006 by azharkhan

This article provides the steps to solve the "Unrecognized Tag" problem for an Atlas control.

"Zero Web.config Configuration" Deployment / "No touch web.config" Application Deployment

2 Dec 2004 by nssidhu

No web.config modifications required, for deployment.

# Nullable DateEdit Control

15 Jun 2003 by Oscar Bowyer

A Nullable C# DateEdit Control

#zlib - Modifying Archives

14 May 2007 by TyronM

A way to modify Zip archives without extracting them completely.

'Class methods' for plain arrays and std::array and vector too.

4 Jan 2018 by john morrison leon

Class method emulation for plain arrays plus unified handling of plain arrays, std::arrays and std::vectors

'Copy To' & 'Move To' in Shell Context Menu.

7 Jan 2001 by Mumtaz Zaheer

This article is all about how to create a context menu shell extension. 'Copy To' & 'Move To' will be added to the files/folder context menu.

'Encryption/Decryption with .NET' Modified (Frank Fangs' Code) CCW and VB

19 May 2002 by Dan Elebash

Modified version of Frank Fang's code ported to VB and made CCW.

'Extending' the Enum Class to Validate the Enum Values with the Flags Attribute

4 Jan 2008 by dmihailescu

Use extension methods to augment the enums to validate the values and more

'Find Function headers' macro for Visual Studio .NET

28 May 2002 by Wooseok Seo

This macro will help you when you want to quickly move between function headers in your code.

'Hello World, Goodbye .XIB!' -- A .XIB'less Hello World Application

14 Sep 2010 by Ohmu

An article that creates a simple iPhone application that displays a graphic then cuts out the .XIB, and completes this just from the code.

'Inheriting' from an Internal WinForms Designer

26 Jan 2011 by OrlandoCurioso

Customize an internal designer by encapsulation in a custom component designer

'Wait while loading' message for Java applets

24 May 2000 by Glenn S. Peffers

An article describing JavaScript code that will display a message (i.e. Please Wait...) while a Java Applet is loading. This code is designed to work in both IE and Netscape

'which' utility for Windows

6 Jul 2005 by SathishVJ

Find all possible locations of an executable.

'XNA Sample Game' for Beginners

17 Jan 2016 by Harsha Wansooriya

Sample Game using XNA

'You Who?' - Trust in Web 2.0

12 Apr 2007 by Trenton Moss

Issues of online trust have evolved as web 2.0 is becoming more widespread - find out what implications this has for your website.

(AI) Sliding Puzzle Solution Analyzer

17 Apr 2012 by Mehmet Mutlu

Details of my solution algorithms, implemented programs, and the results I have concluded.

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(ASP.NET)Sending mail using SMTP in HTML format using IP settings in web.config file

20 Feb 2006 by creativesri

This article briefs you about sending mail using SMTP in HTML Format, which takes the default SMTP settings from web.config file

(Desktop) Falling Snowflakes

3 Oct 2007 by User 2739121

Using GDI+ and a transparent form

(Extended) Modal Window in Silverlight

2 Apr 2009 by Ed Dupas

An extension of the code submitted in the article: "Modal Window in Silverlight". This extension wraps the hosted control in a window frame that provides various modal features.

(Hybrid Smart Client) RSS Media Player

9 Mar 2009 by Paul_Wade

A WPF application for viewing RSS video feeds. Built using the MVVM pattern.

(Memory and Resource) Leak Detection for WinCE

23 May 2012 by Sergeant Kolja

This is an alternative for "Memory leak detection for WinCE".

(Much) Faster Silverlight Scrolling

10 Dec 2008 by Jerry Evans

Improving scrolling performance in Silverlight

(Re) Introducing AJAX for ASP.NET with Prototype

17 Dec 2008 by thund3rstruck

Writing and using cross platform AJAX in ASP.NET applications.

(Yet Another) Windows Role Provider - For Enterprise Environment

20 Feb 2014 by Zoltán Zörgő

Implementing custom RoleProvider for both AD and local machine for use with Forms Authentication

.001,.002, ... Part Files Combiner

4 Oct 2007 by tahouri

This program simply generates a batch file that you can extract your .00x files

.NET - COM Interoperability

16 Sep 2003 by KRISHNA PRASAD.N

This paper provides a technical overview of .NET and COM interoperability.

.NET - Diving into System Programming - Part 1

8 Mar 2004 by Vladimir Afanasyev

Device configuration using C# (Part 1)

.NET - Diving into System Programming - Part 2

9 Mar 2004 by Vladimir Afanasyev

Device configuration using C# (Part 2) . How to enumerate devices.

.NET - Diving into System Programming - Part 3

10 Mar 2004 by Vladimir Afanasyev

Device configuration using C# (Part 3). Device resources - IRQ, DMA, etc.

.NET - Localization using Resource file

15 Nov 2003 by Prakash Kumar Singh

This article explains and demonstrates various ways to implement localization in your .NET application.

.NET / XML Serialization

11 Oct 2007 by aSarafian

An article that tries to clear up the concept of serialization.

.NET 2.0 Configuration and Provider Model

27 Mar 2010 by Sergey Sorokin

Use .NET 2.0 configuration features for building a pluggable provider framework for your application.

.NET 2.0 REST Service

6 Jan 2009 by carlos@takeapps

A working implementation of a REST service in .NET 2.0.

.NET 2.0 Workaround for PathTooLongException

17 Dec 2007 by Balaji Lakshmanan

Using the Unicode version of CreateFileW, we can overcome the PathTooLongException error on file operations.

.NET 3.0 WPF Tools and Examples

22 Mar 2007 by Sacha Barber

An article which shows how to achieve some of the common XAML concepts.

.NET 4.0 RESTful Web Service Introduction

21 Jan 2011 by sowmyanarayanan

Introduces you to the basics of RESTful Web Services.

.NET addins for Visual Studio 6.0

20 Dec 2005 by Johann Anhofer

Extend the VS6 IDE with .NET addins.

.NET and COM Object Events in Console Applications

5 Sep 2007 by Boaz V

How to receive events from a COM object using the application message loop in a console application.

.NET and COM: The Complete Interoperability Guide

24 May 2003 by Erik Westermann

Book Review of .NET and COM: The Complete Interoperability Guide

.NET Appications Automation

22 Jul 2007 by Yuriy Kyyan

An article on creation automated interface for .NET applications.

.NET Application Continuous Integration ( CI ) using Jenkins

19 Aug 2015 by Ashwin. Shetty

Continuous Integration of .NET project using Jenkins & Gradle Script

.NET Application Framework (Spring.net + ibatis.net)

17 Oct 2019 by Changqin Liu

C# framework integrated with spring.net and ibatis.net

.NET ASP.NET MVC plug-in architecture with embedded views - Part 2, Plugins server-side logic

8 Jul 2013 by Liviu Ignat

How to handle database operations or any kind of business specific logic inside plugin assemblies.

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.NET Assembly File Attributes

11 Jan 2008 by Ravenet

This article provides a simple class with commonly used attributes and gets information from the assembly about the product.

.NET Asynchronous Design Pattern for Native C++

2 Nov 2010 by Daniel Ranger

Native C++ implementation of the .NET Asynchronous Design Pattern using Windows I/O Completion Ports

.NET asynchrony in the UI context

21 Nov 2011 by dmihailescu

UI and concurrent programming using IAsyncResult, BackgroundWorker, TPL, and ‘async’ syntax.

.NET Audio buttons with professional look

10 Aug 2003 by dallyanzi

.NET buttons that used for audio functions - write your own control

.NET Based Add-in/Plug-in Framework with Dynamic Toolbars and Menus

2 May 2006 by thomas_tom99

An article on a .NET based add-in/plug-in framework, with dynamic toolbars and menus.

.NET CF and Google APIs

24 May 2004 by Mark Arteaga

Sample application to access Google APIs from a .NET Compact Framework application

.NET CF Custom DataGrid Formatting

29 Aug 2007 by hayles

This article shows you how to customize individual cells in a DataGrid - and it works on the Compact Framework.

.NET Chaînes Utilitaires (String Utils)

15 Mar 2004 by Romelard Fabrice (Alias F___)

Classes Library for String manipulations in Your .NET projects

.NET class to create and maintain vCalendar information

6 Feb 2003 by slolife

.NET class to create and maintain vCalendar information

.NET class to create and maintain vCard information

8 Apr 2003 by slolife

.NET class to create and maintain vCard information

.NET Client Classes for openldap/winldap

11 Mar 2003 by Leon Finker

An example of using LDAP/OpenLDAP with .Net

.NET Code Generation through StringTemplate

30 May 2008 by Ricky Wang

This article concisely introduces StringTemplate with a practical .NET code generation example. The scenario includes common issues when it comes to code generation such as conditionally generating codes, loop, and token replacement.

.NET Code or SQL – Where’s the Performance Problem?

18 Oct 2011 by Redgate Software

Identifying an application’s performance bottlenecks is all about understanding how the application is spending its time. Only with the most complete understanding of how an application is operating is it possible to understand what it is doing wrong, as this article describes.

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.NET Code Profiler Speeds PlanGen Web Application

19 Apr 2004 by Redgate Software

ANTS Profiler used to optimize code, lower hardware costs and improve application performance.

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.NET Code Protection Solutions Review

3 Sep 2013 by michaelas

The article discusses .NET code protection methods.

.NET Color Picker Controls

6 Nov 2001 by Philip Lee

A control library containing three color picker controls written in C#

.NET COM+ Interop Component with Classic ASP (Part I)

25 Sep 2008 by tomcat1

Call a .NET COM+ Interop component with Classic ASP.

.NET COM+ Transactions

12 Aug 2005 by hadhmy

Implementation of .NET COM+ Transactions

.NET Command Line Tools

1 Mar 2007 by TheKarateKid

Various Command Line Tools Available under .NET Development Environment

.NET Command Prompt Here

22 Aug 2003 by flipdoubt

Command Prompt Here for VS.NET Users

.NET component from a COM client

28 Jun 2007 by ponnurajs

This article discusses how to access a .NET component from a COM client, with an example of how to merge two different word documents into one

.NET component that simplifies tracking of system's idle time

13 Jul 2008 by Dazdarevic Edin

A .NET component that simplifies tracking of system's idle time.

.NET Connector for Microsoft Outlook

19 Feb 2004 by Mathias Taylor

Export Microsoft Outlook data using XML DataSets and the Outlook COM Object Library.

.NET Console Password Input By Masking Keyed-In Characters

27 Aug 2004 by Lim Bio Liong

Demonstrates how to intercept .NET console keyboard input and display a * in place of each actual typed-in character.

.NET Core Datagrid

18 Jan 2017 by Bart-Jan Brouwer

.Net Core datagrid with server side paging, sorting and filtering

.NET Core Microservices in the Enterprise: Logger as Microservice

21 Aug 2021 by freedeveloper

Use the logger system as other Microservices in your eco-system

.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

.NET Core UI using Webviews

30 Nov 2019 by Johannes Bildstein

Write cross platform desktop applications with .Net Core by using the OS native webview.

.NET Core: Interaction of Microservices via Web API

16 Jun 2020 by Shkurko Eugene

This article looks at the only thing that is missing from Christian Horsdal's, “Microservices in .NET Core: with examples in Nancy” - a tool for automating the interaction between microservices.

.NET cryptography library for files and strings

29 Dec 2005 by HanreG

This is a VB.NET wrapper for the .NET framework cryptography classes (HashAlgorithm, SymmetricAlgorithm) for working with strings and files.

.NET Data Access Class for Exchange 2000 Webstore

16 Aug 2005 by clementsm

Assembly written in VB.NET that accesses Exchange 2000 Webstore data, using WEBDAV.

.NET Data Persistence: SQL Server vs. Matisse vs. FastObjects

10 May 2004 by A.Z. Rosenberg

An article with source code examining the development speed and performance capability of .NET, Matisse and FastObjects

.NET DataSet filter demonstration

26 Jul 2007 by Praveen Nair (NinethSense)

This article explains how to filter rows in a DataSet/DataTable. The example provided will help you get information faster.

.NET DataSet to ADODB Recordset Conversion

8 Mar 2006 by KRucker

A description of how how to convert a .NET DataSet to an ADODB Recordset.

.NET Delegates: A C# Bedtime Story

3 Dec 2001 by Chris Sells

An exploratory story of delegates and events for C# programmers told in the style of a bedtime story

.NET Deque

8 Nov 2007 by Chris Kolkman

A .NET implementation of a Deque object.