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Demystify http.sys with HttpSysManager

by Nicolas Dorier

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

Controlling a Myo Armband with C#

by Dev Leader

Are you excited to get your Myo armband from Thalmic Labs? If you're a C# developer, then check out this open source library to help you control your Myo! The post appeared first on http://www.DevLeader.ca.

Programming the Roma Widget Set (C# X11) - a zero dependency GUI application framework - Composite widgets

by Steffen Ploetz

How to develop Linux/Unix (X11) GUI applications in C# efficiently without dependencies to GUI frameworks like GTK or KDE. Description of composite widgets.

Writing DirectShow Demultiplexors in C#. Part 1 - Windows Media Splitter example.

by Maxim Kartavenkov

Article describes basic task which are requre to solve for developing your own DirectShow Splitter filters.

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A WPF-Friendly Shell_NotifyIcon Wrapper Class - Part 4: Ad Blocker Back End

by Ronald M. Martin

A walk-through of the front end of a convenient ad blocking application that lives behind a notify icon

A WPF-Friendly Shell_NotifyIcon Wrapper Class - Part 3: Ad Blocker Front End

by Ronald M. Martin

This article provides a walk-through of the front end of a convenient ad blocking application that lives behind a notify icon.

A WPF-Friendly Shell_NotifyIcon Wrapper Class - Part 2: Minimize to System Tray

by Ronald M. Martin

This series of articles explores a new WPF-friendly wrapper class for Shell_NotifyIcon.

A WPF-Friendly Shell_NotifyIcon Wrapper Class - Part 1: Notify Icon Wrapper

by Ronald M. Martin

This series of articles explores a new WPF-friendly wrapper class for Shell_NotifyIcon.

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A Versatile MessageBox Replacement

7 Oct 2012 by Andriks

A MessageBox replacement with some much needed extras

Advanced Data I/O using IPC on Windows

14 Apr 2018 by Andy Galluzzi

Join me to create the most advanced yet most simple to use full duplex MMF based IPC for Windows

Inserts Tabular Text from Text Files into Microsoft Word Table

26 Aug 2010 by Bassam Alugili

Inserts tabular text into Microsoft Word document

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Invoke FFmpeg to export frames

5 Apr 2015 by Bjørn

Using ffmpeg DLLs directly in C# to extract frames and create a thumbnail sheet

F# Versus Mathematics: Part One - Getting Started with BLAS and LAPACK

24 Mar 2011 by Dan Buskirk

Accessing Industry-Standard Linear Algebra Libraries from .NET Code

Fast String Searching Using C++ STL Vectors in C#

18 Aug 2012 by Dan Randolph

C# interop using platform invoke and C++ vectors to implement fast searching and selection on index keys

Auto Click Button on HTML Popup Window

11 Feb 2013 by Dave Elliott

This article provides a practical solution to clicking the button on a popup window.

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Controlling a Myo Armband with C#

6 Oct 2014 by Dev Leader

Are you excited to get your Myo armband from Thalmic Labs? If you're a C# developer, then check out this open source library to help you control your Myo! The post appeared first on http://www.DevLeader.ca.

P/Invoke Jujitsu: Passing Variable Length Structs

4 Jul 2020 by honey the codewitch

How to marshal structs that the .NET marshaller just can't handle without a lot of help

P/Invoke Jujitsu: A Data Kata

11 Jul 2020 by honey the codewitch

Exploit the memory layout of your data to make your P/Invoke code more accessible and maintainable

Understanding Windows Message Queues for the C# Developer

22 Jul 2020 by honey the codewitch

Diving into some of the core plumbing behind the Windows operating system

Filio - Distributed File Management

11 Aug 2010 by Huisheng Chen

Distributed File Management

Asynchronous I/O with Thread.BindHandle

7 Jan 2013 by Jason Curl

Describes the usage of Asynchronous I/O with I/O Completion ports with .NET

Invoking "Run" Dialog from In-Browser Silverlight 5 Application

12 Sep 2011 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

How to open the "Run Dialog" directly from the Silverlight 5 application

Pure .NET DirectShow Filters in C#

13 Oct 2012 by Maxim Kartavenkov

Article describes how to make DirectShow Filters in .NET, it consist of BaseClasses and couple of samples

Writing DirectShow Demultiplexors in C#. Part 2 - AVI File Source example

13 Oct 2012 by Maxim Kartavenkov

Article describes basic tasks for implementing your own File Source DirectShow filters.

Writing DirectShow Demultiplexors in C#. Part 1 - Windows Media Splitter example.

7 Oct 2012 by Maxim Kartavenkov

Article describes basic task which are requre to solve for developing your own DirectShow Splitter filters.

VMR9 Allocator Presenter in C# with Direct3D Video Rendering

10 Jul 2012 by Maxim Kartavenkov

Articles describes how to make pure C# rendering video on VMR9 with custom allocator presenter over Direct3D in .NET

EVR Presenter in pure C# with Direct3D Video Rendering

11 Jul 2012 by Maxim Kartavenkov

Articles describes how to make pure C# rendering video on EVR with custom presenter over Direct3D in .NET

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.

Show Dynamic HTML in WinForm Applications

12 Aug 2010 by Petr Bříza

Use asynchronous pluggable protocol to generate content for WebBrowser control

Head-to-head benchmark: C++ vs .NET

4 Jul 2011 by Qwertie

How fast is C++ compared to C#? Let's compare code ported directly between the two languages.

A WPF-Friendly Shell_NotifyIcon Wrapper Class - Part 1: Notify Icon Wrapper

2 Dec 2020 by Ronald M. Martin

This series of articles explores a new WPF-friendly wrapper class for Shell_NotifyIcon.

A WPF-Friendly Shell_NotifyIcon Wrapper Class - Part 2: Minimize to System Tray

2 Dec 2020 by Ronald M. Martin

This series of articles explores a new WPF-friendly wrapper class for Shell_NotifyIcon.

A WPF-Friendly Shell_NotifyIcon Wrapper Class - Part 3: Ad Blocker Front End

2 Dec 2020 by Ronald M. Martin

This article provides a walk-through of the front end of a convenient ad blocking application that lives behind a notify icon.

A WPF-Friendly Shell_NotifyIcon Wrapper Class - Part 4: Ad Blocker Back End

2 Dec 2020 by Ronald M. Martin

A walk-through of the front end of a convenient ad blocking application that lives behind a notify icon

Code to Host a Third Party Application in our Process Window (e.g. Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 8)

15 Aug 2010 by Sharan Basappa

This code shows how to host a third party application inside your own process Window, like Google Chrome & Internet Explorer 8

A Super Easy DLL Made in VC++ IDE, especially for First Time Tasters

8 Sep 2017 by simonp_ca

Super easy DLL in VC++ IDE

Programming Xlib with Mono Develop - Part 3: Motif widgets (proof of concept)

17 Sep 2013 by Steffen Ploetz

How to call native Xm API from Mono Develop C# ending up in a very little Motif widget application.

Programming Xlib with Mono Develop - Part 2: Athena widgets (proof of concept)

14 Sep 2013 by Steffen Ploetz

How to call native Xt API from Mono Develop C# ending up in a very little Athena widget application.

Programming Xlib with Mono Develop - Part 4: FWF Xt widgets

7 Nov 2013 by Steffen Ploetz

How to use Free Widget Foundation Xt compatible widgets from Mono Develop C#

Programming the Roma Widget Set (C# X11) - a zero dependency GUI application framework - Introduction

9 Mar 2015 by Steffen Ploetz

How to get out the maximum from the Roma widget in C# efficiently without dependencies to GUI frameworks like GTK or KDE. Basics and description of concepts.

Programming the Roma Widget Set (C# X11) - a zero dependency GUI application framework - Composite widgets

9 Mar 2015 by Steffen Ploetz

How to develop Linux/Unix (X11) GUI applications in C# efficiently without dependencies to GUI frameworks like GTK or KDE. Description of composite widgets.

Programming the Roma Widget Set (C# X11) - a zero dependency GUI application framework - Programming techniques

21 Oct 2015 by Steffen Ploetz

How to develop Linux/Unix (X11) GUI applications in C# efficiently without dependencies to GUI frameworks like GTK or KDE. Description of simple widgets.

Unleash the power of list and tree widget (C# X11)

13 Aug 2014 by Steffen Ploetz

How to get out the maximum from the Roma Widget Set's list and tree widgets in C#.

Writing a XAML dialog application for X11

10 Oct 2014 by Steffen Ploetz

Currently none of the big Linux/Unix (X11) GUI application frameworks (GTK+, KDE) support XAML based application development. The Moonlight project (including XAML support) was abandoned on May 29, 2012. This article shows 'how to' a XAML based dialog application with the Roma Widget Set (Xrw) in C#

Programming the Roma Widget Set (C# X11) - a zero dependency GUI application framework - Widget set

9 Mar 2015 by Steffen Ploetz

How to get out the maximum from the Roma widget set in C# efficiently without dependencies to GUI frameworks like GTK or KDE. Short introduction of the widgets.

Writing a XAML ribbon application for X11

29 Oct 2014 by Steffen Ploetz

Currently none of the big Linux/Unix (X11) GUI application frameworks (GTK+, KDE) support XAML based application development. The Moonlight project (including XAML support) was abandoned on May 29, 2012. This article shows 'how to' a XAML based ribbon application with the Roma Widget Set (Xrw) in C#

Writing a XAML application for X11 with massive data binding and zero code

22 Nov 2014 by Steffen Ploetz

Currently none of the big Linux/Unix (X11) GUI application frameworks (GTK+, KDE) support XAML based application development. The Moonlight project (including XAML support) was abandoned on May 29, 2012. This article reviews a XAML based application utilizing massive data binding with zero code.

Writing a XAML calculator application for X11

2 Feb 2015 by Steffen Ploetz

Currently none of the big Linux/Unix (X11) GUI application frameworks (GTK+, KDE) support XAML based application development. The Moonlight project (including XAML support) was abandoned on May 29, 2012. This article reviews a XAML based application with basic menu, clipboard & validation features.

Writing a XAML application with geometry objects (shapes) for X11

12 Jun 2015 by Steffen Ploetz

Currently none of the big Linux/Unix (X11) GUI application frameworks (GTK+, KDE) support XAML based application development. The Moonlight project (including XAML support) was abandoned on May 29, 2012. This article reviews a XAML based application with WPF geometry objects (shapes).

Programming transparent and gradient output without Cairo (C# X11) - a proof of concept

3 Aug 2015 by Steffen Ploetz

How to draw transparent and gradient output on a X11 window unsing the (low level API) XRender protocol extension for X11.

Writing a XAML application for X11 with UserControls

16 Aug 2015 by Steffen Ploetz

Currently none of the big Linux/Unix (X11) GUI application frameworks (GTK+, KDE) support XAML based application development. The Moonlight project (including XAML support) was abandoned on May 29, 2012. This article reviews a XAML based application utilizing WPF UserControls.

Writing a XAML 7 segment LCD display UserControl for X11 and Windows

30 Sep 2015 by Steffen Ploetz

Currently none of the big Linux/Unix (X11) GUI application frameworks (GTK+, KDE) support XAML based application development. The Moonlight project (including XAML support) was abandoned on May 29, 2012. This article introduces a XAML based 7 segment LCD display utilizing a WPF UserControl.

Writing a XAML Minesweeper game for X11 and Windows

9 Nov 2015 by Steffen Ploetz

Currently none of the big Linux/Unix (X11) GUI application frameworks (GTK+, KDE) support XAML based application development. The Moonlight project (including XAML support) was abandoned on May 29, 2012. This article introduces a XAML based Minesweeper game with WPF.

Writing a XAML application for X11 and Windows drawing a chessboard to demonstrate DrawingBrush

14 Feb 2017 by Steffen Ploetz

Currently none of the big Linux/Unix (X11) GUI application frameworks (GTK+, KDE) support XAML based application development. The Moonlight project (including XAML support) was abandoned on May 29, 2012. This article reviews a XAML based application utilizing the DrawingBrush with offset and tiles.

Writing a XAML application for X11 and Windows to create HTML help for assemblies

24 Mar 2017 by Steffen Ploetz

This article introduces a small tool (much simpler than sandcaste help file builder) to create HTML help for .NET/MONO assemblies and reviews the XAML based approach to create GUI application with the Roma Widget Set XrwXAML.

Sort Windows on the Windows Taskbar or Minimize them to System Tray

12 Feb 2011 by StehtimSchilf

TaskbarSorterXP is a small utility which allows the user to sort the windows on the Windows Taskbar. Additionally windows can be minimized to system tray

Native Browser Addin for Visual Studio

2 May 2010 by Thomas van Veen

Visual Studio 2005/2008 AddIn for browsing exported methods of native libraries

WinForms Tab Control with properly drawn bottom tabs

20 Feb 2014 by Vladimir Svyatski

How to correctly draw WinForms Tab Control with bottom alignment when visual styles are enabled

Redirect Mouse Wheel Events to Unfocused Windows Forms Controls

16 Nov 2011 by wborgsm

MouseWheelRedirector redirects mouse wheel events to the control under the mouse pointer in Windows Forms applications, regardless of the control being clicked/focused. Just attach the control to the Redirector, no additional coding is required.

MySQL-Fullltext: Start for a Simple Search-engine using MySQL

8 Sep 2013 by Winfried Wille

MySQL-Fullltext: Start for a simple search-engine using MySQL C-API, WCF, and jQuery

Rendering PDF Documents with Mupdf and P/Invoke in C#

23 Jan 2017 by wmjordan

Converting PDF into bitmaps without installing extra components.

PracticeSharp (or Practice#) - A Utility for Practicing your Musical Instrument with Playback

12 Jan 2018 by Yuval Naveh

A playback practice tool for musicians that allows slowing down, changing pitch, defining presets and loops on music files.