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

by Michael Dunn

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

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

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.

Fluid Geometry - An Animation Library and Configuration Application

by Josh Smith

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

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

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on writing a shell extension that provides custom drag and drop functionality.

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Serialize Custom Collections of CollectionBase

by Eric Paul Schneider

Basic demo on how to serialize and deserialize custom collections

Circuit Engine

by Emre Guldogan

A System for Simulation and Analysis of Logic Circuits

DaReport PrintDocument - A Printing Utility for .NET

by Predrag Dukanac

A printing utility for .NET

dwl::fractalBrowser

by David O'Neil

Everybody Loves the Mandelbrot Set! Here's a browser for it!

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Serialize Custom Collections of CollectionBase

31 Jan 2019

Eric Paul Schneider

Basic demo on how to serialize and deserialize custom collections

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Circuit Engine

18 Oct 2018

Emre Guldogan

A System for Simulation and Analysis of Logic Circuits

DaReport PrintDocument - A Printing Utility for .NET

7 Jun 2018

Predrag Dukanac

A printing utility for .NET

dwl::fractalBrowser

31 Mar 2018

David O'Neil

Everybody Loves the Mandelbrot Set! Here's a browser for it!

DecompressLibrary - A General Library to Decompress a zip, gz, or tar.gz File into a Memory Buffer

22 Feb 2018

Marius Daniel Ciorecan

A library that provides an easy to use class (CDecompressLibrary) that will detect and decompress into memory buffers an archive file (zip, gz, tar.gz).

XMLFoundation

5 Sep 2017

Brian Aberle

Dont kill time. Do things. Dont make trash. Make things out of your trash and organize it into wires here, paper there, plastic there. if paper can still be put under ur foot to mop the floor it's not trash - when it's finally used - you dry it out and it help start camp fires.

FreeCal - GPIB Instrument Automation for Metrology Test and Measurement

4 Sep 2017

Scott Page

FreeCal is a free 100% .NET suite of utilities and instrument drivers for controlling multiple instruments in a Test and Measurement environment.

A Portable and Efficient Generic Parser for Flat Files

2 Aug 2017

Andrew Rissing

GenericParser is a C# implementation of a parser for delimited and fixed width format files.

Circular Reference-proof ATL Object Collections

14 Jul 2017

Midi_Mick

Using ATL and STL to create collections of COM objects without circular references

Developing a SOHO web filter step by step

10 Jun 2017

Reza Schadmani

The main goal of this article is to explain the practical details of low level network security programming.

Hosting of MFC MDI Applications from Within WinForms and WPF Applications

12 May 2017

Alexey Shalnov

Demonstrates the concept of how to build an old MFC application in a .NET application, to replace the MFC MDI Framework with the modern WinForms or the WPF Framework and to integrate MFC Views and Dialogs in it.

Shape Control for .NET

24 Mar 2017

Yang Kok Wah

Implementing shape control that supports transparency, custom design-time editors and simple animation

Build My Own 3D Graphics Engine Step By Step

1 Feb 2017

Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

How to build my own 3D graphics engine from ZERO step by step

TraceTool 12.7: The Swiss-Army Knife of Trace

20 Nov 2016

Thierry Parent

A C#, C++, Delphi, ActiveX , Javascript , NodeJs and Java trace framework and a trace viewer: Tail, OutputDebugString, event log, and with Log4J, Log4Net, and Microsoft Enterprise Instrumentation Framework (EIF) support. This also comes with full support for Pocket PC, Silverlight, and Android.

Genetic Algorithm in VisualBasic

5 Nov 2016

Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

VisualBasic Darwinism Evolutionary computation Application and Super Computing

Matrix Transformation of Images using .NET GDI+

1 Jul 2016

Yang Kok Wah

Use of GDI+ Matrix class to perform image transformation.

Automatically Create Data Access Layers and Business Layers From Microsoft Access or SQL Server Databases

27 May 2016

icemanind

How to automatically create data access layers and business layers from a Microsoft Access or a SQL Server database

DayPilot - Building an Outlook-Like Calendar Component for ASP.NET

9 May 2016

Dan Letecky

A good-looking ASP.NET control that shows events visually arranged in a day calendar. Includes design-time support and data binding.

How To Send and Receive SMS using GSM Modem

2 Mar 2016

Ranjan.D

SMS Client - Server Software is used for sending, reading, deleting messages. It uses GSM modem for sending SMS. It listens for incoming messages to arrive, processes the read message and takes action accordingly. This SMS software requires GSMComm Library which you can also download.

A Class to Print and Print Preview a DataGrid or DataGridView Control

24 Jan 2016

Duncan Edwards Jones

A class to add to your application to generate nicely formatted prints from a DataGrid.

A Fast CSV Reader

13 Jan 2016

Sebastien Lorion

A reader that provides fast, non-cached, forward-only access to CSV data.

GLFW: A (Simple) OpenGL Framework Library

23 Dec 2015

Simone Serponi

An easy to use library to quickly setup and run OpenGL applications.

LayerGenMMX

2 Nov 2015

icemanind

Easily create Business and Data Layers!

FileHelpers v3.1 - Delimited (CSV) or Fixed Data Import/Export Framework

17 Aug 2015

Marcos Meli

An easy to use .NET library to read/write strong typed data from files with fixed length or delimited records (CSV). Also has support to import/export data from different data storages (Excel, Acces, SqlServer, MySql)

Implementing AI Evolutionary binary distribution algorithm for solving the numeric approximation problem

14 Jul 2015

Arthur V. Ratz

This article demostrates the C++ code that implements AI binary distribution evolutionary algorithm for finding the "nearest" neighbor values of the given value of x in the array of N elements.

Converting PDF to Text in C#

20 Apr 2015

Dan Letecky

1 alternative

Parsing PDF files in .NET using PDFBox and IKVM.NET (managed code).

CGridListCtrlEx - Grid Control Based on CListCtrl

16 Mar 2015

Rolf Kristensen

A custom draw CListCtrl with subitem editing and formatting

A Study of Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility for Automated Measuring Systems using VB.NET

24 Jan 2015

syed shanu

Gage R&R using VB.NET.

PLC Communication Using .NET

21 Jan 2015

syed shanu

Read and write data to Melsec PLC using .NET.

Fully Customizable XP Progress Bar (with examples)

20 Jan 2015

Marcos Meli

A progress bar like the WinXP progress bar control, but completely customizable.

Web Ink/Drawing Control

8 Dec 2014

daluu

An article on creating and using a web browser (IE only) compatible ink or drawing control using the Microsoft Tablet PC SDK version 1.7. A sample pre-built control is provided for use and demonstration.

Optical Flow or Motion Estimation Using the Watson-Ahumada (WA) Algorithm

24 Nov 2014

SIDDHARTH_JAIN

Optical Flow or Motion Estimation Using the Watson-Ahumada (WA) Algorithm

Using HttpModules with URL Re-writing to Handle Fake Directory Requests

30 Oct 2014

Terrence Sheflin

Explains how to use HttpModule in conjunction with IIS to handle requests to fake directories

CRUD with SPA, ASP.NET Web API and Angular.js

26 Oct 2014

mdshohelrana

CRUD with SPA, ASP.NET Web API and Angular.js

VJHandShaker1.0: A Tool For Making Easy Java (Core) Interface Design From Visual Basic 6.0

23 Sep 2014

Niladri_Biswas

VJHandShaker1.0 is an attempt to make an easy Java (Core) interface from VB.

C# Script: The Missing Puzzle Piece

6 Aug 2014

Oleg Shilo

An article on a "scripting engine" for the C# language

Extending C# to Support SQL Syntax at Compile Time

23 Jul 2014

Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu

Ever wished you could truly embed SQL functionality in your C# code without using strings or late binding? Imagine being able to write complex Where clauses purely in C#.

How to Validate ASP.NET and MVC Web Forms Using Business Rules Engine

14 Jul 2014

Misha1964

Learn how to validate complex web forms using business rules engine

Picture Chat for .NET

10 Jul 2014

Yang Kok Wah

A chat program that supports Unicode input and picture transfer.

Falling Blocks Board and Shape Control

2 Jul 2014

Yang Kok Wah

Implementing the all time favourite game as .NET custom controls, complete with animation and sound for full gaming experience

Adding COM Automation Support To Win32 Applications

2 Jul 2014

Mohammed El-Afifi

Given an existing win32 application, how to provide COM automation capability to it?

A Pretty Good Splash Screen in C#

28 Jun 2014

Tom Clement

A splash screen with some neat predictive progress bar features

Structured Print Document Utility

14 Jun 2014

Duncan Edwards Jones

A set of classes for creating structured documents

Monitoring a Printer Queue from VB.NET

2 May 2014

Duncan Edwards Jones

How to monitor a printer queue from Visual Basic .NET

License Key Generation

7 Mar 2014

Adamanteus

This is an alternative for "License Key Generation"

Five steps to using a logging utility in your projects using Application Blocks

6 Mar 2014

Shivprasad koirala

Steps to use a logging utility in your projects using Application Blocks.

Caching Interview Questions: Part 2

4 Mar 2014

Shivprasad koirala

Caching Interview Questions Part 2

Azure FAQ Part 1

4 Mar 2014

Shivprasad koirala

Azure FAQ Part 1

7 Simple Steps to Run Your First Azure Blob Program

26 Feb 2014

Shivprasad koirala

7 simple steps to run your first Azure Blob Program

Versioning Controlled Build

8 Dec 2013

Julijan Sribar

A Visual Studio add-in and command-line utility that automates versioning of .NET and VC++ projects

6 Steps to Enable Transactions in WCF

26 Nov 2013

Shivprasad koirala

6 steps to enable transactions in WCF

Machine Solution to Einstein's Riddle Revisited

29 Oct 2013

Dezhi Zhao

This article shows a fast solution to Einstein's Riddle by using brutal search.

The Essence Pattern in C#

7 Oct 2013

Dr Herbie

An implementation of the Essence Pattern in C#

Task List Feature of Visual Studio Framework

30 Sep 2013

Sandesh M Patil

This is all about Task list window which is helpful in managing our comments within the code.

SOA Interview Questions: Part 1

19 Sep 2013

Shivprasad koirala

Software Architecture interview questions (Service Oriented Architecture interview questions: Part 1).

Code generation at runtime

28 Aug 2013

Software Developer's Journal

The .NET platform contains no extensions which would allow for the use of advanced aspect oriented programming. But it does contain mechanisms which makes it possible to build components which provide similar functionality. We will find out how to achieve this in this article.

Remote Scripting in ASP.NET

28 Aug 2013

Software Developer's Journal

A remote scripting system performs remote server function calls from the browser level. This allows to save the time necessary to completely resend and build a page due to a query working somewhere in the background and supplying small amounts of data at a time.

Artificial Neural Networks made easy with the FANN library

28 Aug 2013

Software Developer's Journal

Neural networks are typically associated with specialised applications, developed only by select groups of experts. This misconception has had a highly negative effect on its popularity. Hopefully, the FANN library will help fill this gap.

SourceGrid - Open Source C# Grid Control

4 Aug 2013

Davide Icardi

SourceGrid is a free open source grid control. Supports virtual grid, custom cells and editors, advanced formatting options and many others features

Protecting an Application's Unauthorized Copy

2 Aug 2013

Manish K. Agarwal

To protect your application's unauthorized copy by using image integrity functions (Platform SDK's ImageHlp APIs) and to manage certificates in a portable executable (PE) image file.

Architecture FAQ for Localization and Globalization: Part 2

18 Jun 2013

Shivprasad koirala

Architecture FAQ for localization and globalization: Part 2.

Querying a SharePoint Portal Server (SPPS) Index using a WebDAV request

6 Jun 2013

Naveen Karamchetti

An article on querying a SharePoint Portal Server (SPPS) Index using a WebDAV request.

Enhanced BrowseForFolder Styled TreeView

27 May 2013

Chris Richner

Supports Explorer, SingleChecked and RecursiveChecked mode (checkboxes). Lets you specify the displayed drive types, etc...

Magic Library Docking Manager Designer

17 May 2013

Chris Richner

Provides docking support without writing one line of code.

Y(et)A(nother)TabControl: A Custom Tab Control With Owner Drawn Tabs

6 May 2013

Curtis Schlak.

A foray into the world of creating composite custom controls with design-time support.

Assembly Manipulation and C# / VB.NET Code Injection

26 Apr 2013

Sebastien Lebreton

Reflexil is an assembly editor and runs as a plug-in for Reflector or JustDecompile. Reflexil is able to manipulate IL code and save the modified assemblies to disk. Reflexil also supports "on-the-fly" C#/VB.NET code injection.

Create an SQL Server Database Using C#

24 Apr 2013

Phuong Thanh Nguyen

Create a SQL Server database using C#.

Pragmatic Unit Tests using "yield return" for providing test cases

5 Feb 2013

Pawel idzikowski

How to gain better control over the testing process reducing the amount of test methods in a unit test.

Persistence is the Key

24 Jan 2013

Jay Kint

Tutorial for using the Calvin C++ persistence library.

Ajaxion - Standalone AJAX - Part 2 of 2 - C# and Java Example

22 Jan 2013

radumi

An article about how to keep AJAX simple as it is and get the most out of it.

RSS 2.0 Framework

20 Jan 2013

Chris Richner

RSS 2.0 framework implements the RSS 2.0 specification in strongly typed classes. The framework enables you to create and consume valid RSS 2.0 feeds in your code in just a few minutes.

Guess My Drawing!

9 Jan 2013

Albara Hakami

A Windows Forms application to share a whiteboard with many clients with only one drawer, in a gamy way.

Coding an N-Tier Application in C# Without Any Wizard: Part II

6 Jan 2013

Vimalsoft(Pty) Ltd

Coding an N-Tier application in C# without using Wizards.

Building professional .NET applications using asynchronous message communication based on MCM-Framework.Net

4 Jan 2013

Pawel idzikowski

How to effectively build modular .NET applications of any size using messages, commands and components of MCM-Framework.Net?

A simple TFTP client using C#

2 Jan 2013

Matthias.Fischer

An article about creating a TFTP client with C#.

Fast LZW Compression Using Binary Tree

18 Dec 2012

Hatem Mostafa

Fast LZW implementation using Binary Tree as a dictionary

FTP Client Class

9 Dec 2012

otom

A non-MFC class to encapsulate the FTP protocol.

Drag and Drop Persisting TreeView Control (VB.NET)

29 Nov 2012

Tom John

Extending the TreeView control to support drag and drop and persistance.

Comparing Values for Equality in .NET: Identity and Equivalence

22 Nov 2012

richnewman

An article clarifying the various ways of comparing two values for equality in .NET

Using XNA to Access an Xbox 360 Joystick

11 Nov 2012

Joel Ivory Johnson

This article demonstrates how to use the Microsoft XNA Framework to read the state of an Xbox 360 controller

Toolbar Editor for Visual Studio

31 Oct 2012

Francesco Aruta

A toolbar editor for Visual Studio. It can modify, add and create buttons, images and all that is needed for a toolbar.

Converting PDF to Text in C#

22 Oct 2012

hatman70

This is an alternative for "Converting PDF to Text in C#"

An expression evaluator written in VB.NET

14 Oct 2012

Pascal Ganaye

An expression evaluator written in VB.NET.

IMAP Client library using C#

20 Sep 2012

Rohit Joshi

IMAPLibrary supports the basic IMAP protocol functions to fetch messages from the mailbox.

Zip Utils - Clean, Elegant, Simple, C++/Win32

19 Sep 2012

ljw1004

Adding zip/unzip easily, no LIBS or DLLs, with an elegant and powerful API

Implementing multi-level trees in MS SQL Server

14 Aug 2012

Duong Ba Hong Minh

A good way to setup and install a multi-tree level structure by using a MS SQL Server database.

JumpTo RegEdit

9 Jul 2012

ledtech3

This is an alternative for "JumpTo RegEdit"

Difference between BasicHttpBinding and WsHttpBinding

18 Jun 2012

Shivprasad koirala

Difference between BasicHttpBinding and WsHttpBinding.

A Complete Read Only ComboBox

18 Jun 2012

Thomas Wells

A ComboBox with a read-only property that allows text copy and drop-down viewing

Building an N-Tier Application in VB.NET, in 8 Steps

24 May 2012

Vimalsoft(Pty) Ltd

This article will show you how to build an N-Tier application in VB.NET.

Adding Drag and Drop to an Explorer Tree Control

17 May 2012

Jim Parsells

ExpTree part 2: Adding drag and drop to the ExpTree control.

Six important .NET concepts: Stack, heap, value types, reference types, boxing, and unboxing

14 May 2012

Shivprasad koirala

An introduction to stack, heap, value types, reference types, boxing, and unboxing.

Fluid Geometry - An Animation Library and Configuration Application

9 May 2012

Josh Smith

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

Merge DataGrid Header

4 May 2012

OhioBorg

This is an alternative for "Merge DataGrid Header"

PDF Writer

26 Apr 2012

Navraj

This is an alternative for "PDF Writer"

Sample Pamper Series - Part 4: 2/3D Space Game, Simple Sounds, and Threads

5 Apr 2012

Windmiller

This article is the final one in the series, and it will give you a 2/3D space game out of what we have learnt from previous articles. We will also apply simple sounds to it played in threads.

System Tray Icons

1 Apr 2012

Prateek Kaul

An article on creating, manipulating and showing popup balloons on system tray icons.

Cabinet File (*.CAB) Compression and Extraction

23 Mar 2012

Elmue

How to implement creation and extraction of Microsoft CAB files

Save and Load the whole content of a ListView Control

23 Feb 2012

Raffael Foidl

Sometimes you have to save the content of a ListView to the user's filesystem. That's very easy to manage with the XmlText-Writer and Reader from the .Net Framework 2.0.

Memory Leak Finder

22 Feb 2012

Erik Rydgren

Custom memory handler with memory leak reporting and no-mans-land checking. Leaks are reported with call stack of allocation.

Split large XML files into small files

9 Jan 2012

Slava Khristich

Read any size XML docuement and split it into small supporting files.

Screen Snaper SideBar Gadget

1 Dec 2011

DCUtility

Screen Snaper is perfect to quickly share a picture-perfect representation of anything on your screen.

RCF - Interprocess Communication for C++

25 Oct 2011

Jarl Lindrud

A server/client IPC framework, using the C++ preprocessor as an IDL compiler.

Property Sheet Shell Extension in C#

21 Oct 2011

Hadi A

A managed .NET user-control that implements Win32 (COM) property sheet shell extensions.

CFilterEdit: Use Regular Expressions to Filter Your Input

3 Oct 2011

Ben Hanson

The definitive approach to filtering input text. Includes configurable error display.

A developers guide to handling exceptions in BizTalk Server 2006/2009/2010

10 Sep 2011

Naveen Karamchetti

This article explains how to handle exceptions in BizTalk Orchestrations

Processing Global Mouse and Keyboard Hooks in C#

31 Aug 2011

George Mamaladze

This class allows you to tap keyboard and mouse and/or to detect their activity even when an application runs in the background or does not have any user interface at all.

BooProd.BMail - Sending dynamically generated emails

22 Aug 2011

Boo!

This package will help you send all kinds of emails like account creation, order, mailing, reports, ... everything containing dynamic fields. You can configure your own SMTP server, use notification, and add attachments.

CppSQLite - C++ Wrapper for SQLite

24 Jun 2011

Rob Groves

A C++ wrapper around the SQLite embedded database library.

HRESULT Error Check Simplifier

12 Jun 2011

Wanderley Caloni

Exception based error check that automates the FAILED() comparison.

A Chat Server/Client Solution for Local Networks

31 May 2011

Evren Daglioglu

A chat server/client solution for local networks, terminal server/terminal client environments

Using RichEditCtrl to Display Formatted Logs

26 May 2011

typke

A simple demo to show you how to use the standard RichEditCtrl to print formatted text to a message/log window.

How to Print Invoice using C#?

15 May 2011

Mostafa Kaisoun

This is a trial to print Invoice with C#

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How to Print Invoice using VB.NET?

14 May 2011

Mostafa Kaisoun

This is a trial to print Invoice with VB.NET

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Compiling and Integrating Crypto++ into the Microsoft Visual C++ Environment

5 May 2011

Garth J Lancaster, Jeffrey Walton

Avoid common pitfalls when using Crypto++ and VC++.

Enigma emulator in C#

29 Apr 2011

adi_clepcea

This article shows the inner workings of the German Enigma machine used during the WWII, translated to C#.

SQL And C#

15 Apr 2011

Ayaz Awan

Generate 100,1000 lines of backend code and stored procedures by just one click on table name in SQL Server

Using RSA Public Key Encryption in a Shared Web Hosting Environment

19 Mar 2011

Paul Sanders (the other one)

This article provides a way to use RSA public key encryption in scripts running on a Web server hosted by a shared hosting company. It also demonstrates how to use RSA in .NET to solve the 'real world' problem of signing license codes so that they cannot be forged.

Universal Progress Dialog

11 Mar 2011

Gopalakrishna Palem

A progress dialog that could be used anywhere, any time, for any task.

Switching Between HTTP and HTTPS Automatically: Version 2

7 Feb 2011

Matt Sollars

An article on automatically switching between HTTP and HTTPS protocols without hard-coding absolute URLs

Easy Code to Create Button Array

3 Dec 2010

Mostafa Kaisoun

Few lines to create twenty-six buttons for alphabetical English characters (A..Z)

Custom Formatting in .NET - Enhancing String.Format to all new levels!

1 Dec 2010

Scott Rippey

A string template method that allows you to fill a string with data. Easy to use, fast, extensible, and extremely powerful! Uses Reflection, Conditional Formatting, iterating through Arrays, and more!

Button TreeView Control

29 Oct 2010

Syed BASHAR

Button TreeView is a TreeView control where nodes are not label control or text box control nodes but button controls

Play XM in C++ - From File and Memory

22 Oct 2010

Mustafa Chelik

Play XM music files in pure C++ using unpacked BASSMOD.dll from file and memory

Enhanced MFC Message Boxes

22 Oct 2010

Michael P. Mehl

How to replace the standard MFC message box with an enhanced version

Pitfalls Encountered and their Workarounds during Development of BizTalk Projects

10 Sep 2010

Abhijit Mahato

This article discusses the pitfalls encountered and their workarounds during development of BizTalk Projects

.NET 4.0 MEF FAQ (Socket, Plug and extension)

8 Sep 2010

Shivprasad koirala

.NET 4.0 MEF FAQ (Socket, Plug and extension)

Benchmark start-up and system performance for .Net, Mono, Java, C++ and their respective UI

2 Sep 2010

dmihailescu

What is the start-up and system performance overhead for .Net, Mono, Java versus C++ and Forms, WPF, Swing versus MFC

VS 2010 Deployment (Package, One click deploy and Web.config transformation)

23 Aug 2010

Shivprasad koirala

VS 2010 Deployment (Package, One click deploy and Web.config transformation)

Reading Barcodes from an Image - II

21 Aug 2010

qlipoth

An example of how to process an image for barcode strings

.NET Best Practice No: 1:- Detecting High Memory consuming functions in .NET code

17 Aug 2010

Shivprasad koirala

.NET Best Practice No: 1:- Detecting High Memory consuming functions in .NET code

ASP.NET authentication and authorization

15 Aug 2010

Shivprasad koirala

ASP.NET authentication and authorization

A ReportPrinting Framework

23 Jul 2010

ndatech

A Framework to build graphical printing reports with absolute layout based on Mike Mayer's ReportPrinting core library.

TextBoxRegex - A Text Box with Data Validation

30 Jun 2010

Marek Grzenkowicz

An enhanced text box control with powerful data validation capabilities

Fullscreen the form in VB.NET using a class

26 Jun 2010

chanderp, Yash Bharadwaj

In some application we need to fullscreen the App .Here is simple class that can fullscreen any App. Just create a variable of this class type and call the function using the class variable.

Simple Mapping of WndProc to your Specific Class' WndProc - Part 1

11 Jun 2010

AdamMartin

Map all WndProc messages to your class' message handlers. Simplest approach. Part 1.

Programming XPath with VTD-XML

10 Jun 2010

Jimmy Zhang

Learn to take advantage of VTD-XML's stateless XPath capability to achieve unmatched efficiency and flexibility

Create a Business Logic Layer, Data Access Layer classes, and Stored Procedure scripts from a database table

4 Jun 2010

Syeda Anila Nusrat

Create a Business Logic Layer, Data Access Layer classes, and Stored Procedure scripts from a database table.

Remote Shutdown in VB.NET 2003 and C#.NET 2008

3 Jun 2010

Hari Om Prakash Sharma

Shutdown, reboot, and log-off your remote PCs.

6 Steps to Implement DUAL Security on WCF using User name + SSL

20 May 2010

Shivprasad koirala

6 steps to implement DUAL security on WCF using User name + SSL

Startup Edit

15 Apr 2010

Ahmad Mahmoud [candseeme]

This fully working program enables you to control what should and should not load automatically with Windows.

Real-time video image processing / frame grabber using a minimalistic approach

6 Apr 2010

Ladislav Nevery

Probably the simplest possible sample for video image grabber on Windows. Supports AVI, MPG, QTV, Webcam,TVTuner, etc.

Easily Get and Compare OS Version Information

30 Mar 2010

Nicholas Butler

A couple of classes to make checking the host OS version easy and error-free

Create your Own Runtime Movable Windows Forms Controls

18 Mar 2010

Dave Kreskowiak

A walkthrough on building a Windows Forms label control that can be moved by the user at runtime.

Touch for Windows

17 Mar 2010

Jörgen Sigvardsson

This is the touch tool ported to Windows

Simple SST Unhooker

17 Mar 2010

Victor A. Milokum, Apriorit Inc

This article includes a description of a simple unhooker that restores original SST hooked by unknown rootkits, which hide some services and processes.

SQL Editor for Database Developers

10 Mar 2010

Elmue

SQL editor with syntax parser, direct editing, code execution, database backup, table comparison, script generation, time measurement

Extended Error Provider

5 Mar 2010

Shabdar Ghata

This article explains how a basic Error Provider class can be extended to have more functionality.

The Tiny Wrapper Class for URL History Interface in C#

5 Mar 2010

goblins

I think there are people who learned a bit of C# but don't know about COM. I hope my tiny wrapper class library is helpful for such people to use IUrlhistory interface without difficulty.

Remoting An Interface Based Approach

15 Feb 2010

WCFguru

Remoting sample using Interfaces and NTier approach

Making a Transparent MDI Parent Form

27 Jan 2010

The Zetta

A how to guide to make a custom shaped (by transparency, of course) MDI container form.

How to use NUnit to test native C++ code

18 Jan 2010

Kenneth Kasajian

Because NUnit is designed to unit test managed code, it does not lend itself to test unmanaged C++ code as easily as for C#, until now!

Using Hooks from C#

30 Dec 2009

Don Kackman

An article on using Windows hooks from .NET, demonstrated with a MouseHook.

Execute DTS Through VB.NET

22 Dec 2009

Suresh Suthar

How to execute DTS packages through VB.NET and use global variables.

Win32++: A Simple Alternative to MFC

16 Dec 2009

David Nash

A simple Windows Framework that beginners and intermediate programmers can use as an alternative to MFC. It makes learning to program for Windows easier.

A Simple Profiler using the Visual Studio C/C++ Compiler and DIA SDK

15 Dec 2009

Nikhil Soman

Easy to use profiler for time and impact analysis of C/C++ code which uses the Visual Studio C/C++ compiler (/Gh and /GH flags) and the DIA SDK to gather profiling data.

MAPIEx: Extended MAPI Wrapper

5 Dec 2009

Noel Dillabough

A (hopefully) complete extended MAPI wrapper for WinXP, WinCE, and .NET

Web Service Authentication

25 Nov 2009

faina

A simple mechanism to authenticate users to a WebService

Pan and Zoom Very Large Images

31 Oct 2009

Anthony Queen

Smoothly panning and zooming very large images can be a challenge. Here’s a control, with source code, that demonstrates one way of overcoming this challenge, as well as a few "Extra" image processing features.

Running the Microsoft AppLocale Utility in an Automated Batch Script

30 Oct 2009

Austin Rappa

Getting AppLocale to run in a batch script

C# and AJAX WhiteBoard

26 Oct 2009

Amol M Vaidya

This is a web-based WhiteBoard. It uses C# and AJAX to communicate between the server and clients. Data sharing between different users is made possible using AJAX. Drawings can be shared in real time over multiple clients.

Designing And Implementing A Neural Network Library For Handwriting Detection, Image Analysis etc.- The BrainNet Library - Full Code, Simplified Theory, Full Illustration, And Examples

21 Oct 2009

Anoop Pillai

This article will explain the actual concepts and implementation of Backward Propagation Neural Networks very easily - see project code and samples, like a simple pattern detector, a hand writing detection pad, an xml based neural network processing language etc in the source zip.

Automatically add _T macro to quoted strings and other multibyte-Unicode converstions

18 Oct 2009

Sunny1270

Add the _T macro to quoted strings when porting to a Unicode configuration in VC++.

Runtime Grid with Multiple DataSources

10 Oct 2009

sasikumarg1983

This article describes how to create a DataGrid at runtime according to the tables available in the DataSet.

How To Create a Task in CRM 3.0

9 Oct 2009

Oshri Cohen

How to Create a task in Microsoft CRM 3.0

ViewState Serializer, Compressor & Encrypter

26 Sep 2009

ModMa

It's a very complete and robust processor of ViewState, it allows: to select the way of serialization, compression and encryption optionally.

Using Toolbar on a Dialog Based Application

19 Sep 2009

Anup Daware

This article will put together the information on how to use a toolbar on a Dialog

Send Mails from Windows Application

15 Sep 2009

Sushant Joshi

This article enables you to send mails from Windows application which is normally a tedious task

Progress Indicator a'la Google

15 Sep 2009

gggustafson

This article presents code for a WinForms implementation of the Google-like compact progress indicator.

The Amazingly Forgotten 2-Way .NET Rijndael CryptoStream

29 Aug 2009

_Khallaf

How To Do Precise 2-Way Rijndael CryptoStream Communication

A Literal Converter for Integers

19 Aug 2009

Tom Gee

A helper class to convert integer literals between decimals, octals, binaries and hexadecimals.

Driver to Hide Processes and Files

17 Aug 2009

Sergey Popenko, Apriorit Inc, Ivan Romanenko

In this article, we describe the driver we created to hide processes and files in a system.

WCF FAQ Part 5 – Transactions

9 Aug 2009

Shivprasad koirala

In this article, we will understand the WCF transaction protocol, the two phases in WCF transactions, transaction options, and finally simple samples for WCF transactions.

RMI for C++

6 Aug 2009

Jarl Lindrud

User-friendly remote method invocation in C++.

.NET Remoting under IIS - ASP.NET Application as Client

2 Aug 2009

Raj Settipalli

Simplest method to host remote component under IIS with ASP.NET application as client

Form Designer

1 Aug 2009

DaveShep

Component for adding scriptable forms capabilities to an application.

LINQ FAQ: Part 2

29 Jul 2009

Shivprasad koirala

This FAQ article is dedicated to LINQ to SQL.

LINQ FAQ: Part 3

28 Jul 2009

Shivprasad koirala

Concurrency handling, compiled queries, CRUD implementation, and mapping simple .NET classes with XML file configuration.

Migration strategy for simple .NET classes to LINQ classes

26 Jul 2009

Shivprasad koirala

How to migrate simple .NET classes to LINQ classes.

How To Handle Concurrency in LINQ to SQL?

20 Jul 2009

Shivprasad koirala

How to handle concurrency in LINQ to SQL?

How to improve your LINQ query performance by 5 X times?

16 Jul 2009

Shivprasad koirala

Tips to improve your LINQ query performance.

A UTF-16 Class for Reading and Writing Unicode Files

15 Jul 2009

Jeffrey Walton, Jordan Walters

A UTF-16 class derived from CStdioFile for reading and writing Unicode files

VSHelper - Visual Studio IDE Enhancements

14 Jul 2009

Ivo Beltchev

VSHelper adds some usability enhancements to Visual Studio .NET

Programming control point application using the UPnP Control Point API

13 Jul 2009

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.