Win2008

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Windows-Service for Multithreading with Remote Control GUI

by J.Starkl

A windows-service which can handle different operations in separate threads and which can be controlled by a small GUI program

Calcoolation: A Math Puzzle Board Game

by Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira

Demo for a math puzzle board game

Windows Authentication Using Form Authentication

by Muhammad Akhtar Shiekh

An article on "How to authenticate windows user using form authentication in ASP.NET?"

The OpenGL and GLUT: A Powerful Graphics Library and Utility Kit

by logicchild

An article that explains how to use this library

Latest Articles

Abstracting TCP Communications, and Adding What Should Be the New Basics

by pdoxtader

AbstractTcpLib: A TCP library that features asynchronous socket programming, concurrent file transfers per client, AES256 Encryption, LDAP Authentication, Client / Server communication, Peer to Peer communication, Object serialization and raw byte communication in one library for C# & VB.NET

KeePass Password Safe

by Dominik Reichl

KeePass is a free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager.

Getting All "Special Folders" in .NET

by Ray Koopa

Retrieving the path to the new user folders like Downloads, Saved Games or Searches

Splitter Control for Dialog

by libbyliugang

A splitter control for dialog can auto change the linked window's position

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Win2008

Abstracting TCP Communications, and Adding What Should Be the New Basics

7 Feb 2019

pdoxtader

XML

.NET

KeePass Password Safe

2 Jan 2019

Dominik Reichl

KeePass is a free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager.

Getting All "Special Folders" in .NET

18 Dec 2018

Ray Koopa

Retrieving the path to the new user folders like Downloads, Saved Games or Searches

Splitter Control for Dialog

29 Sep 2018

libbyliugang

A splitter control for dialog can auto change the linked window's position

PSAM Control Library

19 Jul 2018

Ajcek84

WinForms library containing the IncipitViewer control for drawing musical notes

Bug Finder, A Real Win32 Extensible Passive Debugger

28 Feb 2018

Antonio Petricca

Win32, compiler independent, and extensible passive debugger

Modular InnoSetup Dependency Installer

25 Oct 2017

stfx

A modular InnoSetup script to download and install all available .NET Framework versions and much more

Using SQLite, Leverage the create_aggregate(), and SQL's Between Operator to Create a Normal Probability Distribution Histogram, or What is More Commonly Referred to as a Bell Curve

8 Dec 2016

rerhart585

Using SQLite, leverage the create_aggregate(), and SQL's Between Operator to create a Normal Probability Distribution Histogram, or what is more commonly referred to as a Bell Curve.

Use one SSRS Report to Find All Your Microsoft SQL Servers, Out of Date Editions, and Service Packs

3 Oct 2016

Mark W Solomon

In this article, I developed a way to determine all the SQL Servers in our environment at will and filter this information into Microsoft's Sunset report for Microsoft SQL Server and present all this information in an SSRS report.

Smart TextDiff Utility for Intel® 64 Platform

4 May 2016

Arthur V. Ratz

The following article demonstrates the implementation of a smart cross-platform textdiff lexicographical analyzer utility which can be used to find and locate the differences between two files.

To And From Binary Literals

5 Apr 2016

Mark Kruger

To And From Binary Literals for all standard .net numeric value types.

Anonymous Pipes Made Easy

24 Mar 2016

pdoxtader

A simple and convenient wrapper class for Anonymous Pipes in C#

Windows-Service for Multithreading with Remote Control GUI

25 Feb 2016

J.Starkl

A windows-service which can handle different operations in separate threads and which can be controlled by a small GUI program

Extending MFC shell controls functionality

24 Jan 2016

Vladimir Misovsky

Overriding CMFCShellTreeCtrl and CMFCShellListCtrl classes

Speech recognition, speech to text, text to speech, and speech synthesis in C#

8 Dec 2015

Thomas Daniels

This article explains speech recognition, speech to text, text to speech and speech synthesis in C#.

Undocumented List View Features

30 Sep 2015

Timo Kunze

Use undocumented parts of the Windows Vista list view API to enhance your application.

Most Recently Used (MRU) File Manager Component

21 Aug 2015

David Hall

An MRU Manager Component that can be dropped on a Windows Form or WPF Window and integrates with Menu, MenuStrip, Application Settings, Registry, and Windows Recent Files.

Parallel fast compression unleashing the power of multi-core machines using the .NET TPL (Task Parallel Library)

16 Aug 2015

Bharath K A

Parallel fast compression uses TPL to achieve complete usage of a multi-core system. Fast compression compresses files nX times faster, where n = the number of processors in the machine.

File Compare And Hash extension for Windows explorer

4 Aug 2015

dmihailescu

A windows explorer extension for easy binary/text file comparisons and calculating the MD5, SHA1, SHA256 hashes.

MinHook - The Minimalistic x86/x64 API Hooking Library

17 Mar 2015

Tsuda Kageyu

Provides the basic part of Microsoft Detours functionality for both x64/x86 environments.

Road and Driving Pattern Analyzer using Ultrabook™

17 Feb 2015

DrABELL

Article describes concept/implementation of using novel Ultrabook™ features to extract and anylize road conditions and vehicle movement dynamics

Stopwatch

3 Jan 2015

Espen Harlinn

Benchmark C++ std::vector vs raw arrays, move assignable/constructable & copy assignable/constructable

Windows Development in C++, working with menus

3 Jan 2015

Espen Harlinn

Windows API, menus, c++ lambda expressions, std::enable_shared_from_this

Home Automation with Netduino and Kinect

3 Jan 2015

Dan Thyer

Remote control a squirt gun, open the garage, and water the garden all through .net

Wpf-Tabcontrol, saving its visual TabItem-States (Alternative)

13 Dec 2014

Mr.PoorEnglish

Understanding Tabcontrol right enables a lightweigth solution

A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.

26 Nov 2014

Jeremy Falcon

Provides a base to use when programming OpenGL-enabled applications for the real world, rather than a simple hello world.

Extract icons from EXE or DLL files

10 Nov 2014

Tsuda Kageyu

Extract all the variations of an icon, including the ones ExtractIconEx() can't extract.

Direct access to C++ native code from C++/CLI MSSQL Stored Procedure

19 Sep 2014

Konstantin Tchoumak

Reading hardware information in Stored Procedure

Storing and Retrieving Images from SQL Server Using Strored Procedures and C#

12 Aug 2014

Thilina Chandima

An introduction on how to store and retrieve images from SQL Server 2008 by using Stored Procedures and C#.

Create First SSRS Report with SQL Server Analysis Services OLAP Cube

20 Jul 2014

Mubin M. Shaikh

This Article will give you a good start for Creating SSRS Report First time with SQL Server Analysis Services OLAP Cube

How to Embed Barcodes in Your SSRS Report

27 Jun 2014

Philipp Katscher

How to use barcodelib generated Barcodes in SSRS (consider Barcode fonts don't work in runtime)

A simple Compass

25 Jun 2014

Philipp Katscher

How to draw a compass and feed it with NMEA device data (i.e. a GPS Compass)

Using the AWS SDK

31 May 2014

netfed

A Winforms application for configuring EC2 security groups - a future winforms ec2 console

Simple Web Server in c#

6 May 2014

Pritesh Dhokchaule

The Loyc LL(k) Parser Generator: Part 3

26 Feb 2014

Qwertie

Lots of new stuff this time, including an (almost) complete C# parser demo

WinForms Tab Control with properly drawn bottom tabs

20 Feb 2014

Vladimir Svyatski

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

Learn to Write Custom MDX Query First Time

17 Jan 2014

Mubin M. Shaikh

Learn Custom MDX Query Step by Step

Autoshutdown Service in C#

10 Jan 2014

Kees van Spelde

This is an alternative for "AutoShut, my first program in C#"

Version Helper API for .NET

7 Jan 2014

Petr Alexeev

Version Helper API for .NET – checking version of Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 without Environment.OSVersion or application manifest

C# Project on Database for Beginners

6 Jan 2014

Hasan Habib Surzo

Class, Database Connection, Login Winform

Gallery Server Pro - An ASP.NET Gallery for Sharing Photos, Video, Audio and Other Media

18 Oct 2013

Roger Martin

Gallery Server Pro is a complete, stable ASP.NET gallery for sharing photos, video, audio and other media. This article presents the overall architecture and major features.

Extended Windows Service Controller

4 Oct 2013

Antonio Petricca

.NET ServiceController class extension

WPF DataGrid With Excel Style Column Filter

24 Sep 2013

Nayan Choudhary

WPF DataGrid with columns having drop down filter option (Excel style)

SmartObject Class (Objective-C like Memory Management) for C++ (A substitute for Smart Pointer maybe?)

22 Aug 2013

Woong Gyu La

This article explains Objective-C like C++ memory management class, SmartObject.

An Introduction to Disqus (Pluggable Commenting System) with ASP.NET MVC 3

31 Jul 2013

Karthik. A

This article discusses ways by which you could utilize Disqus in your web applications.

Asynchronous web services call in ASP.NET

27 Jun 2013

K K Kodoth

This document describes how to use the web service method calls efficiently and effectively, by making use of Asynchronous calling Mechanism.

PHP A to Z

25 Jun 2013

Gazmend Jakupi

Tutorial for developing in PHP

Custom Role Providers

19 Jun 2013

Karthik. A

An introduction to custom role providers in an ASP.NET MVC 3 application using the Entity Framework for ORM.

Fire and Forget Web Method in ASP.Net

1 Jun 2013

K K Kodoth

Document describes about One way web Method creation and consumption in Traditional ASP.net Web Service.

Reflection optimization techniques

30 May 2013

Jain, Ajay

The article presents some .NET techniques for using Reflection optimally and efficiently.

Track your medical shots

28 Apr 2013

Ken Cenerelli

An application to store your list of medical shots in the cloud

ISCSI development tutorial on Windows

6 Apr 2013

Kushagra Tiwari

This article will help you to integrate ISCSI functionalities available on Windows with your base application in C++

How to execute multiple long running SQL Statements Asynchronously in small chunks

28 Mar 2013

Khorshed Alam, Dhaka

How to execute multiple long running SQL Statement Asynchronously in smaller chunks

Minimal Key Logger Using RAWINPUT

8 Mar 2013

joejames111

This is a VB.NET and C# version of "Minimal Key Logger Using RAWINPUT".

Keep everyone away from breaking your database object naming convention with SQL Server Policy Based Management.

19 Feb 2013

Khorshed Alam, Dhaka

Standardization database object name with SQL Server Policy Based Management.

Versatile Tree Control

19 Feb 2013

Babu_Abdulsalam

Tree control with custom checkbox with several other features.

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.

Introduction to RPC - Part 1

22 Dec 2012

Anders Dalvander

An introduction to RPC programming. A simple RPC client/server application is explained.

WF4 Custom activities for message mediation

20 Dec 2012

Roman Kiss

This article describes a design, implementation, and usage of custom message mediation activities for a XAML workflow.

Multi language on-screen keyboard using Windows keyboard DLLs

18 Dec 2012

Lars [Large] Werner

Windows has built inn support for a lot of keyboard languages, this class makes it possible to extract that info in an easy manner and present it to screen.

Generate .chm based documentation of your project using SandCastle tool

13 Dec 2012

Vijay Tanwar

.Chm based documentation generator for .net projects

Intel Ultrabook - Why You Should Get One

30 Nov 2012

simsam77

Win2008

Windows

Hardware

Switch to SMS/Text Event Reminders When Your Ultrabook is in Suspend Mode #2

28 Nov 2012

simsam77

This is a follow-on article from my first on the topic of sending text messages as event reminders.

Win2008

Windows

Visual-Studio

WPF x FileExplorer x MVVM

25 Nov 2012

Leung Yat Chun (Fainx)

This article describe how to construct FileExplorer controls included DirectoryTree and FileList, using Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern.

Getting Operating System Version Info - Even for Windows 10!

21 Nov 2012

Johnny J., Brisingr Aerowing

Get the operating system version and edition, updated with Windows 10

Create your own Snipping Tool

31 Oct 2012

Eder A. Castro

This tool captures a screen shot of anything on your desktop, like a picture or a section of webpage. This tool allows you to select a partial section of the whole screen with shortcut key.

Using BizTalk360

16 Oct 2012

Lex Hegt

This article describes how BizTalk360 fills the gaps left by the BizTalk Server Administration Console and the capabilities of BizTalk360 V5.

Empty Template Text Box

4 Oct 2012

stebo0728

This guide shows how to extend a standard TextBox to have an "empty value" template

Cool, Semi-transparent and Shaped Dialogs with Standard Controls for Windows 2000 and Above

28 Sep 2012

Jerry.Wang

This article tries to find a way to show Windows standard controls on layered windows. Provides both Native MFC and WinForms source code.

Multi RDP Client .NET

24 Sep 2012

Jayson Ragasa

Multi RDP .NET (.NET 3.5) written in C#.

IlPad

21 Sep 2012

icemanind

A program to compile C# code into MSIL code.

BizTalk Server WCF Custom Service Behaviour

20 Sep 2012

KundanKarma

BizTalk WCF Custom Service Behaviour for sending Response back (filling some values from input) at port level.

Smart Thread Pool

27 Aug 2012

Ami Bar

A .NET Thread Pool fully implemented in C# with many features.

Getting Started With SSIS Script transforms

20 Aug 2012

Daniel_Wheeler

Using a script transform with C# to convert Julian (ordinal?) dates for a date dimension.

SQL Framework

16 Aug 2012

Abdul Quader Mamun

Framework makes application more organized and efficient way to coding. It is helpful for newly assigned developer to understand code structure within a short time. It is essential for large application.

Win32 Window Minimal

14 Aug 2012

Jani Mäkinen

Getting started with Win32 programming through creating a window with minimum code and complexity

An HTTP web server opening media files in the server screen, using QR-Codes and a REST architecture

13 Aug 2012

Jon Larborn

A command promt web server that starts an application or opens a file given in as an argument in an HTTP address. Could potentially be used to show media on screen using QR-codes.

Loading keyboard layout (KbdLayerDescriptor) in 32/64-bit environment

13 Aug 2012

Lars [Large] Werner

When loading a keyboard dll as a 32-bit application on a 64-bit system, the keyboard-dll-files does not work as expected, this class fixes that problem

SharpZipLib or DotNetZip... Which Should You Use?

5 Aug 2012

pdoxtader

A comparison of these two free zip libraries, complete with a multi-threaded VB.NET class wrapper for each

My Photo Editor

25 Jul 2012

Long Nguyen (xyz)

This is about how to make a simple sofware like photoshop using Visual Studio C++ and OpenCV

Windows Post Install and 64 bit Registry tweaks

3 Jul 2012

Snoepie

WPI and 64 bit Registry integration.

Type-safe (but generic) import of 'char' separated line based files into objects

24 Jun 2012

Christian Vogt

An article on a generic approach for importing text based data into objects, using Reflection. Supports mass data processing, filter, advanced processing and converting, and some other gimmicks.

CSHA1 - A C++ Class Implementation of the SHA-1 Hash Algorithm

19 Jun 2012

Dominik Reichl

CSHA1 - A C++ class implementation of the SHA-1 hash algorithm

Building High Performance WPF/E Enterprise Class Application in C# 4.5

3 Jun 2012

kishhr

An in-depth reference of how to build performance-oriented applications in WPF for both Windows and the Web.

LINQ-to-EF Efficiency: A Cautionary Tale

26 May 2012

meduff

Avoid Entity Framework lazy-loading relationship navigation when iterating large record sets.

A .NET NT Registry Library and NT Registry Editor

26 May 2012

Hoang Khanh Nguyen

A .NET wrapper for NT Registry and a .NET NT RegEdit demo

Device hooking

25 May 2012

Asif Bahrainwala

Device hooking

SQL Server Date Format Language

23 May 2012

Cristhian Selah

Perform a conversion in a select, view, and Stored Procedure.

How to create your own virtual machine

10 May 2012

icemanind

This article takes you through a step-by-step process of creating your own virtual machine.

Calendar.NET

9 May 2012

icemanind

A day and month calendar control for .NET and Winforms applications written in C#

C# Speech to Text

7 May 2012

Sperneder Patrick

This article describes how to handle and use the SpeechRecognitionEngine class that is shipped with and since .NET 3.0.

Package that speeds up loading of JavaScript, CSS and image files

29 Mar 2012

Matt Perdeck

Improves web site performance by combining and minifying JavaScript and CSS files on the fly. Processes ASP.NET AJAX toolkit .axd files too. Improves image caching and loading. Very easy to add to any ASP.NET web site.

A Performance Meter Used In Call Center Software

12 Mar 2012

Voicent Support

How to make a performance meter that looks like the one in Windows Task Manager

Simple Tri-State TreeView

5 Mar 2012

Fred_Informatix

This is an alternative for "Simple Tri-State TreeView"

Introduction to the Volume Shadow Copy Service API in C++

30 Jan 2012

didierjeanphi

Introduction to Volume Shadow Copy API in C++

Polymorphism in JavaScript

16 Jan 2012

Joe BTrez

How does Polymorphism work in JavaScript.

Directory Comparer - A recursive tool to compare 2 folders

9 Jan 2012

Karthik. A

Directory Comparer is an extensible tool that could be used to compare 2 folders

Minimal Key Logger Using RAWINPUT

1 Jan 2012

Mike G. P.Mee

1 alternative

An alternative to hooked key logging.

ASM.Net - x86 Emulation

26 Dec 2011

Drag0nHunter

ASM.Net a assembly x86 emulator which emulates the language the managed way

Async Drag 'n Drop or Drag 'n Drop from external server/device

19 Nov 2011

User008

Drag 'n Drop asynchronous files from an external server or device

XML Serialization of Generic Dictionary, Multidimensional Array, and Inherited Type, with sharpSerializer .NET

9 Nov 2011

Pawel idzikowski

How to serialize to XML, any generic, derived, or other complex type, which XMLSerializer cannot serialize

Word Automation using Late binding - Usage of dynamic Keyword

9 Nov 2011

Prathapachandran

This article gives a brief idea about word automation using late binding and dynamic keyword in .NET Framework 4.0

NET Debugging: Dump All Strings from a Managed Code Process Running

3 Nov 2011

Rene Pally

Advanced Debugging Processes

Advanced .NET Debugging Extracting Information from Memory

2 Nov 2011

Rene Pally

Advanced .NET Debugging Extracting Information from Memory

AD FS 2.0 Tools

1 Nov 2011

Milos Cekovic

AD FS 2.0 tools - export Relying Party data to XML, create Relying Party from XML

Win2008

Windows

Using Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) in a Distributed Application Architecture

11 Oct 2011

GraemeKMiller

This article explains how you can use IWA to improve your Users' experience and it also explains how it benefits your IT support team.

The Windows Native Ribbon Part 3: Buttons and Menus

12 Sep 2011

Michael Dunn

This article demonstrates new button and menu features of the Ribbon

A Currency-Masked TextBox from TextBox Class

7 Sep 2011

JRINC

This is an useful control that masks the input text with currency symbol and thousands and decimals separators.

Scalable Asynchronous Duplex Communication Between WPF and WCF

4 Sep 2011

Bert O Neill

Scalable duplex communication between WPF and WCF.

How to Deliver an Email with an Attachment of the Active Working Document from Microsoft Office Word

4 Sep 2011

Md. Marufuzzaman

We discuss Microsoft Office Word 7 addIn, which is able to deliver an email with little text and able to attach the current document as a Zip/Compress file or standard Microsoft Office Word document file format & send the email from Microsoft Office Word Interface.

An Introduction to SSIS Balanced Data Distributor Transformation Component

31 Aug 2011

Niladri_Biswas

In this tutorial, we will learn about SSIS Balanced Data Distributor (BDD)

How to Add a Menu Item in Microsoft Office Word 7/10 Application Context Menu

28 Aug 2011

Md. Marufuzzaman

How to add a menu item in Microsoft Office Word 7/10 application context menu

Outlook 2007 Add-in Using Microsoft Visual C#.NET- Part 2

26 Aug 2011

Md. Marufuzzaman

How we can communicate with the Microsoft Office Outlook using “Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook” delegate & event.

Making the most out of IIS compression - Part 1: Configuring IIS 7 compression

24 Aug 2011

Matt Perdeck

In this two part series, I'll show how to get the most out of the compression features built into IIS 7 and IIS 6. This first article focuses specifically on IIS 7.

How to serialize data effectively? Custom serialization of Bitmap, Cursor, Icon, Font, and other objects without a default constructor with sharpSerializer

14 Aug 2011

Pawel idzikowski

Is it better to serialize types without default constructor with Custom Serializer or a Substitute Pattern? Example of serialization of FontFamily into isolated storage in WP7.

A dialog based Win32 C program, step by step

9 Aug 2011

Rodrigo Cesar de Freitas Dias

Writing a dialog based program using only pure Win32 C code.

Delete Functionality in GridView with Confirmation Using jQuery UI Dialog

9 Aug 2011

junnark

You're using a GridView web control to list records from a particular data source and you want a delete functionality for each row of data. A dialog must be presented to the user to confirm deletion. You also want to show a dialog to the user when an error occurs during deletion.

The Windows Native Ribbon Part 2: Setting Ribbon Properties at Runtime

18 Jul 2011

Michael Dunn

This article shows how to control various Ribbon and command properties at runtime

How to Generate Machine Key in IIS7

6 Jul 2011

composeme

Machine key generates a unique key which helps you on single form because it helps to protect your Form Authentication cookies and page level View state

AD, SQL Server, GMail synchronizer tool

29 Jun 2011

michael.neubrander

Multi account synchronizer for GMail, AD, and SQL Server.

How to Create your First SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Package - Part 1

10 Jun 2011

Md. Marufuzzaman

How to create your first SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package - part 1

FilePreviewCtrl - Preview Files in Text, HEX and Image Format

29 May 2011

OlegKrivtsov

This article demonstrates a file preview control in a WTL application.

Parallel Programming Essentials via the Intel TBB

19 May 2011

logicchild

An article meant to introduce and expand upon the Intel Threading Building Blocks threading library

Parallel Containers

14 May 2011

logicchild

An article that describes concurrent collections.

The Basics of Task Parallelism via C#

4 May 2011

logicchild

An article that explains the basics of task parallel programming.

An Introduction to Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) - Part I

28 Apr 2011

Niladri_Biswas

This article will disscuss about MEF, how to start working in this, etc.

The Windows Native Ribbon Part 1.5: Laying out Controls and Groups

27 Apr 2011

Michael Dunn

This article describes how to lay out controls in the Windows native Ribbon

A Purely XAML Coded Animated Bezier Curve via WPF

27 Apr 2011

logicchild

Using animation via XAML code to draw a Bezier curve object.

Persian DateTime

25 Apr 2011

Mohammad Mir mostafa

A structure like System.DateTime which is designed to support Persian calendar

ASP.NET MVC 2 Voting Control

21 Apr 2011

Jonathan Nethercott

Simple voting control for MVC projects, using a partial view

A Practical Means to Perform Functions with Administrator Privilege (Elevate Process Privilege)

10 Apr 2011

McArthor Lee

Elevate process privilege without restarting it

Searching and Sorting Algorithms via C#

5 Apr 2011

logicchild

An article that details coding algorithms with C#.

Plot Path using Google Maps JavaScript API

31 Mar 2011

indianDEV

This article describes how to plot path on Google map using array of latitude & longitude points.

Simple Tri-State TreeView

30 Mar 2011

DreamCatcher2k10

1 alternative

Provides another, simple way to get a tri-state TreeView, ensuring compatibility to all Windows UIs / styles

Cloud Service to Automate Windows Desktop Applications

2 Mar 2011

Won Dong

To utilize cloud service as an anonymous desktop environment in Amazon S3 and EC2 Windows instances

Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Introduction to the Ribbon

22 Feb 2011

Michael Dunn

A tutorial that shows how to get started using the Ribbon in your applications

How to Add a Checkbox to a List View Column Header

13 Feb 2011

Vince Valenti

An example of how to add a checkbox to a list view column header. We also implement select/unselect all when a user toggles the checkbox.

DbExpressions - A Step Towards Independency

2 Feb 2011

seesharper

An abstract syntax tree implementation for SQL

MixModes Synergy Toolkit for Windows Phone 7

30 Jan 2011

Ashish Kaila

Describes features in Synergy Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 Version 1.0

How to Support the Ribbon and a Menu in the Same Executable

20 Jan 2011

Paul M. Parks

You can provide a Ribbon in Windows 7, but still support menu input, while only releasing one executable.

Basics of Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD)

15 Jan 2011

logicchild

Using SIMD instructions with C# via the Intel MKL.

Database to Excel Spreadsheet

6 Jan 2011

rwg

Select data from SQL databases into Excel spreadsheet, with headings and formatting

Exploring SharePoint 2010 Client Object Model Capabilities

6 Jan 2011

saanj

This article talks about the powerful SharePoint 2010 Client Object Model Capabilities and various ways to utilize it.

Programming Memory-Mapped Files with the .NET Framework

4 Jan 2011

Jun Du

An introduction to MMF and shared memory in .NET applications.

Automate your UI using Microsoft Automation Framework

2 Jan 2011

Ashish Kaila

Learn how to leverage UI automation in testing your UI and also to support accessibility features

Understanding Direct3D 10 Application Code

29 Dec 2010

logicchild

An article that describes some of the important parts of Direct3D program code.

What's Going Wrong at 3:00 AM?

28 Dec 2010

knockNrod

Describes one effort to run performance monitor to identify what's wrong with a counter log, then set up an event trace to see who the culprit is.

Create Custom Windows in WPF with Ease

27 Dec 2010

Ashish Kaila

Declaratively and visually create custom windows in WPF

A Primer of DirectX Basics and the DirectX3D API

11 Dec 2010

logicchild

An article that desribes some essentials to help learn the DirectX technology.

Surfaces in Windows Presentation Foundation

26 Nov 2010

logicchild

An article that demonstrates how both Simple and Parametric surfaces are drawn

DocMounter 2: A tool to build VS.NET documentation (now with Sandcastle)

15 Nov 2010

10Tec, Sergey Gorbenko

Tool for creating MS Visual Studio documentation files - XML Summaries, HxS/MSHC help solutions and manuals.

A C++ Style of Intercepting Functions

12 Nov 2010

armagedescu

This article is about detouring functions in a more safe C++ programming style.

Drawing Fractals via WPF

8 Nov 2010

logicchild

Why recursion in C# works well when using WPF.

Parallel Extensions to the .NET 4.0 Runtime

6 Nov 2010

logicchild

An article that mainly focuses on the TPL

A Pendulum and its Corresponding Oscillations Shown in WPF

4 Nov 2010

logicchild

An article that illustrates how to simulate a pendulum.

Dynamic Prototyping

3 Nov 2010

Dmitri Nеstеruk

Learn what dynamic prototyping is and how to do it

.NET Asynchronous Design Pattern for Native C++

2 Nov 2010

Daniel Ranger

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

Managed DirectX via F#

24 Oct 2010

logicchild

An article that illustrates referencing DirectX Libraries in an F# application

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

Windows 7 File-properties "Version" Tab Shell Extension

19 Oct 2010

"Fish" (David B. Trout)

Simple parsing of VS_VERSIONINFO version information strings displayed in an XP-style file-properties "Version" tab

The Four Steps of Programming

18 Oct 2010

John Paul Walker

How to think like a programmer

InputManager library - Track user input and simulate input (mouse and keyboard)

13 Oct 2010

shynet

A library that contains classes to simulate user input and track user input (mouse and keyboard), in C# and VB.NET.

Binary Serialization to Isolated Storage in Silverlight - BinaryFormatter vs. sharpSerializer

6 Oct 2010

Pawel idzikowski

How to serialize binary data to IsolatedStorage in a Silverlight client when there is no BinaryFormatter in Silverlight? Why not with sharpSerializer? - An open source XML and binary serializer for .NET and Silverlight

Introduction - DLR (Dynamic Language Runtime)

4 Oct 2010

Md. Marufuzzaman

Using dynamic types in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (Framework 4.0)

Skype4COM Event Handler Example for ALL Skype API Messages

26 Sep 2010

TheUberOverLord

Monitors All Skype4COM and API Messages for Skype Includes Command Input. Shows What Goes On Behind The Scenes with Skype Message Processing using the API and Skype4COM Library. Includes Microsoft ClickOnce Deployment Technology As Well As ClickOnce Automatic Updates Examples. A Must Have Tool!

C# Delegates: Step by Step

11 Sep 2010

logicchild

An article to help the beginner understand delegates

The OpenGL and GLUT: A Powerful Graphics Library and Utility Kit

11 Sep 2010

logicchild

An article that explains how to use this library

Increase the performance of your LINQ application with a few .NET tricks

24 Aug 2010

HaymakerAJW

This article will show an easy way to increase the performance of LINQ using .NET 3.5 and C#.

A Quick guideline for Microsoft Windows PowerShell Part-1.

23 Aug 2010

Md. Marufuzzaman

The objective of this article (Part-1) is to introduce you with Microsoft Windows PowerShell.

A Quick Guideline for Microsoft Windows PowerShell - Part 4

23 Aug 2010

Md. Marufuzzaman

The objective of this article (Part 4) is to give you an introduction on how to integrate Microsoft Windows PowerShell with the Microsoft .NET library

A Quick Guideline for Microsoft Windows PowerShell: Part 3

21 Aug 2010

Md. Marufuzzaman

The objective of this article (Part 3) is to introduce you to Microsoft Windows PowerShell and learn some basic command of windows PowerShell.

Exact Phrase Website Live Search Script .NET 3.5

18 Aug 2010

Tushar Arora

This script can be used in an ASP.NET 3.5 website. It can search out exact phrases and keywords live from all HTML pages and text files on the website.

A Quick Guideline for Microsoft Windows PowerShell - Part 2

18 Aug 2010

Md. Marufuzzaman

The objective of this article (Part 2) is to introduce you to using of VB / Microsoft .NET library, Function, Methods as well in your Microsoft Windows PowerShell script.

Considerations to Take When Writing Reusable Software Components

15 Aug 2010

logicchild

An article that defines some rules to follow when writing resuable software.

7 Simple Steps to Connect SQL Server using WCF from SilverLight

12 Aug 2010

Shivprasad koirala

In this article, we will look at how we can do database operations using SilverLight.

SilverLight's FAQ - Part 3

11 Aug 2010

Shivprasad koirala

This article discusses 12 FAQ’s which revolve around bindings, layouts, consuming WCF services and how to connect to database through Silverlight.

One Way, Two Way and One Time Bindings using Silverlight

8 Aug 2010

Shivprasad koirala

This article will talk about three ways of binding object properties with Silverlight user interfaces.

Save all Outlook Mail Items to Separate Files

16 Jul 2010

E.F. Nijboer

Source code for saving mail items to separate files and keeping folder structure

Pong in a Win32 Console

15 Jul 2010

Software_Developer

Pong in a Win32 Console

Realtime Animation of a Mandelbrot Zoom in a Win32 Console with Visual C++ 6.0

15 Jul 2010

Software_Developer

This article describes how to create a Realtime animation of a Mandelbrot Zoom in a Win32 Console with Visual C++ 6.0

The Basics of Perl and Perl Programming

7 Jul 2010

logicchild

Programing Perl Basics - How It Works

Day's Left Timer VBS

29 Jun 2010

crackruckles

Day's Left Timer VBS Self Deleting

Retrieve the Assembly Identities from a Manifest using C++

20 Jun 2010

marc ochsenmeier

A set of C++ interfaces to retrieve the side-by-side information of a manifest embedded in an image file.

Using Lambdas for WPF or Silverlight Animation

17 Jun 2010

Dmitri Nеstеruk

Shows how to use lambdas and higher-order functions for WPF/Silverlight graphics work

Implementing a Web Server in Java

8 Jun 2010

Assoudi

An article on how to implement a functional web server in Java

Snake Game in a Win32 Console

6 Jun 2010

Software_Developer

A Snake game in a Win32 Console

Fun with the Console, Animating the American Flag (Visual C++ 6.0)

5 Jun 2010

Software_Developer

Have some fun with the console, animate the American flag

A Star Wars Scroller Demo written in OpenGL (GLUT) using Visual C++ 6.0

3 Jun 2010

Software_Developer

A Star Wars Scroller Demo that moves smoothly from the bottom to the top in OpenGL (GLUT)

Things to do in Graphics Land

2 Jun 2010

logicchild

Basic and advanced graphics via C#.

Iron Web Analyzer

26 May 2010

Hamed J.I

Analyze website content for Search Engine Optimization and technical problems (using Iron Python)

An Educated Look at the WPF Capabilities for Brushes, Media, and Animations

23 May 2010

logicchild

An article that demonstrates how to use video, images and animations via WPF

How to Create a Random Joke Generator in Java

14 May 2010

Software_Developer

How to create a Random Joke Generator in Java

How to Create a Joke Jukebox in Visual Basic 6.0

14 May 2010

Software_Developer

An article about how to create a Joke Jukebox in Visual Basic 6.0

A Calculator via Visual C

14 May 2010

logicchild

An Article the Demonstrates How to Build a Windows Forms Calculator

Gurux Data Refinery

11 May 2010

Gurux Ltd

Retrieve data from a physical device, process it, and visualize the results

A C# Threading Reference Manual

10 May 2010

logicchild

An article that defines managed threading from the basics to the intermediate.

Another Thread Pool

6 May 2010

imagiro

A simple thread pool with minimal dependencies

Mastering Debugging in Visual Studio 2010 - A Beginner's Guide

6 May 2010

Abhijit Jana

Describes all debugging features like Breakpoints, DataTips, Watch Windows, Multithreaded Debugging, Parallel Program Debugging and IntelliTrace Debugging

Parallel Tasks in .NET 3.0

6 May 2010

David Cruwys

Provide a mechanism to execute a list of tasks in parallel on multiple threads and communicate back to the calling thread useful states such as exceptions, timeouts, and successful task completion.