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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

PSAM WPF Control Library

by Ajcek84

PSAM Control Library ported over to WPF

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

by logicchild

An article that explains how to use this library

Autoshutdown Service in C#

by Kees van Spelde

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

Latest Articles

Busy Production Database Update Without Timeout

by Prasannakumaran Sarasijanayanan

Load data to temporary table, make any additional update if required, create necessary indices, finally DROP live table and RENAME temporary table to production table.

Splitter Control for Dialog

by libbyliugang

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

PSAM WPF Control Library

by Ajcek84

PSAM Control Library ported over to WPF

Bug Finder, A Real Win32 Extensible Passive Debugger

by Antonio Petricca

Win32, compiler independent, and extensible passive debugger

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Windows 2008 R2

Windows 7 File-properties "Version" Tab Shell Extension

19 Oct 2010 by "Fish" (David B. Trout)

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

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WinXP

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

15 Nov 2010 by 10Tec, Sergey Gorbenko

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

SQL Framework

16 Aug 2012 by 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.

Beginner's Guide: Exploring IIS 6.0 With ASP.NET

29 Nov 2009 by Abhijit Jana

This article describes details of IIS configuration, Virtual Directory creation, Application Pool creation, Application Pool settings, IIS request processing for ASP.NET, etc.

HTTPs using BizTalk 2009 HTTP adapter on Windows 2008 R2

9 Jul 2010 by Ahmed Kahwaji

Use HTTPs in BizTalk 2009 on Windows 2008 R2

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PSAM WPF Control Library

19 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

PSAM Control Library ported over to WPF

Relook your Old and New Native Applications with a Ribbon UI under Vista or Windows 7 (WTL)

12 Apr 2010 by Alain Rist

Including a Ribbon UI Implementation Guide with examples and a dual UI enabled legacy application

Guess My Drawing!

9 Jan 2013 by Albara Hakami

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

Calendar - calendar with notes using the Qt framework

12 May 2017 by alexey_t

A simple calendar with notes support

Smart Thread Pool

27 Aug 2012 by Ami Bar

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

Introduction to RPC - Part 1

22 Dec 2012 by Anders Dalvander

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

Bug Finder, A Real Win32 Extensible Passive Debugger

28 Feb 2018 by Antonio Petricca

Win32, compiler independent, and extensible passive debugger

Extended Windows Service Controller

3 Oct 2013 by Antonio Petricca

.NET ServiceController class extension

To Create A COOL Desktop Lyrics Demo (A Gift To All People On CP)

1 Jan 2010 by Aric Wang

Many popular MP3 players have cool desktop lyrics, this demo uses a simple method to realize it. Happy new year!

WPF GIF Animation

21 Apr 2010 by Artem S. Dmitriev

This article shows the best way to play GIF animation in your WPF project.

Create Custom Windows in WPF with Ease

27 Dec 2010 by Ashish Kaila

Declaratively and visually create custom windows in WPF

MixModes Synergy Toolkit for Windows Phone 7

30 Jan 2011 by Ashish Kaila

Describes features in Synergy Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 Version 1.0

Automate your UI using Microsoft Automation Framework

1 Jan 2011 by Ashish Kaila

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

Device hooking

25 May 2012 by Asif Bahrainwala

Device hooking

EXE Launcher for Java Desktop Application

11 Oct 2010 by b4rc0ll0

A useful launcher for JAR executable files, with Splash Image function

Versatile Tree Control

18 Feb 2013 by Babu_Abdulsalam

Tree control with custom checkbox with several other features.

VMSTAT Analyzer

1 Sep 2009 by Biswas, Sumit

Helps UNIX / Linux administrators to analyze VMSTAT files for system resource utilization.

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

22 Aug 2013 by Chris La

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

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

24 Jun 2012 by 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.

How to Generate Machine Key in IIS7

6 Jul 2011 by 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

Midnight Timer - A Way to Detect When it is Midnight

29 Mar 2007 by DanielBrownAU

An article on how to detect when it is midnight

Generic Background Worker

8 Sep 2009 by DaveyM69

No more unboxing/casting! Use generic type parameters with this background worker. Source code for C# and VB.NET.

Parallel Tasks in .NET 3.0

6 May 2010 by 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.

Most Recently Used (MRU) File Manager Component

21 Aug 2015 by 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.

Reading and Writing Photo Metadata Programmatically Using Microsoft Pro Photo Tools

24 Oct 2009 by Dexter Legaspi

A way to update photo metadata (EXIF, XMP, IPTC, etc.) using the DLLs used by Microsoft Pro Photo Tools.

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

30 Jan 2012 by didierjeanphi

Introduction to Volume Shadow Copy API in C++

File Compare And Hash extension for Windows explorer

4 Aug 2015 by dmihailescu

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

Using Lambdas for WPF or Silverlight Animation

17 Jun 2010 by Dmitri Nеstеruk

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

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

19 Jun 2012 by Dominik Reichl

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

Internet Explorer 8 for Developers

4 Nov 2009 by dougturn

An overview of the IE 8 feature set

ASM.Net - x86 Emulation

26 Dec 2011 by Drag0nHunter

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

Simple Tri-State TreeView

30 Mar 2011 by DreamCatcher2k10

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

Save all Outlook Mail Items to Separate Files

16 Jul 2010 by E.F. Nijboer

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

Moving from Old Sharepoint Server? Something to Import inside SharePoint 2013?

28 Jun 2014 by Elia Conchione

Moving from old SharePoint server? Something to import inside SharePoint 2013?

Windows Development in C++, Working with Menus

3 Jan 2015 by Espen Harlinn

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

Stopwatch

3 Jan 2015 by Espen Harlinn

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

Simple Tri-State TreeView

5 Mar 2012 by Fred_Informatix

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

PHP A to Z

25 Jun 2013 by Gazmend Jakupi

Tutorial for developing in PHP

Progress Indicator a'la Google

15 Sep 2009 by gggustafson

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

IRTB2

11 Sep 2013 by Globin

This is an alternative for "Improved RichTextBox - IRTB". 2.3 is out! Finnaly with some Regex Fixing and Alpha of Alphas in identing!

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

11 Oct 2011 by 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.

Iron Web Analyzer

26 May 2010 by Hamed J.I

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

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

24 Aug 2010 by HaymakerAJW

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

Calendar.NET

9 May 2012 by icemanind

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

IlPad

21 Sep 2012 by icemanind

A program to compile C# code into MSIL code

Another Thread Pool

6 May 2010 by imagiro

A simple thread pool with minimal dependencies

Plot Path using Google Maps JavaScript API

31 Mar 2011 by indianDEV

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

Windows-Service for Multithreading with Remote Control GUI

25 Feb 2016 by J.Starkl

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

Reflection optimization techniques

29 May 2013 by Jain, Ajay

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

Win32 Window Minimal

14 Aug 2012 by Jani Mäkinen

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

A File Checksum Shell Menu Extension DLL

23 May 2008 by Jeffrey Walton

Create a File Checksum Shell Menu Extension using ATL and Crypto++

A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.

26 Nov 2014 by Jeremy Falcon

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

Polymorphism in JavaScript

16 Jan 2012 by Joe BTrez

How does Polymorphism work in JavaScript.

The Four Steps of Programming

18 Oct 2010 by John Paul Walker

How to think like a programmer

Getting Operating System Version Info - Even for Windows 10!

20 Nov 2012 by Johnny J., Brisingr Aerowing

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

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

13 Aug 2012 by 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.

ASP.NET MVC 2 Voting Control

21 Apr 2011 by Jonathan Nethercott

Simple voting control for MVC projects, using a partial view

The Quest for the SSDTs

20 Jul 2017 by Jose A Pascoa

The much talked about Kernel data structures

A Currency-Masked TextBox from TextBox Class

7 Sep 2011 by JRINC

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

Configuring IIS, ASP.NET, and SQL Server

29 Oct 2013 by Juan Davel

This article is an updated one discussing the configuration of IIS, ASP.NET and SQL Server.

Programming Memory-Mapped Files with the .NET Framework

4 Jan 2011 by Jun Du

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

Directory Comparer - A recursive tool to compare 2 folders

9 Jan 2012 by Karthik. A

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

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

31 Jul 2013 by Karthik. A

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

Custom Role Providers

19 Jun 2013 by Karthik. A

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

Autoshutdown Service in C#

10 Jan 2014 by Kees van Spelde

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

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

28 Mar 2013 by Khorshed Alam, Dhaka

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

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

19 Feb 2013 by Khorshed Alam, Dhaka

Standardization database object name with SQL Server Policy Based Management.

Asynchronous web services call in ASP.NET

26 Jun 2013 by KK Kod

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

What's Going Wrong at 3:00 AM?

28 Dec 2010 by 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.

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

13 Aug 2012 by 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

Multi language on-screen keyboard using Windows keyboard DLLs

18 Dec 2012 by 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.

Extending DirectoryInfoEx to support Archives

31 Dec 2009 by Leung Yat Chun

Allow users to make virtual directories and use them via a similar interface as DirectoryInfo.

WPF x FileExplorer x MVVM

24 Nov 2012 by Leung Yat Chun

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

Using BizTalk360

16 Oct 2012 by Lex Hegt

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

Splitter Control for Dialog

29 Sep 2018 by libbyliugang

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

How to Develop an Yearly Interest Calculator

21 Jan 2010 by logicchild

An article that uses C# to develop a yearly calculation utility.

Another Look at Achieving Concurrency using C++

16 Feb 2010 by logicchild

An article that provides ways to achieve concurrency via C++

A Beginner's Primer to OpenMP

19 Feb 2010 by logicchild

An article written with the purpose to help any beginner to use OpenMP.

How To Learn F#

21 Feb 2010 by logicchild

An article that explains some ways to learn the F# language

Recursion, Stacks, and Queues

15 Mar 2010 by logicchild

An article that hopes to function as a primer for algorithms.

Parallel Extensions to the .NET 4.0 Runtime

6 Nov 2010 by logicchild

An article that mainly focuses on the TPL

Windows Forms, Random Number Generators, and Parallel Programming

16 Apr 2010 by logicchild

An article that demonstrates building a Windows Forms application via Parallel computing

A Link to LINQ and a Look at the Binary Search Tree

19 Apr 2010 by logicchild

A Comprehensive Look at LINQ and the Binary Search Tree Data Structure

How to Access and Encrypt Your Files via Windows Forms

22 Apr 2010 by logicchild

An article that demonstrates how to encrypt your directory files

A WPF Television Application

30 Apr 2010 by logicchild

An article that presents a TV Player via WPF

A C# Threading Reference Manual

10 May 2010 by logicchild

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

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

10 Sep 2010 by logicchild

An article that explains how to use this library

A Calculator via Visual C

13 May 2010 by logicchild

An Article the Demonstrates How to Build a Windows Forms Calculator

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

23 May 2010 by logicchild

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

Things to do in Graphics Land

2 Jun 2010 by logicchild

Basic and advanced graphics via C#.

Parallel Programming Essentials via the Intel TBB

19 May 2011 by logicchild

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

Considerations to Take When Writing Reusable Software Components

14 Aug 2010 by logicchild

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

C# Delegates: Step by Step

11 Sep 2010 by logicchild

An article to help the beginner understand delegates

Managed DirectX via F#

24 Oct 2010 by logicchild

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

Drawing Fractals via WPF

8 Nov 2010 by logicchild

Why recursion in C# works well when using WPF.