This article describes a design, implementation and usage of the Custom Routing Manager for managing messages via Routing Service built-in .Net 4 Technology.

C#4.0

.NET4

.NET

WCF

How To: Use Office 2007 OCR Using C#

24 Aug 2009

Waleed Elkot

Reading text from any image using Microsoft Office 2007 OCR

tlock<>: Any C++ Object read/write Thread-safe Provider

13 Jul 2019

Michael Chourdakis

An easy locking class for shared/exclusive mutex functions with upgrade/downgrade

C++11

C++

Win32

.NET Shell Extensions - Shell Icon Overlay Handlers

14 Sep 2013

Dave Kerr

Create Shell Icon Overlay Handlers using .NET!

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

A Simple Windows Vista/7 Gadget To Preview CodeProject's Featured Articles

1 Aug 2017

Arthur V. Ratz

In this article, we'll discuss on how to use HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Ajax to create a simple lightweight Windows Vista/7 sidebar desktop gadget that allows to preview featured articles contributed to CodeProject's web site

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 0 – Table of Contents

31 Jan 2010

Arik Poznanski

Complete Library for using the Windows 7 Ribbon from C#, including 18 samples and 21 blog posts documenting the Ribbon features

Windows Authentication Using Form Authentication

1 Jul 2009

Muhammad Akhtar Shiekh

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

Fabrika LAB: WebCam Video

22 May 2013

Dejan Mauer

Free and easy way to access a web camera by using the Aforge library.

An efficient way for automatic updating

11 Sep 2017

Michael Haephrati

A simple way to provide silent automatic updates with no server side code

Protecting .NET 4.+ Application By C++ [Unmanaged]

25 Mar 2018

The Ænema

Learn how to inject your 4.5 framework .NET application into a C++ unmanaged host application. Fast, Secure & without any extra tool or library.

CropBox

21 Aug 2019

Johnny J.

Easily add image cropping to your desktop application

.NET Shell Extensions - Shell Property Sheets

7 Apr 2013

Dave Kerr

Use .NET to rapidly build Shell Property Sheets

Web Application - Advanced Hosting of WebBrowser Control with ATL

14 Oct 2009

Alex Blekhman

Example of handling real-life challenges when hosting WebBrowser control: separate creation of hosting window and the control, keyboard shortcuts, control's dimensions, etc.

Custom URL Protocol for Invoking Application

6 Mar 2012

Chandrakantt

Registering a custom URL protocol for invoking an application

Real Time Collaboration: A Quick C++ Windows Library with RDC Support

13 Feb 2019

Michael Chourdakis

Create collaborating projects easily

C++

VS2013

Win32

BASIC, Why? The Answer Might Surprise You ! (Part 1)

23 Aug 2018

Chris Boss

Why some prefer the BASIC language over others

Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Adding Custom Tasks to Jump Lists

29 Jun 2009

Michael Dunn

Create custom tasks in your app's jump list on Windows 7

.NET Shell Extensions - Shell Drop Handlers

19 Jan 2013

Dave Kerr

Rapidly create Shell Drop Handler Extensions using .NET

Introduction to B-trees: Concepts and Applications

15 Aug 2014

Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

How to solve real-life problems using B-trees

MIDI Out Setter

10 May 2009

DaveyM69

Allows changing of the default MIDI out device in Vista and Windows 7

Image Filters

30 Sep 2009

Fiwel

Different ways to apply image filters.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 13 – DropDownColorPicker

15 Mar 2010

Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon drop down color picker control.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 20 – QuickAccessToolbar

23 Mar 2010

Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to work with the ribbon quick access toolbar.

WPF-Less GDI+.NET Report Component: Star Report

25 Jan 2013

FatCatProgrammer

StarReport: WPF-less GDI+.NET report component.

Take a REST : A Windows C++ Library for Quick Web Interfaces Interaction

30 May 2019

Michael Chourdakis

A few functions and you can call various Web libraries like Google Drive

C++

Win64

Win32

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 5 - Application Menu with SplitButton and DropButton

6 Mar 2010

Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon application menu with ribbon split button and ribbon drop button controls.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 8 – ComboBox

9 Mar 2010

Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon combo box control.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 18 – ContextPopup

22 Mar 2010

Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to work with ribbon context popup.

April Fools! Evil Windows Dialog Prank

31 Mar 2011

Gregory Gadow

Prank your coworkers with a dialog box that appears and disappears randomly by using a notification area app.

PolyHook 2: C++17 x86/x64 Hooking Library

24 Jul 2018

stevemk14ebr

PolyHook v2 - the C++17 x86/x64 library supporting multiple methods of hooking

Mr. Crossworder - Create Crosswords in Seconds!

6 Jan 2019

Mehedi Shams

Crossword creator - with a touch of Unicode Logic!

Midi: A Windows MIDI Library in C#

6 Jul 2020

honey the codewitch

Provides a complete managed API for working with MIDI files, sequences and devices

Generic Picker Dropdown Control

12 Dec 2008

Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer

A flexible easily overridable combo-box-alike control for choosing from a 2D array of options

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 6 – Tabs, Groups and HelpButton

7 Mar 2010

Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use ribbon tabs, groups and the ribbon help button control.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 15 – Use Ribbon as External DLL

19 Mar 2010

Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to load ribbon resources from external DLLs.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 16 – ApplicationModes

20 Mar 2010

Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to work with ribbon application modes.

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.

Adding an InputBox() to Any C++ Program

12 Jun 2019

Michael Haephrati

A simple and easy to use InputBox() function for any type of C++ program for Windows

C++14

Win32

Windows Experience Score For Windows 10

5 Nov 2019

Howard 9448490

A replacement Windows Experience Score tool for Windows 10

.NET

Win64

Win32

ScreenCapture: Single Header DirectX Library

1 Apr 2021

Michael Chourdakis

DirectX hardware screen capture and encoding with audio mixing capabilities. H264/H265/VP80/VP90/FLAC/MP3

Selection Rectangle: An Implementation in "Explorer style" :)

28 Jan 2010

Eugen Podsypalnikov

A semi-transparent selection rectangle

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 4 - Application Menu with Buttons

4 Mar 2010

Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon application menu.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 10 – Working With Images

12 Mar 2010

Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to work with images in the ribbon.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 12 – CheckBox and ToggleButton

14 Mar 2010

Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon check box and toggle button controls.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 17 – Contextual Tabs

21 Mar 2010

Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to work with ribbon contextual tabs.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 19 – RecentItems

23 Mar 2010

Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to work with the ribbon recent items control.

ASP.NET User Control: File Browser

16 Dec 2011

Henryk Filipowicz

A web user control for selecting a file from the file system.

A Modern Direct2D Color Picker for Plain Win32

2 Jun 2020

Michael Chourdakis

C++, Direct2D, one function and you got a nice picker

Full-Featured Task Manager for Windows Mobile

17 Feb 2008

Brian P. Adams

A full-featured Task Manager for Windows Mobile.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 14 – FontControl

16 Mar 2010

Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon font control.

Column based selection in rich edit control.

22 May 2012

Mahfuzur Rahman.

Column based selection in rich edit control.

Sending WhatsApp Messages from a Win32 C++ Program - Part 1

3 Nov 2018

Michael Haephrati

A simple way for sending WhatsApp messages to an individual or to a group in C++

SelfServe: A Self-hosting Self-installing Windows Service

14 Jan 2020

honey the codewitch

Add the ability to run a service in console mode and to control or install your service from the command line

UI Control Data Spy

1 Oct 2009

Nishad S

A tool for capturing data from controls like TreeCtrl, ListCtrl, ComboBox, ListBox, etc.

Running Any Command Line exe Remotely Using the Process Class

23 Dec 2011

Dan Randolph

Builds on the existing RunRemote project to run commands on a remote server.

Display HTML in WPF and CefSharp Tutorial Part 2

9 Apr 2015

Dirk Bahle, Alex Maitland

How to implement a ResourceHandler in CefSharp to display custom HTML in WPF

Happy Registry: A Quick Wrapper for the Win32 Database

23 Oct 2015

Michael Chourdakis

A simple template for manipulating the registry

Detecting Active Language

21 Sep 2017

Michael Haephrati

How to detect the currently used language regardless of the active application

A Flexible Direct2D Pianoroll for Your Music Apps

9 May 2019

Michael Chourdakis

Create music easily

Retrieving and Storing Call History

19 Dec 2007

Bryan Sachdeva

This article describes how to create a wrapper class for the native Phone API, and then uses it to retrieve and store the call history.

Elevating your application for dummies: A step-by-step guide to elevate and write in the Registry

8 Apr 2009

joseangelmt

We are going to enable your application to write entries in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, elevating your application when necessary.

Direct2D: Hardware Acceleration in Windows 7 Plotting

10 May 2009

Michael Chourdakis

Draw your vectors using a new, ActiveX based hardware accelerated interface.

CrashRptEx - An Extension to the CrashRpt Crash Reporting System

23 May 2018

Andreas Schoenle

How to use CrashRptEx, to avoid some of the pitfalls of crash reporting in MFC apps or if you want the ability to continue your application after a crash

Intertexti - Resurrecting HyperCard

2 Feb 2013

Marc Clifton

A prototype application for cross-referencing and indexing files, URL's.

Line Fitting in Images Using Orthogonal Linear Regression

12 Apr 2013

Jonathan Nethercott

Describes an algorithm for calculating the equation of a line in an image using orthogonal linear regression.

Visual Studio Visualizer: Part 1

10 Jun 2013

Frederico Regateiro

This project shows a work around to make a non-serializable object available to a custom visualizer.

Classificiation Using Logistic Regression in Visual Basic

19 Dec 2016

petrostherock

Machine Learning. What languages come to mind? R? Python? Matlab? Bet you didn't think Visual Basic.

artificial-intelligence

The Kernel-Bridge Framework

1 Nov 2018

Alexander Eremeev

The Windows kernel-hacking library and development framework written on C++17

How to do CreateFileMapping in a C++ DLL and access it in C#, VB and C++

10 Mar 2009

nkrscorpio

This is yet another example for memory mapped files. What is cool though is unlike other samples, I have a SetData(TCHAR* Key, TCHAR* value) / GetData(TCHAR* key) pattern here.

Hacking FontDialog

23 Aug 2008

legcsabi

How to hide UI elements of a FontDialog (e.g., Font Size).

Testing reader/writer locks

20 Jan 2009

Valery Grebnev

This article describes testing the results of reader/writer locks on Windows XP/Vista Uniprocessor and Multi-core PCs.

Visual Modeling of Complex Reactive Systems with Harel UML StateCharts

8 Sep 2009

jerryd_intw

This article presents a commercial-grade cross-platform Harel UML StateChart Open-Source application framework named StateWizard for concurrent, distributed, and real-time reactive system development with simplicity, efficiency, and scalability.

Use mplayer as our Audio Decoder – Part 2

12 Dec 2011

jackyxinli

This article demonstrates how to use mplayer as an audio decoder and display real time spectrum during playback process

VisualC++

Windows

Win32

Selection Overlay DLL

18 Jun 2012

Mark Kruger

API which shows a Selection Overlay and notifies the caller when it's resizing and notifies the final rectangle.

Steganography programming with Visual Studio 2012 (Nostega paradigm)‏

20 Sep 2012

Palavos

A paradigm of Noiseless Steganography for secretely transmitting messages via Excel graphs.

How to Read a PE Image's Manifest Resource using an Undocumented Internal .NET Class Method

21 Jan 2013

Kerem Guemruekcue

This short article shows how to use an undocumented internal class method from the System.Deployment.Application.Win32InterOp namespace to get a PE images manifest resource.

State Machine - State Pattern vs. Classic Approach

5 Aug 2014

Chris875

State pattern and procedural solution illustrated

Win32 Thread Wrapper with Synchronized Start

23 Oct 2019

David Lafreniere

A Win32 CreateThread() C++ wrapper class for synchronized thread startup and forced message queue creation.

Re-Active Disabled Controls

2 Nov 2012

Pieter Alec Myburgh

Re-Activate disabled windows controls

QuickAccent - A Tool for Accents and Symbols

29 Oct 2014

Dave Kerr

Use QuickAccent to quickly copy accents and symbols to your clipboard. Also read the article to find out about the essentials when writing System Tray based applications

HiRes Backgroundworker

20 Aug 2014

sgoleary

Cut and Paste BackgroundWorker.

Collision Proof Shared String Resources

12 Jul 2016

David A. Gray

Share Win32 string resources without the risk of conflicting resource IDs

Allocating Memory on Linux and Windows

10 Aug 2018

RCL_SPD

How to allocate memory on Linux and Windows

Global Hotkeys within Desktop Applications

29 Dec 2018

Kfir Eichenblat

Learn how to create Global Hotkeys properly in a C# desktop application (e.g. Windows Forms or WPF)

RGF: A Save/Open Dialog Box with Cloud Capabilities

31 May 2019

Michael Chourdakis

Replace GetOpenFileName/GetSaveFileName with a new cloud API!

Fetch and Search Your Chrome History

14 Jun 2019

Michael Haephrati

How to fetch and search your Chrome history by accessing the "history" Sqlite database

C++

chrome

Win32

Last branch records and branch tracing

27 Mar 2013

nick.p.everdox

Usage of Intel/AMD extended processor features.

Using JavaScript frameworks from your C#/UWP application

2 Dec 2015

David Catuhe

Thanks to Chakra (the JavaScript engine used by Microsoft Edge), it is now possible to host one of the fastest JavaScript engines (and also the one with the highest support of ECMAScript 6) inside any Universal Windows Platform application.

Javascript

WinRT

Win32

Texture Mapping in OpenGL using Class CImage

5 Aug 2016

Petrov Vladimir

Texture Mapping in OpenGL from any Image File in any format using Class CImage(just call the File Name).

Host and Workflow: Two Worlds to Communicate. Part V

4 Oct 2008

freedeveloper

Part V: Intercommunications with a Workflow instance using Correlation parameter

JesTracePaster - Tool to Add Method-entry Logs in Source Files

11 Mar 2009

Jellow TK

This simple tool will add method-entry logs in source files.

Outlook add-in using VC++ ATL/COM

5 Feb 2013

Gokulnath007

To get instant control over Outlook and various operations of outlook.

.NET and Delphi Inter-Process Communication via Named Pipes

12 Dec 2014

Yuriy Magurdumov

Calling native methods from .NET application via standard Windows Named Pipes

OpenGL in Python with TKinter

25 Jan 2016

Samuel Teixeira

Why simple if we can be complex?

Using the Windows MIDI SYSEX API in .NET

13 Apr 2016

Steve Grundy

This article describes using the Windows MIDI API functions in a managed environment.

Selenium Series Part 4: Killing Laying Around Browser Processes for More Consistent Selenium Testing

25 Jun 2018

Sean Rand

This is an article to help you clean up browser processes during automated Selenium testing.

Smart Partition File Exchange

22 Dec 2019

Marijan Nikic

A utility for automatization of moving files from partition A to partition B and vice versa

Extended Autohide for Taskbar and Startmenu

25 Jan 2020

Thilo Bauer

Autohides Taskbar and Startmenu when there are no mouse moves over them for a defined time

Change Local IIS Home Path from Explorer Context Menu

1 Sep 2008

Sean Rock

Change local IIS home path from explorer context menu

Menu, tabs, toolbars, scrollbars, hotkeys, frames resizing, and the ON_COMMAND_RANGE handler for classes derived from CListCtrl on CFormView dialogs

12 Jul 2009

Emery Emerald

A demonstration of using a general-purpose MDI interface in MFC table forms.

SWF Summary Shell Extension (PropertyPage for SWF files!)

13 Jul 2010

Daniel Cohen Gindi

This application adds a property page to show SWF properties in the Windows file properties window.

(Memory and Resource) Leak Detection for WinCE

23 May 2012

Sergeant Kolja

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

Directory Monitor Service controls SSIS Package Execution

2 Aug 2012

Kuthuparakkal

WMI based DirectoryMonitor triggers SSIS Package execution.

Virtual Monopolium

4 Sep 2013

KillBot Project

A make-over of one of the most popular family games, Monopoly.

Managing object lifetime in Delphi

4 Nov 2015

Denis Murashov

In the article I try to make a brief review over methods to manage object lifetime in Delphi applications.

jParser PCL .NET Json Parser

15 Feb 2016

Ahmed Amer Jaf

Fast n Easy Way to parse Json data

Venn Diagram in VisualBasic

4 Apr 2016

Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

R API for drawing venn diagram in VisualBasic

.NET

Win32

machine-learning

Detect SAM File Corruption under Windows 7 (Part 1)

10 Apr 2016

AIT SALEM BOUSSAD

This first part of the article presents how to inject a DLL inside lsass process by using Windows service

Ved Startup Manager

3 Feb 2017

Satish Jagtap

This article is written in VC++ as utility to manage startup applications of Windows.

Building a Chat Application using the QuantumGate P2P Networking Library

17 Aug 2020

Karel Donk

An example of building a peer-to-peer chat application for secure and private communication

Embedded Programming using Powerbasic with RTOS-32 (Part 1)

12 Sep 2018

Chris Boss

A short introduction to using the Powerbasic 6.0 console compiler with the Ontime RTOS-32 embedded operating system

How to Scan Documents with your WPF Application

7 Sep 2012

Dynamsoft

In this article, I’ll share with you how to utilize Dynamic .NET TWAIN in a WPF application to process your documents.

Crash While Closing Application that Uses Windows Ribbon Framework

22 Apr 2010

Arik Poznanski

Crash while closing application that uses Windows Ribbon Framework

Patch my Arabic Locale on Windows Mobile

6 May 2012

emranallan

Add your local inside windows local to be supported for unicode

How to perform fading transitions on Textures in XNA 4.0 using Interpolation Timers

7 Jul 2012

CJ Kent

Create an Interpolating Timer and use it to fade textures in and out in XNA 4.0

Using Windowless Rich Edit Controls Directly from C#

1 Mar 2019

Sergey Nozhenko

A technique of invoking and implementing non-standard interfaces of windowsless rich edit controls is demonstrated

The Explorer Imperative - Two Stage Search

4 Sep 2019

Jaxon7

Least frequent character offset exact match algorithm used in GUI keyword search

Doing UTF-8 in Windows, Part 2 - Tolower or Not to Lower

18 Feb 2020

Mircea Neacsu

Case folding for UTF-8 code

Using Information Retrieval Techniques as an Alternative to Commercial Web Services

14 Aug 2008

Yasser M. Jaffal

In this article, I discuss an example of how you can use information retrieval to grab data out of MSN Money pages to get a free Web Service for currency exchange rates and other quotes.

InfoPath 2007 Helper for MOSS 2007

6 Feb 2009

Javier Ibarra

This article is about how to get or set values of an InfoPath form.

Simple Tri-State TreeView

5 Mar 2012

Fred_Informatix

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

DWinLib - Creating Modal Dialogs

14 Feb 2013

David O'Neil

Need to make a simple, or not-so-simple dialog? The following approach may be just the ticket, even without DWinLib!

Batch - automatic increase administrative privileges (run as Administrator)

2 Jun 2015

Artur Zgadzaj

Batch run as Administrator - automatic increase administrative privileges in Batch scripts like BAT and CMD - universal tools Batch_Admin

Native Win32 API OpenGL Tutorial - Part 2

17 Apr 2016

leon de boer

In this second part, we will create an OpenGL MDI application

MTC.Host. A Infrastructure to host and manage Windows Services

10 Dec 2016

gfazzola

In this article I will explain the implementation of an infrastructure to host and manage windows services in a practical and interactive way.As a practical example of the solution will be implemented a dynamic ip update client of DucDNS

decode multiPage rotate tif.zip

12 Aug 2019

LeisureBamboo

The decode and encode of multiPage rotate tif.zip

SpeechRecognition and SpeechSynthesis Windows 10 API for plain Win32

27 May 2020

Michael Chourdakis

A one-function library to easily integrate Speech to Text and Text to Speech in your Win32 applications

Generation of Infinite Sequences in C# and Unmanaged C++

20 Sep 2020

JorgeLuisOrejel

How to generate infinite sequences in both C# and unmanaged C++

C++

Win32

unmanaged

Fetching Most Recent Minds.com Posts

26 Feb 2021

Michael Haephrati

Minds.com is a blockchain-based social network where users can earn money or cryptocurrency for using it.

C++

Win32

cURL

Introduction to Programming with LEADTOOLS .NET OCR - Multi-threaded OCR SDK for 32 and 64 Bit Development

7 Jan 2013

LEADTOOLS Support

Introduce you to the key features of the new .NET OCR classes, provide you with a step-by-step approach for creating an OCR application, and provide you with sample code.

Automated Data Acquisition Through Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Facilitated Using PowerShell

31 Dec 2007

jkunken

In this article, we will describe how information generated on data acquisition devices connected to servers running Windows Server 2003 can be efficiently integrated into Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 using Windows PowerShell.

Extending DirectoryInfoEx to support Archives

31 Dec 2009

Leung Yat Chun (Fainx)

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

Media Center Magnifier

23 Oct 2009

cjbarth

Tool to magnify a screen including layered windows and transparency. Useful for media centers.

Dynamic Libraries with Delayed Function Loading

27 Oct 2011

Vasil Bachvarov

This article explains how to create a dynamic library that loads exported functions the first time they are used, opposed to loading them when the library is loaded.

Executable Integration Example: External Settings and Update

2 Jun 2012

Ben Baron

Java source code to demonstrate Executable Integration which is a concept of integrating several distinct executables to create a single application

Fully Control Your Webcam in Your Web Browser with Dynamsoft

21 Sep 2012

Dynamsoft

Capture images and video streams from your webcams in IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera.

Schemeer, a Semi XML and JSON Handler

22 Jan 2013

lxdfigo

It is a lib that can process XML documents or JSON by changing a config file.

C++

Windows

Win32

Closing Microsoft Dynamics GP Report Destination window (alternative)

15 Aug 2014

Paul Maxan

This is an alternative for "Closing Microsoft Dynamics GP Report Destination window"

Building Image-Based Workflows with Windows Workflow Foundation

31 Mar 2008

Casey_Muse

Find out how to build a small document imaging workflow application using WF and Pegasus Imaging’s activity libraries (Part 1). Then discover how Pegasus’ activities may be used to add imaging workflows to MOSS using Visual Studio 2008 (Part 2).

Spokes SDK 5-Minute Quick-Start Blog!

15 Mar 2013

Plantronics

Spokes SDK 5-Minute Quick-start blog!

To Heap or not to Heap; That’s the Large Object Question?

11 Jul 2017

Doug Duerner, Yeon-Chang Wang

In this article we explored a theory; would it be better to not utilize a heap construct when dealing with very large objects in .NET, in order to avoid Large Object Heap (LOH) fragmentation?

Persian Gulf in 3D Anaglyph

12 Aug 2013

Mohammad Reza Khosravi

This application uses some simple 2D methods to make 3D scenes which can be seen with Red/Cyan Anaglyph glasses.

Fun with Unicode

9 Apr 2016

Yang Kok Wah

Typing Unicode directly to a text-box, including support for surrogate pairs. Create simple web pages to display fanciful fonts

Injecting .NET Assemblies Into Unmanaged Processes

22 Jun 2013

Pero Matić

A detailed analysis of how to inject the .NET runtime and arbitrary .NET assemblies into unmanaged and managed processes; and how to execute managed code within those processes.

XColorHexagonCtrl - a non-MFC color picker control that displays a color hexagon

4 Apr 2008

Hans Dietrich

XColorHexagonCtrl displays a color hexagon that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models.

WPF x FileExplorer x MVVM

24 Nov 2012

Leung Yat Chun (Fainx)

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

Custom Controls in Win32 API: The Painting

12 Dec 2014

Martin Mitáš

Understanding the basics of custom control painting and avoiding the trap of control flicker

Classic Shell

23 Feb 2010

Ivo Beltchev

Classic Start menu and other shell features for Windows 7 and Vista.

CLR Injection: Runtime Method Replacer

23 Jun 2009

Ziad Elmalki

Replace any method with another method at runtime. Updated for 3.5 SP1.

XBalloonMsg - a non-MFC balloon-shaped message box

11 Jul 2008

Hans Dietrich

XBalloonMsg displays a message box using balloon-style tooltips. Message and title strings may be embedded or stored in string resource.

Draw Behind Desktop Icons in Windows 8+

22 Dec 2014

Gerald Degeneve

Draw or render a Windows Form directly over the Wallpaper, behind the Desktop Icons in Windows 8+10

Custom Controls in Win32 API: The Basics

12 Dec 2014

Martin Mitáš

A quick introduction into the development of custom controls in plain Win32 API.

Sending WhatsApp Messages from a Win32 C++ Program - Part 2

13 Dec 2018

Michael Haephrati

A simple way for sending WhatsApp documents and images to an individual or to a group in C++

Moving Memory in .NET using VB and the CIL

22 Jun 2014

Nathaniel Moschkin

Topics and methods on programming in .NET and performance considerations

Windows 7 Trigger Start Service

17 Jan 2010

Abhishek Sur

Implement services that start/stop automatically to some events like Device attached, Network Availability, Firewall port modified, Domain join, Group Policy change etc

Interact with Windows Services in C++

5 May 2016

Marius Bancila

Interact, control and configure Windows services using C++ components built on top of the Windows services API

Stepper Motor and 7 Segment Display Control with Parallel Port

31 Dec 2008

Samet KILICTAS

Stepper motor And seven-segment display control with parallel port using Assembly Language

ASM

Windows

Win32

TetroGL: An OpenGL Game Tutorial in C++ for Win32 platforms - Part 3

7 Nov 2008

Cedric Moonen

Learn how to draw text and handle the states of your game.

WMI Interface for .NET

9 Dec 2007

jsunstrom

A class library to aid in writing WMI applications.

.NET Shell Extensions - Deploying SharpShell Servers

15 Sep 2013

Dave Kerr

Learn how to deploy SharpShell servers easily with the new Server Registration Manager tool

Concurrency Runtime in Visual C++ 2010

11 Nov 2010

Ajay Vijayvargiya

Learn about parallel algorithms, parallel containers, tasks, task groups, agents library, task scheduler etc in VC10

Windows Live Messenger Plug-in Development Bible

3 Nov 2008

IndioX86

An article explaining several Win32 reverse engineering techniques applied to Live Messenger research and plug-in development.

Custom Controls in Win32 API: Control Customization

11 Dec 2014

Martin Mitáš

Overview of techniques for customizing existing controls.

Additional custom panel in Microsoft Outlook

25 Jun 2008

Lukas Neumann

An example of undocumented integration into the user interface of Microsoft Office applications.

RWMutex: A Shared/Exclusive Recursive Mutex

13 Dec 2018

Michael Chourdakis

A mutex with shared/exclusive access with upgrade/downgrade capability

Cryptographic Interoperability: Digital Signatures

20 Oct 2009

Jeffrey Walton

Sign and verify messages using Crypto++, Java, and C#.

Guide to Win32 Memory DC

21 Jul 2011

Paul M Watt

Guide to creating and using Memory Device Contexts (DC) in Win32.

C# Snooker

14 Dec 2009

Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira

Sound-enabled pool game for C#.

SharePoint OCR image files indexing

2 Dec 2009

gstolarov

SharePoint OCR image files indexing.

Stopwatch

3 Jan 2015

Espen Harlinn

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

Custom Controls in Win32 API: Visual Styles

17 Mar 2014

Martin Mitáš

Paint your control consistently with standard/common controls, using the visual styles API.

Bypassing PatchGuard 3

20 Aug 2008

Christoph Husse

This article shows how to bypass PatchGuard 3 on the latest windows versions.

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.

Using .NET Classes/Modules from Native C++

13 Sep 2009

Johann Anhofer

The goal of this article is to describe a more or less generic way to access .NET managed objects from a native C++ application.

True Natural Language Understanding through a Conceptual Language Understanding Engine

11 Jan 2010

Roy, Philippe

An article introducing an Artificial Intelligence technique that understands and manipulates concepts from text.

Shell Extensibility - Explorer Desk Band, Tray Notification Icon et al.

28 Aug 2009

Alex Blekhman

A simple Calendar utility that demonstrates basic Shell extensibility techniques: desk band, tray notification icon, locales.

DBTool – Part 2: Harlinn.Oracle

1 Oct 2013

Espen Harlinn

A reflection based wrapper for the Oracle Data Provider for .NET – allows your application to dynamically load the Oracle.DataAccess.dll assembly installed on your client’s computer.

Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Taskbar Progress and Status Indicators

14 Sep 2009

Michael Dunn

An intro to using Taskbar progress bars and overlay icons with your Windows 7 applications

Sciter - multiplatform embeddable HTML/CSS/scripting UI engine

11 Nov 2015

c-smile

Basics of Sciter embedding principles, high-level overlook of Sciter SDK structure.

C++ is Fun: Writing a Tic Tac Toe Game

4 Nov 2013

Marius Bancila

This article shows how to create a Tic Tac Toe game in C++ using different technologies such as Win32 and WinRT to prove that writing code in C++ is as fun and productive as in other programming languages.

Troubleshooting Registration Free COM

30 Apr 2018

Nisamudheen

How to troubleshoot Registration Free COM using Tools

Anti-Debug Protection Techniques: Implementation and Neutralization

7 Apr 2016

Apriorit Inc, Kulchytskyi Oleg

Several approaches of anti-debug protection and some tips about how they are usually neutralized by reversers

Toggle hardware data/read/execute breakpoints programmatically

23 Jul 2008

Michael Chourdakis

Simple code to introduce a hardware breakpoint mechanism.

PDF Merger and Protector

5 Oct 2012

Sunasara Imdadhusen

PDF MERGER and PROTECTOR is the best pdf merger software which is fast and powerful way to join(Merge) PDF files with password protection as well as you can apply stamper with either any type of image or text. Using this utility you don’t required installation of Adobe Acrobat. Looks Exciting ???

KeePass Password Safe

13 Jan 2020

Dominik Reichl

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

ExpTreeLib Version 3 - Explorer-like Navigation and Operation for your Forms

9 Jan 2014

Jim Parsells

A Class Library for building Forms with a folder navigation TreeView and form specific ListViews that can be tailored for your application and behave like Windows Explorer. Full documentation.

Integrate the OpenOffice.org Power in a WTL (or Other Native Win32) Application

18 Feb 2009

Alain Rist

OOo::DocWindow and WTL::COOoCtrl classes to work on any Microsoft-Office document, and Open Office SDK integration in Visual Studio/VCExpress 2005/2008

A Basic Icon Editor Running on ReactOS (and Consequently on Windows XP and Newer Versions)

31 Jan 2021

Steffen Ploetz

Creation of a basic icon editor with as little code as possible, that is running on ReactOS and Windows, to check out the stability of application development capabilities on ReactOS

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

12 Apr 2010

Alain Rist

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

Win32 SDK PropertyGrid Made Easy

9 May 2021U

David MacDermot

This article describes the creation of a non-MFC custom PropertyGrid control.

Window Form Controls v/s WPF Controls Memory Comparision

10 Oct 2015

yash soman

The article is about window form controls and wpf controls memory management. The difference between them and internals of how they are loaded.

.NET-Compiler-Platform

System Wide Hooking for the WM_CHAR Message

4 Jan 2010

sridhar vattam

How to hook the WM_CHAR message using the WH_GETMESSAGE hook.

Tiny CMD

1 Aug 2019

Michael Haephrati

A tiny Command Line Interface wrapped with a Graphic User Interface

An Anti-Reverse Engineering Guide

9 Nov 2008

Joshua Tully

A look into what goes into the area of preventing reverse engineering, and gives developers some functions and ideas about preventing reversing engineering of their programs.

Burning and Erasing CD/DVD/Blu-ray Media with C# and IMAPI2

23 Mar 2010

Eric Haddan

Using the Image Mastering API in C#.

Windows Development in C++, Working with Menus

3 Jan 2015

Espen Harlinn

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

A Full Yahoo! Weather App, Yes Another One

16 Apr 2011

rspercy65

Uses Farhad Siasar's YahooWeathertlb library with a few added functions

Dynamically Add/Edit Environment Variables of Remote Process

30 Dec 2008

Sarath C

Dynamically Add/Edit Environment variables of Remote process

40 Basic Practices in Assembly Language Programming

29 Jan 2019

Zuoliu Ding

A discussion on some basic practices highly recommended in Assembly Language Programming.

The Practical Guide to Multithreading - Part 2

12 Apr 2010

Ajay Vijayvargiya

More of practical situations to use multithreading!

Configuring the Emulation Mode of an Internet Explorer WebBrowser Control

6 Jul 2014

Richard James Moss

Helper class for configuring which version of Internet Explorer is used by the WebBrowser control when hosted in a Windows Forms or WPF application

Windows dialog design in C++ without dialog templates.

3 Jun 2015

john morrison leon

An alternative approach in which dialogs are entirely specified as C++ code that requires neither IDE support to be written nor IDE generated resources to be executed. Powered by the C++ type system.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 21 – SizeDefinition

24 Mar 2010

Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to define custom size definitions for ribbon group elements.

Image Blending in Windows - an Assembly Language Approach

4 Oct 2017

CMalcheski

Ditching the slowdowns and applying a little elbow grease can create dramatic speed improvements in GDI image blending.

Subverting Vista UAC in Both 32 and 64 bit Architectures

22 Apr 2009

Pero Matić

This article illustrates how to bypass Vista UAC as well as how to correctly launch an interactive process from a Windows Service.

Load EXE as DLL: Mission Possible

6 Dec 2015

Michael Chourdakis

Load an EXE file as a DLL in another EXE and execute the functions

Conservative Garbage Collector for C

22 Dec 2008

Yasin HINISLIOGLU

This article explains garbage collection and memory management using C language

Managed Fusion

19 Nov 2009

Simon Allaeys

Managed Fusion - A managed API to view and manipulate the Global Assembly Cache

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.

Undocumented List View Features

30 Sep 2015

Timo Kunze

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

A first look at the Windows Web Services API

27 Jul 2009

Nish Nishant

The article shows how to interop between a WCF service and a WWS client, and also how to rewrite the WCF service in WWS retaining compatibility with existing WCF clients.

Accessing All of Windows Special Folders

12 Mar 2008

Warrick Procter

Get the path names to Windows special folders; optionally create the folders if they are missing; access physical and virtual special folders.

C++ WinAPI Wrapper Object using thunks (x32 and x64)

6 Dec 2016

Jon Campbell

Using "thunk" technique to add this pointer as fifth parameter to WndProc call for x32 and x64

Range Finder

30 Apr 2009

Mohammad Reza Khosravi

A simple program to find real size or distance of objects in your digital camera photos

Signal Segmentation Algorithm of Radhakrishnan, et al. Ported to C and C#

20 Oct 2019

Lance A. Endres

The algorithm presented by Radhakrishnan, et al., originally used to segment well logs for the oil industry, has been ported to C and C#.

Application Recovery and Restart C# Quick Reference

22 Apr 2010

Arik Poznanski

Application recovery and restart C# quick reference

TetroGL: An OpenGL Game Tutorial in C++ for Win32 Platforms - Part 2

29 Mar 2009

Cedric Moonen

Learn how to load images, display them on the screen and manage them efficiently and how to display animations.

DirectUI

27 Apr 2012

Leslie Zhai

Open source windowless presentation manager library with DirectX 3D anmiation

A MIDI File Slicer and MIDI Library in C#

22 Mar 2020

honey the codewitch

Slice sections out of a MIDI file, and stretch or compress playback time using this simple utility. Or use the Midi Library to build your own MIDI apps

Ultra Rapid Object Detection in Computer Vision Applications with Haar-like Wavelet Features

9 Jul 2008

Chesnokov Yuriy

The article describes the use of Haar-like wavelet features for ultra fast object detection using a cascade of artificial neural network classifiers.

MZCrumbBar - A Generic Breadcrumb Controller

15 Nov 2010

Mathias S.

A generic MFC breadcrumb controller that shows a clickable breadcrumb list.

FireKeys - Open Programs, Folders or URLs with Hot Keys!

11 Mar 2013

Dave Kerr

FireKeys is a tool that lets you set up hotkey bindings for your favorite programs or places. See how it works, download it and find out how the code was written!