This article shows how to access Windows API with plain x64 assembly programming language (MASM style). It shall also give an overview, how to apply some programming techniques like OOP and multithreading on a low level.

Add JavaScript and VBScript to Your .NET Apps

by honey the codewitch

Easily add scripting support to your apps using Microsoft's active script technology

Address Book and Events Reminder

by SHRIDHAR TL

Allows to maintain and backup your contacts and also maintains a reminder. You can store data in any of the three different databases like Microsoft SQL Server, MySql, Microsoft Access

Advanced Data I/O using IPC on Windows

by Andy Galluzzi

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

Advanced multi-dimensional region template class

by valdok

A template class for multi-dimensional regions for any coordinate type.

Advanced: optimized thread for making function calls, including return values

by T. Herselman

C++11 header-only class, executes functions on a separate thread, including return values. Featuring a unique custom built, low level, lock-free double buffered queue; with a high speed data format, executes a queue of functions in only 6 CPU instructions; lea,call,mov,add,cmp,jb

AlwaysOn Windows-Service with Remote Control

by J.Starkl

A windows-service which has a fall service on a second server, if the server it's running on, crashes

An All VB.NET Explorer Tree Control with ImageList Management

by Jim Parsells

Explorer TreeView control with Shell Folder access class and Icon management.

An Anti-Reverse Engineering Guide

by 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.

An Easy SplashScreen

by wpte

The way to get your splashscreen going in a few lines of code.

An Idea of F# Workflow Engine based on Concurrency and Coordination Runtime

by Vitaliy Liptchinsky

This article describes the basic ideas of how to build workflow engine a-la WF based on F# workflows and CCR

An Introduction to Jibu for .NET

by jdx256

Jibu is a high-level multithreading API for .NET 2.0 and above.

An Objective Analysis of Language Performance - 1) Math Functions

by Derek Bartram

This article, the first of a series of articles, presents an objective analytical analysis of language performance for Java and C# .NET

Android Inspired C# AsyncTask

by pip010

Inspired by Android asynchronous callback mechanism for short lived background tasks.

Animated Controls using graphic layers

by gggustafson

This article discusses how to create animated controls using graphic layers.

APIHooking

by Asif Bahrainwala

Snoop network using API hooking

Application Management

by Tiago Conceição

Application Management makes your application's life easier. It will automatically do memory management, handle and log unhandled exceptions, profile your functions, make your application single instance, and also provide utility functions to get system information.

Applied Crypto++: Block Ciphers

by Jeffrey Walton

Encrypt data using Block Ciphers with Crypto++.

Applying Security to Server controls

by Makesh Sanwal

You may have to give access or hide controls based on the user logged in. This article would help you write custom code to show/hide or enable/disable controls

April Fools! Evil Windows Dialog Prank

by Gregory Gadow

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

ASM64

by SaschaMichael

An editor for 64-bit assembler code.

Associating a Class/Structure with a Window

by Captain Price

Several ways of associating a class or a structure with a window and their differences

Asynchronous I/O with Thread.BindHandle

by Jason Curl

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

Audio Capture

by zapsolution

Stereo mix audio capture with peak level display

Authenticating with a proxy in WPF

by Paul Coldrey

Resolution of a nasty problem with WPF HttpRequests via a proxy.

Automate your UI using Microsoft Automation Framework

by Ashish Kaila

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

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

by 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.

Auto-TOC Generation and Header Numbering - Revision

by gggustafson

This article revises the HTML authoring tool, HTML TOC Generator, that generates a Table of Contents for an HTML document. Optionally, the tool will number the HTML headers.

Basic Calculating TextBox in VB.NET

by Member 10951710

A simple extension to the original TextBox, allowing simple calculations (+, /, *, -)

Batch - automatic increase administrative privileges (run as Administrator)

by Artur Zgadzaj

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

Better Way to Sleep: Control Execution and Limit CPU Usage by your Threads

by hagarwal

Here is a class that will help you to control the execution of your threads that involves looping/polling and also limits their CPU usage to a specified limit.

Big Integers to Base 1e18

by Louis T Klauder Jr

A C# project providing arbitrary size integers and simple arithmetic to base 1e18

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

by 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

Build Flappy Bird 3000 using the Ring programming language

by Mahmoud Samir Fayed

Getting started with 2D games development and build the Flappy Bird 3000 game using the Ring programming language.

Building a Chat Application using the QuantumGate P2P Networking Library

by Karel Donk

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

Building a Docking Window Management Solution in WPF

by Ashish Kaila

A docking window solution using WPF as part of Synergy toolkit

Building FM Radio with RDS Support

by Tamir Khason

This article explains how to build a simple FM radio player with RDS support by using WPF and USBFM library

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

by kishhr

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

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

by Pawel idzikowski

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

Bypassing PatchGuard 3

by Christoph Husse

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

C# / C++ CLI Micro Chess (Huo Chess)

by Palavos

An article about Huo Chess, a mini open source chess program in C# that attempts to be the best smallest in size chess program for educational purposes ever...

C# Class for Calculating Sunrise and Sunset Times

by Zacky Pickholz

A class for calculating sunrise and sunset times, implemented as a thread-safe Singleton

C++ 11 S/MIME: A Simple MIME Parser and Builder with Security Features

by Michael Chourdakis

Easy to use simple parser with S/MIME Support. Version 2.

C++ Class Implementation of HMAC-SHA

by Chien-Chung, Chung

C++ class of HMAC-SHA1

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

by Jon Campbell

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

Cache IQueryable for Better LINQ-to-SQL Performance

by Zimin Max Yang

An approach to improve LINQ-to-SQL performance while preserving maintainability over DataReader.

Call tree for C# programs

by Louis T Klauder Jr

A simple C# user function call tree lister.

Calling Python code from Excel with ExcelPython

by Eric Reynolds

ExcelPython is a lightweight COM library which enables you to call Python code and manipulate Python objects from Excel VBA.

CGridListCtrlEx - Grid Control Based on CListCtrl

by Rolf Kristensen

A custom draw CListCtrl with subitem editing and formatting

Cinchoo - Simplified Command Line Argument Parser

by Cinchoo

Easy to use command line argument parser, with loaded features like usage creation, type-safe management etc

CKRFloat - Arbitrary Precision Calculations

by Karl Runmo

Arbitrary precision calculations

Classic Shell

by Ivo Beltchev

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

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

by Sharan Basappa

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

Collision Proof Shared String Resources

by David A. Gray

Share Win32 string resources without the risk of conflicting resource IDs

Concurrency Runtime in Visual C++ 2010

by Ajay Vijayvargiya

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

Console Control

by icemanind

A Winforms control that looks like a console screen, with full reading and writing support.

Copy-Cutter: Code 'Snippet' Manager for Windows

by Christ Kennedy

A tool to help quickly generate 'snippets' of code in any Windows based IDE - use OneDrive to clipboard PC to PC

CQRS Event Sourcing pattern with NServiceBus, ASP.NET MVC and SignalR

by Michael Trembovler

The current article might be useful for users attempting to use NServiceBus. It contains detailed instruction for creating pairs: publisher-subscriber through ServiceMatrix. Solution architects may find this technique useful in many CQRS scenarios as a good alternative to WCF.

Create Custom Windows in WPF with Ease

by Ashish Kaila

Declaratively and visually create custom windows in WPF

Create your own Snipping Tool

by 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.

Creating a Client - Server app - Making a Chat

by Gerard Castelló Viader

Making a typical client - server chat application

Creating a Domain Service Factory to Host POCO Entities

by Beavis Killer

This article demonstrates how to write a domain service factory to host plain old class object (POCO) entities and use them through RIA Services in Silverlight version 4.

Creating a Facebook Like Website Previewer

by icemanind

How to create a Facebook like website previewer user control for Winforms in C#

Creating a Sudoku game

by Spirch

How to create a Sudoku game with speed in mind.

Creating System Restore Points using PInvoke

by ub3rst4r

How to create system restore points for Windows in C# with PInvoke

CropBox

by Johnny J.

Easily add image cropping to your desktop application

Cryptographic Interoperability: Keys

by Jeffrey Walton

Import and export Cryptographic Keys in PKCS#8 and X.509 formats, using Crypto++, C#, and Java.

Custom Controls in Win32 API: Control Customization

by Martin Mitáš

Overview of techniques for customizing existing controls.

Custom Controls in Win32 API: Encapsulation of Customized Controls

by Martin Mitáš

Few techniques for getting rid of customized-control-specific code from parent window procedure.

Custom Controls in Win32 API: Scrolling

by Martin Mitáš

How to support scrolling within your controls.

Custom Controls in Win32 API: Standard Messages

by Martin Mitáš

Make your control answer to the questions system or application may ask.

Custom Controls in Win32 API: The Basics

by Martin Mitáš

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

Custom Controls in Win32 API: The Painting

by Martin Mitáš

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

Custom Controls in Win32 API: Visual Styles

by Martin Mitáš

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

Customisable WinForms Progressbar Control VB.NET

by David Vanson

A progress bar control you can customize

Data Insertion from Flat file into SQL through BCP Utility

by Vishnu Prasad C

Data insertion from flat file into SQL through BCP utility

DBTool – Part 2: Harlinn.Oracle

by 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.

Debug logging with STL stream operators

by Johann Anhofer

An easy to use debug logger, implemented via a custom stream buffer.

Debugging Through the Debugger

by Jeffrey Walton

Using WinDbg to survive in a .NET world.

Design WinForms Controls using Photoshop

by Alaa Ben Fatma

Use your skills as a designer to create gorgeous control

Designer / Builder Artificial Neural Networks for Performance Evaluation of Structures

by Angel Gabriel Valdés Sarduy

It tests an ANN structure selector criteria for generic kinds of problems with ANNs.

Detailed SQL Server data audit through a .NET (CLR) trigger

by David Catriel

Creating a .NET trigger for SQL Server that will log (down to the field level) all changes made to tables.

Developing a WDF USB Kernel Mode Driver for the OSR USB FX2

by Bruno van Dooren

This article describes the process of developing a USB Kernel mode device driver using the WDF Kernel Mode Driver Foundation.

Direct2D: Hardware Acceleration in Windows 7 Plotting

by Michael Chourdakis

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

Disable Driver Signature Enforcement with DSE-Patcher

by Kai Schtrom

How to use DSE-Patcher to disable Driver Signature Enforcement

Display HTML in WPF and CefSharp Tutorial Part 2

by Dirk Bahle, Alex Maitland

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

Display Your Markdown Documentation using DocuPanel

by mat35770

Tutorial to explain how to integrate a Markdown documentation in a WPF application using DocuPanel.

Dlús : Irish Language Word Processor

by Christ Kennedy

A fully functional Irish Language Word Processor written in C#

DotNet Real Tree

by Mohammad Reza Khosravi

A simple program to draw complex fractal Trees

Double-buffered Tree and Listviews

by Eugene Sichkar

Implementing native WinForms flicker-free TreeView and ListView descendants

Dynamic Formula Processing Library

by Derek Bartram

An article presenting a basic dynamic formula processor (including an infix to prefix convertor)

Dynamic Loading Made Simple

by Derek Bartram

An article demonstrating quite how easy dynamic loading it (and why you should use it).

EasyHook - The reinvention of Windows API hooking

by Christoph Husse

Now supports an unmanaged API, kernel mode hooking, and extending unmanaged APIs with pure managed handlers since Windows 2000 SP4.

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

by joseangelmt

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

Empty Template Text Box

by stebo0728

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

Encrypted code compiled at runtime

by Bruno Tabbia

Encrypt your C# classes and compile them during run-time (hiding their code in the exe file).

Encryption and Decryption

by dj_limi

Its the software who can make the Ceasares Code

ERP INFRASTRUCTURE

by databaseobjectmodel

A sample infrastructure project such as erp, mrp, crm, admin panel.

Event Handling / Generating Basics

by Derek Bartram

A quick start guide to custom event generating and handling

Explorer Shell Extensions in .NET (Revised)

by _Plutonix

Framework for NET based Shell Context Menus using VB, C#

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

by 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.

Extend OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog Using WPF

by dmihailescu

Customize OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog using a WPF Window

Extended Autohide for Taskbar and Startmenu

by Thilo Bauer

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

Extended Windows Service Controller

by Antonio Petricca

.NET ServiceController class extension

Extensible Storage Engine

by Artour Bakiev

A short overview of the Extensible Storage Engine technology.

Fabrika LAB: WebCam Video

by Dejan Mauer

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

Fast Image Blurring with CUDA

by ChaoJui

High performance and good quality of image blurring

Fast IPC Communication Using Shared Memory and InterlockedCompareExchange (updated!)

by studio_ukc

Guide to writing a very fast interprocess communication class. This article describes a method of IPC that requires no locking or thread sync.

Fast Point Cloud Viewer with C# and OpenGL

by Edgar Maass

Open and display point clouds using a simple user control. Technology used: C# and the OpenGL library via the OpenTK port to .NET.

FingerPrintf: A Small Library for Quick Usage of the Biometric API, Fingerprint and Camera

by Michael Chourdakis

Use your sensors for identification and verification

First and Extremely fast Online 2D Convex Hull Algorithm in O(Log h) per point

by Omar Saad (IREQ), Eric Ouellet

Ouellet Convex Hull is currently the only ‘Online’ Convex Hull in O(log h) per point, where 'Online' stands for dynamically add one point at a time. Based on our own test against many other algorithm implementations, including Chan and Voronoi/Delaunay, it appears to be the fastest one.

FreeNAS or Ubuntu

by Mike Hankey

Turn an old computer layng around into a NAS or Ubuntu Server

From Binary to Data Structures

by Cédric Menzi

How to parse well-formed binary data into your data structures

Generic Architecture For Rapid Software Development Project Cycle - Part 1

by Md. Marufuzzaman

Generic Architecture For Rapid Software Development Project Cycle

Generic Background Worker

by DaveyM69

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

Generic Singleton Design Pattern

by tomer bracksmayer

Generic Singleton Design Pattern C#

Get all the types a COM object implements

by David Thielen

How to return all types that a COM object implements.

Get the call stack when an exception is being caught

by Baiyan Huang

Provides a utility class to return the call stack when an exception is being caught, using Windows SEH.

Getting Current Browser URL with VB.NET

by hvrmln

Get browser URL

Getting Operating System Version Info - Even for Windows 10!

by Johnny J., Brisingr Aerowing

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

GUI in JScript and VBScript, using Windows Common Controls

by armagedescu

This article is about writing GUI applications in VBScript and JScript using Windows common controls

Gurux Data Refinery

by Gurux Ltd

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

Hacking with Windbg - Part 1 (Notepad)

by Sarthak S

Assembly inspection and hacking with windbg

Happy Registry: A Quick Wrapper for the Win32 Database

by Michael Chourdakis

A simple template for manipulating the registry

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

by Qwertie

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

High Performance Unicode Text File I/O Routines for C++

by Paul Sanders (the other one)

Surprisingly, neither the C++ runtime library nor the Win32 Platform SDK provides any routines to read and write Unicode text files. This article provides high performance routines to read all types of Unicode files (both UTF-16 and UTF-8) as well as ANSI files.

HotPatching: (VERY) Deep Inside

by Michael Chourdakis

A ready to be used hotpatching library with five methods!

How One Can Reduce Code Maintenance in the Insurance/Finance/Bank Industry

by Nicolas Kogler

This article will take a look at the benefits of code generators, the .NET reflection and external files to reduce code maintenance in industries with a lot of data.

How To Add Simple Web-enabled 2D/3D Dashboards to your Natively Built Application

by Walter Capers

The webonization of gnuplot

How To Check if Computer has .NET Installed

by Kambaa

How to check whether .NET is installed in PC Visual Basic 6 code

How to Configure Visual Studio 2008 for Compiling Drivers

by Andrey Sergienko

How to configure Visual Studio 2008 for compiling drivers without using DDK's console tools.

How to get the Client IP address or hostname of a Citrix session or Terminal Services Session?

by Vishal Ganeriwala

How to get the Client IP address or hostname of a Citrix session or Terminal Services Session?

How to Install and Configure MS Exchange Server 2007 on MS Windows Server 2008

by Syed Adnan Ahmed

How to Install and Configure MS Exchange Server 2007 on MS Windows Server 2008

How to install driver dynamically or install driver as a service for Windows

by Jim Charles

Install driver dynamically or install driver as a service for Windows.

How to Integrate a Python script in Pascal Program

by Max Kleiner

We use a Command Line Interface with OpenWeatherMap (PyOWM) to make it easier to use the OpenWeatherMap API in Python.

How To Make Your Application Delete Itself Immediately

by alexdresko

A simple two line technique that can be used in just about any application

How to Perform a Database-independent Databind with UDLA Framework

by Daniele Fontani

How to perform a database-independent databind with UDLA (Universal Database Layer Access)

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

by 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.

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

by 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.

How to Set Debugger to Auto Attach on Process Start

by Eyal Rosner

Easily setting debugger to attach a process on start

How to Sysprep Windows 2008 Servers

by Syed Adnan Ahmed

The way we use to Sysprep windows machine are changed in Windows Server 2008. I should admit that it's lot simpler and less painful to Sysprep Windows Server 2008 than any of the previous versions of Windows.

HowTo: VS2012 "C" project /w Flex & Bison

by pmulhrsw

Create a "C" project in VS2012, then add Flex lexing and Bison parsing capability.

HRESULT Error Check Simplifier

by Wanderley Caloni

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

HUD window 64-bit (DWM composition)

by zapsolution

DWM composition

Image Blending in Windows - an Assembly Language Approach

by CMalcheski

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

Image Cryptography using RSA Algorithm in C#

by SOHAM_GANDHI

Image cryptography using RSA algorithm in C#

Implementing Parallel Scalable Distribution Counting Algorithm (DCA) with CUDA 8.0 Runtime API

by Arthur V. Ratz

In this article, we'll demonstrate an approach the allows to increase the performance (up to 600%) of the code that implements the conventional distribution counting algorithm (DCA) using NVIDIA CUDA 8.0 Runtime API

InfoPath 2007 Helper for MOSS 2007

by Javier Ibarra

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

INI Reader / Writer Class for C#, VB.NET, and VBScript

by Ludvik Jerabek

Read and write to INI files in VB.NET and VBScript

Installation IDs Based on Truncated Hashing

by Jeffrey Walton

Create Semi-Anonymous Installation Fingerprints Using Truncated Hashing and Crypto++

Interact with Windows Services in C++

by Marius Bancila

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

Internals of Windows Thread

by Mahesh Bailwal

Basics about Windows thread which may help you in understanding how operating system implements threads.

Introduction to Native DLLs - Part 2: Exporting Functions

by Bruno van Dooren

An introduction to exporting functions from DLLs

Introduction to Parallelism in .NET 4.0

by Jonathan Cardy

Introduction to the parallelism features of .NET 4.0 - PLINQ, the TPL and Rx

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

by 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.

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

by didierjeanphi

Introduction to Volume Shadow Copy API in C++

It is Better to Use Devector Than std::deque

by Mikhail Semenov

This article shows that double-ended vector is much faster than std::deque and should be preferred.

ItemData in .NET

by S.Raja

Combo box and List Box Item Data in .NET

jParser PCL .NET Json Parser

by Ahmed Amer Jaf

Fast n Easy Way to parse Json data

JqGrid In MVC -Basics

by KK Kod

Using JqGrid in MVC Applications

Kinect v2 Point Cloud Scanner and Viewer

by Edgar Maass

Display a Point Cloud grabbed by the Microsoft Kinect v2 in a OpenGL control

Last branch records and branch tracing

by nick.p.everdox

Usage of Intel/AMD extended processor features.

Launch Application Windows in MultiScreen

by Adhish Pendharkar

Launch Application Forms in MultiScreen

Launch your application in Vista under the local system account without the UAC popup

by Jaisvar

This article describes how to launch an application from session 0 to session 1 under the local system account using a service helper application

Learn BizTalk Server Perfmon Counters

by Nilay Parikh

Learn BizTalk Server Perfmon Counters

Learn How To Do Alphablending with CUDA

by ChaoJui

Image processing with a burst of performance from CUDA

Learning Binary and Hexadecimal

by Jeremy Falcon

A beginner's guide to talking like a computer.

Line Fitting in Images Using Orthogonal Linear Regression

by Jonathan Nethercott

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

LINQ-to-EF Efficiency: A Cautionary Tale

by meduff

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

Load a User DLL implementing an AppIn interface

by DanielWehrle

Loading a DLL containing implementations of an interface used as an extension to your application.

Load EXE as DLL: Mission Possible

by Michael Chourdakis

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

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

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

Log Wizard - a Log Viewer that is easy and fun to use!

by John Torjo

Monitoring Log files can be fun!

Log Wizard - Make your Logs Look Pretty!

by John Torjo

You can easily apply Pretty Formatting to your logs. Make the information that's relevant to you easily stand out!

Log Wizard - Viewing Windows Event Logs Can Be Fun!

by John Torjo

You can do advanced searching through your Windows Event Logs. Even regex searching and filtering. No expert skills required.

LogWizard - Talk About your Logs!

by John Torjo

Create and Share Notes about your Logs like never before!

Longest Common Subsequence

by FireEmissary

Generic algorithm of the longest common subsequence

Machine Controller

by NewPast

Using serial or paraller port to control a machine

Machine Learning for C++ developers - the hard way: DirectML

by Michael Chourdakis

An introduction to machine learning with working C++ code that trains a linear regression model.

Machine Solution to Einstein's Riddle Revisited

by Dezhi Zhao

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

Make a "Search Google For" Context Menu

by Samuel Allen

A walkthrough for creating a handy Google Search For context menu, like in Firefox.

Matching (and Analyzing) Using Principal Component Analysis

by yanirta

PCA is a well known algorithm to extract features from multidimentional datasets. Using a library I wrote, this is made easy.

Math Parser .NET

by icemanind

A very easy to use mathematical parser library for .NET.

Microchip PIC 16F1455 USB Stack

by Szymon Roslowski

This article is about a HID USB Stack for Microchip PIC 16F1455 and the way of communicating with it on Windows Platform.

Microchip PIC 16F1455 USB Stack (Part 2)

by Szymon Roslowski

This article is continuation about a HID USB Stack for Microchip PIC 16F1455 and the way of communicating with it on Windows Platform.

Middle Mouse Button (or Wheel) to Doubleclick (VC6)

by kim.david.hauser

This is a small but handy tool I'm using every day. It converts a middle mouse button click in to a left mouse button double click.

MIDI Piano

by zapsolution

Midi keyboard with both mouse and computer keyboard control

MinHook - The Minimalistic x86/x64 API Hooking Library

by Tsuda Kageyu

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

Minimal Key Logger Using RAWINPUT

by Mike G. P.Mee

An alternative to hooked key logging.

Minimal Key Logger Using RAWINPUT

by joejames111

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

Mixing .NET and Assembly Language in a standalone 64-bit exe

by Jose A Pascoa

This article deals with building a standalone 64-bit .NET .exe file that is statically linked with an Assembly Language compiled object file.

Mixing .NET and native code

by Alain DOS REIS

A first approach to mixing .NET and native code, using the C++/CLI gateway.

Mother's Little Helper

by Member 11459717

An application used to manage applications which are categorized by functionality which also prioritizes tasks necessary to manage a household. The application is back-end managed, controlled and operated through Microsoft's Azure cloud platform.

Moving Memory in .NET using VB and the CIL

by Nathaniel Moschkin

Topics and methods on programming in .NET and performance considerations

Multi language on-screen keyboard using Windows keyboard DLLs

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.

Multipage TIF Viewer

by Matjaz-xyz

A simple and useful viewer of multipage TIF/TIFF images

My.Power Extension (VSX)

by drummerboy0511

A My Namespace extension that makes things such as shutting down your computer easier.

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

by Winfried Wille

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

MZCrumbBar - A Generic Breadcrumb Controller

by Mathias S.

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

Networking in Silverlight and WPF or How to Make them Speak to Each Other

by Tamir Khason

How to use raw sockets in Silverlight application and how to make Silverlight speak with Windows Forms and WPF

Online handwriting recognition using multi convolution neural networks

by Vietdungiitb

This article has been presented at The Ninth International Conference on Simulated Evolution And Learning (SEAL 2012). I would like to post it here with my previous articles to everybody can more understand to my project.

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

by Md. Marufuzzaman

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

Outlook add-in integrating Skype

by Cristian Amarie

Outlook add-in integration for Skype IM: Skype events, Outlook Skype ribbon, and more.

Outlook add-in using VC++ ATL/COM

by Gokulnath007

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

Paper Down Hill

by Ched1980

A four-player soap-box time-trial game with a twist.

Parallel Scalable Burrows-Wheeler Transformation (BWT) Using Intel® Threading Building Blocks and OpenMP Libraries

by Arthur V. Ratz

This article is a practical guide on using Intel® Threading Building Blocks (TBB) and OpenMP libraries for C++ based on the example of delivering parallel scalable code that implements Burrows-Wheeler Transformation (BWT) algorithm.

Park 3D

by Mohammad Reza Khosravi

This simple application simulates a 3D environment with some objects in different depth and size based on stereoscopic calculations.

Part1: Overcoming Windows 8.1's deprecation of GetVersionEx and GetVersion APIs

by Ehsan A Samani

GetWindows Version on Windows 8.1

Perfect Semi-transparent & Shaped Dialogs with Standard, ActiveX, and Translucent Controls for Windows 2000+

by D.K.Wang

This article tries to find a way to show standard controls, ActiveX controls, translucent controls on layered windows. Native MFC source code provided.

Persian Gulf in 3D Anaglyph

by Mohammad Reza Khosravi

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

Pipes, River, Rails and Binder Patterns - Part III

by D Sarthi Maheshwari

A look at possible parallel-producer-consumer patterns. (Final Part)

Point cloud alignment: ICP methods compared

by Edgar Maass

Different methods to align (aka stich, register) point clouds via the ICP (Iterative Closest Point) method

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

by stevemk14ebr

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

Post-Build Executable Back Patching

by Jeffrey Walton

Perform Advanced Post-Build Executable Processing with the DbgHelp Library

PParser

by InvisibleMedia

Defining innovation beyond the limits of Chomsky

PParser - Part 2

by InvisibleMedia

Specify grammatical contexts

Pre-allocated Arrayed List

by Vinod Vijayan

List that combines the advantage of array and linked-list and has better performance

Process Create Notification using EnumProcess

by My2Cents

Poll using EnumProcess to get process create notification in user-mode

Programming for Microsoft Windows Vista and Server 2008 (Windows 7)

by arnavguddu

This article exposes the Microsoft Vista and Server 2008 (and Windows 7) exclusive features that can be programmed using .NET languages like C#. It includes UAC, the Vista Bridge control library, and the Windows Search Provider.

Protecting Electron Based Applications by Using a Native Bridge

by The Ænema

In this article, you will learn an easy way to protect your critical code logic in electron-based applications using a C++ native library.

PureBasic - The Perfect Cross-Platform & Native Development Language

by Emiliarge

Native, simply, fast, cross-platform, and quite powerful PL? Is it nothing? No, it isn't. It is PureBasic!

Quick start to using WinDbg

by Ganik

Step by step instructions for a newbie on how to use WinDbg.

Range Finder

by Mohammad Reza Khosravi

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

Reader/writer locks with a helper

by Valery Grebnev

This article describes a heuristic approach when developing reader/writer spin-locks for Windows XP/Vista.

Real Time Exception Handling with Stack Trace

by Sabarinathan A

Handle all the exceptions easily

Real Tree 2

by Mohammad Reza Khosravi

This application shows a simple algorithm for drawing random flowers and trees. The logic is based on fractal sets.

Recursive VBA JSON Parser for Excel

by Tim Ski

JSON parser for VBA class module, allows recursive data

Reflecting on Generics

by Derek Viljoen

How to access, use and interpret generic classes and methods using reflection

Registry Redirector in x64 / IA64

by Jochen Kalmbach [MVP VC++]

This article gives you a deeper view into the registry redirector on x64 / IA64 systems

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

by Alain Rist

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

Remote Assistance in XP: Programmatically establish an RDP session

by Michael Chourdakis

The way to automate the help assistant process in C++ without dirty scripting code.

RemoteInstall: Automated Testing of Windows Installers on VMWare Infrastructure

by dB.

A framework for testing Windows installers with some help from virtualization.

Resizing Win32 Dialogs with DialogBox() and Dialog Resources

by malxau

A demonstration of resizing controls on a dialog box with minimal changes to existing Win32 code via resource markup

Reverse Semaphore : A quick class

by Michael Chourdakis

A class to implement a reverse semaphore

RGF: A Save/Open Dialog Box with Cloud Capabilities

by Michael Chourdakis

Replace GetOpenFileName/GetSaveFileName with a new cloud API!

Rolling label

by Saloman Wu

A user control which is rolling text from right to left

Run All Jobs at Once Utility

by "Fish" (David B. Trout)

A command-line tool to run multiple programs in parallel (i.e. concurrently, as a group).

Running multiple instances of Task Manager

by Mladen Janković

A simple application that allows the user to run more then one instance of the Task Manager.

Running Process without Security Warning in Internet Explorer 7

by simonchen.net

How to prevent a security warning in Internet Explorer such as "An identified program wants to access to your computer", or "A website wants to open web content using this program on your computer".

RWMutex: A Shared/Exclusive Recursive Mutex

by Michael Chourdakis

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

Save and Load the whole content of a ListView Control

by User 7592706

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

Schemaless C#-XML data binding with VTD-XML

by Jimmy Zhang

Agile, efficient XML data binding without schema.

Sciter - multiplatform embeddable HTML/CSS/scripting UI engine

by c-smile

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

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

by Sean Rand

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

SelfServe: A Self-hosting Self-installing Windows Service

by honey the codewitch

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

Send Mails from Windows Application

by Sushant Joshi

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

Sending a Filename to the Clipboard - Making a Miniature Tool Without Using CRT

by Alex Blekhman

Name2Clip sits in the "Sent To" menu of Windows Explorer and sends selected filenames to the system clipboard.

Sensor API: Make your Win32 applications environment-aware in Windows 7

by Michael Chourdakis

A "Sensor Explorer" demonstration of the Sensor API in Windows 7.

SetUnhandledExceptionFilter and the C/C++ Runtime Library

by Cristian Adam

This article presents a fix for SetUnhandledExceptionFilter to work with the CRT.

Shadow Copying of Applications

by Günther M. FOIDL

Shadow copied applications aren't locked by the loader, so they can be updated/substituted at runtime.

Sharing memory across different running applications

by My Bones

A simple way to share data across your diffrent applications.

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

by Alex Blekhman

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

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

by 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#.

Simple High Performance XML Serialization using RestDirector™

by ShofarNexus

RestDirector provides performance and readability to XML.

Simple High-Level Interprocess Communications Library (SHLIPC)

by Alexander Bessonov

A simple high-level IPC library with ability to use native C++ interfaces.

Simple Programming Challenge: Arbitrary Iteration

by Allen C. Copeland Jr

Gives an example of code to arbitrarily iterate through the elements of a .NET Array using an iterator in C#

Simple Tri-State TreeView

by DreamCatcher2k10

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

Simple Tri-State TreeView

by Fred_Informatix

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

Simple Windows Service in C++

by Mohit Arora

An article that shows how to create a simple Windows service in C++.

Simple Windows Service in C++

by Jeroen De Maeijer

This is an alternative for "Simple Windows Service in C++"

Sketch framework and Class Library - Part 2

by RogerCreagh

A standard interface for multiple Arduino boards with different firmware

Skype4COM Event Handler Example for ALL Skype API Messages

by 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!

Slowest LZSS Compressor in C

by Sanmayce

An heavily optimized LZSS decompression etude in C

SoftG Application Framework 1.62

by HotSoftG

Automation framework application development, realize the software functions and software frame separation. Support plug-in support theme

Software Architect Simple Way 1 of ??

by The DevMan

A series for simplifying the learning of software architecture

SqlDependency .NET library can work to detect updates automatically

by Zahid Nawaz Ch.

SqlDependency ,can be used to pick changes without executing query to see there is any update from database , WHERE CLAUSE can also be applied for narrowing scope, Its way to push changes from SQL Server to SQLDependency , .NET library , SQL Server Broker service sends updates to SQLDependency.

State Machine - State Pattern vs. Classic Approach

by Chris875

State pattern and procedural solution illustrated

Steganography programming with Visual Studio 2012 (Nostega paradigm)‏

by Palavos

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

Stopwatch

by Espen Harlinn

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

Subclassing using DLL Injection

by Babu_Abdulsalam

Subclassing a window using the DLL Injection technique.

Subverting Vista UAC in Both 32 and 64 bit Architectures

by Pero Matić

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

Superior logging design - Fast but comprehensive

by valdok

Log all that is necessary ONLY when really necessary.

Symbolic Link Rotation Utility for the Support of the Rotation of the Windows® Logon/Shutdown Screen

by ergohack

Tired of the same old Windows Logon/Shutdown screen? I use a symbolic link rotation utility to cycle through a bank of backgrounds.

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

by Michael Chourdakis

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

The "SMAT" Subsystem for C++

by Doctor Autonomy

A surprisingly easy way to avoid memory leaks with new/delete allocations in C++

The Bip Buffer - The Circular Buffer with a Twist

by Simon Cooke

A bi-partite circular buffer for high performance buffering, where it comes from, and why you'd want to use it.

The Code Project Kevin Bacon Game (Part 3)

by Derek Bartram

A Code Project orientated Kevin Bacon game utilising the CodeProject.dll

The Kernel-Bridge Framework

by Alexander Eremeev

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

The Power of void*

by Nisamudheen

Briefly explains one of the powerful usages of the data type void*.

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

by Michael Dunn

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

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

by Michael Dunn

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

There and Back Again - A Reprise

by Russ Osterlund

A totally new version of the article I wrote many years ago called "There and Back Again or Stepping Through the JIT Thunk Layer" but this time examines 64-bit processes and V4.0 of Microsoft's .NET runtime.

ThreadPoolComponent: Multithreading Simplified

by kinke

Provides a simple wrapper around the shared ThreadPool. It may be used to divide a task into a set of threads which are executed concurrently.

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

by 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?

Toggle hardware data/read/execute breakpoints programmatically

by Michael Chourdakis

Simple code to introduce a hardware breakpoint mechanism.

T-SQL Coding Standard

by Casper Leon Nielsen

T-SQL Coding Standard - for programming the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (DRAFT)

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

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.

Understanding The Complete Story of Postback in ASP.NET

by Muhammad Taqi Hassan Bukhari

Understand the Complete Scene of Postback in Asp.net with Examples

Undocumented List View Features

by Timo Kunze

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

Universal Framework for Science and Engineering - Part 11: CodeDom Optimizing Compiler

by Petr Ivankov

CodeDom Optimizing Compiler for Science and Engineering

Use of Isolated Storage (A Simple Demo)

by Abhishek Sur

The article will help you to use Isolated Storage Classes

Using .NET Classes/Modules from Native C++

by 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.

Using Asynchronous Procedure Calls (APC) in Windows based C++ applications to perform GUI Update

by Bruno van Dooren

How to use APCs to perform user interface updates

Using COFF C object files with Delphi X2

by Jose A Pascoa

Still struggling to find the ultimate COFF to OMF converter to link some code with Delphi? You don't need to anymore.

Using OpenGL in the Google's Go

by Farhad Reza

This article will show you how you can use the OpenGL graphics library in Google's Go language.

Using Shape Context Algorithm to Find Similarity and Difference Between Shapes

by yanirta

Using provided Shape context algorithm and infrastructure, there is a wide base to match shapes.

Using the Hausdorff distance algorithm to point out differences between two drawings

by yanirta

This algorithm provides a good way to know the location and difference factor of two drawings.

Using Vista Preview Handlers in a WPF Application

by Tamir Khason

This article is about how to use Windows Vista Preview handlers within a WPF application

Using Windowless Rich Edit Controls Directly from C#

by Sergey Nozhenko

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

VB.NET runtime control designer for windows forms

by NightWizzard

Simply add a single code module to add instant design capabilities to all windows forms of your application!

Visual Studio Design Patterns Add-in/Extension

by dmihailescu

A Visual Studio add-in that inserts some commonly known OO patterns into your working project and searches your highlights online.

Visual Studio Project MRU List Editor IV

by peterchen, Alberto M.

An update the class core for editing Visual Studio's MRU list

Volatile fields in .NET: A look inside

by Vitaliy Liptchinsky

The article describes in detail volatile fields in .NET and how they work on different CPU architectures.

Web Application - Advanced Hosting of WebBrowser Control with ATL

by 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.

Win32 SDK PropertyGrid Made Easy

by David MacDermot

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

Win32 Window Minimal

by Jani Mäkinen

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

WinAES: A C++ AES Class

by Jeffrey Walton

Yet another C++ class wrapper for AES and Windows CAPI.

WinAESwithHMAC: A C++ AES/HMAC Class

by Jeffrey Walton

A C++ class providing encryption and authentication using Windows CAPI.

Windows 7 File-properties "Version" Tab Shell Extension

by "Fish" (David B. Trout)

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

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

by Michael Dunn

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

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

by Michael Dunn

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

Windows 7 Ribbon: The Time Has Come, Your Win32 Application Will Change

by Michael Chourdakis

Learn how to use the new Ribbon under Windows 7

Windows 7 Taskbar: Check if a program or window is pinned

by Jochen Baier

Example code to check if a program or window is pinned on the Windows 7 taskbar.

Windows 7 Trigger Start Service

by 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

Windows 7: Exploration of 7 exciting new programming features in a single application!

by Michael Chourdakis

Demonstration of seven new programming technologies.

Windows Development in C++, Working with Menus

by Espen Harlinn

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

Windows dialog design in C++ without dialog templates.

by 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 Experience Score For Windows 10

by Howard 9448490

A replacement Windows Experience Score tool for Windows 10

Windows Post Install and 64 bit Registry tweaks

by Snoepie

WPI and 64 bit Registry integration.

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

WinForms User Control for date selection

by KazMaxLtd

A WinForms User Control which provides colour-coded feedback on dates which are already assigned.

WinLamb: using C++11 Lambdas to Handle Win32 Messages

by Rodrigo Cesar de Freitas Dias

Introducing WinLamb, a modern C++11 object-oriented library to write native Windows programs

Working with Custom Background Bitmaps in Dialog Boxes and Property Sheets

by Ingo A. Kubbilun

This article shows how to deal with controls that do not properly paint their background when using custom background bitmaps.

Working With Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) - Part 3

by Rajkumar-Kannan

In this article, we move on and explore topics like Exporting and Importing Virtual Machines.

WPF C# Ribbon Control Library

by Derek Bartram

A WPF / C# Library for implementing Office 2007 Style Ribbon Interfaces

WPF Real-time Monitor Control (Rolling Monitor)

by Derek Bartram

An article introducing the WPF Realtime Monitor Control, for creating a real-time view of continuous data

WPF WindowFinder Tool

by tom-englert

A simple tool giving a nice overview about WPF techniques

WPF x FileExplorer x MVVM

by Leung Yat Chun

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

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

by Pawel idzikowski

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

Yet another Core Utility Component - Logging, Exception Handling, Configuration and Localization in one App

by Khaled Abdelhamid

Core utility components - Localization, Configuration, Logging, and Exception Handling.

Yet another DLL-wrapper for dynamic loading

by Andreas Schoenle

A DLL-wrapper that requires no code changes when switching to dynamic loading and provides detailed error checking functionality.