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

C++

Windows

Win64

ATL

COM

Win32

Dev

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

29 Jun 2009 by Michael Dunn

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

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

30 May 2019 by Michael Chourdakis

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

C++

Win64

Win32

April Fools! Evil Windows Dialog Prank

31 Mar 2011 by Gregory Gadow

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

Multi language on-screen keyboard using Windows keyboard DLLs

18 Dec 2012 by Lars [Large] Werner

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

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

24 Jul 2018 by stevemk14ebr

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

Windows Experience Score For Windows 10

5 Nov 2019 by Howard 9448490

A replacement Windows Experience Score tool for Windows 10

.NET

Win64

Win32

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

2 May 2017 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.

SelfServe: A Self-hosting Self-installing Windows Service

14 Jan 2020 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

Kinect v2 Point Cloud Scanner and Viewer

3 Apr 2017 by Edgar Maass

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

Section Handles Enumeration. Extending File Unlocking

19 May 2015 by Yohamnes Hernandez

How to free blocked files, inclusive if they are mapped in memory. Something that many tools are missing.

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

8 Dec 2023 by Bruno van Dooren

How to use APCs to perform user interface updates

Allocating Memory in C/C++: How to Avoid Memory Mismatched Allocation/Deallocation Issues Detected by Intel® Inspector XE for Visual Studio 2015

1 May 2017 by Arthur V. Ratz

This tip/trick introduces the basic ideas on how to avoid memory mismatched allocation/deallocation issues detected by Intel® Inspector XE for Visual Studio 2015

A Flexible Direct2D Pianoroll for Your Music Apps

9 May 2019 by Michael Chourdakis

Create music easily

Display HTML in WPF and CefSharp Tutorial Part 2

9 Apr 2015 by 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 by Michael Chourdakis

A simple template for manipulating the registry

DMath is DirectXMath for All

5 Mar 2017 by Jose A Pascoa

Part 1 - Using DMath from C#

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

8 Apr 2009 by 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 by Michael Chourdakis

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

Line Fitting in Images Using Orthogonal Linear Regression

12 Apr 2013 by Jonathan Nethercott

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

The Kernel-Bridge Framework

1 Nov 2018 by Alexander Eremeev

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

It is Better to Use Devector Than std::deque

10 Sep 2022 by Mikhail Semenov

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

Why it's not crashing?

10 Sep 2010 by Andrey Permamedov

Why an exception raised in timer callback function doesn't leads to process termination.

Steganography programming with Visual Studio 2012 (Nostega paradigm)‏

20 Sep 2012 by 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 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.

State Machine - State Pattern vs. Classic Approach

5 Aug 2014 by Chris875

State pattern and procedural solution illustrated

Auto-TOC Generation and Header Numbering - Revision

22 Aug 2017 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.

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

28 Feb 2018 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.

RGF: A Save/Open Dialog Box with Cloud Capabilities

31 May 2019 by Michael Chourdakis

Replace GetOpenFileName/GetSaveFileName with a new cloud API!

Introduction to Native DLLs - Part 2: Exporting Functions

25 Jan 2024 by Bruno van Dooren

An introduction to exporting functions from DLLs

Collision Proof Shared String Resources

12 Jul 2016 by David A. Gray

Share Win32 string resources without the risk of conflicting resource IDs

Avoid Out-of-memory Troubles with Very Large Lists(Of T)

15 Jan 2016 by veen_rp

Big lists (>1,000,000 items) can cause out-of-memory errors raised by .NET. Manage them by a List of List(Of T)

Building a Chat Application using the QuantumGate P2P Networking Library

30 Oct 2021 by Karel Donk

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

USB Reset Attribute

6 Apr 2014 by Prabakaran T

Ultimate USB Reset Attribute with powerful option

How To Hide Or Show .NET Tabs Programmatically

20 Nov 2011 by Bernhard Hiller

That's far too obscure.All you need to do is store a reference to the TabPage instance which was removed from the TabPages collection of the TabControl. You may use the form where the TabControl is placed for that purpose.You could also create your own TabControl which has an extra property...

PDB files out of the debugger

10 Dec 2011 by Sebastian Solnica

PDB files out of the debugger

Last branch records and branch tracing

27 Mar 2013 by nick.p.everdox

Usage of Intel/AMD extended processor features.

XSLT to transform Excel XML worksheet to "named" nodes

10 Jun 2014 by Anamera

This XSLT will output an Excel worksheet containing a CSV type of record collection in a more usable XML format.

Virtual Cache

10 Oct 2014 by Gerardo Recinto

Virtualization of RAM & Disk for high-speed, low-footprint & scalable data caching

Build Your Own SDN Network

10 Dec 2015 by JinWenQiang

Get started with your own SDN (Software Defined Network) simulation network

Inno Setup Script to Change a C# Forms Configuration

25 Feb 2017 by RickZeeland

Create an Installer which allows to change the Forms application settings in a custom Inno Setup page

Helper Methods for Working with Shares

27 Jun 2018 by Clifford Nelson

These are some methods I created to help with creating and deleting Windows shared directories.

The Next Logical Step Using Azure Functions - How to Integrate a Native DLL via P/Invoke ([DllImport])

10 Feb 2020 by Steffen Ploetz

YES, you can - use native DLLs in your Azure Functions via P/Invoke ([DllImport]) as you already know it from .NET Framework, and safe the code you have developed and maintained for decades with much effort and patience.

Protecting Electron Based Applications by Using a Native Bridge

16 Jan 2023 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.

Outlook add-in using VC++ ATL/COM

5 Feb 2013 by Gokulnath007

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

How to determine the CD/DVD (optical) drive letter

28 Jul 2013 by Mike Meinz

How to use .NET Framework to determine the drive letter of the CD/DVD (optical) drive.

.NET and Delphi Inter-Process Communication via Named Pipes

12 Dec 2014 by Yuriy Magurdumov

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

Using Integer Instead of Enum in XAML

26 Sep 2015 by Piyush Manharlal

Using integer instead of Enum for ComboBox and Radio Button in XAML

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

25 Jun 2018 by Sean Rand

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

Extended Autohide for Taskbar and Startmenu

25 Jan 2020 by Thilo Bauer

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

Audio Capture

13 Apr 2017 by zapsolution

Stereo mix audio capture with peak level display

What calls are used to start a Windows executable?

7 Aug 2012 by pasztorpisti

I never did such a hack but I guess you are searching for something like this:Hooking the native API and controlling process creation on a system-wide basis[^]Read the user comments too below the article! Those might also contain some useful info for you. Usually antivirus software does what...

Rendering AltNETType (= .NET FreeType port) with OpenGL

14 Oct 2013 by Demid Korneev

Example of AltNETType use in OpenGL

.Gif viewer / Snipper Control

27 Jun 2015 by Pedram_Niloufari

C# .Gif viewer / Snipper control

jParser PCL .NET Json Parser

15 Feb 2016 by Ahmed Amer Jaf

Fast n Easy Way to parse Json data

Working With Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) - Part 3

15 Feb 2010 by Rajkumar-Kannan

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

There and Back Again - A Reprise

15 Apr 2012 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.

What calls are used to start a Windows executable?

7 Aug 2012 by Volynsky Alex

Whenever PC is turned ON, BIOS takes the control, and it performs a lot of operations. It checks the Hardware, Ports etc and finally it loads the MBR program into memory (RAM).Now, MBR takes control of the booting process. Functions of MBR, when there is only one OS is installed in the system...

Cinchoo - Using Windows registry as configuration source

25 Jan 2013 by Cinchoo

This article show how to consume Windows registry information using Cinchoo Configuration Manager.

Get Windows Win32 Error Text - Simplified

31 Jul 2013 by Thomas B Dignan

Getting the text of Win32 Error codes for 99% of cases.

Run multiple instances of a Windows service

30 Jun 2014 by Keith Balaam

Run multiple instances of a Windows service on the same machine.

Communication Library Files - UDP Broadcast

5 Apr 2015 by Chris Jorna

Communication library files - UDP broadcast

Communication Library Files - LMS5lib | Connection and Structure

16 Apr 2015 by Chris Jorna

Communication Library Files - LMS5lib | Connection and structure

RaspberryPi2 Server-ASUSlaptop Client, Blocking Socket, 2 Fonts

11 Oct 2015 by Member 11246861

Wifi communication between RaspberryPi2 and Laptop ASUS: fonts English, Russian.

My Understanding of ArcNet Protocol

3 Aug 2017 by johnniealan

ArcNet Protocol basics

Using Windowless Rich Edit Controls Directly from C#

1 Mar 2019 by Sergey Nozhenko

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

How to disable the Sleep button while your code is running

6 Nov 2012 by PJ Arends

I needed to disable the Sleep button on my keyboard, here's how.

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

7 Jan 2013 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.

InfoPath 2007 Helper for MOSS 2007

6 Feb 2009 by Javier Ibarra

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

Simple Tri-State TreeView

5 Mar 2012 by Fred_Informatix

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

Another program is being installed. Please wait until that installation is complete, and then try installing this software again.

9 Mar 2012 by Mahmud Hasan

Whenever I try to install any software I get an error saying another installation is running.

Win7

Windows

Win64

How to get a value from a child form back to a caller form

5 Jul 2012 by Pasan Eeriyagama

how to get gridview selected row value to text box which is in another windows form

WTL Setup Gotchas

7 May 2013 by Adam Wojnar

Tips for VC++ 2010 Express users on 64bit Windows.

Win64

Dev

Free Space Cleaner

25 Aug 2012 by Rich Turner

Free space cleaner to overwrite empty space on logical disks

Mirror keys for multiboxing MMORPG games like WOW/LOTRO

7 Mar 2013 by joejames111

Raw input 64-bit .NET classes.

Using Named Colors

3 Jun 2013 by LarryCharlton

Using system, named, and hex color values

Software Development and the Bitness Challenge

3 Jun 2013 by citrin

About the bitness challenge in software development

Win32 API vs MFC : What to choose

17 Oct 2013 by pasztorpisti

There is always low level stuff and very high level stuff and a gradual transition between the two. On windows if we speak of GUI the lowest level is the WinAPI that is a procedural C interface (located mostly in the user and gdi libraries) and the interface of a really good high level gui...

Elevated Privileges through command line in windows

28 Jul 2014 by Muhammad Muddasar Yamin

The article is about launching elevated processes through command line

Batch - automatic increase administrative privileges (run as Administrator)

2 Jun 2015 by Artur Zgadzaj

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

How to change a cursor.

17 Mar 2020 by Richard MacCutchan

Quote: It dislikes GCL_HCURSOR What is the exact error message roduced by the compiler? According to SetClassLongA function (winuser.h) - Win32 apps | Microsoft Docs[^], that is still a valid option. Alternatively you could use SetClassLongPtrW...

C++

Win64

The "SMAT" Subsystem for C++

6 Apr 2020 by Doctor Autonomy

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

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

N 18 Apr 2024 by Michael Chourdakis

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

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

31 Dec 2007 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.

CYGWIN on Windows 7 64 bit

28 Aug 2010 by LloydA111

Tried just installing it and seeing what happens?

Windows Post Install and 64 bit Registry tweaks

3 Jul 2012 by Snoepie

WPI and 64 bit Registry integration.

What calls are used to start a Windows executable?

6 Aug 2012 by dawmail333

I'm attempting to write some software to vet processes, and stop unwanted processes from starting. In order to do this, I plan to hook various system calls (using Win32 C++) so I can check the application at various startup stages. The particular calls I'm interested in are:* When the system...

A 64 Bit Version of ODBCTracer

7 Sep 2012 by zippy1981

This is an alternative for "ODBCTracer"