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Fluid Geometry - An Animation Library and Configuration Application

by Josh Smith

A task-oriented review of an animation library and the application which uses it

Using a TypeDescriptionProvider to support dynamic run-time properties

by Nish Nishant

This articles explains how to implement a TypeDescriptionProvider for a class to support multiple object types using a single class type

A Project Dependency Graph Utility for Visual Studio 2008

by Marc Clifton

Review your project dependencies.

An extensible ExifReader class with customizable tag handlers

by Nish Nishant

An ExifReader class in C# that supports custom formatting and extraction. StyleCop compliant code, with demos for WPF and Windows Forms.

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Smart Home – Controlling Shelly® Devices (Part 3)

by Ralf Meier

The article walks through ShellySceneComponent and ShellyScenesComponent, which allow users to define scenes with multiple actions assigned to a control or controls for Shelly devices.

Smart Home – Controlling Shelly® Devices (Part 2)

by Ralf Meier

This article is a continuation of a series on controlling Shelly® devices in a smart home. It introduces a component that works with standard controls without requiring adaptation.

.NET Silent ClickOnce Installer for Winform & WPF in C# & VB

by Graeme_Grant

.NET compliant Silent ClickOnce Update Background Worker Service for Winform, WPF & Console in C# & VB

Testable WinForms Applications

by Mirnes Mrkaljevic

Make WinForms testable

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Anagrams - A Word Game in C#

4 Nov 2012 by #realJSOP

The classic word game using words and letter scores allowed in Scrabble

Wizard Form Implementation

24 Jun 2010 by #realJSOP

Create a dynamically resizable wizard form

Create and Share (with a client app) a Random Encryption Key

5 Oct 2010 by #realJSOP

One way to create a completely random encryption key, and sharing it with a client application

CodeProject Article Scraper, Revisited

13 Nov 2011 by #realJSOP

New and improved! Keep an eye on your CodeProject articles and reputation without having to log onto CP.

Reputationator - CP Narcissists Rejoice! Part 1 of 4

30 Aug 2011 by #realJSOP

Keep more detailed track of your Codeproject reputation points.

Reputationator - CP Narcissists Rejoice! Part 2 of 4

20 Sep 2012 by #realJSOP

Keep more detailed track of your Codeproject reputation points.

Reputationator - CP Narcissists Rejoice! Part 3 of 4

20 Aug 2011 by #realJSOP

Keep more detailed track of your Codeproject reputation points.

Google Chat Desktop Application using Jabber.Net

20 Mar 2009 by $enthi£

A simple Google chat ( gtalk ) application using Jabber.Net

Extended Vertical Label Control in C# .NET

26 Sep 2007 by /randz

A custom vertical label user control in C#.NET with support for transparent backgrounds.

Pickers Library: For Creating Pickers in .NET

16 Oct 2007 by @MSI

A library for creating pickers: controls that display rich drop-down UIs

A Simple C# Labyrinth and Maze

20 Jul 2010 by _H2_

An application and algorithms for best path in maze

How to Create Your own Visual Studio Wizard

22 Aug 2006 by A$TRAL Moristar

This article describes a process creating VS wizard.

UI State Synchronization of WinForm Controls

11 Oct 2011 by A. Raees

UI State Synchronization of Win Form Controls

Day, Week, and Month Calendar Controls

9 May 2011 by A. Sydney

Windows forms calendar controls for showing a series of appointments similar to Outlook

A Fast and Performing Gauge

24 Aug 2012 by A.J.Bauer

This article shows you how to write a performing control using .NET 2.0 and GDI+.

Alpha Blended (Transparent Capable) TextBox and RichTextBox

24 Feb 2006 by Aaron Dilliard

This article shows how to make a transparent/translucent TextBox and RichTextBox.

Folderbackground Customizer

29 May 2008 by Abbas Ali Butt

Select image and folder, then against the click button set the image as background at that folder.

Covariance, Contravariance and Invariance in C# Language

23 Jul 2009 by abcdefghijklasdsad

Covariance, contravariance and invariance in C# language

Extracting Icons from EXE/DLL and Icon Manipulation

17 Jan 2009 by Abdallah Gomah

How to extract icons from EXE/DLL, split/merge icons, and get icons associated with files.

Write text to transparent GIF

19 Jan 2009 by Abdallah Gomah

How to write text to a transparent GIF image and save it back without loosing the transparency.

WCF Comparison with Web Services and .NET Remoting

9 Jan 2010 by Abdul Sami, PMP

This article is about the differences between WCF and Web Services and .NET Remoting.

What is New in ASP.NET 4.0, Visual Studio 2010 IDE

13 Jan 2010 by Abdul Sami, PMP

This article is an introduction to some of the new features in ASP.NET 4.0 and the Visual Studio 2010 IDE.

Form appearance effect and notification window

11 Jul 2005 by abhinaba

This article contains a form that can be used to give fade in/out effect to any form and specifically to notification/alert windows.

SplashForm - A Splash Window Form

17 Feb 2005 by abhinaba

This article is about a class that extends Windows Forms to create splash screens and About dialogs.

Authorize Navision Sales Order Line with Navision add-on "NDA", Developed in C#

29 Dec 2010 by abhishek pareek2009

This is an excellent example of how to integrate Navision with any third party application with data flowing in and out from Navision to that application.

CopyFileGeneric

29 Apr 2010 by Abhishek Shekhar

Copy files with additional functionalities

Visual Studio 2005 Project And Item Templates

11 Jun 2010 by Abhishek Sur

All about Project and Item Templates. You can use Custom Templates to make your development process faster than you ever think. Create your own Template for Visual Studio and distribute with all others. You can also learn how to create an installer to install a template.

Unraveling Delegates & Events

21 Feb 2006 by AbhishekKhanna

This article briefs about Delegates and focuses on differentiating Delegates & Events

Progress Bars, Threads, Windows Forms, and You

18 Dec 2012 by Abion47

Using asynchronous progress bars on your form from start to finish

How to Disable Windows Themes Using uxtheme.dll and SetWindowTheme

17 Jul 2008 by Adam Berent

How to disable Windows themes to ensure uniform application appearance acrross all versions of Windows.

Embedding a .NET WinForms Application in an Internet Browser Using WPF

2 Dec 2008 by Adam Berent

Embedding a .NET WinForms application in an internet browser using WPF.

Subliminal Messaging

24 Nov 2004 by Adam McKee

Displays subliminal messages.

Postulate.WinForms: A New Look at Data Binding

30 Jun 2017 by Adam O'Neil (Travelers Rest, SC)

A new alternative to CRUD data binding in WinForms

Enhanced Scrollbar

2 Oct 2014 by Adam Zgagacz

WinForms Scrollbar with enhanced properties, graphical bookmarks and value tooltips.

ComboBox Extensions

7 Nov 2013 by Adam Zgagacz

ComboBox extension methods for binding with Enum types

Auto-Generating a Comprehensive C# Data Access Layer

6 Nov 2006 by adamAFA46

Simple but powerful GUI O/R Mapper which generates C# 2.0 to handle all of your object relational persistence.

Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0: Programming Smart Client Data Applications with .NET

14 Feb 2006 by Addison-Wesley

Chapter 6: Presenting Data with the DataGridView Control.

Enigma emulator in C#

29 Apr 2011 by adi_clepcea

This article shows the inner workings of the German Enigma machine used during the WWII, translated to C#.

EnumButtonGroup: An Alternative for Binding Enumerated Values to Buttons

12 Dec 2008 by Adrian Cole

A Windows Forms user-control that allows binding of enumerated values to a group of buttons, both at design-time and run-time.

How To Build Multi-control Components when Inheriting from an Existing Control (Intro and TextBox Example)

28 Oct 2008 by Adrian Pasik

This article will get you started in building your own multi-control components without using the UserControl class.

Building multi-control components using IExtenderProvider

10 Feb 2009 by Adrian Pasik

In this article, I will show you a technique for building multi-control components using the IExtenderProvider.

Knit - A Visual Studio Add-In

30 Dec 2007 by AGD-H

Knit is a Visual Studio add-in tool that allows a developer to apply multi-step patterns to solution and assembly meta-data.

Webservice with Win Forms and Web Forms

6 May 2009 by ahkayastha

Basics of Web service, and how to use it

Exchange 2007 Push Notifications Using WCF

3 Nov 2007 by Ahmed Sadek

Consuming Exchange 2007 Push notifications using WCF.

How to Create a Custom Jumplist with Custom Events in Windows Forms

23 Oct 2010 by Ahmed_Said

Creating a custom Jumplist with custom events and examining all of its features in Windows Forms 3.5

Subversion (SVN) Post-Commit Organizer for Shadow Copy

13 Apr 2009 by Ahmet Göktaş

Subversion (SVN) Post-Commit Organizer for Shadow Copy

Atlassian Jira - TortoiseSVN Plugin for Issue Tracking and Easy Linking of Subversion Project with Jira Issue

30 Mar 2009 by Ahmet Göktaş

Atlassian Jira - TortoiseSVN Plugin for Issue Tracking and Easy Linking of Subversion Project with Jira Issue

SQL Database Restore

1 Apr 2009 by Ahmet Göktaş

T-SQL string maker for backup with a MEDIAPASSWORD database.

Storing and Retrieving Settings from XML

10 Nov 2008 by AhsanS

An easy way of saving and restoring application settings from an XML File

Manage YouTube using C# and Youtube API 1.6

7 Jan 2011 by Ajit Hegde

I describe some of the things about Youtube video feeds

MySQL Table Manager

4 May 2008 by AKA MAJO

The MySQL engine permits user level locks. This article explains how to manipulate these lock types.

System Performance Indicator in C#

14 Jul 2009 by akash dhar

System Performance Indicator in C# by That That Guy

17 Apr 2009 by Al Alberto

Evaluating Microsoft's Composite Application Guidance and Library.

Design WinForms Controls using Photoshop

2 Nov 2019 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Use your skills as a designer to create gorgeous control

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An English Thesaurus for Windows Forms Applications

28 Feb 2010 by Alan Burkhart

A thesaurus based on data from the WordNet database, easily implemented

Artificial Immune Algorithm in C#

6 Jul 2008 by Alan Crispin

How to develop a C# immune algorithm

Mixing and playing sounds with the Windows Media Player

30 May 2006 by Alberto Venditti

A simple utility to create a mixing sounds keyboard.

Compact Framework Configuration XML File Read & Write like appSettings

13 Jan 2010 by Alejandro Barrada

How to use an XML file to read and write aplication settings in a Window Mobile development

How to copy event handlers from one control to another at runtime

1 Jan 2012 by Alejandro Miralles

This article will show you how to copy event handlers from one control to another at run time using dirty tricks and .NET Reflection.

How to Build a Simple Event Log Montior/Watcher (Using TCP in .NET)

5 Nov 2007 by aleksisa

How to build a simple event log montior/watcher (using TCP in .NET) to monitor event log changes on a remote machine(s).

Adjusting font and layout for cross-Windows compatibility

19 Jul 2007 by Alessio Saltarin

How to display fonts on Windows Forms according to OS and theme defaults

Navy Battle Game

26 Jul 2005 by Alex Cutovoi

A client-server navy battle game.

Navy Battle Game - II

26 Jul 2005 by Alex Cutovoi

A client-server navy battle game.

Hypocycloid

22 Dec 2009 by Alexander Chernosvitov

A Windows Forms control to model the behaviour of a hypocycloid curve.

Pluggable and Plottable Objects

1 Jan 2010 by Alexander Chernosvitov

How to use Reflection to plug in unknown components with predefined behaviour.

PictureBox with zooming and scrolling

11 Apr 2005 by Alexander Kloep

Article on creating a user defined PictureBox control.

Useful ReSharper plugin for localization

26 Apr 2007 by Alexander Nesterenko

This ReSharper plugin contains features that helps you for localization

Non-transparent controls on a semi-transparent window

6 Jul 2006 by Alexandr Golovanov

The article describes the use and the principle of operation of semi-transparent controls with non-transparent child controls.

Controls Library: Extended ListView with Column Mapping

27 Mar 2014 by alexandrvslv

Docking windows container, extended listview, extended property editor.

NLog Log and Audit Advanced Target

26 May 2010 by AlexCode

A way to audit your business objects using NLog.

How To Make Your Application Delete Itself Immediately

2 Dec 2008 by alexdresko

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

Another Way to Invoke UI from a Worker Thread

3 Oct 2005 by Alexey A. Popov

This article demonstrates an alternative way of invoking UI event handlers from a worker thread.

Calling parent form functions from a user control

22 Apr 2008 by AlG

The Button inside the User Control raises the Button OnClick event on the form and typing inside the User Control TextBox replicates the text inside the Form’s TextBox.

Developing a Line Control

24 May 2007 by alhokail

This is a control that takes a starting point and an ending point as objects and draws a line between them

Implementing parallel programming using MPI and C#

15 Apr 2008 by Ali Hamdar

An example of implementing a parallel program using the pure MPI .NET library, C#, and .NET Remoting.

External tools add-in with ProcessStartInfo and Process classes

6 Dec 2007 by Ali Ozgur

Describes making of an external tools add-in using ProcessStartInfo and Process classes in System.Diagnostics

3 Jul 2008 by Ali Rafiee

A ColorComboBox color picker using ToolStripDropDown.

Sending Keystrokes to another Application in C#

11 Apr 2007 by Ali Zamurad

Showing dotNet SendKeys functionality

SqlServer Backup/Restore Utility

9 Jun 2009 by alioglu

SqlServer Backup/Restore Utility helps to backup and restore database

Rubberband Lines

2 Nov 2005 by AllanNielsen

Using the rubberband line as a ruler.

Invoking events without worrying about cross-thread exceptions

13 May 2010 by Allen Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen

Eliminate InvalidOperationException on events called across threads that change control properties.

ImagesComboBox Control

29 May 2005 by Alon Ronen

A combobox holding pictures as the items themselves and not just drawing them on run-time.

ListView in VirtualMode and checkboxes

23 Mar 2007 by Alphons van der Heijden

A listview control in VirtualMode is the fastest way when working with a lot of items. Special care, however, should be given for items containing checkboxes.

Move Controls on a Form at Runtime

17 Dec 2008 by Alphons van der Heijden

Move controls on a form at runtime by just using a helper class and one line of code

The Dew Review - DevExpress Universal 14.2.4

18 Feb 2015 by Alvin Ashcraft

This year I have been looking at and starting to use several components from the Universal 14.2.4 release.

A floating-point Margin structure, now with TypeConverter

29 Mar 2007 by AlwiNus

A Margin structure that can be used in a variety of situations, like layout, drawing and printing. Now comes with a custom TypeConverter and a usage sample.

Complete Comparison for VB.NET and C#

18 Apr 2005 by Amalorpavanathan Yagulasamy(AMAL)

This article explains about advantages, differences and new features of VB.NET and C#.

Programming control point application using the UPnP Control Point API

13 Jul 2009 by amatecki

The article describes how to use the Microsoft's UPnP Control Point API for finding and controlling UPnP devices, and includes a description of simple library to facilitate the application of Control Point API in your own programs, together with an example of MFC and WinForms applications.

Printing a datagridview in C# .NET 2.0

6 Nov 2009 by Amey Deshpande

This article demonstrates the printing of a datagridview

TiTaN Code Generator

30 Oct 2007 by Amgad Fahmi

This application helps you to easily create your own classes without needing to waste your time writing the same code again and again

Peer to Peer File Sharing Through WCF

10 Jan 2018 by Amir Jalilifard

In this article, you are going to learn about P2P Network and Windows Communication Foundation to share your files between peers through a P2P network.

Search Engine for Local Area Network ( LAN )

25 Jan 2007 by AmitDey

Searches for files and folders shared over a Local Area Network ( LAN )

Use of MSMQ for Sending Bulk Mails

29 Mar 2011 by Amol Rawke Pune

Use of MSMQ for Sending bulk mails

Load a billion rows in a DataGridView

4 Aug 2009 by anagram of iEnableMuch = Michael Buen

This article presents how to load rows virtually in a DataGridView without using its RowCount (memory hog).

Code Snippet: Step by Step Guideline from Creation to Installation of a Snippet

21 Sep 2009 by Anand Ranjan Pandey

This article is to encourage you to take advantages of code snippets to make development easy and faster.

Generic user control to edit any arbitrary object

15 Nov 2009 by Anantjot Anand

This article will provide insight into how Reflection could be helpful in developing generic desktop user control interfaces.

Composite UI Application Block (CAB) Wizard

13 Mar 2009 by anarchistic

Shows a very simple way to create a wizard in CAB

Logging System for .NET SOA Applications

30 Dec 2007 by Anders Revsgaard

No matter how well you design your system, a distributed SOA application is always complex. When a SOA application fails, it can be difficult to track down the cause of the problem and the Web service where the error occurred. To handle this difficulty, you need a logging system such as UptoLog.

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Logging System for .NET SOA Applications

30 Dec 2007 by Anders Revsgaard

No matter how well you design your system, a distributed SOA application is always complex. When a SOA application fails, it can be difficult to track down the cause of the problem and the web service where the error occurred. To handle this difficulty, you need a logging system such as UptoLog.

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Porting a Simple Application "Computer Emulation" from WINFORM to WPF

7 Nov 2008 by andre arpin

Shows some of the steps, pitfalls and differences in porting a simple application from WINFORM to WPF