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Introduction to D3DImage

by Dr. WPF

.NET 3.5 SP1 is here! It's time to break out your DirectX skills. This article provides the information necessary to get started using a new DirectX interop feature in WPF called D3DImage.

C# USB HID Interface

by Szymon Roslowski

Just another approach to understanding communication between HID devices and C#.

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: Scrolling

by Martin Mitáš

How to support scrolling within your controls.

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libpe: PE32/PE32+ Binaries Parsing Library

by Jovibor

Library for parsing internal structures of PE32/PE32+ binary files.

Simple C++ DirectShow MP3 Player with .NET Wrapper

by Shao Voon Wong

No frills C++ MP3/WMA DirectShow player class

AWS LocalStack - Installing & Configuring Locally on Windows for SQS

by Bert O Neill

This article explains how to install and configure AWS LocalStack on a Windows machine for SQS (Simple Queue Service).

IntelliFile - An Alternative Windows Version to the Famous Total Commander

by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

This article is about the IntelliFile application which is a free alternative Windows version to Total Commander and uses many components that have been published on CodeProject.

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Windows

The Windows API: Learn It - Live It

22 May 2010 by #realJSOP

Don't drink the kool-aid. You still need to know how to use the Windows API in .Net apps.

Windows Service Gotcha (or Test Your Code, Regardless of How Small Your Changes Are)

22 May 2010 by #realJSOP

No change is too small for a complete regression test.

WPF WebBrowser Control and Javascript

15 Jun 2012 by #realJSOP

One way to get around the "invalid character" error

The Process and Adventure of Discovery

9 Nov 2012 by #realJSOP

Stuck on a really weird problem in WPF? Move your behind and write some code (behind).

Twitterizer for API v1.1

18 Apr 2013 by #realJSOP

Go here for an update that utilizes the Twitter API v1.1

Who Are You Running From?

10 May 2013 by #realJSOP

Determine the nature of the entry assembly

Get Certificates from the System Store

15 Oct 2014 by #realJSOP

Retrieve certificates from the system certificate store

Find Specified US Federal Holiday

1 Feb 2017 by #realJSOP

Find the date of a specified federal holiday for a given year.

When Is Easter?

1 Feb 2017 by #realJSOP

Figuring out when Easter occurs in a given year is based on the phase of the moon, the vernal equinox, and where in the world you are.

Pay Attention to What "Script...To" Generates

22 Sep 2017 by #realJSOP

It doesn't always happen the way you expect.

SQL-Server-2008

Easing Non-standard EntityFramework Migrations

5 Jan 2018 by #realJSOP

When you have a customized DbContext constructor.

entity-framework

MVC - Rendering DropDownList of Enumerators

18 Nov 2017 by #realJSOP

One less pesky nuance to worry about

What Controller Is This View For?

28 Nov 2017 by #realJSOP

ViewBag, ViewBag, three times full...

WPF - Auto-Closing Modeless Windows

27 Feb 2021 by #realJSOP

How to close modeless windows if you don't close them before the main window closes

Simple WPF MVVM Concepts

30 Jun 2015 by 1sumitanand

This tip is for newbie developers.

Sorting in WPF-MVVM

1 Jul 2015 by 1sumitanand

Sorting of simple ListView Elements in Ascending/Descending Order

WinHexView

4 Jan 2017 by 23ars

A tool that I wrote some time ago called WinHexView which I used it for displaying file's content in different format like hexadecimal, decimal or octal

IIS Express (8.0) x Handler Mappings!

30 Jan 2014 by @donis2014

How to configure IIS Express "applicationhost.config" for handler mappings

Verifying MSMQ is Working Fine for IIS Based Web Applications

22 Apr 2019 by _Asif_

Access rights issue over MSMQ could lead to hours and hours of investigation

Adding a Local Port through XcvData and C#

10 Jul 2010 by _Erik_

VTK in MFC

10 Jul 2014 by _Flaviu

A small guide to use VTK in MFC

Know When CDialogBar is Closed

23 Mar 2016 by _Flaviu

A way to know when a floating CDialogBar is closed

CTreeObject - A Memory CTreeCtrl like Object

8 Oct 2017 by _Flaviu

A memory CTreeCtrl like object, but resident in memory only

How to Hide <close> Menu in CDockablePane

13 Apr 2018 by _Flaviu

A method of how to get rid of "close" menu from multiple CDockablePane panels

ListBox and Panels in WPF

26 Sep 2013 by _Noctis_

This tip shows the different results of using a ListBox in different panels, and the effects on scrolling.

Set and Run gitstats on Your Windows Machine

17 Oct 2014 by _Noctis_

Help you set and run gitstats on your windows

28 Feb 2014 by _Ravikant Tiwari_

This program will demonstrate the process of injecting code into already running processes. Here we have choosen to inject into Explorer

How to handle multiple type of messages with same extension on a receive location

17 Jan 2013 by aanchal harit

you should use Error Routing for failed message and ErrorReport context property to handle this situation

Defer Any Algorithm

23 Jun 2013 by Aaron Amberman

Defer algorithms to run once within a given time span

Console simple progress

1 Feb 2013 by aaverian

A very simple console progress bar.

Jet Ole DB 4.0 not registered 64-bt Win 2008

2 Aug 2011 by abdealinc

Download access driver from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c06b8369-60dd-4b64-a44b-84b371ede16d&displaylang=en.In the connection string, replace "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" with "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0".

Using MySQL Database with UWP

27 Jan 2016 by Abdelrahman El Kinani

MySQL DB, how to design it, use it within a UWP Project

How to use StringBuilder in recursive procedure in VB.NET.

3 Jul 2012 by Abdul Quader Mamun

Web Page Capturing

29 Dec 2012 by Abdullah Altokhais

Windows Forms application for capturing or thumbnailing a web page

web_development

Regenerate aspx.designer.cs Files When Corrupted

26 Jun 2014 by abdussalam143

This post explains how you can regenerate the designer.cs and designer.vb files when they are corrupted, missing or giving compile errors.

AlSayed Color TrackBar

5 Jun 2012 by Abed AlSayed

AlSayed ColorBar is a TrackBar best for professional color picker, like the one used in Adobe Photoshop.

Calling orchestration using Call orchestration Shape

5 Jul 2013 by Abhay giri

Here we see how can we invoke other orchestration by using Call orchestration shape

Creating a Issue in Jira using Rest Api

5 Oct 2014 by Abhijit Ghosh (Subho)

Creating a Issue in Jira using Rest API and Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML)

Control Panel Launch Shortcuts

20 Mar 2014 by Abhinav S

Control panel launch shortcuts for XP, Vista and Windows 7

Find IP address in a Metro app (Windows 8)

18 Mar 2013 by Abhinav Sultania

How to find IP address of machine in metro App(Windows 8)

Javascript hack to disable Right Click and Text Selection

22 Sep 2009 by Abhishek Sur

Sometimes we have requirement to disable Right Click context menu and Text selection of a web page from the user, so that the user cannot use the right click default context menu and also to disable text selection so that sensitive data could not be copied from the website. To Disable Context Menudo

Disable Close Button from Title bar of a Window

8 Dec 2009 by Abhishek Sur

As a developer, you must have found few things that are really haven't thought of earlier. On that note, Say you want to disable Close Button of a window. It is easier to disable other button (using properties available with Form) from control box of the window, or even remove the control box...

Custom Snipping Tool using C# WinForms

6 May 2015 by Acharya Raja Sekhar

This tool helps a lot while capturing more number of snapshots. Example: Developers can use this tool to capture the UTR and save all snaps at the end to a Word document or save as individual images.

MVC HtmlHelper for HTML5 datalist Tag

8 Sep 2015 by Adam A Black

MVC HtmlHelper for HTML5 datalist Tag

17 Sep 2012 by Adam Wojnar

A complete log viewer written in C++/WTL.

Custom (XP-like) QuickLaunch

4 Oct 2013 by Adam Wojnar

An easy implementation of the taskbar-independent "quick launch"

GenericUpDown Control

7 Sep 2013 by Adam Zgagacz

WinForms extension of NumericUpDown control to allow user provided edit control

SEH vs C++ exceptions

6 Feb 2014 by Adamanteus

Intercepting SEH exceptions in C++ program

Preserving Overheat Multithreading

17 Apr 2016 by Adamanteus

Preserving overheating processor in multitasking environment

machine-learning

Getting the Office 2010 button like Gradient

20 Jun 2011 by adolfobarallobre

Here is code for an alternate:public class OfficeButton : Button{ public OfficeButton() : base() { } private Color mGradientGlowColorColor; // the Color field public Color GradientGlowColor // the Color property { get { return...

Simple Caching with AOP

30 Apr 2014 by AdrianJ2K

An implementation of a Simple Cache using PostSharp, ConcurrentDictionary with a Lazy value and dynamics

WMP Playlist Fix

6 Dec 2013 by AdventureDriver

The goal is to clean-up double entries in Windows Media Player playlists because the player doesn’t do that itself. For that, a WPL class has been written, and a program that uses that class.

Single Instance Form Application in C#

27 Dec 2013 by AdventureDriver

Make a single instance form application that redisplays the one and only interface of the other instance.

Load a Windows string resource into a std::string or std::wstring

10 Jun 2010 by Aescleal

Alain's (original, now much hacked) narrow character version, could leak if std::basic_string::asign threw. To make the function exception safe either use a local buffer (if the size is fixed) or a vector (if the size isn't known).In both cases it's usually more efficient (and readable) to...

Formatted MessageBox/AfxMessageBox

21 Oct 2010 by Aescleal

printf is so 1980s. If you don't want to dig out your shoulder pads and big hair why not go for a more modern C++ approach?Instead of a function try a stream buffer:class message_box_stream_buf : public std::basic_streambuf{ public: message_box_stream_buf( const...

SSAS Edit Cube Roles Without Interfering with SSAS Studio

19 Dec 2013 by AE~1

A quick and easy tool for handling SSAS Cube Roles from C# Application

Desktop and Mobile Browser View in MVC 4

30 Dec 2013 by Afazal MD 3104209

VC 4 Display Mode. Different view selected based on Desktop or Mobile browser request

Developing Sharepoint Windows Forms

23 Mar 2013 by AfnanMof

Steps How to Develop Sharepoint Windows Forms

Why Use ASP.NET for Web Development

13 Sep 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

A slight comparison of ASP.NET upon other (web) programming languages in the market and a discussion of me and some other (web) programming language developers.

Saving a Screenshot Using C#, A.K.A "Console Monitor"

9 Sep 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This is an alternative for "Console Monitor"

Handling Events in WPF in an Easy and Short Hand Way

9 Jun 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This tip is for WPF developers, understanding the usage of lambda expressions for handling the events instead of markup based or function based event handlers.

EditedFormattedValue v/s Value in Datagridview

24 May 2014 by agent_kruger

There is usually a mis-conception with people thinking "DataGridView Cell.Value" gets the current value of the cell in datagridview. This article will tell you the difference between "EditedFormattedValue v/s Value in Datagridview".

HTML5 Snow Canvas

27 Apr 2012 by Agon Avdimetaj

the HTML5 Canvas can be used as a background in websites modified as needed to design.

Install Xampp co-existing with IIS

27 Aug 2013 by Ahmed Alaa El-Din

A very simple article that describes installing Xampp localhost server on Windows with IIS installed, that may help everybody with the known issue of port 80.

Create Multi-language ASP.NET Website

5 Nov 2013 by Ahmed Alaa El-Din

Useful and simple tutorial to create multi-language ASP.NET website. Following these steps, you will be able to create a good user interface multi-language website with 4 main steps.

HTML Parser

2 Aug 2006 by Ahmed Ali El-Sayed

C# DLL for use it in .Net Applications, you can convert it easy to any code

Run Executable from Resources in C#

17 Jun 2015 by Ahmed E Osama

Run an executable that is inside the resources in C#

Easy way to simulate keyboard press and release keys

6 Mar 2013 by Ahmed Elkafrawy

An easy way to simulate keyboard press & release keys to another application

Implementation of an Easy, Fast, and Optimized (CByte, CShort, CInt) with Bits Access Using Bit Field and Union

28 Apr 2017 by Ahmed Elkafrawy

Implementation of an easy, fast, and optimized (CByte, CShort, CInt) with bits access using bit field and union

Send Auto Notification Using Windows Service

1 Jan 2014 by Ahmed Jubayer

This tip describes how to send auto email using Windows service

Opening Certificate Store in Win 7 64 bit

25 May 2010 by Ahmed Kahwaji

Convert Arabic Number To Alphabet (التفقيط) تحويل الأرقام إلى حروف

11 Nov 2012 by ahmed_alashrafy

تفقيط الأرقام العربيه

How to make gradient colored Controls in Windows Forms

26 Aug 2010 by Ahmed_Said

Audio Pitch Shifter

2 Mar 2016 by ahmet_uzun

Audio pitch shifter application using the CSCore library

Formatted MessageBox/AfxMessageBox

20 Oct 2010 by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Need to Format/sprintf a string before displaying a messagebox? Here is solution!

XAML tutorial for Manufaktura Controls API

19 Jul 2015 by Ajcek84

Overview of music notation library

Simple SSRS Report using MDX Query

18 Jul 2014 by Ajit Kumar Thakur Microsoft

This tip contains simple step by step solution to read SSAS cube data using MDX query and display in SSRS report.

Programming DOS Shell

1 Apr 2015 by Ajit Kumar Thakur Microsoft

This tip describes steps to learn DOS batch programming.

HTML to PDF Conversion using Sharepoint Management Shell 2010

12 Mar 2014 by Ajith K Gatty

HTML to PDF Conversion using Sharepoint Management Shell 2010

Having Fun with Image Creation in C# - Part 1

10 Dec 2015 by Akash Gutha

Exploring ways to create abstract images in C#

Yet Another Spy

28 Dec 2014 by Akos Mattiassich

Find a window on the desktop, spy its properties and manipulate it.

Serialize/Deserialize any object to an XML file

28 May 2013 by akramKamal

Code to serialize/deserialize any object to an XML file.

Batch IDE

20 Mar 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Small tool to write, run batch codes

PictureBox with a ScrollBar

28 Mar 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Surf your PictureBox using scrolling bars

Text Max Length Programmatically | Tested on WinPhone APP

31 May 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Choose your text maximum length programmatically and show a message whenever the length = the maximum length

Arrays Generator

26 Jul 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Generate your arrays using a GUI tool

Using getMagicCaretPosition Without Getting Null Value

15 Mar 2014 by Alain Peralta

How to use getMagicCaretPosition without getting null value

Load a Windows string resource into a std::string or std::wstring

12 Jun 2010 by Alain Rist

A set of C++ functions to load the resource into an existing string or build the string from it

Using the NTP Pool on Windows to Keep Your Clock Set, WITHOUT Additional Software

17 Feb 2010 by Alaric Dailey

One thing that annoys me is huge companies that ignore time issues. Several of my clients have had huge networks across multiple timezones, and they wondered why logging times in the database were always off, everyone was logging in their local time, making it impossible to correlate logs. ...

Problem Steps Recorder Overview

20 Aug 2012 by Albert Holguin

This is a quick overview of the Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder utility.

How to Control TP-Link Smart Plug HS1XX

27 Dec 2017 by Alberto M.

How to control TP-Link Smart Plug (HS100 or HS110) with C#

Simple Silverlight MVVM Example using UniformGrid

12 Oct 2014 by Aldonis55

A simple Silverlight application that shows how to apply Jeff Wilcox's UniformGrid control to a bound collection.

Dealing with a SerializationException: The type System.Windows.Forms.CurrencyManager is not marked as serializable.

17 Aug 2014 by Alejandro Gaio

A simple solution to a serialization problem with IBindingList-implementer classes.

Poor Man’s Visual Studio Cppcheck Integration

9 Oct 2012 by Aleksey Vitebskiy

Simple and free Cppcheck integration into Visual Studio.

Serialize and Deserialize Classes with Interface Properties with JSON.NET

5 Sep 2016 by Aless Alessio

Serialize concrete classes that have interface properties

Build Your Own Movie Database with SQL Server

24 Oct 2016 by Aless Alessio

Use the OLE Automation Procedures to retrieve data from a Web Service and parse the JSON response into a table format

Custom Context Menu

28 Mar 2014 by Alex Culea

Shows how to create a window that behaves like a context menu

Live Log Viewer

14 Jun 2016 by Alex Wiese

Monitors log files and displays text as it is appended to the file

Analyzing Syslog Files Can Be Easy...

26 May 2014 by Alexander Golde

Analyzing Syslog files can be easy...

Create Documentation for SQL Server Tables

27 Jun 2011 by Alexandros Pappas

This tool reads the descriptions of the columns of the SQL server and creates a Word document using SoftArtisans' WordWriter.