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Document Processing Part II: Request Driven OCR

by Martin Welker

To get qualified access to paper based information, sometimes more than plain OCR is needed. This article shows why, and offers a solution to increase OCR quality by semi-automatic table extraction.

Using C Calling Convention Callback Functions in C# and VB - The Easy Way

by Jecho Jekov

Provides an easy way to use C calling convention callback functions in C# and VB

Build My Own 3D Graphics Engine Step By Step

by Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

How to build my own 3D graphics engine from ZERO step by step

Windows Authentication Using Form Authentication

by Muhammad Akhtar Shiekh

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

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Fluid, Multi-column, Vertically Ordered List using CSS

by Richard Atkins

Create a fluid, multi-column, vertically ordered list using nested, floating divs

Serialize Custom Collections of CollectionBase

by Eric P Schneider

Basic demo on how to serialize and deserialize custom collections

Reuse a Single ClickOnce Build for Different Life-cycle Endpoints for an Application

by Randy Kroeger

This article provides an example on how you can change application configuration settings within an existing ClickOnce publish, update the manifest files, followed by using the Mage utility for updating the manifest using the existing cert file.

Understand Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP)

by Faisal(mfrony)

This article will help you to get a clear understanding of LSP.

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.NET 1.1

Fluid, Multi-column, Vertically Ordered List using CSS

19 Nov 2019 by Richard Atkins

Create a fluid, multi-column, vertically ordered list using nested, floating divs

Serialize Custom Collections of CollectionBase

31 Jan 2019 by Eric P Schneider

Basic demo on how to serialize and deserialize custom collections

Reuse a Single ClickOnce Build for Different Life-cycle Endpoints for an Application

31 Dec 2018 by Randy Kroeger

This article provides an example on how you can change application configuration settings within an existing ClickOnce publish, update the manifest files, followed by using the Mage utility for updating the manifest using the existing cert file.

Understand Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP)

4 Nov 2018 by Faisal(mfrony)

This article will help you to get a clear understanding of LSP.

18 Oct 2018 by Emre Guldogan

A System for Simulation and Analysis of Logic Circuits

Object Oriented JavaScript Class Library in C#/.NET Style

10 Sep 2018 by Evaldas Jocys

JavaScript class library which partly replicates Microsoft .NET Framework structure and functionality.

DaReport PrintDocument - A Printing Utility for .NET

7 Jun 2018 by Predrag Dukanac

A printing utility for .NET

JsonUtility, A Fast, Lightweight C# JSON Drop-in

17 Jan 2018 by honey the codewitch

Dependency free, fast, lightweight JSON parsing and light query

FreeCal - GPIB Instrument Automation for Metrology Test and Measurement

4 Sep 2017 by Scott Page

FreeCal is a free 100% .NET suite of utilities and instrument drivers for controlling multiple instruments in a Test and Measurement environment.

A Portable and Efficient Generic Parser for Flat Files

2 Aug 2017 by Andrew Rissing

GenericParser is a C# implementation of a parser for delimited and fixed width format files.

Large Collections in Native and Managed Code (VB, C++, C#) - Part I

26 Mar 2017 by Aydin Homay

In this article, I tried to show a real benchmark based on presser test method, for a Big Data collection deals on C++, C#, and VB.NET.

Code Review Checklist

24 Feb 2017 by Ebenezar John Paul

An Ideal Code Review Checklist that applies for most programming languages

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

Build My Own 3D Graphics Engine Step By Step

1 Feb 2017 by Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

How to build my own 3D graphics engine from ZERO step by step

TraceTool 12.7: The Swiss-Army Knife of Trace

20 Nov 2016 by Thierry Parent

A C#, C++, Delphi, ActiveX , Javascript , NodeJs and Java trace framework and a trace viewer: Tail, OutputDebugString, event log, and with Log4J, Log4Net, and Microsoft Enterprise Instrumentation Framework (EIF) support. This also comes with full support for Pocket PC, Silverlight, and Android.

Automatically Create Data Access Layers and Business Layers From Microsoft Access or SQL Server Databases

27 May 2016 by icemanind

How to automatically create data access layers and business layers from a Microsoft Access or a SQL Server database

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

.NET Versioning and Multi-targeting on C# Application and Component

3 May 2016 by Southmountain

this post discussed .NET versioning and multi-targeting of .NET application and component written in C#.

Customisable WinForms Progressbar Control VB.NET

2 Apr 2016 by David Vanson

A progress bar control you can customize

How To Send and Receive SMS using GSM Modem

2 Mar 2016 by Ranjan.D

SMS Client - Server Software is used for sending, reading, deleting messages. It uses GSM modem for sending SMS. It listens for incoming messages to arrive, processes the read message and takes action accordingly. This SMS software requires GSMComm Library which you can also download.

A Class to Print and Print Preview a DataGrid or DataGridView Control

24 Jan 2016 by Duncan Edwards Jones

A class to add to your application to generate nicely formatted prints from a DataGrid.

A Fast CSV Reader

13 Jan 2016 by Sebastien Lorion

A reader that provides fast, non-cached, forward-only access to CSV data.

Memory allocation in .Net – Value type, Reference type, Stack, Heap, Boxing, Unboxing, Ref, Out and Volatile

22 Nov 2015 by saleemy2ks

This Article discusses on Memory allocation in .Net and how JIT compiler optimizes non-volatile code. It also talk about Value Type, Reference type, Stack, Heap, Boxing, Unboxing, Ref, Out and Volatile.

LayerGenMMX

2 Nov 2015 by icemanind

Easily create Business and Data Layers!

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

ListView Column Sorter

21 Jul 2015 by Sven So.

A column sorter that sorts columns with strings and numbers (also decimals), but also the first column on image and then on string.

Tree View Binding in MVC

30 Jun 2015 by Nikhil Awatade

Algorithm for Tree view binding

Multi-Threading: Deadlock Tracer Utility

25 Mar 2015 by Chivate Atul

Tracing dead-locks in multi-threaded applications.

OWIN OAuth2 authentication via Social networks

8 Feb 2015 by SupperSlonic

The Web API token based authentication via OWIN OAuth2 middleware supported by Facebook, Google, Microsoft.Extracting additional user's information from social networks.

Fully Customizable XP Progress Bar (with examples)

20 Jan 2015 by Marcos Meli

A progress bar like the WinXP progress bar control, but completely customizable.

Web Ink/Drawing Control

8 Dec 2014 by daluu

An article on creating and using a web browser (IE only) compatible ink or drawing control using the Microsoft Tablet PC SDK version 1.7. A sample pre-built control is provided for use and demonstration.

ArrayLists, Generic Lists, Is There A Way To Insert Items Faster?

26 Nov 2014 by Pascal Ganaye

In this article, I try to highlight some issues in the .NET Framework generic list and how to circumvent them

Optical Flow or Motion Estimation Using the Watson-Ahumada (WA) Algorithm

24 Nov 2014 by SIDDHARTH_JAIN

Optical Flow or Motion Estimation Using the Watson-Ahumada (WA) Algorithm

Book review : “MCSD Certification Toolkit (Exam 70-483): Programming in C#”

8 Sep 2014 by Pragmateek

"MCSD Certification Toolkit (Exam 70-483): Programming in C#” - book review

C# Script: The Missing Puzzle Piece

6 Aug 2014 by Oleg Shilo

An article on a "scripting engine" for the C# language

Extending C# to Support SQL Syntax at Compile Time

23 Jul 2014 by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu

Ever wished you could truly embed SQL functionality in your C# code without using strings or late binding? Imagine being able to write complex Where clauses purely in C#.

Demystify LINQ in 10 Minutes

23 Jun 2014 by abhigad

Journey of C# up to LINQ in less than 10/15 minutes

Monitoring a Printer Queue from VB.NET

2 May 2014 by Duncan Edwards Jones

How to monitor a printer queue from Visual Basic .NET

EMF Printer Spool File Viewer

23 Apr 2014 by Duncan Edwards Jones

A viewer application for EMF format spool files

An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Printing in .NET

22 Apr 2014 by Duncan Edwards Jones

Introduces and discusses the Common Language Runtime framework classes used in printing from a .NET Windows Forms application.

Non-simple paths in a directed graph.

15 Apr 2014 by Mark Harker

In this article I would like to discuss how you can find all non-simple paths from a starting node to an end node in a directed graph.

License Key Generation

7 Mar 2014 by Adamanteus

This is an alternative for "License Key Generation"

UI Object Connector Implementation of Mediator Pattern

7 Mar 2014 by Shivprasad koirala

UI Object Connector Implementation of Mediator Pattern

Versioning Controlled Build

8 Dec 2013 by Julijan Sribar

A Visual Studio add-in and command-line utility that automates versioning of .NET and VC++ projects

Solving N-Queen Problem by DFS and BFS and Show Goal On Panel Control

14 Nov 2013 by Mojtaba Eng

Solving N-Queen problem using DFS and BFS and show Goal Board visually step by step or at once.

The Essence Pattern in C#

7 Oct 2013 by Dr Herbie

An implementation of the Essence Pattern in C#

Task List Feature of Visual Studio Framework

30 Sep 2013 by Sandesh M Patil

This is all about Task list window which is helpful in managing our comments within the code.

Key Object-Oriented Concepts and how to use them in Visual C#

15 Sep 2013 by Enayat Ashkian

Overview of Key Object-Oriented Concepts in Visual C# (Quick Guide)

Aspect Oriented Programming: learn step by step and roll your own implementation!

11 Sep 2013 by Guirec

A journey into AOP land with concerns, pointcuts, joinpoints, advices, aspects, interceptors, proxies, targets, mix-ins, composites...

Code generation at runtime

28 Aug 2013 by Software Developer's Journal

The .NET platform contains no extensions which would allow for the use of advanced aspect oriented programming. But it does contain mechanisms which makes it possible to build components which provide similar functionality. We will find out how to achieve this in this article.

Remote Scripting in ASP.NET

28 Aug 2013 by Software Developer's Journal

A remote scripting system performs remote server function calls from the browser level. This allows to save the time necessary to completely resend and build a page due to a query working somewhere in the background and supplying small amounts of data at a time.

Protobuf-net: the unofficial manual

25 Aug 2013 by Qwertie

Protobuf-net is a fast and complete .NET library for serialization based on Google's Protocol Buffers. And this is a really short manual.

Access Modifiers for Beginners

6 Aug 2013 by Faisal(mfrony)

Understand access modifiers before using them.

SourceGrid - Open Source C# Grid Control

4 Aug 2013 by Davide Icardi

SourceGrid is a free open source grid control. Supports virtual grid, custom cells and editors, advanced formatting options and many others features

The Power of Delegates in C#

19 Jun 2013 by KK Kod

Document describes about the Delegate in C# and the usage of delegate in different scenarios

Architecture FAQ for Localization and Globalization: Part 2

18 Jun 2013 by Shivprasad koirala

Architecture FAQ for localization and globalization: Part 2.

MONGO is as SWEET as a MANGO

10 Jun 2013 by KK Kod

Developing .Net application with Mongo Db as Back end

Enhancing Church Worship With The Cloud

9 Jun 2013 by Stan Bice

Imagine connecting church worship attenders with real-time content.

Querying a SharePoint Portal Server (SPPS) Index using a WebDAV request

6 Jun 2013 by Naveen Karamchetti

An article on querying a SharePoint Portal Server (SPPS) Index using a WebDAV request.

Fire and Forget Web Method in ASP.Net

1 Jun 2013 by KK Kod

Document describes about One way web Method creation and consumption in Traditional ASP.net Web Service.

Enhanced BrowseForFolder Styled TreeView

27 May 2013 by Chris Richner

Supports Explorer, SingleChecked and RecursiveChecked mode (checkboxes). Lets you specify the displayed drive types, etc...

Magic Library Docking Manager Designer

16 May 2013 by Chris Richner

Provides docking support without writing one line of code.

Y(et)A(nother)TabControl: A Custom Tab Control With Owner Drawn Tabs

6 May 2013 by Curtis Schlak.

A foray into the world of creating composite custom controls with design-time support.

Assembly Manipulation and C# / VB.NET Code Injection

26 Apr 2013 by Sebastien Lebreton

Reflexil is an assembly editor and runs as a plug-in for Reflector or JustDecompile. Reflexil is able to manipulate IL code and save the modified assemblies to disk. Reflexil also supports "on-the-fly" C#/VB.NET code injection.

Create an SQL Server Database Using C#

24 Apr 2013 by Phuong Thanh Nguyen

Create a SQL Server database using C#.

SQL-server-2000

NetDasm - A tool to disassemble and patch .NET assemblies

22 Apr 2013 by Fco. Javier Marin

Disassemble and patch .NET assemblies using the Mono.Cecil library.

Fortune's Voronoi algorithm implemented in C#

21 Apr 2013 by BenDi

A C# implementation of the Fortune algorithm to compute 2D Voronoi graphs.

RSS 2.0 Framework

19 Jan 2013 by Chris Richner

RSS 2.0 framework implements the RSS 2.0 specification in strongly typed classes. The framework enables you to create and consume valid RSS 2.0 feeds in your code in just a few minutes.

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

4 Jan 2013 by Pawel idzikowski

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

Progress Bars, Threads, Windows Forms, and You

18 Dec 2012 by Abion47

Using asynchronous progress bars on your form from start to finish

Comparing Values for Equality in .NET: Identity and Equivalence

21 Nov 2012 by richnewman

An article clarifying the various ways of comparing two values for equality in .NET

An expression evaluator written in VB.NET

14 Oct 2012 by Pascal Ganaye

An expression evaluator written in VB.NET.

IMAP Client library using C#

20 Sep 2012 by Rohit Joshi

IMAPLibrary supports the basic IMAP protocol functions to fetch messages from the mailbox.

Embedded .NET HTTP Server

12 Jul 2012 by BobJanova

A simple HTTP server that can be embedded in any .NET application.

9 Jul 2012 by ledtech3

This is an alternative for "JumpTo RegEdit"

MBGlassPanel Using VB.NET 2008

9 Jul 2012 by Manoj K Bhoir

MBGlassPanel with Microsoft Office Ribbon Visual Style

Format Number To Display

29 Jun 2012 by Pranay Rana

Format Number To Display

A Complete Read Only ComboBox

18 Jun 2012 by Thomas Wells

A ComboBox with a read-only property that allows text copy and drop-down viewing

Non Kernel Semaphore

11 Jun 2012 by FatCatProgrammer

A Semaphore that does not use the kernel by default

A .NET NT Registry Library and NT Registry Editor

26 May 2012 by Hoang Khanh Nguyen

A .NET wrapper for NT Registry and a .NET NT RegEdit demo

Adding Drag and Drop to an Explorer Tree Control

17 May 2012 by Jim Parsells

ExpTree part 2: Adding drag and drop to the ExpTree control.

Merge DataGrid Header

4 May 2012 by OhioBorg

This is an alternative for "Merge DataGrid Header"

Simple & Advanced Pivots with C# and ASP.NET

1 May 2012 by Jean-Francois Lanouette

This is an alternative for "Simple & Advanced Pivots with C# and ASP.NET"

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

Simple Client-server Interactions using C#

10 Apr 2012 by BobJanova

Introduces a couple of cover classes to provide event-driven interaction with TCP/IP sockets and simple message protocols

Steganography VIII - Hiding Data in Wave Audio Files

9 Apr 2012 by Corinna John

How to hide data of any kind inside a sound.

Sample Pamper Series - Part 4: 2/3D Space Game, Simple Sounds, and Threads

4 Apr 2012 by Windmiller

This article is the final one in the series, and it will give you a 2/3D space game out of what we have learnt from previous articles. We will also apply simple sounds to it played in threads.

Your full fledged type comparer

18 Mar 2012 by Torsten Tiedt

Never implementing sorting again

Screen Snaper SideBar Gadget

1 Dec 2011 by DCUtility

Screen Snaper is perfect to quickly share a picture-perfect representation of anything on your screen.

Property Sheet Shell Extension in C#

21 Oct 2011 by Hadi A

A managed .NET user-control that implements Win32 (COM) property sheet shell extensions.

Using Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) in a Distributed Application Architecture

11 Oct 2011 by GraemeKMiller

This article explains how you can use IWA to improve your Users' experience and it also explains how it benefits your IT support team.

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

A developers guide to handling exceptions in BizTalk Server 2006/2009/2010

10 Sep 2011 by Naveen Karamchetti

This article explains how to handle exceptions in BizTalk Orchestrations

Simple CSS Parser

3 Sep 2011 by BoneSoft

An article about a simple CSS parser

Processing Global Mouse and Keyboard Hooks in C#

31 Aug 2011 by George Mamaladze

This class allows you to tap keyboard and mouse and/or to detect their activity even when an application runs in the background or does not have any user interface at all.

BooProd.BMail - Sending dynamically generated emails

22 Aug 2011 by Boo!

This package will help you send all kinds of emails like account creation, order, mailing, reports, ... everything containing dynamic fields. You can configure your own SMTP server, use notification, and add attachments.

The Case for “PhraseFixture” -- A Better DoFixture() for Use with FIT and FitNesse Acceptance Testing Framework

13 Aug 2011 by Kenneth Kasajian

The powerful DoFixture() in FitLibrary simulates English like specification. The PhraseFixture proposal takes this to the next level.

Simple JSON Handler for ASP.NET 2.0 to Implement AJAX Functionality

30 Jun 2011 by Pubudu Kasakara

Simple JSON handler for ASP.NET 2.0 to implement AJAX functionality

Desktop Spy Utility that Emails Subject's Screenshots To You

11 Jun 2011 by Omar Al Zabir

Make a surveillance application which silently captures desktop and emails you screenshots as attachment periodically

Serve Extensionless URL Without Using ISAPI Handler or Wildcard Mapping

11 Jun 2011 by Omar Al Zabir

Serve extensionless URL from IIS without using custom ISAPI handler or IIS 6.0 wildcard mapping

SQL Query Optimization FAQ Part 1 (With video explanation)

7 Jun 2011 by Shivprasad koirala

SQL Query Optimization FAQ Part 1 (With video explanation)

SQL-Server-2008

SQL-server-2000

A DXF Reader Solution and a Simple DXF Viewer

31 May 2011 by Evren Daglioglu

This project gets a DXF file, extracts and interprets data and draws it on screen.

A Chat Server/Client Solution for Local Networks

31 May 2011 by Evren Daglioglu

A chat server/client solution for local networks, terminal server/terminal client environments

Using RichEditCtrl to Display Formatted Logs

26 May 2011 by typke

A simple demo to show you how to use the standard RichEditCtrl to print formatted text to a message/log window.

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#.