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XColorSpectrumCtrl - a non-MFC color picker control that displays a color spectrum

by Hans Dietrich

XColorSpectrumCtrl displays a color spectrum that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models.

Control Message Bar

by Paul Vickery

Code to add a message bar to virtually any existing Windows control.

Human-readable Enumeration Meta-data

by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Display names and descriptions for enumeration members: a non-intrusive, reliable, localizeable method.

XResFile - Files Stored in Resources: Part 2 - Zip Files

by Hans Dietrich

This series of articles is a step-by-step guide to reading files stored in your program's resources. Along the way I will present some non-MFC classes to assist you in reading text, binary, zip, and even encrypted files that have been compiled into your program as resources.

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Alternative to URLDownloadToFile function

by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

How to download files from an HTTP server.

XSL Transform Code Generator for Visual Studio .NET

by Chris Stefano

A custom tool for Visual Studio .NET which runs an XSL transformation to generate code

LineNumbers for the RichTextBox

by nogChoco

LineNumbers that dock to a RichTextBox or show as an overlay on top of it

DataGridView Event Sequences

by Zasky

A useful tool to help you understand DataGridView events as you navigate the DataGridView

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Alternative to URLDownloadToFile function

20 Aug 2023 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

How to download files from an HTTP server.

how copy a datatable value to dataset datatable in vb.net 2005

21 Jul 2021 by Shanmugam Vasu

hi,please guide me, how copy a datatable value to dataset datatable. my sample code is below:dim dt as new datatabledim ds as dataset....ds.tables("Name")=dtBut it returns the error 'Property item is ready only'.Thanks

how copy a datatable value to dataset datatable in vb.net 2005

21 Jul 2021 by Member 14180938

Use this is the easiest way to copy datatable to another dataset ds.Tables.add(dt.copy)

XSL Transform Code Generator for Visual Studio .NET

13 Feb 2021 by Chris Stefano

A custom tool for Visual Studio .NET which runs an XSL transformation to generate code

How do I display the content in generalerror.aspx.cs on generalerror.aspx page?

11 Oct 2020 by User 14859875

Can I ask about why the output in GeneralError.aspx.cs cannot display on GeneralError.aspx page, please? Because I have tried to change a lot of methods in some my codes of application error based on search google (but not suitable) but cannot...

How do I display the content in generalerror.aspx.cs on generalerror.aspx page?

11 Oct 2020 by Richard MacCutchan

Why are you still using that bad code? I explained yesterday how to validate your inputs at https://www.codeproject.com/Questions/5282429/How-do-I-display-the-correct-pageerror-aspx-output[^]

How do I display the correct pageerror.aspx output after I entered two inputs such as 7 and 0?

11 Oct 2020 by User 14859875

Can I ask about why my output for PageError.aspx is not same as correct output below, please?: The correct output for PageError.aspx after I entered two inputs such as 7 and 0 by using the pageerror method only (cannot use try catch method): ...

How do I display the correct pageerror.aspx output after I entered two inputs such as 7 and 0?

11 Oct 2020 by Richard MacCutchan

double dblAns = Convert.ToDouble(TextBox1.Text) / Convert.ToDouble(TextBox2.Text); You should not use code like that as it allows any garbage to be entered into your program. Capture each field separately and check that the entered values are...

How to have a dataview row filter by <> operator

7 Jan 2020 by Paramu1973

Hi, I have head hunting problem with the below codes...Really it tooks my holeday, but still not clear... Any superiors can help me to clear? Thanks My Codes MyDtb1 = MyOriginalDtb; DataView MyDtbView = MyDtb1.DefaultView; MyDtbView.Sort = "prn_no,sheet_no,prn_date,pty_name";...

How to have a dataview row filter by <> operator

7 Jan 2020 by OriginalGriff

It works for me: string strConnect = SMDBSupport.SMInstanceStorage.GetInstanceConnectionString("VideoMaster"); using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(strConnect)) { try { con.Open(); ...

Image not show in crystal report in windows application vs.net 2005

26 Dec 2019 by Ashutosh_jha

I am using stored procedure for fetching data from table. photo field save in my DB as Image datatype, when debug datatable show photo as system.byte[], and design time crystal report preview show photo, but after execution of application photo not show on report. How can photo show on report....

Cannot implicitly convert type 'object' to 'string'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)

9 Oct 2019 by stellus

hi all, i got the given error, please do favour for me...Cannot implicitly convert type 'object' to 'string'. An explicit conversion exists (are you missing a cast?)Source Error:Line 256: string verifydest_result = null;Line 257: verifydest_result =...

LineNumbers for the RichTextBox

13 Apr 2019 by nogChoco

LineNumbers that dock to a RichTextBox or show as an overlay on top of it

DataGridView Event Sequences

3 Jan 2019 by Zasky

A useful tool to help you understand DataGridView events as you navigate the DataGridView

Computer Controlled Watering System with C# or VB.NET

30 Nov 2018 by Troy Simpson

Setup a simple and cheap computer controlled watering system using VB.NET or C# and a parallel port relay controller

VS_2005 working slow in windows 7 professional edition

30 Oct 2018 by Dave Kreskowiak

As far as Visual Studio is concerned, there is no difference between the Pro and Ultimate editions of Windows 7. This can be caused by either a bad install of Visual Studio or a problem with the Windows 7 installation. You can look through the VS installation logs files in your %TEMP% folder...

VS_2005 working slow in windows 7 professional edition

30 Oct 2018 by Member 9511889

I have Install Visual Studio 2005 in Windows 7 Professional Edition. So when i Run Project, it takes too much time to load.. same visual studio working fast in Windows 7 Ultimate Edition. So What is problem with Windows 7 Professional Edition i Don't know.. Please Help me What is Problem with...

XSL 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 in .NET

18 Oct 2018 by Gavin Sinai

Using the open source Saxon library, .NET programmers can benefit from XSL 2.0 and XQuery 1.0.

18 Oct 2018 by Emre Guldogan

A System for Simulation and Analysis of Logic Circuits

How to refresh listview without loosing selected item?

29 Sep 2018 by Member 11661112

Try this Dim selectedit As Integer selectedit = lvProcesses.FocusedItem.Index ListProcesses() lvProcesses.Items.Item(selectedit).Focused = True lvProcesses.Items.Item(selectedit).Selected = True Bruno.

How to refresh listview without loosing selected item?

29 Sep 2018 by sora97

How to refresh listview without loosing selected item?I have searched google but no luck.... :(I am creating a process explorer like application in visual studio 2005 (vb.net)and when i click the refresh button my current selected is gone, now i dont know how to keep the selected item...

DataCube

24 Aug 2018 by darkoman

C# implementation of the serverless OLAP engine

Outline Text - Part 2

13 Aug 2018 by Shao Voon Wong

Outline Text Part 2

CHyperLink: A Simple MFC HyperLink Button Class with Any Size 32bpp Icons Support

19 Jul 2018 by Elia Sarti

A class which encapsulates a hyperlink control for web page redirection or normal button usage

Send Command to Autocad from software C#

15 May 2018 by thomas ludewig

Calling AutoCAD commands from .NET - Through the Interface[^]

Send Command to Autocad from software C#

15 May 2018 by AhmedOsamaMoh

Dear sir now i am search the net a lot and a lot , I tried many things but no waynow i have autocad 2007 + .net frame work 2 + vs2005 + C#what should i do to solve such problem??

DIY electronic RFID Door Lock with Battery Backup

7 May 2018 by Elmue

An electronic door lock that replaces a mechanic key by an RFID card or RFID token.

Exploring Computational Number Theory (Part 3)

26 Mar 2018 by William Hey

Factoring classic integers

Vs2005 <summary> can'ot show integrity(vs2005里面，方法的注释合起来之后，只显示...)

18 Jan 2018 by CHill60

Localisation of XML Summary Documentation is a known issue and there have been requests made for it to be incorporated into VS (I may be a little behind the times on this now) One solution is suggested here ... XML Comment Localization | Surviveplus.net[^] If that doesn't work for you there...

Writing MATLAB to C converter: Parser and Code Generator created with Bison/Flex

21 Nov 2017 by Shmuel Safonov

Using Bison/Flex for creation of the code convertor from subset of MATLAB language to C code. The converter is used for building native applications and libraries from MATLAB code.

Is there anyway to halt/stop running of 'vshost.exe' when a project is opened from Visual Studio?

7 Nov 2017 by Mohammed Hameed

When we open a project/solution in Visual studio, the project's vshost.exe file will be executed and launched in memory automatically (I think this is done by Visual studio) and this process (vshost.exe) will be in running state till we close the solution from VS.I know that this process has...

Drawing a Custom Mainframe Window for MFC SDI Applications

21 Aug 2017 by Biruk Abebe

How to completely take control of drawing a custom application window including the captionbar, menubar, toolbar, borders and statusbar in MFC Single document interface (SDI) applications using the MfcSkinSDI class.

An FTP client library for .NET 2.0

17 Aug 2017 by Howard Richards

Provides a useful wrapper to the FtpRequest in .NET 2.0.

Ad1.lib not found in vs2015 (vc++ project)

22 Jun 2017 by Coder969

We are migrating our project from vs2005 to vs2015 . In one of the project we are using Ad1.lib .When I build that project in vs2015 getting the error saying Ad1.lib not found . In vs2005 this lib was present in " C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK\Lib " but I...

Ad1.lib not found in vs2015 (vc++ project)

22 Jun 2017 by RickZeeland

You can try to copy the Ad1.lib to your project and include it, if you still have it. Then under the file properties set "Copy to working directory" to always. If that fails, try this: visual studio - VS2005 and Windows SDK 7.1 - Stack Overflow[ ]

18 May 2017 by darkoman

Article about the 2D isometric game engine

Enumeration-based Command Line Utility

14 May 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

An example the application of Enumeration class, third article of the series

MfcAdapter - not OLE .NET/WPF Container of MFC Applications

12 May 2017 by Alexey Shalnov

How to build Not OLE container of MFC applications based on hosting of MFC application from within WinForms and WPF applications

'ReportViewer' exists in both

23 Mar 2017 by Faizymca

I need some help with the following problem:I've been using a MS ReportViewer component in a website for a while now, but recently I've been getting the error shown below.The type 'Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.ReportViewer' exists in both...

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'ReportViewer' exists in both

23 Mar 2017 by Member 13080469

on web.config review assembly info. appear two times "Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms" one with 12.0.0.0 and other with 11.0.0.0. just get one of this.

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Enumeration Types do not Enumerate! Working around .NET and Language Limitations

10 Mar 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Generic classes for enumeration-based iteration and array indexing

Wish You Were Here… Only Once

10 Mar 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

A description of techniques based on context-sensitive conditions

Human-readable Enumeration Meta-data

8 Mar 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Display names and descriptions for enumeration members: a non-intrusive, reliable, localizeable method.

How To Change Screen Brightness in C#

26 Jan 2017 by John Melling

This is a simple program that demonstrates a method used to adjust the screen brightness on any C# application.

ASP.NET Multiple Selection DropDownList with AJAX HoverMenuExtender

3 Jan 2017 by Bryian Tan

An article on how to build a multiple selection dropdownlist with the AJAX HoverMenuExtender.

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.

XML Visualizer v.2

16 Nov 2016 by Lars Hove Christiansen

XML Visualizer v.2 improves the standard XML Visualizer in Visual Studio 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015.

How to register for touch events in MFC activex control ?

3 Oct 2016 by Itz.Irshad

A MFC ActiveX Control was developed in VS2005. The control is used in WinForms application.I would like to capture the touch events in that control which will be used in Windows Tablet (Windows 8).Could anybody help me out how to resolve this error ?Thanks,What I have tried:I...

Custom MessageBox with checkbox

11 Sep 2016 by Avatar2400

This is a simple class that allows you to have message box with checkbox and other small features.

Debugging Release Projects in C++ - Finding the Lost Object Information

26 Jul 2016 by Yochai Timmer

Debugging C++ projects in release. Finding the lost object information

Simple Ray Tracing in C# Part VII (Shadows)

15 Jul 2016 by andalmeida

Adding shadows to Simple Ray Tracing in C#

Simple Ray Tracing in C# Part VI (Vertex Normal Interpolation)

15 Jul 2016 by andalmeida

An approach to interpolate vertex normals on triangles

Simple Ray Tracing in C# Part V (Texture Mapping)

15 Jul 2016 by andalmeida

Simple Ray Tracing in C# Part V (Texture Mapping)

Simple Ray Tracing in C# Part II (Triangles Intersection)

15 Jul 2016 by andalmeida

Ray tracing and mapping in spheres

Simple Ray Tracing with Texture Mapping in C#

15 Jul 2016 by andalmeida

Simple Ray Tracing with texture mapping in C#

Simple Ray Tracing in C#

15 Jul 2016 by andalmeida

Simple Ray Tracing in C#

Basic Illumination Model in C#

15 Jul 2016 by andalmeida

Basic illumination model in C#.

Simple Ray Tracing in C# Part IV (Anti-Aliasing)

15 Jul 2016 by andalmeida

Simple Ray Tracing in C# Part IV (Anti-Aliasing)

Bernie’s Trackviewer

12 Jun 2016 by Bernhard Hiller

View and edit your GPS track records on a nice GUI with online maps and aerial views.

Semi-Prime Ordered Sequences (Part 2)

31 May 2016 by William Hey

Semi-Prime Ordered Sequences (Part 2) is the follow-on to “Exploring Computational Number Theory (Part 1)” and describes a process for ordering the semi-prime base sequences.

Exploring Computational Number Theory (Part 1)

31 May 2016 by William Hey

Classical number theories

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

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

19 Apr 2016 by John Torjo

Monitoring Log files can be fun!

Getting All "Special Folders" via VB.NET

12 Apr 2016 by Jalapeno Bob

A VB.NET version of Ray Koopa's 21 Mar 2016 article, Getting All "Special Folders" in .NET

How to Use a Font Without Installing it

12 Apr 2016 by Shao Voon Wong

How to use a font without installing it first on user systems

Linq-To-XML Style of Node Creation for C++

12 Apr 2016 by Shao Voon Wong

Linq-To-XML Node Creation for Native C++

SSE2 Vectorization of Alphablend Code

12 Apr 2016 by Shao Voon Wong

Using SSE2 to speed up alphablending.

Combinations in C++, Part 2

12 Apr 2016 by Shao Voon Wong

Introduce 4 new algorithms on finding combinations

Customisable WinForms Progressbar Control VB.NET

2 Apr 2016 by David Vanson

A progress bar control you can customize

Log Wizard - Make your Logs Look Pretty!

7 Mar 2016 by John Torjo

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

How to Send, Receive and Delete SMS with IOT Devices (Arduino and GSM Shield)

2 Mar 2016 by Ranjan.D

Let us see how to send, receive and delete SMS using Arduino and GSM Sheild

Log Wizard - Viewing Windows Event Logs Can Be Fun!

21 Jan 2016 by John Torjo

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

A Fast CSV Reader

13 Jan 2016 by Sebastien Lorion

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

How to track if document is printed or canceled.

3 Jan 2016 by Abhinav S

If your printer provides an API through which you can read the documents being printed, you will be able to track a printed doc.For example, here is an Embedded Capture Solution from HP - HP Embedded Capture Solution | HP® Official Site[^].

How to track if document is printed or canceled.

3 Jan 2016 by vj.negi08

I am using xslt to show a report and opening the print option at the same time. I wants to update some data if the user clicks on print. That's why i wants to track if user clicked on print or cancel.

GLFW: A (Simple) OpenGL Framework Library

23 Dec 2015 by Simone Serponi

An easy to use library to quickly setup and run OpenGL applications.

Introducing an Open Source DirectUI Library - SOUI

17 Nov 2015 by flyhigh

SOUI is a directui library and had been used in many commercial softwares, which is published based on MIT and is completely free to any user.

'ReportViewer' exists in both

7 Nov 2015 by Venkat Chaitanya Kanumukula

check this link on the resolution to bind old and new Dll's in the config.http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9429277/problems-with-reportviewer-assemblies-in-vs2010example below ...

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How can I configure an SSRS project in VS 2005 to use a different credential type?

3 Nov 2015 by B. Clay Shannon

I'm trying to run an SSRS project in VS 2005, but the *.rdl file configured to run first displays, but with the following greyed-out text:An error occurred during local report processingAn error has occurred during report processingCannot create a connection to data source 'BlaData'You...

How can I uncover the Errors preventing a Rebuild in VS?

3 Nov 2015 by B. Clay Shannon

I don't think this is limited to VS 2005, but that (2005) is the version of Visual Studio in which this is happening now. I'm trying to Rebuild a project, and it won't build, saying there are 2 errors and 76 warnings. Clicking the "2 Errors" tab in the Error List does not bring up the two...

LayerGenMMX

2 Nov 2015 by icemanind

Easily create Business and Data Layers!

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LogWizard - Filter your Logs Inside out!

1 Nov 2015 by John Torjo

Meet the Log Viewer that makes monitoring log files a joy!

SMTP Client with SSL/TLS

22 Oct 2015 by David Johns, John_Tang

C++ SMTP client, support SSL and TLS encrypted connection to SMTP server

LogWizard - Talk About your Logs!

14 Oct 2015 by John Torjo

Create and Share Notes about your Logs like never before!

The design about real-time data reception,treatment and save

23 Aug 2015 by CPallini

It is difficult to outline a winning strategy based just on the details you posted. Possibly you might just improve the performance of your code (fine tuning it). Possibly the algorithm could be actually parallelized to exploit the multicore (I assume it is) CPU. Possibly, lastly, you simply...

The design about real-time data reception,treatment and save

23 Aug 2015 by JinxLeader

Hello, everybody. I have a problem about The design about real-time data reception,treatment and save. I have a read(cBuf,length) function to receive real-time data.I make a core exclusive thread with SetThreadAffinityMask(). In this thread, it have the read function and treatment etc....

FileHelpers v3.1 - Delimited (CSV) or Fixed Data Import/Export Framework

17 Aug 2015 by Marcos Meli

An easy to use .NET library to read/write strong typed data from files with fixed length or delimited records (CSV). Also has support to import/export data from different data storages (Excel, Acces, SqlServer, MySql)

how reference to microsoft.sharepoint.client.dll?

1 Aug 2015 by DamithSL

read Create a SharePoint development environment on premise[^]check the hardware and software requirements for Sharepoint 2013 developments. Anyway why VS 2005? if you are working with Sharepoint 2013 at least go for VS 2012 or later version.

how reference to microsoft.sharepoint.client.dll?

1 Aug 2015 by DretenX

Hi, I need to communicate between my vb programm with a sharepoint 2013 library.Therefore, i am trying to get the reference set to microsoft.sharepoint.client.dll, but after clicking on 'add' on the references tab page, I get allways the message 'the system cannot find the reference...

Windows Service to block RDP attacks

28 Jul 2015 by Bjørn

A Service listening to Windows EventLog, recognizing attacker IPs and block them in the Windows Firewall.

Is there any ActiveX control for Cursor movement ( like mouse) ?

16 Jul 2015 by Baaki

Hi Friends,I'm actually developing one cursor control application on MFC, I'm looking for a ActiveX( something like trackball type) to do a mouse movement(X,Y pos)Please let me know If any of aware any ActiveX control that can suitsThanks,Bakki97*********

EpServerEngine - A lightweight Template Server-Client Framework using C++ and Windows Winsock

16 Jul 2015 by Chris La

How to create a server-client network quickly using template server-client framework, EpServerEngine (C++ and Windows Winsock).

Implementing AI Evolutionary binary distribution algorithm for solving the numeric approximation problem

14 Jul 2015 by Arthur V. Ratz

This article demostrates the C++ code that implements AI binary distribution evolutionary algorithm for finding the "nearest" neighbor values of the given value of x in the array of N elements.

EpServerEngine.cs - A lightweight asynchronous IOCP TCP Template Server-Client Framework using C# and Socket

1 Jul 2015 by Chris La

How to create a server-client network quickly using IOCP TCP template server-client framework, EpServerEngine.cs (C#).

How to resolve the issue of existing document could not be opened for existing rpt files in crystal reports on upgrading from VS 2005 to VS 2010?

24 Jun 2015 by Er Atul Sharma

hi this is problem with version upgrade, as i am also try for this to upgrade from 2005 to 2010.

How to resolve the issue of existing document could not be opened for existing rpt files in crystal reports on upgrading from VS 2005 to VS 2010?

24 Jun 2015 by Alex345098

I upgraded a VS 2005 project to VS 2010 project some of the crystal reports files (rpt) are not loading in Visual Studio , Showing a SAP Crystal report dialog box message 'This document could not be opened'. But no issues for creating new rpt files . I tried some fix from SAP portal but didn't...

Extend OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog the Easy Way

19 Jun 2015 by dmihailescu

Customize OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog using a User Control

The problem about improve application rate. and The application architecture of a high-speed serial transition

4 Jun 2015 by JinxLeader

Hello, I got an amazing high-speed serial transition board. It has 4-ports independently, each of the ports could get 50Mbps transition rate. I installed it into my PC via PCI-e interface.Basic circumstances, PC's CPU is i7, so I think the performance meet the requirement. I works with MFC at...

The error c3867 about a void* parameter

4 Jun 2015 by Jochen Arndt

Thread functions must be static. But you can use a static wrapper function that calls a non-static member function when passing a pointer to your class:CThreadClass{ // ... void start_thread();private:: // Static thread function unsigned __stdcall start_address(void*...

The error c3867 about a void* parameter

4 Jun 2015 by Leo Chapiro

You can't pass a pointer to a member function as the routine to the _beginthread() function. The function requires a pointer to a global or static function.