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C# USB HID Interface

by Szymon Roslowski

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

Making DSLs in F#

by Dmitri Nеstеruk

Let's create a simple project estimation DSL using F#!

Human-readable Enumeration Meta-data

by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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

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

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Alternative to URLDownloadToFile function

by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

How to download files from an HTTP server.

Musical Study with Isomorphic Computer Keyboard

by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

A computer keyboard can be turned into an isomorphic musical instrument, to help in deeper exploration of the Musical Harmony and even to inspire new musical ideas

Compiling WinQEMU v0.10.2 using Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2012

by Tough Developer

How to compile WinQEMU v0.10.2 in VS2008 and VS2012

M1.NET - Decrypt Arcade Audio

by shunninghuang

Software named M1.NET which shows the details of decrypting arcade game audio

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Visual Studio 2008

Musical Study with Isomorphic Computer Keyboard

24 Jul 2023 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

A computer keyboard can be turned into an isomorphic musical instrument, to help in deeper exploration of the Musical Harmony and even to inspire new musical ideas

ViewFile and Head Tools

21 Dec 2022 by gggustafson

This article is a significant revision to the earlier version and introduces a new version of ViewFile.

Unicode Art

20 Feb 2021 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Similar to ASCII Art, Unicode Art offers better tonal range, impressive look, and some fun on this sunny April day

Extended NumericUpDown Control

23 Sep 2020 by Claudio Nicora

An extended NumericUpDown control with better focus and mouse wheel management.

My First Collision Algorithm

30 Mar 2020 by Vasily Tserekh

Collision algorithms aren't rocket science and this article proves this idea.

Reusable Multithreaded TCP/IP Client and Server Classes with Example Project in VB.NET

13 Nov 2019 by pdoxtader

A multithreaded server class that accepts multiple connections from a provided client class. Each client can send and receive files and text (byte data) simultaneously along 250 available channels.

multi-threading

C++ State Machine with Asynchronous Multicast Delegates

23 Oct 2019 by David Lafreniere

A framework combining state machines with asynchronous multicast delegates

Multithreading Backup Utility

8 Oct 2019 by Taner Riffat

Multithreading is something we will all have to deal with sooner or later. This relatively simple application shows you how to use two threads to copy files. It is also a very handy Windows backup utility with a mirror feature, a batch mode feature, a log file feature and a help button!

QxOrm - C++ ORM (Object Relational Mapping) Library

24 Apr 2019 by QxOrm

QxOrm C++ library: Persistence (based on QtSql Qt library) - Serialization (based on boost::serialization library) - Reflection (introspection)

C++ State Machine with Threads

26 Jan 2019 by David Lafreniere

A framework combining state machines and multicast asynchronous callbacks

Asynchronous Multicast Callbacks with Inter-Thread Messaging

25 Jan 2019 by David Lafreniere

Simplify passing data between threads using this multithreaded, portable C++ asynchronous callback framework

multi-threading

A Framework in C# for Fingerprint Verification

2 Jan 2019 by Octavio Loyola-González, Miguel Angel Medina-Pérez, Andres Eduardo Gutierrez Rodriguez, Milton García Borroto

In this article, we introduce a framework in C# for fingerprint verification, we briefly explain how to perform fingerprint verification experiments and how to integrate your algorithms to the framework.

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.

Implement Observer Pattern in .NET (3 Techniques)

30 Dec 2018 by Chinmoy Mohanty

Multiple techniques of implementing The Observer Pattern in .NET

Google Maps Offline Windows

11 Dec 2018 by omeecode

Google Maps Offline in windows discusses how one can download or save Google maps and then view these images offline

TransparentSplash Control

4 Oct 2018 by TwinLane

A non rectangular/transparent splash screen control that starts life before the Application Form

Asynchronous TCP Part 1

14 Sep 2018 by bkelly13

Goal: Describe how asynchronous or non-blocking TCP code works

Code Edit

6 Sep 2018 by red_moon

Text editor control with syntax coloring, line numbering, auto-complete, and syntax tooltip

PSAM WPF Control Library

19 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

PSAM Control Library ported over to WPF

PSAM Control Library

19 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

WinForms library containing the IncipitViewer control for drawing musical notes

Multithreaded Communication for GPIB/Visa/Serial Interfaces

22 May 2018 by Pawel Wzietek

Synchronous/asynchronous control via multiple interfaces with command queuing

multi-threading

Plug-in Framework

17 May 2018 by vnmatt

Basic framework for building desktop plug-in applications

Illusionary XAML: Reinventing Benham's Top

1 Apr 2018 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

The mystery of Benham’s top invented in 1895, as well as Fechner color effect, remains not fully uncovered so far. WPF and XAML help to accelerate the research greatly.

Exploring Computational Number Theory (Part 3)

26 Mar 2018 by William Hey

Factoring classic integers

Bug Finder, A Real Win32 Extensible Passive Debugger

28 Feb 2018 by Antonio Petricca

Win32, compiler independent, and extensible passive debugger

Advanced WPF Localization

1 Oct 2017 by Jecho Jekov

Provides a solution for localization of WPF application both in XAML and in code-behind

Bag-of-Features Descriptor on SIFT Features with OpenCV (BoF-SIFT)

30 Aug 2017 by Ravimal Bandara

An implementation of Bag-Of-Feature descriptor based on SIFT features using OpenCV and C++ for content based image retrieval applications.

Custom file extension control

28 Aug 2017 by Kasic Slobodan

Easily assign your extension to your application and set an icon.

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.

TextBox with a Keyboard and Mouse UI

2 Aug 2017 by gggustafson

This article discusses an implementation of a scrolling TextBox and a UI that supports key and mouse events.

WebOpenFileDialog

22 Jun 2017 by gggustafson

This article presents an OpenFileDialog for the Web

SCSI Library in C# - Burn CDs and DVDs, Access Hard Disks, etc.

19 Jun 2017 by Occam's Razor

Ever wonder how programs like Nero work? They make their own SCSI libraries... like this!

Enumeration-based Command Line Utility

14 May 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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

2D-DFT for Color Image - VC++ GUI Implementation

10 May 2017 by Raghavendra Hosad

2D DFT for Color Image - GUI implementation

Visual Studio Design Patterns Add-in/Extension

3 May 2017 by dmihailescu

A Visual Studio add-in that inserts some commonly known OO patterns into your working project and searches your highlights online.

SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting

17 Apr 2017 by Bryian Tan

An article on SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting with sample code in C#.

Bitwise Enumeration Editor for PropertyGrid and Visual Studio

17 Apr 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

The Editor attribute applied to an enumeration type makes it editable in PropertyGrid. This is enough to make the Visual Studio Designer use the editor, without a need to write a Visual Studio add-on.

WPF Arc!

14 Apr 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Filling one of the ugliest WPF gaps: Animatable EllipticalArcGeometry and EllipticalArcShape

A Simple Way To Use Asynchronous Call in Your Multithreaded Application

13 Apr 2017 by gico

A simple way to use asynchronous calls

Writing a XAML application for X11 and Windows to create HTML help for assemblies

24 Mar 2017 by Steffen Ploetz

This article introduces a small tool (much simpler than sandcaste help file builder) to create HTML help for .NET/MONO assemblies and reviews the XAML based approach to create GUI application with the Roma Widget Set XrwXAML.

Shape Control for .NET

23 Mar 2017 by Yang Kok Wah

Implementing shape control that supports transparency, custom design-time editors and simple animation

Many Questions Answered At Once: Interactive Animated Graphics with Forms

22 Mar 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Addresses questions on graphics, threading with UI, form development, printing and more

Never Ever Add Strings to WPF Lists

13 Mar 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

The same advice applies to many other item types, and not just with lists. More exactly, such items can be used, but unexpected behavior may make it a nightmare.

Practical Sound Recorder with Sound Activation

11 Mar 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

The convenience of this Sound Recorder is defined by its minimalism and understanding of the purpose

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.

Working with jQuery within the ASP.NET UpdatePanel

7 Mar 2017 by csharpbd

Working with jQuery and UpdatePanel in the same page.

Transfer Data or Script between Two SQL Server Databases

7 Mar 2017 by csharpbd

Data transfer tools to transfer data and database scripts between two SQL Server databases

All Three Features of Single-Instance Applications at One Shot, .NET

16 Feb 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Single-instance application behavior can be considered comprehensive only it all three features are implemented: detection of second instance, passing command line and activation of first instance

Introduction to PayPal for C# - ASP.NET developers

3 Feb 2017 by lepipele

An overview that presents all PayPal integration options, targeted especially at C# developers.

Rendering PDF Documents with Mupdf and P/Invoke in C#

23 Jan 2017 by wmjordan

Converting PDF into bitmaps without installing extra components.

Best-fitting line, circle and ellipse

10 Jan 2017 by Alasdair Craig

Library for least-squares best-fitting of lines, circles and rotated ellipses

Icon,Contextmenu,Column and Tooltip handler in c#

14 Dec 2016 by ashwanisihag

Extend windows shell in c#.

How to store and fetch binary data into a file stream column

11 Dec 2016 by Wendelius

Desribes how to store and fetch binary data to a filestream column compared to a varbinary column.

Code Obfuscation in 64-Bit Land

11 Dec 2016 by Russ Osterlund

Code Obfuscation in 64-Bit Land

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.

Embedding an ObjectListView in a ComboBox

8 Nov 2016 by Niemand25

A simple way to place any ObjectListView inside a ComboBox

custom-controls

Fast SIMD Prototyping

30 Oct 2016 by Shao Voon Wong

Prototype SIMD vectorized code effortlessly.

6 Oct 2016 by Yang Kok Wah

Playing your favorite video all at the same time

Video Wall with MCIPlayerControl

5 Oct 2016 by Yang Kok Wah

Using a simple custom made video player control to display a video wall

Simple radial gradient implementation with XAML sample application for X11 (but without the need for any external library)

26 Sep 2016 by Steffen Ploetz

How to calculate a radial gradient and draw the output on a System.Drawing.Bitmap. And how to use this bitmap as a tile pixmap to fill any path.

List ComboBox Control

23 Sep 2016 by _Flaviu

A ListCtrl ComboBox control

GMaps v1.1.12 - Google Maps/Routing/StreetView All-in-1

10 Aug 2016 by Avelino Ferreira

Don't care about Google Maps/Routing/StreetView programming. This Control gives your WinForms applications the power of Google Maps API v3

Simple MCI Player

28 Jul 2016 by Damir Porobic

A simple MCI player for playing music with the appropriate environment.

Implementing a Basic Camera Model (Pinhole)

15 Jul 2016 by andalmeida

Implementing a basic camera model to extend the raytracing algorithms

Implementing a Basic Camera Model (Pinhole) II

15 Jul 2016 by andalmeida

Extending the camera class and creating basic animations.

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 IV (Anti-Aliasing)

15 Jul 2016 by andalmeida

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

Matrix Transformation of Images using .NET GDI+

1 Jul 2016 by Yang Kok Wah

Use of GDI+ Matrix class to perform image transformation.

Horizontal Submenu with Horizontal Menu using CSS Friendly Menu Control Adapter in C#

27 Jun 2016 by Shahdat Hosain

Rendering horizontal submenu with horizontal submenu by ASP.NET menu control using CSS friendly menu adapter from a scratch in .NET with C#

Advanced WPF Localization

16 Jun 2016 by Clifford Nelson

This is an alternative for "Advanced WPF Localization" that adds functionality for capitalizing and pluralizing the text to be display.

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

The List Trifecta, Part 1

20 May 2016 by Qwertie

The A-list is an all-purpose list, a data structure that can support most standard list operation in O(log n) time and does lots of other stuff, too

DayPilot - Building an Outlook-Like Calendar Component for ASP.NET

8 May 2016 by Dan Letecky

A good-looking ASP.NET control that shows events visually arranged in a day calendar. Includes design-time support and data binding.

Web Technologies for Desktop Application Development

24 Apr 2016 by Maxim Komlev

Example of WebBrowser customization and http/https server on localhost as engine for cross-platform application based on web technologies.

Simple Vector Shapes

20 Apr 2016 by andrea contoli

A 2D vector shapes and RTFcontrol editor

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

19 Apr 2016 by John Torjo

Monitoring Log files can be fun!

SequelMax.NET: C# XML SAX Parser

12 Apr 2016 by Shao Voon Wong

New SAX parsing model comes to .NET!

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

12 Apr 2016 by Shao Voon Wong

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

Boost Multiprecision Library

12 Apr 2016 by Shao Voon Wong

Introduction to Boost Multiprecision Library

SequelMax: C++ XML SAX Parser

12 Apr 2016 by Shao Voon Wong

A new C++ SAX library to simplify parsing

Fun with Unicode

9 Apr 2016 by Yang Kok Wah

Typing Unicode directly to a text-box, including support for surrogate pairs. Create simple web pages to display fanciful fonts

Customisable WinForms Progressbar Control VB.NET

2 Apr 2016 by David Vanson

A progress bar control you can customize

ExCB - Extended Multi Column ComboBox

21 Mar 2016 by Avelino Ferreira

Presenting an easy-to-use, flexible, filterable ComboBox, managing various data types (including images), also sortable, resizable and reordable columns

Google Translator

17 Mar 2016 by Ravi Bhavnani

An object that harnesses the power of Google's online natural language translation tools.

MultiColor MultiFormat Label

13 Mar 2016 by Member 11610266

Labels are not only to add titles for fields in a Form. They are a usefull tool to comunicate with the application.

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!

Hammurabi

19 Feb 2016 by BillLange1968

A C# port of the classic Hammurabi game

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.

Acme Photo Resizer is a C# Program for Resizing Images in Bulk

20 Jan 2016 by Pat Dooley

In this article I will show how simple programs can help improve your photography work flow. Acme Photo resizer resizes JPG images in bulk. It can also add a copyright notice and the photograph's file name to each image. It was written to help me resize race photographs so that I could post them to

Photo Selector is a C# Program for Selecting "Keeper" Photographs from your Camera or Memory Card

20 Jan 2016 by Pat Dooley

In this article I will show how simple programs can help improve your photography work flow. It simplifies the first step of selecting which images on your memory card or camera are worth processing. It uses a replacement for the PictureBox control that displays photographs and allows them to be zoo

DayPilot Scheduler Control for ASP.NET

20 Jan 2016 by Dan Letecky

Flexible open-source scheduler control (resource booking, project management, timeline and free/busy visualization, Gantt)

The Loyc LL(k) Parser Generator: Part 2

13 Jan 2016 by Qwertie

The new parser generator for C#: now with syntax highlighting.

Hadoop For .Net & AngularJS Developers

29 Dec 2015 by Bert O Neill

Query Hadoop using Microsoft oriented technologies (C#, SSIS, SQL Server, Excel etc.)

.NET-Compiler-Platform

Extended CComboBox

10 Dec 2015 by _Flaviu

A combobox control which shows a drop down window to assist the user.

Calling a web service asynchronously in BizTalk

5 Dec 2015 by Krishna P Seetharaman

How to call web service in biztalk asynchronously. Error handling and retrying, sending error email when the web service is down. Resume the orchestration to completion when the service comes back

WPF Localization Using RESX Files

29 Nov 2015 by Grant Frisken

Localize text, images, and any other WPF property using standard RESX files

The Known Colors Palette Tool - Final Revision - Hopefully

25 Nov 2015 by gggustafson

Presents what is hoped to be the final revision to the Known Colors Palette Tool and the earlier article of the same name.