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by Dmitriy Gakh
The perspectives of creating bots that write programs with two simple examples.
by Andrew Kirillov
The article demonstrates usage of ANNT library for creating convolutional ANNs and applying them to image classification tasks.
by Shmuel Zang
This article shows how we can implement a thread-safe events (similar to .NET events) mechanism using the standard C++ library.
by Marc Clifton
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14 Dec 2018 by Dmitriy Gakh
The perspectives of creating bots that write programs with two simple examples.
28 Oct 2018 by Andrew Kirillov
The article demonstrates usage of ANNT library for creating convolutional ANNs and applying them to image classification tasks.
13 Aug 2018 by Shmuel Zang
This article shows how we can implement a thread-safe events (similar to .NET events) mechanism using the standard C++ library.
24 Feb 2017 by Marc Clifton
Hashcash is a proof-of-work system used to limit email spam and denial-of-service attacks, and more recently has become known for its use in bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies) as part of the mining algorithm.
10 May 2017 by Petrov Vladimir
Former NeHe OpenGL Lessons adapted to MSVS-15 pro MFC in INICODE and the samples of the Joystick implementation
13 Oct 2016 by Vincent Maverick Durano
This article will walk you through on building a data-driven web app from scratch within the context of ASP.NET Core 1.0 using Angular 2 and Web API 2.
1 Dec 2016 by Igor Ladnik
Software for large image smart viewing, mark out and annotation
1 Feb 2017 by Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲
How to build my own 3D graphics engine from ZERO step by step
15 Mar 2016 by Ratish Philip
The next version of the useful WPF controls is here
4 Jun 2020 by Vincent Maverick Durano
This article will talk about how to implement a custom wrapper for your ASP.NET Core and Web API applications for managing exceptions, providing meaningful and consistent responses to consumers.
25 Dec 2016 by syed shanu
In this article, let’s see how to create our first ASP.NET Core Angular 2 Starter Application (.NET Core) using Template pack using Entity Framework 1.0.1 and Web API to display data from the database to our Angular2 and ASP.NET Core web application.
1 Jun 2018 by Alvaro Carballo Garcia
17 Jul 2017 by Vadim Loboda
Combine Id-ParentId and HierarchyId approaches to keep and fetch the data in hierarchical and alphabetical order
3 Jan 2018 by Jasper Lammers
A method to easily toggle the way exceptions are being handled (either being thrown or handled by custom code), while still conserving the stack trace when exceptions are not being thrown.
23 Dec 2018 by charles922
Introduction to Orbital Mechanics - 2 Body Problem
6 May 2016 by Akhil Mittal
In this article, we’ll cover another interesting and very useful featureof Visual Studio 2015: Live Static Code Analysis.
19 Jun 2016 by syed shanu
In this article, we will see in detail about using ASP.NET Identity in MVC application.
25 Nov 2016 by kannankeril
This article is an attempt at splitting out the controller layer to reduce its complexity and improve quality and maintainability of the resulting code.
23 Oct 2019 by David Lafreniere
A framework combining state machines with asynchronous multicast delegates
19 Jul 2016 by Duncan Edwards Jones
A quick example of how to use the Microsoft Orleans library to develop a distributed, fault tolerant fund accounting system
5 Jan 2017 by Pete O'Hanlon
Learning MVVM from the nuts and bolts
5 Jan 2023 by vblover Programmer
Load Menu from Resource-Only DLL (created by VC++) and Set for Form As MainMenu by API Functions.
14 Jun 2016 by Akhil Mittal
This article will cover other debugging improvements of VisualStudio 2015 like the tool window support for LINQ and Lambda expressions, the newperftips, and the new diagnostic tool window.
6 Mar 2016 by Hiske Bekkering
A simple explanation of how to synchronize custom painting with a ProgressBar's default painting.
7 May 2017 by Michael Lockwood
How to call a web service using SSIS, store XML results and then query XML using XQuery
7 Oct 2016 by Stefano12777606
How-to setup log4net logging tool, create different objects configured to store their own logs in their own log directory and zip older logs
14 Dec 2016 by Rahul Sabharwal
Setting up Angular2 in Visual Studio 2015 update 3
23 Mar 2019 by charles922
WPF 3D Graphics Program to solve Soma Cube Puzzle
10 Sep 2015 by Kenneth Haugland
Create HLSL files, compile them and use them in a WPF appliction. A light Shazzam Shader Editor tool for Visual Studio
27 Oct 2015 by Bill Menees
AT&T’s vertical and horizontal coordinates can be used to calculate the latitude and longitude for rate centers and wire centers as well as the distances between them.
27 Dec 2015 by Sotirios Diamantis
You have a problem with your app, and limited computer resources; this code will help you find the problem, by giving you the sequence of function calls that caused it.
1 Apr 2016 by Carey Payette
The problem I am looking to solve while evaluating the LEADTOOLS SDK is to use a photo of a hard copy page of text taken with my phone, have it processed and displayed in the document viewer, then have it converted to Word format so that it can be easily edited.
6 Jan 2017 by Mark Vinod Sinnathamby
This post is a tutorial that is complimentary to the session I did, demonstrating the steps of how a simple holographic application can be built and deployed in the HoloLens emulator.
2 Dec 2017 by Alvaro Carballo Garcia
Library extending the .NET numeric support
18 Jun 2018 by charles922
Games/Fun with Programming
20 Feb 2019 by JL Doty
App to monitor a system's sensors, with added features
23 Jan 2016 by Igor_A
An architectural prototype of a business logic server as Windows Service. Sample service implementation and test utility.
11 Feb 2016 by Martin Gmuca
Quick guide to develop first app for Windows 10 IoT core
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.
17 Nov 2018 by Terence Wallace
A brief article on how to utilize NBA Stats API in a WinForm application
8 Feb 2024 by Petrov Vladimir
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30 Oct 2015 by Philippe Mori
Assuming that the problem is with serialization assemblies as otherwise it should be trivial to know why it fails....If we tell the debugger to stop on all exception, it will stop even if an exception in handled by the framework...A Google search of XML serialization...
18 Feb 2016 by Admir Tershalla
Learn how to control Windows services via ServiceController in Windows Forms Application
15 Feb 2016 by Ahmed Amer Jaf
Fast n Easy Way to parse Json data
23 Apr 2016 by Simon B.
This article shows a cool trick to display a loading animation while waiting for a download to start. If the download starts, the animation is automatically hidden.
29 Sep 2017 by Kannan Ar
Implement an online HTML to Word converter using CKEditor and MariGold.OpenXHTML
31 Jan 2018 by Pawel idzikowski
How to replace the web API request query string to provide case insensitive OData search
7 Apr 2021 by CHill60
In theory it is possible - try searching using your favourite search engine with Quote: MS Access Split string into multiple records You will need to write some VBA to do this. However, that would not be a good solution. A better solution is for...
20 Dec 2013 by Dave Kreskowiak
Your question doesn't make any sense. Why do you need that certificate to deploy a .DLL?? Where I work, we deploy stuff that's signed all the time, without doing anything special at all with a certificate. You just build the installer to put the files where you want them. That's...
2 Oct 2015 by Leo Chapiro
The old WDK is obsolete, take a look at Windows 10 WDK and Visual Studio 2015Quote:A new version of Visual Studio brings along with it a new version of the Windows Driver Kit (WDK). And so it is for Windows 10. As Visual Studio (VS) and Windows itself continue to evolve, so does the WDK. ...
1 Dec 2015 by Android on Intel
Targeting Android Apps on x86- and ARM-Based Devices with Visual Studio 2015
18 Mar 2016 by Zohaib Sibte Hassan
Getting started on using LevelDB for your UWP application
10 Apr 2016 by Dmitriy Gakh
One new method of explaining of boxing and unboxing
11 May 2016 by PJ Arends
Look at the order of the includes. Vector has to before your class header.
14 Feb 2017 by Steffen Ploetz
Currently none of the big Linux/Unix (X11) GUI application frameworks (GTK+, KDE) support XAML based application development. The Moonlight project (including XAML support) was abandoned on May 29, 2012. This article reviews a XAML based application utilizing the DrawingBrush with offset and tiles.
14 Dec 2017 by Leo Chapiro
Take a look, you need to handle the OwnerDraw Event like this: MenuItem.OwnerDraw Property (System.Windows.Forms)[^] ' Declare the MainMenu control. Friend WithEvents MainMenu1 As System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu ' Declare MenuItem2 as With-Events because it will be user drawn. Friend WithEvents...
19 Apr 2018 by charles922
AngularJS and REST API Tutorial - Part 2
14 Aug 2018 by charles922
Demonstrate Clipping Plane in WPF 3D
21 Aug 2018 by charles922
Demonstrate Clipping Plane in WPF 3D, Part 2
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.
17 May 2020 by Maciej Los
You're using DisplayMember[^] and ValueMember[^] properties wrong way. In both cases the description is: MSDN wrote: A String specifying the name of an object property that is contained in the collection specified by the DataSource property. The...
2 Mar 2024 by Pete O'Hanlon
Try e->graphics->FillRectangle(Brushes::White, e ->PageBounds.Left - Convert::ToInt32(e->PageSettings->HardMarginX), e->PageBounds.Top - Convert::ToInt32(e->PageSettings->HardMarginY), e->PageBounds.Width, e->PageBounds.Height); instead.
3 Mar 2024 by Richard MacCutchan
According to LocalReport.Render Method (String, String, CreateStreamCallback, out Warning ) (Microsoft.Reporting.WinForms) | Microsoft Learn[^], warnings should be an array of Warning Class (Microsoft.Reporting.WinForms) | Microsoft Learn[^]...
20 Jan 2014 by Andreas Gieriet
How about...
11 Nov 2014 by punitsingh
I have solved using this link.I have created two project, on e class library for UDF(Excel Add-in) and second for Com Add-in(Ribbon UI). And then using MergeModule Project.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827025[^]
2 Oct 2015 by 0xF4
Hi,I started using VS2015 Community edition some time back, and today when I downloaded WDK for Windows 8.1, I found that it did not integrate with my VS2015. My VS installation is fine. Why is this happening?Thanks.
2 Nov 2015 by maverick1991
I am trying to make an android application using Cordova template in Visual Studio 2015. Since Cordova is for HTML,js and other plugins, how can we store data from the cordova android app in any database? I found the compatibility of SQLite with cordova apps but not working. Can any one suggest...
10 Jan 2016 by Wendelius
Based on your description, few things to check:- Instead of setting a breakpoint and running the application, use Debug / Step into to go to each line that is executed in the beginning. This way you see the execution of all the code in the beginning- open the project properties and from...
12 Jan 2016 by Dave Kreskowiak
Publish is the most restrictive way to repackage an application. It takes away all of your options, including the ability to pick in which folder to install the application.If you're going to create an installer for your application I suggest using a third party tool, such as Wix Toolset,...
19 Feb 2016 by Member 11246861
Raspberry master, Pic24 slave over SPI
23 Mar 2016 by CHill60
Your query should be string chkUser = "Select * FROM [User] where Email=@UserName AND Password=@Password;";Use command parameters to provide the values for @UserName and @Password You've said you know about this so I haven't provided an example.Note the space before AND
14 Apr 2016 by ZurdoDev
Your issue is a technical support issue and not a code issue. You'll need to google the error and troubleshoot it on your side. There are several things that can cause that issue.
18 Apr 2016 by Shawn1Xu
OData Interoperability with .NET C# and Java applications
11 Jul 2016 by KarstenK
At first find these files and copy them into your project directory. You need to include these files in your project via "Add existing files to project". If you you further problems: Google for it or include the full error messages in your question!!!
25 Aug 2016 by Dave Kreskowiak
Probably because you're looking in Task Manager for memory usage of a .NET app. Don't. It's lying to you.Task Manager shows how much memory is RESERVED for your app, not how much it's actually using.For better memory statistics, use PerfMon and the .NET Memory counters or a dedicated...
29 Oct 2016 by HadyAllam
Describe Website deployment on Azure App Service and manage your Website.
1 Dec 2016 by #realJSOP
Put a try/catch block in your code, and that will give you the opportunity to determine where your problem is:OldDbConnection conn = null;OleDbCommand cmd = null;OleDbDataReader reader = null;string query = "SELECT * FROM userdic";try{ using (conn = new...
24 Jan 2017 by Jochen Arndt
There is no option for the VS compiler.But if you can install GCC/G++ (or have it already) you can use that with the -dM -E options. See also C/C++ tip: How to list compiler predefined macros | Nadeau Software[^] for other compilers.[EDIT]To process all input files from a project...
24 Jan 2017 by Albert Holguin
You can do simple pragma messages/warnings... probably simpler than spilling all the contents of every pre-processor definition in a large project.#ifdef SOMEVAR #pragma message("SOMEVAR is defined here")#else #pragma message("SOMEVAR is NOT defined here")#endifPragma message[^]
9 Mar 2017 by Vladan.Obradovic
Display additional properties for each VM inside SCVMM 2012 R2 console (VLAn, IP addres, VM Path, Mounted ISO, Number of Checkpoint)
10 Jun 2017 by Richard MacCutchan
Don't know what you Googled for but I found this quite easily: MSXML 6.0 GUIDs and ProgIDs[^].
30 Aug 2017 by Dave Kreskowiak
It's not there because it doesn't exist. There is no such thing as "Publish All" in Visual Studio. You have to publish your projects one-by-one. You could also make your own version of a "Publish All". You can get some ideas from these[^].
14 Dec 2017 by phil.o
The MainMenu class is just a container which holds MenuItem objects, those which are meant to display text and, eventually, mnemonics. So, the MainMenu in itself is not meant to display any text. You can find more on these there: MainMenu Class[^] MenuItem Class[^] MenuItem.Mnemonic Property[^]
11 Jan 2018 by OriginalGriff
Basically, don't. VB6 is well and truly out of date - it died over 15 years ago - and was replaced by version 1.0 of the .NET framework. It shouldn't be used for new projects, and migrating it to a more recent version of VS won't change the code to work with the newer framework. Find a copy of...
11 Jan 2018 by CPallini
Either Leave it as it stands (requires no effort!). Rewrite it from scratch in VB.NET or, better, in C#. .NET languages and VB6 are worlds apart. By the way, just Googling you may find tons of info on this very topic.
27 Apr 2018 by charles922
AngularJS and REST API Tutorial: Part 3
31 May 2018 by charles922
Math Function Tutor: Part 3
1 Jun 2018 by OriginalGriff
This is one of the most common problems we get asked, and it's also the one we are least equipped to answer, but you are most equipped to answer yourself. Let me just explain what the error means: You have tried to use a variable, property, or a method return value but it contains null - which...
23 Jul 2018 by Wendelius
You have already used parameters in the SET clause. To correctly define the WHERE clause you should also use parameters in it. At the moment you have two WHERE clauses. Instead of that you shoudl have only one. In other words: LvMasterCmd.CommandText = "UPDATE LeaveMaster SET From_Date=...
23 Jul 2018 by MadMyche
The basic error in your SQL is that the additional conditions are just "and" and not "And where" The scratch-my-head problem is why the first half of your query uses parameters and the second does not. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED! Part 1 will be to fix your WHERE clauses: LvMasterCmd.CommandText =...
5 Feb 2019 by charles922
Demonstrate Clipping Plane in WPF 3D - Part 3
7 Dec 2018 by Richard Deeming
int checked = ... "checked" is a keyword in C#. You either need to change the name of your variable, or prefix it with @: int @checked = ... C# Keywords | Microsoft Docs[^] You're also missing the property type from your second RegisterAttached[^] call: public static readonly...
4 Mar 2019 by OriginalGriff
Probably, it's down to your connection string: you are likely - for development - to be using a local installation of SQL and connecting to it via "localhost" and using integrated security. That's not correct for production: they need a centralized SQL Server instance, and "proper" username /...
21 Mar 2019 by Richard MacCutchan
If you are referring to an article written by someone called Kristensen, then please use the forum below the article. There are millions of members here, so the chance of Kristensen happening to see this message is not high.
17 Sep 2019 by Richard Deeming
You'll need to remove the item from outside of the foreach loop. For example: string nameToFind = MyTable.Rows[M1]["report_menu_name"].ToString(); List itemsToRemove = new List(); foreach (ToolStripMenuItem dropDownItem in...
28 Dec 2019 by OriginalGriff
We can't tell - we can't run your code under exactly the same circumstances you can, and you need that to work out what is going wrong. So, it's going to be up to you. Fortunately, you have a tool available to you which will help you find out what is going on: the debugger. If you don't know...
25 May 2020 by Garth J Lancaster
Quote: it saved at temp and that's not i want .. but computers are dumb - that's what you told it to do here File.WriteAllBytes(@"c:\temp\canva.xlsx", myfile); you probably need something like SaveFileDialog savefile = new SaveFileDialog(); ...
25 May 2020 by Dave Kreskowiak
Seriously? Look at your code and the filepath you are writing the bytes to. All you have to do is supply a different filepath. That's it! But, you would have known this had YOU written the code instead of copy'n'paste coding.
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): ...