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by Jeffrey Walton

Import and export Cryptographic Keys in PKCS#8 and X.509 formats, using Crypto++, C#, and Java.

XQueue - a non-MFC C++ class to manage an interprocess queue

by Hans Dietrich

XQueue implements a shared-memory first-in first-out (FIFO) queue, based on memory-mapped files, that works on all versions of Windows.

Guide to WIN32 Regions

by Paul M Watt

Guide to understanding how to create and use regions with the WIN32 SDK

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part VI

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on writing a shell extension that can be used on the Send To menu.

Latest Articles

Yet Another Fully Functional ownerdraw Menu

by Steffen Ploetz

Another fully functional ownerdraw menu with minimal effort - this time based on Win32, with icons instead of bitmaps, with accelerators and tested for ReactOS and WinNT 4.0 to Windows 10

Circuit Engine

by Emre Guldogan

A System for Simulation and Analysis of Logic Circuits

Splitter Control for Dialog

by libbyliugang

A splitter control for dialog can auto change the linked window's position

Width of Text in Italic Font

by Alexandru Matei

Shows an alternative to GetCharABCWidths and GetCharABCWidthsFloat

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Windows 2000

"Do not ask again" Message Boxes

4 Feb 2003 by Nicolas Bonamy

Two simple ways to add "Do not ask again" Message Boxes to your application.

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VC6

WinXP

Windows

"Select Computer" Dialog

16 Apr 2001 by Igor Sukhov

The ATL and MFC versions of the class that implements a dialog for selecting users(computers) within the Windows Network.

"Skinned" UI control library (VC++)

27 Mar 2007 by vishalkmehta

This article demonstrates how to leverage the power of images and inheritance to achieve a "skinned" look for your Windows applications.

"There is insufficient memory or disk space. Save the document now" - Opening MS Word from ASP.NET

5 Oct 2005 by Sadish Kumar.V

This article will help you to open an MS-Word Document (Document or Document template) or MS-Excel sheet from server side code (ASP.NET) with minimum configuration efforts.

#zlib - Modifying Archives

14 May 2007 by TyronM

A way to modify Zip archives without extracting them completely.

'Copy To' & 'Move To' in Shell Context Menu.

7 Jan 2001 by Mumtaz Zaheer

This article is all about how to create a context menu shell extension. 'Copy To' & 'Move To' will be added to the files/folder context menu.

(ASP.NET)Sending mail using SMTP in HTML format using IP settings in web.config file

20 Feb 2006 by creativesri

This article briefs you about sending mail using SMTP in HTML Format, which takes the default SMTP settings from web.config file

.NET - Diving into System Programming - Part 1

8 Mar 2004 by Vladimir Afanasyev

Device configuration using C# (Part 1)

.NET - Diving into System Programming - Part 2

9 Mar 2004 by Vladimir Afanasyev

Device configuration using C# (Part 2) . How to enumerate devices.

.NET - Diving into System Programming - Part 3

10 Mar 2004 by Vladimir Afanasyev

Device configuration using C# (Part 3). Device resources - IRQ, DMA, etc.

.NET - Localization using Resource file

15 Nov 2003 by Prakash Kumar Singh

This article explains and demonstrates various ways to implement localization in your .NET application.

.NET addins for Visual Studio 6.0

20 Dec 2005 by Johann Anhofer

Extend the VS6 IDE with .NET addins.

.NET Asynchronous Design Pattern for Native C++

2 Nov 2010 by Daniel Ranger

Native C++ implementation of the .NET Asynchronous Design Pattern using Windows I/O Completion Ports

.NET Audio buttons with professional look

10 Aug 2003 by dallyanzi

.NET buttons that used for audio functions - write your own control

.NET Based Add-in/Plug-in Framework with Dynamic Toolbars and Menus

2 May 2006 by thomas_tom99

An article on a .NET based add-in/plug-in framework, with dynamic toolbars and menus.

.NET Chaînes Utilitaires (String Utils)

15 Mar 2004 by Romelard Fabrice (Alias F___)

Classes Library for String manipulations in Your .NET projects

.NET class to create and maintain vCalendar information

6 Feb 2003 by slolife

.NET class to create and maintain vCalendar information

.NET COM+ Transactions

12 Aug 2005 by hadhmy

Implementation of .NET COM+ Transactions

.NET Command Line Tools

1 Mar 2007 by TheKarateKid

Various Command Line Tools Available under .NET Development Environment

.NET Connector for Microsoft Outlook

19 Feb 2004 by Mathias Taylor

Export Microsoft Outlook data using XML DataSets and the Outlook COM Object Library.

.NET Directory Copy Program

23 Jun 2005 by Aryasheel

The article fills in the gap for the .NET framework to copy directory contents.

.NET Distributed Transactions on Enterprise Services: a demo

6 May 2004 by Alberto Venditti

This demo shows you how to develop .NET components capable of participating in distributed transactions coordinated by .NET Enterprise Services

.NET DUMeter clone

10 Feb 2003 by leppie

A DUMeter clone, but with some better/different reporting features.

.NET Event Handling using the Template Method Design Pattern

20 Mar 2002 by Kevin McFarlane

How to enhance .NET event handling with the Template Method design pattern

.NET Image Uploading

12 Mar 2002 by Chris Khoo

Uploading images in .NET and thumbnailing, resizing, etc.

.NET Interprocess Communication

14 Dec 2009 by TheCodeKing

An easy-to-use, zero configuration solution to .NET communication across application boundaries. A simple library to use as an alternative to .NET Remoting based on low-level Windows Messaging.

.NET LCD MatrixControl and GDI+

19 Jun 2004 by Mikhail Cholokhov

Implementation of a LCD User Control in .NET using C#.

.NET LwVCL (visual components library)

21 Mar 2004 by User 832107

The same GUI for both: .NET and Java

.NET Mail Composer

6 Aug 2008 by SHRIDHAR TL

Compose mail messages and send them through your mail account provider.

.NET MySQL Connexion V 1.2

17 Jul 2003 by Romelard Fabrice (Alias F___)

Class Library for MySQL request

.NET Namespace Toolbar

17 Sep 2004 by Nick Parker

A free IE toolbar that pulls up namespace and class documentation on the new MSDN site.

.Net Script Editor (C#,Vb.net Mini IDE)

13 Jul 2008 by Rajneesh Noonia

The source code / article published here is to provide features of MS Script control (Functions like AddObject) and some features of VSA/Visual Studio editor like intellisence, code completion etc

.NET scripting, a new approach

15 Nov 2004 by Hugo Wetterberg

A new(?) approach to scripting in .NET applications.

.NET style delegates for VC++ 6

19 Aug 2003 by Ryan Binns

An implementation of synchronous .NET style delegates in non - .NET VC++ 6.

.NET Symmetric File Encryption Object

13 Aug 2002 by Bill Ferreira

File encryption object using Managed Extensions for C++

.NET System Brushes Painter

9 Mar 2004 by Werdna

Shows how to use different brushes and write owner drawn listbox

.NET system wide hotkey component

18 Apr 2006 by Duncan Edwards Jones

A component to respond to a hotkey combination, system-wide.

.NET TWAIN image scanner

12 May 2002 by NETMaster

Using TWAIN API to scan images

.NET Web Twain

29 May 2005 by Taha Elsayed

Web twain.

.NET WebScheduler for scheduled downloading of web sites and files through HTTP and FTP

28 Oct 2005 by David van Leerdam

An article describing a ScheduledTask class for writing a WebScheduler application, for example a Windows Service.

.Net Win Forms Themes

8 Jul 2004 by Chandra Hundigam Venkat

Creating Custom theme/skins in .net require merely a few lines of code

.NET Wrapper DLL for the WNet API

18 Aug 2003 by Calishar

A simple wrapper DLL containing most of the functions in the WNet API.

.NET wrapper for libbz2

14 Jul 2003 by leppie

.NET wrapper for libbz2, written in MC++

.NET XML and SOAP Serialization Samples, Tips

22 Jul 2005 by gokselm

Provides samples for XML and SOAP serialization using C#

.NET XML Serialization - A Settings Class

20 May 2002 by James T. Johnson

A settings class that can be used to store values in an XML document

.Notifier

1 Sep 2008 by syntaxed

Notifier: an Outlook-like notification window

10 Minutes to document your code

19 Jan 2003 by peterchen

Setting up doxygen, a free tool to document your code, in a few simple steps.

10 Steps to Creating a Windows Mobile Database Application Using .NET and SQL Anywhere 10

24 May 2007 by Liam Cavanagh

The purpose of this article is to help get a user started in building a mobile database application using SQL Anywhere and Visual Studio .NET (C#)

24 Bit Color Icon in System Tray

15 Mar 2004 by Muhammad Asif Khan

An article on displaying icons with more than 256 colors in system tray

2D Animated Charts

24 Jan 2005 by darkoman

An article on creating 2D animated charts using Windows GDI.

2D Graph ActiveX Control

5 Aug 2003 by Nikolai Teofilov

An ActiveX control for 2D data visualisation

2D Matrix Container with [][] indexing

5 Jun 2002 by Alex Chirokov

This article presents a 2D Matrix container with [][] indexing. Indexing works as if you had overloaded the mythical operator [][].

2D Wrapper for ATL's CComSafeArray

8 May 2003 by mdgray

SafeArray Wrapper to simplify and speed up 2D CComSafeArray

2Find Toolbar for IE - Yet Another Sample

15 Jun 2003 by Mike Melnikov

Google-like Toolbar with customization from xml file and update from web features

3D Graph ActiveX Control

2 Aug 2003 by Nikolai Teofilov

An ATL/STL ActiveX control based on OpenGL library for 3D data visualization

3D in XAML

20 Oct 2004 by Livid

A guide to using 3D tags in Mobiform and Longhorn XAML.

3D Pie Chart in ASP.NET

27 Apr 2003 by MJDamron

Discusses the implementation of a 3D pie chart in ASP.NET

3D Real-Time Stock Exchange Quote Stream Ticker version 1.0

14 Mar 2004 by Angel Tsvetkov

3D Real-Time Stock Exchange Quote Stream Ticker version 1.0

3D Studio Max like Slidable DialogBar

17 Feb 2002 by John Aspras

Ever seen 3D Studio 2.5 Slidable DialogBar? Want to know how they did it?

3D Terrain Visualisation in Managed DirectX 9 and C#

18 Sep 2005 by Igor Stjepanovic

In this project I demonstrate how to write a simple 3D rendering application in a relatively small amount of code.

45 Day Series: Codeproject VC++ Forum Q&A - VII

26 Jun 2012 by ThatsAlok

Collection of Q&A from VC++ forum

8Queen Problem

26 Aug 2008 by ima_c++_programmer

Tries to solve the queen problem using backtracking

[A Simple] AI Chatbot Wizard: Create, Train and Chat

8 Jan 2004 by dzzxyz

This application demonstrates how to Create, Train and Test an AI Chatbot.

artificial-intelligence

Visual-Studio

Dev

[Debugging] - Symbols

21 Jun 2007 by Jonathan [Darka]

Setting up a Microsoft Symbol Server

[Security] - User Impersonation

16 Feb 2008 by Jonathan [Darka]

A simple C++ wrapper class for User Impersonation

A C++ Cross-Platform Thread Class

15 Nov 2003 by Phillip Sitbon

Write portable object-oriented threads that work on Win32 and Posix-Compliant systems without modification.

A Simple Vector Editor

5 Jun 2002 by Joseph M. Newcomer

A simeple editor to make my polygon class a bit more usable.

A "Don't show this again" checkbox for the .NET MessageBox

14 May 2004 by Mike Scanlon

A C# class which uses Dino Esposito's LocalCbtHook component to add a "Don't show this again" checkbox to any .NET MessageBox.

A "generic-enough" set of expression templates

24 Jan 2005 by Christos Malliopoulos

A template-library for calculating arithmetic and logical expressions.

A (very) simple XSLT test utility

7 Sep 2006 by Riaan Hanekom

A (very) simple XSLT test utility.

A (working) implementation of API hooking (Part I)

24 Mar 2005 by xryl669

This article provides a very simple but efficient base code for hooking API functions in any application.

A .NET assembly viewer

28 Nov 2002 by Ben Peterson

An application to examine .NET assemblies both directly and with reflection

A .Net Auto-Updating Project Template

4 Mar 2004 by TravisMerkel

A basic template to show how to create auto-updating apps using the .Net framework.

A .NET implementation for the Knuth-Moris-Pratt (KMP) algorithm

4 Apr 2009 by Nairooz Nilafdeen

A .NET implementation for the Knuth-Moris-Pratt (KMP) algorithm.

A .NET Wizard control

24 Apr 2003 by Oleksandr Kucherenko

A .NET Wizard control for the VS.IDE and client apps

A 2D Graph Component With Zoom Capability

21 Dec 2004 by Hossein Khosravi

A 2D graph component with zoom capability.

A Bare Bones Introduction to Remoting - The Simplest Working Sample

18 Jan 2006 by Chris Levin

A working remoting sample. Ready to use in your projects.

A Basic iButton Interface

7 Mar 2003 by Marc Clifton

An Example Of How To Interface To Dallas Semiconductor's iButton And 1-Wire Network

A Basic Media Player

10 Jan 2013 by Mehdi Bonvari

Using MCIWnd wrapper class to write a simple media player

A basic Particles System

19 Apr 2005 by Itay Sagui

Introduction to the basic idea of the particle systems, and how to create basic effects such as explosions and water fountains.

A Basic Undo/Redo Framework For C++

27 Jun 2002 by Yingle Jia

An article on implementing undo/redo functionality in C++.

A Beginner tutorial for writing simple COM/ATL DLL

6 Nov 2004 by ThatsAlok

An article touching simple issues like events, methods and properties.

A Beginner's Guide to CDOSYS

5 Sep 2003 by rbeckett

Use CDOSYS instead of CDONTS on Windows 2000/XP

A beginner's guide to Object Orientation

6 Apr 2004 by Guido Loupias

Explains Object Orientation in C++. And a little something about templates.

A Beginner's Guide to the Linked List

31 Jul 2000 by Andrew Peace

An article showing the basics of the linked list, and how the CList class operates

A Beginner's Tutorial for Connection Points Using VC++ and ATL

10 Apr 2002 by Ranjan Banerji

A tutorial on how to create connection points using VC++ and ATL

A Beginners Guide to Dialog Based Applications - Part One

11 Aug 2000 by Dr. Asad Altimeemy

A step by step tutorial showing how to create your first windows program using MFC

A Beginners Guide to Templates - Part 1

24 Jul 2002 by Stefan Spenz

An article about basic function and class templates

A Beginners guide to Templates - Part 2

28 Jul 2002 by Stefan Spenz

Using advanced template functionality

A beginning DirectX application using MFC.

29 Mar 2004 by BlackDice

Lets user create and manipulate 3D DirectX models.

A Better CenterWindow() Function

3 Oct 2000 by Brian C Hart

This is a good replacement for CWnd::CenterWindow() that works.

A Better(?) (Hyper)Link Control

21 Jan 2003 by James R. Twine

An article that describes yet another hyperlink control

A border for the Frame window

17 Jul 2002 by Dave Matrix

How to draw/redraw a rectangle along the window rect, when the window is activated or deactivated.

A brief discussion on how to use three of the network management functions

2 May 2004 by David Crow

A brief discussion on how to use NetShareEnum, NetConnectionEnum, and NetFileEnum

A BSTR Wrapper for Operations with Binary Data

10 Dec 2002 by George Anescu

Presenting a C++ class for correct operations on BSTR strings with binary data contents

A Button with Rollover Behavior using C++

7 Jan 2003 by datenkabel

This class provides a button with rollover behavior

A C# auto complete combo box

14 Apr 2003 by Matt Berther

A C# implementation of an auto complete combo box, based on Chris Maunder's MFC code

A C# MDI Starter Sample

17 Jan 2008 by LowlyServ-Ant

A simple MDI (Multiple Document Interface) example.

A C# Ping Control

9 Feb 2007 by daniel.byrne

This source code/control is provided to make it easy for programmers in C# to ping remote hosts and get the response time in milliseconds.

A C# Server Drop-down Control

29 May 2002 by Marty Cerisano

A C# usercontrol that enumerates servers and displays the list in a drop-down list