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C# USB HID Interface

by Szymon Roslowski

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

Cryptographic Interoperability: Keys

by Jeffrey Walton

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

Custom Controls in Win32 API: Scrolling

by Martin Mitáš

How to support scrolling within your controls.

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.

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Machine Learning for C++ developers - the hard way: DirectML

by Michael Chourdakis

An introduction to machine learning with working C++ code that trains a linear regression model.

by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

Task Manager shows you the programs, processes, and services that are currently running on your computer. You can use Task Manager to monitor your computer’s performance or to close a program that is not responding.

IntelliFile - An Alternative Windows Version to the Famous Total Commander

by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

This article is about the IntelliFile application which is a free alternative Windows version to Total Commander and uses many components that have been published on CodeProject.

ScreenCapture: Single Header DirectX Library with HDR ability

by Michael Chourdakis

DirectX hardware screen capture and encoding with audio mixing capabilities. H264/H265/VP80/VP90/FLAC/MP3. HDR supported.

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C# USB HID Interface

2 Sep 2013 by Szymon Roslowski

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

Cryptographic Interoperability: Keys

5 Jun 2008 by Jeffrey Walton

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

Custom Controls in Win32 API: Scrolling

26 Feb 2018 by Martin Mitáš

How to support scrolling within your controls.

custom-controls

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

4 Apr 2008 by Hans Dietrich

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

Simple Method of DLL Export without C++/CLI

27 Jun 2009 by Dark Daskin

Article describes how to build an assembly that exposes functions to unmanaged code without C++/CLI

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Routing Manager for WCF4

29 Apr 2010 by Roman Kiss

This article describes a design, implementation and usage of the Custom Routing Manager for managing messages via Routing Service built-in .Net 4 Technology.

How To: Use Office 2007 OCR Using C#

24 Aug 2009 by Waleed Elkot

Reading text from any image using Microsoft Office 2007 OCR

tlock<>: Any C++ Object read/write Thread-safe Provider

13 Jul 2019 by Michael Chourdakis

An easy locking class for shared/exclusive mutex functions with upgrade/downgrade

.NET Shell Extensions - Shell Icon Overlay Handlers

14 Sep 2013 by Dave Kerr

Create Shell Icon Overlay Handlers using .NET!

Windows-Service for Multithreading with Remote Control GUI

25 Feb 2016 by J.Starkl

A windows-service which can handle different operations in separate threads and which can be controlled by a small GUI program

WebView2 Edge Browser in MFC C++ Application

15 Jun 2022 by Ayush Swiss

C++, WebView2, Edge Browser, Edge in MFC application

Protecting .NET 4.+ Application By C++ [Unmanaged]

25 Mar 2018 by The Ænema

Inject your 4.5 framework .NET application into a C++ unmanaged host application - fast, secure & without any extra tool or library.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 0 – Table of Contents

31 Jan 2010 by Arik Poznanski

Complete Library for using the Windows 7 Ribbon from C#, including 18 samples and 21 blog posts documenting the Ribbon features

An efficient way for automatic updating

11 Sep 2017 by Michael Haephrati

A simple way to provide silent automatic updates with no server side code

Windows Authentication Using Form Authentication

1 Jul 2009 by Muhammad Akhtar Shiekh

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

Fabrika LAB: WebCam Video

22 May 2013 by Dejan Mauer

Free and easy way to access a web camera by using the Aforge library.

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Using Win32 Transactions

21 Jul 2022 by Bruno van Dooren

This article demonstrates how to use Win32 transactions with file and registry operations.

CropBox

21 Aug 2019 by Johnny J.

Easily add image cropping to your desktop application

Custom URL Protocol for Invoking Application

6 Mar 2012 by Chandrakantt

Registering a custom URL protocol for invoking an application

.NET Shell Extensions - Shell Property Sheets

7 Apr 2013 by Dave Kerr

Use .NET to rapidly build Shell Property Sheets

Thank You for Your Service: Creating a Persistent Isolated Windows Service

14 Feb 2024 by Michael Haephrati

Windows Services are powerful little beasts and encountering them is unavoidable when developing under Windows

ScreenCapture: Single Header DirectX Library with HDR ability

20 Mar 2024 by Michael Chourdakis

DirectX hardware screen capture and encoding with audio mixing capabilities. H264/H265/VP80/VP90/FLAC/MP3. HDR supported.

Web Application - Advanced Hosting of WebBrowser Control with ATL

14 Oct 2009 by Alex Blekhman

Example of handling real-life challenges when hosting WebBrowser control: separate creation of hosting window and the control, keyboard shortcuts, control's dimensions, etc.

Real Time Collaboration: A Quick C++ Windows Library with RDC Support

13 Feb 2019 by Michael Chourdakis

Create collaborating projects easily

BASIC, Why? The Answer Might Surprise You ! (Part 1)

23 Aug 2018 by Chris Boss

Why some prefer the BASIC language over others

30 Sep 2009 by Fiwel

Different ways to apply image filters.

Midi: A Windows MIDI Library in C#

6 Jul 2020 by honey the codewitch

Provides a complete managed API for working with MIDI files, sequences and devices

ChatGPT-API for Windows: Use ChatGPT in your Windows Applications

2 Mar 2023 by Michael Chourdakis

Quicky generate text and images

MIDI Out Setter

10 May 2009 by DaveyM69

Allows changing of the default MIDI out device in Vista and Windows 7

Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Adding Custom Tasks to Jump Lists

29 Jun 2009 by Michael Dunn

Create custom tasks in your app's jump list on Windows 7

.NET Shell Extensions - Shell Drop Handlers

19 Jan 2013 by Dave Kerr

Rapidly create Shell Drop Handler Extensions using .NET

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 13 – DropDownColorPicker

15 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon drop down color picker control.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 20 – QuickAccessToolbar

23 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to work with the ribbon quick access toolbar.

WPF-Less GDI+.NET Report Component: Star Report

25 Jan 2013 by FatCatProgrammer

StarReport: WPF-less GDI+.NET report component.

Take a REST : A Windows C++ Library for Quick Web Interfaces Interaction

30 May 2019 by Michael Chourdakis

A few functions and you can call various Web libraries like Google Drive

Adding an InputBox() to Any C++ Program

12 Jun 2019 by Michael Haephrati

A simple and easy to use InputBox() function for any type of C++ program for Windows

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 8 – ComboBox

9 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon combo box control.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 18 – ContextPopup

22 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to work with ribbon context popup.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 5 - Application Menu with SplitButton and DropButton

6 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon application menu with ribbon split button and ribbon drop button controls.

April Fools! Evil Windows Dialog Prank

31 Mar 2011 by Gregory Gadow

Prank your coworkers with a dialog box that appears and disappears randomly by using a notification area app.

Multi language on-screen keyboard using Windows keyboard DLLs

18 Dec 2012 by Lars [Large] Werner

Windows has built inn support for a lot of keyboard languages, this class makes it possible to extract that info in an easy manner and present it to screen.

PolyHook 2: C++17 x86/x64 Hooking Library

24 Jul 2018 by stevemk14ebr

PolyHook v2 - the C++17 x86/x64 library supporting multiple methods of hooking

Windows Experience Score For Windows 10

5 Nov 2019 by Howard 9448490

A replacement Windows Experience Score tool for Windows 10

A Modern Direct2D Color Picker for Plain Win32

2 Jun 2020 by Michael Chourdakis

C++, Direct2D, one function and you got a nice picker

Generic Picker Dropdown Control

12 Dec 2008 by Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer

A flexible easily overridable combo-box-alike control for choosing from a 2D array of options

UI Control Data Spy

1 Oct 2009 by Nishad S

A tool for capturing data from controls like TreeCtrl, ListCtrl, ComboBox, ListBox, etc.

Selection Rectangle: An Implementation in "Explorer style" :)

28 Jan 2010 by Eugen Podsypalnikov

A semi-transparent selection rectangle

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 15 – Use Ribbon as External DLL

19 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to load ribbon resources from external DLLs.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 16 – ApplicationModes

20 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to work with ribbon application modes.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 6 – Tabs, Groups and HelpButton

7 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use ribbon tabs, groups and the ribbon help button control.

Windows Memory leak detection (update to existing article)

1 Mar 2011 by Tim Stevens

An updated version of the code in David A Jones' article "Memory Leak Detection"

Column based selection in rich edit control.

22 May 2012 by Mahfuzur Rahman.

Column based selection in rich edit control.

Custom Context Menu

28 Mar 2014 by Alex Culea

Shows how to create a window that behaves like a context menu

Extending Classic (6.0) Visual Basic – Part 1

4 Sep 2019 by Chris Boss

Visual Basic 6.0 just doesn’t want to disappear. Why ? Likely many have written vital applications using VB 6.0 and Visual Basic dot.net is so different that it is not a viable option.

SelfServe: A Self-hosting Self-installing Windows Service

14 Jan 2020 by honey the codewitch

Add the ability to run a service in console mode and to control or install your service from the command line

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 12 – CheckBox and ToggleButton

14 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon check box and toggle button controls.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 17 – Contextual Tabs

21 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to work with ribbon contextual tabs.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 19 – RecentItems

23 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to work with the ribbon recent items control.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 4 - Application Menu with Buttons

4 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon application menu.

Section Handles Enumeration. Extending File Unlocking

19 May 2015 by Yohamnes Hernandez

How to free blocked files, inclusive if they are mapped in memory. Something that many tools are missing.

Get a Collection of All Running Excel Instances

26 Nov 2016 by JamesFaix

Get a collection of all running Excel interop Application objects (not just the active one)

Yet Another Fully Functional ownerdraw Menu

23 Jan 2020 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

Using the Win32 Cryptographic API to Hash Data

26 Aug 2022 by Bruno van Dooren

This article describes a way to hash data using the latest Win32 API and C++

Using Asynchronous Procedure Calls (APC) in Windows based C++ applications to perform GUI Update

8 Dec 2023 by Bruno van Dooren

How to use APCs to perform user interface updates

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Full-Featured Task Manager for Windows Mobile

17 Feb 2008 by Brian P. Adams

A full-featured Task Manager for Windows Mobile.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 14 – FontControl

16 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon font control.

A Flexible Direct2D Pianoroll for Your Music Apps

9 May 2019 by Michael Chourdakis

Create music easily

Sending WhatsApp Messages from a Win32 C++ Program - Part 1

3 Nov 2018 by Michael Haephrati

A simple way for sending WhatsApp messages to an individual or to a group in C++

Understanding Windows Asynchronous Procedure Calls (APCs)

2 Apr 2023 by Bruno van Dooren

In this article, I will explain Asynchronous Procedure Calls (APCs), their uses and their pitfalls

parallelization

Font Enumerator

1 Sep 2009 by PARK Youngho

A tool that enumerates all fonts installed on Windows, and shows you the preview so as to help you code conveniently.

Running Any Command Line exe Remotely Using the Process Class

23 Dec 2011 by Dan Randolph

Builds on the existing RunRemote project to run commands on a remote server.

Display HTML in WPF and CefSharp Tutorial Part 2

9 Apr 2015 by Dirk Bahle, Alex Maitland

How to implement a ResourceHandler in CefSharp to display custom HTML in WPF

Happy Registry: A Quick Wrapper for the Win32 Database

23 Oct 2015 by Michael Chourdakis

A simple template for manipulating the registry

DMath is DirectXMath for All

5 Mar 2017 by Jose A Pascoa

Part 1 - Using DMath from C#

Detecting Active Language

21 Sep 2017 by Michael Haephrati

How to detect the currently used language regardless of the active application

BASIC is not dead! Neither is the WIN32! Time to end the myth. (Part 3)

28 Feb 2024 by Chris Boss

BASIC: A powerful language often underestimated and undervalued

Retrieving and Storing Call History

19 Dec 2007 by Bryan Sachdeva

This article describes how to create a wrapper class for the native Phone API, and then uses it to retrieve and store the call history.

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How to do CreateFileMapping in a C++ DLL and access it in C#, VB and C++

10 Mar 2009 by nkrscorpio

This is yet another example for memory mapped files. What is cool though is unlike other samples, I have a SetData(TCHAR* Key, TCHAR* value) / GetData(TCHAR* key) pattern here.

Elevating your application for dummies: A step-by-step guide to elevate and write in the Registry

8 Apr 2009 by joseangelmt

We are going to enable your application to write entries in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, elevating your application when necessary.

Direct2D: Hardware Acceleration in Windows 7 Plotting

10 May 2009 by Michael Chourdakis

Draw your vectors using a new, ActiveX based hardware accelerated interface.

CrashRptEx - An Extension to the CrashRpt Crash Reporting System

23 May 2018 by Andreas Schoenle

How to use CrashRptEx, to avoid some of the pitfalls of crash reporting in MFC apps or if you want the ability to continue your application after a crash

Dynamically Bound Dictionary to Windows Grid

2 Oct 2012 by Clifford Nelson

This article presents a way to display totally dynamic data in a windows grid using a dictionary.

Intertexti - Resurrecting HyperCard

2 Feb 2013 by Marc Clifton

A prototype application for cross-referencing and indexing files, URL's.

Line Fitting in Images Using Orthogonal Linear Regression

12 Apr 2013 by Jonathan Nethercott

Describes an algorithm for calculating the equation of a line in an image using orthogonal linear regression.

Visual Studio Visualizer: Part 1

10 Jun 2013 by Frederico Regateiro

This project shows a work around to make a non-serializable object available to a custom visualizer.

Bitmap loses quality when stretched/shrinked on buttons background

18 Sep 2013 by AlwaysLearningNewStuff

INTRODUCTION AND RELEVANT INFORMATION:I have an owner drawn static control.It should have bitmap on top of a gradient background.Static controls dimensions are not fixed, they are calculated during the creation of parent window.I load a bitmap with background color of RGB( 255,...

Win32 Thread Wrapper with Synchronized Start

23 Oct 2019 by David Lafreniere

A Win32 CreateThread() C++ wrapper class for synchronized thread startup and forced message queue creation.

The Kernel-Bridge Framework

1 Nov 2018 by Alexander Eremeev

The Windows kernel-hacking library and development framework written on C++17

Consume a C++/WinRT Runtime Component in a Win32 Application - Part 1

12 Jan 2022 by Giuseppe Pischedda

Introduction to C++/WinRT

Hacking FontDialog

23 Aug 2008 by legcsabi

How to hide UI elements of a FontDialog (e.g., Font Size).

Testing reader/writer locks

20 Jan 2009 by Valery Grebnev

This article describes testing the results of reader/writer locks on Windows XP/Vista Uniprocessor and Multi-core PCs.

Visual Modeling of Complex Reactive Systems with Harel UML StateCharts

8 Sep 2009 by jerryd_intw

This article presents a commercial-grade cross-platform Harel UML StateChart Open-Source application framework named StateWizard for concurrent, distributed, and real-time reactive system development with simplicity, efficiency, and scalability.

Why it's not crashing?

10 Sep 2010 by Andrey Permamedov

Why an exception raised in timer callback function doesn't leads to process termination.

Use mplayer as our Audio Decoder – Part 2

12 Dec 2011 by jackyxinli

This article demonstrates how to use mplayer as an audio decoder and display real time spectrum during playback process

Selection Overlay DLL

18 Jun 2012 by Mark Kruger

API which shows a Selection Overlay and notifies the caller when it's resizing and notifies the final rectangle.

Steganography programming with Visual Studio 2012 (Nostega paradigm)‏

20 Sep 2012 by Palavos

A paradigm of Noiseless Steganography for secretely transmitting messages via Excel graphs.

How to Read a PE Image's Manifest Resource using an Undocumented Internal .NET Class Method

21 Jan 2013 by Kerem Guemruekcue

This short article shows how to use an undocumented internal class method from the System.Deployment.Application.Win32InterOp namespace to get a PE images manifest resource.

State Machine - State Pattern vs. Classic Approach

5 Aug 2014 by Chris875

State pattern and procedural solution illustrated

Creating A Window In Go Language

1 Dec 2015 by Farhad Reza

This tip describes how we can create a simple window in Go programming language using Win32 API functions.

Allocating Memory on Linux and Windows

10 Aug 2018 by RCL_SPD

How to allocate memory on Linux and Windows