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

UpdaterApp - a Library for Easy Update

by William Costa Rodrigues

This article explains an easy method to download and update your WinForms application

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Win8

Make Buzzer (Internal Speaker) Sound in Windows 7/8/10 32bit / 64bit

14 Jan 2022 by Andreoli Carlo

In our company, we find ourselves in need of using the internal PC (buzzer) on Windows7 64bit. At the end, we figured out how to do it.

.NET

Win7

Win8

Windows

Visual-Studio

Dev

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

A Very Basic Singely Linked List for VBA

16 Mar 2019 by WhiskeyBeforeWater

A nodular Singely Linked List for VBA with some basic functions

Tiled Background for Windows Store Applications

25 Mar 2018 by Matej Pavlů

Creating a replacement for missing TileBrush known from WPF.

Fixing Inconsistent Stroke Width of Chinese Characters

29 Jan 2018 by Shao Voon Wong

Fixing Inconsistent Stroke Width of Chinese Characters

Excel Search Tool (Macro)

12 Jun 2017 by LukeCodes

This is a simple macro script to search and retrieve individual cells in an Excel document.

Creating a Link in the Left Pane of the File Explorer - like OneDrive or DropBox

22 Aug 2016 by Sujith Karivelil

Creating a link in the left pane of the file Explorer - like OneDrive or DropBox

Desktop Screen Capture on Windows via Windows Desktop Duplication API with Drawing of Cursor's Image

2 Aug 2016 by Evgeny Pereguda

Simple article about using of Desktop Duplication API for capture desktop screen WITH image of cursor

Sample VB.NET Program using Google APIs for .NET V3 with YouTube

26 Jul 2016 by Mike Meinz

Provides a sample program using Google APIs for .NET V3 with YouTube

Open A Command Prompt Anywhere

8 Mar 2016 by Yvan Rodrigues

This hidden key-click combination adds the ability to open a command prompt window from a Windows Explorer view.

From Task to Async/Await

17 Jan 2016 by SubhamoyBurman

Use of Task Parallel Library and Async/Await in your application

WRL Collection Library Ported to Native C++

6 Dec 2015 by Gregory Morse

WRL Collection library ported to native C++

Get date from weeknumber and weekday in VBScript

5 Dec 2015 by NightWizzard

Explained step by step

Creating Animated Gradient in Windows Store App Without Using ColorAnimation

13 Oct 2015 by Azim Zahir

This tip explains how you can create animated gradients in a Windows store app using DispatcherTimer.

Win8

XAML

A Good Desktop Software in Users' Eyes

26 Sep 2015 by Southmountain

Some take-away to improve the quality of desktop software

WPF/MVVM Application for showing SystemColors list

4 Sep 2015 by Igor Sorokin

In this article I would like to describe simple WPF application for showing System.Windows.SystemColors list.

String Interpolation or String Handling in C# 6.0 with New Feature

1 Sep 2015 by idreeskhan

String interpolation or String handling in C# 6.0 with new feature

Remote Desktop Application

21 Aug 2015 by devendra_sahu

Remote desktop application

How to Send Data from One Process to Another in C#

11 Aug 2015 by George Jonsson

This tip uses SendMessage and WM_COPYDATA to transfer the data.

Arrays Generator

26 Jul 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Generate your arrays using a GUI tool

Get Ready for Windows 10: How to Make "Get Windows 10" Icon Appear in Your Windows taskbar

7 Jul 2015 by Arthur V. Ratz

This tip is especially useful for users who own the licensed copy of Windows 7/8/8.1, and would like to upgrade to Windows 10 after July 29, 2015.

How to Sign Device Drivers with WDK 7.1

24 Jun 2015 by maratoni

This is a brief tutorial on how to sign a Windows device driver with WDK 7.1

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.

Laptop<->USB<->μcontroller : ways

19 Apr 2015 by Member 11246861

Some ways in which laptops and microcontrollers communicate

Host extern Win32 Window in WPF

11 Apr 2015 by El_Codero

Convert doc/docx Documents to PDF with Foxit Reader

10 Apr 2015 by El_Codero

Convert doc/docx documents to pdf with Foxit Reader Printer. Works without use of Word Interop/SharePoint.

Google reCaptcha v2 with MVC5

9 Apr 2015 by Royston Malcomber

Setting up Google reCaptcha version 2 with MVC5

Simple Demo to Check Status of API Server

25 Mar 2015 by Gaurav Aroraa, Mahsa Hassankashi

In this tip, we will create a small utility using C# which tells us whether our API server is up or down.

.NET Code Comment Utilities

19 Mar 2015 by Peter T. Ringering

A program that makes editing code comments and XML comments easier.

Some Advanced ATL Development Skills for Visual C++ Developers

16 Mar 2015 by sunhui

In this paper, we will discuss some advanced skills for ATL COM development.

Performance Solving "WonderWord" Puzzle

12 Mar 2015 by KP Lee

Cross-matching an array of characters to a set of words using NlogN logic

MFC PowerShells Easily: JSON to HTM (Motivated by a Forum Question)

28 Feb 2015 by aljodav

A simple, short and easy way to display a JSON object in a browser (motivated by a forum question)

MFC PowerShells Easily: Encrypt and Decrypt

27 Feb 2015 by aljodav

An easy way to encrypt files that are automatically decrypted in the same user account

Download Mail Details With attachment using IMAP

23 Feb 2015 by Sujith Karivelil

This article Describes Connectivity to Gmail using IMAP, and also guide you to download and save mail content along with attachment.

Implementing UserRights in Winform App using Menustrip

21 Feb 2015 by SREENATH GANGA

Serial Communication between Laptop and Microcontroller

9 Feb 2015 by Member 11246861

Under laptop's control, microcontroller sends sensor data to laptop that displays numbers and graphic.

Bidirectional Replication - in MySQL

28 Jan 2015 by Sujith Karivelil

In Master - Slave replication, Changes in master will reflect in Slave. but any changes made in the slave Database will not reflect back in Master, this article will help you to implement Bidirectional Replication.

A Lightweight File Backup Manager

24 Jan 2015 by shijo joseph

A file backup manager with simple user interface and all the essential functionalities.

Generative Art V: Merge Pixels Like Warhol

18 Jan 2015 by dietmar schoder

Merge pixels of two images into one new pop artwork

Generative Art IV: Distribute Points With Poisson

10 Jan 2015 by dietmar schoder

Poisson disc algorithm: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Unleashing Path List Box | Expression Blend (WPF )

6 Jan 2015 by Saad_Mahmood

Unleashing Path List Box using Expression Blend

WPF Gradient Control

5 Jan 2015 by Tanna

This is WPF Gradient Control. I didn't find a suitable gradient control which will generate a linear gradient or radial gradient brush. This is a gradient control which has a color selector and gradient generator. It can generate radial or linear gradient brush.

Generative Art III: Work With Image Tiles

2 Jan 2015 by dietmar schoder

Image sections and images: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Generative Art II

1 Jan 2015 by dietmar schoder

Read and analyse pixels: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Autos - Immediate Access to Resources Without Clicking

1 Jan 2015 by tc99

Immediate access to resources without clicking

Google Maps API on Windows Store App 8.1

30 Dec 2014 by Atyant Srivastava

Integration of Google map to Window Store App

XBOX 360 Controller Class

30 Dec 2014 by Daniel Lieberwirth (BrainInBlack)

A class representing the state of a connected XBOX 360 controller

Generative Art I

29 Dec 2014 by dietmar schoder

Turtle graphics: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

R-tree:Space Search Algorithm

2 Dec 2014 by HateCoding

This tip will show you an example for using R-tree.

Developing Leap Motion Integrated Windows 8.1 Apps

7 Oct 2014 by Muhammad Muddasar Yamin

This tip is about the development Leap Motion integrated Windows 8.1 metro apps using C#

Alarm in C#

6 Oct 2014 by Shah Ankita

This code sample demonstrates how to set an alarm notification.

Fixing Daylight Saving Time of Windows for Next 100 years

30 Sep 2014 by Vahid_N

Microsoft has not updated Iran's daylight saving time information since 2009. Let's find out how it works and then fix it for the next 100 years!

Use of the Enum Description (With Special Characters) in C#

13 Sep 2014 by Gokhan Erdogdu

Can your enums have userfriendly descriptions? How to have enum values with spaces?

PopupMenu and Message DailogBox in Windows 8

26 Aug 2014 by Shah Ankita

PopupMenu and Message DailogBox in Windows 8

A Tiny Custom List Control

25 Aug 2014 by HateCoding

A tiny custom list control

Open associated files with C# program

21 Aug 2014 by Magyar András

Almost all of the basic functions of the program(browser, text editor, image editor, media player) that you can associate files with it and open it. I want a simple and effective method to show the arguments (associated files) to open. How to associate files with C# program?

WPF MVVM Binding for Multiple Radio Buttons

12 Aug 2014 by Jdarmanovich

WPF MVVM Binding for Multiple Radio Buttons and Win 8 Metro Theme

Basic MVVM Listbox Binding in WPF

11 Aug 2014 by Jdarmanovich

Basic MVVM pattern for binding items to a listbox in WPF

WPF and MVVM pattern

5 Aug 2014 by Oussama_Kahoul

Introduction to WPF technology and the MVVM design pattern

DirectShow Hangs on Pause – Solved

5 Aug 2014 by vertex4343

DirectShow Hangs on Pause – Solved with WNDPROC message

Drag & Drop Gridview in C#

4 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

This sample is based on Drag and Drop between GridView

Device not recognized with ADB: What to do when everything else failed

1 Aug 2014 by pjaar89

Manufacturer's driver does not work? Device not listed in console or with Eclipse?

C# How To Read .xlsx Excel File With 3 Lines of Code

29 Jul 2014 by dietmar paul schoder

Read rows and cells from an xlsx-file: quick, dirty, effective.

Sending and receiving strings from COM-port via jSSC in Java

27 Jul 2014 by Emiliarge

How to send data to device and receive data from device through COM-port

Extracting Exif Coordinate From Geotagged Photo

24 Jul 2014 by Yustto

Reading Exif coordinates from image for Windows phone 8

Win8

Windows

Top and Bottom Appbar in XAML

14 Jul 2014 by Shah Ankita

Top and Bottom Appbar in XAML

Day DropDown

10 Jul 2014 by Variya karan

Day Dropdown

Win8

Windows

VS2013

Peer Process and its Significance in Improving Robustness of Software Application

30 Jun 2014 by Anant Beriwal

How to counter crash issue in applications

MVVM Taskbar Notifier

20 Jun 2014 by NobsterTheLobster

Implements a taskbar notifier using an invisible window and a popup control

Looking back to half a year as Surface 2 RT User

19 Jun 2014 by Marco Bertschi

I look back at my half-year experience as Surface 2 RT User, showing off the Surface Hardware and my experiences I had using it

Clear Text On Windows Aero Glass

9 Jun 2014 by Rixterz123

How to get text to show perfectly clearly on Aero glass

Getting Icon Overlays to Work

28 May 2014 by Joan M

Coping with Windows overlay icons number limit

Win7

Win8

Windows

Communication between the Controllers in AngularJS

14 May 2014 by Member 10771162

AngularJS: Communication between Controllers

Activating WRL Audio Interfaces in Native C++

7 May 2014 by Gregory Morse

Activating WRL audio interfaces in native C++

Trouble with HttpWebRequest Authorization

25 Apr 2014 by KarstenK

RFC 2617 on the net-platform

LodePngWin32 Class for Rendering PNG Files in Raw WinAPI

23 Apr 2014 by Derell Licht

C++ class that provides a convenient wrapper for lodepng library

How to Use OpenCV with Java under NetBeans IDE

21 Apr 2014 by SOHAM_GANDHI

How to capture video from webcam and video file (*.AVI)

How to Get Words Separated in a String Concatenated by Delimiter

14 Apr 2014 by Ankur .K. Vishwakarma

This tip shows you a T/SQL function to split a string concatenated by a delimiter.

Using only TCP/IP for connecting to SQL Server 2008 and Changing the SQL Server 2008's default TCP/IP port

9 Apr 2014 by Aqeeel

Implementing security in SQL Server by only allowing TCP/IP Network Protocol and changing default TCP port

USB Reset Attribute

6 Apr 2014 by Prabakaran T

Ultimate USB Reset Attribute with powerful option

How to Convert Mat to BufferedImage & Vice Versa

31 Mar 2014 by SOHAM_GANDHI

In this tip, we learn how to convert Mat to BufferedImage and vice versa

Handling Application Settings

15 Mar 2014 by Michael_Davies

Handling large numbers of application settings

3-D's of Windows 8.1 Store Background App

11 Mar 2014 by Prasanna Venkatesh . K

Writing a Windows store background app from the scratch

How to Display Image In Picturebox in VC++ from Iplimage and Mat

9 Mar 2014 by SOHAM_GANDHI

How to convert iplimage and Mat to Picture Box in VC++

Save/Load Image between buffer

4 Mar 2014 by kanbang

Save/Load Image between buffer

Knockout Simple Paged Grid Demonstation

27 Feb 2014 by Dinesh K.S. Kushwaha

Simple Paged Grid by using knockout js

How to Process Image & Write Video Using EmguCV

23 Feb 2014 by SOHAM_GANDHI

Video write and process image frames. This project has been made in EmguCV 2.4.9 version and Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 platform.

SEH vs C++ exceptions

6 Feb 2014 by Adamanteus

Intercepting SEH exceptions in C++ program

How to Setup a Windbg Kernel Debugger to Debug Hyper-V Windows Client

4 Feb 2014 by Prasanna Venkatesh . K

Debug your driver within a VM

Win8

Windows

How to Use OpenCV with Java under Eclipse IDE

3 Feb 2014 by SOHAM_GANDHI

The project in this tip is how to capture video from webcam. This project is made in OpenCV and Eclipse IDE.

3D effects in Windows Store App

2 Feb 2014 by AnobikDey

A description of how images and other controls can be rotated and used to give 3d Effect in Windows Store Apps

Disable WebView scrolling in Windows Store Apps

31 Jan 2014 by Farhan Ghumra

IIS Express (8.0) x Handler Mappings!

30 Jan 2014 by @donis2014

How to configure IIS Express "applicationhost.config" for handler mappings

Slider Thumb Tooltip

28 Jan 2014 by Borja Prado

How to convert slider thumb tooltip value

Win8

Windows

XAML

Print Direct To Windows Printer (EPOS Receipt)

2 Jan 2014 by Michael_Davies

Printing To Line Printers (EPOS) Using Windows

Reduce System Load and Speed Up Your Computer

27 Dec 2013 by IPI Paul

Reduce system load and increase performance

ComboBox ObservableCollection Overkill

6 Dec 2013 by dietmar paul schoder

RibbonComboBox in MVVM/WPF: the easiest way

Grid/Canvas Lined and Squared

25 Nov 2013 by dietmar paul schoder

How to produce a dynamic lined or squared background on a canvas/grid

WPF MessageBox Service

21 Nov 2013 by Dirk Bahle

A message box service implementation that is based on WPF.

How to Export Data to Excel in VB.NET

17 Oct 2013 by Alireza C

I want to show how we can export data from data table to Excel simply.