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Introduction to D3DImage

by Dr. WPF

.NET 3.5 SP1 is here! It's time to break out your DirectX skills. This article provides the information necessary to get started using a new DirectX interop feature in WPF called D3DImage.

Cryptographic Interoperability: Keys

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.

XResFile - Files Stored in Resources: Part 2 - Zip Files

by Hans Dietrich

This series of articles is a step-by-step guide to reading files stored in your program's resources. Along the way I will present some non-MFC classes to assist you in reading text, binary, zip, and even encrypted files that have been compiled into your program as resources.

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Masking Texture in OpenGL using Class CImage

by Petrov Vladimir

Masking Texture in OpenGL from Bitmap Image File using Class CImage (just call the File Name)

Rich OutlookBar in XP and Vista Style

by Star Vega

Creating a rich OutlookBar in XP or Vista style

DWinLib 6: Pretty WinAPI Incorporation

by David O'Neil

My DWinLib Windows API wrapper combined with Francisco Campos's Pretty WinAPI framework

Simple Magnifier Dialog

by Manuel Campos

A modeless dialog that allows magnification of a section of a display screen

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Windows XP

"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.

"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.

"Unrecognized Tag" problem while changing the namespace for a custom Atlas control project

16 Oct 2006 by azharkhan

This article provides the steps to solve the "Unrecognized Tag" problem for an Atlas control.

#zlib - Modifying Archives

14 May 2007 by TyronM

A way to modify Zip archives without extracting them completely.

(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

(Desktop) Falling Snowflakes

3 Oct 2007 by User 2739121

Using GDI+ and a transparent form

.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+ Interop Component with Classic ASP (Part I)

25 Sep 2008 by tomcat1

Call a .NET COM+ Interop component with Classic ASP.

.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 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 Framework Zip / UnZip Tool Using the Packaging Namespace

10 Sep 2008 by Mayur Chauhan

An UI tool that can be used to zip and unzip a file.

.NET Image Uploading

12 Mar 2002 by Chris Khoo

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

.NET Implementation of an Ogg Vorbis Player

4 Apr 2007 by Perry Marchant

An article on decoding Ogg Vorbis audio files in .NET.

.NET Installer that automatically installs MSDE

26 Jul 2008 by John Kenedy S.Kom

This project enables developers to create a setup package that automatically installs MSDE and attaches database

SQL-server-2000

.NET Installer that Automatically Installs SQL 2005 Express

28 Jul 2008 by John Kenedy S.Kom

This project enables developer to create a setup package that automatically installs SQL 2005 Express and restores database to it

SQL-Server-2005

.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 Phone Communication Library Part IV - Receive SMS

10 Dec 2006 by mengwangk

Receive SMS using the atSMS library.

.NET Remoting under IIS - ASP.NET Application as Client

2 Aug 2009 by Raj Settipalli

Simplest method to host remote component under IIS with ASP.NET application as client

.NET Remoting with an Easy Example

12 Jul 2006 by Syed Nadeem ul Hassan

.NET remoting explained with a simple example

.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 Targa Image Reader

15 Dec 2008 by David Polomis

Loads a Targa image file into a Bitmap using nothing but .NET code.

.NET technique for converting large text files into XML structures intended for Android objects

5 Jul 2012 by Mario Ghecea

This article describes the technique I used to ingest large text files to create an e-book publishing platform on the Android Market

.NET Useful Functional Class Library

16 Nov 2006 by Tolga Birdal

This code includes lots of algorithms and desired code segments for .NET. Written entirely in C#.

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.

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 Blits in DirectX 9

19 Apr 2005 by Karel Donk

Describes how to do 2D Blits in DirectX 9 with direct surface access between various surface formats (using color conversion).

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 Poligon Drawer-Animator

1 Aug 2004 by andrea contoli

Draw poligons, manipulate them, and animate them.

2D Wrapper for ATL's CComSafeArray

8 May 2003 by mdgray

SafeArray Wrapper to simplify and speed up 2D CComSafeArray

2DStatic

6 Apr 2005 by asef

An article for drawing a String formula at a static.

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

32 Bits on 64-Bit Processors (Article written in 2005)

30 Jun 2015 by Toby Opferman

Building your own 64-bit Windows Extender

3D Client-side Tabstrip using JavaScript

12 Jul 2008 by Norman Solomon

Easy addition of a 3D Tabstrip page to an ASP.NET project.

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.

3DStatic

6 Jun 2005 by asef

An article to draw a 3D math function on a static control.

4-Way LinkedList

3 Nov 2008 by Babu_Abdulsalam

This linked list allows to connect a node with four adjacent nodes and shows how a node can be navigated in multiple directions.

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

26 Jun 2012 by ThatsAlok

Collection of Q&A from VC++ forum

50 OpenGL MFC Projects in One

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

50 OpenGL Win32 Projects in One

8 Jun 2017 by Petrov Vladimir

Former NeHe OpenGL Lessons adapted to MSVS-15 pro Win32 in INICODE and the samples of the Joystick implementation

8 Queens Solution with Genetic Algorithm

19 Oct 2005 by asef

Using Genetic Algorithm to solve the 8 Queens problem.

artificial-intelligence

[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.

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[Debugging] - Symbols

21 Jun 2007 by Jonathan [Darka]

Setting up a Microsoft Symbol Server

[Obsolete] Image Capture Whole Web Page using C#

22 Jun 2005 by Douglas M. Weems

[Obsolete]Capture whole web pages as a single image using C#.

[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 NT Registry Library and NT Registry Editor

26 May 2012 by Hoang Khanh Nguyen

A .NET wrapper for NT Registry and a .NET NT RegEdit demo

A .NET Snap To Screen Form

24 Aug 2006 by Perry Marchant

An article on snapping a Windows Form to a desktop screen border.

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 3D-Enabled View Base Class for SDI Direct3D Development

6 Feb 2005 by Bob Ciora

Definition of the CDSSD3DView8 class, a CView-derived class to facilitate Direct3D development with SDI.

A Ball Bouncing on the Desktop

30 Sep 2007 by User 2739121

This article describes how to create a simple user-drawn form which moves over the desktop

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.