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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.

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.

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AWS LocalStack - Installing & Configuring Locally on Windows for SQS

by Bert O Neill

This article explains how to install and configure AWS LocalStack on a Windows machine for SQS (Simple Queue Service).

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.

Reorganize and Rebuild Indexes and Update Statistics

by GabrieleTronchin

A simple stored procedure to add at your database to keep it reactive

Automatic Missing Indexes Creation Statements

by GabrieleTronchin

Automatic creation of non clustered indexes using system SQL entities

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Windows

"Avalon" Application Type (By Deployment)

23 Aug 2005 by Its Piyush Gupta

In the Vista world, application type selection is based on security requirement and deployment method but not on user interface requirements. This article describes various application types supported by Avalon sub-system of the Vista operating system.

"Browse For Folder" dialog alike with source

5 Sep 2001 by Marat Bedretdinov

Shell interfaces in use. IShellFolder, IEnumIDList, etc.

"ClassWizard" in VS.NET 2003

29 May 2003 by Nicolas Bonamy

Simulate the Class Wizard in VS.NET 2003

"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.

"Filmstrip" or CatalogView Photo Gallery Sample

4 Nov 2005 by eug_acc (Eugene Akimov)

A photo images gallery browsing template - CatalogView style.

"Hello Amazon!" - Making a first request to the Amazon Product API

24 Jun 2009 by kcs2c

This demo allows you to verify that you have a valid key and can format a request..

"Hey! Is That My Car? How to Sharpen a QuickBird Satellite Image Using DotImage"

12 Nov 2007 by Lou Franco

Atalasoft leverages their DotImage toolkit to manipulate color channels for the purpose of image enhancement, in this case satellite images. The article is a tutorial on image enhancement and it includes all source code and test images.

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"Liberty Profile" - IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.5

5 May 2015 by Jitendra_Jain04

IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.5 Liberty profile is a flexible and dynamic server profile of WAS which enables the WAS server to deploy only required custom features instead of deploying a big set of available JEE components.

"OSQL Utility" for SSAS 2005

18 Jun 2008 by Igor Krupitsky

A script that lets you run many XMLA files against a SSAS 2005 database.

"Paint.exe" in CsGL

16 Dec 2003 by Todd.Harvey

Imitate Windows Paint.exe using C# and CsGL

"Protecting" Your Process with RtlSetProcessIsCritical

6 Nov 2009 by hxhl95

Escalating a process to system critical status using a Win32 kernel function

"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.

"Taskbar and Start Menu Properties Dialog" showing made easy

19 Sep 2006 by tanvon malik

This article shows you ways to run Control Panel applets from VC++, even those that don't have a cpl extension file.

"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.

"Zero Web.config Configuration" Deployment / "No touch web.config" Application Deployment

2 Dec 2004 by nssidhu

No web.config modifications required, for deployment.

# Nullable DateEdit Control

15 Jun 2003 by Oscar Bowyer

A Nullable C# DateEdit Control

#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.

'Encryption/Decryption with .NET' Modified (Frank Fangs' Code) CCW and VB

19 May 2002 by Dan Elebash

Modified version of Frank Fang's code ported to VB and made CCW.

'Find Function headers' macro for Visual Studio .NET

28 May 2002 by Wooseok Seo

This macro will help you when you want to quickly move between function headers in your code.

'Inheriting' from an Internal WinForms Designer

26 Jan 2011 by OrlandoCurioso

Customize an internal designer by encapsulation in a custom component designer

'which' utility for Windows

6 Jul 2005 by SathishVJ

Find all possible locations of an executable.

'You Who?' - Trust in Web 2.0

12 Apr 2007 by Trenton Moss

Issues of online trust have evolved as web 2.0 is becoming more widespread - find out what implications this has for your website.

(AI) Sliding Puzzle Solution Analyzer

17 Apr 2012 by Mehmet Mutlu

Details of my solution algorithms, implemented programs, and the results I have concluded.

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(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

(Improved) Fast syntax highlighting control!

1 Feb 2013 by Yvar Birx

Syntax highlighting has never been so easy!

(Memory and Resource) Leak Detection for WinCE

23 May 2012 by Sergeant Kolja

This is an alternative for "Memory leak detection for WinCE".

(Yet Another) Windows Role Provider - For Enterprise Environment

20 Feb 2014 by Zoltán Zörgő

Implementing custom RoleProvider for both AD and local machine for use with Forms Authentication

.001,.002, ... Part Files Combiner

4 Oct 2007 by tahouri

This program simply generates a batch file that you can extract your .00x files

.NET - COM Interoperability

16 Sep 2003 by KRISHNA PRASAD.N

This paper provides a technical overview of .NET and COM interoperability.

.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 / XML Serialization

11 Oct 2007 by aSarafian

An article that tries to clear up the concept of serialization.

.NET 3.0 WPF Tools and Examples

22 Mar 2007 by Sacha Barber

An article which shows how to achieve some of the common XAML concepts.

.NET addins for Visual Studio 6.0

20 Dec 2005 by Johann Anhofer

Extend the VS6 IDE with .NET addins.

.NET and COM Object Events in Console Applications

5 Sep 2007 by Boaz V

How to receive events from a COM object using the application message loop in a console application.

.NET and COM: The Complete Interoperability Guide

24 May 2003 by Erik Westermann

Book Review of .NET and COM: The Complete Interoperability Guide

.NET and Delphi Inter-Process Communication via Named Pipes

12 Dec 2014 by Yuriy Magurdumov

Calling native methods from .NET application via standard Windows Named Pipes

.NET and J2EE interoperability for .Net Developers

30 Dec 2007 by Amer Chaudhry

.NET and J2EE interoperability for .Net Developers

.NET Appications Automation

22 Jul 2007 by Yuriy Kyyan

An article on creation automated interface for .NET applications.

.NET Application Boot Strapping

20 Aug 2014 by Sandeep sunku

This article explains the boot strapping process of .NET Application.

.Net application that works online and offline [Smart Client Concept]

3 Oct 2016 by Saineshwar Bageri

In this article, we are going learn to create an application that works online and offline.

.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 CF and Google APIs

24 May 2004 by Mark Arteaga

Sample application to access Google APIs from a .NET Compact Framework application

.NET CF Custom DataGrid Formatting

29 Aug 2007 by hayles

This article shows you how to customize individual cells in a DataGrid - and it works on the Compact Framework.

.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 class to create and maintain vCard information

8 Apr 2003 by slolife

.NET class to create and maintain vCard information

.NET Client Classes for openldap/winldap

11 Mar 2003 by Leon Finker

An example of using LDAP/OpenLDAP with .Net

.NET Code Profiler Speeds PlanGen Web Application

19 Apr 2004 by Redgate Software

ANTS Profiler used to optimize code, lower hardware costs and improve application performance.

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.NET Code Protection Solutions Review

3 Sep 2013 by michaelas

The article discusses .NET code protection methods.

.NET Color Picker Controls

6 Nov 2001 by Philip Lee

A control library containing three color picker controls written in C#

.NET COM Interop using Postbuild

30 Sep 2013 by Florian Rosmann

COM Interop using a little post compiler. As a result, it is possible to use multithreading in combination with COM interfaces.

.NET COM+ Interop Component with Classic ASP (Part I)

25 Sep 2008 by tomcat1

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

.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 Command Prompt Here

22 Aug 2003 by flipdoubt

Command Prompt Here for VS.NET Users

.NET component from a COM client

28 Jun 2007 by ponnurajs

This article discusses how to access a .NET component from a COM client, with an example of how to merge two different word documents into one

.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 Console Password Input By Masking Keyed-In Characters

27 Aug 2004 by Lim Bio Liong

Demonstrates how to intercept .NET console keyboard input and display a * in place of each actual typed-in character.

.NET Core: Compile Once, Run Everywhere

18 Jul 2016 by Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

PoC - a small trip to see how .NET Core IS multiplatform

.NET cryptography library for files and strings

29 Dec 2005 by HanreG

This is a VB.NET wrapper for the .NET framework cryptography classes (HashAlgorithm, SymmetricAlgorithm) for working with strings and files.

.NET Data Access Class for Exchange 2000 Webstore

16 Aug 2005 by clementsm

Assembly written in VB.NET that accesses Exchange 2000 Webstore data, using WEBDAV.

.NET Data Persistence: SQL Server vs. Matisse vs. FastObjects

10 May 2004 by A.Z. Rosenberg

An article with source code examining the development speed and performance capability of .NET, Matisse and FastObjects

.NET DataSet filter demonstration

26 Jul 2007 by Praveen Nair (NinethSense)

This article explains how to filter rows in a DataSet/DataTable. The example provided will help you get information faster.

.NET DataSet to ADODB Recordset Conversion

8 Mar 2006 by KRucker

A description of how how to convert a .NET DataSet to an ADODB Recordset.

.NET Delegates: A C# Bedtime Story

3 Dec 2001 by Chris Sells

An exploratory story of delegates and events for C# programmers told in the style of a bedtime story

.NET Deque

8 Nov 2007 by Chris Kolkman

A .NET implementation of a Deque object.

.NET Diagnostics - II, A Threads Monitoring Application Using C#

4 Feb 2001 by Naveen K Kohli

Using the ProcessThread class to monitor the states of threads inside a process.

.NET Diagnostics - III, Enumerate System Services and Dependencies Using C#

18 Mar 2001 by Naveen K Kohli

How to get the list of all system services on a system and also finds out their dependencies.

.NET Diagnostics – IV, Use the Environment class to get your environment

19 Mar 2001 by Naveen K Kohli

Use of the Environment class explained to extract information like Operating System, Environment Variables, etc.

.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 Dynamic Software Load Balancing

9 Dec 2002 by Stoyan Damov

A Draft Implementation of an Idea for .NET Dynamic Software Load Balancing

.NET Encryption Simplified

28 Jan 2007 by wumpus1

A simple, string-oriented class for symmetric encryption, asymmetric encryption, and hashing.

.NET Enum: The Next Level

25 Jul 2006 by mikeperetz

How to associate an object to your enum value.

.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 Expression Evaluator using DynamicMethod

13 Mar 2007 by Wilson, Drew

Evaluating Dynamic expressions by compiling C# code to IL, then creating a DynamicMethod from the IL.

.NET File Browser

27 Oct 2007 by carlos@takeapps

A basic .NET file browser fully based on the framework

.NET File Logging Library

17 Apr 2008 by msvcyc

A simple yet useful library for file based logging implemented in .NET using C#

1 Oct 2007 by Jesu Benin

Basics of .Net

.NET Framework 1.1 Installer for Innosetup

22 May 2004 by Ted Ehrich

An innosetup install script that detects which dependencies to download from Microsoft, dowloads and installs them with little user intervention.

.NET Framework 3.0 Buffet

27 Dec 2006 by Anil Kr. Sharma

.NET Framework 3.0 primer.

.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 Generics in a Nutshell

23 Dec 2009 by Sunil Pandita

Generics in .NET explained.

.NET Gridview with AJAX and REST Web Services

31 Aug 2010 by Livio Francescucci

How to create an ASP.NET gridview AJAX enabled connected with WCF SOAP and REST webservices.

.NET IBM MQ Series Adapter

2 Apr 2009 by Wael Al Wirr

A custom component to help connect to the IBM MQ series server.

.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 implementation of the SynchronizerToken pattern

7 Oct 2005 by Fred Wang

An article on resolving the issue of unintentional web form resubmission.

.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

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.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

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