GDI+

Great Reads

Fluid Geometry - An Animation Library and Configuration Application

by Josh Smith

A task-oriented review of an animation library and the application which uses it

Music Notation in .NET

by Ajcek84

Open source library for music engraving in desktop, mobile and web applications

Vash - A GDI+ Flash-Like Vector Animation Program

by Clayton Rumley

There are those who think I am crazy, and this just might be the proof.

2D "Nim" Game Development and Animation in C# (Part 2)

by Volynsky Alex

Part 2 in a series of articles on a two-player mathematical game of strategy

Latest Articles

Gradient Color Picker - Revised Again

by gggustafson

This article revises an earlier revision of the Gradient Color Picker (V2). The incentive for the revision was a reader request for a larger number of initial color choices.

A Control to Display Pie (and Doughtnut) Charts with Highly Customizable Formatting

by Angelo Cresta

An extension of "A control to display pie charts with highly customizable formatting" from mattsj1984 that also renders doughnut.

PngAnimation

by Baradzenka Aleh

One of the easiest ways to animate images for your program

Gradient Color Picker V2

by gggustafson

Revises an earlier implementation of the Gradient Color Picker

All Articles

top

GDI+

Fluid Geometry - An Animation Library and Configuration Application

9 May 2012

Josh Smith

A task-oriented review of an animation library and the application which uses it

.NET

Windows

GDI+

WinForms

Visual-Studio

Dev

Music Notation in .NET

15 Jul 2018

Ajcek84

Open source library for music engraving in desktop, mobile and web applications

Vash - A GDI+ Flash-Like Vector Animation Program

27 Apr 2016

Clayton Rumley

There are those who think I am crazy, and this just might be the proof.

2D "Nim" Game Development and Animation in C# (Part 2)

16 Aug 2007

Volynsky Alex

Part 2 in a series of articles on a two-player mathematical game of strategy

Circular Indeterminate Progress Indicator Control

10 Apr 2013

gggustafson

This article introduces the reader to the steps taken to create a user control that displays a circular indeterminate progress control.

Build My Own 3D Graphics Engine Step By Step

1 Feb 2017

Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

How to build my own 3D graphics engine from ZERO step by step

CropBox

21 Aug 2019

Johnny J.

Easily add image cropping to your desktop application

A Simple XML Validator, using VOLE

16 Apr 2007

Matt (D) Wilson

A simple command-line utility that validates XML files, implemented using MSXML via the VOLE COM/Automation driver library

A Better Line Control

2 Feb 2013

Ron Beyer

A WinForms line control that works how you would expect one to.

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

29 Jun 2009

Michael Dunn

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

Internal Supply Chain, Visibility via 200 plus 3D Chart Reports - Part II

8 Oct 2009

Syed Hasan Hyder

This article focuses on internal supply chain management systems visibility via chart reports, and provides assessment apparatus to manage and monitor activities spawned during business processes, hence paves the way for timely and precise business decisions.

Image Filters

30 Sep 2009

Fiwel

Different ways to apply image filters.

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

25 Jan 2013

FatCatProgrammer

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

Generic Picker Dropdown Control

12 Dec 2008

Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer

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

APNG Viewer

6 May 2009

SprinterDave, Huisheng Chen

Parse and extract APNG frames to each PNG file

Cubic Bezier Spline Curves and Image Curve Adjustment

12 May 2009

YLS CS

Cubic Bezier Spline Curves constructed and used in Image Curve adjustment

Windows

GDI+

Multi language on-screen keyboard using Windows keyboard DLLs

18 Dec 2012

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.

Adorners, Glyphs, Behavior, and ControlDesigner for WinForms Controls

30 Mar 2015

SSDiver2112

Interactive Design Time Control Overlays to make editing custom controls easier.

WinDrawLib

11 Apr 2016

Martin Mitáš

Direct2D or GDI+? Perhaps both, with a help of the right library.

Hacking FontDialog

23 Aug 2008

legcsabi

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

Migration - Strategy Game

20 Mar 2013

Terence Wallace

A VB.NET implemenation of using delegates and threading for game loops.

Custom Winamp-Style TrackBar (Slider)

2 Jun 2015

Johnny J.

A custom drawn TrackBar that looks like the one in the classic Winamp skin

.NET

VS2013

GDI+

Color Scale Filter

17 Jul 2007

Miran.Uhan

Grayscale and color scale filters.

Mobile Application Development Lessons Learned

13 Aug 2012

gggustafson

This article discusses two lessons learned during the development of a mobile application.

SPC XBAR and Range Chart

25 Jan 2015

syed shanu

XBAR and Range Chart using C#

Drawing Formatted Text in a Windows Forms Application using WPF FormattedText Class

22 Aug 2012

wborgsm

How to draw muliline formatted text on a System.Drawing.Graphics object.

Graphical Representation of Data in ASP.NET Web Page

24 Jun 2015

Khaled Abdelhamid

Drawing on a web page on the fly using GDI+ and Flood-Fill Technique

Graphics2D Drawing on Windows Mobile

6 Oct 2010

guidebee

Code example on how to draw enhanced graphics 2D pictures on Windows Mobile

c++ / cli introduction and implementation of FCFS using GDI library

9 Mar 2016

The Zakies

c++ / cli into to using c++ cli and using gdi library

ImageButton - Extended to be Greyed Out When Disabled

8 May 2009

Thomas Scheelhardt

Provides an implementation of an ImageButton that will grey out when disabled

Image Color Picker

9 Sep 2011

a_pess

Turn an image to a ColorPicker.

Gradient Color Picker - Revised Again

14 Jun 2021N

gggustafson

This article revises an earlier revision of the Gradient Color Picker (V2). The incentive for the revision was a reader request for a larger number of initial color choices.

Media Center Magnifier

23 Oct 2009

cjbarth

Tool to magnify a screen including layered windows and transparency. Useful for media centers.

Asynchronous Progress Using Microsoft.DirectX.AudioVideoPlayback in C#

3 Dec 2010

CRayGoodwin

Custom windows control that mimics Windows 7 diming & asynchronous aero progress animation

Workaround for Valums AJAX File Upload IE9 Issues

25 Feb 2012

wullinkm

Workaround for Valums AJAX File Upload IE9 issues

WestWorld - Part 4

20 Jul 2015

Terence Wallace

A demonstration of Finite State Machines (FSM) where agents inhabit an Old West style gold mining town called West World.

WestWorld v5

23 Sep 2019

Terence Wallace

A continuing series demonstration of Finite State Machines (FSM) where agents inhabit a small town called WestWorld.

Effective Handling of Multiple Images Using Atalasoft DotImage

2 May 2006

Steve Hawley

Atalasoft DotImage includes many tools for manipulating or analyzing images. Included in it is a class ImageSource which allows to work effectively with an arbitrary number of images without worrying about the details of where they come from and how they’re managed. Read on...

IMSL® C# with Excel and VSTO: An Introduction and Walkthrough

7 Jan 2008

Visual Numerics, Inc.

This document focuses on the combination of VSTO 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition.

Persian Gulf in 3D Anaglyph

12 Aug 2013

Mohammad Reza Khosravi

This application uses some simple 2D methods to make 3D scenes which can be seen with Red/Cyan Anaglyph glasses.

FlowSharp

31 Dec 2016

Marc Clifton

A Diagramming Tool

Culture Aware Month Calendar and DatePicker

10 Nov 2014

Thomas Duwe

A month calendar and date picker with culture awareness.

Extracting Embedded Images From An Assembly

3 Apr 2006

Josh Smith

A tool which allows you to view, save, and copy an image embedded in any assembly.

PSAM Control Library

19 Jul 2018

Ajcek84

WinForms library containing the IncipitViewer control for drawing musical notes

The Semantic Web and Natural Language Processing

16 Jul 2014

Marc Clifton

Using AlchemyAPI, process and filter RSS feeds in the Higher Order Programming Environment

100% Reflective Class Diagram Creation Tool

14 Jun 2011

Sacha Barber

100% Reflective Class Diagram Creation Tool

C# Snooker

14 Dec 2009

Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira

Sound-enabled pool game for C#.

Outline Text

13 Aug 2018

Shao Voon Wong

How to draw a text with an outline

3D Face Viewer and Matcher

30 Jan 2021

Yang Kok Wah

A tool to generate face images and animated gif files for different angles and lighting using only a single face image. Also includes Face Matcher using Microsoft Face API.

Fast SIMD Prototyping

30 Oct 2016

Shao Voon Wong

Prototype SIMD vectorized code effortlessly.

Computer Vision Application with C# - Part III

9 May 2009

Arif_Khan

Meanshift tracking implementation

A class for creating round rectangles in GDI+ with pixel accurate symmetry

24 Jun 2008

Darren Sessions

This class overcomes the asymmetry issue associated with round rectangles created in GDI+.

C++

GDI+

Dev

Style Toolkit - Use advanced graphics techniques to create a custom user interface

11 Aug 2008

Darren Sessions

The Style Toolkit allows you to modernize the look of your programs using gradients, transparency, PNG images, and more.

Rich Design Time Editing with UITypeEditors (VB.NET)

18 Jan 2012

SSDiver2112

How to use UITypeEditors, Smart Tags, ControlDesigner Verbs, and Expandable Properties to make design-time editing easier.

VB8

GDI+

Design

Win8ProgressRing Control

27 Mar 2015

gggustafson

This article presents a user-drawn control, named Win8ProgressRing that mimics the Windows 8 Progress Ring.

Windows

GDI+

Dev

A MFC/GDI+ LCD Control

7 Sep 2011

Frédéric Pailloux

Nice 7/16/Matric Segment LCD Control derived from CStatic and using GDI+ library

Adobe Gradient Picker Clone

22 Oct 2009

Julian Ott

An article about implementing a gradient manager

Fast Colored TextBox for Syntax Highlighting

24 Oct 2014

Pavel Torgashov

Custom text editor with syntax highlighting

Sciter - multiplatform embeddable HTML/CSS/scripting UI engine

11 Nov 2015

c-smile

Basics of Sciter embedding principles, high-level overlook of Sciter SDK structure.

Applying Ant Colony Optimization Algorithms to Solve the Traveling Salesman Problem

13 Sep 2013

geoyar

Applying Ant Colony Optimization algorithms to solve the Traveling Salesman Problem.

artificial-intelligence

Boost

Visual-Studio

Sliding Scale Gauge

17 Oct 2008

Tefik Becirovic

An endless moving graphical scale gauge with a linear representation of data.

PDF Merger and Protector

5 Oct 2012

Sunasara Imdadhusen

PDF MERGER and PROTECTOR is the best pdf merger software which is fast and powerful way to join(Merge) PDF files with password protection as well as you can apply stamper with either any type of image or text. Using this utility you don’t required installation of Adobe Acrobat. Looks Exciting ???

Progress-O-Doom

21 Jan 2009

BoneSoft

A set of pluggable progress bar components

HBarChart

10 Jul 2008

Hamed Mosavi

Simple C# control that helps develop charts quickly and print them easily

Contour Analysis for Image Recognition in C#

8 Jun 2014

Pavel Torgashov

The theory of contour analysis and its practical application to image recognition and OCR

Image Viewer UserControl

12 Sep 2011

Jordy "Kaiwa" Ruiter

The article is about a UserControl I wrote. Opposed to PictureBoxes and other methods of displaying images on your forms, this one provides a totally different approach.

Windows

WinForms

GDI+

Beginners - Starting a 2D Game with GDI+

25 Jun 2012

codiemorgan

Basics for setting up a 2D Game using GDI+, Renderloop, and Threading. And a few tips.

ColorPicker - ColorPicker with a compact footprint (VB.NET)

12 Jan 2012

SSDiver2112

An RGB/HSB color selection control with an eye-dropper and quick swatches.

KeePass Password Safe

13 Jan 2020

Dominik Reichl

KeePass is a free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager.

Storm - the world's best IDE framework for .NET

4 Feb 2010

WebMaster

Create fast, flexible, and extensible IDE applications easily with Storm - it takes nearly no code at all!

Dungeon of Despair: A scripted demo game using Conscript

5 Sep 2008

Colin Vella

This article presents a demo script-driven game using Conscript, a scripting engine presented in an earlier article

An Alpha Channel Composited Windows Form with Designer Support

5 Oct 2009

Jeff J Anderson

An alpha channel composited form for image based Window frames

Eyes

11 Sep 2008

Niel M.Thomas

Creating an eye control.

Hunt the Wumpus

20 Jun 2014

Marc Clifton

A Higher-Order-Programming Environment (HOPE) Example

AI Life

9 Oct 2008

Rahul_Sindhu

Steering Behaviours, Genetic Algorithms, and Neural Networks in games

iPhone UI in Windows Mobile

24 Mar 2009

Dr.Luiji

It's an interface that works with transparency effects. As a sample, I used an interface just like the iPhone one. In this tutorial, I explain how simple it is to work with transparency on Windows Mobile.

WinMobile

GDI+

Dev

Bitmap Alpha Layer Editor

26 Jul 2009

pierre poliakoff

This progam allows to add an alpha layer to an existing bitmap.

A control to display pie charts with highly customizable formatting

25 Aug 2006

mattsj1984

A control to display pie charts with highly customizable formatting.

Sprite Editor for .NET

27 Jan 2010

Christ Kennedy

Build, edit, and animate your own sprites.

Windows

GDI+

Dev

Stereoscopy

18 Mar 2009

Mohammad Reza Khosravi

This is a simple program to explain how 3D stereoscopic systems work, also with some fun!

Photoshop-Style Angle and Altitude Selectors

26 Apr 2008

VCSKicks

C# custom controls with the look and functionaliy of Photoshop's angle selectors.

vtExtender: ToolStrip Extender, Renderer, and Customization Class

16 Feb 2009

John Underhill

Create ToolStrips with fading buttons, custom tooltips, and expose renderer styles..

.NET

GDI+

Dev

Adobe Color Picker Clone

14 Apr 2009

Julian Ott

A simple but powerful .NET color picker dialog.

TurboSprite: A Simple 2D Sprite Engine for .NET Framework 2.0

26 May 2008

Dion Kurczek

A simple, object-oriented 2D Sprite Engine for .NET 2.0.

Adding and using 32 bit alphablended images and icons to the imagelist control

23 Dec 2004

Narb M

An article on adding alphablended images to an imagelist control and using them on components.

Animator for WinForms

22 Feb 2013

Pavel Torgashov

The component allows you to animate any controls on your WinForms.

FrontPage-Style Table Picker Using GDI+

27 Oct 2004

Jon Davis

Create a FrontPage-Style table picker in C# using simple GDI+ rendering techniques.

Range Finder

30 Apr 2009

Mohammad Reza Khosravi

A simple program to find real size or distance of objects in your digital camera photos

A Fast and Performing Gauge

24 Aug 2012

A.J.Bauer

This article shows you how to write a performing control using .NET 2.0 and GDI+.

Dealing with Images in Content Management Systems, Part 1

17 Feb 2009

Tom Crane

Browser-based resizing and optimisation of images

MyDownloader: A Multi-thread C# Segmented Download Manager

12 Feb 2008

Guilherme Labigalini

Sample application that manages multiple segmented downloads and supports HTTP, FTP and YouTube video downloads

TMDock - Dockbar samples alpha blend

31 Jan 2013

tix

Dockbar sample, shows many alpha blend functions.

Windows

GDI+

Dev

Ultra Rapid Object Detection in Computer Vision Applications with Haar-like Wavelet Features

9 Jul 2008

Chesnokov Yuriy

The article describes the use of Haar-like wavelet features for ultra fast object detection using a cascade of artificial neural network classifiers.

Office 2003 Color Picker

3 Aug 2007

Eli Gazit

An exact mimic of the Office 2003 color picker, both as a ComboBox and as a ToolStripButton

SevenSegmentLEDDigits Control

6 Oct 2013

gggustafson

Introduces a user-drawn control, named SevenSegmentLEDDigits, that displays a decimal value as a sequence of seven LED segment digits.

Windows

GDI+

Dev

DIB to System.Bitmap

6 Nov 2006

bijulsoni

An article on DIB to Bitmap conversion.

GenCode128 - A Code128 Barcode Generator

10 Jun 2006

Chris Wuestefeld

Create Code128 barcodes for WinForms or ASP.NET.

Hands Gesture Recognition

22 May 2008

Andrew Kirillov

Some ideas about Hands Gesture Recognition in still images and video feeds, using the AForge.NET framework (C#).

Drawing Rich Text with GDI+

14 Jun 2019

Andy De Filippo

GDI+ does not support rendering of Rich Text and this has always represented a challenge for developers. The approach described in this article offers a solution to such limitation by tapping into the power of API hooking.

DICOM Image Viewer

24 Oct 2020

Harsha T, Amarnath S, S Mahesh Reddy

A simple viewer of images stored in the DICOM 3.0 File Format (C#). The file should have raw pixel data, uncompressed. Window Level functionality is also provided.

RoundedButton Control - Demystifying DrawArc

18 Jul 2015

gggustafson

This article presents the RoundedButton control and describes the .Net DrawArc method, the subject of a number of questions on programming forums.

A Control to Display Pie (and Doughtnut) Charts with Highly Customizable Formatting

14 Apr 2021

Angelo Cresta

An extension of "A control to display pie charts with highly customizable formatting" from mattsj1984 that also renders doughnut.

.NET

GDI+

GMarkupLabel - A C# Windows Forms control to display XML-formatted text

25 Nov 2008

Georgi Atanasov

A framework, and a WinForms control which enables .NET 2.0 users to visualize XML-formatted rich text.

Motion Detection Algorithms

27 Mar 2007

Andrew Kirillov

Some approaches to detect motion in a video stream.

Computer Vision - Decoding a Morse Code Flashing LED

4 Dec 2009

shivamkalra

Using webcam and image processing to decode a Morse code flashing LED.

Graphical BinaryTrees

7 Oct 2018

Mojtaba Hosseini

A graphical binary tree. Features: add, remove, or search for a node. Recursive algorithm has been used

HOPE - Higher Order Programming Environment

10 Jul 2014

Marc Clifton

A Dynamic Runtime Semantic Computation Environment

Image Processing Lab in C#

13 Mar 2007

Andrew Kirillov

A tool and library for image processing

Draw a Smooth Curve through a Set of 2D Points with Bezier Primitives

24 Mar 2009

Oleg V. Polikarpotchkin, Peter Lee

Calculate piecewise Bezier curve control points to make it a spline

LineNumbers for the RichTextBox

13 Apr 2019

nogChoco

LineNumbers that dock to a RichTextBox or show as an overlay on top of it

Real Tree 2

2 Apr 2009

Mohammad Reza Khosravi

This application shows a simple algorithm for drawing random flowers and trees. The logic is based on fractal sets.

Hosting WPF Content in a Java Application

26 Apr 2009

Vitaly Shelest

Demonstrates a simple technique for embedding WPF/.NET Components into Java GUI

3D Pie Chart

13 Mar 2006

Julijan Sribar

A class library for drawing 3D pie charts

gLabel - Custom Label with Special Effects (VB.NET)

5 Jan 2012

SSDiver2112

Label control with built-in effects like MouseOver, Shadow, Outer Glow, and Pulse Glow.

A Simple Vector-Based LED User Control

5 Apr 2013

Steve Marsh

The LEDBulb is a .NET user control for Windows Forms that emulates an LED light. Its purpose is to provide a sleek looking representation of an LED light that is sizable, has a transparent background and can be set to different colors.

EnhancedImage Project

1 Sep 2005

otigli

An article about how to enhance current image characteristics

Drawing UPC-A Barcodes with C#

13 Apr 2005

rainman_63

Demonstrates a method to draw UPC-A barcodes using C#.

Elliptical Rotating Picture Tray and Editor

31 Jan 2010

Christ Kennedy

A picture tray that rotates around an ellipse of flexible size and angle, with an editor for C#.

Windows

GDI+

Dev

Computer Vision Applications with C# - Part II

25 Apr 2009

Arif_Khan

Applied Computer Vision - Moments.

Large pattern recognition system using multi neural networks

31 May 2012

Vietdungiitb

Tutorials of using multi neural networks for large pattern recognition system, handwriting recognition system

Windows

GDI+

Dev

Multimedia PeakMeter Control

4 Sep 2008

Ernest Laurentin

Multimedia PeakMeter control - .NET version

Touchscreen GDI+ Drawn Keyboard

16 Feb 2021

Yuriy Y

A custom drawn keyboard usercontrol and TextBox with keyboard popup

.NET4

Windows

GDI+

Free Image Transformation

10 May 2009

YLS CS

Introducing a method to transform an image freely with C#

Windows

GDI+

Advanced Image Control

18 Jun 2016

Patrik Mlekuž

Image Control for viewing most common image formats with advanced features included (Import Image, Preview, Resize, Position, Pan, Zoom, Export Image, Extract Resource Icon).

Custom Mouse Cursors (VB.NET)

17 Sep 2011

SSDiver2112

Create Graphic Replacement for standard Cursor

VB8

GDI+

Creating a Speech Balloon/Speech Bubble in GDI+

16 Nov 2010

Clayton Rumley

A highly configurable class that can generate a few styles of speech balloons in GDI+.

Destination Flicker Board (GDI+ Made Easy)

8 Sep 2009

RobCroll

Shows how easy it can be to create a WinForms UserControl using only GDI+

iTunes Bar Look-a-Like

30 Dec 2007

Snews

A control that mimics the look-n-feel of iTunes and the iPod manager.

Perfect Semi-transparent & Shaped Dialogs with Standard, ActiveX, and Translucent Controls for Windows 2000+

9 Feb 2010

D.K.Wang

This article tries to find a way to show standard controls, ActiveX controls, translucent controls on layered windows. Native MFC source code provided.

Creating a Custom DropDown Control

20 Jul 2010

Richard Blythe

Explains how to effectively create virtually any type of dropdown control

Aqua Gauge

4 Sep 2007

Ambalavanar Thirugnanam

A Gauge Control Developed using GDI+ with Aqua Skin

Special 'Graphics' Objects to Draw Anywhere on Your Window

15 Aug 2020

Mohammad Dehghan

Creating special 'Graphics' objects to draw anywhere on your window, including non-client area

Doodle - A Basic Paint Package in GDI+

3 Jun 2001

Christian Graus

Using GDI+ to create a paint program with soft brushes and loading/saving images

MP3 + CDG Karaoke Player

25 Jun 2010

Ron Schuler

MP3 and CDG file player.

.NET

GDI+

Win32

An Improved Version of AGauge (A fast and performing gauge)

28 Aug 2012

Code Artist

An improved version of WinForms gauge control based on AGauge.

ImageListView

18 Feb 2010

Ozgur Ozcitak

A .NET ListView like control for displaying image files with asynchronously loaded thumbnails.

Finite Element Analysis in VB.Net

4 Oct 2017

Bhairav Thakkar

A robust framework for complete implementation of Finite Element Analysis in VB.Net

Thumbnails viewer and image processing using GDI+ and MFC

24 Sep 2003

Liviu Birjega

Using GDI+ and MFC to create a thumbnail image viewer and some processing functions

A user draw button that supports PNG files with transparency, for Visual C++ 6.0 and VS2005

16 Jul 2008

Darren Sessions

With this class, you can add a PNG image to your button and automatically get a highlighted and grayscale version.

gTrackBar - A Custom TrackBar UserControl (VB.NET)

16 Mar 2015

SSDiver2112

TrackBar with custom coloring, value display, label, and increment buttons.

Creating a 'Progress Cursor'

1 Jul 2012

Pieter Van Parys

Utility to display a circular progressbar as cursor.

Sharing and inheriting ImageLists across multiple forms and controls

7 Apr 2006

Neal Andrews

A component that allows ImageLists to be inherited and shared globaly across multiple forms and controls, with full design time support.

Image Processing: Skin Detection, Some Filters and EXIF Tags

17 Jul 2009

Maxim_Barsuk

Simple algorithms of skin detection and some useful filters

Marching Ants

23 Jul 2008

Hax0r778

Learn how to create marching ants easily and efficiently

Navigation Sidebar

1 May 2006

Blake Hurd

A sidebar in the lower left that emulates the sidebar in Outlook 2003. Other features implemented include theming, snapping buttons, unique button system, etc.

Getting a "Handle" on the MDI Client

6 Oct 2004

Jacob Slusser

A component to customize the MDI area of a Form with color, images, border styles, and more.

Fancy Windows Forms

16 Mar 2009

Nedim Sabic

Bring a fresh / cool look and feel to your applications.

BitmaskCtrl - Display and edit a number as a bitmask

24 May 2011

Joe Nachbaur

A Windows Forms user control to display and edit numbers as a bitmask.

ColorTextBox

25 Mar 2007

Chrisi476

This article describes ColorTextBox, a customizable User Control which was written completely from scratch and is intended to fill the gap between the TextBox and RichTextBox controls found in the .NET 2.0 library.

A panel control with positionable captions and icon for Windows Forms

26 Jun 2006

Prasad Khandekar

A panel control with caption support, which can also dock child controls properly.

How to Use a Font Without Installing it

12 Apr 2016

Shao Voon Wong

How to use a font without installing it first on user systems

Real-Time Object Tracker in C++

18 Dec 2007

Chesnokov Yuriy

This article describes an object tracking approach by estimating a time averaged background scene for tracking static and moving objects in real-time on down-scaled image data.

Animated Eye Candy for Programmers

16 Apr 2010

Phillip Piper

A class library that allows (almost) any Control to show animations

A Professional Calendar/Agenda View That You Will Use

27 Aug 2009

JoseMenendez

An Outlook style calendar view with appointments and all-day events, and multiple day view support.

Win8MarqueeProgressIndicator Control

5 Dec 2013

gggustafson

This article presents a user-drawn control, named Win8MarqueeProgressIndicator.

Windows

GDI+

Dev

Industrial Controls 2

21 Feb 2010

Luca Bonotto

A library of controls with a custon renderer for use in the controls processes panel display

Free .NET Spreadsheet Control

23 Jan 2014

Jingwood

.NET Spreadsheet Control written in C#. Supports Cells Merge, Border Style, Pattern Background Color, Data Format, Freeze, Formula, Macro and Script execution.

.NET Versioning and Multi-targeting on C# Application and Component

3 May 2016

Southmountain

this post discussed .NET versioning and multi-targeting of .NET application and component written in C#.

Improving Delphi TDBGrid

20 May 2011

Amir Mahfoozi

Improve Delphi's TDBGrid by adding some new features to it

Outline Text - Part 2

13 Aug 2018

Shao Voon Wong

Outline Text Part 2

Easy to use Wrapper (DLL) for Intel's OpenCV Library with Examples

3 Mar 2009

Heiko Kiessling

The article describes an easy to use a wrapper for Intel's OpenCV lib with examples.

Camera Vision - video surveillance on C#

9 Oct 2006

Andrew Kirillov

A C# video surveillance application, which allows monitoring several IP cameras simultaneously.

Simple Performance Chart

25 Sep 2013

eclipse2k1

A simple Performance Chart/Monitoring Control

Cool Vista-style Menu

3 Jan 2009

Nedim Sabic

Cool Vista style menu in your .NET applications

How to write a loading circle animation in .NET?

15 Feb 2007

Martin Gagne

A new kind of progress bar for .NET 2.0.

Custom Drawn Scrollbar

28 Aug 2009

Thomas Duwe

An article about creating a custom scrollbar control

Using Assembler and SSE2/SSE3 instructions for drawing optimization

29 Jul 2009

SergStrashko

Introduce the algorithm and technique for pre-drawing process speed up.

Advanced UxTheme wrapper

13 Jul 2007

Guillaume Leparmentier

How to use, and understand, visual styles for custom controls drawn with a C# wrapper (uxtheme.dll)

Learning Binary and Hexadecimal

24 Nov 2014

Jeremy Falcon

A beginner's guide to talking like a computer.

Quadrilateral Distortion

30 Aug 2011

CaldasGSM

Non-affine transformations, four-point distortions, or whatever you want to call it.

GDI+

GDI

Dev

A Month Calendar Control in iCal Style

6 Apr 2010

Evgeny Bannikov

A month calendar control in iCal style with fixed and custom selection ranges, holidays highlight and customizable appearance

Monitor GitHub Activity With Event, Project Description, and Language Word Clouds

21 Feb 2015

Marc Clifton

Watch github events in more-or-less real time as we display a word cloud of events, project descriptions, and project languages.

Animated Controls using graphic layers

25 Feb 2015

gggustafson

This article discusses how to create animated controls using graphic layers.

Face Detection C++ Library with Skin and Motion Analysis

16 Jan 2008

Chesnokov Yuriy

The article demonstrates face detection SSE optimized C++ library for color and gray scale data with skin detection, motion estimation for faster processing, small sized SVM and NN rough face prefiltering, PCA/LDA/ICA/any dimensionality reduction/projection and final NN classification

An MFC Chart Control with Enhanced User Interface

17 Jun 2013

geoyar

An MFC linear chart control with enhanced appearance.

Print to TIFF

29 Sep 2010

Pascal Damman

Convert any document to TIFF using a printer driver

A basic Particles System

19 Apr 2005

Itay Sagui

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

A 3D Plotting Library in C#

9 Jun 2006

Pete Everett

A library which draws 3D images on any GDI+ Graphics object.

A CWtlPicture Control Based on GDI+

11 Jul 2011

Ed Gadziemski

CWtlPicture attaches to an owner-drawn picture control and reads, displays, and saves disk or database images

Image Transition in VB.NET Windows Forms

8 Nov 2009

a_pess

Image transition and visual effects in VB.NET using GDI+.

VisualStudio-Like TabControl

23 Aug 2016

Alaa Ben Fatma

Inherits the awesome style of Visual Studio's TabControl for better exploiting

FastTree and FastList

6 Oct 2014

Pavel Torgashov

Fast and flexible replacing of standard WinForm’s controls: ListBox, CheckedListBox and TreeView

A lovely goldfish desktop pet (using alpha-PNG and GDI+)

8 Sep 2008

Davidwu

Using alpha-PNG and GDI+ technology to implement a desktop pet fish!

A Professional HTML Renderer You Will Use

29 Jan 2009

JoseMenendez

100% managed code that draws HTML on any device

Custom Button Control with Gradient Colors and Extra Image (VB.NET)

19 Mar 2015

SSDiver2112

This is a simple to use custom button control, but with a lot of visual design options.

Crossing the bridge between Ghostscript and GDI+

1 Dec 2002

Jonathan de Halleux

A C++ wrapper for the Ghostscript DLL that enables to render PS directly to GDI+ Bitmap

Frequency Analyser V2.0 - Have you ever wondered what will make tones sound in tune with each other?

29 Nov 2007

Windmiller

This graphical application will play and display frequencies and mix them together so that you can analyze what's really going on with sounds that we call intone. Handling a basic DFT version that will prove to us which frequencies are involved. It was originally made in plain C.

Design WinForms Controls using Photoshop

2 Nov 2019

Alaa Ben Fatma

Use your skills as a designer to create gorgeous control

.NET

.NET-Compiler-Platform

Image Processing for Dummies with C# and GDI+ Part 1 - Per Pixel Filters

20 Mar 2002

Christian Graus

The first in a series of articles which will build an image processing library in C# and GDI+

Video Preview and Frames Capture to Memory with SampleGrabber in Buffered Mode.

26 Oct 2007

Chesnokov Yuriy

This article demonstrates video preview and frames capture to memory from external video devices using ISampleGrabber interface in buffered mode.

Word Cloud (Tag Cloud) Generator Control for .NET Windows.Forms in C#

30 Jul 2011

George Mamaladze

Generate a word cloud form some input text. A word cloud is a randomly arranged set of words used in your text. The size and the color of each word expresses its usage frequency. Rarely used words are small and pale. The control is clickable and allows to identify a word under mouse.

The Windows Native Ribbon Part 2: Setting Ribbon Properties at Runtime

18 Jul 2011

Michael Dunn

This article shows how to control various Ribbon and command properties at runtime

The Known Colors Palette Tool - Final Revision - Hopefully

25 Nov 2015

gggustafson

Presents what is hoped to be the final revision to the Known Colors Palette Tool and the earlier article of the same name.

Zoom An Image With Different Interpolation Types

21 Sep 2011

Santhosh G_

Implementation of different interpolations[Bi-Linear and Bi-Cubic] with OpenGL.

Data Visualization with the Virtual Earth ASP.NET Controls

6 Dec 2008

Colin Angus Mackay

An introduction on how to use Virtual Earth's ASP.NET Controls to show data on a map.

Fast Optimizing Rectangle Packing Algorithm for Building CSS Sprites

14 Jun 2011

Matt Perdeck

Describes a fast algorithm to pack a series of rectangles of varying widths and heights into an enclosing rectangle of minimum size

How to skin scrollbars for Panels, in C#

13 Jul 2006

Greg Ellis

This article shows you how to create a skinnable scrollbar as a user control, and use it in a Panel to replace the ugly Windows scrollbar.

Digital Thermometer Using C# and ATmega16 Microcontroller

1 Jul 2013

HiteshSharma

Hardware interfacing through serial port using C#

Extended Graphics - Rounded rectangles, Font metrics and more for C# 3.0

26 Jul 2009

Arun Reginald Zaheeruddin

Adding missing functionality to the Graphics class with the use of Extension Methods in C# 3.0.

ColorBlender - Dynamic Gradient Color Blend Creation Control (VB.NET)

1 Aug 2012

SSDiver2112

How to create a ColorBlend and two color blending UserControls to make it easier.

Presenting EMFexplorer, a GDI+ experiment

29 Sep 2004

Smith Charles

High quality EMF rendering, using GDI+

Understanding and Reading Exif Data

14 Dec 2009

Etienne Whittom

This article explains how to retrieve valuable image information from the Exif data found in JPEG images, and provides a Silverlight class library to perform this task entirely on the client's machine

Dealing with Images in Content Management Systems, Part 2

17 Feb 2009

Tom Crane

Browser-based resizing and optimisation of images

Adding or Retrofitting Aero Glass into Legacy Windows Applications

20 Jun 2007

Stefan Kuhr

Adding Aero Glass to Windows applications while keeping them backwards-compatible with legacy Windows versions

Create SPC CP and Cpk Chart using C#

14 Jul 2015

syed shanu

In this article we can see in detail about how to create a simple SPC (Statistical Process Control) Cp,CPk Chart using C#

Class Diagram Generator

19 Nov 2014

Pieter Alec Myburgh

A project driven .NET class diagram generator that allows generation from dll or exe.

A simple C# library for graph plotting

4 Sep 2014

Zimmermann Stephan

An easy to use C# library for quick and simple graph plotting.

Image Resizing - outperform GDI+

16 Aug 2007

Libor Tinka

This article discusses a little weakness in GDI+ filters and shows a class for top-quality image resizing.

Game Programming - Two

9 May 2008

Anthony Mushrow

Introduction to the methods used to create a simple game.

Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Jump Lists

19 May 2009

Michael Dunn

An intro to using jump lists with your Windows 7 applications

Pulse Button

10 Oct 2009

Niel M.Thomas

How to create a button that radiates pulses

Custom ToolTips for MFC Projects

12 Apr 2007

kenearle

Put anything you want in a ToolTip

Multi-Image Viewer

29 Dec 2004

Marc Clifton

A multi-image viewer with drag and drop source and sink capability

The Windows Native Ribbon Part 3: Buttons and Menus

11 Sep 2011

Michael Dunn

This article demonstrates new button and menu features of the Ribbon

gGlowBox - Create a Glow or Shadow Effect Around a Focused Control (VB.NET)

28 Feb 2019

SSDiver2112

A custom Panel that creates a glow effect around a child control or a drop shadow when it receives focus

Magnet: A mind teaser in 3D

17 Dec 2013

ATUL_LOONA

Can you solve this?

Writing GIS and Mapping Software for .NET

19 Aug 2008

Jon Person, A. Philip Smith

In part three of the series, the authors of the "GIS.NET" mapping component for .NET explain how to write a geographic mapping engine which can display geographic coordinates. Source code is provided which can pan and zoom a sample geographic object (the state of Nebraska), in C# and VB.NET.

Oil Paint Effect: Implementation of Oil Painting Effect on an Image

20 Oct 2012

Santhosh G_

Applying oil painting effect on an image.

Quaternion Mathematics and 3D Library with C# and GDI+

1 Jun 2009

YLS CS

Rotating 3D objects using Quaternion and Drawing 3D objects with GDI+ Graphics

WPF GIF Animation

21 Apr 2010

Artem S. Dmitriev

This article shows the best way to play GIF animation in your WPF project.

GDI+ Plot ActiveX Control

5 Sep 2013

Leslie Zhai

GDI+ 2D plot ActiveX control

RoundButton Windows Control - Ever Decreasing Circles

27 Sep 2006

Gary Perkin

A Windows round button control in C# with designer support

.NET Canvas for Network visualization

4 Nov 2016

Mr. xieguigang 谢桂纲

.NET language Canvas control for Interactive visualizing network data.

Pareto Chart C#

24 Jan 2015

syed shanu

Pareto Chart Control Using C#

iPod touch UI

6 Jan 2009

Dr.Luiji

It's a Media Player that works with transparency effects, plays MP3 and Wav files, displays the tag if present, and displays the album art image if present.

Glass Effect Extender Library for your Applications

17 Aug 2009

Ragheed Al-Tayeb

This library enables you to control the glass effect of Windows Vista and Windows 7.

A multi-purpose XP Office 2003 Style hover and flat button with container bar

10 Oct 2006

carloqueirolo

A versatile and multi-purpose button and button-bar with full Office 2003 colors and style.

Drag-and-Drop Tool to Reduce JPEG Quality (and file size)

14 Apr 2015

Yvan Rodrigues

Today's high-resolution cameras produce huge files, with quality you may be willing to sacrifice.

2D Map Editor

8 Oct 2009

Anthony Mushrow

Create and edit 2D maps using tiles

CNC Graphical Backplotter

30 Nov 2008

Jason Titcomb

Article and source code for creating a CNC graphical backplotter

Pretty IE Toolbar in C#

9 Sep 2008

Alexandr Golovanov

The article describes the work principles and ways of use of IEToolbarEngine. This is a toolbar for Internet Explorer, which has a reusable architecture.

Custom AntiAliasing with GDI+

30 Dec 2004

Keith Rule

Alternate Antialiasing in GDI+

Pixel Shader for Edge Detection and Cartoon Effect

19 Aug 2010

Santhosh G_

Implementation of Sobel Edge Detection and Cartoon Effect using pixel shader.

OneImage

23 Mar 2009

M@dHatter

An httpmodule designed to create one image out of many for faster loading and fewer web server HTTP requests. Module creates auto generated CSS image maps of positions for displaying on a webpage using background positioning. The module also handles creating mouse over image effects.