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TCP Socket Off-the-shelf

by Igor Ladnik

Wrapper to facilitate usage of TCP sockets

Routing Manager for WCF4

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.

An extensible ExifReader class with customizable tag handlers

by Nish Nishant

An ExifReader class in C# that supports custom formatting and extraction. StyleCop compliant code, with demos for WPF and Windows Forms.

Silverlight DataTrigger is the Answer to View Model / MVVM Issues

by defwebserver

How using the Silverlight DataTrigger allows you to run a process and then raise another when using View Model (MVVM)

Latest Articles

Editor3D: A Windows.Forms Render Control with interactive 3D Editor in C#

by Elmue

An easy to use 3D control which can be integrated into an application in a few minutes

WCF Client For Web Services that Require Authorization by HTTP Header

by NikStar

Using OutgoingMessageProperties and OperationContextScope to implement authorization by http header for WCF client that communicates with non WCF-based web services.

Smart Home – Controlling Shelly® Devices (Part 1)

by Ralf Meier

In this article, I demonstrate how to integrate Shelly® relays into my smart home, controlling the devices through routines in VB.NET.

Working with MSDTC...

by Sufyan S Jabr

All that you need to know when working with MSDTC, troubleshooting and problem solving.

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.NET4

Quick Introduction to DatePicker, Tricks and MVVM Thoughts

4 Oct 2013 by _Noctis_

Showing how to use and tweak the DateTimePicker control

Extract Resources from an Assembly

18 May 2014 by a_pess

Demonstrates how to retrieve resources from a .NET Assembly in Visual Basic .NET

Create job to export Stored Procedure daily

27 Nov 2012 by Aadhar Joshi

Creating job in sql server which automates taking backup of all stored procedures and functions in physical drive.

SQL-Server-2008

SQL-Server-2005

How to Bind Derived Type in MVC View

9 May 2013 by Abhay@Accenture

How to bind Derived Type in MVC View

web_development

Entity Framework 5.0 - Performance Tuning Using SqlBulkCopy

22 Jul 2016 by Abhay@Accenture

Performance tuning using SqlBulkCopy

entity-framework

How To Get An Extension Attribute from AD

19 Dec 2016 by Abhay@Accenture

Get an extension attribute from AD using Principal Extensions in System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement

active-directory

Creating a Issue in Jira using Rest Api

5 Oct 2014 by Abhijit Ghosh (Subho)

Creating a Issue in Jira using Rest API and Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML)

Creating an Issue with Multiple Attachments in Jira using Rest API

19 Oct 2014 by Abhijit Ghosh (Subho)

This is an alternative for "Creating a Issue in Jira using Rest API". This is an upgraded version as it contains a way of sending attachments with the issue. This version doesn't use MSXML as it is not recommended by Microsoft.

Comparision between Response.Redirect, Response.RedirectParmanent and Server.Transfer

10 Sep 2009 by Abhishek Sur

It is to be noted, .NET has lately introducedResponse.RedirectParmanent() after a long await. The main motive of this is tohave permanent response redirection to the Search Engines.Response.RedirectParmanent() is an extension function introduced in .NET 4.0.Themain motive of it is to indicate

How to make REST requests with C#

21 Nov 2012 by AdamNThompson

A reusable component for makeing REST service requests using C#

SSAS Edit Cube Roles Without Interfering with SSAS Studio

19 Dec 2013 by AE~1

A quick and easy tool for handling SSAS Cube Roles from C# Application

Convert Arabic Number To Alphabet (التفقيط) تحويل الأرقام إلى حروف

11 Nov 2012 by ahmed_alashrafy

تفقيط الأرقام العربيه

Field Based Security in ASP.NET MVC 3 for Different Roles

14 Jun 2012 by Ajay Bachale

MVC3 Role base security.

web_development

Make Client Side and Server Side Validation with MVC Razor 4.0

11 Dec 2015 by Ajay Bhushan

MVC Razor Validations

Assert Property Values for Two Objects or Two Lists

2 Mar 2016 by Akhil Mittal

Helper class to compare two class objects while unit testing

PictureBox with a ScrollBar

28 Mar 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Surf your PictureBox using scrolling bars

Arrays Generator

26 Jul 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Generate your arrays using a GUI tool

How to perform arithmetic operations between any objects by inheriting a common arithmetic parent class in .NET 4.

8 Apr 2011 by Albin Abel

Performing arithmetic operations between objects need to define overloaded operators and restricted to defined types in those method. This code provides an alternate flexible way.

A Thread Pool for the Producers/Consumers Process

27 Jan 2013 by Alessandro Lentini

This tip is connected to my previous one. I show how to use .NET 4.0 BlockingCollection in a simple way.

Simple MVC profiler

3 May 2010 by Alex Onezashvili

Download source files - 323 Kb Introduction. Background Using the code Screenshot About the Author Introduction. Frequently we need to find bottlenecks in MVC View Pages, but there is no proper free tool ,specially when we need to find problem in View...

Launching UI Application from Windows Service

14 Jan 2016 by Alexandros Pappas

Windows Service that launches UI app

Windows-service

ASP.NET 4.0 HttpHandler Routing Support

24 Oct 2011 by AlexCode

Adding support for IHttpHandler on ASP.NET Routing

ASP.NET 4.0 HttpHandler Routing Support

7 Nov 2011 by AlexCode

Hi guys, I have a new version of this.Although it works as expected for the majority of cases, I found a problem on the previous version of this code, that is, it reuses the HttpHandler for different requests and that can be a problem on more complex implementations where inner properties are...

OLE container surrogate for .NET

13 Mar 2013 by Alexei Bouravtsev

COM OLE-container analog for .NET

Storing Dataset in a file using Object Serialization

26 Aug 2010 by alrosan

AutoComplete ComboBox Control From Database

26 Aug 2010 by alrosan

Fun with F#

28 Apr 2010 by Amal Nanda

Fun with F#F# (pronounced "F sharp") is a functional programming language for the .NET Framework that combines the succinct, expressive, and compositional style of functional programming with the runtime, libraries, interoperability, and object model of .NET, that lets users concentrate on...

PayPal REST API Recurring Payment via Stored Credit Card

13 Mar 2015 by Aman Thakur

The tip explains how to make recurring payments using the Stored Credit Cards in the Paypal Vault.

Effectively Flushing Reserved Memory By Process

15 Jun 2014 by Amin Esmaeily

This trick is about how to effectively reduce reserved memory by process.

Binding with Properties defined in Code Behind

7 Jul 2013 by Amit_Mittal

An easy way to bind XAML with properties defined in code behind

Distributed NTLM Hash TMTO Database

23 Jun 2013 by Andrew Admire

Generates an NTLM character set, 1 to any max you set.

ADO.Net Connectivity using Stored Procedure and Output parameters

10 May 2015 by Ankit Bansal MVP

This articles explains the insertion of data into SQL Database using Stored Procedures with Output Parameters. Some Bootstrapping is also used to create a good looking HTML.

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.

SQL-Server-2008R2

Conversion Between All .NET Languages

10 Jun 2010 by Anshul R

The Perfect Translation/Conversion of Code

Converting VS2010 Solution to VS2008

13 Jun 2010 by Anshul R

Instead, you can create a new project in VS2008 and add the source code files to it.

Quick RSS

14 Mar 2013 by Anshul R

Quick way to read RSS

Exception Handling Library

9 Sep 2013 by Anthony Daly

A simple library for dealing with unhandled exceptions, with email support.

Disabling ComboboxItem in ComboBox Control using Converter

24 Nov 2013 by AnthonyMG

WPF ComboBoxItem disabling

Preventing Deselect (Ctrl+Click) in GridRow

28 Nov 2013 by AnthonyMG

Tip for preventing deselection of rows in DataGridView

18 Sep 2012 by Anup Kumar Verma

Taskbar Notification like animation in WPF from code behind

Understanding and Extending Controller Factory in MVC

24 Feb 2014 by Anupam Singh_

This tip is all about understanding the controller factory and exploring it...

Add New User Registration Information in XML with C#

14 Nov 2014 by Anurag Prajesh

Add new user registeration information in XML with C#

XML-documentation

ASP.NET Adrotator and its Implementation

1 Dec 2014 by Anurag Prajesh

How to add banner and slideshow in your website with adrotator

Custom Pagination with ASP.NET MVC

28 May 2013 by Anushan Tennakoon

In this article I am going to explain an approach of implementing custom pagination for an ASP.NET MVC application.

Kendo Grid Editable Column with DropDown

6 Dec 2014 by ArindamSarkar

How to add dropdown inside Editable Kendo Grid

data-visualization

Excel Handling Using .NET C#

2 Mar 2016 by ArindamSarkar

Tips and tricks to quickly find out how to manipulate Excel using .NET Managed Code

Attributed RelayCommand

4 Jun 2014 by arpanmukherjee1

RelayCommand.CanExecute in MVVM with attributes not WPF Requery

WPF MVVM Validation ViewModel using IDataErrorInfo

24 Sep 2014 by arpanmukherjee1

A base viewmodel implementing IDataErrorInfo

Compare .NET Objects Tutorial

4 Apr 2014 by Arthur Peka

A tutorial to compare .NET objects

XNA C# Rotation About 3 Axis

8 Sep 2013 by arussell

XNA - rotate model about each axis without gimbal lock

Encrypt and Decrypt Password in ConnectionString in webconfig file or Appconfig File using C#

24 Apr 2014 by Arvind Singh Baghel

I am writing code to encrypt password in connection string in config file and decrypt password while getting connection from config file.

Validations in knockout js

17 Jun 2014 by ashish_5437

Implement validations in knockout js

7 Apr 2013 by ashish__shukla

Routing is one of the integral parts of an MVC appliaction

Lazy Loading using Windsor Castle

13 Feb 2014 by Ashwin. Shetty

Lazy loading object in DI using Castle Windsor & System.Lazy

How to Create WCF Caching Operation Behavior

7 Nov 2014 by Assil

WCF Caching

Hiding contents in ASP.Net user control designer

14 May 2014 by atlaste

How to fix hiding controls in the Visual Studio user control designer

Select/Deselect All Checkboxes in gridview using JavaScript

26 Sep 2013 by ats_ATISH

How to select/deselect all checkboxes in gridview using JavaScript

Silverlight XPS Viewer in SL4, Support viewbox and viewport property

4 May 2010 by AzharTheGreat

Background...

ComboBox DataSource AddItem Extension

19 Nov 2015 by B.O.B.

A simple extension to add an item that has a data source bound to combobox.items

MVC Dynamic Authorization

14 Jul 2013 by Bahram Ettehadieh

A simple way to implement "Dynamic Authorization" with the ability to assign permissions for actions to roles or users.

ASP.NET MVC4: Bundling and Minification

23 May 2012 by BalaG Ganesan

ASP.NET MVC4 - Bundling and Minification

Using Split Function convert single column to multicolumn in SQL

16 Aug 2012 by Balwant.mnd

My requirement is to convert a single column of a table to another multi column table with the save data that single column contained.

Generic Method to Convert DataReader Result into List of CLR Objects

24 Apr 2014 by Bankey Sharma

Converting DataReader Result into List of Objects Using Generic Type, Property Attribute and Reflection

entity-framework

How-To Convert a String Collection to a Multi-Enum Item Using TryParse

14 Feb 2014 by BenScharbach

How-To Convert a String Collection to a Multi-Enum item using TryParse

How To Hide Or Show .NET Tabs Programmatically

20 Nov 2011 by Bernhard Hiller

That's far too obscure.All you need to do is store a reference to the TabPage instance which was removed from the TabPages collection of the TabControl. You may use the form where the TabControl is placed for that purpose.You could also create your own TabControl which has an extra property...

WinForm on the Fly with Events

26 Mar 2014 by biffthebootmaker

Winform programmatically creating a form and with corresponding events

DesignTime adding of Controls to a UserForm on a WinForm

15 Jul 2011 by BillWoodruff

An interesting change in behavior in VS 2010 Pro ?

Using C# 7's Local Function Feature for Multiple Sequential Exit Test Scenarios

2 Apr 2019 by BillWoodruff

Where a function requires execution in stages, and a check for an exit condition after/with each stage

SOAP message in WCF services.

26 Oct 2014 by Bimaln

Describe about the SOAP message in WCF with example.

SQL-Server-2008R2

A Simple and Powerful Library to Deal with Web Robots Control Strategy

6 Mar 2014 by bluecurve01

How to parse robots.txt and robots meta tag

How to Write a Single Stored Procedure for Delete/Retrieve all Table of Records

14 Jun 2013 by Bojjaiah

Single Stored Procedure for delete/retrieve all table of records

SQL-Server-2008

AHAH in ASP.NET MVC using ActionFilters, XMLHttpRequest and HistoryAPI

13 Mar 2014 by BradodarB

Simple example outlining how to optionally employ AHAH based views in an MVC application.

Ensure Your Code First DB is Always Initialized

27 Jun 2012 by Brady Kelly

A quick and easy way to ensure that your Code First DB Initializer is always run when your app starts, not just on the first data access operation

Details on Transactionscope exception handling

30 May 2011 by Brian Risley

How to do transaction scope exception handling.

Windows Resize and Move

8 May 2019 by Bruno Tabbia

Automatic positioning and resizing of explorer windows, without overlapping (for obsessive superusers)

C# Open Text File, Read First Line for a Specific Word, If the Word Exists, Move the File

10 Mar 2014 by caed

C# - Read Text File, Match a Word in First Line, Move File if Word Matches

Creating Func delegates using TextToCalcExpression

16 Mar 2012 by Carlos Conceição

This article how you can use TextToCalcExpression to generate Linq Expressions in runtime

XamlServices class in .Net 4.0

28 Apr 2011 by CDP1802

Serializing and deserializing objects with XamlServices class

C# Bluetooth Monitor for Lego Mindstorms NXT

19 Aug 2015 by charles922

Program that continuously monitors the NXT via Bluetooth

Writing automation test with Selenium WebDriver Extension jQuery - RaYell Effectively

9 Mar 2015 by Chinh Vo Wili

This tip describes how to use Selenium WebDriver extension for jQuery of RaYell and customize waiting element loading

Simple Client Side Consume ASP.NET Web API Server

12 May 2017 by Chinh Vo Wili

Send HTTP GET requests, consume ASP.NET Web API server

How to perform arithmetic operations between any objects by inheriting a common arithmetic parent class in .NET 4.

8 Apr 2011 by Chris Trelawny-Ross

You got me thinking about other ways to accomplish "objects that are not numbers honoring math operators without implementing the operators on the objects."I'm too long in the tooth of strongly typed languages to have a good comfort level with all things dynamic (although reading about the...

Verify Resources Used by DisplayAttribute

17 Feb 2015 by Christ Akkermans

Code for verifying the resources used by DisplayAttribute in order to catch any missing resource strings

Splash Screen using ProgressBar on Windows Phone

9 Jul 2012 by Christian Amado

In this tutorial, we will discuss on ProgressBar & Background worker. Follow the step-by-step tutorial to know how to use these clases.

Windows-Phone-7

UDP based Windows chat application

13 Jul 2012 by Christopher John Paul

UDP based chat application.

Entity Framework on MySQL with nHydrate

9 Aug 2012 by Christopher R Davis

Use model driven development with a MySql backend

Strings To Colours

17 Jun 2014 by cjb110

A String To Brush Converter for WPF/Silverlight

EF Code First Fluent Configuration of Abstract Entities

10 Sep 2014 by cjb110

How to configure columns of abstract entities.

String Format ValueConverter

9 Aug 2015 by Clifford Nelson

This tip provides an alternate way to combine data with text in a WPF control using a ValueConverter that could be considered easier.

XNA: How to Load Texture2D Sprites from HTTP

14 Jul 2012 by codiemorgan

When you want your Texture2D resource to download from the Internet

Using SMO to script all SQL jobs for an instance using C#.Net

25 Jan 2015 by Colm Hoban

A command line utility to script out all jobs from an instance to be used to transfer jobs to another server/environment or to be deposited in source control.

SQL-Server-2008R2

Thread-Safe ObservableCollection<T>

10 Dec 2016 by Cory Charlton

A thread-safe implementation of the ObservableCollection class

Multiple file uploads like in Facebook

4 Dec 2013 by cyber_addicted

Multiple file uploads using jQuery without loss of file on multiple add and click.

USE OF MapPageRoute Method IN ASP.NET(WEBFORM) ROUTING

18 Dec 2013 by cyber_addicted

Routing Technique in ASP.NET (WEBFORM) AND USE OF MapPageRoute

Creating PartitionedDictionary

2 Nov 2014 by D Sarthi Maheshwari

A suggested solution to create Partition based Dictionary (reducing chances of OOM errors and adding capability to hold bigger KVP set in Dictionary).

LINQ Tutorial for Beginners

10 May 2013 by d.ban

A LINQ tutorial for beginners.

Validating User Input Containing HTML tags in ASP.NET MVC

6 Mar 2013 by Daniel Killyevo

If you need that validation message saying: "Input field should not contain HTML...” then this short tip is for you!

Simple Bitmap Buttons for WinForm Applications

6 May 2014 by Daniel Lieberwirth (BrainInBlack)

This describes a simple way to create interactive, bitmap based, buttons for WinForm applications.

Display Vietnamese Characters in PDF Created by iTextSharp

15 May 2015 by Daniel Nguyen Vinh

The iTextSharp API is a powerful Open Source tool for creating PDF documents on the fly; it has the ability to generate multilingual PDF but it does not come with the default setting. In order to display Unicode characters such as Vietnamese, please follow our post

How to Edit ListViewItems Directly

5 Apr 2013 by dapeacenforcement

Easy way to edit the right ListViewItem (Row/Column) after MouseDoubleClick.