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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)

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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

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

12 Feb 2024 by Elmue

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

Smart Home – Controlling Shelly® Devices (Part 1)

30 Nov 2023 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.

EXTENDED Version of Extended Rich Text Box (RichTextBoxEx)

11 Nov 2022 by Robert Gustafson

I've created an enhanced version of the Extended RichTextBox created by Razi Syed.

Google Maps User Control for ASP.NET

29 Oct 2021 by User 992674

Google Maps control for ASP.NET

What is the Difference between Reflection and Dynamic Keyword in C#?

21 Jun 2021 by Shivprasad koirala

Understanding two terminologies - reflection and dynamic keyword

Touchscreen GDI+ Drawn Keyboard

16 Feb 2021 by practicalDeveloper

A custom drawn keyboard usercontrol and TextBox with keyboard popup

Asynchronous Event-driven Controls Update in Winforms

14 Oct 2020 by Padanian

Updating controls with a background worker with event-driven trigger

OCR image-only PDF files.

3 Aug 2020 by gstolarov

A class library and command line utility to add OCR information to image-only PDF files

Generic DAL for ADO.Net - A Revisit

10 Apr 2020 by #realJSOP

A rewrite of a previous article with more liquid nitrogen and bacon

Create An Awesome WPF UI for Your C++/QT Applications

6 Jan 2020 by The Ænema

This article will teach you how to create an amazing, clean and smooth WPF/Winform UI for your native application without using any complex, unsafe, ActiveXish methods, etc.

Delegates & its 5 Modern Flavors (Func, Action, Predicate, Converter, Comparison)

30 Dec 2019 by Ashwin. Shetty

.NET Delegates & its 5 different features (Func, Action, Predicate, Converter, Comparison)

Stream Player Control

25 Dec 2019 by Alexander Iacobciuc

In this article you will find an implementation of a stream player control.

Reusable Multithreaded TCP/IP Client and Server Classes with Example Project in VB.NET

13 Nov 2019 by pdoxtader

A multithreaded server class that accepts multiple connections from a provided client class. Each client can send and receive files and text (byte data) simultaneously along 250 available channels.

multi-threading

WPF Window Allows Tabbing by Drag and Drop

11 Nov 2019 by Suk H. Lee

WPF Window allows tabbing by drag and drop

.NET Application Framework (Spring.net + ibatis.net)

17 Oct 2019 by Changqin Liu

C# framework integrated with spring.net and ibatis.net

Angular.js Example Application

4 Jun 2019 by Sacha Barber

An example application using angular/Rx for JavaScript/Web Sockets/jQuery

Hosted WCF Service over HTTPS

27 May 2019 by Alexandros Pappas

Example of a self hosted WCF service over HTTPS with transaction

Delete Certificate Store

24 May 2019 by Alexandros Pappas

This deletecertstore tool deletes certificate stores as a pendant to makecert

Rehosting WorkflowDesigner

2 May 2019 by Alexandros Pappas

Rehosting of WorkflowDesigner in WPF and Windows Forms application, and invoking the workflow

Generating a Certificate using a C# Bouncy Castle Library

1 Apr 2019 by Vladan.Obradovic

Generating a certificate file for web server and CA server(s) using a .NET C# Bouncy Castle library

A Software Tool for Injury Analysis of Automobile Crash Data

15 Mar 2019 by Darryl Bryk

A software application is presented which facilitates the analysis of crash test data, automatically generates graphs with injury criteria, and generates reports

Sprache.Calc: Building Yet Another Expression Evaluator

9 Mar 2019 by AlexeyYakovlev

This paper demonstrates a technique of building Sprache parsers using grammar inheritance.

Prepare all your apps for localization

2 Feb 2019 by Qwertie

No matter how lazy you are

Reuse a Single ClickOnce Build for Different Life-cycle Endpoints for an Application

31 Dec 2018 by Randy Kroeger

This article provides an example on how you can change application configuration settings within an existing ClickOnce publish, update the manifest files, followed by using the Mage utility for updating the manifest using the existing cert file.

Implement Observer Pattern in .NET (3 Techniques)

30 Dec 2018 by Chinmoy Mohanty

Multiple techniques of implementing The Observer Pattern in .NET

A Simple Autosave/Recovery Paint Application

16 Dec 2018 by Praveen Raghuvanshi

An application explaining the basic implementation of Autosave feature

Binary Serialization with AnySerializer

3 Dec 2018 by replaysMike

How to binary serialize your classes without having to modify them

deserialization

AvalonDock [2.0] Tutorial Part 1 - Adding a Tool Window

6 Nov 2018 by Dirk Bahle

How to create a new tool window in AvalonDock [2.0]

Self-Synchronized Data Access Layer - Part I

31 Oct 2018 by Aydin Homay

In this article, we will discover the power of generics in C#.

Calling Oracle's Stored Procedures and Mapping User Defined Types (UDTs) from ASP.NET

26 Sep 2018 by MattiLindroth

An example on how to call Oracle stored procedures with UDTs from ASP.NET MVC / REST API

Large Collections in C# (Managed Code) - Part II

4 Sep 2018 by Aydin Homay

In this article, I tried to show a real benchmark based on pressure test method, for a Big-Data collection in C# .NET.

VB.NET Global Try Catch in the Application Framework

27 Jul 2018 by B.O.B.

Implement a Global Try Catch block while still using the .NET Application Framework.

PSAM WPF Control Library

19 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

PSAM Control Library ported over to WPF

Brute Force Password Search by Interop/Automation

14 Jun 2018 by paolo guccini

How to use the Microsoft Interop/Automation to implement parallel research of a Microsoft Office file password.

WPF Toast Notification

22 Apr 2018 by Muhammad Magdi

Fancy toast notification for WPF applications easy to use and support MVVM pattern

WPF Toast Notification -A Deep Dive

22 Apr 2018 by Muhammad Magdi

Fancy toast notification for WPF applications easy to use and support MVVM pattern

Registration Free Activation of .NET Assembly with fox-pro Application through COM and SXS

29 Jan 2018 by Mohammed Abdulla (ABSS)

Step by step procedure to xcopy deploy .NET assembly into fox-pro application

JsonUtility, A Fast, Lightweight C# JSON Drop-in

17 Jan 2018 by honey the codewitch

Dependency free, fast, lightweight JSON parsing and light query

An Enhanced Mathematical Expression Recursive Descent Parser in C#

15 Jan 2018 by Michael B Pliam

A very scalable recursive descent math expression parser with built in math functions and variable storage in C#

External Drives Library: Part 1 - Dealing with USB-Connected Devices

30 Nov 2017 by John Torjo

Easily read and write files from/to any Android Phone/Tablet/iPhone/iPad connected via USB.

Yet another Web Camera control

5 Nov 2017 by Alexander Iacobciuc

In this article you will find yet another implementation of a web camera control.

LDAP Search Utility

24 Oct 2017 by Mike DiRenzo

Single C# class file that can be dropped into any project and used right away

How to fake "freeze" last row in datagridview. Create a footer row for a datagridview.

15 Oct 2017 by Heriberto Lugo

Footer row to sum columns in a datagridview.

Advanced WPF TreeViews Part 2 of n

22 Sep 2017 by Dirk Bahle

A list of advanced tips & tricks on Virtualized WPF TreeViews

Seven-segment LED Control for .NET

1 Aug 2017 by Dmitry Brant

A custom control for Windows Forms that looks like an electronic 7-segment LED display.

Inheriting from a Look Less WPF Control

31 Jul 2017 by Dirk Bahle

This article explains how to take advantage from look-less WPF controls through inheritance

CQRS on Windows Azure - Event Sourcing

22 Jul 2017 by Duncan Edwards Jones

How to use a Windows Azure storage table, blob or file as an event store for event sourcing

Porting a .NET Framework Library to .NET Core

14 Jun 2017 by Robin Rodricks

.NET core/.NET standard is the latest incarnation of the .NET platform. This tutorial introduces you to this new world, and gives you practical advice to successfully port your .NET Framework library to .NET Core.

ASP.NET Calendar Enhanced for JS and Mobile Devices

13 Jun 2017 by JeffLan

A responsive, JavaScript-enabled event-calendar using ASP.NET calendar control

Cloning Objects in .NET Framework - Part II

11 Apr 2017 by Juan Francisco Morales Larios

Continues with the cloning objects .NET Framework

Cloning Objects in .NET Framework - Part I

11 Apr 2017 by Juan Francisco Morales Larios

The importance of cloning objects in .NET Framework

OAuth2 Social Logins - Facebook, Google, Twitter, PayPal - ASP.NET MVC C# open source library

16 Mar 2017 by lepipele

ASP.NET MVC C# Opensource library that abstracts social logins for OAuth providers like Facebook, Google, Twitter, PayPal

Generating Anagrams at Breakneck Speed

9 Mar 2017 by Graeme_Grant

A documented journey looking for the fastest solution for generating valid Anagrams for the Weekly Code Project Challenge...

CQRS on Windows Azure - The Command Side

4 Mar 2017 by Duncan Edwards Jones

An outline of how a paired Azure queue and Azure table can be used for the command side of a CQRS application

Pre-compiled Razor View in ASP.NET MVC

16 Feb 2017 by Sayantan Dutta

Pre-compiled Razor view in ASP.NET MVC

15 Jan 2017 by Qwertie

A very small logging library

13 Jan 2017 by Qwertie

With this library,"from x in list select x.Property" returns another list.

Arithmetic in generic code

10 Jan 2017 by Qwertie

Want to square-root an arbitrary type T in your generic code and multiply it by its natural logarithm? No problem.

Converting Numbers to Text in C#

9 Jan 2017 by kdmote

A simple program to translate numbers into their textual representation. (To turn 1013 into "one thousand, thirteen").

Avoid tedious coding with LeMP

10 Dec 2016 by Qwertie

The Lexical Macro Processor transforms your C# code with a LISP-inspired macro system. Nice substitute for T4 templates, with Visual Studio integration and a Linux-compatible editor.

Improve Productivity by Redesigning DataBase Schema

9 Dec 2016 by Riccardo Cervelli

Redraw database structure to improve productivity

Autogenerate DataContracts for WCF from POCO Classes

7 Dec 2016 by Kuv Patel

Convert a class library of POCO classes to datacontracts for use with WCF without having to write DataContract and DataMember attributes directly to the POCO classes.

entity-framework

SmartFormat.NET /2 - Enhancing string.Format to new levels

3 Dec 2016 by axuno

SmartFormat.NET /2 is a string template library that allows you to fill a string with data. Easy to use, fast, extensible, and extremely powerful. Allows for named {placeholders} using any data type, conditional formatting, iterating through IEnumerables, and much more.

TaskTimer, Reducing Your Exposure to the Internet

17 Oct 2016 by Moshe Morris

A novel standalone tool to help limit computer-related distractions such as the internet, while promoting more healthy goal-driven behavior(s).

Searchable WPF TreeView

13 Oct 2016 by Fredrik Bornander

Showing how to prune nodes of a TreeView as a means of searching

String parsing with custom patterns

5 Oct 2016 by Vladyslav Chernysh

Simple library that parses a string according to custom patterns.

WPF and multi-touch

30 Sep 2016 by Florian Rappl

Exploring WPF capabilities, limitations and work-arounds to create state-of-the-art applications with multi-touch features.

WPF Image Buttons 100% in XAML

27 Sep 2016 by _eol_

The goal of this article is to create flat image buttons with bindable properties.

SaintModeCache.Net

25 Sep 2016 by TheCodeKing

SaintModeCache is a thread safe in-memory cache wrapper for performance optimisation. It's able to continue serving stale content after expiry, whilst it repopulates the cache with a non-blocking single thread.

Enabling CORS in WCF

21 Sep 2016 by ArindamNayak

Enable CORS support in WCF and consuming WCF as rest API from different domain , other than WCF hosted domain.

Implementing Deep Cloning using Reflection

20 Sep 2016 by Alen Toma

How to implement deep cloning using Reflection

Code coverage from manual/automated testing of asp.net web sites, application

13 Sep 2016 by ArindamNayak

This article explains how to get code coverage from asp.net website, web application , web service, stanalone executable etc..

Bitcoin Traffic Sniffer and Analyzer

9 Sep 2016 by Lucas Ontivero

A Bitcoin traffic sniffer that intercepts bitcoin protocol messages and analyzes them in order to check if bitcoin addresses in transactions are vulnerable.

Easy application to detect and recognize faces with EmugCV

7 Sep 2016 by Emanuel Santos

In this article i will show how to create a basic application to detect and recognize faces using EmugCV.

entity-framework

SQL Server Database Development in Visual Studio

1 Sep 2016 by NaibedyaKar

SQL Server database project creation using Visual Studio 2013

SQL-Server-2005

Serialize/Deserialize objects by reference to transfer json between server and client

31 Aug 2016 by Sheshnath Kumar

This article will find out a solution to serialize/deserialize object by reference at server and client, also will serialize/deserialize objects having circular references.

WPF/MVVM Print or Create an Image of your Application Screens

28 Aug 2016 by George Sefcik

This article will show an easy way to add the ability to print, or save as an image, each screen (Window) or FrameworkElement (UserControl) in your application.

Tasks and Task Parallel Library (TPL) : Multi-threading made easy

9 Aug 2016 by Rasik Bihari Tiwari

Let's understand the evolution from older multi-threading world to Task Parallel library (alias TPL). What are the use cases where you would want to leverage TPL instead of creating threads on your own. What are exact areas where TPL has real edge.

A master-detail view with Entity Framework

22 Jul 2016 by Mohamed Kalmoua

In this article, I will create a master-detail view using the Entity Framework.

WebBrowser IE Emulation for Google Maps JavaScript API Key Requirement

4 Jul 2016 by Avelino Ferreira

"Don't care about Google Maps/Routing/StreetView programming. This Control gives your WinForms applications the power of Google Maps API v3". - my previous article. Unfortunately, since Dec.2015, Google Maps JavaScript API applications requires authentication and the program stopped working properly

Easy Molar Mass Calculator

28 Jun 2016 by Mohamed Kalmoua

This article describes how to create a UWP application that uses a Window Runtime Component.

Live uploading of video from web camera on YouTube service on Windows 8 and Windows 10

26 Jun 2016 by Evgeny Pereguda

Simple imitation of direct streaming of live video from web cam on YouTube service on Windows 8 and Windows 10

Measuring COM+ Performance

21 Jun 2016 by Alexandros Pappas

Measuring COM+ performance

Different Ways for Getting Post Data from View in Controller

20 Jun 2016 by VijayRana

In this article, we will see different ways through which we can recieve post data by view in controller.

Fluent and Imperative Animations

18 Jun 2016 by Paulo Zemek

Create animations easily using a Fluent API that integrates well with frame-based animation segments.

Multi-level WPF Popup Bound to a Hierarchical Tree

16 Jun 2016 by _eol_

This article presents the minimal code necessary to display a hierarchical tree using Popups.

Time Zone Lab II: Exploring the DST Adjustment Rules

16 Jun 2016 by David A. Gray

When I needed to compute the Daylight Saving Time transitions for any year, I had to dig a bit deeper into the time zone information stored in the Windows Registry.

Populating Combo Boxes from Enums

16 Jun 2016 by Arkitec

A quick method of populating ComboBoxes from Enum's with optional resource strings.

entity-framework

A Format Control String Surprise

12 Jun 2016 by David A. Gray

What happens when you have more items in your list than you have items in your control string?

Implementing Repository pattern and Dependency Injection in ADO.NET using Generics in C#

22 May 2016 by Ehsan Sajjad

Repository pattern implementation in ADO.NET using Generics

Passing C/C++ Constants, enums, and structs to C# at compile time

22 May 2016 by Ryan Scott White

CppHeader2CS: A compile-time tool for converting C/C++ header constants, enums, and structures to C#.

The List Trifecta, Part 1

20 May 2016 by Qwertie

The A-list is an all-purpose list, a data structure that can support most standard list operation in O(log n) time and does lots of other stuff, too

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

3 May 2016 by Southmountain

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

Learn Windows Workflow Foundation 4.5 through Unit Testing: StateMachine

30 Apr 2016 by Zijian

StateMachine for State Machine

Route-friendly localization of ASP.NET MVC 5

27 Apr 2016 by DmitriyArh88

Creating of user-friendly configurable internationalization mechanism in ASP.NET MVC application

Learn Windows Workflow Foundation 4.5 through Unit Testing: Workflow Definition Persistence, Versioning and WorkflowIdentity

26 Apr 2016 by Zijian

Persistence, versioning and WorkflowIdentity

A Better Thread Synchronization Class

23 Apr 2016 by pdoxtader

Wait, timeout and evaluate early thread release criteria easily and clearly with WaitTimeout

How to Call CoEEShutDownCom in .NET Framework 4.0 and Use It to Solve Hang Issue When Connection Point Being Used Between .NET and Native COM Object

23 Apr 2016 by Simon M Li

Force .NET Framework release RCW objects when necessary

garbage-collection

Comparative analysis of .NET RESTful middleware solutions

20 Apr 2016 by DmitriyArh88

Comparative analysis of .NET RESTful middleware solutions

Log Wizard - a Log Viewer that is easy and fun to use!

19 Apr 2016 by John Torjo

Monitoring Log files can be fun!