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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

WCF Client For Web Services that Require Authorization by HTTP Header

24 Dec 2023 by NikStar

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

Working with MSDTC...

30 May 2023 by Sufyan S Jabr

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

Popup Log Viewer

1 Jul 2019 by Lance Roberts

A tray utility for monitoring log files and popping up error messages

Windows Resize and Move

8 May 2019 by Bruno Tabbia

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

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

Are Speed Considerations Concerning List Still Important (Performance of Loyc's AList<T>)?

11 Feb 2019 by Steffen Ploetz

Compare the speed of generic collections running on .NET Framework 4.6.1, .NET Core 2.1 and Mono/.NET 4.5 based on the framework's version of List against Loys's version of AList.

Writing a DataTable to a CSV File

8 Sep 2017 by Thomas Corey

A quick way to write the contents of a DataTable to an RFC 4180-compliant CSV file

Check Not Implemented Members at Runtime

15 Jun 2017 by Ordiales

Create default interface implementation or whatever you want with runtime checking not implemented members

Entity Framework, Hybrid Approach

1 Jun 2017 by Sherjil_Ahmed

Mixing DB-First and Code First Approach for using SPs in EF-Way

entity-framework

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

UiDispatcherHelper - Dispatcher Helper Class for UI Bound Actions in WPF

10 Apr 2017 by Swapnil Dhage

This is a helper/utility class that will add a layer of abstraction as well as separation for dispatcher related operations in WPF.

System.Diagnostics Useful Actions

5 Apr 2017 by Juan Francisco Morales Larios

Useful Actions for debugger in System.Diagnostics

Easy JSON Recursion in VB.NET with Nested Levels

16 Mar 2017 by Robert Bettinelli

Easy JSON Recursion in VB.NET with nested levels

Validate Anti-Forgery in ASP.NET MVC- The Automated Way

13 Feb 2017 by Muhammad Albedewy

Validate Anti-Forgery in 6 easy steps

Simple Display Dialog of Waiting in WinForms

11 Jan 2017 by Dean Feng

A simple method to display a waiting dialog in WinForm application, and not block the main form.

3 Jan 2017 by Đinh Công Thắng

You can fill any form, click any button, and extract any data from web by using Web Automation.

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

Auto Generate Code (CRUD) for 3 Layered architecture

12 Dec 2016 by Suresh Dasari's

Auto Generate Code (CRUD) for 3 Layered architecture (Entity, Data Access & Business Layer) with Stored Procedures based on table design.

SQL-Server-2005

Thread-Safe ObservableCollection<T>

10 Dec 2016 by Cory Charlton

A thread-safe implementation of the ObservableCollection class

Merge Two or More Images into One Image

25 Nov 2016 by Jatinath

This trick will help you to merge two or more Images into one Image

Validate a Unique Constraint at dbContext ValidateEntity in Entity Framework

7 Nov 2016 by Wahid Bitar

Validated the unique constraints at dbContext ValidateEntity in a generic way by reading the IndexAttribute values.

entity-framework

Mail Chimp Add/Update e-mail to List and Subscribe API V3

19 Oct 2016 by Member 551133

How to add, and update an existing, entry on MailChimp list, using API V3. Optionally, you can add to one or more groups easily. Written in VB.NET, but could be easily converted to C#

How To Sort Two Dimensional Array in Selected Sort Order by Column One, Then By Column Two, Then By Column Three . . . Then By Column N?

10 Oct 2016 by Perić Željko

Sort two dimensional array by using DataGridView class

Face Alignment According to Eye Position in Emgu CV

17 Sep 2016 by Rajesh Londhe

Face alignment rotation to improve face recognization

image-recognition

Managed, Unmanaged, GC, Idisposable != Scary

9 Sep 2016 by Rajita R

If (you know the basics) { things are not scary }

FsViewModelBase

3 Sep 2016 by epicTurk

F# Quotations support for ViewModelSupport.ViewModelBase Property get\set Accessors

Embedding Chrome in your C# App using CefSharp

2 Sep 2016 by Robin Rodricks

Learn how to integrate the CefSharp open-source web browser into a C# WinForms app

Creating a Link in the Left Pane of the File Explorer - like OneDrive or DropBox

22 Aug 2016 by Sujith Karivelil

Creating a link in the left pane of the file Explorer - like OneDrive or DropBox

Entity Framework 5.0 - Performance Tuning Using SqlBulkCopy

22 Jul 2016 by Abhay@Accenture

Performance tuning using SqlBulkCopy

entity-framework

.NET Important Topics Summary - Code Examples

31 May 2016 by Yaseer Mumtaz

.NET interview questions and answers with real world examples and code snippets

SignalR - Difference Between Broadcast To All and Group Message

16 May 2016 by Rajesh Londhe

SignalR methods used for group and one-to-one chat

Remove Default Background Color of ListBox Item on Selection in Windows Universal App

26 Mar 2016 by Sumit Samediya

Here we will learn how to remove default background color of ListBox item on selection in Windows Universal App

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

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

NamingFormatter - String Interpolation in Runtime Solution

10 Feb 2016 by Kouji Matsui

This library is simple and is a substitution of System.String.Format.

Editable WPF Label Custom User Control

8 Feb 2016 by StormyDev

Simple and clean-cut label that user can edit text of during run-time (by double-clicking) which I wrote because the examples I found were either obsolete or added clutter to the interface.

.NET-Compiler-Platform

CRUD in ASP.NET MVC 4 with KnockOut.JS

20 Jan 2016 by Indresh_Prajapati

This tip will help beginners to implement CRUD operations in ASP.NET MVC 4 with scripting language as KnockOut and Database as MS SQL 2008R2.

Return Multiple Result Set using Entity Framework from Stored Procedure

19 Jan 2016 by Md.Shamim Hassan

How to return Multiple Result Set using Entity Framework with stored procedure

From Task to Async/Await

17 Jan 2016 by SubhamoyBurman

Use of Task Parallel Library and Async/Await in your application

Avoid Out-of-memory Troubles with Very Large Lists(Of T)

15 Jan 2016 by veen_rp

Big lists (>1,000,000 items) can cause out-of-memory errors raised by .NET. Manage them by a List of List(Of T)

Launching UI Application from Windows Service

14 Jan 2016 by Alexandros Pappas

Windows Service that launches UI app

Windows-service

Illustrating the State Pattern with a Very Basic Example

29 Dec 2015 by Rajesh Buddaraju

A simplified example is used to describe the state pattern

Make Client Side and Server Side Validation with MVC Razor 4.0

11 Dec 2015 by Ajay Bhushan

MVC Razor Validations

ServicePredicateBuilder for creating Serializable Expressions

30 Nov 2015 by Mohammad Dayyan, VahidJafari

A library for creating .Net Serializable Expressions to send via WCF services

Using SQLite: An Example of CRUD Operations in C#.NET

20 Nov 2015 by Lộc Nguyễn

With a DEMO WPF application (WinNotif)

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

AutoCompleteExtender working with EntityFramework! (Reload 2015)

12 Nov 2015 by Eduardo Yost

Creating a Web User Control containing an AutoCompleteExtender for data through WCF (JSON) allowing to store the entity selected through EntityFramework. Entity object serialization from the server to the client and the client to the server.

BackUp and Restore with SMO of SQL Server 2008

26 Oct 2015 by Hernán Hegykozi

This tip will show how to perform a backup and restore database from an application in VB.NET 2010.

SQL-Server-2008

Sending an Email to Yourself

21 Oct 2015 by Mike 2005

Code to include in a deployment project

WPF Grid Control with Solid GridLines

14 Oct 2015 by Vishal.KumarSingh

This is a simple tip to describe how to create a custom grid control which has solid gridlines with choice to change the gridlines brush, thickness and GridLinesVisibility.

custom-controls

C# Extension Method to Convert List into a Delimited Text String

13 Oct 2015 by dibley1973

A simple C# extension method to convert List into a delimited text string. Ideal for creating CSV files!

WPF/MVVM Application for showing SystemColors list

4 Sep 2015 by Igor Sorokin

In this article I would like to describe simple WPF application for showing System.Windows.SystemColors list.

String Interpolation or String Handling in C# 6.0 with New Feature

1 Sep 2015 by idreeskhan

String interpolation or String handling in C# 6.0 with new feature

C# Bluetooth Monitor for Lego Mindstorms NXT

19 Aug 2015 by charles922

Program that continuously monitors the NXT via Bluetooth

C# Code Execution Time Compiler - WPF Application

15 Aug 2015 by Rakesh Vemula

A Windows application which processes your code and shows how much time it takes to execute your code.

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.

Create and Consume ASP.NET WebAPI Services - MVC

9 Aug 2015 by saurabh sri

Basic steps to create ASP.NET WebApi services.

How To Create A REST Based JSON Service in WCF

31 Jul 2015 by Manish_Kaushal

This tip provides a quick starter guide to create a RESTful JSON service in WCF.

Arrays Generator

26 Jul 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Generate your arrays using a GUI tool

RTF to HTML - VB.NET

22 Jul 2015 by The Tigerman

Work in progress, but a simple HTML to RTF converter

Stored Procedure Returns No Fields Even After Refresh Fields

15 Jul 2015 by Member 10295860

Using stored procedure type for binding data to dataset in SSRS or adding entity to Entity data model

entity-framework

Expressmapper - The New .NET Mapper!

13 Jul 2015 by Yuriy Anisimov

Expressmapper - lightweight, lighting fast and easy to use .NET mapper

Fast Prime Factoring Algorithm

3 Jul 2015 by DrABELL

Serial and Parallel implementation of efficient Prime Factoriing algorithms

Making a HTML Table from XML in a C# Console App

23 Jun 2015 by MarcusCole6833

A simple program to make an HTML page from an XML file

Forms Authentication using Web API

16 Jun 2015 by saurabhsharmacs

If using Identity framework is not possible, one can add the old school forms authentication method.

Dotnet Simple Rule Engine

16 Jun 2015 by sarvesh.upadhyay

Dotnet Simple Rule Engine

Making the Game of Yahtzee in C# in an Afternoon?

10 Jun 2015 by MarcusCole6833

A basic Game of Yahtzee

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 Request Presentation Objects with PresentationRequestor

12 May 2015 by HUONG Minh-Luong

This tip is a tutorial that explains how to use PresentationRequestor Nuget package.

Convert Your Home Desktop to Webserver using IP-forwarding

11 May 2015 by Shibasis Sengupta

This tip describes how to convert your personal laptop into a webserver available on world wide web

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.

Creating Presentation Objects with PresentationMapper

29 Apr 2015 by HUONG Minh-Luong

How to use PresentationMapper to generate presentation objects

Host extern Win32 Window in WPF

11 Apr 2015 by El_Codero

Convert doc/docx Documents to PDF with Foxit Reader

10 Apr 2015 by El_Codero

Convert doc/docx documents to pdf with Foxit Reader Printer. Works without use of Word Interop/SharePoint.

Introduction to WCF

6 Apr 2015 by Santhakumar Munuswamy @ Chennai

This tip explains WCF and helps understand the difference between WCF and Web Services.

PictureBox with a ScrollBar

28 Mar 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Surf your PictureBox using scrolling bars

Methods and One of Its Best Buddy Parameters

25 Mar 2015 by VC.J

Ways to get multiple values from a single method

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.

SQL Change Data Capture (CDC) table not working after adding new columns to the source table and Using CDC with a frequently changing schema

13 Mar 2015 by Rajesh Manjarekar

When CDC is turned ON against a table and the underlying table schema changes, such as adding/removing a column, changing datatype etc

SQL-Server-2008

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

How to Use ASP.NET WebForm for JSON or XML Response

27 Feb 2015 by TheKarateKid

Shows how to use simple ASPX page to return JSON or XML response

Convert CellSet to HTML Table, and from HTML to Json, Array

27 Feb 2015 by Sibeesh Passion

Convert CellSet to HTML Table, and from HTML to Json, Array

How to Restrict the Calendar Dates on Microsoft AJAX Calendar Extender

26 Feb 2015 by TheKarateKid

Shows how to restrict and format the dates on Microsoft AJAX Calendar Extender...

Convert Microsoft ADOMD Cell Set to JSON

26 Feb 2015 by Sibeesh Passion

Convert Microsoft ADOMD Cell Set to JSON

Download Mail Details With attachment using IMAP

23 Feb 2015 by Sujith Karivelil

This article Describes Connectivity to Gmail using IMAP, and also guide you to download and save mail content along with attachment.

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

Run SQL queries on datatables with SqlToDataset

14 Feb 2015 by DerStauner

With this library it is possible to query datatables with SQL commands.

Automatic Undo/Redo

11 Feb 2015 by Emiliano El Mariachi

Here is a small library to help you have an automatic undo/redo feature without explicit dependency on Undo/Redo system.

Creating a Multi-header Column, XamDataPresenter

11 Feb 2015 by Mohit Johri

This tip will help you to display data using XamDataPresenter (or any DataGrid) which will have multi-header column.

Electronic Signature with Canvas and JavaScript

5 Feb 2015 by Miller Nguyen

This article will show you how to implement a complete solution of electronic signature by using HTML5 canvas in ASP.NET (VB).

Microsoft Office Addins (Outlook & Project) for YouTrack

5 Feb 2015 by Stephan Ehret

Create YouTrack issues from Outlook and manage your issues from Microsoft Project

Handling events in google calendar using google API v3

27 Jan 2015 by Sujith Karivelil

This article will help you to create, update and delete events/ appointment in google calendar from your web application.

Alphanumeric count up

27 Jan 2015 by HiDensity

Class providing methods to count up a string using a definable character set.

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

3 Layer Architecture for Beginners in ASP.NET C#

19 Jan 2015 by JatinKhimani

Develop a web application in 3 layer architecture code style

A Simple C# Console Menu

17 Jan 2015 by LLLLGGGG

A really simple implementation of a C# menu for console applications

MySQL Connector for Visual Basic

17 Jan 2015 by rolandomontero

MySQL Connector for Visual Basic, obtaining a data table

Ten Simple Tips to Improve Performance of an ASP.NET Website

11 Jan 2015 by Jithin Geroge

Tips to improve the performance of ASP.NET web applications

Migrate from WCF Rest Services to Web API 2- Basics of Attribute Routing

11 Jan 2015 by RaviAakula

Web API 2- Basics of Attribute Routing

Real-time statistics with Rx (Statistical Demo App 1 of 2)

10 Jan 2015 by John L. Vidal

Know how an event in your app is performing by using Reactive Extensions