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by Martin Mitáš

How to support scrolling within your controls.

Synchronization with Visual C++ and the Windows API

by Espen Harlinn

Choosing the right synchronization mechanisms when working with threads, thread-pools, and I/O Completion ports to create high performance asynchronous servers in C++

Intermediate Data Clustering with k-means

by Andy Allinger

Add features to k-means for missing data, mixed data, and choosing the number of clusters

Authenticated Encryption

by Jeffrey Walton

Perform authenticated encryption with Crypto++.

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BASIC is not dead! Neither is the WIN32! Time to end the myth. (Part 3)

by Chris Boss

BASIC: A powerful language often underestimated and undervalued

RGFW | Singler-Header Lightweight Framework for Basic Window and Graphics Context Handling (like GLFW)

by ColleagueRiley

A multi-platform single-header very simple-to-use framework library for creating GUI Libraries or simple GUI programs.

How to Design an AXI4 Stream Interface in Vitis HLS

by FPGANinja

A walkthrough and source code for designing a stream interface in Vitis HLS

Fast SSE Pseudo Random Number Generator

by Alexey Shtykov

The thing that could generate pseudo random numbers faster than standard library does

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C

"Swift or Objective-C?" that is here the Question!

5 Oct 2014 by KarstenK

Some toughts whether to prefer Objective-C or Swift.

Objective-C

Swift

iOS

Apple

A method to ignore anomalies in an ultrasonic distance sensor application

27 Oct 2014 by Mike Meinz

Describes an algorithm to ignore spurious ultrasonic sensor readings.

Dev

A pure-C Centered MessageBox Replacement

23 Oct 2015 by Ph. Jounin

A C-replacement for MessageBox

Windows

VS2010

A purist hello world app: an IPhone project template without .XIB

13 Aug 2010 by Ohmu

A step-by-step Guide to getting a pure code application template.

Objective-C

iPhone

Mobile

A Simple Screensaver in C through Win32: CodeRain

16 Aug 2012 by AshakiranBhatter

ScreensSaver through fullscreen mode using Win32 APIs in C.

Accesing DB2 Databse using DB2 CLI

4 Oct 2012 by Ritesh_Singh

C++ code to connect/access DB2 database using DB2 call level interface(CLI)

Adding a "transparent" Background to Your Buttons

15 Oct 2014 by Arthur Caputo

Tutorial on setting a false transparency onto your button's edges.

Adding a Notification Message to an iOS App

13 Jun 2014 by Michael Gledhill

How to add an fade-in message to your iPhone app in 5 minutes

Admiration for Swift

10 Jun 2014 by Santosh Sharma (go2santosh)

Finally iOS developers get a new programming language as advanced as C# and Java

Allocating Memory in C/C++: How to Avoid Memory Mismatched Allocation/Deallocation Issues Detected by Intel® Inspector XE for Visual Studio 2015

1 May 2017 by Arthur V. Ratz

This tip/trick introduces the basic ideas on how to avoid memory mismatched allocation/deallocation issues detected by Intel® Inspector XE for Visual Studio 2015

AlSayed Color TrackBar

5 Jun 2012 by Abed AlSayed

AlSayed ColorBar is a TrackBar best for professional color picker, like the one used in Adobe Photoshop.

Amazon S3 .lib/Dll for Uploading File with Signature Version 4 for VS2010 in C++

14 Feb 2016 by Jigar_Patel

Amazon S3 lib for uploading file in C++ using VS2010

An Introduction to Integer Compression

15 Mar 2016 by cruppstahl

Describes algorithms for integer compression, introduces a few libraries and shows how to use them

C++

AngularJS 2.0 Getting Started with Visual Studio

5 Sep 2015 by Thinira

In this tip, we will discuss how to setup Angular 2.0 in Visual Studio and write a very basic “Todo” application.

Another TCP Echo Server using IOCP

9 Feb 2019 by zvx

An introduction to writing IOCP network servers

Approach to Paste a Bitmap into an Icon Image on ReactOS (and Consequently on Windows XP and Newer Versions, using Win32 API)

27 Dec 2020 by Steffen Ploetz

Step-by-step instructions and source code snippets for inserting a bitmap (or a section of it) into an icon image.

Automatically Disappearing Dialog, Used to Provide VERIFY and ASSERT on ReactOS

8 Jan 2020 by Steffen Ploetz

Automatically Disappearing Dialog

Big Design Up Front or Emergent Design?

28 Nov 2016 by Zebedee Mason

Or why not both? This shows how.

Bigger Directories

15 Dec 2017 by Laurie Stearn

Dialogex with Listbox to manipulate long paths in Windows

BitArray in C

20 Jan 2010 by jafarmlp

Introduction...

C Code for 4-bit Control of Newhaven OLED Character Display

24 Jul 2015 by BEmbedded

This article discusses 'C' code used to control a Newhaven OLED in 4-bit mode. It is a MBLABX project.

C Struct Hack

2 Oct 2016 by Eric Z (Jing)

This tip introduces struct hack and compares it with several implementation alternatives.

C# / VB.NET / C++ CLI and WinAPI: How to Programmatically Press Mouse Button, and Check if Mouse Button or Keyboard Key Pressed

29 Sep 2014 by Emiliarge

Using WinAPI functions - GetAsyncKeyState and mouse_event

C++ Graphics - Splash Screen

3 Nov 2014 by Ullas_Krishnan

How create a Splash Screen in C++ Program (TurboC) in DOS Mode..

TurboC++

C++

graphics

C++ Syntax Uncovered

15 Dec 2010 by Lars P.Wadefalk

I have sometimes wondered if the 'with' statement would work in C/C++, just like in pascal. Meaning that it would in it's nearest scope automatically recognize class/struct members for the ones mentioned with a . or maybe -> operator.Maybe something like:TestClass* tc;float...

C++/CLI

Java

C++

C99 and C++11: Use isnan to test for NaN

12 Apr 2016 by Shao Voon Wong

Never test for NaN by comparing it with NaN literal

C++

Calculating the Pi Number

13 May 2020 by Askar Azhibaev

Calculating the pi number faster using a simple formula

OpenGL

mathematics

Calling C# .NET methods from unmanaged C/C++ code

13 Dec 2013 by CathalMF

Describes with an example of how you can call C#.NET methods from unmanaged C++ code.

C++

managed

unmanaged

Capture Incoming HTTP Requests to the Web Server

27 Nov 2014 by Abdallah Al-Dalleh

How to handle post data coming inside an HTTP POST request

C++

HTTP

Capture Program using GDI

29 Mar 2017 by Taehoon Kim 1004

Capture program using GDI

Case Solved: The Correct Placement of Brackets

11 Aug 2013 by Ghosuwa Wogomon

An in-depth explanation of correct bracket placement and why...

C++/CLI

Objective-C

C++

Changing Windows Aero Color

24 Jun 2013 by Tejashwi Kalp Taru

Ever wanted to change the Windows Aero color without restarting the DWM?

Check for an active Internet connection

22 Mar 2010 by PJ Arends

I have seen many different ways to check if the computer has an active internet connection. The best one, IMO, is to check for the presence of the default route in the IP forwarding table that is maintained by windows. This can be checked by using GetIPForwardTable function found in the...

C++

Checking Location Service Permissions on iOS

25 Oct 2013 by Melih Mucuk

Check whether location service enabled for your app.

Code Injection

28 Feb 2014 by _Ravikant Tiwari_

This program will demonstrate the process of injecting code into already running processes. Here we have choosen to inject into Explorer

Code Injection - A Generic Approach for 32bit and 64bit Versions

7 Mar 2014 by _Ravikant Tiwari_

Code Injection - A Generic Approach for 32bit and 64bit Versions

Compiler Warnings: Ignore at Your Own Risk

28 Jun 2015 by David A. Gray

While you can often get away with ignoring compiler warnings, failing to at least scan them can bite hard!

Compiling Native C/C++ library for Android

20 Aug 2014 by pi19404

This article describes the method to cross compile C/C++ library for Android OS

Connected Component Labeling and Vectorization

2 May 2014 by leon de boer

Implementation of connected component labeling and subsequent vectorization.

HTML

Windows

vectorization

Copy Address of File

21 Apr 2012 by perilbrain

A very simple trick to assist you in eradicating out manual file name entries.

Windows

Counting Occurrences

6 Feb 2014 by CPallini

A simple algorithm for counting occurrences of symbols in files

Lua

C++

Creating a BOTTOMMOST Window

16 Mar 2012 by Florin Gherghel

How to create a BOTTOMMOST window (Win32 and .NET).

C++

Creating a Process with Medium Integration Level from the Process with High Integration Level in Vista

26 Jan 2008 by Volirvag Yexela

This tip suggests the way of launching a process with Medium IL from the process with High IL.

Creating a WCF Service with JSON Data and Using it on iOS

31 Mar 2013 by Melih Mucuk

Creating a WCF Service with JSON data for use on iOS

Creating Custom FFmpeg IO-Context

6 Nov 2012 by Philipp Sch

How to use an IStream-Interface with FFmpeg

C++

Dev

video

Creating Delegates in Objective-C

14 Feb 2015 by Dennis E White

How to create delegates in Objective-C

Cross-platform Visual Memory Tracker

15 Mar 2016 by araud

Did you ever want to know where most of the memory is consumed? Whether it leaks or just gets allocated too much. This home brew memory tracker is yet another bicycle that you will be able to tune for your needs.

CUDA 3.2 on VS2010 in 9 steps

11 May 2011 by Kerem Kat

Compile and run CUDA 3.2 projects from VS2010 in 9 easy steps

Custom Context Menu

28 Mar 2014 by Alex Culea

Shows how to create a window that behaves like a context menu

C++

Windows

Win32

Data Input and Output with Arduino

3 Jan 2016 by José Cintra

An example of how to interact with the user through the keypad, LCD and Buzzer

Arduino

Dev

Architect

Debug with RPC

25 Apr 2012 by Member 7961821

Life debug plug-in of non debugable host

C++

Windows

Visual-Studio

Declare a reference for a two dimensional array without typecasting

25 Dec 2011 by Mukit, Ataul

This not so useful tip tells you how to declare a reference for a two dimensional array without needing to use typecasting.

C++

Declare a reference for a two dimensional array without typecasting

3 Jan 2012 by kooyou

The second form is wrong. A two dimensional pointer does not equal to a two dimensional array. But you can use an one dimensional pointer to reference the two dimensional array.int arr[1][20];int *pTwoDem=(int*)arr;Now you can use *(pTwoDem+10) to replace arr[0][10].

C++

Demonstration of Wlan APIs from MSDN

27 Sep 2012 by david pretham

Windows Native API application

Windows

Visual-Studio

Design TypeDataSet from Storedprocedure using temptable

6 Nov 2012 by Pranay Rana

Design TypeDataSet from Storedprocedure using temptable

Designing the Interface of DLLs in C/C++ Projects

19 Feb 2016 by pasztorpisti

An advice to make your DLL interface more attractive and easier-to-maintain even in cross-platform projects

Discussion About switch ... case Statement for Strings

31 May 2016 by mbue

switch ... case statement for strings

C++

VS2008

Easy way to simulate keyboard press and release keys

6 Mar 2013 by Ahmed Elkafrawy

An easy way to simulate keyboard press & release keys to another application

Eat Your Own Dogfood

7 Oct 2021 by Mircea Neacsu

Source code organization suggestion

C++

project-management

Enable I/O Access From User Mode

26 Apr 2015 by Haftmann, Henrik

12 years too late but now it works: A replacement driver for giveio and dlportio for 64-bit Windows

Enable scrolling to View to allow multiple elements #iOS

6 May 2014 by Amogh Natu

This tip shows how you can add scrolling to a view in iOS to allow multiple elements on the screen that won't fit in one screen.

Objective-C

iOS

Scrollbar

Extension points for ADO.NET Entity Framework

31 Dec 2009 by Vinayaka Krishna Shenoy

I explored a bit more on Entity framework,during last week of 2009 and here goes my observations on how to extend the Entity Framework functionality if you want to customize the normal/ideal flow of Entity framework execution engine.1) OnContextCreatedBy default a declaration of this...

.NET

entity-framework

Extract List of Codes of Windows-Messages from WinUser.H

23 Feb 2014 by Saeed Masoumy Rad

Fast Binary Search Trees (BST) using Arrays

26 Apr 2016 by itsdkg

This tip explains the usage of arrays for creating Fast binary search trees.

C++

Fast floor/ceiling functions

24 Dec 2013 by YvesDaoust

Yet another home-made implementation of the floor function

C++

Dev

algorithm

Fast Graph Traversal

8 Apr 2016 by jurhas

Solving graph on linear time

graph

Fast Integer Square Root For 8051

28 Dec 2020 by CPallini

Fast integer square root computation in 8051 assembly

Fast SSE Pseudo Random Number Generator

19 Feb 2024 by Alexey Shtykov

The thing that could generate pseudo random numbers faster than standard library does

Dev

random

SSE

Faster Bit Rotation

17 Jul 2012 by Jacob F. W.

Here I present an improved version of the Circular Shift Operations

algorithm

encryption

Feedback on Porting .NET Code Base to Mac OSX

9 Oct 2014 by Issam Lahlali

Some feedback to avoid common mistakes when porting a .NET application to Mac OSX

Objective-C

.NET

Find a Word in a String

14 Mar 2014 by mef526

Finding a substring is trivial, but is it a word?

C++

Windows

Finding Fibonacci With Mathematical Formula in C

12 Jun 2014 by stevic

Finding Fibonacci sequence can be done by a simple logic, but we can solve it too with a Math formula

Flicker Free Text Scrolling with Double Buffering

24 Jun 2013 by Tejashwi Kalp Taru

When we have to scroll some text in the dialog box with a background image, you can see flicker. Here's the technique of double buffer to solve this problem

Windows

Win32

For Simplicity's Sake in Windows

26 Jan 2024 by Member 16179004

Capture Enter key in edit control with no dialog box and no subclass.

C++

Windows

dialog

Free Gamma: Precisely Calibrate Your Display

9 Jun 2023 by AbdulRahman A. Badry

Alter your display gamma-ramp to correct & calibrate it

WinAPI

Full Service SQLite for WPF (Including File Handling)

19 Jun 2015 by ergohack

System.Data.SQLite is great, but was missing some BLOB support. Switching to the native source project was easier than expected and provided significant functionality benefits.

Function Pointer in C Struct

25 Jul 2014 by Mohammad_Hamad

Using the Function Pointer inside C struct

struct

FxEngine Plugin to Stream Video Data from a Webcam

16 Mar 2009 by m_sylvain

This tip shows how to build an FxEngine plugin to stream video data from a webcam

GCC Cross Compiler Setup in Windows

17 Jan 2017 by Arun Maiya

How to setup GCC cross compiler in Windows to generate Linux binaries

Gems for typedef and namespace in C

10 Mar 2017 by Southmountain

Gems for typedef and namespace in C

Generic DropDown Control Using LINQ to SQL and Entities using Reflection

21 Aug 2011 by murtaza dhari

A generic dropdown control using LINQ to SQL and Entities using Reflection

Generic EventHandler/EventArgs with a Generic Implicit Cast Operator

22 Sep 2015 by Mike (Prof. Chuck)

Generic EventHandler/EventArgs with a generic implicit cast operator

Generic LINQ Usage To Return Single Value From DataRow

15 Jul 2010 by Paul Brower

This tip will allow you to return the value from column X, where column Y matches your filter

LINQ

DataRow

DataTable

Genetic Algorithm

17 May 2005 by Loay Al Lusi

Genetic Algorithm is used to search for maximum/minimum value of a given function using the concept of chromes and genes.

Getting Started with Smart Watch Development with Pebble

15 Oct 2015 by Abhishek Nandy

Smartwatch Development with pebble

smartwatch

Getting Transducers Over LAN

13 Apr 2016 by Member 11246861

Within LAN, laptop gets signals from microcomputer and microcontroller using TCP/IP and SPI

Good old & dirty printf() debugging in a non-console C++ application or DLL.

26 Jul 2011 by Dave Cross

I just use OutputDebugString() and Sysinternals' DebugView.exe.

C++

Windows

Good old & dirty printf() debugging in a non-console C++ application or DLL.

26 Jul 2011 by Jaime Olivares

Plain old console output is still a valuable debugging tool, even when used in a GUI application.There are many tools here in CP that can be combined with console output like:CConsole - a simple console for debug output[^]Creating a console for your MFC app's debug output[^]You can use...

C++

Windows

Good Old & Dirty printf() Debugging in a Non-console C/C++ Application or DLL

25 Jul 2012 by pasztorpisti

How to open a console in a non-console C/C++ application or DLL and make printf/scanf work (stdin/stdout/stderr related functions)

C++

Windows

GT: A C++ Graphical User Interface Library and System

13 Feb 2017 by trident99