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Introduction to D3DImage

by Dr. WPF

.NET 3.5 SP1 is here! It's time to break out your DirectX skills. This article provides the information necessary to get started using a new DirectX interop feature in WPF called D3DImage.

Cryptographic Interoperability: Keys

by Jeffrey Walton

Import and export Cryptographic Keys in PKCS#8 and X.509 formats, using Crypto++, C#, and Java.

XColorSpectrumCtrl - a non-MFC color picker control that displays a color spectrum

by Hans Dietrich

XColorSpectrumCtrl displays a color spectrum that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models.

XQueue - a non-MFC C++ class to manage an interprocess queue

by Hans Dietrich

XQueue implements a shared-memory first-in first-out (FIFO) queue, based on memory-mapped files, that works on all versions of Windows.

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Extend HTML elements in JS with a 'Factory'

by V_Cento

A simple way to extend an HTML element.

IntelliTask - An Alternative Windows Version to the Famous Task Manager

by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

Task Manager shows you the programs, processes, and services that are currently running on your computer. You can use Task Manager to monitor your computer’s performance or to close a program that is not responding.

IntelliLink - An Alternative Windows Version to Online Link Managers

by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

A look at the URLDownloadToFile function and architecture of IntelliLink

IntelliPort - An Alternative Windows Version to the Famous HyperTerminal

by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

You can use IntelliPort to transfer large files from a computer onto your portable computer using a serial port rather than going through the process of setting up your portable computer on a network.

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Extend HTML elements in JS with a 'Factory'

N 27 Mar 2023 by V_Cento

A simple way to extend an HTML element.

IntelliTask - An Alternative Windows Version to the Famous Task Manager

U 26 Mar 2023 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

Task Manager shows you the programs, processes, and services that are currently running on your computer. You can use Task Manager to monitor your computer’s performance or to close a program that is not responding.

IntelliPort - An Alternative Windows Version to the Famous HyperTerminal

U 24 Mar 2023 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

You can use IntelliPort to transfer large files from a computer onto your portable computer using a serial port rather than going through the process of setting up your portable computer on a network.

Using Bitwise Operations on Bitfields as a Primitive SIMD

U 23 Mar 2023 by Patrice T

How to use bitwise operations on Bitfields as primitive SIMD

Using the New ESP32 LCD Panel API With htcw_gfx and htcw_uix

U 20 Mar 2023 by honey the codewitch

Combine some great technologies for rich, responsive IoT user interfaces on the ESP32

Running a Standalone PHP App in Windows

U 19 Mar 2023 by Michael Chourdakis

Portable nginx+php+mysql inside Windows

i2cu Take Two: Serial and I2C Probe in a Handy Package

N 16 Mar 2023 by honey the codewitch

Debug your circuits with this handy device

How to Create High Performance (and Publication Quality) 2D Graphs in C++ using Morphologica

U 14 Mar 2023 by sebjameswml

Walks you through the steps needed to draw high quality 2D graphs in your C++ programs using the header-only library morphologica

Preservation of Local State in C#

N 14 Mar 2023 by JorgeLuisOrejel

How to preserve state of local variables in C#

i2cu: An I2C Bus Probe Tool for the TTGO T1 Display

13 Mar 2023 by honey the codewitch

Easily determine active devices on an I2C bus with this simple device

Direct2D Tutorial Part 5: Text Display and Font Enumeration

10 Mar 2023 by Shao Voon Wong

Introduction to DirectWrite Text Display and Font Enumeration

Simple C++ DirectShow MP3 Player Class

10 Mar 2023 by Shao Voon Wong

No frills C++ MP3/WMA DirectShow player class

C++: Minimalistic CSV Streams

10 Mar 2023 by Shao Voon Wong

Read/write CSV in few lines of code!

How To Do Math in C++ using morph::vvec

8 Mar 2023 by sebjameswml

morph::vvec allows you to do vector math without any external libraries

ChatGPT-API for Windows: Use ChatGPT in your Windows Applications

2 Mar 2023 by Michael Chourdakis

Quicky generate text and images

Kigs Framework Introduction (8/8) - Data Driven Application

1 Mar 2023 by Stephane Capo

A multi purpose, cross-platform, free and Open Source C++ framework. Data Driven Application

Kigs Framework Introduction (3/8) - Attributes

1 Mar 2023 by Stephane Capo

A multi-purpose, cross-platform, free and Open Source C++ framework. This article will focus on CoreModifiable attributes.

Kigs Framework Introduction (5/8) - CoreItem

1 Mar 2023 by Stephane Capo

A multi purpose, cross-platform, free and Open Source C++ framework. This article will focus on CoreItem.

Kigs Framework Introduction (6/8) - Signal, Slot, Notification

1 Mar 2023 by Stephane Capo

A multi purpose, cross-platform, free and Open Source C++ framework. This article will focus on Signal/Slot and Notification mechanisms.

Kigs Framework Introduction (7/8) - Lua Binding

1 Mar 2023 by Stephane Capo

A multi purpose, cross-platform, free and Open Source C++ framework. Lua Binding feature

Kigs Framework Introduction (2/8) - CoreModifiable

1 Mar 2023 by Stephane Capo

Kigs framework is a multi purpose, cross-platform, free and open source C++ framework. This article will focus on the main base class of the framework: the CoreModifiable class.

Kigs Framework Introduction (4/8) - Methods

1 Mar 2023 by Stephane Capo

A multi purpose, cross-platform, free and Open Source C++ framework. This article will focus on CoreModifiable methods.

Kigs Framework Introduction (1/8)

1 Mar 2023 by Stephane Capo

A multi purpose, cross-platform, free and Open Source C++ framework

SYCL and OpenCL

27 Feb 2023 by Sergiu Oprea

Differences and similarities between SYCL and OpenCL

Stateful Screen Rendering on Little Devices

26 Feb 2023 by honey the codewitch

How to make very responsive, flicker free interactive screens without using a lot of memory

How to Ensure Proper Dynamic Library Boundary Crossing for Objects using Smart Pointers' Custom Deleters

24 Feb 2023 by Philippe Cayouette, Sebastien Gibeau

Solution using smart pointers' custom deleters

String Manipulations using TCHAR Header File

14 Feb 2023 by Atique Rahman

Tips and tricks on String manipulations in Unicode (Windows Programming context)

FAT-32 Sorter - Utility that Sorts the Files' Table in the FAT32 File System

12 Feb 2023 by Udi Cohen

How I wrote a utility to sort files in FAT-32 storage devices and fixing products that are affected by improper sorting order, such as various music players.

Build a Desktop Program using XML and JavaScript without C/C++

8 Feb 2023 by flyhigh

Introducing a new framework for building client program using XML and JS

AVL Databases Have Finally Arrived

7 Feb 2023 by Ben McNamara

I++ contains AVL databases

Create a Web Service Client using GSoap Toolkit over HP-UX Server

6 Feb 2023 by Octavio Sanchez Huerta

Write a web service library for HP-UX server

ARM Tutorial Part 1 Clocks

6 Feb 2023 by Mike Hankey

This is the first in a series of articles based on the ARM CPU architecture.

Array-Based Memory Pool and Allocator

6 Feb 2023 by Vadim Stadnik

Simple and useful alternative to traditional memory pool

memory-management

Enforcing a Static Interface in C++

2 Feb 2023 by Bruno van Dooren

Ways to enforce an interface contract on static methods, similar to what you would expect from static virtual methods if they'd exist in C++

Using C++ Templates to Implement Dynamic Memory Objects with Custom Allocator

22 Jan 2023 by Bruno van Dooren

How to use C++ templates for implementing dynamic memory objects with custom allocator

memory-management

Protecting Electron Based Applications by Using a Native Bridge

16 Jan 2023 by The Ænema

In this article, you will learn an easy way to protect your critical code logic in electron-based applications using a C++ native library.

TTGO Fan Take 2

10 Jan 2023 by honey the codewitch

A far more functional fan controller than before, and some powerful programming techniques

cngsha3: A Cryptography Next Generation Implementation of SHA-3

10 Jan 2023 by Michael Chourdakis

Use SHA-3 in Win32 projects

A PWM Based Fan Controller for Arduino

6 Jan 2023 by honey the codewitch

Control 3 or 4 pin PWM fans using this library

A Lightweight, Safe, Portable, and High-Performance Runtime for Dapr

5 Jan 2023 by Michael Yuan @WasmEdge

How to use high performance Wasm runtime WasmEdge as a sidecar application runtime for Dapr

C++ Replacement for getopt

2 Jan 2023 by Mircea Neacsu

Parser for command line options

Implementing an Asynchronous Named Pipe Server - Part 2

22 Dec 2022 by Bruno van Dooren

How to implement named pipe server for communicating with client apps

A Sonos Speaker System Remote for the TTGO T-Display v1

13 Dec 2022 by honey the codewitch

Control the sound from your Sonos system in each room of your house

An Introduction to Accelerator and Parallel Programming

12 Dec 2022 by Intel

This is the first in a series of articles where I will talk about parallel programming and various ways to enable it on modern accelerators.

CaptureManager SDK - Capturing, Recording and Streaming Video and Audio from Web-Cams

11 Dec 2022 by Evgeny Pereguda

This article presents my project for capturing of video and audio sources on Windows OS by Microsoft Media Foundation.

A Tale of Two Buttons: Building an IoT Button Library for Arduino

9 Dec 2022 by honey the codewitch

Building a button library seems simple until it isn't.

Implementing an Asynchronous Named Pipe Server - Part 1

9 Dec 2022 by Bruno van Dooren

How to implement named pipe server for communicating with client apps

Why ISO C++ Is Not Enough for Heterogeneous Computing

9 Dec 2022 by Intel

In this article we look at why C++ with SYCL is the best approach to accelerated computing, and why the C++ standard is a critically important foundation but insufficient for the needs of accelerated computing.

packetcache: Exploring Development of a memcache-like Network Cache

29 Nov 2022 by Michael Sydney Balloni

This article explores UDP programming, LRU cache development, and .NET packet processing.

A History of C and C++ Character Data Types

25 Nov 2022 by Nemanja Trifunovic

Purpose, history and scenarios of use of character data types

Win32 Programming: Dealing with Variable Size Structs When Making API Calls

24 Nov 2022 by Bruno van Dooren

When calling into the win32 API, there are many times when you must deal with structures that have a variable size. This article shows how to do that in a convenient way.

Fast 2:1 Image Shrink (Scale Down)

16 Nov 2022 by Svetoslav Chekanov

Fast implementation of 2:1 image shrink (full image or part of it)

LINQ and Performance

15 Nov 2022 by Steffen Ploetz

Is LINQ the right technology for processing large amounts of data in runtime-relevant environments?

First Steps / Tutorial: How to Start with TGUI (Running on SFML and Utilizing OpenGL) using Code::Blocks on Linux

5 Nov 2022 by Steffen Ploetz

My way to have a first sample program running with "Texus' Graphical User Interface" (TGUI) - a cross-platform modern C++ immediate GUI, on which I use "Simple and Fast Multimedia Library" (SFML) as backend.

Using C++ Move Semantics to Manage Pointers to Externally Allocated Memory

3 Nov 2022 by Bruno van Dooren

The win32 subsystem often returns pointers to objects that need to be deallocated by the caller. In this article, I show a way to do this reliably and in an exception-safe manner.

memory-management

A generic progress bar snippet with Inner Process Communication using Mutex

29 Oct 2022 by Michael Haephrati

The progress bar snippet explained in this article, can be called or updated from different running programs.

Thank You for Your Service: Creating a Persistent Isolated Windows Service

28 Oct 2022 by Michael Haephrati

Windows Services are powerful little beasts and encountering them is unavoidable when developing under Windows

oneMKL: C++ API with SYCL Support for Data Fitting

28 Oct 2022 by Intel

Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL) now includes adding support for C++ and GPUs, taking full advantage of the SYCL cross-platform abstraction layer.

Between Mutex, Semaphore and Horrible Hairdos

28 Oct 2022 by Ruth_Haephrati

Mutex or Semaphores are here to offer non-recursive semantics, so your program, or chunks of your code will only run once — no hairspray needed...

H264/HEVC Video Encoder for OpenGL

26 Oct 2022 by Shao Voon Wong

H264/HEVC Video Encoder for recording OpenGL rendering

Bring Your Animations to H264/HEVC Video

26 Oct 2022 by Shao Voon Wong

Bring your animations to H264/HEVC video using C++ and C# with h/w acceleration

Using a Win32 Mutex to Figure Out if an Application Instance is the First One

21 Oct 2022 by Bruno van Dooren

This article shows how to use a win32 mutex during application startup to figure out if an application instance is the first one.

synchronization

Hosting .NET Web Service in Unmanaged C/C++ Process in Windows and Linux

18 Oct 2022 by Igor Ladnik

Compact infrastructure for custom hosting of .NET Web components in unmanaged C/C++ code with reciprocal methods calls between the parts running in Windows and Linux

A Method for Transmitting Uncompressed 44.1kHz 32bit I2S Audio from Arduino MKR WiFi 1010

17 Oct 2022 by hemanthk119

This article describes modification of Arduino NINA firmware to wirelessly transmit I2S microphone data.

Use C++11 Range For-Loop to Enumerate Registry, Folder and WMI

16 Oct 2022 by Shao Voon Wong

C++11 Range For-Loop to Enumerate Registry, Folder and WMI

Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a ButtonFly

14 Oct 2022 by Ruth_Haephrati

There's no reason the buttons used as part of your programs' UI shouldn't be beautiful and practical at the same time. Introducing: ButtonFly — an all-in-one C++ class to reduce your overhead and create beautiful buttons.

Breaking Cross-Architecture Barriers with oneAPI: Libraries for Easy Heterogeneous Compute

13 Oct 2022 by Robert Mueller-Albrecht

In this article we explore how using oneAPI the software-development paradigm changes and targeting and maintaining multiple execution environments for a given workload becomes more easily achievable

Optimizing Win32 SID Translation via C++ Parallelization

5 Oct 2022 by Bruno van Dooren

How to improve time consuming operations through parallelization, when multiple similar operations need to be performed

parallelization

Chess Console Game in C++

5 Oct 2022 by Jerome Vonk

Simple chess game, written in C++, that runs in a console. Made for didactic purposes and fun :)

EspMon: A Simple PC Hardware Monitor using a T-Display S3

3 Oct 2022 by honey the codewitch

Monitor your CPU and GPU activity with this little project

Duck Three Ways: File I/O and String Performance Comparison Between C#, C++, and C

27 Sep 2022 by Michael Sydney Balloni

Different languages and approaches are evaluated for a file and string processing benchmark

basic_oformatstream Template Class

25 Sep 2022 by David 'dex' Schwartz

Old style printf format strings ported to an ostream shim class

Win32 Security: Retrieving Privileges and Groups for an Access Token

22 Sep 2022 by Bruno van Dooren

This article shows how to retrieve the Privileges and Groups that are part of an access token such as the current thread token.

Obtain the Plain Text Session Key using CryptoAPI

22 Sep 2022 by Raphael Amorim

How to get plain text session using CryptoAPI

Robust C++: Initialization and Restarts

20 Sep 2022 by Greg Utas

Structuring main() and quickly recovering from memory corruption

Segmented Map, a Compromise Between Flat Map and std::map

18 Sep 2022 by Mikhail Semenov

This article proposes a mapping algorithm, called Segmented Map, which is almost as fast as Flat Map is random access and enumeration of elements and close to std::map in insertion of elements.

Mini-filter to Block Certain Media Types

11 Sep 2022 by DRaahul

The fully working sample code explains everything necessary to create a Minifilter driver to block devices connected through an interface.

It is Better to Use Devector Than std::deque

10 Sep 2022 by Mikhail Semenov

This article shows that double-ended vector is much faster than std::deque and should be preferred.

An Introduction to C++ Concepts for Template Specialization

8 Sep 2022 by Bruno van Dooren

How concepts can be used in template programming for partial specialization

Getting Started with Path Tracing using Diligent Engine

6 Sep 2022 by EgorYusov

An implementation of a basic path tracer with Diligent Engine

N: An Experimental Multithreaded bignum Library for Windows

6 Sep 2022 by Michael Chourdakis

This class allows math between any size big number, as long as your available memory can handle it.

multi-threading

Back-propagation Neural Net

4 Sep 2022 by Tejpal Singh Chhabra

A C++ class implementing a back-propagation algorithm neural net, that supports any number of layers/neurons

N: A C++ bignum Header-only Library with Thread Support and Static Memory Usage Support

4 Sep 2022 by Michael Chourdakis

A quick implementation of my ideas

C/C++ Headers and Source Files: How Do They Work?

3 Sep 2022 by honey the codewitch

Understand the difference between headers and source files, what they do, and how they work together.

Diligent Engine: A Modern Cross-Platform Low-Level Graphics Library

30 Aug 2022 by EgorYusov

This article introduces Diligent Engine, a modern cross-platform graphics API abstraction library and rendering framework

Windows 11 Version Detection

30 Aug 2022 by Shao Voon Wong

Windows 11 Version Detection using C# and C++

Making HTTP REST Request in C++ With WinHTTP

30 Aug 2022 by Shao Voon Wong

How to make an HTTP REST request in C++ with WinHTTP wrapper

Using the Win32 Cryptographic API to Hash Data

26 Aug 2022 by Bruno van Dooren

This article describes a way to hash data using the latest Win32 API and C++

Prang Once Again

25 Aug 2022 by honey the codewitch

Dusting off an old MIDI toy project and making it less of a toy.

Codez Bank: A Code Snippet Bank Application

22 Aug 2022 by steveb

An application that stores and manages useful code snippets and keeps them always handy

Integer Factorization: Dreaded List of Primes

20 Aug 2022 by Patrice T

Using a large list of primes with Trial Division algorithm and how to handle the list

Using Windows Transactions to Recursively Delete a Registry Tree

16 Aug 2022 by Bruno van Dooren

This article describes how to use Windows transactions to recursively delete a registry tree under a registry subkey and then the subkey itself.

TinyObfuscate - A Tiny String Obfuscator for C / C++

13 Aug 2022 by Michael Haephrati

TinyObfuscate is a simple tool you can use when you need to obfuscate or conceal strings in your program; it prevents them from showing up with a strings or hex tool once your executable is examined.

Getting To Know LLVM

1 Aug 2022 by Bridget Mwikali

This article provides an overview of LLVM and how it applies to oneAPI and its compiler.

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Portable, Accelerated Image Processing with the oneAPI Image Processing Library

28 Jul 2022 by Valentin Kubarev

In this article we discuss how to use SYCL and oneIPL to offload Gaussian image filtering to an accelerator.

product-showcase

Migrating the Jacobi Iterative Method from CUDA to SYCL

27 Jul 2022 by Intel

This document demonstrates how a linear algebra Jacobi iterative method written in CUDA* can be migrated to the SYCL* heterogenous programing language.

product-showcase

SFX: Making Noise with a New Audio and MIDI Library for IoT

25 Jul 2022 by honey the codewitch

Make your little devices sing

Using Win32 Transactions

21 Jul 2022 by Bruno van Dooren

This article demonstrates how to use Win32 transactions with file and registry operations.

.NET Wrapper of FFmpeg Libraries

15 Jul 2022 by Maxim Kartavenkov

Article describes created .NET wrapper library

Unboxing the M5 Stack Fire 2.6

14 Jul 2022 by honey the codewitch

Unlock the potential of this neat little IoT widget