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

C#3.0

C#4.0

C#2.0

.NET3.0

Alternate to Thread.Sleep

27 Apr 2011 by Abhishek Sur

Thread.Sleep is actually used to block the thread Temporarily for an interval. Async CTP brings forth one probable alternative if you dont want to write yourself : TaskEx.Delay(milliseconds)Probably in next release it will be Task.Delay(milliseconds)This works little different as it...

C#2.0

ProcessRequest(System.Web.HttpContext) Error in asp.net

23 May 2010 by Abid_Inamdar

C#2.0

Getting the Office 2010 button like Gradient

20 Jun 2011 by adolfobarallobre

Here is code for an alternate:public class OfficeButton : Button{ public OfficeButton() : base() { } private Color mGradientGlowColorColor; // the Color field public Color GradientGlowColor // the Color property { get { return...

Post Serialized Objects (Data) in ASP.NET

25 Feb 2013 by ajaynarewade

This is helper class to post serialized objects (Data) to other page in asp.net.

Serialize/Deserialize any object to an XML file

28 May 2013 by akramKamal

Code to serialize/deserialize any object to an XML file.

Implementing Dynamic ToolTips: Preventing SetToolTip stack overflow

17 Feb 2010 by Alan N

Handling the Popup event raised by the System.Windows.Forms.ToolTip component would seem offer an ideal opportunity to alter the tooltip text to reflect an underlying change. Unfortunately the stack overflow caused by calling ToolTip.SetToolTip will soon put a stop to the attempt.The test...

C#2.0

WinForms

Listview Paging in C#

31 Jan 2013 by Anand Gunasekaran

Listview Paging Feature to split the records of the listview in sevaral pages.

Attaching a Console to a WinForms application

25 Feb 2012 by Andreas Gieriet

To not having spoiled the client code with #if DEBUG, you might use the following:[STAThread]static void Main(){ Application.EnableVisualStyles(); Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false); try { Debugging.DebugSetupConsole(); ...

C#3.0

C#4.0

C#2.0

LINQ: OrderBy with Complex Sort Key

5 Jun 2012 by Andreas Gieriet

This is an alternative for "Sorting Strings based on the position of the block letter"

Scrolling Text

31 Aug 2012 by Andrew Rissing

A function to generate an endless collection of scrolling text for your use/amusement.

C#3.0

C#4.0

C#2.0

Change Back Color of MDI Parent form on its load.

18 Feb 2010 by Ank_ush

How to change the background color for an MDI parent form in Visual C#This article demonstrates how to programmatically change the background color for a multiple-document interface (MDI) parent form by using Visual C#.When you use a Windows Form as an MDI parent form, the Application...

Conversion Between All .NET Languages

10 Jun 2010 by Anshul R

The Perfect Translation/Conversion of Code

Checking Internet Is Connected Or Not From .NET

27 May 2011 by Anshul R

Dim value As Boolean = My.Computer.Network.IsAvailable can be used in a situation where the only network a system will be connected to is the Internet.Dim value As Boolean = My.Computer.Network.Ping(hostNameOrAddress ,timeout) hostNameOrAddress can be any valid website -...

Whats My IP Address ?

21 Sep 2011 by Anshul R

Private Sub GetIPAddress()Dim strHostName As StringDim strIPAddress As StringstrHostName = System.Net.Dns.GetHostName()strIPAddress = System.Net.Dns.Resolve(strHostName).AddressList(0).ToString()MessageBox.Show("Host Name: " & strHostName & "; IP Address: " &...

C#2.0

Unicode to Krutidev, Krutidev to Unicode Convertor in C#

14 Oct 2012 by AnuragTripathi

Convertor for Unicode to Krutidev and vice-versa.

How to Delete a File or Folder to Recyclebin

20 Sep 2012 by Anuraj Parameswaran

Delete a file or folder to Recyclebin using C#

Execute a program in a second monitor

12 Mar 2014 by apis3445

With C# and the Windows API, you can execute a program in a second monitor.

C#2.0

.NET

.NET2.0

Whats My IP Address ?

20 Sep 2011 by Archimedes24

I find this useful:Dim st As System.IO.StreamDim sr As System.IO.StreamReaderDim req As System.Net.WebRequest = System.Net.WebRequest.Create("http://www.whatismyip.com/automation/n09230945.asp")Dim resp As System.Net.WebResponse = req.GetResponsest = resp.GetResponseStreamsr =...

C#2.0

Parallel Port Control with C# .NET 2.0

17 Aug 2012 by Arman Aşçı

Parallel port data register control with C# .NET 2.0 and inpout32.dll.

C#2.0

parallel

IE10 and ImageButtons

20 Nov 2012 by Arno1973

A fix for ImageButtons problem in IE10 when project is not 4.5

Showing File Upload Progress to the user using UpdatePanel control in ASP.NET

17 Dec 2012 by AshishChaudha

This article describes the working of fileupload inside an updatepanel and showing the file upload progress to the user.

Performing Insert, Update and Delete Operations using DetailsView Control in ASP.NET

17 Dec 2012 by AshishChaudha

This tip describes the working of DetailsView for inserting a new record, updating and deleting the existing details of the user.

C#2.0

ASP.NET

Export Gridview Data to Excel in ASP.NET

17 Dec 2012 by AshishChaudha

This tip describes how to export data to an Excel file from a GridView.

Creating a Database Driven Auto Complete TextBox Using jQuery for ASP.NET Websites

27 Jan 2013 by AshishChaudha

This tip talks about creating an auto complete textbox using jQuery.

Changing a WinForms Control on the 'UI' Thread from another Thread

23 Mar 2010 by AspDotNetDev

This version works regardless of parameters:public void AnyMethod(int parameter){ MethodInvoker wrapper = new MethodInvoker(delegate() { // Do your thing here! }); if (this.InvokeRequired) this.Invoke(wrapper); else wrapper();}Note also...

C#3.0

C#4.0

C#2.0

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

Some of the Anti Patterns

16 Jul 2013 by Atulkumar P Patel

Anti Patterns are wrong practice followed by Developers. They are opposite to Design Patterns.

How to Host Windows Form in Windows User Control

30 Apr 2013 by Aydin Homay

In the tip, I want to illustrate how to host windows form in windows user control

Shortcut for format code file with proper spacing or tab

19 Oct 2010 by Behzad Talebpour

Alternatively, you can erase your closing bracket (}) and VS will format the whole block (between opening & closing bracket). This works only if there is no syntax error in that block.

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...

Exploring the Behaviour of Property Grid

7 Nov 2012 by Bhasker Kandpal

Exploring the behaviour and capabilities of a property grid control.

Heart shaped Form in C# 2.0

29 Mar 2011 by Brijesh Kr

C#2.0

How to disable Autorun C#

8 Apr 2011 by Brijesh Kr

How to disable Autorun C#

C#2.0

NanoXML - Simple and fast XML parser

13 Nov 2013 by BrokenEvent

Simple and fast .NET XML parser without using System.Xml

Copy Remote Website to Modify Functionality Locally

1 Aug 2014 by Bryan Lyman

A method for duplicating a web page (including all scripts and styles) to run as if it originated from your own server, then modify server-side and client-side functionality afterwards.

Beware of Decimal Bytes

1 Jun 2012 by CoperNick

How suprising can be conversion of decimals to bytes in C#

Trick when using Array.Contains()

13 Jun 2011 by Ctznkane

The Array class already contains this capability with no casting required. The IndexOf method is a static one that returns the index of the value and a -1 if it doesn't exist.Here is an example:exists = Array.IndexOf(arr, "item") >= 0

C#2.0

C# Storable Box Control 1.4.0.4

6 Mar 2015 by Darkencrow

A multi-drawer style collapsable UI container

Remove blank lines from code in Visual Studio

13 Oct 2010 by Dave Paras

Shortcut for format code file with proper spacing or tab

14 Oct 2010 by Dave Paras

CD / DVD Tray Locker

13 Jan 2011 by DaveyM69

How to prevent a CD/DVD drive from being opened.

CustomBackgroundWorker where the initial argument is passed to all events

22 May 2010 by DaveyM69

Enables access to the original argument in all events

C#3.0

C#4.0

C#2.0

Allow write/modify access to CommonApplicationData

22 May 2010 by DaveyM69

Now your application can update it's saved data regrdless of the account it is running under.

Generic Thread Start

22 Mar 2011 by DaveyM69

Starting a thread using a generic argument

C#3.0

C#4.0

C#2.0

Changing a WinForms Control on the 'UI' Thread from another Thread

21 Aug 2010 by DaveyM69

How to access a control from a different thread + good alternatives by other members!

C#3.0

C#4.0

C#2.0

Attaching a Console to a WinForms application

7 Feb 2012 by DaveyM69

How to have a real console window as well as your forms

C#3.0

C#4.0

C#2.0

Basic Event Creation in C#

3 Sep 2010 by DaveyM69

A few quick examples of how to correctly create events.

Generic List Conversion

6 Sep 2010 by DaveyM69

How to convert a generic List of derived types to a generic list of base types.

C#3.0

C#4.0

C#2.0

User Session in ASP.NET

22 Aug 2015 by Deepak Kr Choudhary

This article is about the session use in ASP.NET.

Rendering AltNETType (= .NET FreeType port) with OpenGL

14 Oct 2013 by Demid Korneev

Example of AltNETType use in OpenGL

Whats My IP Address ?

18 Nov 2011 by Denno.Secqtinstien

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e){ HttpBrowserCapabilities bc = Request.Browser; Label1.Text = "IP Address=" + Request.UserHostAddress;}

C#2.0

How to measure execution time with C#

12 Dec 2011 by Denno.Secqtinstien

Code that measures a time interval as you would measure the execution time of a task

C#3.0

C#2.0

Strongly Typed Stored Procedures for .NET

23 Sep 2015 by dibley1973

Call stored procedures in a type safe way using my StoredProcedureFramework for .NET

Setting Null Binary Values In The Registry With C#

13 Oct 2014 by Ed Gadziemski

How to set a null binary value (zero-length binary value) in the registry from your C# program.

PrettyXML (.NET Port)

12 Jul 2012 by ednrg

This is a .NET port of a VBScript utility

WPF C# / VB.NET Additional (fourth) button on window titlebar (Aero only!)

22 Jul 2014 by Emiliarge

Using WindowChrome from Microsoft.Windows.Shell.dll

C# / VB.NET / C++ CLI: Read and write MS Access (mdb) database without ADO and SQL via Microsoft DAO

18 Aug 2014 by Emiliarge

Read and write data to Access databases without limitations caused by the use of the SQL.

C# / VB.NET / C++ CLI: Create, read and write MS Access (mdb, accdb), MySQL, SQL Server, SQL Server Compact and SQLite databases

13 Nov 2014 by Emiliarge

Both MS Access formats (mdb and new - accdb), MSSQL 2008 R2, MSSQL CE, SQLite, MySQL

C#: Read and Write Excel (*.xls and *.xlsx) Files Content without Excel Automation (using NPOI and ADO.NET)

30 Aug 2014 by Emiliarge

2 ways to read and write data to *.xls and *.xls files and display it on DataGridView.

Iterative Fast Forward 1D DCT-II on MSIL

31 May 2014 by Evgeny Pereguda

This is simple implementation of fast forward 1D DCT-II on MSIL which is generated at runtime.

Attaching a Console to a WinForms application

25 Jan 2012 by fastal

VB version:Friend Declare Function AllocConsole Lib "kernel32.dll" () As BooleanFriend Declare Function FreeConsole Lib "kernel32.dll" () As BooleanSub main() Dim MainForm As New frmMain If Command = "" Then MsgBox1 = AddressOf MyMsgBox1 ' messagebox delegate sub call...

C#3.0

C#4.0

C#2.0

Checking Internet Is Connected Or Not From .NET

25 Dec 2011 by Gandhi Ashish

Checking Internet Is Connected Or Not From .NET

Service Locator Pattern

18 Sep 2014 by Gautham Prabhu K

Creating and using Service Locator pattern

Action Filter for Compression

17 Apr 2014 by gunjan k saxena

This tip will help to create an action filter to compress the contents like Json, partial view, etc.

Resize form using GraphicsPath

23 Jul 2012 by hari19113

This code will help us to reshape our Windows form.

Deeply Nested JSON Deserialization Using Recursion and JavaScriptSerializer

28 Apr 2015 by Hassan Alrehamy

JSON Deserialization in depth concept and Dictionary mapping. Special Thanks to Dr. Coral Walker

Include JavaScript Files with Automatic Versioning

9 May 2013 by Hernán Hegykozi

Versioning file inclusion JavaScript by date of last modification

Scroll Synchronization

28 Dec 2013 by immortalus

This is an alternative for "Scroll Synchronization"

Web-based Data Access Object

3 Apr 2013 by In the Face of God

Generalize to access data in a database via HTTP

Image Re-sizing Utility

19 Apr 2013 by indianDEV

Re-sizing images to equalize the width & height

Heart shaped Form in C# 2.0

6 Apr 2011 by intrueder

My alternate uses the AddBezier method, and the size of the heart adjusts to the size of the form.private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e){ using(System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath path = new System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath()) { path.AddBezier(...

C#2.0

Checking Internet Is Connected Or Not From .NET

16 May 2011 by J a a n s

For C# guys....using System ;using System.Runtime ;using System.Runtime.InteropServices ;public class Internet{ [DllImport("wininet.dll")] private extern static bool InternetGetConnectedState( out int Description, int ReservedValue ) ; public static bool...

Visual Image Cryptography Generator

6 Mar 2014 by Jacky Yiu

Visual cryptography is a cryptographic technique which allows visual information (pictures, text, etc.) to be encrypted in such a way that the decryption can be performed by the human visual system, without the aid of computers.

Enumerate entries in TNSNames.ora using Oracle data provider class and DataSourceEnumerator

12 Jul 2011 by Jana Sattainathan

There is an easier way to get the Oracle data source than custom-code a TNSNames.ora parser.

A managed FreeFrame host

6 Feb 2013 by Jarno Burger

A managed wrapper around FreeFrame, to give your video frames some cool effects

A 64bit Bit-Field in C#

5 Nov 2014 by Jeong, WonYoung(Brad)

Making BitField with C# alternative to BitField made with union and struct of C++

Convert Text to Image

27 Nov 2011 by johannesnestler

I'd like to offer a "funny" alternative by using a dummy TextBox. public static Bitmap GetPlainTextBitmap(string strText, Font font, Color colorBack, Color colorText, Size sizeTargetBitmap) { // Create a dummy TextBox TextBox txDummy = new TextBox(); ...

C#2.0

Attaching a Console to a WinForms application

18 Jan 2012 by johannesnestler

Very good tip. I just want to mention an alternative - you can just change your project output type to a console application. (You can undo it later if only needed for debugging). So if you started with a Windows Forms project in Visual Studio: Go to project properties/application/ and in the...

C#3.0

C#4.0

C#2.0

GoDaddy Email Form

12 Mar 2010 by jp2code

Introduction...

Execute System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Connect Method with Timeout Controlled by System.Threading.Timer

10 Dec 2013 by JRINC

Connect to remote socket via System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Connect method with timeout controlled by System.Threading.Timer

Capturing Entire Content of an Internet Explorer Window

14 Jun 2014 by Kaveh Yazdi Nezhad

A simple solution to capture entire HTML code of a web page which is displaying on Internet Explorer

How To Hide Or Show .NET Tabs Programmatically

13 Nov 2011 by KazMaxLtd

This article describes how to hide or show TabControl tabs at runtime

How to Use Rijndael ManagedEncryption with C#

1 Jan 2014 by Kees van Spelde

To encrypt or not to encrypt with C# .NET

Changing a WinForms Control on the 'UI' Thread from another Thread

23 Mar 2010 by Khaniya

this.BeginInvo...

C#3.0

C#4.0

C#2.0

Trick when using Array.Contains()

20 Jun 2011 by Kiran Sonawane

A trick when using Array.Contains()

C#2.0

Whats My IP Address ?

13 Sep 2011 by Koshy Panicker John

Different Method(s) to Find IP Address?

C#2.0

Generic TextBox UserControl With Validation

29 Sep 2013 by Kundan Singh Chouhan

Simple technique to handle text input and validations in single control

Converting Joystick into Mouse Radially

15 Apr 2013 by Lee Louviere

Convert joystick movement into mouse position from a fixed center.

C#2.0

.NET

Windows

Remove blank lines from code in Visual Studio

13 Oct 2010 by linebenchmark

Remove all blank lines, containing or not spaces:^:b*$\n

A Simple C# Console Menu

17 Jan 2015 by LLLLGGGG

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

Turn an Enum into a Simple State Machine

6 Apr 2014 by LShep

Turn an Enum into a simple state machine via a generic wrapper and modular increment methods

Modular IEnumerable Extensions

8 Apr 2014 by LShep

This tip describes an IEnumerable extension method that allows you to select an item modulo Count()

StringFormat Methods with string keys

17 Jan 2011 by Maxim Fedotov

Presents StringFormat methods with string (not integer) keys in 'format' string.

XML Serialization and Deserialization

12 May 2012 by Md. Rashim Uddin

XML Serialization and Deserialization in c#

Crystal Reports 2008 Dynamic Connection to Embedded Reports

13 Feb 2014 by Mik Wadstrom

Simple way to use Crystal reports as embedded dynamic printable reports

Whats My IP Address ?

14 Sep 2011 by Mohammad A Rahman

namespace IpAddresses{ using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Net; class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { GetIPAddresses().ForEach(ip => Console.WriteLine(ip)); } ...

C#2.0

Steps: Check-in/Check-Out Mechanism for TFS - To Avoid Build Errors and Improve Productivity

30 May 2013 by Mohammed Hameed

Check-in/Check-Out mechanism for TFS - To avoid Build errors and improve productivity.