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Cryptographic Interoperability: Keys

by Jeffrey Walton

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

Calcium: A Modular Application Toolset Leveraging PRISM – Part 2

by Daniel Vaughan

Calcium provides much of what one needs to rapidly build a multifaceted and sophisticated modular application. Includes a host of modules and services, and an infrastructure that is ready to use in your next application.

Simple Method of DLL Export without C++/CLI

by Dark Daskin

Article describes how to build an assembly that exposes functions to unmanaged code without C++/CLI

WPF: If Carlsberg did MVVM Frameworks: Part 6 of n

by Sacha Barber

It would probably be like Cinch, an MVVM framework for WPF.

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Design Pattern FAQ - Part 1 (Training)

by Shivprasad koirala

Design Pattern FAQ - Interview Questions (Quick Reference)

DICOM Image Viewer

by Harsha T, Amarnath S, S Mahesh Reddy

A simple viewer of images stored in the DICOM 3.0 File Format (C#). The file should have raw pixel data, uncompressed. Window Level functionality is also provided.

Sprache.Calc: Building Yet Another Expression Evaluator

by AlexeyYakovlev

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

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

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.

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C# 3.0

Trace SOAP Request/Response XML with TraceExtension

17 Aug 2009 by Arindam Sinha

SOAP Request/Response XML can be logged with TraceExtension

Textbox Drag/Drop in WPF

28 Sep 2009 by Pete O'Hanlon

Textbox Drag/Drop in WPF

3 Feb 2017 by tranthanhtu.vn

In "REST - Overview" article, I were introduced the basic rules in RESTful, Can you show me how to implement in WebApi?Ok, in this article, we will learn how to implement those rules in WebApi using C#.Where could I get sourcode was used in this article?Please checkout the code at https://github.com

Download Files in ASP.NET

30 Sep 2013 by Md. Rashim Uddin

How to download different types of files in asp.net

Silverlight MEF: Custom ExportProvider for Attached XAML Exports

2 Dec 2009 by Jeremy Likness

Use the Managed Extensibility Framework to export dictionary resources using custom ExportProvider in Silverlight

Page Transition Control for WPF

19 May 2011 by Aron Weiler

Like the title says... a simple (very simple) page transition control for WPF

Silverlight Captcha Example

1 Sep 2009 by Jeremy Likness

Silverlight, with its powerful text and graphics manipulation capabilities and strong interaction with the scripting DOM, seems to be the perfect engine for a Captcha challenge.

LINQ: Single vs. First

13 Apr 2010 by Paulo Morgado

LINQ: Single vs. First

Pex & Moles - Testing Business Layer

28 Jul 2012 by hoonzis

Pex is a tool which helps generate inputs for unit test. Moles is a stub framework used to isolate the unit tests from code which is not being tested. In this post, I will try to describe an attempt to use Pex and Moles to test a typical business layer.

LINQ: Enhancing Distinct with the SelectorEqualityComparer

15 Apr 2010 by Paulo Morgado

LINQ: Enhancing Distinct with the SelectorEqualityComparer

Golden Ratio and GPdotNET v2 User Interface

8 Oct 2012 by Bahrudin Hrnjica

Golden Ratio and GPdotNET v2 User Interface

Reduce the Size of MongoDB Documents Generated from .NET/C#

18 Mar 2014 by Pragmateek

How to reduce the size of MongoDB documents generated from .NET/C#

Synchronization, Memory Visibility and Leaky Abstractions

5 Apr 2014 by Pragmateek

Synchronization, Memory Visibility and Leaky Abstractions

Compiling .NET 1.1 Projects In Visual Studio 2008

15 Apr 2010 by Paulo Morgado

How to compile .NET 1.1 projects in Visual Studio 2008

Content Controls and Open XML 2.0 SDK

23 Jul 2010 by atverma

In this blog, I’ll focus on Content Controls and Open XML 2.0 SDK from the experience I gained in the last 2 months.

Binding to ComboBox.SelectedItem through a custom dependency property

21 Oct 2009 by mrjvdveen

Today we are looking into databinding to the ComboBox.SelectedItem property through a custom dependency property in a UserControl.

Using LINQ To Filter By Object Type and Then Quantify

15 Apr 2010 by Joe Rattz

Using LINQ To Filter By Object Type and Then Quantify

The Evolution Of C#

15 Apr 2010 by Paulo Morgado

The Evolution Of C#

LINQ: Enhancing Distinct With The PredicateEqualityComparer

15 Apr 2010 by Paulo Morgado

LINQ: Enhancing Distinct With The PredicateEqualityComparer

Running .NET 1.1 Applications on .NET 2.0

13 Apr 2010 by Paulo Morgado

Running .NET 1.1 Applications on .NET 2.0

Building Expression Evaluator with Expression Trees in C# – Improving the API

23 Apr 2012 by Giorgi Dalakishvili

This post is part of a series about building a simple mathematical expression evaluator.

Refactoring: Extract a Method, When It’s Meaningful

21 Jul 2015 by EngineerSpock

Turn on your brain and extract when its meaningful

Decoupled ChildWindow Dialogs with Prism in Silverlight 3

29 Sep 2009 by Jeremy Likness

Decoupled ChildWindow Dialogs with Prism in Silverlight 3

LINQ: Introducing The Skip Last Operators

12 Dec 2010 by Paulo Morgado

LINQ: Introducing The Skip Last Operators

SingleInstance(Of T) Class for Windows Phone 7

14 May 2011 by Nikos Baxevanis

This post aims to provide a way to implement lazy initialization in a multi threaded environment using the SingleInstance(Of T) Class.

Logging with Dynamic Objects in .NET 4.0 (part 2-n) - User Interaction Logging

10 Jan 2011 by erik_nl

Logging with dynamic objects in .NET 4.0 (part 2-n) - user interaction logging

Understanding BackgroundWorker and Encapsulating Your Own Thread Class

30 Mar 2011 by Chris_Green

Understanding BackgroundWorker threads and how to encapsulate your own thread class

Welcome Microsoft Delegate! Lambda Expressions Right this Way…

2 Apr 2011 by Chris_Green

Welcome Microsoft Delegate! Lambda Expressions right this way…

Windows 7 Taskbar C# Quick Reference

14 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

Following are some listings to be used as a quick reference to common Windows 7 Taskbar features using Windows API Code Pack.

Duplex Service in WCF

29 Sep 2013 by Md. Rashim Uddin

Duplex service in WCF

Ref Keyword for Reference Types

15 Sep 2009 by Jeremy Likness

Learn about the implications of using the ref keyword on reference types.

Do you know how to maintain your Google ranking while moving to a new site structure?

12 Jan 2010 by Martin Hinshelwood

From time to time your website structure may change. When this happens you do not want to have to start from scratch with your Google rankings, so you need to map all of your Old URLs to new ones.

ASP.NET date picker control - Part 2

24 Aug 2009 by Salmanzz

In this post, I will explain you how I have embedded JavaScript, images and stylesheet to my previous article.

1 Feb 2010 by Pete O'Hanlon

Providing Undo/Redo across VMs (part 1 - simple properties)

Logging and Tracing WCF Soap Messages

11 May 2012 by Md. Rashim Uddin

How to log and trace WCF Soap messages?

Database Driven Unit Testing Using VSTS

13 Jan 2010 by Mahmudul Haque Azad

Database driven unit testing using VSTS

Implementing INotifyPropertyChanged

17 Mar 2010 by Arun Jacob

This article shows how to implement INotifyPropertyChanged.

Grant Access to your Assembly from COM Objects

14 Sep 2009 by Abhishek Sur

Make your class library COM visible using few simple steps

User Preference using Application Settings

16 Aug 2009 by Arindam Sinha

Saving user preferences while closing the application and loading that while opening next time - implemented through Application Settings

Host WCF as Windows Service without Installing

5 Dec 2009 by Jeremy Likness

Learn how to host WCF as a Windows service (without using a web project) and how to code it so that you can test interactively without installing the service.

HTTPS Communication in WCF using Self-sign Certificate

1 Apr 2013 by Md. Rashim Uddin

HTTPS Communication in WCF

LINQ Group By with NULL Database Values

5 Jul 2010 by JasonShort

LINQ Group By with NULL database values

C# Tips – Using delegate in List.Find() Predicate

20 May 2012 by cpsglauco

How to use delegate in List.Find() predicate in C#

ASP.NET MVC: Add HTML5 Microdata to Your Applications using Metadata Providers

3 Apr 2012 by Rui Jarimba

You can use Metadata Providers to add microdata to your ASP.NET MVC applications.

Silverlight charts, and reaching my inner child

30 Jul 2009 by Pete O'Hanlon

Silverlight charts, and reaching my inner child

ASP.NET AJAX Controls for MVC Developers

27 Dec 2012 by Jeffrey T. Fritz

I've been spending a bit of time over the past month looking into ALL of ASP.NET, not just MVC or SignalR or WebAPI.

Getting started with Prism 2, formerly known as the Composite Application Library

22 Apr 2009 by Wes Aday

IntroductionPrism is a set of libraries that allow developers to compose applications from separate components into a composite application.

Optional passed by reference parameters with C# for VBA COM APIs

5 Sep 2015 by Pragmateek

Introduction If you've already developed COM APIs with .Net, typically in C# with VBA as the consuming language, you've probably leveraged two powerful features: by-reference parameter passing that allows the API to change the input object itself, not only its ... Continue reading ...

Dynamic Linq Queries

7 Jun 2009 by StormySpike

Alright, let’s assume that we are lazy coders, we have building a lot of Linq queries lately, and it’s getting repetitive. We keep having to remember to add a certain where clause to every query, couldn’t we just abstract this somehow?

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Silverlight Behaviors and Triggers: TextBox Magic

7 Oct 2009 by Jeremy Likness

The TextBox control is popular in Silverlight, but comes with a few nuances. Learn how to filter textboxes and force databinding with attached behaviors.

Lightweight Task Scheduling for .NET / Silverlight

13 Feb 2010 by Philipp Sumi

A lightweight task scheduling library that allows you to easily schedule the invocation of callback methods at specified times or intervals. Supports .NET 3.5 and Silverlight.

Constructor .NET

11 Oct 2013 by SonuKSingh

Types of constructors available in C#

INotifyPropertyChanging and INotifyPropertyChanged in Real Life using Expression Trees

23 Jul 2010 by atverma

INotifyPropertyChanging and INotifyPropertyChanged in Real Life using Expression Trees

How to get the length (duration) of a media File in C# on Windows 7

26 Oct 2009 by Williarob

If you have ever looked at a media file (audio or video) in explorer on a Windows 7 PC, you may have noticed that it displays additional information about that media file that previous versions of Windows didn't seem to have access to, for example the length/duration of a Quicktime Movie Clip.

Using Expressions for Fun and Profit

5 Jun 2009 by StormySpike

Using Expressions for Fun and Profit

LINQ: Single vs. SingleOrDefault

15 Apr 2010 by Paulo Morgado

LINQ: Single vs SingleOrDefault

Implementing Repository Pattern with EF4 POCO support

30 Jul 2012 by Morshed Anwar

Implementing Repository Pattern with EF4 POCO support.

UnCommon C# keywords - A Look

7 Sep 2009 by Abhishek Sur

Some of both Documented and Undocumented Keywords that we dont use often like Check, StackAlloc, Fixed,default,@variables,Nullables, __arglist,__reftype etc are explained with simple examples

Silverlight DataContext Changed Event

28 Jul 2009 by Jeremy Likness

One known issue with Silverlight is that the DataContext bound to a control may change, but there is no readily available change event. Unlike WPF, you don't have an explicit event to register with in order to track changes.

Pipeline and Yield in C#

6 Aug 2009 by Jeremy Likness

The pipeline pattern (sometimes also referred to as pipes and filters) has many useful applications. C# makes implementation even easier with the yield keyword.

Programming Windows Phone 7 – Hello World

9 Oct 2010 by Sarath C

A simple Windows Phone 7 application

Define Your Own Dialog Box in Winform

19 Mar 2012 by Md. Rashim Uddin

How to define your own dialog box

The "Fancy Proxy" - Having fun with WCF - 6-DynamicDuplexProxy

16 Feb 2010 by Diego Resnik

Using Dynamic Proxy & MSMQ Duplex to create a proxy that switches automatically between online & offline network state

Silverlight: Reflection Image Button

4 Jul 2009 by Jeremy Likness

A simple Silverlight control that creates an image button with zoom and reflection

WCF: Loose coupling of WCF Service and Data Contracts

1 Feb 2010 by Sky Sanders

A strategy for implementing maintaining separation of concerns and implementation hiding.

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Lambda Expression in C# 3.0

8 Feb 2010 by Shakeel Iqbal

Lambda Expression is one of the best features of C# 3.0

State Design Pattern

14 Aug 2009 by Salmanzz

State Design Pattern

How to Fill a ListBox/DropDownList from an Enum

22 Aug 2009 by Steve Wellens

There was a question about this on the ASP.NET forums and after a quick search I didn't find a good generic function so I thought I'd supply one. Note: I wanted this to be as broad and useful as possible, so the second parameter is a ListControl which both the ListBox and DropDownList inherit from.

Windows 7 Multitouch Application Development (Part - I)

26 Aug 2009 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

In this post, I will discuss about developing a simple multitouch application using .NET 3.5 SP1.

Leverage the .NET framework classes from VBA

24 Apr 2014 by Pragmateek

Introduction Following my previous article on a similar subject, Extend your VBA code with C#, VB.Net or C++/CLI, I’ve received an interesting feedback from a VBA developer who wanted to leverage the advanced support of the .Net framework for regular … Continue reading →

Getting Fun with .NET Static Reflection

2 Jul 2009 by emiaj

How the usage of Static Reflection could help in the refactoring process

Model-View-ViewModel in WPF - Part I

22 Apr 2009 by Wes Aday

This code that I am presenting here is a derivative of the demo application written by Josh Smith, http://joshsmithonwpf.wordpress.com.

C# 4.0: Alternative To Optional Arguments

17 Apr 2010 by Paulo Morgado

C# 4.0: Alternative To Optional Arguments

How to Choose between IDisposable, IComponent, Component, MarshalByValueComponent and Control while Implementing a Class

31 Jul 2010 by atverma

Criteria behind choosing IDisposable, IComponent, Component, MarshalByValueComponent and base Control classes(System.Windows.Form.Control and System.Web.UI.Control) while implementing a Class

How to: Create a Date Picker Composite Control in ASP.NET (C#)

2 Jul 2009 by Salmanzz

How to create a Date Picker Composite Control in ASP.NET (C#)

Model-View-Presenter and Model-View-ViewModel in Prism

22 Apr 2009 by Wes Aday

This is a beginners introduction to the MVP and MVVM design pattern as implemented in Prism

JavaScript and User Controls 101

3 Jun 2009 by Jeremy Likness

Learn how to best embed/associate JavaScript with ASP.NET user controls

Silverlight Behaviors and Triggers: Storyboard Trigger Example

6 Oct 2009 by Jeremy Likness

One of the most powerful benefits of Silverlight is that it uses the DependencyProperty model. Using this model, you can have great attached properties to describe reusable behaviors and attach those behaviors to certain elements.

ASP.NET MVC – Conditional Rendering

3 Feb 2010 by Rajeesh.C.V

How we could write a conditional rendering HTML helper in ASP.NET MVC

Winforms – Model-View-Presenter – A tutorial

11 May 2009 by Wes Aday

Winforms – Model-View-Presenter – A tutorial

Using CultureInfo for Globalization/Localization of an ASP.NET Applictation

8 Sep 2009 by Ashish Sheth

Using CultureInfo for Globalization/Localization of an ASP.NET applictation.

Dependency Injection in ASP.NET MVC4 and webapi using Ninject

28 Jun 2012 by Bhupindra Singh

Dependency Injection in ASP.NET MVC4 and webapi using Ninject

How can you add "Select All" behaviour for all TextBoxes in your WPF application?

24 Aug 2009 by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

Add "Select All" behaviour for all TextBoxes in your WPF application

Magic of JQuery in ASP.NET, Simplifying AJAX

6 Jan 2011 by Mahmudul Haque Azad

Magic of JQuery in ASP.NET, simplifying AJAX

Buffer.BlockCopy Not As Fast As You Think

7 Aug 2017 by JasonShort

Buffer.BlockCopy is not as fast as you think

A non-generic IList implementation without any Boxing and Unboxing

18 May 2009 by gUrM33T

A simple workaround to avoid boxing and unboxing while still using a non-generic IList implementation

Implement Jquery.tmpl (template) with KnockoutJS, ASP.NET MVC 3

24 Apr 2012 by Neeraj Kaushik1980

Implementing Jquery.tmpl (template) with KnockoutJS, ASP.NET MVC 3.