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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

"C# Hooks For RRDtool"

26 May 2010 by Mike Corley

C# (.NET and Mono) library provider for RRDtool

"Extension Properties" Revised

23 Mar 2015 by Oleg Shilo

The extremely simple implementation of generic "Extension Properties"

'Extending' the Enum Class to Validate the Enum Values with the Flags Attribute

4 Jan 2008 by dmihailescu

Use extension methods to augment the enums to validate the values and more

(Improved) Fast syntax highlighting control!

1 Feb 2013 by Yvar Birx

Syntax highlighting has never been so easy!

(Much) Faster Silverlight Scrolling

10 Dec 2008 by Jerry Evans

Improving scrolling performance in Silverlight

(Re) Introducing AJAX for ASP.NET with Prototype

17 Dec 2008 by thund3rstruck

Writing and using cross platform AJAX in ASP.NET applications.

.NET / XML Serialization

11 Oct 2007 by aSarafian

An article that tries to clear up the concept of serialization.

.NET 2.0 Configuration and Provider Model

27 Mar 2010 by Sergey Sorokin

Use .NET 2.0 configuration features for building a pluggable provider framework for your application.

.NET 2.0 Workaround for PathTooLongException

17 Dec 2007 by Balaji Lakshmanan

Using the Unicode version of CreateFileW, we can overcome the PathTooLongException error on file operations.

.NET 4.0 MEF FAQ (Socket, Plug and extension)

8 Sep 2010 by Shivprasad koirala

.NET 4.0 MEF FAQ (Socket, Plug and extension)

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.NET Asynchronous Patterns

6 Jan 2014 by Assil

This article describes asynchronous patterns in .NET and how to do them.

.NET Best Practice No: 1:- Detecting High Memory consuming functions in .NET code

16 Aug 2010 by Shivprasad koirala

.NET Best Practice No: 1:- Detecting High Memory consuming functions in .NET code

.NET Framework Basics - Preparation for exam 70-536

11 Mar 2010 by fabianse

Base practice code for those preparing the exam 70-536 or learning the .NET framework basis

.NET Framework Delegates: Understanding Asynchronous Delegates

27 Aug 2009 by logicchild

An article to help clarify delegates and how to use them asynchronously.

.NET Framework Runtime Serialization

22 May 2009 by logicchild

An article with a focus on object serialization.

.NET Framework Zip / UnZip Tool Using the Packaging Namespace

10 Sep 2008 by Mayur Chauhan

An UI tool that can be used to zip and unzip a file.

.NET Generics in a Nutshell

23 Dec 2009 by Sunil Pandita

Generics in .NET explained.

.NET Gridview with AJAX and REST Web Services

31 Aug 2010 by Livio Francescucci

How to create an ASP.NET gridview AJAX enabled connected with WCF SOAP and REST webservices.

.NET Installer that Automatically Installs SQL 2005 Express

28 Jul 2008 by John Kenedy S.Kom

This project enables developer to create a setup package that automatically installs SQL 2005 Express and restores database to it

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.NET Interprocess Communication

14 Dec 2009 by TheCodeKing

An easy-to-use, zero configuration solution to .NET communication across application boundaries. A simple library to use as an alternative to .NET Remoting based on low-level Windows Messaging.

.NET Mail Composer

6 Aug 2008 by SHRIDHAR TL

Compose mail messages and send them through your mail account provider.

.NET Mass Downloader - Download the .NET Framework Source Code

26 Apr 2010 by Izzet Kerem Kusmezer

With this tool you can download whole .NET Framework source code at once, and enjoy offline browsing. With it, you can have whole the source code without any Visual Studio product installed

.NET Multicast Delegates

2 Dec 2008 by Cirilo Meggiolaro

Multicast delegates provide functionality to execute more than one method.

.NET POP3 MIME Client

8 Feb 2008 by Wil Peck

This article provides an implementation of a POP3 MIME client using .NET 2.0 and C#.

1 Jan 2008 by malikusman

DCOM component replacement in .NET is .NET remoting

.NET Remoting Events Explained

3 Mar 2010 by Ron Beyer

Explains producing and consuming .NET remoting events, the drawbacks, and advantages.

.Net Script Editor (C#,Vb.net Mini IDE)

13 Jul 2008 by Rajneesh Noonia

The source code / article published here is to provide features of MS Script control (Functions like AddObject) and some features of VSA/Visual Studio editor like intellisence, code completion etc

.NET Targa Image Reader

15 Dec 2008 by David Polomis

Loads a Targa image file into a Bitmap using nothing but .NET code.

.NET technique for converting large text files into XML structures intended for Android objects

5 Jul 2012 by Mario Ghecea

This article describes the technique I used to ingest large text files to create an e-book publishing platform on the Android Market

.NET Versioning and Multi-targeting on C# Application and Component

3 May 2016 by Southmountain

this post discussed .NET versioning and multi-targeting of .NET application and component written in C#.

.NET wrapper for Info-ZIP

25 May 2009 by Serhiy Perevoznyk

A C# wrapper for the Info-ZIP library.

.NET XML Based Localization

30 Jul 2008 by szgerg

An article on .NET localization

.Notifier

1 Sep 2008 by syntaxed

Notifier: an Outlook-like notification window

15 Steps to Develop a Product Management System in Only a Day

23 Mar 2010 by Eunge

The article introduces how to easily develop business solutions in RapidWebDev through developing a product management system with the special requirement step by step.

2 Way Communication Between Embedded Windows User Control into Internet Explorer

1 Jul 2009 by matheszabi-RO

In Internet Explorer webpage is embedded a C# user control and communication between the page and user control

2D Drawing Plug-in

14 Feb 2008 by vikas maan

Draw primitive graphics on your window.

3D Interval KD-Tree

21 May 2009 by Tommi Laukkanen

A KD-Tree which stores axis aligned boxes.

4 steps to use readymade DAL component (Data application blocks)

24 Mar 2009 by Shivprasad koirala

4 steps to use readymade DAL component (Data application blocks)

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6 important uses of Delegates and Events

3 Nov 2014 by Shivprasad koirala

6 important uses of Delegates and Events

6 Steps to Implement DUAL Security on WCF using User name + SSL

20 May 2010 by Shivprasad koirala

6 steps to implement DUAL security on WCF using User name + SSL

7 Simple Steps to Run Your First Azure Blob Program

26 Feb 2014 by Shivprasad koirala

7 simple steps to run your first Azure Blob Program

8 Simple Rules for Designing Threaded Applications

19 Dec 2007 by Clay Breshears

By following these rules, you will have more success in writing the best and most efficient threaded implementation of your applications.

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A .NET NT Registry Library and NT Registry Editor

26 May 2012 by Hoang Khanh Nguyen

A .NET wrapper for NT Registry and a .NET NT RegEdit demo

A .NET Windows Application To Generate SQL Server Scripts

1 Oct 2009 by Deepankar Malik

Generates SQL Server Stored Procedure and Table Defination Scripts

A baseline Netflix Queue to start from

29 Oct 2009 by Stephen Inglish

Everyone wants one, now you can have the functionality and style your own.

A Basic ASP.NET Pager Control

21 Oct 2008 by Tony Williams

A basic ASP.NET Pager User Control

A basic introduction to the Unity Application Block

23 Sep 2009 by Giorgio Minardi

Unity application block, Inversion of Control, and Dependency Injection.

A basic named lock class

30 Jan 2008 by Kurt Mackey

This is a utility class for acquiring named locks.

A beginner’s guide for consuming a WCF service in JavaScript using ASP.NET AJAX

9 Feb 2009 by Rahman Masudur

Shows how to use WCF in JavaScript.

A Beginner’s Primer on Drawing Graphics using the .NET Framework

22 Aug 2009 by logicchild

A primer to help launch the beginner with drawing graphics.

A behavior study of Windows form events

31 May 2008 by Johan Fourie

How much can we rely on WinForm events to fire in a particular order when loading.

A better panel for data binding to a WrapPanel in WPF

18 Jan 2009 by adam.cataldo

An article on a useful extension to the WrapPanel control.

A C# data import caching solution utilizing Generics and your existing business classes

7 Jul 2010 by Josh Fischer

Leverage your existing classes and the power of Generics to speed up and simplify importing denormalized data into your system.

A C# SMTP server (receiver)

17 Sep 2012 by ObiWan_MCC

A C# SMTP server (receiver).

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A C# Threading Reference Manual

10 May 2010 by logicchild

An article that defines managed threading from the basics to the intermediate.

A C# Wrapper for Google's Static Map API

16 Aug 2008 by DarrenJames

How to use the Google Static Maps API within .NET.

A Calculator via Visual C

13 May 2010 by logicchild

An Article the Demonstrates How to Build a Windows Forms Calculator

A class to load and use file associated icons

24 Apr 2008 by Vitaly Zayko

An article about using SHGetFileInfo in C# (a simple class and demo are included).

A Code Project Article Editor with Live Preview

5 Aug 2009 by Nicholas Butler

A tool to help author articles at The Code Project

A Code Project Article Information Library (Part 1)

27 Apr 2008 by Derek Bartram

This library provides a framework for using Code Project article information in applications, and provides a utility for monitoring articles

A Collapsible TreeView in MasterPage

30 Oct 2009 by Robert Dondo

Demonstrates how to tweak the TreeView control to make it collapsible when working with MasterPages.

A Common Base Class for LINQ to SQL

29 Jul 2008 by Bruce Zhang

A common base class for LINQ to SQL with which you can implement code to access database easily.

A complete guide to object oriented application development using MyGeneration Framework and Visual Studio C# .NET

22 Aug 2014 by Gurdeep Singh Toor

A Complete Guide to develop aplication using MyGeneration code genration framework. We will develop a Meeting Room Booking web application in this Article.

A Concurrent Collection: a MultiMap Generic Collection Class in C# - Part 2

5 Jun 2009 by Bharath K A

MultiMap is similar to a .NET Dictionary collection type, but accepts duplicate Key,Value pairs during addition. The MultiMap collection is also a concurrent collection.

A Cool Vista Sidebar Gadget Style CPUInfo Animate Control! (Fixed)

8 May 2008 by Davidwu

A Cool Vista Sidebar Gadget Style CPUInfo Animate Control! (Fixed)

A Crontab Linux like Windows Service

30 Aug 2009 by marcominas

A Windows Service that uses interface to work like the Linux Crontab service

A Cross-platform C# Class for Using INI Files to Store Application Settings

3 Sep 2013 by Moreno Airoldi

The class runs under Mono or .NET and allows the use of Windows style "INI" files to store and retrieve application settings

A Cross-platform C# Class for Using INI Files to Store Application Settings - Second version

1 Sep 2013 by Moreno Airoldi

The class runs under Mono or .NET and allows the use of Windows style "INI" files to store and retrieve application settings

A Curve Custom Control for Windows Mobile

31 Mar 2010 by Amir Krifa

This article describes/provides a 2D Curve Custom Control for Windows Mobile.

A Custom CheckedListBox with Datasource Implementation (Bindable)

16 Jan 2008 by Ricardo Cuello

In this article, you will see how to bind a CheckedListBox to the data source and how to get/set a list of IDs for the checked items.

A custom DecimalBox for accepting only Digits and a Decimal Point

29 Jul 2009 by paul1307

If you need to restrict user input to digits or decimal data, this is one way!

A Custom Thread Pool Implementation Using C#

10 Mar 2009 by Vitaliy Liptchinsky

This article describes a custom thread pool implementation using the .NET Framework and C# 3.0.

A Customizable WPF TaskDialog

8 Apr 2009 by alrh

A WPF TaskDialog control written in C# that simulates the Vista TaskDialog

A Customized User Control Combo (smartCombo) that can handle generic connection

24 Nov 2008 by arif_uap

A Customized User Control Combo (smartCombo)

A DateTimePicker with working BackColor

3 Nov 2008 by Vincenzo Rossi

A DateTimePicker derived class showing the background color we want.

A Debug Stopwatch

15 Dec 2007 by Marc Clifton

A debug build stopwatch useful for diagnostic timing.

A Deep Dish Dictionary Clone Routine

18 Dec 2007 by Marc Clifton

Cloning a Dictionary.

A Demonstration for WPF Ribbon Control Library

25 Apr 2008 by Derek Bartram

A demonstration application for showing the use of the WPF Ribbon Control as presented elsewhere

A Detailed Data Binding Tutorial

25 Mar 2008 by Qwertie

Demonstrates a variety of Windows Forms data binding features through several simple examples.

A Developer's First Look at Visual Studio 2010

19 Sep 2009 by jebarson

New features of Visual Studio 2010 discussed

A DiagnosticDictionary

19 Nov 2008 by Marc Clifton

Making the "the given key was not present" message more informative.

A different take on the .NET ToolTip/BalloonTip

15 Feb 2008 by PhrankBooth

How to implement a .NET ToolTip/BalloonTip using the standard .NET Form.

A Dynamic, Generic, Type-Safe Comparer

31 Mar 2010 by Aviad P.

An IComparer implementation which enables comparing by any number and order of properties. Type safety is the driving force.

A fast way to get a specific header value

19 Mar 2009 by Scoby9

A fast way to get a specific header value.

A Faster Directory Enumerator

27 Aug 2009 by wilsone8

Describes how to create a significantly faster enumerator for the attributes of all the files in a directory.

A Façade for Simple and Framework-Independent Logging in .NET

2 Dec 2009 by Philipp Sumi

Logging is an important aspect of every application, but you probably don't like to have dependencies on a specific logging framework all over the place. This logging façade provides you with a common interface that decouples the logging framework of your choice from your code.

A floating-point Margin structure, now with TypeConverter

29 Mar 2007 by AlwiNus

A Margin structure that can be used in a variety of situations, like layout, drawing and printing. Now comes with a custom TypeConverter and a usage sample.

A General Class Library to Save and Load an Object

14 Jun 2008 by Babak Tajalli Nezhad

A general class library to save and load an object in a file using XML or binary format.

A general-purpose service engine for unattended processing execution

23 Sep 2015 by Alberto Venditti

Using a .NET Windows service as an engine for specialized custom plug-ins execution

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A Generalised WPF Wizard / Procedure Dialog

22 Mar 2008 by Derek Bartram

An article presenting ProceedureDialog.dll, a custom control for creating wizard style interfaces / procedure dialogs

A Generic Clamp Function for C#

31 Jan 2008 by Mike McCabe

A function for 'clamping' values to within a given range

A Generic Class for Wrapping Asynchronous Begin/End Operations, Using Reactive Extensions for .NET (Rx)

3 Feb 2010 by User 4677916

This article presents a reusable class and technique for easily doing Asynchronous Programming using the Begin/End Pattern and the new Reactive Extensions for .NET (Rx) library.

A generic equality comparer library which will work across types

14 Nov 2013 by shijo joseph

An extension methods library which could do the equality comparison operations easily

A Generic IEqualityComparer for Linq Distinct()

15 Jul 2010 by Seth Dingwell

An implementation of IEqualityComparer that can be used to compare any class by one of its properties

A generic lattice noise algorithm, an evolution of Perlin noise.

20 Nov 2014 by Juan Ignacio Tel

Development of a new generic lattice noise algorithm that advances beyond perlin noise and expands the possibilities of textural noise creation.

A Generic List and Dictionary Debugger Visualizer for VS.NET

27 Aug 2011 by Daniel Carvalho Liedke

A cool List and Dictionary debugger visualizer for VS.NET 2005, 2008 and 2010

A Generic Method for Cross-thread Winforms Access

17 Jun 2009 by colonel720

A convenient shortcut using generics to check for InvokeRequired on a Winforms control

A Generic Method for Deep Cloning in C# 3.0

9 Jan 2009 by Sharpoverride

A method for deep cloning objects in C#, by using Surrogates and serialization formatters

A generic Trictionary class

11 Mar 2009 by Nish Nishant

This article describes a generic Trictionary class derived from Dictionary that allows two values of different types per key

A GPS Keep-alive Utility and Tester for Windows Mobile

18 Jul 2008 by Sam Rahimi

Keeps the GPS active in Windows Mobile, allowing for instant, accurate location determination. Also a tutorial on how to access GPS data with almost no code.