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Compiling WinQEMU v0.10.2 using Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2012

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How to compile WinQEMU v0.10.2 in VS2008 and VS2012

M1.NET - Decrypt Arcade Audio

by shunninghuang

Software named M1.NET which shows the details of decrypting arcade game audio

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Visual Studio 2008

C# USB HID Interface

2 Sep 2013 by Szymon Roslowski

Just another approach to understanding communication between HID devices and C#.

.NET

Windows

Win32

M1.NET - Decrypt Arcade Audio

6 Feb 2023 by shunninghuang

Software named M1.NET which shows the details of decrypting arcade game audio

Get DataBase Connection Strings in Easy Way

16 Feb 2011 by jim lahey

Or you could just pop over to:http://www.connectionstrings.com/[^]Use the exhaustive samples they provide and not hard code your connection strings by using a standard .NET configuration file:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1xtk877y.aspx[^]

VTK in MFC

10 Jul 2014 by _Flaviu

A small guide to use VTK in MFC

Many Questions Answered at Once — Collaboration between Windows Forms or WPF Windows

26 Mar 2015 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Popular question on Forms collaboration, also answered for WPF

How can we get the security access information.

5 Jul 2010 by Md. Marufuzzaman

For programmers it is more important that you identify whether you are allowed to do something.

Visual-Studio

VS2008

How to Hide <close> Menu in CDockablePane

13 Apr 2018 by _Flaviu

A method of how to get rid of "close" menu from multiple CDockablePane panels

How to display or hide standard button cues.

18 Nov 2010 by priyamtheone

C#3.5

Visual-Studio

VS2008

How to "Rotate" a WPF Window?

1 Mar 2016 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

In response to an interesting Quick Questions & Answers Inquirer's request, I'm showing how to create an impression of window rotation in a simple way

.NET

WPF

VS2008

Shortcut: Open Containing Folder

20 Nov 2010 by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Open the Folder of current file with a simple keystroke

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...

Bug Fixes for Reading Barcodes from an Image - III

5 Jul 2012 by Matthias Böhnke

Bug Fixes for Reading Barcodes from an Image - III

Rendering Text with OpenType Fonts Using GDI

6 Mar 2013 by wmjordan

Rendering text with OpenType fonts by P/Invoking GDI API in WinForm applications.

Undo/Redo Redirection for WPF

6 Apr 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Focused TextBox blocks Undo/Redo invocation of other components, but the problem can be solved comprehensively

XAML

WPF

VS2008

MVVM Taskbar Notifier

20 Jun 2014 by NobsterTheLobster

Implements a taskbar notifier using an invisible window and a popup control

Using Integer Instead of Enum in XAML

26 Sep 2015 by Piyush Manharlal

Using integer instead of Enum for ComboBox and Radio Button in XAML

Custom MessageBox with checkbox

11 Sep 2016 by Avatar2400

This is a simple class that allows you to have message box with checkbox and other small features.

Custom DataGridView (Nested DataGridView / TreeGridView)

12 Nov 2016 by Mang Irpan

This control is a datagridview that can contain control as its node, and it can contain unlimited node control

.NET

VS2008

A good practice for mapping TFS collections on local path

7 Jun 2012 by Mario Majčica

A well justified practice for mapping TFS collections on your local PC.

Creating SQL Joins in Simple Steps

20 Sep 2012 by Sreedhar Puligundla

Simple steps to create SQL joins by using SQL Server 2008 Management Studio

Rendering AltNETType (= .NET FreeType port) with OpenGL

14 Oct 2013 by Demid Korneev

Example of AltNETType use in OpenGL

Back and Forward button for MDI Parent form to traverse through opened MDI child forms

27 Feb 2014 by Sarath Jayachandran

Logging SOAP Web Service Envelop (Request and Reply) in .NET

25 Feb 2015 by Mohsen Heydari

Intercepting WCF and SOAP services for logging SOAP envelope

Capture a Text Image on the Tracing Layer and Passing it to a Main Form (Using OCR MODI)

9 Sep 2015 by Bob Stoom

New drag-and-drop intuitive engine on the OCR MODI base

C#3.5

Visual-Studio

VS2008

Easier FTP Management Class (.dll)

4 Oct 2015 by Member 12032084

.dll for making the FTP management with VB.NET easier

Add a Filter Function, Merge Function in MFC Grid Control

1 Apr 2015 by Lantert

Add Excel style filter function to Chris Maunder's CGridCtrl

List of Tables of Microsoft Access DataBase

17 Feb 2011 by dontumindit

While dealing with databases, sometimes there is a need to get a list of tables in the application

Get DataBase Connection Strings in Easy Way

3 Mar 2011 by crocks256

The ConnectionStringBuilder classes in .NET can be quite handy...http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.sqlclient.sqlconnectionstringbuilder.aspx[^].

Converting ANSI to Unicode and Back

19 May 2011 by Doc Lobster

Passing parameters to Success method in executeQueryAsync in SharePoint

21 Aug 2013 by shahed.sohail

Passing Parameters to Success method in executeQueryAsync.

Simple SSRS Report using MDX Query

18 Jul 2014 by Ajit Kumar Thakur Microsoft

This tip contains simple step by step solution to read SSAS cube data using MDX query and display in SSRS report.

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

WPF Preloader Control

4 Nov 2014 by Diwakar M A

WPF based preloader animation sample. Let's make WPF applications more interactive during long process.

Dynamic SQL Connection in ASP.NET 3.5 with User Controls

19 Jun 2015 by ss9o9o9o

Transferring backup files from a remote SQL Server and Dynamic SQL Connection with Restore utility.

Know When CDialogBar is Closed

23 Mar 2016 by _Flaviu

A way to know when a floating CDialogBar is closed

Textbox Balloon Tooltip .NET 2

28 Dec 2012 by Nishith Jain

Balloon tool tip for the text box.

Mirror keys for multiboxing MMORPG games like WOW/LOTRO

7 Mar 2013 by joejames111

Raw input 64-bit .NET classes.

Image Re-sizing Utility

19 Apr 2013 by indianDEV

Re-sizing images to equalize the width & height

Refactoring in Visual Studio 2008

2 May 2013 by charan anasam

Visual Studio comes with seven refactoring options as explained here.

Visual-Studio

VS2008

SSIS - Import Text File

16 Sep 2014 by Math08avan

SQL Server Integration Services - How to read a text file

Count the Number of OLE Automation Instances

21 Mar 2015 by SaahilPriya

The sample demonstrates how to count the number of OLE Automation Objects running at a particular time.

Hosting an Excel Application in an MDI Form

8 Dec 2009 by Your Display Name Here

How to use WebBrowser, a form, and an MDI parent to open Excel files

An Easy Way To Query a Database

14 Feb 2011 by FZelle

You are both wrong with the DataAdapter.Why do you think there is an overload with the querystring and the connectionstring?public DataSet select_query(string query, string con_str){ try { using (SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(query,con_str)) { ...

An Easy Way To Query a Database

14 Feb 2011 by woric

The sample code provided by Andrew Rissing is a huge improvement over the original, but incorrectly catches the exception and displays a MessageBox. (Andrew correctly points out this is not a good idea.)A better solution is to allow the exception to fail:public DataSet...

A 64 Bit Version of ODBCTracer

7 Sep 2012 by zippy1981

This is an alternative for "ODBCTracer"

DataGridView Row Delete in CellSelect Mode

1 Apr 2013 by Weberto.com

Event to delete rows by selected cells.

Pass OUTPUT Parameter from Stored Procedure to SSIS Precendence Constraints

20 Sep 2014 by Baliram Suryawanshi

Pass OUTPUT parameter from stored procedure to SSIS Precendence Constraints

Using Data Classes in ASP.NET - A Beginner's Guide

16 Aug 2015 by Wombaticus

A beginner's introduction to using data classes in ASP.NET.

Joomla Remote SQL Call -VB.NET Client

9 Sep 2015 by FrankNight

In this tip, I show a set of helper classes useful to prepare and send messages to the SqlXML Joomla component and execute remote SQL calls to your hosted website.

NanoXML - Simple and fast XML parser

13 Nov 2013 by BrokenEvent

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

TreeView with Controls (Supported Org Chart Style)

19 Feb 2015 by Vyacheslav Chernykh

CTreeView is the advanced TreeView control for .NET WinForms that supports more features, different layouts and any controls in the nodes.

Solution information, prevent duplicate information in your projects

16 May 2011 by Eduard Keilholz

Solution information file

Visual-Studio

VS2010

VS2008

Debugging Release Projects in C++ - Finding the Lost Object Information

26 Jul 2016 by Yochai Timmer

Debugging C++ projects in release. Finding the lost object information

How to Lock Windows NT Workstation

24 Apr 2010 by Md. Marufuzzaman

Introduction How can you lock your Windows NT based Workstation programmatically? To do this, you just need a little basic knowledge on how to use user32.dll. Here you will find a function name as LockWorkStation() and you need to know how to call this function. A sample example with the...

CTreeObject - A Memory CTreeCtrl like Object

8 Oct 2017 by _Flaviu

A memory CTreeCtrl like object, but resident in memory only

Increase productivity with Visual Studio extensions

30 May 2012 by Ahsan Murshed

This article gives ideas to developers to increase development time productivity using the free Visual Studio 2010 extensions.

DLL Registry Control Easier

6 Oct 2018 by DX90

A simple library to control registry easier

VS2008

Serialize/Deserialize any object to an XML file

28 May 2013 by akramKamal

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

HPC Template Library, A Supplement to the STL

15 Dec 2017 by trident99

The HPC Template Library is a supplement to the Standard Template Library providing threadsafe containers.

Bluetooth Desktop Locker with Android Application

5 Nov 2014 by Arkadeep De

Bluetooth Desktop Locker with Android Application

Use IntelliSense in JavaScript Files

6 Jul 2010 by TheyCallMeMrJames

Leverage VSDoc and DEBUG file documentation in VS2010

Custom MenuStrip and A Form Without Borders (Full Control)

10 Sep 2015 by Bob Stoom

Working code of the custom MenuStrip on the LinearGradientBrush constructor base. And how to control Form without borders.

Visual-Studio

VS2008

Finite-Difference Model for the Thermal History of the Earth

15 Feb 2015 by Yuri Heymann

Source code for the article titled "A Finite-Difference Model for the Thermal History of the Earth

Encrypt ConnectionString in Web.Config

15 Jul 2014 by Yamin Khakhu

Encrypting the configuration in Web.Config

CalcStar: A C++ Math Expression Evaluator

14 Jan 2017 by trident99

CalcStar is an expandable, fast C++ function evaluator that gives the user the same computational power as a scientific calculator.

License Keys in VB.NET - Revisited

10 Jul 2014 by maz2331

License Key class to make generating and validating keys easy.

Export to Excel in ASP.NET C#

24 Feb 2014 by JatinKhimani

Export Gridview data in Excel formate with gridview design.

Connecting Windows Form Application With ADO.NET in C#

2 Dec 2012 by Bikash Karmokar

Connecting Windows Form Application With ADO.NET in C#

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

Simple C# FTP Class

27 Mar 2013 by metastruct

Easy to use class for downloading, uploading, and other FTP commands.

Get DataBase Connection Strings in an Easy Way

27 Sep 2013 by dontumindit

Communication with database in .NET is easy but sometimes one gets stuck by wrong format of connection string

Serial Port Communication

8 Apr 2012 by Sreedeep.S

Serial Communication with the .NET Framework in Winforms

Download Mail Details With attachment using IMAP

23 Feb 2015 by Sujith Karivelil

This article Describes Connectivity to Gmail using IMAP, and also guide you to download and save mail content along with attachment.

Changing Windows Aero Color

24 Jun 2013 by Tejashwi Kalp Taru

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

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

Get Highlight Selected Items on CListCtrl when there is no Focus

2 Feb 2016 by MaxMax14

Keep the items highlighted when focus is on another control

How to prevent SQL Injection in Stored Procedures

12 Apr 2016 by Shao Voon Wong

How to prevent SQL injection attacks when using dynamic SQL in stored procedures

CDatabaseExt - A Simple Way to Connect to a Database and Retrieve Data

4 May 2012 by _Flaviu

A class designed to connect to a database through ODBC and perform basic operations such as inserts, updates, and deletes

Hiding Data in an Image File

6 Nov 2014 by Pikoh

A simple method to join several images in a single file and recover them afterwards

.NET

Visual-Studio

VS2008

An Easy Way To Query a Database

14 Feb 2011 by Andrew Rissing

The following samples should take advantage of using statements and furthermore built in features of the ADO.NET framework. Furthermore, if you open a connection, make sure you open it at the latest time possible and close it as soon as possible.Edit: While I was originally not trying to...

Working with LINQ to Entities & LINQ to DataTable

31 Oct 2014 by ShaikAnwar

This topic gives us an idea of how to write Linq queries on Entities & DataTable. This covers some basic querying and also usage of joins and group by using LINQ.

Introducing an Open Source DirectUI Library - SOUI

17 Nov 2015 by flyhigh

SOUI is a directui library and had been used in many commercial softwares, which is published based on MIT and is completely free to any user.

Single-cell Editable GridView

4 Jan 2016 by Zdenek CZ

Let's go to write ASP.NET GridView with the ability to edit cell on click and save the changes on Enter

ASP.NET

WebForms

VS2008

Get a list of physical disks and the partitions on them in VB.NET the easy way

8 Jun 2012 by pdoxtader

Use DeviceIoControl, QueryDosDevice and WNetOpenEnum to get information about your system.

C# / VB.NET and WinAPI: How to Access Window of Other Application

30 Jan 2015 by Emiliarge

Using FindWindow() and WindowFromPoint() to identify window, and SetWindowText(), MoveWindow(), SetForegroundWindow(), EnableWindow() to interact with it

Fast Barcode 39 Detection

11 Sep 2014 by LORY Flavien

Fast detection of big barcode 39

Embedded WebBrowser (IWebBrowser2) in Pure C++ (no MFC, etc)

30 Jul 2014 by Emiliarge

Simple WebBrowser (IE) class in Pure C++

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#: 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.

A fast and simple DataGridView analogue

18 Jan 2013 by Andrey Sitaev

Here I placed source files, binaries and brief instructions for FastGrid control.

Generate Sample XML from XSD

7 Jun 2012 by Joshi, Rushikesh

How to Generate Sample XML from XSD

Using Laptop Webcam as a Touch Button

12 Jul 2014 by Zain Ul Abidin

Now it's time to change the usage scope of your laptop Webcam

.NET

Visual-Studio

VS2008

SharePoint 2013 Web Part ToolPane Tweak

25 Jan 2014 by Ahmad F Hassan

5 minute trick

A Simple RTF Print Form

1 Oct 2016 by Howard 9448490

A WYSIWYG Printer Interface for Rich text

Integrate G-MAP in VB.NET Windows Application without API

13 Nov 2014 by TANMAY N

How to Integrate Google map in VB.NET without using any API in VB.NET Windows application

Visual-Studio

VS2008

An Easy Way To Query a Database

23 Feb 2011 by PrimeCoder

Nice,How about adding a couple of other methodspublic static void Parameter(IDbCommand command, string naam, object value){ IDbDataParameter par = command.CreateParameter(); par.ParameterName = naam; par.Value = value ?? DBNull.Value; ...

Generate temporary files with any extension

12 Jan 2012 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

How to get temporary files with any extension.

C++

VS2008

Win32