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Custom Controls in Win32 API: Scrolling

by Martin Mitáš

How to support scrolling within your controls.

Understanding the Insides of the SMTP Mail Protocol: Part 1

by Higty

This article describes the mail sending process using the SMTP mail protocol.

by David Rogers Dev

Learn how to load related entities using the Entity Framework with simple examples

The Impossibly Fast C++ Delegates, Fixed

by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Derived work based on the article by Sergey Ryazanov "The Impossibly Fast C++ Delegates": this good solution is fixed and further developed using C++11.

Latest Articles

FingerPrintf: A Small Library for Quick Usage of the Biometric API, Fingerprint and Camera

by Michael Chourdakis

Use your sensors for identification and verification

Pathfinding Algorithms in C#

by KristianEkman

A comparison of Dijkstra and Astar

Visual Studio Extensibility (Day 2): Deploying Visual Studio Extension on Staging Server and GIT via Continuous Integration

by Akhil Mittal

Directly check in VS extension to Git repo and automatically deploy to staging server via continuous integration

Making HTTP REST Request in C++

by Shao Voon Wong

Example of making HTTP REST Request in C++

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Visual Studio 2013

Simple WPF MVVM Concepts

30 Jun 2015 by 1sumitanand

This tip is for newbie developers.

.NET

Windows

WPF

Sorting in WPF-MVVM

1 Jul 2015 by 1sumitanand

Sorting of simple ListView Elements in Ascending/Descending Order

ListBox and Panels in WPF

26 Sep 2013 by _Noctis_

This tip shows the different results of using a ListBox in different panels, and the effects on scrolling.

Bridging the Gap between Linqpad and Visual Studio (with JSON and Extension Methods)

8 May 2015 by _Noctis_

This will allow you to integrate your linqpad code easily to Visual Studio

Safely expose your methods for Unit Testing

26 Jul 2014 by _Noctis_

How to Unit Test private methods using wrappers and preproccesor directives

How to NLog (4.2) with Visual Studio 2015

11 Nov 2015 by _Noctis_

This will let you start logging quickly with VS2015 and NLog 4.2.

Transfer File Using WCF

8 Jan 2015 by a.alghabban

How to use WCF to stream large file size over TCP

Logical / Visual Tree Walking in WPF

15 Feb 2016 by Aaron Amberman

Advanced custom logical and visual tree walking methods

Text Comparator Utility using jQuery

22 Dec 2017 by Abhishek Shrotriya

Develop the text comparator utility using jQuery plug-in, which internally uses Google's diff_match_patch.js library

Custom Snipping Tool using C# WinForms

6 May 2015 by Acharya Raja Sekhar

This tool helps a lot while capturing more number of snapshots. Example: Developers can use this tool to capture the UTR and save all snaps at the end to a Word document or save as individual images.

Microsoft Band- Basic App for Understanding II

28 Feb 2016 by adityasahver

In this article, we will learn how to create an Tile/Page in the MS Band and trigger the details on the associated device

Desktop and Mobile Browser View in MVC 4

30 Dec 2013 by Afazal MD 3104209

VC 4 Display Mode. Different view selected based on Desktop or Mobile browser request

Saving a Screenshot Using C#, A.K.A "Console Monitor"

9 Sep 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This is an alternative for "Console Monitor"

C# Class To Download Files Synchronously, That Supports Cancel/Resuming And All Other Information

17 Jan 2016 by Ahmed Amer Jaf

Downloading files from the Internet with one line without Freezing Form

Run Single Page Applications (SPA) Template using AngularJS, Web API, Owin Token Based Authentication and Mediator Design Pattern

23 Mar 2016 by Ahmet AYDIN

This post describes step by step how to run a Single Page Application template using ASP.NET Web API 2 and angularJS and how to use Web Application Project whose name is Dalyan.

Audio Pitch Shifter

2 Mar 2016 by ahmet_uzun

Audio pitch shifter application using the CSCore library

Having Fun with Image Creation in C# - Part 1

10 Dec 2015 by Akash Gutha

Exploring ways to create abstract images in C#

A Navigation System for UWP Apps

20 Dec 2015 by Akash Gutha

This tip is aimed at providing a simple solution for simple page to page navigation system for your UWP apps.

Text Max Length Programmatically | Tested on WinPhone APP

31 May 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Choose your text maximum length programmatically and show a message whenever the length = the maximum length

.NET ZLib Implementation

16 Feb 2018 by Alberto M.

Zlib compress / decompress implementation using .NET 4.5.1, with no external DLLs

.NET

VS2013

ZLib

How to Control TP-Link Smart Plug HS1XX

27 Dec 2017 by Alberto M.

How to control TP-Link Smart Plug (HS100 or HS110) with C#

Simple Silverlight MVVM Example using UniformGrid

12 Oct 2014 by Aldonis55

A simple Silverlight application that shows how to apply Jeff Wilcox's UniformGrid control to a bound collection.

Simple .NET 4.0 Asynchronous Example

9 Jan 2016 by Aldonis55

A simple WinForms example that shows one way to implement asynchronous operations in your applications

Serialize and Deserialize Classes with Interface Properties with JSON.NET

5 Sep 2016 by Aless Alessio

Serialize concrete classes that have interface properties

ASP.NET WebApi: MultipartDataMediaFormatter

5 Jun 2017 by Alexander Kozlovskiy

Used for binding custom types (including files) when sending and receiving multipart encoded form data

VS2013

ASP.NET

WebAPI

Responsive HTML Table with CSS Media Queries

6 Dec 2015 by AlexandraGren

Creating HTML Responsive Table with help CSS media queries

HTML

CSS3

VS2013

VBA : encrypted / password protected PDF for MS Office

19 May 2015 by algor-AG

VBA : encrypted / password protected PDF for MS Office

VBA: Excel / Word to PDF Encrypted / Password Protected

19 May 2015 by algor-AG

VBA: Excel / Word programmatically save document as PDF encrypted / password protected.

MFC PowerShells Easily: Encrypt and Decrypt

27 Feb 2015 by aljodav

An easy way to encrypt files that are automatically decrypted in the same user account

MFC PowerShells Easily: JSON to HTM (Motivated by a Forum Question)

28 Feb 2015 by aljodav

A simple, short and easy way to display a JSON object in a browser (motivated by a forum question)

MicroService4Net - Create Micro Services Easily with C#

14 Apr 2016 by Alon Lek

Create a simple self hosted Web API service that runs as console and as service in just 2 minutes

EasyService4Net - Create a Windows Service in 100 Seconds or Less

9 Apr 2016 by Alon Lek

How to create a program that can run as console or as Windows service easily, and install it without using installutil

C#5.0

VS2013

Windows-service

DependentTaskRunner - How to Run Tasks with Dependencies and Stay Sane

10 Jun 2017 by Alon Lek

Running tasks in parallel while taking into account the dependencies between them

Convert XML File to Excel File

27 Nov 2017 by Altaf Ansari

Converting XML Data into DataTable and Exporting DataTable into Excel File

Importing and Exporting DataTable To & From Excel File

2 Mar 2018 by Amar zaidi

How to import and export DataTable to and from Excel file

VS2013

AverageMeter in WPF

22 Apr 2015 by Amin Esmaeily

In this tip, I will explain how to create a simple user control (AverageMeter) using WPF.

Asynchronous SQL Database Wrapper

7 Apr 2015 by Amir Dashti

A simple but powerful class to simplify executing T-SQL commands asynchronously

C# TCP/IP Networking Client/Server Library

7 Apr 2015 by Amir Dashti

A simple but powerful class to simplify packet based networking and client/server programming asynchronously

.NET Interprocess Communication using Named Pipe

25 Dec 2014 by Amir Hamza Md. Kayes

.NET interprocess communication using named pipe

How to Insert HTML Table Data into SQL Server in a Single Batch by Using JQuery Ajax and Structured Parameter

29 Nov 2015 by Amit Singh Baghel

Saving Details Table Data (An HTML Table) in Database by converting it into a jagged array and passing it to a table type parameter

Export HTML Div (with Hindi Unicode content) to PDF in ASP.NET

21 Mar 2015 by Amit Singh Baghel

A useful tip to export a Div to PDF (with Unicode support) with the help of NReco-PDF Generator for .NET (C#), JQuery and Handler in ASP.NET

How to Add Hindi Inscript Keyboard Typing Functionality to Your Website

20 Mar 2015 by Amit Singh Baghel

A tip to fulfill the requirement of getting the Hindi Inscript Typing on your website without using any external software

Image Box

21 Mar 2015 by Ammar J H

An advanced image control for Windows Forms applications with zoom ratio, zoom point, animated images and RightToLeft support

Tuples in C# 7.0

9 May 2017 by Ammar Shaukat

C# 7.0 has been introduced with many new useful features. One of them is new datatype "ValueTuple". In this article, I'll be writing about Tuples in C# 7 briefly.

TextBox with Placeholder

2 May 2018 by Andiiiii

Extended TextBox with placeholder

Generate Game List Based on List of Players in C#

2 Sep 2014 by Andre van Dun

Generate game list based on list of players in C#

Temper USB Thermometer in C#

7 Jul 2015 by Andre van Dun

Reading the temperature using the Temper USB thermometer by pcsensor.com

VS2013

USB/HID

One More C# Enum Enhancement

21 Jun 2014 by Andrei Keino

The tip describes a way to create C# enhanced enumerations that can contain class objects.

Centralized place for documents and templates - VS Build Task

27 Jun 2014 by Andrej Kamikovski

How to copy files to central place set in configuration or setup directly with visual studio build task

.NET

VS2013

Visual-Studio

Windows Software Licensing Data and Information in a Nutshell

2 Jul 2015 by Andrew Rober

Windows software licensing data and information in a nutshell

Execute Long Running SQL Statements Asynchronously from .NET

21 Oct 2015 by Anil Kumar @AnilAwadh

A beginner's tutorial for understanding Asynchronous execution of SQL statements using a simple application.

VS2013

ADO.NET

Drag & Drop Gridview in C#

4 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

This sample is based on Drag and Drop between GridView

How to Crop Image into Different Size

5 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

you can now crop Image with specified size equally

Working with Accelerometer Windows Phone c#

5 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

Link between Accelerometer and composant in xaml

Reorder DataGrid/ListBox Items with Drag and Drop Wpf

7 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

The easy way to Reorder your DataGrid/ListBox with Drag and Drop

Animation Storyboard using XAML and C#

8 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

The easiest way to animate your object using Storyboard

Gesture : Drag and Drop , Resize and Rotate Image C#

11 Aug 2014 by Anis Derbel

The easiest way to drag and drop Image using Gestlure

ADO.Net Connectivity using Stored Procedure and Output parameters

10 May 2015 by Ankit Bansal MVP

This articles explains the insertion of data into SQL Database using Stored Procedures with Output Parameters. Some Bootstrapping is also used to create a good looking HTML.

ExtJs - Hello World

9 Jan 2015 by AnkitkJain

ExtJs-JavaScript framework for beginners

Inversion of Control, Binding Interface to Multiple Implementations

16 Oct 2014 by ankurbora

How to implement Inversion of Control ( IoC) using Ninject .NET container

.NET

VS2013

IOC

Simple Paint Application in C#

25 Aug 2014 by Anoop Kr Sharma

In this Tip/Trick, I am going to show How to create Simple Paint Application in C#

Using Bootstrap Dialogs in ASP.NET MVC

4 Jan 2016 by Anton Kleshchev

This tip describes an approach to use Bootstrap dialogs in ASP.NET MVC.

KnockoutJS Enable binding in a Grid

10 Mar 2015 by Antony Gino

Enable Disable binding in a Grid Using KnockoutJS

AngularJS 1.x using TypeScript

29 Nov 2015 by anujk0292

Create AngularJS 1.x web application using Microsoft Typescript

Creating Dynamic Object from XML using ExpandoObject and Put Intellisense using C#

14 Feb 2018 by Apurba pan

Creating dynamic object from XML using ExpandoObject and put Intellisense using C#

VS2013

ASP.NET

Bind Image Slider With a Folder (Without Database) in ASP.NET C#

16 Sep 2014 by Arkadeep De

Bind an image slider without database in ASP.NET

A Simple USB desktop locker

26 Oct 2014 by Arkadeep De

Windows

VS2013

Bluetooth Desktop Locker with Android Application

5 Nov 2014 by Arkadeep De

Bluetooth Desktop Locker with Android Application

Image Slider (From Folder, Without Database) in MVC 4.0

16 Jul 2015 by Arkadeep De

In this post, we will learn about to create a HTML jQuery CSS slider where images are binding from a specific folder.

Enterprise Library 5.0 Logging. Add Support to Log Properies to the Database using a Custom Trace Listener

9 Sep 2014 by aroen kandaswamy

Custom database trace listener that supports logging of properties for enterprise library 5.0

SQL

.NET

VS2013

Null Propagation Operator: A New Feature of C# 6.0

24 Apr 2015 by arora.abhishek

In this tip, we will learn about the new feature of C# 6.0, the Null Propagation Operator.

.NET

VS2013

String Interpolation: A New Feature of C# 6.0

26 Apr 2015 by arora.abhishek

In this tip, you will learn about the new features of C# 6.0 String Interpolation.

.NET

VS2013

string

Exception Filtering: A New Feature of C# 6.0

5 May 2015 by arora.abhishek

In this tip, you will learn the new feature of C# 6.0, Exception Filtering.

Nameof Operator: A New Feature of C# 6.0

5 May 2015 by arora.abhishek

In this tip, we will learn about the new features of the C# 6.0 nameof operator

.NET

VS2013

Adding a "transparent" Background to Your Buttons

15 Oct 2014 by Arthur Caputo

Tutorial on setting a false transparency onto your button's edges.

How to Handle Faults in WCF without Declaring Them Explicitly

16 Mar 2017 by Arthur Minduca

How to handle faults in WCF without declaring them explicitly

Simple PSD Parser

13 Aug 2015 by Artur Khondkaryan

Upload Photoshop PSD files, extract layer bitmaps, extract info into xml.

Throttling Multiple Tasks to Process Requests in C#

31 Oct 2018 by Arun Babu Madhavan

Extension method to throttle multiple Tasks in C#

Data-binding in AngularJS by consuming ASP.NET Web API Services

19 Oct 2014 by Arunima Panda

Tips to consume Web API services to bind data in AngularJS.

C++/MFC File Unlocker

4 Apr 2015 by arussell

Unlock a file that is in use by another process

Improve the Performance of ASP.NET MVC Web Application Using HTTP Compression

27 Feb 2016 by Arvind Gehlot

Use of HTTP Compression on ASP.NET / MVC pages using IIS or Server side code

Fast Fourier Transform using DX11

14 Jan 2015 by Asif Bahrainwala

FFT using DX11 compute shader

Asynchronous Programming in C# 5.0 using async and await

14 May 2013 by Assil

A light article about a new feature in C# 5 and .NET 4.5

How to Create WCF Timeout Operation Behavior

16 Oct 2014 by Assil

Just one way to solve a common problem of WCF timing out

How to Create WCF Caching Operation Behavior

7 Nov 2014 by Assil

WCF Caching

Four Easy Steps to Set Up OWIN for Form-authentication

3 Dec 2014 by Assil

This post demonstrates the simplest use of OWIN with ASP.NET. It will not teach you OWIN nor Claim-based auth, nor design or security.

How to use jQuery Grid with ASP.NET MVC

11 Apr 2015 by Atanas N Atanasov

This tip presents a simple example on how to use jQuery Grid Plugin in ASP.NET MVC with bootstrap.

File Upload Using AngularJS and ASP.NET MVC5

21 Feb 2015 by Atish Dipongkor

How to upload file using AngularJS and ASP.NET MVC5? How to upload multiple files using AngularJs and MVC5?

Branding Default Login Page for Form Based Authentication in SharePoint 2013

15 May 2015 by Atish Dipongkor

Customize default login page with own branding for Form Based Authentication

SharePoint2013

VS2013

ASP.NET

Near-compile-time Checks

12 Feb 2015 by atlaste

If compile-time assertions are not enough, this is the next best thing

.NET

VS2013

Dev

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.

Wi-Fi Remote for Sony TV

6 Mar 2021 by Avirup Das

This tip describes an application to control with Sony TVs connected to your Home Wi-Fi network from PC.

Updating Database from DataGridView Using a Class Two-Tier Architecture

4 Oct 2018 by Awesh Vishwakarma

By reading this trick, you will be able to update your database from DataGridView through external class instead of writing code on each page.

How to Replace a List of Words in a .DOCX File using the DocX Library

16 Dec 2014 by B. Clay Shannon

Replace words in .docx files using the DocX Library

ComboBox DataSource AddItem Extension

19 Nov 2015 by B.O.B.

A simple extension to add an item that has a data source bound to combobox.items

Making Application Source Agnostic

1 Mar 2015 by Bankey Sharma

Some general guidelines to make application source agnostic and business adaptive

AngularJS & Web API Active Directory Security

28 Aug 2015 by Bert O Neill

AngularJS and Web API Active Directory Security (Authorisation)

AngularJS RibbonBar

2 Sep 2015 by Bert O Neill

AngularJS RibbonBar written with HTML & CSS (and a little JQuery)

Using Microsoft Chart in WPF

2 Jul 2015 by Bharat Mallapur

Sample project to host MS-Chart in your WPF application

WPF AutoComplete TextBox

28 Jul 2014 by Bhardwaj Deepak

An advanced and fully featured WPF AutoComplete TextBox control