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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.

Loading Related Entities with Entity Framework - A Beginner's Primer

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.

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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

How to run a web application(ASP.NET) built using visual studio 2013 on a usb flash drive?

17 Apr 2017 by #dev_Preet

i made an asp.net based web site using visual studio 2013 ,and want to run that web site in usb flash drive , is there any application which might help me regarding this problem? What I have tried: when i used tools which are developed for this job like cassini dev etc i got : Configuration...

Rudimentary ViewModel Class Generator

16 Dec 2014 by #realJSOP

Eliminate the tedium of generating model and viewmodel classes for your WPF projects, and save a butt-load of time in the process.

Converting Text Numbers to Numeric Values

27 Feb 2018 by #realJSOP

Spell it out! No! Wait!

How do I recover a deleted c# files for project folder

3 Mar 2015 by #realJSOP

They should still be in the trash folder (unless you've deleted a lot more/larger files since deleting the ones you want to recover). Click the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop and see if they're in there. If so, right click and select the Restore in the context menu.

CSV File Parser

7 Apr 2018 by #realJSOP

Parse CSV files.

Fun With Attributes

25 Feb 2018 by #realJSOP

Abusing attributes, and loving it.

A Handy GPS Class

11 Oct 2016 by #realJSOP

A GPS class with a coordinate parser, distance calculation, and bearing calculation.

SQLXAgent - Jobs for SQL Express - Part 1 of 6

27 Feb 2018 by #realJSOP

Create and run jobs kinda like SQL Server Enterprise - Users Guide

SQLXAgent - Jobs for SQL Express - Part 2 of 6

30 Sep 2017 by #realJSOP

Create and run jobs kinda like SQL Server Enterprise - Architecture and design decisions

SQLXAgent - Jobs for SQL Express - Part 3 of 6

30 Sep 2017 by #realJSOP

Create and run jobs kinda like SQL Server Enterprise - The CSV and Excel Importer Code

SQLXAgent - Jobs for SQL Express - Part 4 of 6

30 Sep 2017 by #realJSOP

Create and run jobs kinda like SQL Server Enterprise - Job Scheduling Code

SQLXAgent - Jobs for SQL Express - Part 5 of 6

30 Sep 2017 by #realJSOP

Create and run jobs kinda like SQL Server Enterprise - How Packages Are Run

SQLXAgent - Jobs for SQL Express - Part 6 of 6

30 Sep 2017 by #realJSOP

Create and run jobs kinda like SQL Server Enterprise - Interesting Coding

Hosting 8bf Plugins in a .NET Application

27 Dec 2015 by 0xC0000054

A C# library to host Photoshop-compatible filters in .NET 2.0 and later

Swanky Encryption/Decryption in C#

26 Jan 2015 by 1337Architect

Handy classes to use the .NET Encryption/Decryption

Simple WPF MVVM Concepts

30 Jun 2015 by 1sumitanand

This tip is for newbie developers.

Sorting in WPF-MVVM

1 Jul 2015 by 1sumitanand

Sorting of simple ListView Elements in Ascending/Descending Order

ReCaptcha Solution in C#, No External JavaScript Plugins

26 Aug 2017 by @Shiv

Easy and simple ReCptcha tool for Web Application in pure C# code, no JavaScript external plugin required

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.

How to NLog (2.1 & 3.1) with VisualStudio 2013

6 Oct 2014 by _Noctis_

This will let you start logging quickly with VS2013 and NLog.

The Big MVVM Template

20 Apr 2016 by _Noctis_

To save you from doing this every time you want a WPF/MVVM project, here it is, all rolled into one.

Introduction to Unit Testing with: MS tests, NUnit and Fluent Assertions.

12 Jun 2014 by _Noctis_

Different ways of achieving unit testing for your projects

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

Know your collections: from IEnumerable to List and beyond

27 Oct 2014 by _Noctis_

Sorting out the confusion behind collections

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.

Enhanced CollectionEditor Framework

21 Jul 2014 by _Plutonix

An easy to use, customizable Collection Editor; with inheritance support

Explorer Shell Extensions in .NET (Revised)

16 Sep 2015 by _Plutonix

Framework for NET based Shell Context Menus using VB, C#

Explorer Context Menu Manager

16 Sep 2015 by _Plutonix

Helper class to add, change and delete Registry based Explorer Context Menus from your app

Frontend design for ASP.NET web applications

3 Sep 2014 by _yaRus_

Frontend design for ASP.NET web applications

Object Oriented Way of Writing Business Rules

22 Oct 2016 by A. Raees

Decouple business rules in an Object Oriented way

Working with database one more time

5 Aug 2014 by a.alghabban

using ADO.net

Transfer File Using WCF

8 Jan 2015 by a.alghabban

How to use WCF to stream large file size over TCP

How to get the selected value from a listbox populated with data from database

31 Jan 2018 by A_Griffin

Try this:Dim str As String Dim drv As DataRowView = CType(ListBox1.SelectedItem, DataRowView) str = CStr(drv.Row.Item("FirstName")) & " " & CStr(drv.Row.Item("LastName")) ListBox2.Items.Add(str)

Logical / Visual Tree Walking in WPF

15 Feb 2016 by Aaron Amberman

Advanced custom logical and visual tree walking methods

WPF RichTextBox containing Hyperlinks

21 Jan 2017 by Aaron Francis Dias

Creating a custom RichTextBox that supports Hyperlinks

Automatic Code Generation from Database Model Diagram

21 Feb 2016 by Abdullah Al-Muzahid

This is a RAD tool which can be used to generate codes for CRUD operation in ASP.NET and C# automatically based on Database Model Diagram.

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Generic Data Access Helper using Entity Framework 6.1 (Code First)

19 Apr 2015 by Abdulrahman Emad

Generic Data Access Helper

Generic WPF CRUD Control (Solution Design)

22 Dec 2016 by Abdulrahman Emad, Muhammad Magdi

A generic CRUD control implemented based on the MVVM pattern

Generic WPF CRUD Control (Getting Started)

22 Dec 2016 by Abdulrahman Emad, Muhammad Magdi

A generic CRUD control implemented based on the MVVM pattern.

How to change the local TFS workspace owner name

29 Jul 2015 by Abhijit Jana

Manage Workspaces --> Edit Workspace --> Select Advanced In the Advanced Edit Workspace Window, you will find option for Owner. You can update there. Try it out once and let me know if that works..

How Do I Use The Count Function To Determine Occurence In A Value In A Column Using Vb.Net

15 Aug 2014 by Abhinav S

Another approachselect count(col) male, 0 female from myTable where col = 'male'union select 0 male, count(col) female from myTable where col = 'female

Can I use an Upgrade from VS2008 to VS2013

18 Feb 2015 by Abhinav S

If you have bought the full version then it should work.If this is an upgrade only, then I guess you need VS2012.Some info - http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2013/09/30/microsoft-announces-vs-2013-pricing.aspx[^] (this may not be latest information though).

How to resolve error "CS0234: The type or namespace name 'Optimization' does not exist in the namespace 'System.Web' (are you missing an assembly reference?)"

30 Jun 2015 by Abhinav S

Try installing Microsoft.AspNet.Web.Optimization via nuget (as it is not installed by the framework).Try install-package Microsoft.AspNet.Web.Optimization in the nuget prompt.

Reflection with Example

18 Feb 2015 by Abhinaw Kumar

Process of runtime type discovery is called reflection. Using reflection, we are able to obtain the metadata information, dynamically.

Working with Azure Storage Tables using C#

2 Jul 2016 by Abhishek Mishra - Dotnet and Azure PAAS Architect

This article demonstrates how to create a new Azure storage table and perform CRUD operations on the table.

Building a Bot using C# and Debugging using Bot Framework Emulator

7 Jul 2016 by Abhishek Mishra - Dotnet and Azure PAAS Architect

This article demonstrates how to build a basic Bot using C# and debug the Bot using Bot Framework Emulator

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

Error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code 5 - File: Microsoft.CppCommon.targets

21 Jun 2015 by AbhishekDotNet

Hello everyone,I am trying to build a plugin project using VS 2010 & Visual studio 2013 in Win7.I am getting the following error after the build fails (release or debug mode, same result)Error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code 5 - File: Microsoft.CppCommon.targets

Error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code 5 - File: Microsoft.CppCommon.targets

15 Jul 2015 by AbhishekDotNet

Not figured out why my project is not accessing SDK folder but deleting it and using a new one resolve this issue.Thanks Richard for your help

Agumented Reality for IoTs

22 Mar 2015 by Aby Mammen Mathew

IoT devices needs the capability to augment the environment around them, even when sensors utilized by them break down

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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.

SQL Server Database Cloning Tool using C#

25 May 2015 by Acharya Raja Sekhar

This tool helps in cloning/copying the database from a source environment/server to a target server (usually developers can use it for setting up local DB with production code)

Intro to Postulate ORM

13 Jun 2017 by Adam O'Neil (Travelers Rest, SC)

Introduction to Postulate, a code-first ORM for SQL Server made with Dapper

AoTestDataGen: A Random Test Data Generator Library for .NET

25 Jun 2017 by Adam O'Neil (Travelers Rest, SC)

Walkthrough on using AoTestDataGen library in a plausible scenario

Ajaz autocomplete not working in visual studio 2013

23 Apr 2014 by adat7378

I used the same code and it works in vs 2012 but not in vs2013. I wanted to go back to vs2012 but html5 not showing up properly in vs2012(css/js has been referenced).Below is my master page - Triocars

Create a Simple MVC Application using ASP.NET MVC Core 1.0

15 Aug 2016 by Adi_Mag

Step by step guide to create a simple MVC application using ASP.NET Core

Microsoft Band- Basic App for Understanding

28 Jun 2015 by adityasahver

In this article we will learn how to use Microsoft Band to connect to your Device.

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

IDataErrorInfo with Fluent Validation

9 Dec 2014 by adityaswami89

Article on Validation in XAML applications with Fluent technique

Controlling Installed Services via ServiceController in WinForms

18 Feb 2016 by Admir Tershalla

Learn how to control Windows services via ServiceController in Windows Forms Application

Introducing Layouts - Xaml for the Web

19 Oct 2015 by adospace.NET

Layouts is a Javascript library that let you create web applications with complex UI using Xaml

Unknown Class Dynamically Generated at runtime for Entity Framework, WCF OData and dynamic client consumption

7 Nov 2014 by Adriaan Booysen

An example of a nearly complete unknown type being used accross EF, WCF and consumed client side

C# AES 256 bits Encryption Library with Salt

9 May 2014 by adriancs

A C# universal AES Encryption Library.

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

AngularJS With MVC Web API (ASP.NET MVC RESTful Service)

6 Oct 2014 by Afazal MD 3104209

AngularJS integration with Web API explained with a product list and added new product with get and post method.

Understanding DateTime struct in .NET Framework (using C#)

13 Aug 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Understanding the DateTime struct and using it inside your software to display Date and Time and to do the DateTime mathematics

Creating a custom Web Browser using .NET's WebBrowser Control

16 Aug 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

How to use the .NET's WebBrowser control in your application to create a custom Web Browser for Windows OS

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

9 Sep 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This is an alternative for "Console Monitor"

Working with Files (Using C# and .NET Framework)

16 Sep 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This article explains the basic knowledge about the File class in .NET Framework that comes handy when working with the file system, to create, edit, modify or delete the files or directories.

How to Connect SQL Database to your C# Program - Beginner's Tutorial

30 Sep 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This article tells the beginners the basic concepts about connecting to the SQL Server database using C#.

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Creating a Web Service to be consumed by connected Devices via Internet

12 Nov 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This article provides an overview for creating a .NET WCF Web Service project that can be used by web applications or devices connected to it through the internet connection.

Understanding ASP.NET MVC using Real World Example, for Beginners and Intermediate Programmers

30 Jan 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This article provides a brief description and overview of ASP.NET's MVC framework, and how developers can covert their real-world objects into MVC framework, to create web applications.

Complex numbers library in multiple languages

8 Mar 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This article contains a basic overview of the complex numbers, and their creation and functions most specifically the operator overloading for arithmetic functions. Programming languages include Java, C++, C# and VB.NET at the moment.

Reading and writing Unicode data in .NET

11 Apr 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This article is for beginners about writing and reading Unicode data from different data sources; including text files, user input, databases. It also demonstrates how to display that data in .NET applications, including ASP.NET web applications.

An app that reads out text for you

17 Jun 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this article, I would explain the steps to create a simple WPF application that can read out text for you; using .NET framework's Speech API and Installed voices.

Hello Windows 10; a pre-release guide for developers

9 Aug 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

I would talk about Windows 10 from a developer's perspective. Windows 10 has not yet been released, but it is better to know the tool to get your hands ready to develop applications.

Creating a server/client application using native .NET TCP library

13 Jul 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this article, I will go through different stages of programming a server/client application framework in native .NET framework using TCP protocol library of System.Net.Sockets namespace.

Designer cannot load

9 Aug 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

If that is exact XAML (note that it is XAML not XML) then Visual Studio would not load it. Error message may be, "Invalid Markup". Window is the actual control, not window. The markup is case-sensitive (unlike HTML). ...

ASP.NET 5 Web API RESTful CRUDs and Windows 10 native application

26 Aug 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this article I will explain the steps to create a full featured standalone ASP.NET 5's Web API that can be used by Windows 10's native Universal Windows Runtime application.

Building camera app with library in Windows 10

25 Aug 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this article I will explain Windows.Media.Capture namespace's MediaCapture element and how it can be used in Windows Runtime to create applications that make use of camera, for capturing photos and videos. Plus, the article shows how to capture the list of photos or videos that are recorded for p

ASP.NET MVC5, 500 Internal Service Error, 0x80004005 error after publishing

26 Aug 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Short answer: Your application does not have permission to read or access a location for the code. The program is thus inaccessible, causing this exception. This exception comes from Windows Runtime, so behind the scenes of .NET framework (which usually backs up ASP.NET) there are components of...

ASP.NET MVC5, SqlException (0x80131904) login error

26 Aug 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Indeed that is the problem, the problem in real is not with your database file itself but with the connection. The SQL Server itself was not found, perhaps: 1. SQL Server version-mismatch 2. SQL Server existence3. Access permissions would be a cause to this. In my opinion, option 2...

Top 5 Pieces of Advice for Users of Microsoft Cognitive Services

12 Mar 2017 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This is a small post, containing a few suggestions for users of Microsoft Cognitive Services.

Universal SMTP Code to Send Emails in .NET Apps

8 Aug 2017 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan, Iqra Ali

Since I wrote an article previously, I had been asked on various occasions to share the code on Yahoo! or Bing, etc. I wanted to write an article, with the code, which covers all of those vendors as well.

Utilizing Azure Redis Cache as Backend for Chat App

28 Mar 2018 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

How to build an app with chat capability using Azure Redis cache

Facial biometric authentication on your connected devices

22 Jul 2016 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this post, I am going to walk you through creating your own central hub to allow your connected devices to authenticate people using facial recognition system.

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Kick Start with AngularJS 2.0 and Visual Studio

10 Jan 2017 by AHMAD ANAS

This article is intended to deliver a kick start understanding about AngularJs 2.0 and Visual Studio.

Kickstart with .NET Core and MongoDB - Console App

19 Jan 2017 by AHMAD ANAS

In this article, you will learn how to create console application in .NET Core with NoSQL- MongoDB.

jParser PCL .NET Json Parser

15 Feb 2016 by Ahmed Amer Jaf

Fast n Easy Way to parse Json data

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

Optimizing Push Framework for the Web: Use of Websocket, SSL, Json, AngularJs and MySQL

29 Nov 2014 by Ahmed Charfeddine

Websocket, SSL, Json, MySQL are all combined together with Push Framework to produce a C++ server that interacts with an Angularjs web front-end. The application shows the ease of implementing CRUD.

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.

Chromium (CefSharp) Tor Browser

28 Jan 2016 by ahmet_uzun

An alternative Tor Browser built with C# using CefSharp and Tor.NET.

Audio Pitch Shifter

2 Mar 2016 by ahmet_uzun

Audio pitch shifter application using the CSCore library

Detect SAM File Corruption under Windows 7 (Part 1)

10 Apr 2016 by AIT SALEM BOUSSAD

This first part of the article presents how to inject a DLL inside lsass process by using Windows service

MessageBox using MVVM Patterns

8 Sep 2014 by ajalilqarshi

Displaying a Message Box (similar to the MessageBox) using MVVM patterns in WPF

How to add button to an HTML page in MVC using JAVASCRIPT

15 Nov 2016 by Ajay-Systematix

Hello,You can use below function for create dynamic input type using Javascript function.$(document).ready(function () {add("button");});function add(type) { //Create an input type dynamically. var element = document.createElement("input"); //Assign different...

Music Notation in .NET

15 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

Open source library for music engraving in desktop, mobile and web applications

Having Fun with Image Creation in C# - Part 1

10 Dec 2015 by Akash Gutha

Exploring ways to create abstract images in C#