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Introduction to D3DImage

by Dr. WPF

.NET 3.5 SP1 is here! It's time to break out your DirectX skills. This article provides the information necessary to get started using a new DirectX interop feature in WPF called D3DImage.

Cryptographic Interoperability: Keys

by Jeffrey Walton

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

XResFile - Files Stored in Resources: Part 2 - Zip Files

by Hans Dietrich

This series of articles is a step-by-step guide to reading files stored in your program's resources. Along the way I will present some non-MFC classes to assist you in reading text, binary, zip, and even encrypted files that have been compiled into your program as resources.

Conceptual Children: A powerful new concept in WPF

by Dr. WPF

This article describes a new approach by which an element can remove its visual and logical relationships to its children while maintaining a conceptual parental relationship with those children.

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Rich OutlookBar in XP and Vista Style

by Star Vega

Creating a rich OutlookBar in XP or Vista style

Multi RDP Client .NET - A Simple and Friendly User Interface for You to Work and Navigate Easily Through a Tabbed RDP Remote Window

by Jayson Ragasa

Multi RDP Client .NET is used for managing your RDP connections. It allows you to Import/Export .RDP files, disconnect all connection at one click, and connect all your servers at one click as well.

Yet Another Fully Functional ownerdraw Menu

by Steffen Ploetz

Another fully functional ownerdraw menu with minimal effort - this time based on Win32, with icons instead of bitmaps, with accelerators and tested for ReactOS and WinNT 4.0 to Windows 10

A Framework in C# for Fingerprint Verification

by Octavio Loyola-González, Miguel Angel Medina-Pérez, Andres Eduardo Gutierrez Rodriguez, Milton García Borroto

In this article, we introduce a framework in C# for fingerprint verification, we briefly explain how to perform fingerprint verification experiments and how to integrate your algorithms to the framework.

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Windows Vista

Windows 7 File-properties "Version" Tab Shell Extension

19 Oct 2010 by "Fish" (David B. Trout)

Simple parsing of VS_VERSIONINFO version information strings displayed in an XP-style file-properties "Version" tab

CodeProject Article Scraping

11 Dec 2010 by #realJSOP

Scrape the My Articles page here on CodeProject to keep an eye on your articles.

MoveWindow API doesn't work well on Vista

8 May 2010 by #realJSOP

Try the SetWindowPos windows api function (you'll need pinvoke for that), and it looks like it takes many of the same parameters.

Get "My Documents" on Windows Vista or 7

9 Jun 2010 by #realJSOP

You're after the Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments enumeration. What do you mean by "redirected"?According to the MSDN page, it should know how to retrieve folders that have been specified by the user.Is it possible for you to try it using .Net 3.5 instead of 2.0?

Outlook navigation bar for Visual Basic.Net 2010

20 Jan 2011 by #realJSOP

Are you trying to respond to an article?Go hear, and click the source code download link:A Serious Outlook Style Navigation Pane Control[^]

Windows Media Player Plugin

18 Mar 2011 by #realJSOP

Download the platform SDK - it contains a number of examples.

AJAX under Vista

14 May 2011 by #realJSOP

Why was this thread resurrected? It's two years old.

Writing a Total Commander plug-in in Visual Basic (or C#)

8 Mar 2009 by Đonny

This article introduces and describes a framework that allows the creation of managed plug-ins for the Total Commander file manager.

CDNS 1.0 - An MFC DNS class

22 May 2005 by .rich.w

An MFC implementation of a DNS class, it can retrieve multiple IPs and hostnames.

DocMounter 2: A tool to build VS.NET documentation (now with Sandcastle)

15 Nov 2010 by 10Tec, Sergey Gorbenko

Tool for creating MS Visual Studio documentation files - XML Summaries, HxS/MSHC help solutions and manuals.

A new member could not be added to a local group because the member has the wrong account type.

7 May 2013 by @BangIndia

I am trying to move one user to admin group.but i am getting an error "A new member could not be added to a local group because the member has the wrong account type."why its coming..?

Creating a Tasktray Application

23 Sep 2007 by [ICR]

How to create an application that consists primarily of a tasktray icon

MyHealth Vista Gadget

26 Feb 2007 by _oti

A gadget that helps you control your breathing and water consumption

Get Full Shamsi Date in String Format with C# Class

2 Dec 2013 by A. Najafzadeh

Class used to display date in complete string format in Shamsi

Save Zip File in Access Database With File Encryption in C#

7 Jun 2014 by A. Najafzadeh

Saving zip files in access database with encrypting bytes when file saved in access database and decrypting bytes when extracting files from database . . .

OOP in JavaScript.

13 Sep 2004 by aakaab

OOP aspects of JavaScript programming language.

Updating the Assembly Version

13 Feb 2007 by Aaron Sulwer

Code and example showing how to update the Assembly Version.

29 Oct 2008 by Abd Allah Diab

A library that lets you easily manipulate your drawings

Failed to update .mdf database because the database is read-only

14 Apr 2012 by Abdhesh Mishra

it not working on windows 7.please help me.thanks in advance

Effective paging with List View control in ASP.NET

9 Nov 2012 by Abdul Quader Mamun

To develop scalable applications, effective paging is essential. Devoid of smart and effective paging and sorting to handle thousands of thousand data takes extra time and system resources.

SQL-Server-2005

16 Aug 2012 by Abdul Quader Mamun

Framework makes application more organized and efficient way to coding. It is helpful for newly assigned developer to understand code structure within a short time. It is essential for large application.

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

Beginner's Guide: Exploring IIS 6.0 With ASP.NET

29 Nov 2009 by Abhijit Jana

This article describes details of IIS configuration, Virtual Directory creation, Application Pool creation, Application Pool settings, IIS request processing for ASP.NET, etc.

Mastering Debugging in Visual Studio 2010 - A Beginner's Guide

6 May 2010 by Abhijit Jana

Describes all debugging features like Breakpoints, DataTips, Watch Windows, Multithreaded Debugging, Parallel Program Debugging and IntelliTrace Debugging

Win32 x86 Calling Conventions

4 Apr 2017 by Abhineet Ayan Verma

Major calling conventions for Win32 and best suited functions

Simplify Code Using NDepend

3 Nov 2009 by Abhishek Sur

Using this article you will get the basic idea of how you could use NDepend to control/analyze your application. It allows to apply design rules and refactor code.

How to obtain the username of user that invoked "run as administrator"?

24 Sep 2010 by Abhishek Sur

Create a manifest file. Add the manifest to the application. Put the code below in your manifest :

Translating localized special folders in Vista/W7 back and forth

2 Mar 2010 by Abi Bellamkonda

Did you find a solution for this? Should you be using Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.System) instead of translation?I suspect Windows might have had English as thier primary language, and every other language values in resource files like structure. If you want to do a...

VivantList: A Control Based List View Control

14 Nov 2004 by ACorbs

A fully customizable ListView control, where each row is a control.

How to Disable Windows Themes Using uxtheme.dll and SetWindowTheme

17 Jul 2008 by Adam Berent

How to disable Windows themes to ensure uniform application appearance acrross all versions of Windows.

Custom (XP-like) QuickLaunch

4 Oct 2013 by Adam Wojnar

An easy implementation of the taskbar-independent "quick launch"

SEH vs C++ exceptions

6 Feb 2014 by Adamanteus

Intercepting SEH exceptions in C++ program

How To Get A Website Thumbnail in a C# Application Without Creating A Form (console)

5 Jul 2008 by AdamNajmanowicz

The article describes how to get a thumbnail of a Website in .NET Framework 2.0+ without launching a fully interactive WinForms application.

Callback & Controls Rendering (Manually Partial Page Rendering)

18 Jan 2008 by Adnan Aman

Callback is a lightweight technique used to call server side methods asynchronously from JavaScript without any postback and reloading/rendering of unnecessary parts of page and unnecessary code.

Item-Level Presentation Models for WPF

2 Apr 2011 by Adrian Alexander

Make your life easier by inserting a Presentation Model layer (aka ViewModel) between your domain-model collection contents and template-generated WPF objects.

How To Build Multi-control Components when Inheriting from an Existing Control (Intro and TextBox Example)

28 Oct 2008 by Adrian Pasik

This article will get you started in building your own multi-control components without using the UserControl class.

Building multi-control components using IExtenderProvider

10 Feb 2009 by Adrian Pasik

In this article, I will show you a technique for building multi-control components using the IExtenderProvider.

Peer Collaboration - People Near Me

18 Apr 2006 by Adrian_Moore

An introduction to Microsoft's Peer-to-Peer Collaboration technology in Windows Vista.

Peer Collaboration - Contacts

24 May 2006 by Adrian_Moore

Contact Management using Microsoft's Peer-to-Peer Collaboration technology in Windows Vista.

Peer Collaboration - Inviting

1 May 2006 by Adrian_Moore

Inviting People Near Me using Microsoft's Peer-to-Peer Collaboration technology in Windows Vista.

ReorderListView Control with AutoScroll

3 Mar 2009 by afoxster

A VB version plus enhancements to "Manual reordering of items inside a ListView".

9 Oct 2008 by AFSEKI

This library provides XML based dynamic object mapping which can be used while designing dynamic data, configuration and business layers.

Convert Arabic Number To Alphabet (التفقيط) تحويل الأرقام إلى حروف

11 Nov 2012 by ahmed_alashrafy

تفقيط الأرقام العربيه

Dynamic Linked List Tree

18 Feb 2007 by AhmedEssamNaiem

Using Vector and double linked list to create trees

Attacks using external.menuArgument

24 Aug 2006 by AhmedEssamNaiem

external.menuArgument is very useful property but it can be used as a tool to help hacker to get quick information about your page and application

C# FileAssociation Class

14 Nov 2009 by Aidan Follestad

Allows you to quickly create, edit, and delete file associations in your registry. A file extension's default icon, description, executable application, etc.

POP3 Client using Sockets

13 May 2008 by aisha.ansari

post office protocol to retrieve mails

How to Call Java Functions from C Using JNI

12 Jan 2008 by ajalilqarshi

This article covers calling Java functions from C using JNI. It also covers passing/returning simple parameters, arrays, and structure arrays in Java functions.

Windows 7 Vista Compatible C# windows application

11 Aug 2010 by ajanthan_kt

Hi Guys;I have developed a simple windows application in C#(Visual studio .net 2005). The application was developed in Windows XP sp2 environment.It works fine in this environment(Works fine with all types of users). However when I try to run it in Vista or Windows 7 with normal users(less...

PSAM Control Library

19 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

WinForms library containing the IncipitViewer control for drawing musical notes

PSAM WPF Control Library

19 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

PSAM Control Library ported over to WPF

Windows Media Player Plugin

18 Mar 2011 by Akhilesh Iyengar

Hello.I wanted to make a plugin for windows media player 11, to generate all video in 1024x768 resolution in wmv format, with 5.1 channel sound. Also to be able to bookmark along te timeline, adjust the frame rate, and store sections of the video. The software I intend to use is Visual Basic...

Windows Workflow Foundation: Say Hello to Tracking Service !!

15 Jan 2009 by akshayswaroop

This article explains the intricacies of implementing a custom tracking service in Windows Workflow Foundation.

Communication options with WCF - Part 1

11 Jul 2006 by Al Alberto

Communication options with WCF - Part 1.

PowerMode, change and status in .NET

13 Sep 2004 by Al Gardner

Making your application Power Aware, in .NET.

Have a glass with WTL!

5 Jun 2007 by Alain Rist

Enable Aero glass with your native (WTL) applications and keep backwards compatibility

Unusual but Useful Dialog-based Classes Designed for Specialization

11 Nov 2007 by Alain Rist

Featuring cell menu, in-place editor, single control and split dialogs, Vista shell and Mobile file controls and selection dialogs

Integrate the OpenOffice.org Power in a WTL (or Other Native Win32) Application

18 Feb 2009 by Alain Rist

OOo::DocWindow and WTL::COOoCtrl classes to work on any Microsoft-Office document, and Open Office SDK integration in Visual Studio/VCExpress 2005/2008

Relook your Old and New Native Applications with a Ribbon UI under Vista or Windows 7 (WTL)

12 Apr 2010 by Alain Rist

Including a Ribbon UI Implementation Guide with examples and a dual UI enabled legacy application

An English Thesaurus for Windows Forms Applications

28 Feb 2010 by Alan Burkhart

A thesaurus based on data from the WordNet database, easily implemented

Easy WinForms Accordion Control

9 Jul 2012 by Alan Burkhart

Quick and dirty Accordion control for WinForms in about 50 lines of code.

Guess My Drawing!

9 Jan 2013 by Albara Hakami

A Windows Forms application to share a whiteboard with many clients with only one drawer, in a gamy way.

Manage server remote start/shutdown in the background using Windows Services and .NET Remoting

7 Jan 2008 by alberich123

Remote control startup and shutdown of a server automatically by several clients, to have the server running only if the clients are active. Uses Wake On Lan, Windows Services, and .NET Remoting.

Improve performace with Sessions using Cache

20 Jul 2005 by Albert Pascual

I wrote this short article to improve your ASP.NET application Sessions using Cache.

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

Using SQL Bulk Load to Upload Fixed Width Text Files

3 Mar 2009 by Alden John Snow

This project demonstrates what is likely the fastest way to upload one of those fixed width reports from a mainframe to a SQL server table.

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

Failed to update .mdf database because the database is read-only

5 Jun 2013 by Aletheuein

Provided the database is TFS bound, then it should be checked out, or have the read-only flag unset.

A C++ Plug-in ThreadPool Design

22 May 2008 by Alex C. Punnen

The Command Pattern and Chain of Responsibility for implementing a plug-in Thread Pool library.

Speex in C#

1 Sep 2007 by Alex Flood

Using the Speex speech codec with the .NET framework

Muting All Microphones on Vista/Win7

12 Aug 2012 by Alex Fotios

How to enumerate and mute all audio capture endpoints using Core Audio API

Run Scripts As Services - Exsead Service Manager

16 Feb 2007 by alex turner

Exsead Service Manager is an Open Source (BSD Style License) Windows Service which launches anything via the use of scripts, it is just being released as Open Source, here is more about it.

VBScript / Excel 2007 - An easy way to access DBF files

17 Dec 2007 by alex turner

Excel 2007 does not seem to support DBF files, here is a VBScript workaround.

Live Log Viewer

14 Jun 2016 by Alex Wiese

Monitors log files and displays text as it is appended to the file

14 Mar 2008 by Alex_1

A command line GAC installer that removes assemblies even if they are installed by an MSI.

NDIS sample - 6.0 miniport driver for realtek 8168/8169/8111/8110

1 May 2008 by alexander suresh

NDIS 6.0 miniport driver for realtek 8168/8169/8111/8110 family of gigabit ethernet controllers

The Spectre Framework

11 Dec 2012 by Alexander Wieser

The Spectre Framework is an attempt to introduce HTML5 as a first class citizen UI language for CLR based applications.

Fade-in forms using .NET and C#

10 Apr 2005 by Alexandru Ghiondea

Describes how to build forms that fade-in when they load.

A simple histogram displaying control

31 Oct 2005 by Alexandru Ghiondea

A histogram control for displaying your data.

How To Make Your Application Delete Itself Immediately

2 Dec 2008 by alexdresko

A simple two line technique that can be used in just about any application

Silverlight 3.0 DropDownMenu

22 Jul 2009 by Alexei Prokudin

This is an implementaion of SL 3.0 DropDown Menu like Application MainMenu

How to obtain the username of user that invoked "run as administrator"?

22 Sep 2010 by AlexKrist

Hi there,There are numerous ways to obtain the username of the current user. What I am interested in is, how can I obtain the username of the user that runs my program when the user invokes it with "run as administrator"?Cheers,--Alex

How to obtain the username of user that invoked "run as administrator"?

24 Sep 2010 by AlexKrist

Below is the class that will provide the username of the process that runs my application as an administrator. It's slow, but it's all managed code. Links to the souces of various pieces are included in the comments.Cheers,--AlexUsage:int currentProcessID =...

Introducing PresentationWindows

4 Nov 2012 by AlexKven

PresentationWindows is a WPF class library that introduces three new types derived from the Window class, enabling many previously difficult to access features of windows.

How to Add a Smart-Tag to a User Control

9 Oct 2008 by alexlevocitakahashi

This is a 3 step sample to include a Smart-Tag in your UserControl

Developing a Line Control

24 May 2007 by alhokail

This is a control that takes a starting point and an ending point as objects and draws a line between them

Persian Date Calendar Gadget for Windows Vista!

24 Jul 2008 by Ali Daneshmandi

Persian Date Calendar Gadget for Windows Vista!

External tools add-in with ProcessStartInfo and Process classes

6 Dec 2007 by Ali Ozgur

Describes making of an external tools add-in using ProcessStartInfo and Process classes in System.Diagnostics

Developing Jira client with Jira SOAP API for PragmaSQL T-SQL Editor

13 Feb 2008 by Ali Ozgur, Tolga Kurkcuoglu

Describes how to develop a custom Jira client by using PragmaSQL add-in support

Writing NHibernate Level 2 Cache Usage Tests

15 Jan 2009 by Ali Ozgur

Writing NHibernate Level 2 caching related tests by utilizing a custom log4net appender.

Windows Message Broadcaster

27 Feb 2008 by Ali Rafiee

Using this class, you can broadcast a message to windows without having to know their handle. You can also broadcast the same message to multiple windows at the same time.

Jalali (Shamsi) Calendar Class, Simple and Useful

24 Sep 2007 by Ali Tavakol

This article describes the CJalaliCalendar class, which is useful for working with the Iranian Jalali (Shamsi) calendar.

A Beautiful Oscilloscope Based on DirectX

1 Nov 2009 by Ali Tavakol

Fast, real, and easy to connect to your application.

A Powerful Spectrum Analyzer Based on DirectX

7 Nov 2009 by Ali Tavakol

Fast, beautiful, real and easy to connect to your application

How To Get Hardware Information (CPU ID, MainBoard Info, Hard Disk Serial, System Information , ...)

19 Mar 2008 by Alireza . Shirazi

An article to demonstrate how to get system hardware information such as CPU ID, Hard Disk serial number and so on

Does any body have solution to this issue ,i 'm getting the issue on vista

29 Feb 2012 by Alister007

use dotnetbar controller for your targethttp://www.devcomponents.com/dotnetbar/[^]

Javascript Error Blocker

3 Oct 2007 by AliSufyan

Javascript Error Blocker

Work Load System

7 Aug 2009 by Allen _ Wang

Calculating the workload for speech language pathologists is a very complex process. A systematic approach has to be developed in order to calculate the workload and setup a standard.

Simple Programming Challenge: Arbitrary Iteration

12 Oct 2010 by Allen C. Copeland Jr

Gives an example of code to arbitrarily iterate through the elements of a .NET Array using an iterator in C#

A Customizable WPF TaskDialog

8 Apr 2009 by alrh

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

Introducing Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V)

8 Apr 2009 by Altaf Al-Amin

Application Virtualization provides a method to deploy and manage applications on client computers without needing to install the applications locally on each client computer.

Displaying 16-bit Images Using C#

8 Dec 2008 by Amarnath S

An article on how to use GDI+ methods for displaying 16-bit raw images.

Programming control point application using the UPnP Control Point API

13 Jul 2009 by amatecki

The article describes how to use the Microsoft's UPnP Control Point API for finding and controlling UPnP devices, and includes a description of simple library to facilitate the application of Control Point API in your own programs, together with an example of MFC and WinForms applications.