Visual Studio

Use Intel C++ compiler with C++/CLI

23 Mar 2013 by 8MX

Quick and easy way to use the Intel C++ compiler with C++/CLI.

VTK in MFC

10 Jul 2014 by _Flaviu

A small guide to use VTK in MFC

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

Conditional Sum for Rdlc (aka ReportViewer)

13 Jul 2010 by _Groker

Code for summing by group in a RDLC report

Dev

Using a TabControl for easy prototyping / testing

2 May 2014 by _Noctis_

Use a project with a TabControl to quickly test theories, questions, problems

How to Easily Insert A New Row (on Top) in WPF (VS & Sublime)

12 Apr 2014 by _Noctis_

How to use Sublime text editor to help with your VS development

Usage of a TrackBar as a ToolStripMenuItem

30 Oct 2011 by A. Duman

Usage of a TrackBar as a ToolStripMenuItem

Implementing IComparable and IEquatable safely and fully

22 Jun 2012 by A. Ganzer

Using snippets to create a full and correct implementation of complex interfaces

Disable Child Controls Recursively

13 Nov 2010 by a_pess

Alternative For VB.NET Windows Forms Private Sub ControlEnabled(ByVal ctrl As Control, ByVal isDisable As Boolean) Me.ControlEnabled(ctrl, isDisable, True) End Sub Private Sub ControlEnabled(ByVal ctrl As Control, ByVal isDisable As Boolean, ByVal allowRecurse As...

Console simple progress

1 Feb 2013 by aaverian

A very simple console progress bar.

DataTable to List<> using Generics

4 Aug 2015 by Abdul Ahad Monty

Convert DataTable to List using Generics.

Web Page Capturing

29 Dec 2012 by Abdullah Altokhais

Windows Forms application for capturing or thumbnailing a web page

Windows

web_development

Handle CSS File with Visual Studio 2012

4 Dec 2013 by Abdur Rashid

How to handle CSS file with Visual Studio 2012

CSS

VS2012

AlSayed Color TrackBar

5 Jun 2012 by Abed AlSayed

AlSayed ColorBar is a TrackBar best for professional color picker, like the one used in Adobe Photoshop.

Calling orchestration using Call orchestration Shape

5 Jul 2013 by Abhay giri

Here we see how can we invoke other orchestration by using Call orchestration shape

Creating a Issue in Jira using Rest Api

5 Oct 2014 by Abhijit Ghosh (Subho)

Creating a Issue in Jira using Rest API and Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML)

Creating an Issue with Multiple Attachments in Jira using Rest API

19 Oct 2014 by Abhijit Ghosh (Subho)

This is an alternative for "Creating a Issue in Jira using Rest API". This is an upgraded version as it contains a way of sending attachments with the issue. This version doesn't use MSXML as it is not recommended by Microsoft.

Accessing Active Directory Objects via C# (Visual Studio)

9 Feb 2011 by Abhijit Shiposkar

Accessing Active Directory Objects via C# (Visual Studio)

directory

Find IP address in a Metro app (Windows 8)

18 Mar 2013 by Abhinav Sultania

How to find IP address of machine in metro App(Windows 8)

How to Minify js and CSS file using Visual Studio 2012

25 Mar 2014 by Abhishek Kumar Goswami

I came up with this article where I can describe how we can create minified version of our js and css file.

CSS

VS2012

Autos Window in Visual Studio 2013

31 Oct 2014 by Abhishekv 11

Autos Window in Visual Studio 2013

Utilizing Visual Studio Extensions

29 Apr 2010 by Adil Mughal

Hey folks, today I would like to mention one of the underutilized features of Visual Studio and that is the use of Visual Studio extensions. In particular, the integration of Visual Studio extensions through Extension Manager in Visual Studio 2010. You will find Extension Manager in Tools...

Zoom in and out Code in Visual Studio 2010

29 Apr 2010 by Adil Mughal

One of the simple feature I like is of Zoom in and out :) and that’s because while presenting on several events I need to increase the font or use magnifier but now I can just zoom in and zoom out using Ctrl + Mouse Scroll Up/down. So now I don’t have to do that Zoom in to...

Implementing Azure Information Protection in MS Office documents and PDFs programmatically

20 Jun 2021 by Aditya-Sharma0712

How to set classification label to an Excel/Word/PDF file at the time of its creation during runtime programmatically

How to recover MySQL Website Configuration Tool Icon in VS 2010

6 Aug 2013 by adriancs

Discovering MySQL Website Configuration Tool on Visual Studio 2010

Single Instance Form Application in C#

27 Dec 2013 by AdventureDriver

Make a single instance form application that redisplays the one and only interface of the other instance.

Windows

forms

Developing Sharepoint Windows Forms

23 Mar 2013 by AfnanMof

Steps How to Develop Sharepoint Windows Forms

Why Use ASP.NET for Web Development

13 Sep 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

A slight comparison of ASP.NET upon other (web) programming languages in the market and a discussion of me and some other (web) programming language developers.

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 Keyboard Events and their Codes in JavaScript

14 Sep 2014 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

How to use the keyboard events of the user and use them to dynamically change the User Interface or to perform some actions

A Few Points to Consider While Working with Literal String in ASP.NET

28 Feb 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This tip is to provide an overview of writing strings in ASP.NET web applications to avoid concatenations.

Handling Events in WPF in an Easy and Short Hand Way

9 Jun 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This tip is for WPF developers, understanding the usage of lambda expressions for handling the events instead of markup based or function based event handlers.

EditedFormattedValue v/s Value in Datagridview

24 May 2014 by agent_kruger

There is usually a mis-conception with people thinking "DataGridView Cell.Value" gets the current value of the cell in datagridview. This article will tell you the difference between "EditedFormattedValue v/s Value in Datagridview".

Combining MDX with T-SQL in One Result Set for SSRS (Hybrid Query)

27 Sep 2014 by Ahmad A.A. Ahmad

Combining MDX with T-SQL in One Result Set for SSRS (Hybrid Query)

SharePoint 2013 Web Part ToolPane Tweak

25 Jan 2014 by Ahmad F Hassan

5 minute trick

SharePoint 2013 Data Access Layer using SPMetal

5 Jun 2014 by Ahmad F Hassan

Step by step, creating LINQ to SharePoint Data Access Layer using SPMetal

HTML Parser

2 Aug 2006 by Ahmed Ali El-Sayed

C# DLL for use it in .Net Applications, you can convert it easy to any code

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 Web Application in Multiple Browsers (Visual Studio)

8 Feb 2014 by Ahmed Bensaid

Run Web Application in Multiple Browsers (Visual Studio)

Run Executable from Resources in C#

17 Jun 2015 by Ahmed E Osama

Run an executable that is inside the resources in C#

How to set an alternate row color in SSRS 2005

26 Aug 2010 by Ahmed_Said

How to make gradient colored Controls in Windows Forms

26 Aug 2010 by Ahmed_Said

Using C# code inside JavaScript code

26 Aug 2010 by Ahmed_Said

How to make any UI element drag-able using Behaviors in WPF

29 Aug 2010 by Ahmed_Said

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.

Field Based Security in ASP.NET MVC 3 for Different Roles

14 Jun 2012 by Ajay Bachale

MVC3 Role base security.

Inactive code block doesn't lose color - it would be color faded

23 Apr 2010 by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Unlike previous version of Visual Studio (2005, 2008), which used to display inactive code block in grayed mode, the new version - VS 2010 - would display them in faded down color (core colors will be preserved).For example:#ifdef _DEBUGvoid CClass::AssertValid(){ ASSERT(this); ...

Auto Completion for #include in VS2010

1 May 2010 by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Visual Studio 2010, for Visual C++ projects/code, now supports auto complete feature for #include statement too!Just type in #include directive followed by " or

C++

Pinning the variables/expressions while debugging

1 May 2010 by Ajay Vijayvargiya

This feature may not seem useful initially, and might appear distracting you. But it is one of the very useful (new) features in Visual Studio 2010. You'll love it after using it for a while!While debugging, you typically put some variables in Watch Window (or use Locals, Autos etc). When...

debugging

MSDN: Sync with 'Table of Contents' - Shortcut!

10 Jan 2011 by Ajay Vijayvargiya

I needed a faster way to Sync and see treeview on left in MSDN, for the topic I am browsing - Found a trick!

Shortcut: Open Containing Folder

20 Nov 2010 by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Open the Folder of current file with a simple keystroke

How to Sign ClickOnce Deployment if ClickOnce Code Signing Function in Visual Studio Doesn't Work

15 Jan 2018 by Ajcek84

How to properly sign ClickOnce deployment in a way that actually works

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.

Resetting All Other DropDownLists When a Selection of a Particular DropDownList Changes

22 Sep 2014 by Ajith K Gatty

This tip helps you to reset all your DropDownList values to the default one when a DropDownList changes its selection.

Creating Custom C# Code Snippets in Visual Studio

2 Dec 2015 by Akash Gutha

Code snippets are automatic code generators that can generate code with just a unique string and a tab press.

Yet Another Spy

28 Dec 2014 by Akos Mattiassich

Find a window on the desktop, spy its properties and manipulate it.

Poor Men's AboutBox with Animated Auto Scroll TextBox

2 Oct 2014 by Akos Mattiassich

How to make from a simple TextBox an animated eye candy.

Serialize/Deserialize any object to an XML file

28 May 2013 by akramKamal

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

Batch IDE

20 Mar 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Small tool to write, run batch codes

PictureBox with a ScrollBar

28 Mar 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Surf your PictureBox using scrolling bars

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

Including stdafx.h in a non-default location

11 Apr 2011 by Albert Holguin

The vc compiler and intellisense don't look for pre-compiled header in a similar manner, this is a summary of the issue along with workarounds

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#

Poor Man’s Visual Studio Cppcheck Integration

9 Oct 2012 by Aleksey Vitebskiy

Simple and free Cppcheck integration into Visual Studio.

XEndian: Fast and Extensible Header-Only Endian-Aware Serializer (or The Fight for DRY)

12 Sep 2014 by Alex Puchades

In this tip, XEndian, a header-only library will be presented

Live Log Viewer

14 Jun 2016 by Alex Wiese

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

Setup your ASP.NET Membership Login in MVC (or any project you want)

6 Mar 2015 by Alexandre Paula

aspnet Membership Login in any project you want.

Reusable WPF RadioButton Control (Data Binding to enum)

28 Jul 2014 by alexbk66

Reusable WPF RadioButton control which takes the pain away

Visual Studio 2010 TFS Solution CheckIn Hotkey

26 Aug 2011 by AlexCode

Quick way of showing the Solution check-in modal window on Visual Studio

TFS

macros

.Net Progress Bar - Single or Multi-Threaded

15 Jul 2014 by AlexF185

A dynamic progress bar control easy to use and literally plug and play

Custom Paging Control

20 Apr 2013 by Aliaa Ezzat

Custom paging control for repeaters

Write error log in a text file for Custom Assembly being used in Reporting Services

19 Sep 2013 by alifaraze

writing error in a text file is very easy but writing error from a custom assembly in reporting services requires permissions

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

Fun with F#

28 Apr 2010 by Amal Nanda

Fun with F#F# (pronounced "F sharp") is a functional programming language for the .NET Framework that combines the succinct, expressive, and compositional style of functional programming with the runtime, libraries, interoperability, and object model of .NET, that lets users concentrate on...

.NET4

PayPal REST API Recurring Payment via Stored Credit Card

13 Mar 2015 by Aman Thakur

The tip explains how to make recurring payments using the Stored Credit Cards in the Paypal Vault.

Balloon Message using JavaScript & CSS in ASP.NET

18 Feb 2015 by AMB-03

This is a very simple way to create a balloon message... without using any plugin

Avoid default formatting when exporting data from datagrid to excel.

14 Oct 2010 by ambatisreedhar

Export to Excel,default formatting of excel,excel number format,excel date format,excel currency format

.NET Interprocess Communication using Named Pipe

25 Dec 2014 by Amir Hamza Md. Kayes

.NET interprocess communication using named pipe

How to Identify if the Executable is 32-bit or 64-bit

12 Jan 2016 by Amit KD

How to identify if the executable is 32-bit or 64-bit

Find Duplicate Files and Delete Them

1 Sep 2012 by AmitGajjar

Application for seaching similar kinds of files in different folders.

Bind Dropdownlist in ASP.NET using jQuery AJAX

26 Nov 2013 by Amol Jadhao

How to bind dropdownlist in ASP.NET using JQuery Ajax

DB Independent Code using Wrappers

20 Aug 2014 by Amol M Vaidya

A simple Data Connection Library to avoid rewriting code when the DB changes

Peer Process and its Significance in Improving Robustness of Software Application

30 Jun 2014 by Anant Beriwal

How to counter crash issue in applications

TextBox with Placeholder

2 May 2018 by Andiiiii

Extended TextBox with placeholder

Remove all the HTML tags and display a plain text only inside (in case XML is not well formed)

15 Feb 2012 by Andreas Gieriet

I think the following Regex and HtmlDecode would do:string html = ...;string textonly = HttpUtility.HtmlDecode( Regex.Replace(html, @"|", ""));Any HTML construct that would not be stripped off properly by this?

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

VS2013

Make Buzzer (Internal Speaker) Sound in Windows 7/8/10 32bit / 64bit

14 Jan 2022 by Andreoli Carlo

In our company, we find ourselves in need of using the internal PC (buzzer) on Windows7 64bit. At the end, we figured out how to do it.

Code Coverage And Generics

2 Apr 2011 by Andrew Rissing

How to get that last little nagging line to be covered...

generics

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...

A fast and simple DataGridView analogue

18 Jan 2013 by Andrey Sitaev

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

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

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.

Calling Server-Side Code from Client-side Using JavaScript and TextBox's onblur Event

6 Mar 2015 by Ankur .K. Vishwakarma

Calling server-side code from client-side using JavaScript and TextBox's onblur event

Adding Image in the Image Control without Stretching/Compressing the Image

22 Oct 2014 by Ankur Rawat

Adding Image in the Container without stretching/compressing the Image

ASP.NET

Visual Studio 2010 Black-Out

8 Dec 2011 by anon - lth

It was my ATI card anti-aliasing setting. Problem was gone after it was set on 'application-controlled'. You also may turn the hardware acceleration off in Visual Studio (Tools/Options/Environment/General/Visual experience)...

Visual Studio 2010 "Recently Used" Locations

8 Jun 2010 by Anshul R

MRU Locations and other locations in the Registry