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Windows-Service for Multithreading with Remote Control GUI

by J.Starkl

A windows-service which can handle different operations in separate threads and which can be controlled by a small GUI program

PSAM WPF Control Library

by Ajcek84

PSAM Control Library ported over to WPF

The OpenGL and GLUT: A Powerful Graphics Library and Utility Kit

by logicchild

An article that explains how to use this library

Autoshutdown Service in C#

by Kees van Spelde

This is an alternative for "AutoShut, my first program in C#"

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Busy Production Database Update Without Timeout

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Load data to temporary table, make any additional update if required, create necessary indices, finally DROP live table and RENAME temporary table to production table.

Splitter Control for Dialog

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A splitter control for dialog can auto change the linked window's position

PSAM WPF Control Library

by Ajcek84

PSAM Control Library ported over to WPF

Bug Finder, A Real Win32 Extensible Passive Debugger

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Win32, compiler independent, and extensible passive debugger

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Windows 2008 R2

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

Problems Installing Windows Server 2008 R2

26 Jan 2010 by #realJSOP

Did you change the bios to allow booting from DVD/removable media?BK> Yes. I'm going to try an mount the Windows 7 Recovery Disk on my flashdrive, boot from that, and then directly run the 2008 setup.exe.

How to insall the WMI service on Windows 2008 R2 64-bit

13 May 2011 by #realJSOP

It should already be there - it's part of WIndows.

cannot add user credentials to access the specified physical path

9 Mar 2013 by $ultaNn

i am using windows server 2008 , cannot add user credentials to access the specified physical pathI have created a website using asp.net and i published that site to c:\...\wwwrootand i add that site in IIS6 bystep in the way i Added1: I clicked "Add website"2:i gave Site...

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.

C# countdown timer xna`

22 Nov 2011 by :)9/11

if (yourmum = buttonState.pressed) setvibration(playerindex.me,1,69)else { fatness++; }if (fatCountingUp > 300kg); (setBiggestLoserShow = true);else { (setBiggestLoserShow = MEGAtrue); }if (codDisc = broken); (YouDumpGirlfriend);else { ...

how to manual configure object GUID for AD 2008

10 Feb 2013 by @BangIndia

how to manual configure object GUID for AD 2008.Is there any privillege is there to set the GUID format for all the users in the AD 2008 .

IIS Express (8.0) x Handler Mappings!

30 Jan 2014 by @donis2014

How to configure IIS Express "applicationhost.config" for handler mappings

Hosting Web site Problem

25 Jul 2012 by _Amy

Hi,Follow the link below:http://www.dotnetfunda.com/articles/article1247-how-to-host-aspnet-application-on-the-web-server-iis.aspx[^]These references might...

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.

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SQL-server-2000

Insufficient memory exception even if 30 GB memory is free

29 Sep 2013 by abhijeetyadav

I have a program(x64) that consumes a large amount of memory. I am running it on win server 2008 R2 SP1 with 48 GB RAM(64 bit) .net frame work 4.5I have also set gcAllowVeryLargeObjects = true in app.config.When i run the program it consumes 18 GB memory after that it gives...

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.

statusbar-toolstripstatuslabel

29 Nov 2010 by Abhinav S

A simple statusbar tutorial here[^].

Win32 x86 Calling Conventions

4 Apr 2017 by Abhineet Ayan Verma

Major calling conventions for Win32 and best suited functions

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...

SEH vs C++ exceptions

6 Feb 2014 by Adamanteus

Intercepting SEH exceptions in C++ program

LINQ To SQL Slow on Windows Server 2008 R2

1 Sep 2011 by aeschli666

Hi ThereWe just moved one of our .Net applications from a Windows 2003 Server to a virtual Windows Server 2008 R2 (64Bit, VMWare). This application is a simple console application running on .Net Framework 4.0, 32Bit, that runs different jobs to select, modify and save business data to a...

HTTPs using BizTalk 2009 HTTP adapter on Windows 2008 R2

9 Jul 2010 by Ahmed Kahwaji

Use HTTPs in BizTalk 2009 on Windows 2008 R2

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

11 Nov 2012 by ahmed_alashrafy

تفقيط الأرقام العربيه

PSAM WPF Control Library

19 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

PSAM Control Library ported over to WPF

Performance issue when using Win2008 R2,MQ 7.0.1 & java 1.6

9 Jun 2011 by Akash Agarwal

Hi,My company has newly build an App server which has the following configuration,Java Version - 1.6.0_21Java SE Runtime Env - build 1.6.0_21 - b07Operating System - Windows Server 2008 R2 EnterPriseRAM - 8 GBSystem Type - 64 bitWebSpeher MQ Version : 7.0.1.3My jar files on...

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

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.

Error in ADFS2.0 Installation and configuration.

22 Oct 2012 by Alchemist2889

Hello Everyone,I installed ADFS 2.0 on my machine (Windows Server R2 SP1) but I wasn't able to start the ADFS service due to some issues (its an entirely different topic). I tried to uninstall it and then install it again, For uninstalling I used the process provided at this link...

Live Log Viewer

14 Jun 2016 by Alex Wiese

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

Windows Services Cannot Create More than a Certain Number of Processes

20 Jan 2016 by Alexandros Pappas

Windows Services cannot create more than a certain number of processes, whereas Console Applications seem not to have a limit.

Windows-service

Calendar - calendar with notes using the Qt framework

12 May 2017 by alexey_t

A simple calendar with notes support

Task parallel library and User Mode Scheduler

10 Mar 2012 by ali_amiri

Is There any relation between UMS and TPL?I mean can we create an application that uses TPL and UMS both together?If the answer is "yes" how can we use both of them?it is complicated for me!please make a simple code that use both of them if your answer is yes and if your answer is "no" please...

Do SMTP Event Sinks work in Windows Server 2008 R2?

29 Jan 2014 by Alvin20

Have you tried using the RegAsm from the 64bit directory of .NET, that worked for me

SQL ODBC Connection Issue

25 Sep 2015 by Amaan23

Dear Friends,Need your help in below issue.when i type SERVERNAME in ODBC connection (SQL Server Native client 10.0) its does not connect( Gave 08001 Error, HYT00) and when i typed servername\sql instance name it will work.I tried restarting "SQL Server browser" Service, but that...

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SQL ODBC Connection Issue

3 Oct 2015 by Amaan23

Connection query was right.Changed the port to 1433 in 'ALL IP' in SQL Server Configuration, and it worked perfectly. Thank you.

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Catch ctrl+p and print document command,Restrict users what they print

22 Dec 2013 by amad01pk

Scenario: Users connected on a network using network printers all users are allowed printing rights.Problem: Want to control not who can print rather what they print. Whenever a user from client machine presses ctrl+p or print in any application i would like to pause windows printing...

Smart Thread Pool

27 Aug 2012 by Ami Bar

A .NET Thread Pool fully implemented in C# with many features.

Start\stop scheduled task in windows server from asp.net page

28 Aug 2014 by Ami_Modi

Is it possible to start\stop already set windows scheduled task from ASP.NET code? I have few tasks scheduled in windows server 2008 r2. They run as per their scheduled time. But I need to run few tasks manually from ASP.NET web page whenever user wants. So in addition to the tasks running at...

Crystal Reports Supporting on Windows Server 2008 r2

5 Jun 2013 by amnk.info

http://1800thenerd.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/sap-crystal-reports-for-visual-studio-2010-files-needed-to-download/[^]

installing wamp into windows server 2008 r2

19 Jul 2015 by amnk.info

i have windows 2008r2 server. i installed wamp server 64bit version. but i cannot start wamp server it shows missing MSVCR110.dll file. please help me to solve this

installing wamp into windows server 2008 r2

19 Jul 2015 by amnk.info

I found solution my self. refer this sitehttp://www.steptoinstall.com/msvcr100-dll-is-missing-when-wamp-server-install.html[^]

XSLT to transform Excel XML worksheet to "named" nodes

10 Jun 2014 by Anamera

This XSLT will output an Excel worksheet containing a CSV type of record collection in a more usable XML format.

Peer Process and its Significance in Improving Robustness of Software Application

30 Jun 2014 by Anant Beriwal

How to counter crash issue in applications

Introduction to RPC - Part 1

22 Dec 2012 by Anders Dalvander

An introduction to RPC programming. A simple RPC client/server application is explained.

Application Verifier [ Application crashing on Close ]

17 Feb 2011 by Andrew Brock

The C++ compiler will add its own statements to the destructor to destruct any member variables that are a class type.Consider this:class A { public: A() { m_szMessage = new char[10]; } ~A() { delete []m_szMessage; } private: char *m_szMessage;};class B...

windows server 2008/12 licencing

28 Oct 2013 by anil_kumar_bhakta

We have 50 pc's with licensed windows 7 prof. I want to purchase Windows Server 2008/12 to connect all the users on domain server. Is CAL(Client Access License) required for all the users ??-- Anil Kumar

Do SMTP Event Sinks work in Windows Server 2008 R2?

22 May 2019 by Anish_Chakraborty

We use a 3rd party software to send Bulk Emails. The software does not provide options to add Email addresses in BCC. However, as per Compliance Rules, it is necessary for us to add a BCC address to every Email sent. Till now, we used to relay all the Emails from that software to an intermediate...

How to Get Words Separated in a String Concatenated by Delimiter

14 Apr 2014 by Ankur .K. Vishwakarma

This tip shows you a T/SQL function to split a string concatenated by a delimiter.

SQL-Server-2008R2

Broadcasting streaming data through a server to users located in different geographical locations.

3 Jul 2012 by ankurparikh

Its with regards to streaming Live stocks prices (6000 stocks) from a source 'X' on a server machine and then broadcast same data to different users. (Users can be located in different geographical locations). The price data of the stocks update super fast (in milliseconds) .I will be...

Bug Finder, A Real Win32 Extensible Passive Debugger

28 Feb 2018 by Antonio Petricca

Win32, compiler independent, and extensible passive debugger

Extended Windows Service Controller

3 Oct 2013 by Antonio Petricca

.NET ServiceController class extension

To Create A COOL Desktop Lyrics Demo (A Gift To All People On CP)

1 Jan 2010 by Aric Wang

Many popular MP3 players have cool desktop lyrics, this demo uses a simple method to realize it. Happy new year!

Windows 7 Taskbar C# Quick Reference

14 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

Following are some listings to be used as a quick reference to common Windows 7 Taskbar features using Windows API Code Pack.

WPF GIF Animation

21 Apr 2010 by Artem S. Dmitriev

This article shows the best way to play GIF animation in your WPF project.

Create Custom Windows in WPF with Ease

27 Dec 2010 by Ashish Kaila

Declaratively and visually create custom windows in WPF

MixModes Synergy Toolkit for Windows Phone 7

30 Jan 2011 by Ashish Kaila

Describes features in Synergy Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 Version 1.0

Automate your UI using Microsoft Automation Framework

1 Jan 2011 by Ashish Kaila

Learn how to leverage UI automation in testing your UI and also to support accessibility features

25 May 2012 by Asif Bahrainwala

Device hooking

Windows Server 2008 R2 , WCF service Uploading not working for HTTPS

17 Dec 2013 by Avinash6474

Hi All,I had installed an IIS on Windows server 2008 R2 , and hosted an wcf service.I had created a self signed certificate and using a secure http connection to access service. I am using service to upload images from mobile devices to server. The small size image is uploading to...

EXE Launcher for Java Desktop Application

11 Oct 2010 by b4rc0ll0

A useful launcher for JAR executable files, with Splash Image function

Versatile Tree Control

18 Feb 2013 by Babu_Abdulsalam

Tree control with custom checkbox with several other features.

Modem Internet IP redirect to server IIS

23 Aug 2014 by basitsar

Dear All,I have the Internet modem IP is 192.168.1.1 and my server IP is 192.168.1.50, the website which is hosting on windows server 2008. What i'm looking for the Internet IP from the ISP is suppose X.Now what is happening when the user hit the ISP X it redirect to medem IP which is...

task scheduler not working after reboot

30 Aug 2014 by basitsar

Dear All,I have created a task in Task Scheduler. When the server restarted for any update after that task is not working until somebody go and put user name and password then the task will work.how to achieve this after restarting task should work. ThanksBasit.

Dot Net 4.0 application for powershell fails to load modules on Windows Server 2008 R2

7 May 2013 by Bharat Nimba Pawar

I have a x64 dot net console application, to execute powershell cmdlets for Failoverclusters module. I've compiled application with .Net 4.0. Here DotNet4.5 is already installed. I tried to execute this application on windows server 2012. FailoverClusters module loaded successfully on...

VMSTAT Analyzer

1 Sep 2009 by Biswas, Sumit

Helps UNIX / Linux administrators to analyze VMSTAT files for system resource utilization.

SQL Server connection problem

26 Jul 2011 by bmwz9

First make sure of sql server namelook at these http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328306[^]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888228[^]http://geekswithblogs.net/AzamSharp/archive/2005/07/27/48416.aspx[^]

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A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period

28 Aug 2012 by BobJanova

Here's your clue:http://localhost:8732/Design_Time_Addresses/TFSClientWindowsService/TFSCClientWindowsService/Do you know what 'localhost' is? It's the local machine. You're telling your web service client to go and find a service on the same machine! Of course that works on your dev...

Problems Installing Windows Server 2008 R2

22 Jan 2010 by Brady Kelly

I've just finished 3 day download (with breaks) of Server 2008 R2, and am very eager to install it on my dev machine (my laptop, an HP Pavilion with a 2xTurion 64 cpu). If I mount the ISO and try and run Setup.exe, I get told Setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application. I tried burning the ISO to...

Problems Installing Windows Server 2008 R2

26 Jan 2010 by Brady Kelly

I'm trying to get Server 2008 R2 installed on my laptop. I've followed many instructions to make my USB hard drive bootable, but I keep coming up with a NTLDR is missing error when I try and boot from the USB hard drive. I used ImgBurn, first, and then the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool, to...

How i block some known packet?

24 Jul 2013 by CdnSecurityEngineer

Your question is kind of confusing. The reason being is because you mention that you want to block a specific packet. However you also mention that it can be changed. Therefore if you set out to blcck at the Packet level on a packet by packet. You're going to pull your hair out. I would...

SmartObject Class (Objective-C like Memory Management) for C++ (A substitute for Smart Pointer maybe?)

22 Aug 2013 by Chris La

This article explains Objective-C like C++ memory management class, SmartObject.

Clickonce Deployment to Windows Server 2008 R2

19 Sep 2012 by Chris Ross 2

This isn't a complete solution, but it may be a step on the way...I would try doing a click once deployment to some non-server target first, to confirm that I've got my click once setup right. I suspect that the target being a server is not the root problem, but that your click once setup...

How to stop file creating/writing process

9 Feb 2010 by Christian Graus

You'd have to write a system wide keyboard hook that captures the paste, reject it, work out what's in the clipboard, and then do your operation to it.

How-To: Use Wget to Automate the Karamasoft UltimateSearch Indexing Process for Your Website

7 Jan 2011 by Christian Mattix

How-To: Use Wget to Automate the Karamasoft UltimateSearch Indexing Process for Your Website

Type-safe (but generic) import of 'char' separated line based files into objects

24 Jun 2012 by Christian Vogt

An article on a generic approach for importing text based data into objects, using Reflection. Supports mass data processing, filter, advanced processing and converting, and some other gimmicks.

The current identity (IIS APPPOOL\domain) does not have write access to 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files'.

14 Feb 2023 by Christopher Zahrobsky

Don't add permissions. Just change the TEMP directory for ASP.NET in your web.config file! ...

How to Generate Machine Key in IIS7

6 Jul 2011 by composeme

Machine key generates a unique key which helps you on single form because it helps to protect your Form Authentication cookies and page level View state

How to identify used port numbers in II7

20 Jan 2013 by comred

Hello, How to recognize/get the port number on same IP address which has been already used in II7?I got a command netstat -an but its not enough to identify all used ports. Any body can help me on this, it is useful while hosting ASP.NET website.Thanks

Days Left Timer VBS

29 Jun 2010 by crackruckles

Days Left Timer VBS self deleting

Self Hosted Web API Wrapper Class

5 Sep 2013 by Craig Baruffol

A wrapper class to simplify the implementation of a Self Hosted Web API Service

Find Daylight saving cities

21 Jun 2010 by Dalek Dave

Not sure there is a library for that.You may have to write your own DLL.

Basic SQL Auto-Purging for Document Management

25 Jul 2012 by Dan Steuer

This article will help manage automatic database purges according to basic Document Management principles.

Midnight Timer - A Way to Detect When it is Midnight

29 Mar 2007 by DanielBrownAU

An article on how to detect when it is midnight

Certificate Not Issued by a Trusted Certificate Authority

24 Jan 2014 by Danny Prager

Solution fixing SSL certificate error

How to Edit ListViewItems Directly

5 Apr 2013 by dapeacenforcement

Easy way to edit the right ListViewItem (Row/Column) after MouseDoubleClick.

Windows task scheduler not running when select "Run whether user is logged on or not" on windows server 2008

3 Sep 2013 by Dave Kreskowiak

Did you setup the Task to run as Local System? If your connection string in your application is using "Integrated Security", it's not going to work because the Local System account probably doesn't have permissions to your database. You should be using a dedicated account for that process to...

Catch ctrl+p and print document command,Restrict users what they print

22 Dec 2013 by Dave Kreskowiak

I see a truck load of problem with doing this, not the least of which is what happens when the supervisor isn't sitting in front of their computer to give the approval??There is no event that says "something is trying to print." About the best you're going to do is connect all the printers...

Why does a regular forms app close oledb connection but service will not

7 Dec 2015 by Dave Kreskowiak

Why are you writing poor code? You should be closing and disposing the connection yourself, not depending on some hidden functionality in one application and wondering why it doesn't work in another.You really need to look into the using statement. It'll Dispose of the objects for you...

Unable to uninstall software from control panel

2 Aug 2016 by Dave Kreskowiak

This site is dedicated to writing code, not product support. Your best bet is to contact the vendor of the software you're trying to uninstall.

.net 2.0 web application throws errors when migrated to windows server 2008 r2

17 Aug 2018 by Dave Kreskowiak

This is just a guess but it seems like your site code is compiled to target "AnyCPU". The hint I'm using is that you're using a 32-bit Oracle client and you moved the code to a 64-bit server. Go into the Project Properties, Build tab, and change the platform target from AnyCPU to x86. Recompile...

Multiple BlueTooth adapters

30 Mar 2010 by DaveAuld

Looking at some of the google results returned, suggest this is possible by hacking the .inf file manually to add the second device. The results also suggest that you should use 2 adapters from different manufacturers.I think you are going to need to investigate this yourself, and visit some...

Generic Background Worker

8 Sep 2009 by DaveyM69

No more unboxing/casting! Use generic type parameters with this background worker. Source code for C# and VB.NET.

Parallel Tasks in .NET 3.0

6 May 2010 by David Cruwys

Provide a mechanism to execute a list of tasks in parallel on multiple threads and communicate back to the calling thread useful states such as exceptions, timeouts, and successful task completion.

Most Recently Used (MRU) File Manager Component

21 Aug 2015 by David Hall

An MRU Manager Component that can be dropped on a Windows Form or WPF Window and integrates with Menu, MenuStrip, Application Settings, Registry, and Windows Recent Files.

what is first run in windows server before login?

12 Sep 2012 by davoodta

what is first run in windows server?windows servise?startup?or other?

Application Verifier [ Application crashing on Close ]

17 Feb 2011 by Debojyoti Majumder

I created my application in VC++ and I have to verify my it using AppVerifier.When I am testing my application with AppVerifier the application crashes when I am closing the application window. I have debugged my application and from the stack trace I came to know it's crashing in the last...

Application Verifier [ Error while in installation]

3 Mar 2011 by Debojyoti Majumder

I am verifying my application installer with AppVerifier( selecting only the Least user privileged i.e LuaPriv ).I am having error "Access restricted to granted users only. Stop code 331B".Our application uses COM.We are storing our ProgID in the HKLM and corresponding CLSID in HKCR...

Hyper-V unable to start Virtual Machine

3 Mar 2011 by Debojyoti Majumder

I am using Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 system.In Hyper-V I have installed Windows Vista.When I am starting the Vista Virtual Machine Hyper-V is showing error thatit can't start the virtual machine.What is (or are) the problem(s) I might have??

.Net WMI Provider extension install problem

8 Mar 2011 by Debojyoti Majumder

I have .Net WMI Provider extension.I am Installing my provider using InstallUtil.If I remove my assembly without uninstalling using InstallUtil. During installation the MOF file is getting created successfully but it's failing to compile. It giving error like this...An error...

Hosting Web site Problem

25 Jul 2012 by deepakaitr12345

Hi FriendsI want to host the site on IIS 7.5.So i have got the IP address form the hosting.com suppose 75.200.302.500When i map this IP(75.200.302.500) in IIS some thing like thisEdit binding section Type ------httpIp address--75.200.302.500Port-----80I have placed physicl...

The current identity (IIS APPPOOL\domain) does not have write access to 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files'.

9 Nov 2014 by Deepu S Nair

You can resolve this issue in the following way:1. Create a Windows Domain\Local Machine user account with a strong password.2. Using Windows Explorer, go to C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files.3. Give the new user you created in step 1 Full Control...

Why does a regular forms app close oledb connection but service will not

7 Dec 2015 by derek-2008

I have a service I wrote that uses a filewatcher. On create it takes the excel file and truncates table and import it.It works on my Windows 7 box. When I drag a new file into the folder it imports it. If i drag a newer file it deletes the old data and imports the new data.On Windows 2012...

LodePngWin32 Class for Rendering PNG Files in Raw WinAPI

23 Apr 2014 by Derell Licht

C++ class that provides a convenient wrapper for lodepng library

Reading and Writing Photo Metadata Programmatically Using Microsoft Pro Photo Tools

24 Oct 2009 by Dexter Legaspi

A way to update photo metadata (EXIF, XMP, IPTC, etc.) using the DLLs used by Microsoft Pro Photo Tools.