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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

by Prasannakumaran Sarasijanayanan

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

by libbyliugang

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

by Antonio Petricca

Win32, compiler independent, and extensible passive debugger

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Windows 2008 R2

A Beginner's Primer to OpenMP

19 Feb 2010 by logicchild

An article written with the purpose to help any beginner to use OpenMP.

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A C# Threading Reference Manual

10 May 2010 by logicchild

An article that defines managed threading from the basics to the intermediate.

A Calculator via Visual C

13 May 2010 by logicchild

An Article the Demonstrates How to Build a Windows Forms Calculator

A Currency-Masked TextBox from TextBox Class

7 Sep 2011 by JRINC

This is an useful control that masks the input text with currency symbol and thousands and decimals separators.

A File Checksum Shell Menu Extension DLL

23 May 2008 by Jeffrey Walton

Create a File Checksum Shell Menu Extension using ATL and Crypto++

A Link to LINQ and a Look at the Binary Search Tree

19 Apr 2010 by logicchild

A Comprehensive Look at LINQ and the Binary Search Tree Data Structure

A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.

26 Nov 2014 by Jeremy Falcon

Provides a base to use when programming OpenGL-enabled applications for the real world, rather than a simple hello world.

A Pendulum and its Corresponding Oscillations Shown in WPF

4 Nov 2010 by logicchild

An article that illustrates how to simulate a pendulum.

A Performance Meter Used In Call Center Software

12 Mar 2012 by Voicent Support

How to make a performance meter that looks like the one in Windows Task Manager

A Practical Means to Perform Functions with Administrator Privilege (Elevate Process Privilege)

10 Apr 2011 by McArthor Lee

Elevate process privilege without restarting it

A Primer of DirectX Basics and the DirectX3D API

11 Dec 2010 by logicchild

An article that desribes some essentials to help learn the DirectX technology.

A Purely XAML Coded Animated Bezier Curve via WPF

26 Apr 2011 by logicchild

Using animation via XAML code to draw a Bezier curve object.

A Quick Guideline for Microsoft Windows PowerShell - Part 2

17 Aug 2010 by Md. Marufuzzaman

The objective of this article (Part 2) is to introduce you to using of VB / Microsoft .NET library, Function, Methods as well in your Microsoft Windows PowerShell script.

A Quick Guideline for Microsoft Windows PowerShell - Part 4

22 Aug 2010 by Md. Marufuzzaman

The objective of this article (Part 4) is to give you an introduction on how to integrate Microsoft Windows PowerShell with the Microsoft .NET library

A Quick guideline for Microsoft Windows PowerShell Part-1.

22 Aug 2010 by Md. Marufuzzaman

The objective of this article (Part-1) is to introduce you with Microsoft Windows PowerShell.

A Quick Guideline for Microsoft Windows PowerShell: Part 3

21 Aug 2010 by Md. Marufuzzaman

The objective of this article (Part 3) is to introduce you to Microsoft Windows PowerShell and learn some basic command of windows PowerShell.

A simple Compass

25 Jun 2014 by Philipp Katscher

How to draw a compass and feed it with NMEA device data (i.e. a GPS Compass)

A Simple Wait Window

8 Mar 2010 by The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Showing a wait window during a long running process

A Star Wars Scroller Demo written in OpenGL (GLUT) using Visual C++ 6.0

2 Jun 2010 by Software_Developer

A Star Wars Scroller Demo that moves smoothly from the bottom to the top in OpenGL (GLUT)

A WPF Television Application

30 Apr 2010 by logicchild

An article that presents a TV Player via WPF

An Educated Look at the WPF Capabilities for Brushes, Media, and Animations

23 May 2010 by logicchild

An article that demonstrates how to use video, images and animations via WPF

An HTTP web server opening media files in the server screen, using QR-Codes and a REST architecture

13 Aug 2012 by Jon Larborn

A command promt web server that starts an application or opens a file given in as an argument in an HTTP address. Could potentially be used to show media on screen using QR-codes.

An Introduction to Disqus (Pluggable Commenting System) with ASP.NET MVC 3

31 Jul 2013 by Karthik. A

This article discusses ways by which you could utilize Disqus in your web applications.

Another Look at Achieving Concurrency using C++

16 Feb 2010 by logicchild

An article that provides ways to achieve concurrency via C++

Another Thread Pool

6 May 2010 by imagiro

A simple thread pool with minimal dependencies

ASM.Net - x86 Emulation

26 Dec 2011 by Drag0nHunter

ASM.Net a assembly x86 emulator which emulates the language the managed way

ASP.NET MVC 2 Voting Control

21 Apr 2011 by Jonathan Nethercott

Simple voting control for MVC projects, using a partial view

Async Drag 'n Drop or Drag 'n Drop from external server/device

19 Nov 2011 by User008

Drag 'n Drop asynchronous files from an external server or device

Asynchronous web services call in ASP.NET

26 Jun 2013 by KK Kod

This document describes how to use the web service method calls efficiently and effectively, by making use of Asynchronous calling Mechanism.

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

Autoshutdown Service in C#

10 Jan 2014 by Kees van Spelde

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

Basics of Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD)

15 Jan 2011 by logicchild

Using SIMD instructions with C# via the Intel MKL.

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.

Binary Serialization to Isolated Storage in Silverlight - BinaryFormatter vs. sharpSerializer

6 Oct 2010 by Pawel idzikowski

How to serialize binary data to IsolatedStorage in a Silverlight client when there is no BinaryFormatter in Silverlight? Why not with sharpSerializer? - An open source XML and binary serializer for .NET and Silverlight

Bug Finder, A Real Win32 Extensible Passive Debugger

28 Feb 2018 by Antonio Petricca

Win32, compiler independent, and extensible passive debugger

C# Delegates: Step by Step

11 Sep 2010 by logicchild

An article to help the beginner understand delegates

C# Photo Album Viewer

1 Apr 2012 by Not Active

A C# Windows application to store and retrieve photos from a SQL Server database.

Calculating Subnet Ranges With VBScript

14 Apr 2010 by MatthewPainter

This is my adventure of discovery - I set out to write a script and learnt a whole lot more.

Calendar - calendar with notes using the Qt framework

12 May 2017 by alexey_t

A simple calendar with notes support

Calendar.NET

9 May 2012 by icemanind

A day and month calendar control for .NET and Winforms applications written in C#

Cannot Alter Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Table Object in Design Mode

23 Oct 2009 by Md. Marufuzzaman

Cannot alter Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Table Object in design mode

Cloud Service to Automate Windows Desktop Applications

2 Mar 2011 by Won Dong

To utilize cloud service as an anonymous desktop environment in Amazon S3 and EC2 Windows instances

Configuring IIS, ASP.NET, and SQL Server

29 Oct 2013 by Juan Davel

This article is an updated one discussing the configuration of IIS, ASP.NET and SQL Server.

Considerations to Take When Writing Reusable Software Components

14 Aug 2010 by logicchild

An article that defines some rules to follow when writing resuable software.

Convert BusinessEntityCollection to a DataTable

13 Sep 2009 by sohaibahmad

Convert an MS Dynamics CRM 4 BusinessEntityCollection to a DataTable.

Create Custom Windows in WPF with Ease

27 Dec 2010 by Ashish Kaila

Declaratively and visually create custom windows in WPF

CSHA1 - A C++ Class Implementation of the SHA-1 Hash Algorithm

19 Jun 2012 by Dominik Reichl

CSHA1 - A C++ class implementation of the SHA-1 hash algorithm

Custom Role Providers

19 Jun 2013 by Karthik. A

An introduction to custom role providers in an ASP.NET MVC 3 application using the Entity Framework for ORM.

DbExpressions - A Step Towards Independency

2 Feb 2011 by seesharper

An abstract syntax tree implementation for SQL

Detect Internet Network Availability

12 Mar 2010 by stevenmcohn

Detect network availability, specifically to the Internet, and monitor status changes

Device hooking

25 May 2012 by Asif Bahrainwala

Device hooking

Directory Comparer - A recursive tool to compare 2 folders

9 Jan 2012 by Karthik. A

Directory Comparer is an extensible tool that could be used to compare 2 folders

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.

Drawing Fractals via WPF

8 Nov 2010 by logicchild

Why recursion in C# works well when using WPF.

Easy to Track the Geographical Location Based on IP Address

2 Mar 2010 by Md. Marufuzzaman

Easy to track the geographical location based on IP Address

Exact Phrase Website Live Search Script .NET 3.5

18 Aug 2010 by Tushar Arora

This script can be used in an ASP.NET 3.5 website. It can search out exact phrases and keywords live from all HTML pages and text files on the website.

EXE Launcher for Java Desktop Application

11 Oct 2010 by b4rc0ll0

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

Extended Windows Service Controller

3 Oct 2013 by Antonio Petricca

.NET ServiceController class extension

Extending DirectoryInfoEx to support Archives

31 Dec 2009 by Leung Yat Chun

Allow users to make virtual directories and use them via a similar interface as DirectoryInfo.

Extending MFC shell controls functionality

24 Jan 2016 by Vladimir Misovsky

Overriding CMFCShellTreeCtrl and CMFCShellListCtrl classes

Few Step(s) to Remove SQL Server Database User(s)

20 Mar 2010 by Md. Marufuzzaman

Few step(s) to remove SQL Server database user(s) when you are facing error like “The database principal owns a database role and cannot be dropped.” for dropping a user.

File Compare And Hash extension for Windows explorer

4 Aug 2015 by dmihailescu

A windows explorer extension for easy binary/text file comparisons and calculating the MD5, SHA1, SHA256 hashes.

Font Enumerator

1 Sep 2009 by PARK Youngho

A tool that enumerates all fonts installed on Windows, and shows you the preview so as to help you code conveniently.

Fun with the Console, Animating the American Flag (Visual C++ 6.0)

5 Jun 2010 by Software_Developer

Have some fun with the console, animate the American flag

Gallery Server Pro - An ASP.NET Gallery for Sharing Photos, Video, Audio and Other Media

18 Oct 2013 by Roger Martin

Gallery Server Pro is a complete, stable ASP.NET gallery for sharing photos, video, audio and other media. This article presents the overall architecture and major features.

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.

Getting Operating System Version Info - Even for Windows 10!

20 Nov 2012 by Johnny J., Brisingr Aerowing

Get the operating system version and edition, updated with Windows 10

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.

How to Access and Encrypt Your Files via Windows Forms

22 Apr 2010 by logicchild

An article that demonstrates how to encrypt your directory files

How to Add a Checkbox to a List View Column Header

13 Feb 2011 by Vince Valenti

An example of how to add a checkbox to a list view column header. We also implement select/unselect all when a user toggles the checkbox.

How to Add a Menu Item in Microsoft Office Word 7/10 Application Context Menu

28 Aug 2011 by Md. Marufuzzaman

How to add a menu item in Microsoft Office Word 7/10 application context menu

How to Configure SSL Certificate for the Central Administration Web Site of SharePoint Server 2010

25 Apr 2010 by Syed Adnan Ahmed

In this article, I will explain how to install and configure self-signed SSL certificate for the central administration web site in SharePoint Server 2010. This procedure is also applicable for any other web applications for both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010.

How to Create a Joke Jukebox in Visual Basic 6.0

14 May 2010 by Software_Developer

An article about how to create a Joke Jukebox in Visual Basic 6.0

How to Create a Random Joke Generator in Java

14 May 2010 by Software_Developer

How to create a Random Joke Generator in Java

How to Create your First SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Package - Part 1

9 Jun 2011 by Md. Marufuzzaman

How to create your first SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package - part 1

How to Deliver an Email with an Attachment of the Active Working Document from Microsoft Office Word

4 Sep 2011 by Md. Marufuzzaman

We discuss Microsoft Office Word 7 addIn, which is able to deliver an email with little text and able to attach the current document as a Zip/Compress file or standard Microsoft Office Word document file format & send the email from Microsoft Office Word Interface.

How to Develop an Yearly Interest Calculator

21 Jan 2010 by logicchild

An article that uses C# to develop a yearly calculation utility.

How to Embed Barcodes in Your SSRS Report

27 Jun 2014 by Philipp Katscher

How to use barcodelib generated Barcodes in SSRS (consider Barcode fonts don't work in runtime)

How to execute multiple long running SQL Statements Asynchronously in small chunks

28 Mar 2013 by Khorshed Alam, Dhaka

How to execute multiple long running SQL Statement Asynchronously in smaller chunks

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 Learn F#

21 Feb 2010 by logicchild

An article that explains some ways to learn the F# language

How To Send Mail Using SQL Server: Part 2

27 Mar 2016 by Manish kumar choudhary

In this article, you will learn how to select data from a table and send that data to an email using SQL Server 2008.

How to Send Mail Using SQL Server: Part 3

27 Mar 2016 by Manish kumar choudhary

In this article, I will explain how to schedule a daily mail from SQL Server 2008.

How to serialize data effectively? Custom serialization of Bitmap, Cursor, Icon, Font, and other objects without a default constructor with sharpSerializer

14 Aug 2011 by Pawel idzikowski

Is it better to serialize types without default constructor with Custom Serializer or a Substitute Pattern? Example of serialization of FontFamily into isolated storage in WP7.

How to Support the Ribbon and a Menu in the Same Executable

20 Jan 2011 by Paul M. Parks

You can provide a Ribbon in Windows 7, but still support menu input, while only releasing one executable.

How to Sysprep Windows 2008 Servers

29 Nov 2009 by Syed Adnan Ahmed

The way we use to Sysprep windows machine are changed in Windows Server 2008. I should admit that it's lot simpler and less painful to Sysprep Windows Server 2008 than any of the previous versions of Windows.

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

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IlPad

21 Sep 2012 by icemanind

A program to compile C# code into MSIL code

Increase the performance of your LINQ application with a few .NET tricks

24 Aug 2010 by HaymakerAJW

This article will show an easy way to increase the performance of LINQ using .NET 3.5 and C#.

Internal Supply Chain, Visibility via 200 plus 3D Chart Reports - Part II

8 Oct 2009 by Syed Hasan Hyder

This article focuses on internal supply chain management systems visibility via chart reports, and provides assessment apparatus to manage and monitor activities spawned during business processes, hence paves the way for timely and precise business decisions.

Internet Explorer 8 for Developers

4 Nov 2009 by dougturn

An overview of the IE 8 feature set

Introduction - DLR (Dynamic Language Runtime)

4 Oct 2010 by Md. Marufuzzaman

Using dynamic types in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (Framework 4.0)

Introduction to RPC - Part 1

22 Dec 2012 by Anders Dalvander

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

Introduction to the Volume Shadow Copy Service API in C++

30 Jan 2012 by didierjeanphi

Introduction to Volume Shadow Copy API in C++

Iron Web Analyzer

26 May 2010 by Hamed J.I

Analyze website content for Search Engine Optimization and technical problems (using Iron Python)

IRTB2

11 Sep 2013 by Globin

This is an alternative for "Improved RichTextBox - IRTB". 2.3 is out! Finnaly with some Regex Fixing and Alpha of Alphas in identing!

Keep everyone away from breaking your database object naming convention with SQL Server Policy Based Management.

19 Feb 2013 by Khorshed Alam, Dhaka

Standardization database object name with SQL Server Policy Based Management.

Learn to Write Custom MDX Query First Time

17 Jan 2014 by Mubin M. Shaikh

Learn Custom MDX Query Step by Step

LINQ-to-EF Efficiency: A Cautionary Tale

26 May 2012 by meduff

Avoid Entity Framework lazy-loading relationship navigation when iterating large record sets.

Loading keyboard layout (KbdLayerDescriptor) in 32/64-bit environment

13 Aug 2012 by Lars [Large] Werner

When loading a keyboard dll as a 32-bit application on a 64-bit system, the keyboard-dll-files does not work as expected, this class fixes that problem