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C# USB HID Interface

by Szymon Roslowski

Just another approach to understanding communication between HID devices and C#.

Cryptographic Interoperability: Keys

by Jeffrey Walton

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

Custom Controls in Win32 API: Scrolling

by Martin Mitáš

How to support scrolling within your controls.

XColorSpectrumCtrl - a non-MFC color picker control that displays a color spectrum

by Hans Dietrich

XColorSpectrumCtrl displays a color spectrum that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models.

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ScreenCapture: Single Header DirectX Library with HDR ability

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DirectX hardware screen capture and encoding with audio mixing capabilities. H264/H265/VP80/VP90/FLAC/MP3. HDR supported.

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Run All Jobs at Once Utility

20 Aug 2009 by "Fish" (David B. Trout)

A command-line tool to run multiple programs in parallel (i.e. concurrently, as a group).

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

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.

ToDoList 8.2 - An Effective and Flexible Way to Keep on Top of Your Tasks

17 Sep 2023 by .dan.g.

A hierarchical task manager with native XML support for custom reporting

CD Burner - console version

4 Jul 2008 by 2b|!2b==?

A command-line program that backs up folders and files specified in a text file to CD-W

Explorer Shell Extensions in .NET (Revised)

16 Sep 2015 by _Plutonix

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

Extracting Icons from EXE/DLL and Icon Manipulation

17 Jan 2009 by Abdallah Gomah

How to extract icons from EXE/DLL, split/merge icons, and get icons associated with files.

HTTP Monitor for Webbrowser Control

27 Sep 2011 by abhinav_soni

The ATL COM DLL that captures requests from individual Webbrowser Control

Use of Isolated Storage (A Simple Demo)

28 Jul 2008 by Abhishek Sur

The article will help you to use Isolated Storage Classes

Windows 7 Trigger Start Service

17 Jan 2010 by Abhishek Sur

Implement services that start/stop automatically to some events like Device attached, Network Availability, Firewall port modified, Domain join, Group Policy change etc

Parse a PE (EXE, DLL, OCX Files ) and New Dependency Walker

28 May 2012 by Adam Roderick J

A brief and basic explanation about the PE data structures, with a sample

Launch Application Windows in MultiScreen

13 Sep 2010 by Adhish Pendharkar

Launch Application Forms in MultiScreen

WSH Clipboard Access

26 Feb 2009 by Adrian Dorache

Scripting the clipboard content in Windows Script Host.

jParser PCL .NET Json Parser

15 Feb 2016 by Ahmed Amer Jaf

Fast n Easy Way to parse Json data

How to Create a Custom Jumplist with Custom Events in Windows Forms

23 Oct 2010 by Ahmed_Said

Creating a custom Jumplist with custom events and examining all of its features in Windows Forms 3.5

POP3 Client using Sockets

13 May 2008 by aisha.ansari

post office protocol to retrieve mails

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

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.

The Practical Guide to Multithreading - Part 1

6 Apr 2010 by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Learn from this guide how and when - as well as when not - to use multithreading.

The Practical Guide to Multithreading - Part 2

12 Apr 2010 by Ajay Vijayvargiya

More of practical situations to use multithreading!

Concurrency Runtime in Visual C++ 2010

11 Nov 2010 by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Learn about parallel algorithms, parallel containers, tasks, task groups, agents library, task scheduler etc in VC10

Writing Windows Debugger - Part 2

10 Jan 2011 by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Let's enhance our Debugger!

What are TCHAR, WCHAR, LPSTR, LPWSTR, LPCTSTR (etc.)?

19 Apr 2012 by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Many Windows C++ programmers get confused over what bizarre data type identifiers like TCHAR and LPCTSTR are. Here, in brief, I will try to clear out the fog.

Writing a basic Windows debugger

24 Jan 2011 by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Learn how you can write your own Windows debugger.

Design WinForms Controls using Photoshop

2 Nov 2019 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Use your skills as a designer to create gorgeous control

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Mixing .NET and native code

7 Apr 2014 by Alain DOS REIS

A first approach to mixing .NET and native code, using the C++/CLI gateway.

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

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.

What Every Computer Programmer Should Know About Windows API, CRT, and the Standard C++ Library

22 Aug 2008 by Alex Blekhman

The article explains relationships and dependencies between the Windows API, the CRT, and the Standard C++ Library.

Scrollable Dialog in Pure Win32 API

29 Jan 2009 by Alex Blekhman

Minimalistic example of scrollable dialog implemented in pure Win32 API

Shell Extensibility - Explorer Desk Band, Tray Notification Icon et al.

28 Aug 2009 by Alex Blekhman

A simple Calendar utility that demonstrates basic Shell extensibility techniques: desk band, tray notification icon, locales.

Sending a Filename to the Clipboard - Making a Miniature Tool Without Using CRT

26 Oct 2009 by Alex Blekhman

Name2Clip sits in the "Sent To" menu of Windows Explorer and sends selected filenames to the system clipboard.

Web Application - Advanced Hosting of WebBrowser Control with ATL

14 Oct 2009 by Alex Blekhman

Example of handling real-life challenges when hosting WebBrowser control: separate creation of hosting window and the control, keyboard shortcuts, control's dimensions, etc.

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.

Muting all microphones on WinXP

12 Aug 2012 by Alex Fotios

How to enumerate and mute all microphone components under all mixer devices using the Audio Mixer API

How to build Mono 3.4.0 / 3.4.1 / 3.6.1 on Windows

8 Sep 2014 by Alex J Lennon

A refreshed article on how to build the older releases of Mono on Windows

How to build Mono 3.8 / 3.10 on Windows

17 Oct 2014 by Alex J Lennon

A refreshed article on how to build the current release of Mono on Windows

Introduction to ELENA Programming Language

20 Feb 2024 by Alex Rakov, Alexandre Bencz

ELENA is a general-purpose, object-oriented, polymorphic language with late binding

14 Mar 2008 by Alex_1

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

Cross-Platform IPC Event Manager for Interaction with Service Providers

6 May 2009 by Alex_Intw

This article shows you how to send or post events among processes using shared memory queues for the Windows and Linux platforms.

High Scores in Solitaire: A More Advanced Approach

28 Sep 2008 by AlexAbramov

This article explains how to make a plug-in for Solitaire that displays a high score table. By way of Codecave, Solitaire will automatically execute a DLL for this plug-in -- thus no user intervention required!

API Hooking with MS Detours

14 Oct 2008 by AlexAbramov

In this article, I will talk about the theories and implementations of API hooking. API hooking is a powerful technique that allows someone to hijack a function and redirect it to a custom one. Anything can be done in these functions before passing control back to the original API.

Simple High-Level Interprocess Communications Library (SHLIPC)

2 Sep 2011 by Alexander Bessonov

A simple high-level IPC library with ability to use native C++ interfaces.

Using the Raw Input API to Process Joystick Input

23 Apr 2011 by Alexander Böcken

A basic way to interpret joystick data received from Raw Input API

Scientific Data Visualizer

7 Nov 2013 by Alexander Chernosvitov

ActiveX component for 3D visualization, embedded in different client applications.

The Kernel-Bridge Framework

1 Nov 2018 by Alexander Eremeev

The Windows kernel-hacking library and development framework written on C++17

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

RAD C++ Integrated Development Environment

7 Jun 2010 by Ali Imran Khan Shirani

RAD Tool for C++ Developers, Code Generator

Excellence: A BizTalk Unit Testing Framework - An Overview

25 Mar 2009 by Ali Kheyrollahi

A Unit Testing framework for testing orchestration using instrumentation

Excellence: A BizTalk Unit Testing Framework - A Sample

25 Mar 2009 by Ali Kheyrollahi

A walkthrough on using the Excellence BizTalk Unit Testing framework.

Considerations for caching in BizTalk

24 Mar 2009 by Ali Kheyrollahi

Covering common challenges and pitfalls in caching in BizTalk.

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

Extending Cuyahoga FullText Indexing (Lucene.NET)

27 Mar 2008 by Ali Ozgur

In this article we will extend classes in Cuyahoga.Core.Search namespace in order to provide more generic full text indexing service

A Beautiful Oscilloscope Based on DirectX

1 Nov 2009 by Ali Tavakol

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

Capturing Device Events in a C# Windows Service

15 Mar 2009 by Alien282

Handling DBT_DEVICEQUERYREMOVE in a managed Windows Service

Inter-Process Communication (IPC) Introduction and Sample Code

19 Dec 2009 by All-In-One Code Framework

This article will cover general IPC technologies in All-In-One Code Framework. The IPC technologies include Named Pipes, File Mapping, MailSlot, etc.

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#

Windows XP SP2 and Event ID 4226

20 Feb 2008 by Alphons van der Heijden

"TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent (incomplete) TCP connect attempts monitor program

TreeViewColumns User Control (Lite)

25 Mar 2009 by Alphons van der Heijden

A TreeView having columns.

Fast by tens malloc() and free() at 25% memory cost

11 Nov 2013 by altomaltes

An insigth in the heap "C" memory system.

Generation of Banded Images

19 Feb 2009 by Amarnath S

An article to describe the generation of Images containing Mach bands at arbitrary angles (C#)

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.

Process and Module Viewer

2 Nov 2010 by Amit Ranjan

Displays process details and modules attached .

The Art of Win32 Shellcoding

6 Feb 2012 by AmrThabet

How to write a reliable shellcode on win32, how to bypass the obstacles that you will face in writing a win32 shellcode and how to implement your shellcode into Metasploit

SRDF - Write your Own Debugger

27 Oct 2013 by AmrThabet

In this article, I’m going to teach you how to write a full functional debugger using the Security Research and Development Framework (SRDF) … how to disassemble instructions, gather Process Information and work with PE Files … and how to set breakpoints and work with your debugger

How To Sort Generic List?

12 Aug 2009 by Anand Malli

An article on sorting generic list based on any attribute of user defined class

Introduction to RPC - Part 1

22 Dec 2012 by Anders Dalvander

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

A C ATM Console App

28 Apr 2014 by Andre' Gardiner

A c banking atm concept console application

Yet another DLL-wrapper for dynamic loading

25 Mar 2012 by Andreas Schoenle

A DLL-wrapper that requires no code changes when switching to dynamic loading and provides detailed error checking functionality.

CrashRptEx - An Extension to the CrashRpt Crash Reporting System

23 May 2018 by Andreas Schoenle

How to use CrashRptEx, to avoid some of the pitfalls of crash reporting in MFC apps or if you want the ability to continue your application after a crash

Inter Computer Read/Write File Lock

4 Jan 2010 by AndreBroz

Using File Management Windows API for implementing inter computer Read/Write lock

Control in Focus in Other Processes

1 Apr 2009 by Andrec

Retrieve the hWnd of focused controls in other applications.

My first Win32 UI

3 Jan 2013 by Andrew_Morris

A sample application to present a simple dialog box using the Win32 API.

How to Configure Visual Studio 2008 for Compiling Drivers

18 Dec 2008 by Andrey Sergienko

How to configure Visual Studio 2008 for compiling drivers without using DDK's console tools.

Advanced Data I/O using IPC on Windows

14 Apr 2018 by Andy Galluzzi

Join me to create the most advanced yet most simple to use full duplex MMF based IPC for Windows

Export Windows Media Player Music Metadata to XML File

11 May 2009 by andywilsonuk

A C# application that uses the Windows Media Player API to export all audio metadata to an XML file

Designer / Builder Artificial Neural Networks for Performance Evaluation of Structures

23 Sep 2016 by Angel Gabriel Valdés Sarduy

It tests an ANN structure selector criteria for generic kinds of problems with ANNs.

Creating Custom DirectShow SampleGrabber Filter for Windows Mobile

29 Nov 2008 by Angel Kafazov

This article explains how to write your custom DirectShow SampleGrabber filter for Windows Mobile.

RFID Motion

22 Jul 2008 by anideswandikar

BizTalk RFID component to detect directional movement of tags.

Win32 TIB

8 Sep 2008 by AnilAR

Introduction to Win32 TIB (Thread Information Block)

Line Printer Class in C#

26 Sep 2008 by Antonino Porcino

A simple C# class for printing on old dot matrix line printers

Updating application clients with a Windows Installer: a simple workaround

30 Sep 2008 by Antonino Porcino

How to update all the clients of your locally distribuited application using a Windows Installer and batch files.

A C++ class wrapper to load/unload device drivers

20 Dec 2008 by Antonio Perrone

A C++ class to register and start device drivers.

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

View PDF files in C# using the Xpdf and muPDF library, Print PostScript.

26 Nov 2010 by Antonio Sandoval

Wrapper C# class written in C++\CLI and a sample implementation in C# to render PDF files.

Interact with FTDI chip

23 Jul 2009 by Apriorit Inc

This article shows how to use FTDI API to interact with the devices, which have FTDI chip within. EEPROM programming is also discussed.

Injection into a Process Using KnownDlls

6 Feb 2012 by Apriorit Inc, Kotik Anton

In his article, we will consider an interesting, universal and rarely used method of code injection into a Windows process using KnownDlls sections. To demonstrate the method work we will develop a sample project to inject into all running processes and intercept some calls from ws2_32.dll.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 0 – Table of Contents

31 Jan 2010 by Arik Poznanski

Complete Library for using the Windows 7 Ribbon from C#, including 18 samples and 21 blog posts documenting the Ribbon features

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 1 – Introduction

1 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present the background information needed on the latest Windows 7 Ribbon Framework.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 2 - Basic Ribbon Wrapper

2 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present the basic .NET wrappers for the Windows 7 Ribbon Framework.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 3 - First WinForms Ribbon Application

4 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to create an empty WinForms application with Windows 7 ribbon support.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 4 - Application Menu with Buttons

4 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon application menu.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 5 - Application Menu with SplitButton and DropButton

6 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon application menu with ribbon split button and ribbon drop button controls.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 6 – Tabs, Groups and HelpButton

7 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use ribbon tabs, groups and the ribbon help button control.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 7 – Spinner

8 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon spinner control.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 8 – ComboBox

9 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon combo box control.

Windows Ribbon for WinForms, Part 9 – Changing Ribbon Colors

10 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski

In this article, I'll present how to change the ribbon colors.