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by Igor Ladnik
Wrapper to facilitate usage of TCP sockets
by Arthur V. Ratz
This tip is especially useful for users who own the licensed copy of Windows 7/8/8.1, and would like to upgrade to Windows 10 after July 29, 2015.
by Arthur V. Ratz
Use HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Ajax for creating a simple lightweight Windows Vista/7 sidebar desktop gadget
by J.Starkl
A windows-service which can handle different operations in separate threads and which can be controlled by a small GUI program

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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
27 Feb 2018 by #realJSOP
Create and run jobs kinda like SQL Server Enterprise - Users Guide
30 Sep 2017 by #realJSOP
Create and run jobs kinda like SQL Server Enterprise - Architecture and design decisions
30 Sep 2017 by #realJSOP
Create and run jobs kinda like SQL Server Enterprise - The CSV and Excel Importer Code
30 Sep 2017 by #realJSOP
Create and run jobs kinda like SQL Server Enterprise - Job Scheduling Code
30 Sep 2017 by #realJSOP
Create and run jobs kinda like SQL Server Enterprise - How Packages Are Run
30 Sep 2017 by #realJSOP
Create and run jobs kinda like SQL Server Enterprise - Interesting Coding
15 Nov 2010 by 10Tec, Sergey Gorbenko
Tool for creating MS Visual Studio documentation files - XML Summaries, HxS/MSHC help solutions and manuals.
2 Jun 2014 by _Plutonix
Accessing the Form's Controls in your UIDesigner
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 . . .
9 Apr 2010 by Abdul Quader Mamun
ASP.NET provide features to develop appllication for mobile devices. System.Web.Mobile namespace is devoted specifically to mobile Web development.
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.
6 May 2010 by Abhijit Jana
Describes all debugging features like Breakpoints, DataTips, Watch Windows, Multithreaded Debugging, Parallel Program Debugging and IntelliTrace Debugging
13 Aug 2013 by Abhishek Nandy
An app that contains heavy dosage of perceptual games
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.
29 Mar 2021 by Abhishek Sur
New Win7 features explained with simple demo applications
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
28 Jan 2013 by Agent__007
A simple WPF text clock gadget for Windows
23 Oct 2010 by Ahmed_Said
Creating a custom Jumplist with custom events and examining all of its features in Windows Forms 3.5
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.
19 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84
PSAM Control Library ported over to WPF
12 Apr 2010 by Alain Rist
Including a Ribbon UI Implementation Guide with examples and a dual UI enabled legacy application
28 Feb 2010 by Alan Burkhart
A thesaurus based on data from the WordNet database, easily implemented
9 Jul 2012 by Alan Burkhart
Quick and dirty Accordion control for WinForms in about 50 lines of code.
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.
12 Aug 2012 by Alex Fotios
How to enumerate and mute all audio capture endpoints using Core Audio API
7 Nov 2013 by Alexander Chernosvitov
ActiveX component for 3D visualization, embedded in different client applications.
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.
20 Apr 2016 by Alexandros Pappas
This article provides a program to demonstrate how to save and load all control values to user settings.
22 Jul 2009 by Alexei Prokudin
This is an implementaion of SL 3.0 DropDown Menu like Application MainMenu
12 May 2017 by alexey_t
A simple calendar with notes support
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.
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.
23 Sep 2009 by Allen _ Wang
This article shows a case study about how we use the Prototype pattern to Elizabeth's fun activity
30 Sep 2009 by Allen _ Wang
This article shows a case study about how we use the Bridge Pattern to Elizabeth's Day Care Center
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#
20 May 2009 by Alphakoda
Provides a clear and simple sample that clearly illustrates MVVM and its usage
18 Jul 2016 by Amarnath S
An article describing the computation of the Sinogram of an image in C#, using the Radon Transform of the image.
27 Aug 2012 by Ami Bar
A .NET Thread Pool fully implemented in C# with many features.
20 Dec 2010 by Amit Kumar Dutta
Providing a ControlTemplate so that the Tab Header can be editable
9 Oct 2010 by amr azab
Simple animated loading text, like last MSN messenger, show animation and transparent mask in WPF
22 Dec 2012 by Anders Dalvander
An introduction to RPC programming. A simple RPC client/server application is explained.
5 Jan 2017 by Andre van Dun
Graphviz graphs from dot specification
8 Jun 2012 by andrej33@yandex.ru
How to create cross-browser extensions with few lines in JavaScript
20 Aug 2009 by Andrew Courtice
A TCP/IP chat program coded in Microsoft Visual Basic .NET.
8 Nov 2016 by Anele 'Mashy' Mbanga
Using Basic4Android, develop your first Android Native App
24 Sep 2010 by anshudutta
This article concentrates on building the Web Service from scratch using HttpHandlers, and will give a detailed understanding of operations that happen “under the hood”.
28 Feb 2018 by Antonio Petricca
Win32, compiler independent, and extensible passive debugger
3 Oct 2013 by Antonio Petricca
.NET ServiceController class extension
6 Oct 2009 by Aran Mulholland
A TextBox that waits a user defined interval of time after the user has stopped typing to update its binding source
26 Dec 2009 by Aric Wang
To show you how to create a easy animation with palette
29 Dec 2009 by Aric Wang
The article demonstrates a method to shake the window using multithreading. Just like some IM tools, you click a button, then the dialog begins to shake.
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!
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
31 Jan 2010 by Arik Poznanski
The question this posts tries to address is: Where to put value converters?
8 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon spinner control.
9 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon combo box control.
10 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present how to change the ribbon colors.
13 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon drop down gallery, split button gallery, and in ribbon gallery controls.
14 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon check box and toggle button controls.
15 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon drop down color picker control.
16 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon font control.
19 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present how to load ribbon resources from external DLLs.
20 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present how to work with ribbon application modes.
21 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present how to work with ribbon contextual tabs.
22 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present how to work with ribbon context popup.
23 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present how to work with the ribbon recent items control.
23 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present how to work with the ribbon quick access toolbar.
24 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present how to define custom size definitions for ribbon group elements.
1 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present the background information needed on the latest Windows 7 Ribbon Framework.
2 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present the basic .NET wrappers for the Windows 7 Ribbon Framework.
4 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present how to create an empty WinForms application with Windows 7 ribbon support.
4 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present how to use the ribbon application menu.
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.
7 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present how to use ribbon tabs, groups and the ribbon help button control.
22 Apr 2010 by Arik Poznanski
Crash while closing application that uses Windows Ribbon Framework
22 Apr 2010 by Arik Poznanski
Application recovery and restart C# quick reference
15 Sep 2010 by Arik Poznanski
Windows API Code Pack v1.1
12 Mar 2010 by Arik Poznanski
In this article, I'll present how to work with images in the ribbon.
13 Mar 2013 by Armanisoft
This is an alternative for "How to Prepare a USB Drive for Safe Removal"
21 Apr 2010 by Artem S. Dmitriev
This article shows the best way to play GIF animation in your WPF project.
1 Aug 2017 by Arthur V. Ratz
Use HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Ajax for creating a simple lightweight Windows Vista/7 sidebar desktop gadget
10 Oct 2013 by arussell
Box2D DebugDraw Implemented using DirectX 2D and win32
20 Jul 2009 by Ashish Kaila
A simple and practical introduction to Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX).
1 Jan 2011 by Ashish Kaila
A docking window solution using WPF as part of Synergy toolkit
27 Dec 2010 by Ashish Kaila
Declaratively and visually create custom windows in WPF
30 Jan 2011 by Ashish Kaila
Describes features in Synergy Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 Version 1.0
1 Jan 2011 by Ashish Kaila
Learn how to leverage UI automation in testing your UI and also to support accessibility features
10 Oct 2012 by Asif Bahrainwala
GS-SO tutorial for basic effects
18 Mar 2012 by Asif Bahrainwala
Hull, Domain shader
17 Nov 2009 by Atul C
An introduction on how to give a custom look and behaviour to any regular control.
14 May 2011 by Azim Zahir
Demonstration of building Flex applications using Visual Studio 2008 and Amethyst
11 Oct 2010 by b4rc0ll0
A useful launcher for JAR executable files, with Splash Image function
5 Aug 2014 by Babu_Abdulsalam
A Simple Profiler for C++ apps on x64 platform
30 Dec 2014 by Babu_Abdulsalam
Various features supporting Concurrency in C++11
18 Feb 2013 by Babu_Abdulsalam
Tree control with custom checkbox with several other features.
16 Aug 2015 by Bharath K A
Parallel fast compression uses TPL to achieve complete usage of a multi-core system. Fast compression compresses files nX times faster, where n = the number of processors in the machine.
27 Oct 2009 by bhavik1st
An introductory article on Windows Azure - a cloud computing initiative by Microsoft
1 Sep 2009 by Biswas, Sumit
Helps UNIX / Linux administrators to analyze VMSTAT files for system resource utilization.