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Introduction to D3DImage

by Dr. WPF

.NET 3.5 SP1 is here! It's time to break out your DirectX skills. This article provides the information necessary to get started using a new DirectX interop feature in WPF called D3DImage.

Cryptographic Interoperability: Keys

by Jeffrey Walton

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

XQueue - a non-MFC C++ class to manage an interprocess queue

by Hans Dietrich

XQueue implements a shared-memory first-in first-out (FIFO) queue, based on memory-mapped files, that works on all versions of Windows.

XResFile - Files Stored in Resources: Part 2 - Zip Files

by Hans Dietrich

This series of articles is a step-by-step guide to reading files stored in your program's resources. Along the way I will present some non-MFC classes to assist you in reading text, binary, zip, and even encrypted files that have been compiled into your program as resources.

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Masking Texture in OpenGL using Class CImage

by Petrov Vladimir

Masking Texture in OpenGL from Bitmap Image File using Class CImage (just call the File Name)

Rich OutlookBar in XP and Vista Style

by Star Vega

Creating a rich OutlookBar in XP or Vista style

DWinLib 6: Pretty WinAPI Incorporation

by David O'Neil

My DWinLib Windows API wrapper combined with Francisco Campos's Pretty WinAPI framework

Simple Magnifier Dialog

by Manuel Campos

A modeless dialog that allows magnification of a section of a display screen

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Windows XP

cannot install windows xp

2 Jun 2022 by Sanyam Vikram

Hello Kyriakos, I recently installed Windows XP on my virtual machine for some work and it easily get installed. I haven't such issue yet because "press any key to boot from cd..." only occurs one time and then we remove the CD/DVD or USB. But...

Masking Texture in OpenGL using Class CImage

6 May 2022 by Petrov Vladimir

Masking Texture in OpenGL from Bitmap Image File using Class CImage (just call the File Name)

Rich OutlookBar in XP and Vista Style

31 Mar 2021 by Star Vega

Creating a rich OutlookBar in XP or Vista style

DWinLib 6: Pretty WinAPI Incorporation

17 Jan 2021 by David O'Neil

My DWinLib Windows API wrapper combined with Francisco Campos's Pretty WinAPI framework

Simple Magnifier Dialog

8 Jun 2020 by Manuel Campos

A modeless dialog that allows magnification of a section of a display screen

Multi RDP Client .NET - A Simple and Friendly User Interface for You to Work and Navigate Easily Through a Tabbed RDP Remote Window

12 May 2020 by Jayson Ragasa

Multi RDP Client .NET is used for managing your RDP connections. It allows you to Import/Export .RDP files, disconnect all connection at one click, and connect all your servers at one click as well.

Yet Another Fully Functional ownerdraw Menu

23 Jan 2020 by Steffen Ploetz

Another fully functional ownerdraw menu with minimal effort - this time based on Win32, with icons instead of bitmaps, with accelerators and tested for ReactOS and WinNT 4.0 to Windows 10

Magic Formula of the Intersection Point of Two Line Segments

5 Dec 2019 by Petrov Vladimir

Compact and simply Vector Formula of the Intersection Point of Two Line Segments

computational-geometry

A Framework in C# for Fingerprint Verification

2 Jan 2019 by Octavio Loyola-González, Miguel Angel Medina-Pérez, Andres Eduardo Gutierrez Rodriguez, Milton García Borroto

In this article, we introduce a framework in C# for fingerprint verification, we briefly explain how to perform fingerprint verification experiments and how to integrate your algorithms to the framework.

GUI Modeling in Perl/Tk Using Composite Design Pattern

14 Dec 2018 by pravin kumar sinha

This document is spanned over two sections DESIGN and EXAMPLE. DESIGN talks about generic way to develop GUI for a command line utility through composite design pattern and EXAMPLE is about using the above GUI design formula to develop DataPool ,DoS security tool, GUI.

AvalonDock [2.0] Tutorial Part 1 - Adding a Tool Window

6 Nov 2018 by Dirk Bahle

How to create a new tool window in AvalonDock [2.0]

18 Oct 2018 by Emre Guldogan

A System for Simulation and Analysis of Logic Circuits

Computer Temperatures, Fan Speeds, etc.

16 Oct 2018 by JL Doty

Fully exploit features of OpenHardwareMonitorLib.dll

Splitter Control for Dialog

29 Sep 2018 by libbyliugang

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

Width of Text in Italic Font

25 Jul 2018 by Alexandru Matei

Shows an alternative to GetCharABCWidths and GetCharABCWidthsFloat

PSAM WPF Control Library

19 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

PSAM Control Library ported over to WPF

PSAM Control Library

19 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

WinForms library containing the IncipitViewer control for drawing musical notes

OSK.EXE after minimization, how to use code to display again?

12 Jun 2018 by User 7429338

Instead of (or in addition to) the Enter event, you could use the Click[^] event.

OSK.EXE after minimization, how to use code to display again?

12 Jun 2018 by Member 13587494

In the Enter event of TextBox, the method InputArea_Enter is called to display the soft keyboard. But if I minimize the soft keyboard, it can't be displayed again. When the soft keyboard is minimized, how can TextBox display the soft keyboard when entering the soft keyboard. private static...

Get HDD Serial Number with C#

10 Jun 2018 by hasan bozkurt

How to obtain HDD information with C#

Weiler-Atherton Algorithm in 3D

11 Mar 2018 by Petrov Vladimir

Weiler-Atherton algorithm in 3D codes demo implementation

Bug Finder, A Real Win32 Extensible Passive Debugger

28 Feb 2018 by Antonio Petricca

Win32, compiler independent, and extensible passive debugger

Weiler-Atherton Algorithm in MFC

25 Feb 2018 by Petrov Vladimir

Weiler-Atherton algorithm in MFC codes demo implementation

PracticeSharp (or Practice#) - A Utility for Practicing your Musical Instrument with Playback

12 Jan 2018 by Yuval Naveh

A playback practice tool for musicians that allows slowing down, changing pitch, defining presets and loops on music files.

Avi from Image Files in One Click

27 Dec 2017 by Petrov Vladimir

Simple solution for small avi demo performance from Image files of any kind

Your Own Quadrics in OpenGL MFC

20 Nov 2017 by Petrov Vladimir

The alternative Quadrics in OpenGL MFC for your Own design and Universal Polyhedron Procedure.

How to Use Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) in C++ with gSOAP

13 Jul 2017 by Chris Moutsos

How to connect to Amazon S3 with gSOAP to store and retrieve data

50 OpenGL Win32 Projects in One

8 Jun 2017 by Petrov Vladimir

Former NeHe OpenGL Lessons adapted to MSVS-15 pro Win32 in INICODE and the samples of the Joystick implementation

50 OpenGL MFC Projects in One

10 May 2017 by Petrov Vladimir

Former NeHe OpenGL Lessons adapted to MSVS-15 pro MFC in INICODE and the samples of the Joystick implementation

Visual Studio Design Patterns Add-in/Extension

3 May 2017 by dmihailescu

A Visual Studio add-in that inserts some commonly known OO patterns into your working project and searches your highlights online.

An AutoRepeat Button Class

12 Apr 2017 by PJ Arends

This is an alternative for "An AutoRepeat Button Class"

Another Way to Get Windows XP OS Bit Version in VB.NET

9 Apr 2017 by ledtech3

How to get Windows XP OS bit version in VB.NET.

Win32 x86 Calling Conventions

4 Apr 2017 by Abhineet Ayan Verma

Major calling conventions for Win32 and best suited functions

Color Picker and Font Picker by Owner Drawn Control

18 Jan 2017 by nilaysoft

Demonstrates how to implement a WIN32 color picker and font picker by owner drawn control

How to find user name from the session ID?

12 Jan 2017 by MarshalS

I have an user win32 application . That enumerates all the process details along with ProcessId. I need to print the User name along with the session ID. SessionID is enumerated using ProcessIdToSessionId() method. I want to print the User name of corresponding SessionID. This application is...

How to find user name from the session ID?

12 Jan 2017 by Jochen Arndt

Why would you want to use the Session ID when you have the Process ID? Use that to get the user name.Using the process ID returned by ProcessIdToSessionId might not work as already mentioned in my previous answer C++ code to print all process with session ID[^]:Quote:RemarksIf the...

Joystick Win32 and MFC Projects

19 Dec 2016 by Petrov Vladimir

Joystick Win32 and MFC Projects Templates ready to use

11 Dec 2016 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

Did you spot any bugs today? Than this tool might save some of your time

Avoid tedious coding with LeMP

10 Dec 2016 by Qwertie

The Lexical Macro Processor transforms your C# code with a LISP-inspired macro system. Nice substitute for T4 templates, with Visual Studio integration and a Linux-compatible editor.

Using SQLite, Leverage the create_aggregate(), and SQL's Between Operator to Create a Normal Probability Distribution Histogram, or What is More Commonly Referred to as a Bell Curve

8 Dec 2016 by rerhart585

Using SQLite, leverage the create_aggregate(), and SQL's Between Operator to create a Normal Probability Distribution Histogram, or what is more commonly referred to as a Bell Curve.

TraceTool 12.7: The Swiss-Army Knife of Trace

20 Nov 2016 by Thierry Parent

A C#, C++, Delphi, ActiveX , Javascript , NodeJs and Java trace framework and a trace viewer: Tail, OutputDebugString, event log, and with Log4J, Log4Net, and Microsoft Enterprise Instrumentation Framework (EIF) support. This also comes with full support for Pocket PC, Silverlight, and Android.

Custom MessageBox with checkbox

11 Sep 2016 by Avatar2400

This is a simple class that allows you to have message box with checkbox and other small features.

what is the best way to learn java?

19 Aug 2016 by Member 10192180

my name is Sana. i want to learn java as much as possible but whatever i have learnt i have not did that much work on it... please can some one guide me what is the way to learn java, how i can complete it soon and how to get projects idea ..? actually i don't know why i think it is difficult i...

Accessing alternative data-streams of files on an NTFS volume

15 Aug 2016 by Richard Deeming

A pair of classes to encapsulate access to NTFS alternative data streams.

Texture Mapping in OpenGL using Class CImage

5 Aug 2016 by Petrov Vladimir

Texture Mapping in OpenGL from any Image File in any format using Class CImage(just call the File Name).

Live Log Viewer

14 Jun 2016 by Alex Wiese

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

Automatically Create Data Access Layers and Business Layers From Microsoft Access or SQL Server Databases

27 May 2016 by icemanind

How to automatically create data access layers and business layers from a Microsoft Access or a SQL Server database

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

PolyHook - The C++11 x86/x64 Hooking Library

17 May 2016 by stevemk14ebr

A modern, universal, c++ hooking library.

CWindowScroller

7 May 2016 by PJ Arends

An MFC control for adding middle mouse button scrolling to any CWnd derived window

Using the Windows MIDI SYSEX API in .NET

13 Apr 2016 by Steve Grundy

This article describes using the Windows MIDI API functions in a managed environment.

SSE2 Vectorization of Alphablend Code

12 Apr 2016 by Shao Voon Wong

Using SSE2 to speed up alphablending.

Convert RTF to Plain Text (Revised Again)

9 Apr 2016 by NightWizzard

Handling for hex expressions and the trailing '}'

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

Your Own Recent File List(s)

5 Apr 2016 by Petrov Vladimir

The alternative way of recent files handling with the direct access to the list of the files notepad edit including.

To And From Binary Literals

5 Apr 2016 by Mark Kruger

To And From Binary Literals for all standard .net numeric value types.

Using the Java Native Interface in C#

16 Feb 2016 by Simon Agholor

How to invoke Java methods from a .NET application.

GLFW: A (Simple) OpenGL Framework Library

23 Dec 2015 by Simone Serponi

An easy to use library to quickly setup and run OpenGL applications.

MemServer : a dynamic memory allocation server

22 Dec 2015 by Simone Serponi

A way to ensure the deallocation of all used dynamic memory using one DLL

Get date from weeknumber and weekday in VBScript

5 Dec 2015 by NightWizzard

Explained step by step

CalendarExtender

ServicePredicateBuilder for creating Serializable Expressions

30 Nov 2015 by Mohammad Dayyan, VahidJafari

A library for creating .Net Serializable Expressions to send via WCF services

WPF/XAML NotifyIcon and Taskbar (System Tray) Popup Window

4 Nov 2015 by Murray Foxcroft

Integrating WPF and XAML with the Windows forms NotifyIcon control to produce a slick, styled popup window when the mouse is moved over the NotifyIcon

LayerGenMMX

2 Nov 2015 by icemanind

Easily create Business and Data Layers!

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

SMTP Client with SSL/TLS

22 Oct 2015 by David Johns, John_Tang

C++ SMTP client, support SSL and TLS encrypted connection to SMTP server

Highlight GridView rows in JavaScript and CSS

6 Oct 2015 by Fandango68

Use JavaScript to manage control layouts, formatting and highlights, without the need for Postback which is not so clean.

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.

Remote Desktop Application

21 Aug 2015 by devendra_sahu

Remote desktop application

Parallel fast compression unleashing the power of multi-core machines using the .NET TPL (Task Parallel Library)

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.

parallel-processing

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.

Arrays Generator

26 Jul 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Generate your arrays using a GUI tool

Playing Videos - axWindowsMediaPlayer - Why do I set required Hardware acceleration level?

22 Jul 2015 by webmaster442

The Windows Media Player ActiveX behaves differently than the normal Media Player.Hardware Acceleration means that the video frames are not drawn by the CPU, but instead of the GPU. On newer systems the GPU also helps in decoding the video, but this feature requrires a DirectX 10 GPU and...

ListView Column Sorter

21 Jul 2015 by Sven So.

A column sorter that sorts columns with strings and numbers (also decimals), but also the first column on image and then on string.

Playing Videos - axWindowsMediaPlayer - Why do I set required Hardware acceleration level?

17 Jul 2015 by JamesHadleyChase

Hi,I have a Windows form on which I have a Windows Media Player control placed on it, developed on a Win 7 64 bit machine targeted to any CPU. I can play video files on it seamlessly on my Win 7 machine. However, when the same application is tested on an Win XP SP3 machine, the video...

Error while debugging

13 Jul 2015 by Stefan_Lang

Alternately to what Jochen Arndt suggested, there are many ways to define a 2D array in C++. See for example http://stackoverflow.com/questions/936687/how-do-i-declare-a-2d-array-in-c-using-new[^]My preferred way is defining a matrix class (or using one from an existing library such). but if...

Error while debugging

13 Jul 2015 by Jochen Arndt

You are using too large arrays on the stack:double glob [26][600];double score [600][600];These allocate 26 * 600 + 600 * 600 = 375,600 double items. Because each double uses 8 bytes, the total amount of memory is about 3 MB which is more than the default stack size of 1 MB (with Visual...

Error while debugging

13 Jul 2015 by bilel hmam

hello professionals ;)can you explain me this error, I think this is a Stack overflow; can you give me a solution without using the dynamic allocation and thank you.'test.exe' : Chargé 'C:\Documents and Settings\Administrateur\Bureau\test\Debug\test.exe', Les symboles ont été...

How to run c# application on Xp Machine

6 Jul 2015 by Kailash Polai

As you say you developed in visual studio, also add another setup project to your solution and make your application target to all cpu. After setup project created build it. The output of the setup will be found in the debug folder by default. Copy the setup to XP Mechine and run it . your...

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