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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.

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.

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AWS LocalStack - Installing & Configuring Locally on Windows for SQS

by Bert O Neill

This article explains how to install and configure AWS LocalStack on a Windows machine for SQS (Simple Queue Service).

IntelliFile - An Alternative Windows Version to the Famous Total Commander

by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

This article is about the IntelliFile application which is a free alternative Windows version to Total Commander and uses many components that have been published on CodeProject.

Reorganize and Rebuild Indexes and Update Statistics

by GabrieleTronchin

A simple stored procedure to add at your database to keep it reactive

Automatic Missing Indexes Creation Statements

by GabrieleTronchin

Automatic creation of non clustered indexes using system SQL entities

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C# USB HID Interface

2 Sep 2013 by Szymon Roslowski

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

Running a .bat file as administrator - Correcting current directory

20 Oct 2010 by Simon P Stevens

How to set the current directory correctly when running batch scripts as administrator

Get Ready for Windows 10: How to Make "Get Windows 10" Icon Appear in Your Windows taskbar

7 Jul 2015 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.

Visual Studio 2010 WAS painfully slow

19 Mar 2012 by NuttingCDEF

VS2010 *was* painfully slow - now fixed!

Windows Resize and Move

8 May 2019 by Bruno Tabbia

Automatic positioning and resizing of explorer windows, without overlapping (for obsessive superusers)

Transferring information between two forms, Part 1: Parent to Child

3 Apr 2013 by OriginalGriff

Questions here quite often ask "how do I send data from one form to another?" and I must have answered this a dozen times. So, a series of three tips to cover the process.

WIA Scanner in C# Windows Forms

4 Jul 2014 by Chakravarthi Elchuri

How to use WIA supported scanner using C#

Automatically Translate makefile C/C++ Project for Visual Studio

25 Feb 2015 by Kewin Rausch

A tool for translating C/C++ makefile projects in Visual Studio compatible ones

How to Control TP-Link Smart Plug HS1XX

27 Dec 2017 by Alberto M.

How to control TP-Link Smart Plug (HS100 or HS110) with C#

CRUD Many-to-Many Entity Framework

4 Apr 2015 by Jean Carlo S. Passos

CRUD over Association Entity that maps to association tables

entity-framework

The Windows API: Learn It - Live It

22 May 2010 by #realJSOP

Don't drink the kool-aid. You still need to know how to use the Windows API in .Net apps.

Autosuggest TextBox from database column in Windows Forms

19 Apr 2012 by Deepak_Sharma_

This article will show how to create an auto-suggest TextBox that will suggest data from a SQL Server database column.

Changing Databases at Run-time using Entity Framework

18 Jul 2014 by Matthew Givens

How to change databases at run-time in a user-friendly manner.

entity-framework

How to embed an image in email body

3 Dec 2013 by bbirajdar

How to embed an image in email body

ST Micro-electronics Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU/DfuSe) from C#

12 Mar 2013 by Mark McLean (ExpElec)

ST provide a DFU module for their STM32 micro-controllers for firmware upgrade over USB. This is an example of how to use it from C#.

Preventing viruses from entering a USB drive in Windows

22 Oct 2012 by Praveen Kullu

Preventing viruses in a USB drive in Windows

Designing the Interface of DLLs in C/C++ Projects

19 Feb 2016 by pasztorpisti

An advice to make your DLL interface more attractive and easier-to-maintain even in cross-platform projects

Simple DXF Reader/Viewer with Spline Support

13 Sep 2013 by Hasan Gurler

Simple DXF reader and viewer supporting the most common AutoCAD entities

Sunflower Fractal - Practice

22 Nov 2013 by dyma

Sunflower fractal, so that you can play and create a wonderful image

Adding INotifyPropertyChanged to Entity Framework Classes

14 Dec 2014 by MarkLTX

Automatically implement INotifyPropertyChanged for every property in Entity Framework 6.0 entity classes

Make Buzzer (Internal Speaker) Sound in Windows 7/8/10 32bit / 64bit

14 Jan 2022 by Andreoli Carlo

In our company, we find ourselves in need of using the internal PC (buzzer) on Windows7 64bit. At the end, we figured out how to do it.

IP Location

9 Dec 2013 by dietmar paul schoder

How to get the location of a specific IP-address

Custom Context Menu

28 Mar 2014 by Alex Culea

Shows how to create a window that behaves like a context menu

Get List of Installed Applications of System in C#

6 Jun 2014 by Amir Mohammad Nasrollahi

How to list the installed applications of your system and their setup details in C# language

Auto Updating the exe from a network location when application starts

27 Jan 2015 by SREENATH GANGA

Auto updating the exe if the latest exe is available in the network share

Installing Windows 10 IoT core on Raspberry Pi 2

13 Dec 2015 by Martin Gmuca

Quick guide and preview of process of installing Windows 10 IoT Core to Raspberry Pi 2

Simple Way to Convert HTML Table Data into PHP Array

25 Jan 2016 by Garbel Nervadof

Convert HTML table data from a website into PHP array

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

Changing Input Language

16 Nov 2010 by alrosan

How to change input language

Good Old & Dirty printf() Debugging in a Non-console C/C++ Application or DLL

25 Jul 2012 by pasztorpisti

How to open a console in a non-console C/C++ application or DLL and make printf/scanf work (stdin/stdout/stderr related functions)

Using Font Icons

12 Aug 2013 by Le Sourcier

This tip helps in using font icons as ImageSource.

Fourth Order Runge-Kutta Method in Python

29 Jul 2014 by tyebillion

Implementation of the fourth order Runge-Kutta method in Python for solving n-dimensional ordinary differential equations

Section Handles Enumeration. Extending File Unlocking

19 May 2015 by Yohamnes Hernandez

How to free blocked files, inclusive if they are mapped in memory. Something that many tools are missing.

Get a Collection of All Running Excel Instances

26 Nov 2016 by JamesFaix

Get a collection of all running Excel interop Application objects (not just the active one)

A Tip to Get MFC Support for Console Application in Visual Studio 2019

26 Mar 2021 by Southmountain

Some quick configurations to get MFC support for console application

Passing Object Collections to ASP.NET Web API

16 Jan 2014 by Tom Glick Philadelphia, US

POC to demonstrate passing of collections of complex objects to ASP.NET Web API Controllers.

VTK in MFC

10 Jul 2014 by _Flaviu

A small guide to use VTK in MFC

Google reCaptcha v2 with MVC5

9 Apr 2015 by Royston Malcomber

Setting up Google reCaptcha version 2 with MVC5

How to Delete a Large Folder in Windows

26 Apr 2015 by Joezer BH

Explains the benefits of using the command line in the large folder delete case and shows an example of the syntax

High Cohesion & Low Coupling using SOLID Principles -- Part 1

20 Jun 2015 by vaid_sumit

Achieving Low Coupling & High Cohesion by applying SOLID principles

Very Friendly Enum Binding In WPF

11 Jan 2016 by hesido

A super simple method for listing Enum members in WPF using databinding

Allocating Memory in C/C++: How to Avoid Memory Mismatched Allocation/Deallocation Issues Detected by Intel® Inspector XE for Visual Studio 2015

1 May 2017 by Arthur V. Ratz

This tip/trick introduces the basic ideas on how to avoid memory mismatched allocation/deallocation issues detected by Intel® Inspector XE for Visual Studio 2015

Desktop Screen Capture on Windows via Windows Desktop Duplication API with Drawing of Cursor's Image

2 Aug 2016 by Evgeny Pereguda

Simple article about using of Desktop Duplication API for capture desktop screen WITH image of cursor

Encoding / Decoding 7 bit User Data for SMS PDU (PDU Bit Packer)

10 Oct 2012 by Lama Barri

A library for packing / unpacking 7bit user data for SMS according to the GSM 03.38 standards.

Amazon AWS: Setting up FTP on EC2 Windows Instances

15 Jun 2012 by Timothy Svecz

Amazon AWS: Setting up FTP on EC2 Windows Instances

Resolve DesignMode for a User Control

26 Aug 2012 by Wendelius

The tip shows one way to resolve if a user control is in design mode.

How to Show Usual Winform as View in XAF

7 May 2013 by Ehsan yazdani rad

XAF is a good framework that facilitates software making, but as it provides many benefits, there is the limitation that you have to deal with, one of them is placing fully customized form in a view

Ownerdrawn ComboBox Example

5 Jul 2013 by Johnny J.

A sample owner-drawn ComboBox

Recover IIS When ApplicationHost.config is Ruined

2 Aug 2013 by Zhuyun Dai

Introduce how to recover IIS when it is broken by bad editing to applicationHost.config

Dynamically Sized Struct

6 Nov 2014 by Orjan Westin

Simplifying the use of dynamically sized C structs

15 Nov 2014 by Member 3531622

Create a Rules Engine in less than 50 lines of code which is extremely powerful, extensible and adaptable

Geolocation wifi Scanner and Finder

2 Apr 2015 by Dr Gadgit

Written in C# and VS2010 as a class libary to be used in your own project.

Multi Threaded PowerShell Cookbook

12 Apr 2015 by Shining Dragon

A look into how we can achieve multi threading in our Powershell scripts

Yes, You Can Move TFS 2013 WorkItems Between Projects! But, your TFS Warehousing will Break, and Microsoft Support will No Longer Talk to You.

19 Jan 2018 by ergohack

This roguish way of moving a WorkItem, directly 'in-place', through SQL leaves all of the previous data associations intact, but portends issues with future major updates and current TFS Data Warehousing.

[tut 8] Hand tool

29 Jun 2016 by The Zakies

we would create Hand_tool to pan through the drawing form, and we would use a custom cursor of open and closed hands

DMath is DirectXMath for All

5 Mar 2017 by Jose A Pascoa

Part 1 - Using DMath from C#

CSV File Processor - Manage Comma Separated Value Files

31 May 2022 by Jochen Haar

Class to manage the content of Comma Separated Value Files or to deal with Structured Tables in memory

The Bisection Method and Calculating Nth Roots

10 Nov 2014 by Cryptonite

This is how to use the bisection method to calculate the nth root of a positive real number.

List Only Files Created or Modified Yesterday in C#

27 Apr 2019 by OriginalGriff

This is an alternative for "List Only Files Created or Modified Yesterday in C#"

Dynamically Bound Dictionary to Windows Grid

2 Oct 2012 by Clifford Nelson

This article presents a way to display totally dynamic data in a windows grid using a dictionary.

MyMDb your local IMDB store

22 Jul 2013 by Paw Jershauge

Want your own movie database??? Download IMDB in 20 minutes.

SQL-Server-2008

Emulate Human Mouse Input with Bezier Curves and Gaussian Distributions

14 Apr 2014 by CatchExAs

Emulate Human Mouse Input with Bezier Curves and Gaussian Distributions

Getting all the ip-addresses on subnet and filtering by availability

11 Oct 2014 by Nosey Parker

How to calculate subnet fast and get active ip-addresses

ServicePredicateBuilder for creating Serializable Expressions

30 Nov 2015 by Mohammad Dayyan, VahidJafari

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

Generative Art IV: Distribute Points With Poisson

10 Jan 2015 by dietmar schoder

Poisson disc algorithm: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

A Lightweight File Backup Manager

24 Jan 2015 by shijo joseph

A file backup manager with simple user interface and all the essential functionalities.

Bidirectional Replication - in MySQL

28 Jan 2015 by Sujith Karivelil

In Master - Slave replication, Changes in master will reflect in Slave. but any changes made in the slave Database will not reflect back in Master, this article will help you to implement Bidirectional Replication.

MySQL-Connector

How to Hide <close> Menu in CDockablePane

13 Apr 2018 by _Flaviu

A method of how to get rid of "close" menu from multiple CDockablePane panels

Fast and high quality Bitmap to icon converter

29 Jul 2013 by Ordiales

When no XP support is necessary. Better Icon structure arrises and easy conversion is allowed.

WPF MVVM Binding for Multiple Radio Buttons

12 Aug 2014 by Jdarmanovich

WPF MVVM Binding for Multiple Radio Buttons and Win 8 Metro Theme

Simple Paint Application in C#

25 Aug 2014 by Anoop Kr Sharma

In this Tip/Trick, I am going to show How to create Simple Paint Application in C#

Having Fun with Image Creation in C# - Part 1

10 Dec 2015 by Akash Gutha

Exploring ways to create abstract images in C#

Creating A Window In Go Language

1 Dec 2015 by Farhad Reza

This tip describes how we can create a simple window in Go programming language using Win32 API functions.

How to Create and Use Custom Control in UWP

1 Dec 2015 by Umer Qureshi

How to create a Custom Control so it can be used later and how to give access to some of it properties

Programatically Configure an Ethernet Network Adapter on a Windows Machine Using C/MFC

2 Mar 2016 by Antonio Miras

Programatically set a static IP, subnet mask and gateway to an ethernet network adapter on your local machine

WPF TextBox with Animated Overflow

8 Jul 2016 by User 10711509

A custom WPF TextBox whose height is animated when the text overflows.

Console Output, General For All Executables

19 Jul 2016 by Christian Koberg

Console output, general applicable to all executables on a Windows system

WPF Paged UniformGrid ItemsControl

7 Feb 2017 by Clifford Nelson

This tip presents a control that is derived from the ItemsControl that uses a UniformGrid to display.

Colouring DataGridView Cells According to their Content in WinForms

23 Apr 2018 by OriginalGriff

How to colour the individual cells of a DataGridView according to their content. For example, negative values can be Red, positive values Green to show "Up"s and "Down"s more easily.

A DOS One-Liner: Running a Program Against a List of Files

24 Apr 2018 by David A. Gray

Run many (hundreds, even) files through a program or script, using nothing but CMD.EXE.

How to Compile Legacy Win32 Programs in Visual Studio 2019?

4 Feb 2020 by Southmountain

Some tips on how to compile legacy Win32 programs in Visual Studio 2019 - may save you few hours to figure out why

Fluid Rocks, Fluid Rolls

8 Jun 2021 by FranciskaR

More on fluid simulation

Steps to install Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition (Standard or with Advanced Services)

9 Aug 2011 by Jesus Carroll

This brief article show how to install quickly Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express Edition Standard or with Advanced Services

SQL-Server-2008

HTML5 Snow Canvas

27 Apr 2012 by Agon Avdimetaj

the HTML5 Canvas can be used as a background in websites modified as needed to design.

Accessing the Controls on a Form at Design Time

29 Oct 2013 by Mike-MadBadger

How to discover all the controls on a form at design time for a property editor

Problem Steps Recorder Overview

20 Aug 2012 by Albert Holguin

This is a quick overview of the Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder utility.

Change Background Image of Windows Login Screen

5 Jun 2013 by Philipp_Engelmann

A small tool I made to easily change the background image of the login screen.

22 May 2014 by sirol81

Quick&Dirty static method for IBAN code validation

A Tiny Custom List Control

25 Aug 2014 by HateCoding

A tiny custom list control

custom-controls

Windows Self-installing Named Services

19 Dec 2014 by H0tHead

Using InstallUtil.exe from command line is so boring

Pivot Operator in SQL Server Simplified

7 Feb 2015 by Gaurav_Chaudhary

This tip is a brief introduction to Pivot operator in SQL Server

SQL-Server-2012

Syrilium.Caching

19 Mar 2015 by Hrvoje Batrnek

Easy and seamless caching implementation of any virtual method in any class

Full Service SQLite for WPF (Including File Handling)

19 Jun 2015 by ergohack

System.Data.SQLite is great, but was missing some BLOB support. Switching to the native source project was easier than expected and provided significant functionality benefits.

WPF/MVVM Application for showing SystemColors list

4 Sep 2015 by Igor Sorokin

In this article I would like to describe simple WPF application for showing System.Windows.SystemColors list.

String Format ValueConverter

9 Aug 2015 by Clifford Nelson

This tip provides an alternate way to combine data with text in a WPF control using a ValueConverter that could be considered easier.

Simple C# Watchdog

20 Dec 2015 by roshfsk

This tip will describe the use of a simple watchdog process to monitor and revive another application.

How to Navigate Among Pages in UWP

1 Dec 2015 by Umer Qureshi

Explains how to navigate among pages with button clicks

A Simple Worker Thread Class

29 Mar 2019 by Rick York

This is a simple worker thread class that allows when to use a member function as the thread function.

A Small Utility for Synchronization Between Two Folders

29 Mar 2020 by Marijan Nikic

A small command line utility for synchronization between two folders

USB Reset Attribute

6 Apr 2014 by Prabakaran T

Ultimate USB Reset Attribute with powerful option