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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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libpe: PE32/PE32+ Binaries Parsing Library

by Jovibor

Library for parsing internal structures of PE32/PE32+ binary files.

Simple C++ DirectShow MP3 Player with .NET Wrapper

by Shao Voon Wong

No frills C++ MP3/WMA DirectShow player class

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.

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Reorganize and Rebuild Indexes and Update Statistics

30 Mar 2024 by GabrieleTronchin

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

Automatic Missing Indexes Creation Statements

30 Mar 2024 by GabrieleTronchin

Automatic creation of non clustered indexes using system SQL entities

Windows / Android (C#/Java) Compatible Data Encryption with Compression

13 Mar 2024 by JudyL_MD

Code sample for passing encrypted compressed data between Windows and Android

IntelliLink - An Alternative Windows Version to Online Link Managers

20 Feb 2024 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

A look at the URLDownloadToFile function and architecture of IntelliLink

For Simplicity's Sake in Windows

26 Jan 2024 by Member 16179004

Capture Enter key in edit control with no dialog box and no subclass.

How to Enable Bitlocker Hardware Encryption on SEDs

22 Dec 2023 by Federico Di Marco

How to enable Bitlocker hardware encryption on self encrypting drives

Inject DLL in Another Process using C++ Win32 Windows API

20 Dec 2023 by Daniel Ramnath

C++, Win32 API - Injecting DLL in a process

How to Automate Saving Webpages as a Single .MHTML Files using Selenium Webdriver

25 Sep 2023 by Federico Di Marco

Saving webpages in single self contained files using Selenium Webdriver

Getting Display Information in Windows UI 3

3 May 2023 by Mark Olbert

How to obtain information on the active display in a Windows UI 3 app

Using MassTransit with RabbitMQ in ASP.NET Boilerplate

19 Jan 2023 by ISMAIL CAGDAS

How to use MassTransit with RabbitMQ in ASP.NET Boilerplate Framework

Class QMString for Processing Strings with Quotes

28 Nov 2022 by Oscar K.

Internals, code of using QMString

Implementing IDumpable Interface in C#

24 Aug 2022 by Avinash A. Dhumal

How to implement IDumpable Interface

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

Control a tp-link Smart Plug from Windows Without Extra Programs

28 May 2022 by Joan M

Activating and deactivating a smart socket from Windows

TypeStatic - Utility for Saving Text

21 Mar 2022 by Roger65

How to type text into a static control, change the font used and then save it into a bitmap

Drawing Medical Waveforms using a Windows Mobile 5.0 Device

14 Feb 2022 by Radhakrishna Banavalikar

How to develop patient monitoring systems based on a WinMobile device

Query Assistant - Connect to Databases with ADO and Execute Queries

24 Jan 2022 by peterswinkels

A Visual Basic 6 program demonstrating how to access databases using Microsoft ADO and how to automate Outlook and Excel.

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.

Cinchoo ETL - Quick Start: Converting JSON to YAML File

24 Nov 2021 by Cinchoo

Quick tutorial about converting JSON to YAML file using Cinchoo ETL

Merging TIFF Images

22 Nov 2021 by Allegra Angelo

Create a multipage TIFF image from images

Automate Chrome / Edge using VBA

3 Nov 2021 by ChrisK23

A method to automate Chrome (based) browsers using VBA

Monitoring SQL Agent with Alerts for Long Running Jobs

2 Sep 2021 by Member 14691410

Providing admin with an alert mechanism via an SP

Reviewing dynamichael's OctTree

7 Jul 2021 by sbarnes

Testing dynamichael's OctTree in an application

XML Application Settings

15 Jun 2021 by chris_mackay

Save and retrieve user settings for your application in an XML file

Fluid Rocks, Fluid Rolls

8 Jun 2021 by FranciskaR

More on fluid simulation

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

Wi-Fi Remote for Sony TV

6 Mar 2021 by Avirup Das

This tip describes an application to control with Sony TVs connected to your Home Wi-Fi network from PC.

The Role of WGL Functions of OpenGL Rendering onto Microsoft Windows

27 Feb 2021 by Southmountain

This post sheds some light on all WGL functions(wiggle functions) in OpenGL extension for Microsoft Windows system

WPF - Auto-Closing Modeless Windows

27 Feb 2021 by #realJSOP

How to close modeless windows if you don't close them before the main window closes

How to Set a New or Change / Exchange / Replace the Image of a Toolbar Button

21 Feb 2021 by Steffen Ploetz

My best practice approach to change the image of a toolbar button

Getting Notifications Upon Your Application Writing an Error to Events Log

12 Feb 2021 by Kamran Bilgrami

You can use this trick for getting notifications when your app writes an error to event logs

Video Screen Capture with Audio

4 Jan 2021 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Most flexible and comprehensive yet very simple FFMpeg-based command captures all screen activity in a video file, optionally with audio

XBOX360 Achievement

31 Dec 2020 by Kai Schtrom

Display smart messages on the Windows Desktop as XBOX360 achievements

Approach to Paste a Bitmap into an Icon Image on ReactOS (and Consequently on Windows XP and Newer Versions, using Win32 API)

27 Dec 2020 by Steffen Ploetz

Step-by-step instructions and source code snippets for inserting a bitmap (or a section of it) into an icon image.

Compile MFC Sources with Visual Studio 2019

18 Dec 2020 by ferdo

How to compile MFC sources with VS 2019 (for ARM64 too)

Error "Execution of scripts is disabled on this system" when run PowerShell script on Windows PowerShell Command Prompt

3 Dec 2020 by Gaurang Majithiya

About "Execution of scripts is disabled on this system" error that people get when they run any PowerShell command for the first time

Spiffsgen: A Code Generation Based Workaround for Lack of ESP32 SPIFFS Uploader Tool

22 Nov 2020 by honey the codewitch

This is a very specialized tool that generates source code to upload files into SPIFFS on an ESP32

Comparing Two Files Line by Line

22 Nov 2020 by Marijan Nikic

Windows batch utility in VBscript to read and compare two text files line by line

A Desktop App that Works Unchanged for WPF or WinForms

16 Nov 2020 by Erik Nagel

Usable demo demonstrating some aspects of application architecture

Most Useful Key Missing? There is a Fix!

28 Oct 2020 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Solving the most annoying keyboard problem on Windows and Linux

Automatic Copying of Release Executables to a Specific Folder on a Successful Build

7 Sep 2020 by OriginalGriff

How to automatically copy release executables to a specific folder on a successful build

Finding my Network Shares on SMB1 Drives after the Windows 10 2004 Update

23 Aug 2020 by OriginalGriff

Windows 10 and the ongoing "I can't find your mapped drives anymore" problem. A fix, hopefully!

Smuglr - Utility for Building and Extracting Compressed, Base64-Encoded Recursive Directories

21 Aug 2020 by Jeff Dabulis

In this tip, you will learn how to transfer that sample code from your home computer to your locked-down computer.

Video Player supporting Segment Definitions

10 Aug 2020 by Clifford Nelson

An application to define, save and watch segments of a video that I have selected

C# MSConnectionCS DLL using Mailslots for Inter-process Communication

4 Aug 2020 by Oscar K.

Mailslot Inter-process communication

Simple Enhanced Threading-based PlayStation Controller

24 Jul 2020 by Tareq_Gamal

Multitheading-based Simple way to control a PlayStation Controller with added Events and Naming buttons, and more options

Reconnect Windows 10 VPN Automatically

5 May 2020 by Marcus Müller

Use Windows 10 build-in tools to configure VPNs for automatic reconnection after a connection is lost

Geometry for Fun, in Corona Days, 2020

21 Apr 2020 by Yuksel YILDIRIM

Draw Multi Parametrik Shapes in 2D

UTF-8 in Windows - INI Files

2 Apr 2020 by Mircea Neacsu

How to handle UTF-8 in Windows INI files

A Small Utility for Synchronization Between Two Folders

29 Mar 2020 by Marijan Nikic

A small command line utility for synchronization between two folders

How to Get the BIOS UUID

29 Mar 2020 by Mircea Neacsu

Get a unique identifier for a computer

The Next Logical Step Using Azure Functions - How to Integrate a Native DLL via P/Invoke ([DllImport])

10 Feb 2020 by Steffen Ploetz

YES, you can - use native DLLs in your Azure Functions via P/Invoke ([DllImport]) as you already know it from .NET Framework, and safe the code you have developed and maintained for decades with much effort and patience.

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

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

Win32++ Programmatically Created Menus with Code::Blocks on ReactOS

23 Jan 2020 by Steffen Ploetz

The Win32++ class library sample collection does not contain a sample, that creates the frame menu via API instead of via resources. Here is the missing part.

Guarantee Correct Spacing for toolbar Separators on Multiple TB_ADDBUTTONS Calls

15 Jan 2020 by Steffen Ploetz

A solution for: If the toolbar is created button by button with single TB_ADDBUTTONS calls, the width of the separators is not calculated correctly.

Automatically Disappearing Dialog, Used to Provide VERIFY and ASSERT on ReactOS

8 Jan 2020 by Steffen Ploetz

Automatically Disappearing Dialog

High Resolution Timing

19 Dec 2019 by Rick York

A simple, header-only class for high resolution timing

The Equalizer Design: Graphic and Parametric Win32 Equalizer

14 Dec 2019 by Michael Chourdakis

A ready to use equalizer for your projects

C# Slider/Trackbar Control using Windows Forms

9 Dec 2019 by Fabrice Lacharme

Yet another slider/trackbar in C#

Move all Odd numbers after Even numbers in Singly Linked List

4 Dec 2019 by botman1001

Given a Singly Linked List, we have to modify it such that all Even numbers appear before Odd

How to Debug Visual Basic Script with Visual Studio

29 Nov 2019 by Leo Chapiro

This tip shows how easy it is to debug the VBScript by using Visual Studio Debugger

Introduction to Embedded Icons without Resource on ReactOS

21 Oct 2019 by Steffen Ploetz

How to embed icons into Win32 programs without utilizing resources - useful for platforms without resource editor/resorce compiler, e.g., ReactOS. Learn the missing things about the .ico format.

How To Be Your Own Certificate Authority and Create Your Own Certificate to Sign Code Files

20 Sep 2019 by Mike Meinz

Step-by-step instructions to create and install a Certificate Authority certificate and a signing certificate as well as a BAT file to sign a program

Prevent WPF DataGrid Auto-scrolling Due to Clicking in a Wide Column

24 Aug 2019 by Charles Jenkins

In full-row selection mode, the WPF DataGrid wants to scroll horizontally when a user clicks on a cell which extends offscreen. This sample project shows one way to prevent it.

Real Label Size and View Angle Measurement Tool

12 Aug 2019 by Member 13092868

This tool helps you create a label with given degrees of view angle. Also helps you estimate REAL label height and width by providing you linear correction functions to apply to inaccurate MeasureString values

Update Editor for Git

1 Aug 2019 by Benktesh Sharma

Configure your favorite editor in git

Using One File via Two Folders: SymLinks to the Rescue

17 Jul 2019 by David A. Gray

I finally discovered a reliable way to use the same file from two or more directories.

Busy Production Database Update Without Timeout

9 Jun 2019 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.

Downloading All the Files and Folders from a FTP Server Recursively using a Batch File and wget

15 May 2019 by Joan M

How to use wget to download files recursively from a FTP server

Optimal Control of a Two-Link Manipulator

10 May 2019 by Igor Ladnik

This post demonstrates examples of calculation of optimal control policies for two-link manipulator using linear-quadratic control combined with quasilinearization.

Windows Resize and Move

8 May 2019 by Bruno Tabbia

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

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#"

Verifying MSMQ is Working Fine for IIS Based Web Applications

22 Apr 2019 by _Asif_

Access rights issue over MSMQ could lead to hours and hours of investigation

Windows 10 IoT Core on Raspberry Pi (4.2019 Update)

19 Apr 2019 by Martin Gmuca

Where did Windows10 IoT move since 2016? What is new in the latest updates (4.2019)?

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.

Simple Razor Page using SQL, JavaScript and Google-Maps

22 Mar 2019 by brian_eckert

A simple web page that would allow the user to see all locations where their service could be found

Plugins: Loading Code at Runtime

19 Mar 2019 by Martin Vorbrodt

Plugins: loading code at runtime

A Very Basic Singely Linked List for VBA

16 Mar 2019 by WhiskeyBeforeWater

A nodular Singely Linked List for VBA with some basic functions

15 Mar 2019 by Martin Vorbrodt

Event objects

RPC with Protocol Buffers

14 Mar 2019 by Martin Vorbrodt

RPC with protocol buffers

Sci-Fi Plot Compiler

19 Feb 2019 by steveb

A simple Sci-Fi plot compiler

SSIS Script Task to Copy Table Object with data from One SQL Server to Another using Transfer SQL Server Objects

18 Feb 2019 by Suryakant S. Bharne

SSIS Script task to copy Table Object with data from one MSSQL server to another using Transfer SQL Server

Debugging PHP on Windows

12 Feb 2019 by Armand Molinski

How to debug PHP on Windows

Another TCP Echo Server using IOCP

9 Feb 2019 by zvx

An introduction to writing IOCP network servers

WCF Sync to Async Conversion

15 Jan 2019 by bclegg

Converting a synchronous WCF contract to an asynchronous one

File Upload using Selenium (Select File on Window)

3 Jan 2019 by Member 14088083

How to select file for file upload using selenium web driver

Tuesday Tip Day – WebDriver Screenshots

9 Oct 2018 by Toby Steed

A random tip for improving your automation skillset, from Selenium to Powershell

Work Around Windows 10 WiFi Reconnection Failing

4 Oct 2018 by Antagony

Schedule a task to run this script, which checks whether Windows has [re]connected to the specified router after startup, sleep, or hibernation – and attempt to connect if not.

Improving Backup Performance

1 Oct 2018 by Satnam Singh CapGemini

Improving backup performance

Running Scripts is Disabled on this System

11 Sep 2018 by Sunil Kumar Pashikanti

Running scripts is disabled on this system

A Little Neat Trick to Grab Windows 10 Startup Desktop Screen Pictures

4 Sep 2018 by simonp_ca

If you like those beautiful Windows10 PC startup screens and wonder how to capture and save them as images, this tip/trick is for you...

EXE to MSI -- MSI Wrapper using WIX Toolset v4

3 Sep 2018 by JakeG

WIX template for wrapping EXE with a MSI installer for easier deployment with group policy

Rich Edit Control Odd "Find" Behavior - Solved

20 Aug 2018 by Matt Fichtenbaum

A rich edit control's "find text" operation failed, but the same code worked in another program.

Save WinForm Snapshot Images

2 Aug 2018 by asiwel

Simple C# methods for saving snapshot images of a WinForm to the desktop

data-visualization

Overwrite Your Network IPv4 Configuration from a Batch File

17 Jul 2018 by Joan M

Easy way to get a specific IP address, mask, gate and DNS from a bat file

Selected Web Accessibility Tips

6 Jun 2018 by Voevudko A. E., Ph.D.

Briefly discussing web accessibility in general. Stressing a few prime points/tips that are easy to use and always good to follow. Suggesting to start using easy to understand and remember "rules of thumb".

How Windows Generates IP Header's ID Field

1 Jun 2018 by Member 13737597

This article shows how Windows generates IP header's ID field

Quartz.Net with Multiple Schedulers

7 May 2018 by Harshit Gindra

Understanding the use of multiple schedulers to work with one Quartz Scheduler application

TextBox with Placeholder

2 May 2018 by Andiiiii

Extended TextBox with placeholder