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Ultra-Rapid PHP Application Development

by Christoph Buenger

Describes PHP application development with the free Scavix Web Development Framework (Scavix-WDF).

Silent ClickOnce Installer for Winform & WPF in C# & VB

by Graeme_Grant

This article comprehensively covers the Microsoft ClickOnce Installer with a bare bones WinForm/WPF C#/VB Silent Updater framework plus covers how to implement, troubleshoot, test locally, to release.

On the fly Code Generation with Evolutility

by Evoluteur

A generic Web User Interface for CRUD applications generating all screens at run-time based on external metadata. It comes with sample applications for address book, memo pad, to do list, restaurants list, wine cellar, and database structure documentation that are easily customizable.

Remote File System Viewing and File Transfer using C# and TcpComm

by pdoxtader

Learn how to view a remote machine's file system using your own explorer like window, and transfer files and folders by dragging and dropping in C# using the TcpComm TCP library

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Silent ClickOnce Installer for Winform & WPF in C# & VB

by Graeme_Grant

This article comprehensively covers the Microsoft ClickOnce Installer with a bare bones WinForm/WPF C#/VB Silent Updater framework plus covers how to implement, troubleshoot, test locally, to release.

VB.NET/WinForms: Add MenuItem to SystemMenu

by vblover Programmer

Adding ContextMenu's MenuItem to the SystemMenu of Form in Windows Forms Application

Options for Database Backup and Restore - How to Export BACPAC using SSMS?

by Satya Karki

This article describes the options to restore and backup database in SQL Server and explains how to Export BACPAC from SQL Server Management Studio.

Azure Active Directory Authentication with OpenID Connect and Authorization with App Roles

by DotNetLead.com

Azure AD for authentication and authorization of users for your website

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Ultra-Rapid PHP Application Development

31 Oct 2014 by Christoph Buenger

Describes PHP application development with the free Scavix Web Development Framework (Scavix-WDF).

Silent ClickOnce Installer for Winform & WPF in C# & VB

9 Jan 2023 by Graeme_Grant

This article comprehensively covers the Microsoft ClickOnce Installer with a bare bones WinForm/WPF C#/VB Silent Updater framework plus covers how to implement, troubleshoot, test locally, to release.

On the fly Code Generation with Evolutility

11 Jun 2010 by Evoluteur

A generic Web User Interface for CRUD applications generating all screens at run-time based on external metadata. It comes with sample applications for address book, memo pad, to do list, restaurants list, wine cellar, and database structure documentation that are easily customizable.

Remote File System Viewing and File Transfer using C# and TcpComm

19 Sep 2019 by pdoxtader

Learn how to view a remote machine's file system using your own explorer like window, and transfer files and folders by dragging and dropping in C# using the TcpComm TCP library

How to create an easy plugin-system in C#

15 Feb 2013 by Dread_Sharp

How to build an easy plugin system with C# which only takes about 30 lines of code!

Cross Cutting Concerns in .NET Applications

27 Nov 2015 by Christian Vos

How to use Microsoft Unity Interception as a solution for cross cutting concerns in a .NET application

Emulation of I2C Protocol on C#

26 Feb 2013 by Nakul Vyas

This article presents code to emulate I2C protocol in C#, this can be useful in applications like data acquisition without microcontrollers.

SOLID Principles: The Liskov Principle -> What, Why and How

11 Nov 2018 by Christian Vos

SOLID principles: The Liskov Principle, a simple example in C#

Multi language on-screen keyboard using Windows keyboard DLLs

18 Dec 2012 by Lars [Large] Werner

Windows has built inn support for a lot of keyboard languages, this class makes it possible to extract that info in an easy manner and present it to screen.

Bobril - I - Getting Started

29 Jul 2017 by Tomáš Růt

A simple introduction to bobril framework

Dependency Injection with ObjectPoolManager (OPM)

31 Oct 2010 by NavnathKale

Lightweight and simple

MSTest or TRX to HTML with Animated Charts

16 Oct 2012 by Sunasara Imdadhusen

MS Test Result Viewer is a free open source library to convert MS Test result (.trx) file into HTML. It is also allowed you to perform MS Test on your test container project (.dll) file. This utility will work with simple command line arguments to generate test report in HTML format with excellent U

Happiness is good logging

11 Feb 2013 by DahlSailRunner

Really effective logging using Enterprise Library and just a little custom code.

Lightswitch Job Hunter Application

19 Jan 2012 by stuxstu

Job application tracker for those out of work built using Visual Studio Lightswitch 2011.

Tides of Time Bot and Game – Application of Minimax (with Alpha Beta Pruning)

13 Mar 2019 by Oana Mancu

Any deterministic game can be broken down to its core functionalities. By understanding them, one can implement fundamental algorithms such as Minimax (with alpha beta pruning), thus paving the way towards a better AI opponent.

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WPF Drag and Drop using Behavior

11 Nov 2020 by DotNetLead.com

Drag and drop behaviour in WPF

Line Fitting in Images Using Orthogonal Linear Regression

12 Apr 2013 by Jonathan Nethercott

Describes an algorithm for calculating the equation of a line in an image using orthogonal linear regression.

Resolving an Unreferenced Partial Type Name using Fusion

16 Sep 2020 by John B Oliver

Resolve unreferenced type in .NET app using partial type name from GAC

Integrate dynamic HTML pages in your Silverlight app

12 Apr 2013 by NightWizzard

...for example a WYSIWYG HTML editor to edit or display emails...

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

Tool for Business Application Development

7 Jul 2011 by OriginalGriff

My word, you don't want much do you?There is such tool: it is called "a developer". You describe what you need to the tool in language you understand (and hope he does) and he generates software based on that input.

Get application path in c#

4 Sep 2011 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Here is the most universal way:string exePath = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName( System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location);Other methods either require a library which you don't use (such as System.Windows.Forms) or depends on how the code is hosted (for...

Calling Server Side function from Client Side Script

8 Jun 2012 by Pranay Rana

Calling Server Side function from Client Side Script

Creating Test Objects With FakeModel

17 Dec 2013 by Member 9913858

An introduction to using FakeModel to create test aata for you.

Basic WPF Way to Implement and Include Animation in XAML

5 May 2014 by Gerald Gomes

This article will make an attempt to describe a basic way to start implementing animation in WPF.

Software Developers are lazy but smart, that's why we RAD: The PHP.Show Concept

8 Oct 2015 by Anele 'Mashy' Mbanga

A look at a flexible Java MySQL CRUD PHP script generator

How to Navigate Among Pages in UWP

1 Dec 2015 by Umer Qureshi

Explains how to navigate among pages with button clicks

Integration of MVC to WCF Service

28 Dec 2015 by Dhruti90

MVC functionalities with web service with simple integration

Azure Active Directory Authentication with OpenID Connect and Authorization with App Roles

22 Mar 2021 by DotNetLead.com

Azure AD for authentication and authorization of users for your website

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Tool for Business Application Development

7 Jul 2011 by #realJSOP

It's you. See the tool - BE the tool.The tool you're looking for is called a "programmer" (aka "developer").You can find a lot of them on monster.com.

Architechture for interactive site

29 Jan 2012 by Espen Harlinn

Have a look at http://umbraco.com/[^]I think that will do nicely - just watch the video :)Best regardsEspen Harlinn

required some usefull refereces regarding googlemap in asp.net using c#

8 Feb 2012 by Espen Harlinn

Have a look at this two part series:Google Maps Control for ASP.NET - Part 1[^]Google Maps Control for ASP.NET - Part 2[^]Best regardsEspen Harlinn

Georeferencing Open Street Map Tiles to Use with MapWinGIS

19 Sep 2012 by Ben Freeman CBNL

How to add an Open Street Map overlay to a Map using MapWinGIS.

12 Feb 2013 by V.

How to dynamically build a JQPlot graph through the code behind.

Windows 8.1 Store App and SkyDrive Live Connect

9 Jan 2014 by Prasanna Venkatesh . K

Write a Windows 8.1 store app to save your files on SkyDrive using Live Connect SDK

Using Sec-Websocket-Protocol

1 Feb 2014 by tonywilk

Example server and client using different protocols over a Websocket (php/js)

How to exit a loop in c# windows application

6 Jan 2015 by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

Actually this problem is not with your loop or the business logic you're defining for your application. Instead in these frameworks that you're using there is only one thread-ed application which performs all of the logical executions and also makes the UI responsive. So, as long as those loops...

How Do I Use A Console.Readline In An If Statement

25 Aug 2015 by OriginalGriff

For starters, the problem is pretty simple: ReadLine is a method, and that means you need to call it as a method by appending brackets that you could put parameters in:if(Console.ReadLine() == "Attack"){ //Take away health from the goblin.}But I woudln't do that anyway.The reason...

MVVM Data Validation

11 Nov 2015 by Jeroen Richters

This article describes a validation framework for MVVM based WPF controls.

Bobril - III - Localizations and Formatting

13 Aug 2017 by Tomáš Růt

Explanation of features for localizations and formating by bobril-g11n library

Bobril - IV - Routing

13 Aug 2017 by Tomáš Růt

Simple explanation of bobril routing mechanism

A Robust and Elegant Single Instance WPF Application Approach Using WCF

18 May 2017 by Jon Campbell

How to utilize WCF to allow a single instance of any WPF application without needing mutexes, extra assemblies, or special "hacks".

C#: Scheduling with Quartz, My First Desktop Schedule Job!

30 Jul 2020 by DiponRoy

Making schedule jobs exe using Quartz scheduler

“vshost32.exe has stopped working”

4 Sep 2020 by Sandeep Mewara

This is another one of the common errors developers get and ask about: vshost32.exe has stopped working.

.NET Libraries and the Art of Backward Compatibility – Part 1

26 Oct 2020 by Matteo Prosperi

How to plan changes that go into the next version of your library in order to safeguard the experience of your existing users

ZigZag Algorithm in a Grid (revised version, 2.1)

24 May 2020 by User 5250478

Application to show how to zigzag order a matrix

Making a form both a Child and a Parent

17 Mar 2011 by Espen Harlinn

Charles,I'...

How to abort a running thread when the windows application gets closed

30 Mar 2011 by Dylan Morley

Have a look at this thread on Stack Overflowhttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/3542061/how-do-i-stop-a-thread-when-my-winform-application-closes[^]In particular, the second answer should give you a clue" If you create the new threads as background threads (by setting IsBackground...

working with dates in c#.net windows application

25 Sep 2013 by Nish Nishant

See Formatting Date and Time for a Specific Culture[^]This reference moved to the following link.http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/5hh873ya(v=vs.100).aspx[^]

Get application path in c#

4 Sep 2011 by Wendelius

For the current assembly you can use:System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().LocationSee: Assembly.Location Property[^].Depending on the situation (your application structure) you may want to find out the location of the entry assembly. In that case...

Is there any advantage of using multiple DB in one application ?

13 Sep 2011 by Mehdi Gholam

The general principal to keep in mind is don't make more work for yourself than is absolutely necessary. Most clients and users don't care about how and where their data is stored unless it is safe and consistent. Rarely to client insist on using a specific type of database engine.In...

question regarding vb.net

9 Apr 2012 by OriginalGriff

Try:Dim today As DateTime = DateTime.NowFor DB:Using con As New SqlConnection(strConnect) con.Open() Using com As New SqlCommand("INSERT INTO myTable (myDateColumn) VALUES (@DT)", con) com.Parameters.AddWithValue("@DT", DateTime.Now) com.ExecuteNonQuery() End UsingEnd Using

how do you kill all applications except mines?

9 May 2012 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

I hope you won't be able to kill them all, it cannot make any sense, anyway, but why would I care if you want to screw up your system? You will reboot it (because you hardly will be able to work at all if you kill some of the critically important applications).Whatever. Those are not...

Convert string to form object in c# window application

11 Jun 2012 by OriginalGriff

If you mean that you are storing the name of thr form class in the database, as in:MyForm form = new MyForm();And you store the string "MyForm" in your db, you can do it with reflection: Type t = Type.GetType("MyNamespace." + "frmMyFormClass"); Form c =...

What is XCode?Benefits of Xcode?

20 Jun 2012 by Prasad_Kulkarni

Web definition:Xcode is a suite of tools for developing software on Mac OS X, developed by Apple. Xcode 3.2, the latest major version, is bundled free with Mac OS X v10.6, but is not installed by default. Instead it must be installed from the Mac OS X DVD, or downloaded from the Apple...

.exe is not a valid win 32 application

21 Jun 2013 by Mike Meinz

In your C# project, under Properties / Application, set the Target framework to something other than .NET Framework 4.5.

How do I create windows application for multiple users ?

1 Apr 2014 by Volynsky Alex

Hi Pdeveloper!The similar question has already been asked here:Multi User in C# Applications[^]

Review: Progress Rollbase

5 Nov 2014 by Kevin Griffin

Rollbase is the next evolution of rapid application development (RAD) by Progress Software. Instead of releasing a traditional client-side package, Rollbase provides CASE tools in the form of a Software-as-a-Service.

How can I secure my application files?

16 Sep 2015 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

One way to preserve some file from modifications or deletion, regardless of privileges, is to keep it permanently open in some process, for non-shared access (which is the default). To keep this state permanent, the code should also be executed permanently, which is possible if this process is...

How to add 40k rows in Winforms application?

14 Oct 2015 by CPallini

Quote: Heard that virtual mode makes it work but i dono how to implement it in my win form.Let's see if "The Documentation" could possibly help: "How to: Implement Virtual Mode in the Windows Forms DataGridView Control"[^].

Exe does not trigger when machine starts or reboots

8 Feb 2016 by Richard Deeming

The applications specified in the Run and RunOnce commands will not execute if Windows is started in Safe Mode.It is also possible to prevent Windows from processing these keys through Group Policy or by editing the registry:HKLM or HKCUPath:...

How to Make a Mini Minecraft Game

6 Dec 2019 by Vahe Karamian

Programming in itself is no small task. Graphics programming complicate things a tab-bit more!

How do I fix this error

25 Apr 2016 by Sascha Lefèvre

Controls can only be manipulated by the UI thread. If you want to change something about a control from a different thread then you have to invoke the action that should be performed on the control on the UI thread:label1.Invoke((Action)(() => { label1.Text = m.Text; }));

Universal object compiler

8 Jan 2017 by Miguel Diaz Kusztrich

Object creation driven by source code in any language you have designed

How to make a file open in another application C#

26 Oct 2010 by Abhinav S

Create a new C# process object (for this see here[^]).Then use the command line parameters given here[^] to open the file.You will probably need the command line vlc [file://]filename.

Combobox height in C# Windows Application

22 Mar 2011 by JF2015

You can only use a height less than 21 if you decrease the font size of your comboxbox. Try using a font size of 6 - then you can use a smaller height.

Windows Application Button with menu items

31 Mar 2011 by Olivier Levrey

I think you are looking for this:SplitButton: an XP style dropdown split button[^]------Ok so try this:contextMenuStrip1.Show(MousePosition);------Then do:Point pt = PointToScreen(button1.Location);//or this one//Point pt = PointToScreen(new Point(button1.Right,...

Create a Form using Progress Bar?

14 Apr 2011 by OriginalGriff

So add a ProgressBar control to your form.Add Progress and ProgressComplete events to Form2.Subscribe in Form1, and update the ProgressBar with the progress from Form2.When Form2 signals ProgressComplete, hide Form1.What part of this is giving you problems?

Create a Form using Progress Bar?

14 Apr 2011 by esmailian

There is a solution like this thatinto program file create a thread to the and its long sleep and then the main form is loaded. Of course, this is not a real loadingEnter this code to your program File: static void Main() { Application.EnableVisualStyles();...

How to Launch PDF Reader using C#

18 Apr 2011 by Not Active

You didn't specify whether this was for Windows or Web.For Web, create a URL to the documentFor WindowsProcess p = new Process();p.StartInfo.FileName = "myPDF.pdf";p.Start();http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.process.aspx[^]

Easily Localize WPF Application via Visual Studio Template

1 May 2011 by Ernest Poletaev

A Localized WPF Application template for easily localizing a WPF application

C# treeView checkbox 3rd state, windows application

8 Jun 2011 by Dave Kreskowiak

It's not that simple. The standard TreeView control in the ToolBox doesn't support doing this natively, so you have to make your own, or find a third party control that does this for you.There's a couple of CP articles that cover doing something like this here[^] and here[^].

Tool for Business Application Development

7 Jul 2011 by Dave Kreskowiak

You might want to look at LightSwitch[^].

File Upload in windows application

18 Sep 2011 by Arun Kumar K S

Try this file copy method will copy your image to new location with a new namestring fulllocimage = openFileDialog1.FileName;File.Copy(fulllocimage, @"C:\UploadedImage\" + NewImageName);

Resize image in windows appliation

19 Sep 2011 by Arun Kumar K S

Try this for resizing and save to a new location string strPath = @"D:\MemberImage\MyPhoto.jpg"; System.Drawing.Image img = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(strPath); img=Resize(img, 160, 120); img.Save(@"D:\UploadedImages\NewImg.bmp"); //resize...

session state in windows based application

8 Dec 2011 by Mehdi Gholam

Session are the web way of storing state within your application on your server, in windows forms/wpf applications state is maintained by the individual forms themselves and the application is running as a single instance so it doesn't make sense on the client side.However if some of your...

Storing images in C# Windows application

27 Dec 2011 by #realJSOP

I vote that you store them in the database. If you don't need transparency, I would use JPG because they can compress to a MUCH smaller size.

Storing images in C# Windows application

27 Dec 2011 by Wendelius

As a personal opinion, I would put them inside the database. Propably using Filestream to more easily handle backups and transactions (if interested, see: How to store and fetch binary data into a file stream column[^]).JPG as the image format sounds tempting because of the size as JSOP...

How To Make application to get Max Number from three Number?

19 Feb 2012 by Rajeev Jayaram

max = Math.Max(Math.Max(n1, n2), n3));

how to add autocomplete in datagridview

17 Mar 2012 by Ganesan Senthilvel

Here is the sample code: public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); scAutoComplete.AddRange(new string[]{"entry1","entry2","entry3"}); } AutoCompleteStringCollection scAutoComplete = new AutoCompleteStringCollection(); ...

Check For Updates - RemoteVersionChecker

22 Mar 2012 by Fabrizio Stellato

This code provides your application a - check for updates - feature

How to pass values into pie chart in C# windows application

20 Jun 2012 by Sandeep Mewara

Have a look at these articles:3D Pie Chart[^]Draw a Pie Chart in C#[^]

Designing an application that communicates to hardware through serialport

15 Aug 2012 by Kenneth Haugland

The documentation from Microsoft should help you along:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.ports.serialport.aspx[^]Here is a site with complete code:http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/35775-serial-port-communication-in-c%23/[^]

can anyone help me with the link to develop a sample 3D graphics on Visual Studio using WPF? code?

12 Oct 2012 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Did you try to find anything at all. You will find plenty of samples:http://bit.ly/Q6JA1m[^].Perhaps this is not what you really want.Your question in not completely incorrect, but can be greatly improved. You should have re-formulated it:"How to use Wikipedia, Google, CodeProject...

can anyone help me with the link to develop a sample 3D graphics on Visual Studio using WPF? code?

12 Oct 2012 by Kenneth Haugland

There is one guy that has made some pretty fancy 3D WPF animation of raindrops in water.His blog, were the code is explained:http://stuff.seans.com/2008/08/24/raindrop-animation-in-wpf/[^]And you could download the source code in C# here:http://wavesim.codeplex.com/[^]

can anyone help me with the link to develop a sample 3D graphics on Visual Studio using WPF? code?

12 Oct 2012 by CPallini

Do you know we have articles, here at CodeProject[^]?

lock a file from deleting

16 Oct 2012 by bbirajdar

When you open the file for read/write, do not use the file.Close() handle to close the file. This will not release the locks and since the file will be in use the OS will not allow any other process to delete the file.Then in the application close event close the file handle and then it can...

Background worker does not work properly in WPF

8 Nov 2012 by Dave Kreskowiak

Following your code, you completely wrecked the purpose of doing work on a background thread.In the DoWork method, on a background thread, you told the UI thread (this.Dispatcher.Invoke) to execute the long running code, completely removing the point of the background thread.The...

hi friends please guide me how we create chat appliction using asp.net

17 Jan 2013 by OriginalGriff

Google is your friend: Be nice and visit him often. He can answer questions a lot more quickly than posting them here...A very quick search using your subject as the search term gave 2.5 million results:Google[^]In future, please try to do at least basic research yourself, and not...

Fault in one app domain affecting code of another app domain

15 Jul 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

First of all, "cannot affect other code running in another application domain" is a certain exaggeration, or a figure of speech. It simply means that their address spaces are strictly isolated, like in the case of separate processes. You should not understand it literally. Application Domains...

Test Data in Attribute

28 Jul 2013 by Raja.Krishnasamy

Attached the test data with method for regression testing by declaring ref type in attribute

run windows form application in windows tablet

17 Aug 2013 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

"Windows tablet" should probably mean the tablet machine with installed Windows 8 or Windows RT system. Please see:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Windows_8_and_RT_tablet_devices[^].So, using System.Windows.Forms is certainly possible with Windows 8, and, as to Windows RT, please...

Discussing MasterCard’s OpenAPI platform with business leader Dave Butler

4 Nov 2013 by CodeProject

Dave Butler, VP and Senior Business Leader at MasterCard, offers developers insight into the company’s worldwide OpenAPI platform.

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[Completely off topic] How to block Candy Crush Saga from PC

28 Nov 2013 by OriginalGriff

Start with Google: Parental Control Applications[^]But good luck! I suspect that most kids know better than most parents, and can bypass anything they put in...plus, there is the "if you ban it, it makes them want it more" syndrome! :laugh:It might be more productive to talk to her and...

How to set padding between text and border in RichTextBox Control using asp.net

13 Dec 2013 by BillWoodruff

You have stumbled upon the surprising limitations of the MS supplied RichTextBox (RTB) Control: even though the RTF standard supports embedded margin codes, you have no way to easily set them. You'll have to hack the RTB one way or another to effectively set variable document margins. And, as...

showplusminus for specific node in treeview programatically

10 Jan 2014 by BillWoodruff

Using the Microsoft WinForms TreeView: remember that this Control is a wrapper around the native Window TreeView: showing, or hiding, the plus/minus symbols can be set only for the entire Control.1. set the TreeView Property 'ShowPlusMinus to false.2. add an ImageList Control to your...

Reduce the Size of MongoDB Documents Generated from .NET/C#

18 Mar 2014 by Pragmateek

How to reduce the size of MongoDB documents generated from .NET/C#

How to Open PDF File

4 Apr 2014 by Volynsky Alex

Try the following:System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"c:\myfile.pdf");

Free-Hand Drawing Application

15 Jun 2014 by Garvit Arya

It is a JavaScript based application for drawing basic free-hand shapes, logos and drawings.

A Basic Single Page Application Using Custom Dojo Templated Widgets

31 Jul 2014 by SrikantSahu

This tip can be used to know more about how dojo templated widgets can be created and used inside a portlet programmatically.