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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

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

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.

ServicePredicateBuilder for creating Serializable Expressions

30 Nov 2015 by Mohammad Dayyan, VahidJafari

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

A Tiny Custom List Control

25 Aug 2014 by HateCoding

A tiny custom list control

custom-controls

USB Reset Attribute

6 Apr 2014 by Prabakaran T

Ultimate USB Reset Attribute with powerful option

Call WebService Dynamically and Read WebService Definition

17 Apr 2012 by abhinavshastri

How to Call WebService Dynamically and Read WebService Definition

XSLT to transform Excel XML worksheet to "named" nodes

10 Jun 2014 by Anamera

This XSLT will output an Excel worksheet containing a CSV type of record collection in a more usable XML format.

Copy Paste and Insert in Datagridview (Winforms)

28 May 2014 by Thava Rajan

Copy and insert data at any postion in your datagridview

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.

VB.NET wrappers for much of the Windows API

15 Apr 2012 by andrewbb@gmail.com

Includes most API functions except for graphics.

Creating SQL Joins in Simple Steps

20 Sep 2012 by Sreedhar Puligundla

Simple steps to create SQL joins by using SQL Server 2008 Management Studio

SQL-Server-2005

SQL-server-2000

Rendering AltNETType (= .NET FreeType port) with OpenGL

14 Oct 2013 by Demid Korneev

Example of AltNETType use in OpenGL

How to Get Words Separated in a String Concatenated by Delimiter

14 Apr 2014 by Ankur .K. Vishwakarma

This tip shows you a T/SQL function to split a string concatenated by a delimiter.

SQL-Server-2008R2

CenterWindow in WIN32

4 Oct 2011 by Nick Kulikovsky

There is ATL CWindow method CenterWindow:void CenterWnd(HWND hWnd){ CWindow wnd; wnd.Attach(hWnd); wnd.CenterWindow(NULL); wnd.Detach();}

SolidWidgets Grid

17 Jul 2012 by Jake Franta

SolidWidgets Grid tutorial.

Get Windows Win32 Error Text - Simplified

31 Jul 2013 by Thomas B Dignan

Getting the text of Win32 Error codes for 99% of cases.

Autos - Immediate Access to Resources Without Clicking

1 Jan 2015 by tc99

Immediate access to resources without clicking

Days Left Timer VBS

29 Jun 2010 by crackruckles

Days Left Timer VBS self deleting

Automation of Startup Items in Windows Systems

3 Oct 2011 by jrkOptimus

Using a batch file to automated startup items in Windows

USB Device Not Recognised Pop-up

20 Nov 2011 by thatraja

Found these linksTroubleshooting: USB Device Not Recognized[^]From Link1[^]:Cause #1: Outdated Device DriverCause #2: USB Device shares the same drive letter as another device already plugged inCause #3: All USB devices suddenly stop workingCause #4: Damaged USB PortCause #5:...

A simple hashing class

12 Feb 2014 by charles henington

This is an alternative for "Send Mail With Attachment File"

Blocking Particular Website in Computer

11 Sep 2012 by John Bhatt

How can I block some website permanently like (facebook.com) and more social site on my employees computers

PrettyXML (.NET Port)

12 Jul 2012 by PIEBALDconsult

This is an alternative for "PrettyXML (.NET Port)"

Steganography with OOXML for Office (Zip)

22 Jan 2013 by kennethman

Hide data inside the zip structure of any zip-based file.

Mirror keys for multiboxing MMORPG games like WOW/LOTRO

7 Mar 2013 by joejames111

Raw input 64-bit .NET classes.

Accessing class object present in exe from explicitly loaded DLL using Inheritance and virtual function

19 May 2013 by Amit Deshmukh 1010

Accessing class object present in exe from explicitly loaded DLL using Inheritance and virtual function.

How to get EXE associated with a File Extension in the Registry

5 Sep 2013 by Mike Meinz

Function returns exe name and command line for the provided filename and extension.

Handling Application Settings

15 Mar 2014 by Michael_Davies

Handling large numbers of application settings

CD / DVD Tray Locker

13 Jan 2011 by Steve Maier

To get this to work in .NET 4, you have to change the DLLImport signature.[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]private static extern IntPtr CreateFile( string lpFileName, uint dwDesiredAccess, int dwShareMode, ref SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpSecurityAttributes, ...

Implementing the Aero Theme in XP

30 May 2011 by Anshul R

Controls will have the Aero Theme (WPF)

Away to always load BHO in a popup window

27 Mar 2012 by MinamiTiaki

BHO

Display number or amount with commas but no decimal places or extension displayed

5 Jul 2012 by Silver Lightning

Display number or amount with commas but no decimal places or extension displayed

C# MP3 Compressor

15 Oct 2012 by Beercolhol

This is a bug fix to "C# MP3 Compressor".

Using LightSwitch Office Integration Pack with Complicated Table Relationships

6 Sep 2012 by Michael_Lu

Provides tips for exporting documents involving tables connected by relationships

A 64 Bit Version of ODBCTracer

7 Sep 2012 by zippy1981

This is an alternative for "ODBCTracer"

Tabbed IE Browser Control

3 Jul 2013 by Emmery Chrisco

Tabbed Browser Control addon

Knockout Simple Paged Grid Demonstation

27 Feb 2014 by Dinesh K.S. Kushwaha

Simple Paged Grid by using knockout js

Save/Load Image between buffer

4 Mar 2014 by kanbang

Save/Load Image between buffer

Peer Process and its Significance in Improving Robustness of Software Application

30 Jun 2014 by Anant Beriwal

How to counter crash issue in applications

Simple Magnifier Dialog

8 Jun 2020 by Manuel Campos

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

Live Log Viewer

14 Jun 2016 by Alex Wiese

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

3 May 2015 by Pankaj Choudhary - C++ Devepoler

Logging in C++

Hello World, Basic Server/Client Example of WCF

24 Aug 2013 by Hasan Habib Surzo

Basic Server/Client Example using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) programming

Scroll LED-Matrix Class

4 Feb 2014 by Derell Licht

C++ classes that implement scrolling simulated-LED displays

Using C# to Monitor Bandwidth for Wireless Devices Using NetworkInterface and .NET LINQ

19 Nov 2012 by Tyronne Thomas

Using C# to monitor the bandwidth for wireless devices.

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

Integration .NET Component into your Native MFC Application (1)

9 Mar 2015 by sunhui

Integrate .NET Component to your Native MFC Application at runtime

Lambda Function in C++

21 Jun 2013 by ThatsAlok

Showcase for lambda function in C++

GetLastError as std::string

19 Oct 2012 by Orjan Westin

Simple function to get the text message corresponding to a system error.

LodePngWin32 Class for Rendering PNG Files in Raw WinAPI

23 Apr 2014 by Derell Licht

C++ class that provides a convenient wrapper for lodepng library

Print Direct To Windows Printer (EPOS Receipt)

2 Jan 2014 by Michael_Davies

Printing To Line Printers (EPOS) Using Windows

CD / DVD Tray Locker

13 Jan 2011 by DaveyM69

How to prevent a CD/DVD drive from being opened.

CenterWindow in WIN32

2 Oct 2011 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

How to center window in WIN32

Sending and receiving strings from COM-port via jSSC in Java

27 Jul 2014 by Emiliarge

How to send data to device and receive data from device through COM-port

Rename a directory or file name to lower case with C#

13 Apr 2012 by D Y Chan

Change a directory or file name to lower case.

SEH vs C++ exceptions

6 Feb 2014 by Adamanteus

Intercepting SEH exceptions in C++ program

C# / VB.NET / C++ CLI: Create, read and write MS Access (mdb, accdb), MySQL, SQL Server, SQL Server Compact and SQLite databases

13 Nov 2014 by Emiliarge

Both MS Access formats (mdb and new - accdb), MSSQL 2008 R2, MSSQL CE, SQLite, MySQL

Arrays Generator

26 Jul 2015 by Alaa Ben Fatma

Generate your arrays using a GUI tool

Execute System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Connect Method with Timeout Controlled by System.Threading.Timer

10 Dec 2013 by JRINC

Connect to remote socket via System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Connect method with timeout controlled by System.Threading.Timer

Convert doc/docx Documents to PDF with Foxit Reader

10 Apr 2015 by El_Codero

Convert doc/docx documents to pdf with Foxit Reader Printer. Works without use of Word Interop/SharePoint.

Quickest Way to Create a .NET Database Application

4 May 2012 by Subha.N

Tip to create a database application using C# .NET in the shortest time possible.

HexCounter

17 Oct 2014 by majid torfi

HexCounter, Calculate the number HEX duplicate

Get a list of physical disks and the partitions on them in VB.NET the easy way

8 Jun 2012 by pdoxtader

Use DeviceIoControl, QueryDosDevice and WNetOpenEnum to get information about your system.

Custom disk clean up using WSH VBScript

1 Aug 2014 by Gautham Prabhu K

Perform custom disk clean up when hard disk free space goes low

C# Portable Exe File

26 May 2012 by arthur zamarin

Making an exe file from C# project that runs from any Windows, without must of Net Framework instaled.

Complete Date/Time Picker Control

8 Aug 2013 by Peter T. Ringering

A complete replacement to Microsoft's Date/Time Picker control.

Convert Numbers to Words Neatly

3 Feb 2013 by Normz Antonino

This tip shows you how to convert numbers to words neatly.

Windows Symbols and Dump Analysis (Quick Steps)

6 Jun 2013 by Manish K. Agarwal

Windows symbols and crash dump analysis.

Get date from weeknumber and weekday in VBScript

5 Dec 2015 by NightWizzard

Explained step by step

CalendarExtender

Where is the Default Browser Command Line in Registry

21 Jun 2013 by Leonid Belousov

This tip shows how to find the default browser command line in registry using Visual C++.

Reduce System Load and Speed Up Your Computer

27 Dec 2013 by IPI Paul

Reduce system load and increase performance

Windows-Installer

C#: Read and Write Excel (*.xls and *.xlsx) Files Content without Excel Automation (using NPOI and ADO.NET)

30 Aug 2014 by Emiliarge

2 ways to read and write data to *.xls and *.xls files and display it on DataGridView.

How to Export Data to Excel in VB.NET

17 Oct 2013 by Alireza C

I want to show how we can export data from data table to Excel simply.

How to Edit ListViewItems Directly

5 Apr 2013 by dapeacenforcement

Easy way to edit the right ListViewItem (Row/Column) after MouseDoubleClick.

How to Change User Credentials of Windows Services Programmatically

6 Sep 2012 by Pankaj_Shukla

This tip describes how to change username/password for a Windows service programmatically.

Facebook blocker

10 Oct 2012 by pavan1361

adding require blocking site in hosts file

C# Storable Box Control 1.4.0.4

6 Mar 2015 by Darkencrow

A multi-drawer style collapsable UI container

Populate TreeView from Simple "list"

27 Aug 2012 by textorijum

How to SIMPLY populate TreeView from some sort of "list" variable / object / structure

Open .key and .cer files, sign string with private key

13 Jan 2014 by Antonio Lopez R

Specific implemetation for Mexico CFDI. others can use as they need

Communication between the Controllers in AngularJS

14 May 2014 by Member 10771162

AngularJS: Communication between Controllers

USB Device Not Recognised Pop-up

1 Jun 2011 by Dalek Dave

To disengage the annoying pop-up showing that the USB device is not recognised even when nothing is connected.

Dynamically Browse Active Directory Objects

1 Feb 2004 by Sebastian Sosna

A simple program which lets you browse containers of your Active Directory

Some Advanced ATL Development Skills for Visual C++ Developers

16 Mar 2015 by sunhui

In this paper, we will discuss some advanced skills for ATL COM development.

PrettyXML (.NET Port)

12 Jul 2012 by ednrg

This is a .NET port of a VBScript utility

Remote Desktop Application

21 Aug 2015 by devendra_sahu

Remote desktop application

Find All Windows Operating Systems

13 Aug 2010 by Not Active

Plagiarized from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724429(VS.85).aspx[^]

CenterWindow in WIN32

23 Sep 2011 by Charles Kludge

void CenterWnd(HWND wnd){ RECT r,r1; GetWindowRect(wnd,&r); GetWindowRect(GetDesktopWindow(),&r1); MoveWindow(wnd,((r1.right-r1.left)-(r.right-r.left))/2, ((r1.bottom-r1.top)-(r.bottom-r.top))/2, (r.right-r.left), (r.bottom-r.top),0);}

WPF: Compare two brushes using IsEquals

17 Dec 2012 by fadi_sayyed

WPF Compare two brushes IsEquals

Check Digit Vertical and Horizontal

6 May 2013 by Hernán Hegykozi

This tip explains how to calculate the Check Digit Vertical (CDV) and Horizontal (CDH) by SQL Server.

SQL-Server-2008

SQL-Server-2005

Unix ucontext_t Operations on Windows Platforms

7 Mar 2007 by xdoukas

A tip on the implementation of Unix ucontext_t operations on Microsoft Windows.

How to Protect from SQL Injection in PhP based website

20 Jun 2012 by chetan dudhagara

How to Protect from SQL Injection in PhP based website

SQL-Server-2005

Detect Amount of Arc

11 Dec 2013 by Mahdi Nejadsahebi

With this algorithm, we can detect amount and knoll of an arc

Multithreaded, Customizable SysLog Server - C#

27 Mar 2013 by metastruct

Multithreaded, customizable SysLog server in C#.

server-management

VB.NET Emailing System Based on Templates

28 Jul 2013 by Member 10168565

How to send emails based on RTF templates containing images and attachments, while giving the user the possibility to modify the content before sending

Receiving response from POP3 mail server

8 Jan 2013 by evry1falls

Receiving response correctly from pop mail server is the first step on receiving emails to your own email client.

Send mail using System.Web.Mail namespace

23 Apr 2013 by ManojRajan

This tutorial explains how to send mails with attachments

MFC MDI Application Glue

24 Jul 2010 by Christian Kleinheinz

Retrieving the correct pointer anytime and anywhere in MFC MDI applications

R-tree:Space Search Algorithm

2 Dec 2014 by HateCoding

This tip will show you an example for using R-tree.

Augmented reality using irrlicht and newton

2 May 2013 by Ihab ramadan

Demo illustrates how to make augmented reality program using irrlicht and newton

Running a Windows .NET application on Linux

12 Mar 2013 by Nelson Kosta Souto

Running the same compiled assembly on Windows and Linux.