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4K (2160p) resolution for PS1, PS2, PSP games

by Evgeny Pereguda

Clone of PCSX/PCSX2/PPSSPP emulator for Windows 10 on WPF/C# with "touch" control

A C++ Wrapper for WaitForMultipleObjects API

by Hari Mahadevan

Describes a C++ class that encapsulates the WaitForMultipleObjects API usage pattern making it easy to integrate it with C++ objects.

A C++ Wrapper for WaitForMultipleObjects Part II - Adding Timer Support

by Hari Mahadevan

Describes a C++ class that encapsulates the WaitForMultipleObjects API usage pattern making it easy to integrate it with C++ objects.

A Case of a Deadlock in a .NET Application

by Sebastian Solnica

A case of a deadlock in a .NET application

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4K (2160p) resolution for PS1, PS2, PSP games

by Evgeny Pereguda

Clone of PCSX/PCSX2/PPSSPP emulator for Windows 10 on WPF/C# with "touch" control

A C++ Wrapper for WaitForMultipleObjects API

by Hari Mahadevan

Describes a C++ class that encapsulates the WaitForMultipleObjects API usage pattern making it easy to integrate it with C++ objects.

A C++ Wrapper for WaitForMultipleObjects Part II - Adding Timer Support

by Hari Mahadevan

Describes a C++ class that encapsulates the WaitForMultipleObjects API usage pattern making it easy to integrate it with C++ objects.

A Case of a Deadlock in a .NET Application

by Sebastian Solnica

A case of a deadlock in a .NET application

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A Generic Implementation for ICommand

by Senthilvel Samatharman

This tip provides a simple implementation for the ICommand interface and enables to write quick code leaving the nuances of fetching the return types and asynchrony

A multi-thread queue for the producers/consumers process

by Alessandro Lentini

How to write a simple multi-thread queue for the typical producer-consumer process

A Singleton Application with Interprocess Communication in C#

by honey the codewitch

Creating an application that can run once, but then accept command line args from subsequent runs

A Task Scheduler Library for .NET Applications

by Sen Jacob

A simple task scheduler utility by which you can schedule a task to run at any time or interval

A Task Scheduler Library for .NET Applications

by Sen Jacob

This is an alternative for "A Task Scheduler Library for .NET Applications"

Abstract Lock Pattern To Selectively Synchronize An Implementation ("IOC" and DRY)

by Steven Coco

This illustrates a simple pattern that provides a lock that can always be invoked; and may be a no-op for a non-synchronized implementation.

Advanced Thread Pool

by Martin Vorbrodt

Advanced thread pool

Approach to Implement Modal Windows for OpenGL/OpenTK in MONO/.NET for Serious Applications

by Steffen Ploetz

How to implement modal windows with OpenTK on Linux, that behave like dialog boxes on Windows

Approach to Provide Modal UI Components (e.g. Dialogs) Without Blocking

by Steffen Ploetz

How to provide modal UI application components without leaving the UI thread or pause/block it

Automatic Scanner code in C#

by Anand Gunasekaran

Scanner automatically scans multiple pages using BackgroundWorker Thread

Background Worker Queue in C#

by Chandra Shekhar Joshi

How to implement the Queue of Background Worker

Blocking Queue

by Martin Vorbrodt

Blocking queue

Broadcasting Data using .NET TPL Dataflow

by Thrivikram Hathwar

How to broadcast data using .NET TPL dataflow

Check Network V1.0

by mohamedkamaleed

Network check v1.0

Choosing amongst timers in different multi-threading scenarios

by Sarang Date

Introduction My Colleagues Guru and Amit brought an interesting discussion on the use of timers in a multithreaded environment. I have tried below to clarify a few things about different timer classes and their usage scenarios with pros and cons. This info is based on the various blogs I...

Controlled ThreadPool using .NET Framework 4.0

by manish31383

How to do controlled ThreadPooling using .NET Framework 4.0.

Custom Message Box Using Thread That Closes Automatically

by Surendra Adhikari SA

Implimenting a message box that closes automatically using thread.

Developing Sharepoint Windows Forms

by AfnanMof

Steps How to Develop Sharepoint Windows Forms

Easy way to simulate keyboard press and release keys

by Ahmed Elkafrawy

An easy way to simulate keyboard press & release keys to another application

Executing Asynchronous Tasks using Threads and Updating the UI

by Eduardo Antonio Cecilio Fernandes

Add asynchronous tasks, using threads, in Android activities while updating its progress to the UI. Use this technique for SDKs lower than 1.5.

Fast Semaphore

by Martin Vorbrodt

Fast semaphore

Getting back on the UI thread in Silverlight

by Timmy Kokke

When writing a demo for the Dutch Code-camp I ran into issues getting back on the UI thread after calling a webservice. The call to the webservice was made from the UI thread, but the callback was made on a different thread. The System.Threading.SynchronizationContext class held the...

Google Map Distance Matrix and Geocoding API V3 web service intergration

by suis

Integrating Google direction and geocoding services using C#. NET code behind.

Handler for WaitAll() and WaitAny() limitation problem

by SabirDeveloper

Handler for WaitAll() and WaitAny() limitation problem.

HTTP Server Guide & How To Make One

by idonotexistatall

How to make an HTTP Server and some documentation on server-side protocol

Is it mandatory to call _endthreadex() in your thread function?

by Karthik Kalyanasundaram

Do you really need an explicit call to _endthreadex() in your thread function created using _beginthreadex()

L1 Cache Lines

by Martin Vorbrodt

L1 cache lines

LinqPAD Script of the Day: WorldClock

by Vlad Neculai Vizitiu

LinqPAD Script of the Day: WorldClock

Locking multiple (up to 2) objects

by FDW

Lock multiple (up to 2) objects, non blocking

Locking multiple (up to 2) objects

by Paulo Zemek

This code is buggy.See the line:if (Monitor.TryEnter(po1) && Monitor.TryEnter(po2)) return;Imagine that the lock to po1 is true, but for po2 is false (or vice-versa).It will not return, and later will lock po1 again.So, when unlocking, it will unlock the wrong number of...

Merlin Framework 2013

by Marc Leger

ORM, databinding, asynchronous data access, and transactions

Mocking Task.Factory.StartNew

by User 468701

Task.Factory.StartNew can be very useful for executing a method on another thread where you don't care about the result, but it can also make the host method hard to test. This tip describes how to inject Task.Factory and mock it for testing.

Multithreaded, Customizable SysLog Server - C#

by metastruct

Multithreaded, customizable SysLog server in C#.

Multi-threading in .NET 4

by Tony Dubey

Huge improvement on Multithreading in new Task Parallel Library for .NET 4

OrderedLock in C#

by PavyBez

OrderedLock in C# to catch potential deadlocks at runtime

Performing the Same Task With and Without Threads

by Anwaar Ahmed

Performing the same task with and without using threads

Popup Log Viewer

by Lance Roberts

A tray utility for monitoring log files and popping up error messages

Processing Collection in C# .NET using Multiple Threads

by Hrishi Gupte

Processing Collection in C# .NET using multiple threads

QBWI - Your Background Process Rescuer

by Wonde Tadesse

How to utilize QueueBackgroundWorkItem(QBWI) for web applications that run a background process in IIS environment.

ReaderWriterLockSlim Extensions

by essence

Make your synchronizion easier by using Read/Write extensions.

Receiving response from POP3 mail server

by evry1falls

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

Safe Trigger Extensions

by Simon P Stevens

This code provides SafeTrigger extension methods as a way of triggering events in a thread safe way.For details on usage, a discussion of reasons and alternatives, and a full solution download see my article on safely triggering events[^]Multiple overloads are provided for convenience to...

Simple Blocking Queue for Thread Communication and Inter-thread Invocation

by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

A generic class to be used as a conveyor for data and tasks between threads

Simple Blocking Queue for Thread Communication and Inter-thread Invocation

by dwilliss

In .NET 4.0, you can use:New Concurrent.BlockingCollection(New Queue)This even has an option on the constructor to let you specify a maximum queue depth. If it reaches this depth, a call to Add will block until the consumer thread takes something out of the queue.

Simple cross-thread solution

by Jean A Brandelero

Learn how to do cross-thread operarions, the easy way!

Simple Introduction to std::future and std::async

by Bartlomiej Filipek

Simple introduction to std::future and std::async and why they can be useful.

Simple Thread Pool

by Martin Vorbrodt

Simple thread pool

SimpleThreading Makes Threading Easy!

by Sharp Ninja

Threading can be a daunting topic. This library takes much of the worry (and mistakes) out of multi-threaded application programming.

Singleton Pattern VB.NET using Static Variable

by Evgeniy Sukhikh

The most elegant implementation for VB.NET and safe as simple

Smarter than lock(), Cleaner than TryEnter

by codemunkeh

Lock has pitfalls: let's use Monitor.TryEnter with less boilerplate

Strongly Typed Sub-Lists Which Modify Their Parent List (No Events)

by Bryan Lyman

Generic list wrapper that returns a smaller strongly typed sub-list which modifies the parent-list when changed, without using events

Synchronizing ConcurrentDictionary

by essence

ConcurrentDictionary's methods can call your value factory more than once.When is this a problem? How can it be overcome?

Test and Set, Spin locks, Mutex (Futex)

by Asif Bahrainwala

Atomic set and test in critical sections

The calling thread cannot access this object because a different thread owns it

by venugopalm

Calling thread cannot access this object because a different thread owns it

The Current Thread Handle

by Bruno van Dooren

What to do when you want to use the current thread handle

The five minute guide to Parallel Programming in c#.

by Ger Hayden

Working introduction to Parallel Programming

ThreadSafe Collections

by me.ajaykumar

Thread safe collections

Throttling Multiple Tasks to Process Requests in C#

by Arun Babu Madhavan

Extension method to throttle multiple Tasks in C#

Tips & Tricks - Working with Event Handler

by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

Working with event handler

Unit Testing - No Time for Sleeping

by Andrew Rissing

A simple trick to remove the delay of Thread.Sleep for unit testing.

Use CancellationToken - not Thread.Sleep

by Thomas Roll

Thread.Sleep cannot be cancelled. To inject a pause, consider using the Cancellation Token instead.

Using ISynchronizeInvoke to Painlessly Create Thread Safe User Interfaces

by honey the codewitch

This tip shows you how to do UI updates without having to worry about locking.

Using NLog.net in SOA with ILogReceiverServer

by grantliu

Utilize NLog.net in a Service-oriented architecture

Why and How to Name Your Threads and Tasks

by Eddy Vluggen

You've been taught to give every component and variable a descriptive name; why do most then don't do it for a thread, when it is easy and beneficial?