http://www.codeproject.com Latest Articles for Dave Kerr from CodeProject en-us http://www.codeproject.com/App_Themes/Std/Img/logo100x30.gif http://www.codeproject.com 100 30 CodeProject Copyright CodeProject, 1999-2013 Webmaster@codeproject.com (Webmaster) Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:44:40 GMT 20 C# Hand-coded goodness Create an amazingly useful 'Switch' addin to switch between cpp/h, designer/code, XAML/codebehind and more! http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/324611/Extending-Visual-Studio-Part-2-Creating-Addins Dave Kerr C# Windows Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Intermediate Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:09:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/324611/Extending-Visual-Studio-Part-2-Creating-Addins Article Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:54:00 GMT 32562 4.91 7.98 42 104 1636 Rapidly create Shell Context Menu Extensions using .NET. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/512956/NET-Shell-Extensions-Shell-Context-Menus Dave Kerr C# Windows .NET Win32 Win64 Dev Intermediate Sat, 05 Jan 2013 23:27:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/512956/NET-Shell-Extensions-Shell-Context-Menus Article Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:23:00 GMT 41097 4.99 8.75 57 207 3323 The 960 Grid System is a hugely popular layout system for web sites - Grid960 lets you use it in Silverlight! http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/375515/Grid960-Layout-for-Silverlight Dave Kerr C# Dev Beginner Intermediate Silverlight Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:33:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/375515/Grid960-Layout-for-Silverlight Article Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:05:00 GMT 12340 4.93 5.32 12 34 914 Introducing 'Sil' - the addin that lets you right click on code and quickly inspect the Common Intermediate Language the compiler generates for it. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/602648/See-the-Intermediate-Language-for-Csharp-Code Dave Kerr C# .NET Visual-Studio Dev Intermediate Advanced Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:14:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/602648/See-the-Intermediate-Language-for-Csharp-Code Article Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:24:00 GMT 7326 4.91 6.87 25 38 430 Use .NET to rapidly build Shell Property Sheets. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/573392/NET-Shell-Extensions-Shell-Property-Sheets Dave Kerr C# Windows Win32 Win64 Dev Beginner Intermediate Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:01:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/573392/NET-Shell-Extensions-Shell-Property-Sheets Article Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:03:00 GMT 3401 5 5 10 23 329 Create Shell Icon Overlay Handlers using .NET! http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/545781/NET-Shell-Extensions-Shell-Icon-Overlay-Handlers Dave Kerr C# Windows .NET Win32 Win64 Dev Beginner Intermediate Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:24:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/545781/NET-Shell-Extensions-Shell-Icon-Overlay-Handlers Article Sat, 06 Apr 2013 07:14:00 GMT 7291 5 5 10 34 784 Rapidly create Shell Info Tip Extensions using .NET http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/527058/NET-Shell-Extensions-Shell-Info-Tip-Handlers Dave Kerr C# Windows .NET Win32 Win64 Dev Beginner Intermediate Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:04:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/527058/NET-Shell-Extensions-Shell-Info-Tip-Handlers Article Sat, 06 Apr 2013 07:12:00 GMT 6677 5 4.77 9 29 528 Create Shell Thumbnail Handler Extensions using .NET! http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/563114/NET-Shell-Extensions-Shell-Thumbnail-Handlers Dave Kerr C# Win32 Win64 Dev Beginner Intermediate Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:36:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/563114/NET-Shell-Extensions-Shell-Thumbnail-Handlers Article Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:36:00 GMT 3706 4.67 3.49 5 27 396 FireKeys is a tool that lets you set up hotkey bindings for your favorite programs or places. See how it works, download it and find out how the code was written! http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/559500/FireKeys-Open-Programs-Folders-or-URLs-with-Hot-Ke Dave Kerr C# Windows Win32 Dev WPF Beginner Intermediate Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:24:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/559500/FireKeys-Open-Programs-Folders-or-URLs-with-Hot-Ke Article Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:58:00 GMT 5331 5 5 10 33 289 Create Solitaire and Spider Solitaire for WPF, step by step. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/252152/Solitaire-and-Spider-Solitaire-for-WPF Dave Kerr Windows .NET Dev XAML WPF Beginner Intermediate C#4.0 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:35:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/252152/Solitaire-and-Spider-Solitaire-for-WPF Article Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:48:00 GMT 28637 4.96 9.15 70 131 5470 Rapidly create Shell Icon Handler Extensions using .NET http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/522665/NET-Shell-Extensions-Shell-Icon-Handlers Dave Kerr C# Windows .NET Win32 Win64 Dev Beginner Intermediate Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:25:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/522665/NET-Shell-Extensions-Shell-Icon-Handlers Article Sat, 23 Feb 2013 08:37:00 GMT 10376 5 5 10 34 733 Embed a functional console window in a C# application. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/335909/Embedding-a-Console-in-a-C-Application Dave Kerr C# Windows .NET Dev Beginner Intermediate Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:01:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/335909/Embedding-a-Console-in-a-C-Application Article Sun, 10 Feb 2013 13:02:00 GMT 62992 4.91 9.77 98 235 6379 Quickly create Shell Preview Handlers for Windows or Outlook using .NET! http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/533948/NET-Shell-Extensions-Shell-Preview-Handlers Dave Kerr C# Windows .NET Win32 Win64 Dev Beginner Intermediate Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:01:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/533948/NET-Shell-Extensions-Shell-Preview-Handlers Article Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:01:00 GMT 6965 5 4.23 7 26 504 Rapidly create Shell Drop Handler Extensions using .NET http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/529515/NET-Shell-Extensions-Shell-Drop-Handlers Dave Kerr C# Windows .NET Win32 Dev Beginner Intermediate Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:26:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/529515/NET-Shell-Extensions-Shell-Drop-Handlers Article Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:26:00 GMT 4208 5 3.89 6 21 367 Twitter Bootstrap is a lean and clean framework for website UIs. See what it can do and how it can help you! http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/506653/Create-Clean-Webpages-with-Twitter-Bootstrap Dave Kerr Javascript CSS HTML Dev Design Beginner jQuery Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:39:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/506653/Create-Clean-Webpages-with-Twitter-Bootstrap Article Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:39:00 GMT 21182 4.83 6.55 23 62 499 A consistent approach to Commands, Asynchronous Commands, and Events-to-Commands for WPF, Silverlight, and WP7. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/274982/Commands-in-MVVM Dave Kerr C# Windows .NET Architect Dev XAML WPF Beginner Silverlight Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:14:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/274982/Commands-in-MVVM Article Mon, 03 Dec 2012 18:49:00 GMT 80911 4.96 8.63 55 195 6217 Use QuickAccent to quickly copy accents and symbols to your clipboard. Also read the article to find out about the essentials when writing System Tray based applications http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/495239/QuickAccent-A-Tool-for-Accents-and-Symbols Dave Kerr C# Windows .NET Win32 Dev Beginner Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:55:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/495239/QuickAccent-A-Tool-for-Accents-and-Symbols Article Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:54:00 GMT 2439 5 3.01 4 10 151 Manage the Global Assembly Cache with this handy tool - or roll your own with the provided API! http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/430568/A-GAC-Manager-Utility-and-API Dave Kerr C# .NET Dev COM WPF Beginner Intermediate Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:44:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/430568/A-GAC-Manager-Utility-and-API Article Tue, 31 Jul 2012 07:52:00 GMT 11562 5 5.73 14 45 1469 A Zune Style Application Template that makes a great starting point for WPF or Silverlight Projects http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/408211/A-Zune-Style-Application-Template-for-WPF-and-Silv Dave Kerr C# Windows .NET Visual-Studio Dev WPF Design Beginner Intermediate Silverlight Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:31:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/408211/A-Zune-Style-Application-Template-for-WPF-and-Silv Article Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:09:00 GMT 22572 4.98 6.88 24 75 5139 Learn how to add Commands to your MVVM application to add functionality without breaking the separation of View and ViewModel. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/386353/Apex-Part-2-Adding-Commands-to-an-MVVM-Application Dave Kerr C# Windows .NET Mobile Dev WPF Beginner Intermediate Silverlight Windows-Phone-7 Thu, 17 May 2012 07:30:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/386353/Apex-Part-2-Adding-Commands-to-an-MVVM-Application Article Mon, 21 May 2012 12:27:00 GMT 12089 4.96 5.16 11 19 583 Write your first MVVM application in ten minutes using the Apex SDK! http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/371217/Apex-Part-1-Create-Your-First-MVVM-Application Dave Kerr C# Windows Dev XAML WPF Beginner Intermediate Silverlight Windows-Phone-7 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:11:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/371217/Apex-Part-1-Create-Your-First-MVVM-Application Article Mon, 21 May 2012 10:37:00 GMT 19820 5 5.57 13 66 932 Learn how to extend Visual Studio 2010 by creating custom Item Templates. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/365680/Extending-Visual-Studio-Part-3-Item-Templates Dave Kerr C# Windows Visual-Studio Dev Beginner Intermediate Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:04:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/365680/Extending-Visual-Studio-Part-3-Item-Templates Article Sat, 14 Apr 2012 10:10:00 GMT 17643 4.94 7.22 29 60 419 Learn how to extend Visual Studio 2010 by creating custom code snippets. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/292073/Extending-Visual-Studio-Part-1-Creating-Code-Snipp Dave Kerr C# VB XML Windows Visual-Studio Dev Intermediate VS2010 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:15:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/292073/Extending-Visual-Studio-Part-1-Creating-Code-Snipp Article Sat, 14 Apr 2012 10:03:00 GMT 26272 4.72 6.23 21 90 944 Use OpenGL in WinForms or WPF applications, directly or with a powerful Scene Graph. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/3144/SharpGL-a-C-OpenGL-class-library Dave Kerr C# Windows .NET Visual-Studio OpenGL Dev XAML WPF Beginner Intermediate WinForm Tue, 05 Nov 2002 05:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/3144/SharpGL-a-C-OpenGL-class-library Article Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:44:00 GMT 605054 4.91 10.56 142 357 32597 The quickest, easiest, and funkiest way to bind enumerations to a combo box in WPF, Silverlight, and Windows Phone 7. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/316146/Funky-WPF-Enumerations-and-Combo-Boxes Dave Kerr C# Windows .NET Dev WPF Beginner Intermediate Silverlight Windows-Phone-7 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:47:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/316146/Funky-WPF-Enumerations-and-Combo-Boxes Article Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:52:00 GMT 14563 4.9 6.26 19 29 603 Use a single Data Service to expose data from many sources with the Composite Data Service Framework! http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/290845/Introducing-the-Composite-Data-Service-Framework Dave Kerr C# Windows Dev WCF Intermediate Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:51:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/290845/Introducing-the-Composite-Data-Service-Framework Article Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:51:00 GMT 7559 5 3.01 4 18 352 Use OpenGL in a WPF application with ease! http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/265903/Using-OpenGL-in-a-WPF-Application Dave Kerr C# Windows OpenGL Dev WPF Beginner Intermediate Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:58:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/265903/Using-OpenGL-in-a-WPF-Application Article Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:58:00 GMT 26588 4.83 5.82 16 38 4396 Performance comparison of P/Invoke versus a C++/CLI wrapper. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/253444/PInvoke-Performance Dave Kerr C++ C++/CLI C# Windows Dev Intermediate Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:46:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/253444/PInvoke-Performance Article Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:30:00 GMT 20990 4.83 7.58 37 31 741 A small and simple cross button for your WPF applications. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/242628/A-Simple-Cross-Button-for-WPF Dave Kerr C# Windows Dev WPF Beginner Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:23:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/242628/A-Simple-Cross-Button-for-WPF Article Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:23:00 GMT 13403 4.8 4.99 11 35 849 Introducing Apex - a lightweight MVVM and utility library for WPF, Silverlight, and WP7. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/233746/Introducing-Apex Dave Kerr C# Windows Dev WPF Beginner Silverlight Sat, 30 Jul 2011 13:00:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/233746/Introducing-Apex Article Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:45:00 GMT 16229 4.78 6 18 53 726 A small and neat addition to the Grid control which can tidy up XAML in WPF, Silverlight and WP7 http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/233886/Tidy-Up-XAML-with-the-ApexGrid Dave Kerr C# Windows Mobile Dev WPF Beginner Silverlight Windows-Phone-7 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 19:32:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/233886/Tidy-Up-XAML-with-the-ApexGrid Article Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:32:00 GMT 16638 4.79 6.71 25 42 632 A padded grid for WPF that is ideal for laying out forms. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/107468/WPF-Padded-Grid Dave Kerr C# Windows WPF Beginner Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:05:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/107468/WPF-Padded-Grid Article Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:05:00 GMT 20285 4.8 4.56 9 18 404 Getting started with your first WPF application using Microsoft Expression Blend 4.0. http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/99330/WPF-Step-by-Step-Getting-Started-with-WPF-and-Expr Dave Kerr C# Windows Dev WPF Beginner MVVM Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:07:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/99330/WPF-Step-by-Step-Getting-Started-with-WPF-and-Expr Article Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:05:00 GMT 71062 4.99 9.11 67 141 2138 An article showing how to make a Custom AppWizard for OpenGL applictions in Visual Studio .NET 2008 http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/32575/OpenGL-MFC-AppWizard Dave Kerr C++ Windows MFC OpenGL Dev Beginner Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:56:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/32575/OpenGL-MFC-AppWizard Article Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:56:00 GMT 49337 4.27 4.15 8 60 3356 An article showing how to use the Crypto API to make a simple MFC class that can encrypt and decrypt different types of data http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/19451/A-simple-MFC-class-to-encrypt-data-with-the-Crypto Dave Kerr C++ Windows Visual-Studio MFC Dev Intermediate Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:39:00 GMT http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/19451/A-simple-MFC-class-to-encrypt-data-with-the-Crypto Article Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:39:00 GMT 63560 4.83 5.3 13 55 2605