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XColorSpectrumCtrl - a non-MFC color picker control that displays a color spectrum

by Hans Dietrich

XColorSpectrumCtrl displays a color spectrum that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models.

Control Message Bar

by Paul Vickery

Code to add a message bar to virtually any existing Windows control.

Human-readable Enumeration Meta-data

by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Display names and descriptions for enumeration members: a non-intrusive, reliable, localizeable method.

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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Alternative to URLDownloadToFile function

by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

How to download files from an HTTP server.

XSL Transform Code Generator for Visual Studio .NET

by Chris Stefano

A custom tool for Visual Studio .NET which runs an XSL transformation to generate code

LineNumbers for the RichTextBox

by nogChoco

LineNumbers that dock to a RichTextBox or show as an overlay on top of it

DataGridView Event Sequences

by Zasky

A useful tool to help you understand DataGridView events as you navigate the DataGridView

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Visual Studio 2005

XColorSpectrumCtrl - a non-MFC color picker control that displays a color spectrum

4 Apr 2008 by Hans Dietrich

XColorSpectrumCtrl displays a color spectrum that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models.

Control Message Bar

23 Oct 2008 by Paul Vickery

Code to add a message bar to virtually any existing Windows control.

Human-readable Enumeration Meta-data

8 Mar 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Display names and descriptions for enumeration members: a non-intrusive, reliable, localizeable method.

XResFile - Files Stored in Resources: Part 2 - Zip Files

19 Jul 2007 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.

AJAX-enabled Name Selector User Control

24 Aug 2009 by Steve Krile

Fully AJAX-enabled user control used to select names from a database in a drop-down format.

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Attaching a Virtual Branch to the Logical Tree in WPF

6 May 2007 by Josh Smith

Reviews a pattern which enables new possibilities for data binding.

Data Debugger Visualizer

30 May 2005 by dotnetdan

VS 2005 debug visualizers for DataSet, DataTable, DataView, DataRow and DataColumn objects.

Flyout - A great way to save space on your webpage

4 Dec 2007 by Ned Thompson

This article will demo how a free Flyout can help to save space on your webpage.

API-Less INI File Wrapper

5 Nov 2008 by Tolgahan ALBAYRAK

Read, Write, Save INI files without using Windows APIs.

Exploring Computational Number Theory (Part 1)

31 May 2016 by William Hey

Classical number theories

XBreadCrumbBar - Draw breadcrumb trail with hyperlinks and HTML

7 Aug 2007 by Hans Dietrich

XBreadCrumbBar is a windowless non-MFC class that allows you to display a breadcrumb trail as HTML text, with support for web links and APP: links.

Find File in Solution

28 Mar 2010 by Alex Blekhman

Find any file in solution using incremental search and advanced filtering

Implement an Autoplay Handler

18 Sep 2006 by Tim Almdal

Implementing an Autoplay handler in C#.

GPS Receivers, Geodesy, and Geocaching: Vincenty’s Formula

9 Jan 2008 by Mike Gavaghan

Vincenty's Formula is an iterative solution for calculating the distance and direction between two points along the surface of Earth.

How to Test a Class Which Uses DispatcherTimer

14 Jul 2007 by Josh Smith

Demonstrates how to create unit tests for a class which uses a DispatcherTimer.

Vista Goodies in C++: Monitoring the Computer's Power Status

29 Dec 2006 by Michael Dunn

How to use power status notifications to make your applications conserve power when necessary.

Addin Manager for VS 2002-2005

21 Mar 2007 by peterchen

Full control over addins loaded into VS2002-2005 - for power users or addin developers

LINQ To Google Image and Google Groups

8 May 2007 by Ming.Chen

A LINQ Implementation for Google Images/Groups Search

Introduction to Creating Dynamic Types with Reflection.Emit: Part 2

1 May 2006 by jconwell

Part 2 of an introduction to creating dynamic types. This article shows how to actually generate the methods in a dynamic type and how to call them.

Basic Instrumentation and Profiling Framework for C++

9 Oct 2008 by Paul M Watt

Macro based framework written for C++ applications that will allow basic instrumentation and profiling features

Nullable datetime column in .NET DataGrid with DateTimePicker

17 Aug 2009 by vic_ch2000

A nullable datetime column in .NET DataGrid with DateTimePicker.

Deadlock Detection in Existing Code

11 Jan 2008 by eransha

The article briefly discusses deadlocks behavior, and presents an easy way to detect them.

Session of low-level optimization of memory usage in C++ programs with total exposure

22 Jun 2009 by Victor A. Milokum, Apriorit Inc

In this article, we will try to make our algorithms work faster using the methods of low-level optimization of memory allocation in C++.

Generate Sample XML from XSD

8 Jun 2012 by Joshi, Rushikesh

This is an alternative for "Generate Sample XML from XSD".

Switching threads

16 Sep 2007 by Rajasekharan Vengalil

How to switch the thread that a routine is running on.

Slink Framework - Strongly Typed URLs for ASP.NET

4 Sep 2007 by Brian Chavez

Slink is a code generating Framework that generates type safe URLs for ASP.NET. With Slink URLs, you increase code quality, increase maintainability, and get compile time checking of your URLs in all your ASPX pages (code-behind and non-codebehind).

XSL 2.0 and XQuery 1.0 in .NET

18 Oct 2018 by Gavin Sinai

Using the open source Saxon library, .NET programmers can benefit from XSL 2.0 and XQuery 1.0.

DataBind ComboBox Failures and More

4 Feb 2010 by daylightdj

When using DisplayMember / ValueMember on a ComboBox, this problem often occurs.

A Study of Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility for Automated Measuring Systems using VB.NET

24 Jan 2015 by syed shanu

Gage R&R using VB.NET.

DataTableAdapter

4 Nov 2006 by Craig G. Wilson

How to flatten collections for an ObjectDataSource using the Adapter Pattern.

Writing MATLAB to C converter: Parser and Code Generator created with Bison/Flex

21 Nov 2017 by Shmuel Safonov

Using Bison/Flex for creation of the code convertor from subset of MATLAB language to C code. The converter is used for building native applications and libraries from MATLAB code.

TableDataSource - Binding DataTable to Rich Data Controls

20 Jun 2007 by brtnik

Binding DataTable to Rich Data Controls

SharePoint 2007 Flash Animation Web Part

11 Jun 2007 by Mahdi Abdulhamid

SharePoint 2007 Flash Animation Web Part

Managing Microsoft Team Foundation Version Control (TFVC) using "Team Foundation Sidekicks"

21 Jul 2012 by Juan Manuel Elosegui

A plug-in that allows you to "destroy" items from TFVC using the "Team Foundation Sidekicks" tool.

Using Amazon FPS (WinForms, ASP.NET, and C#)

21 Dec 2007 by Keng_Mycos

Using Amazon FPS as an alternate to Paypal and Google Checkout.

Semi-Prime Ordered Sequences (Part 2)

31 May 2016 by William Hey

Semi-Prime Ordered Sequences (Part 2) is the follow-on to “Exploring Computational Number Theory (Part 1)” and describes a process for ordering the semi-prime base sequences.

Using Nhibernate in VB.NET

7 Jan 2008 by S.SRIVATHSAN

Implementation Nhibernate concept in VB.NET

How to get the correct file time in C# in .NET Framework 2.0

9 Jan 2009 by pablodg

Workaround to get the correct LocalDateTime of files no matter which date settings your computer has.

Memory and time efficient Levenshtein algorithm

29 Jun 2012 by Horatiu-Andrei Stoianovici

This is an alternative for "Fast, memory efficient Levenshtein algorithm"

Basic Help on NxBRE (Rule Engine)

16 Dec 2014 by Suvabrata Roy

Here is a help on NxBRE (Rule Engine) for basic business rules

DataCube

24 Aug 2018 by darkoman

C# implementation of the serverless OLAP engine

The Amazingly Forgotten 2-Way .NET Rijndael CryptoStream

29 Aug 2009 by _Khallaf

How To Do Precise 2-Way Rijndael CryptoStream Communication

Exploring Computational Number Theory (Part 3)

26 Mar 2018 by William Hey

Factoring classic integers

Handling connection notification between a desktop machine and Windows CE based devices

14 Jan 2009 by Anil_gupta

This article describes how to get notification when a Windows CE based device is connected or disconnected from a desktop machine.

UITestBench, a lightweight UI testing library

3 Apr 2008 by slkr171

This article describes how to build a lightweight test bench for testing user interfaces which are written entirely in C#/.NET, using NUnit or any other unit test framework.

C# - dataCollector – Collecting and Saving Data Easily

20 Apr 2009 by András Slyuch

This class collects data rows in the memory and saves them into a Microsoft SQL database with SqlBulkCopy.

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MobileLPR - An LPR Client for .NET Compact Framework 2.0

15 Dec 2010 by EFEaglehouse

Windows CE/Mobile printing client for LPR, LPRng, and Socket API.

Custom TreeView Layout in WPF

12 Sep 2014 by Jan Bakker

This is an alternative for "Custom TreeView Layout in WPF"

Getting All "Special Folders" via VB.NET

12 Apr 2016 by Jalapeno Bob

A VB.NET version of Ray Koopa's 21 Mar 2016 article, Getting All "Special Folders" in .NET

WMP Power Hour APP

31 Jul 2007 by Froz3n

Using the Windows Media Player Component

Bare bones SourceSafe journal monitor

6 Sep 2008 by David Catriel

A simple and straightforward tool to monitor and report SourceSafe database changes.

BlackBerry Java Application Development Using Visual Studio

22 Feb 2009 by Ponnurangam D

BlackBerry Java application development using Visual Studio.

(Memory and Resource) Leak Detection for WinCE

23 May 2012 by Sergeant Kolja

This is an alternative for "Memory leak detection for WinCE".

Integrate your SharePoint environment into the open standards-based WebSphere Portal platform using the Visual Studio IDE

14 Dec 2007 by Jonas_Martinsson

Introduction to Mainsoft's SharePoint Federator for WebSphere Portal, a Visual Studio®-based software development kit (SDK) that enables you to deliver an integrated user experience across Microsoft® SharePoint sites, .NET and Java™ applications, without sacrificing your workgroup's autonomy.

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Unraveling the Netflix API - Part IV - Managing User Account Information

28 Feb 2010 by NetDave

Demonstrates how to manage a Netflix subscriber's movie queue

Personalize .NET Configuration Files with NANT

20 Sep 2010 by Florian DREVET

Brings you the ability to personalize your configuration files per developer, per machine, per configuration...

WSSizer, a .NET re-size control

11 Oct 2006 by Gammill

A .NET control meant to accomplish a task similar to MFC’s CRectTacker().

Making Sense of Geographic Data with Dundas Map and AJAX

12 Oct 2006 by yshrestha

Creating data rich maps is a challenge. Making them easy to manipulate further complicates this task. Learn how to overcome both of these challenges using Dundas Map's AJAX-driven zooming, panning, and navigation functionalities, and how to add further interactivity to your Dundas Map applications.

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Digital Signatures and PDF Documents

30 Apr 2007 by Frank Rem

PDFKit.NET 2.0 is a 100% .NET (verifiable) component for creating and manipulating PDF documents. In this article I will focus on its digital signature capabilities. Digital signatures can be used to authenticate the source of a PDF document, and to provide the integrity of a PDF document.

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NetMX - a JMX port to the .NET world

10 Mar 2008 by Szymon Pobiega

An introduction to NetMX - a lightweight .NET management solution.

Using Information Retrieval Techniques as an Alternative to Commercial Web Services

14 Aug 2008 by Yasser M. Jaffal

In this article, I discuss an example of how you can use information retrieval to grab data out of MSN Money pages to get a free Web Service for currency exchange rates and other quotes.

TFS Proxy Efficiency Testing

26 Sep 2008 by Max Paulousky

This article describes MS TFS Proxy efficiency testing depending on the internet channel rate between TFS and TFS Proxy, TFS commands, and TFS Proxy cache state. Also, this article describes the advantages of using the MS TFS Proxy on slow Internet channels.

Introduction to Programming with LEADTOOLS .NET OCR - Multi-threaded OCR SDK for 32 and 64 Bit Development

7 Jan 2013 by LEADTOOLS Support

Introduce you to the key features of the new .NET OCR classes, provide you with a step-by-step approach for creating an OCR application, and provide you with sample code.

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Gender Aware Localization in ASP.NET

21 Apr 2009 by Talya Gendler

Implementing localization which depends on the gender of the registered user (ASP.NET).

Unraveling the Netflix API - Part II - Accessing the Netflix Title Catalog

9 Sep 2009 by NetDave

Demonstrates how to access the Netflix Catalog resources

Unraveling the Netflix API - Part III - Accessing Subscriber Account Information

9 Sep 2009 by NetDave

Demonstrates how to access the Netflix subscriber's account information

iPhone-like Database GUI on Windows Mobile

21 May 2010 by Bee Mobile

Download data from the local mobile database within sdf file. Create iPhone-like GUI on Windows Mobile to display the data. Create functionality to search the table data. Polish the app by adding some cool features such as round buttons, vibration, glass effect. Find out how to detect the current re

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Microsft Visual Studio 2005 Doxygen Add-In

29 Jun 2010 by aleksey_m_t

MSVS Add-in for Doxygen documentation system

Simple Tri-State TreeView

5 Mar 2012 by Fred_Informatix

This is an alternative for "Simple Tri-State TreeView"

CoStream, A Bufferless Pipe Stream

15 Dec 2014 by Sergey Nozhenko

This is an alternative for "PipeStream, a Memory Efficient and Thread-Safe Stream"

The Increasing Need to Protect your Applications from Hackers and Competitors

2 Nov 2005 by Gabriel Torok

Using Dotfuscator to protect your .NET source code from decompilers.

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Visual Assist X: The Indispensable IDE Add-In

30 Mar 2006 by Whole Tomato Software

Read on to learn the real reason my co-workers virtually dragged me to our purchasing agent to get my very own license for Visual Assist X!

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Choosing between XML and SQL in .NET Content Management Systems

2 May 2006 by Petr Palas

This article compares various approaches to storing, editing, and displaying structured content on the web. It shows the advantages and disadvantages of using XML and relational SQL databases.

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Tom Harris on ANTS Profiler

4 May 2006 by Simon Galbraith

The architect of ANTS Profiler talks about his work.

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AJAX features provide interactivity and zooming/scrolling to Dundas Chart

5 Jun 2006 by Dundas Data Visualization

Learn how AJAX features provide interactivity and zooming/scrolling to Dundas Chart.

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SlickEdit® Tools for Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005

21 Sep 2006 by SlickEdit Inc.

Introducing a set of tools designed to speed up development and dramatically increase productivity.

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Grasshopper 2.0 Technology Preview: Code .NET 2.0, Build Java, Run Linux

18 Sep 2006 by Laurence Moroney

Test the next generation of cross-platform development using the Visual Studio 2005 IDE, C# 2.0 features, and ASP.NET 2.0 controls. Recompile and deploy C# Web applications on Linux and other Java-enabled platforms running on Tomcat.

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ANTS Profiler 2.7 – A code profiler with a pedigree

2 Oct 2006 by Redgate Software

This article describes how you can use ANTS Profiler to eliminate performance hotspots and memory leaks from your .NET applications.

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Refactoring for C/C++ and C#: Let the Machine do the Work

10 Oct 2006 by Whole Tomato Software

A review of the code refactoring tools in Visual Assist X - by John Krajewski, Senior AI Programmer, Pandemic Studios.

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Delete and Recreate iTunes Playlists Based on Artist/Album Names

31 Oct 2006 by Michael_Davies

Create iTunes playlists.

forms to email with visual web develpoer 2005, asp.net 2.0, and SMTP

21 Dec 2006 by CodeProject

a solution for sending forms to email with visual web develpoer 2005 and asp.net 2.0

forms to email with visual web develpoer 2005, asp.net 2.0, and SMTP

21 Dec 2006 by CodeProject

a solution for sending forms to email with visual web develpoer 2005 and asp.net 2.0

Object Persistence: The way to n-tier Nirvana

7 Dec 2006 by James Westgate

Use an agile managed database framework, and feel you've finally reached programming heaven.

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Free SlickEdit® Gadgets

29 Dec 2006 by SlickEdit Inc.

Introducing a free set of tools designed to speed up development and add some fun to Visual Studio® 2005.

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Minimizing the need to restore a backup

7 Jan 2007 by Redgate Software

How to configure your hardware to minimize the need to restore a backup.

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Faster database development with SQL Refactor

7 Jan 2007 by Andras Belokosztolszki

SQL Refactor tool is designed to help SQL Server developers and DBAs work much more productively and quickly with legacy code, help them improve the design and maintainability of database code, and to greatly reduce the time and effort involved in performing more complex database refactorings.

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SQL Server 2005 Backups

7 Jan 2007 by Grant Fritchey

There are things you can do to protect the data under your care and one of the most important is running regular backups of that data

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SQL Bundle 5: a technical perspective

7 Jan 2007 by Redgate Software

Key members of the Red Gate development team offer insight into some of the major new features, and the technical challenges they faced in implementing SQL Bundle 5

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Using SQL Compare in database-driven website development

7 Jan 2007 by Richard Mitchell

Richard Mitchell and Steven Davidson, the developers on the project, describe how they used Red Gate's database schema-comparison tool, SQL Compare, as an integral part of their project environment when overhauling Red Gate's ASP.NET based website

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13 Jan 2009 by JoeSox

Extract data from text documents, HTML, etc., and easily convert it to CSV.

MSN MessengerLive Factotum AddIn

28 Feb 2007 by gamon02

An MSN MessengerLive Addin: featuring links, bots, and encryption

Drawing tagged strings on WinForm controls

24 Mar 2007 by arie_schwartzman

This article explains how to draw strings with tagging information, such as different background color for a substring.

How to build a RibbonBar for Your Application

3 Mar 2007 by Slavka Petrova

The article presents the Ribbon interface and discusses techniques for effectively using a r.a.d.ribbonbar for WinForms in custom applications

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Temperature Convert：An XML Web service Using ATL Server and MFC Client

6 Mar 2007 by James, Lu Zuheng

An XML Web Service using ATL Server and Called by MFC Client

ReSharper 2.5: High Gear .NET Development

4 May 2007 by JetBrains s.r.o.

Are you spending most of your development time coding the simplest things by hand? Discover high gear .NET development, made possible with ReSharper 2.5, and join thousands of C# and ASP.NET developers who are benefiting daily from boosted productivity and a more enjoyable coding experience.

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Accelerate Web Site Development with Kentico CMS - Content Management System for ASP.NET

10 Apr 2007 by Petr Palas

Do you spend days and nights developing dynamic web sites in ASP.NET? Do you need to simplify your job, get more sites done and gain more clients? Kentico CMS for .NET will help you.

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How We Use SlickEdit® Tools for Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005

14 May 2007 by SlickEdit Inc.

Describes how we use some of our favorite features from our own Tools® plug-in product.

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Add column for delete in GridView with confirmation box

25 Jun 2007 by Pallavi Bhoite

In this article, we will add a column for delete in GridView, with an image button and confirmation.

Meet Microsoft Popfly: Part I - Mashup App Creator Built On Silverlight

2 Jun 2007 by CJCraft.com

Learn more about the Mashup creator, Popfly space, and the Web page creator.

SlickEdit 2007 For Windows Development

29 Jun 2007 by SlickEdit Inc.

Using SlickEdit 2007 For Windows Development

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