A computer keyboard can be turned into an isomorphic musical instrument, to help in deeper exploration of the Musical Harmony and even to inspire new musical ideas

Compiling WinQEMU v0.10.2 using Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2012

by Tough Developer

How to compile WinQEMU v0.10.2 in VS2008 and VS2012

M1.NET - Decrypt Arcade Audio

by shunninghuang

Software named M1.NET which shows the details of decrypting arcade game audio

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Visual Studio 2008

Making DSLs in F#

16 Aug 2009 by Dmitri Nеstеruk

Let's create a simple project estimation DSL using F#!

Windows

Visual-Studio

VS2010

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.

Using a TypeDescriptionProvider to support dynamic run-time properties

16 Jun 2008 by Nish Nishant

This articles explains how to implement a TypeDescriptionProvider for a class to support multiple object types using a single class type

How To: Use Office 2007 OCR Using C#

24 Aug 2009 by Waleed Elkot

Reading text from any image using Microsoft Office 2007 OCR

Many Questions Answered At Once: Interactive Animated Graphics with Forms

22 Mar 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Addresses questions on graphics, threading with UI, form development, printing and more

Using Reflection.Emit to Precompile Expressions to MSIL

6 Jan 2009 by Steve Marsh

The classes in this project allow you to parse text expressions entered by a user and compile them to a .NET assembly. This assembly can be executed on the fly, or saved to a DLL.

Notification of Silverlight Applications about Database State Changes

27 Nov 2009 by Max Paulousky

This article presents the techniques and caveats of building Silverlight applications that can be notified about database state changes via polling duplex. WSHttp binding and CLR triggers are used to implement the solution as well.

C++/CLI HowTo : Deriving from a C# disposable class

5 Jul 2008 by Nish Nishant

This article walks through the implementation of a C++/CLI class from a disposable C# base.

Use Visual Studio 2008 C++/CLI to Automate Excel

24 Jul 2008 by bollwerkj

This article shows you how I got Excel to work using C++/CLI in a Windows Forms Application

Introduction to Model Driven Development with Sculpture – Part 1

3 Sep 2008 by Ahmed Negm

This article introduces how to create and manage .NET enterprise applications using your favorite technology (Data Access Application Block, LINQ, NHibernate, ASMX, and WCF) with the Model Driven Development approach by Sculpture.

API-Less INI File Wrapper

5 Nov 2008 by Tolgahan ALBAYRAK

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

Find File in Solution

28 Mar 2010 by Alex Blekhman

Find any file in solution using incremental search and advanced filtering

PSAM WPF Control Library

19 Jul 2018 by Ajcek84

PSAM Control Library ported over to WPF

Hadoop For .Net & AngularJS Developers

29 Dec 2015 by Bert O Neill

Query Hadoop using Microsoft oriented technologies (C#, SSIS, SQL Server, Excel etc.)

Javascript

.NET-Compiler-Platform

A Tool for Visualizing 3D Geometry Models (Part 1)

11 Oct 2009 by Wu Xuesong

An article describing a tool developed using WPF for visualizing 3D geometry models

Developing a MultiSelector

3 Dec 2009 by Teofil Cobzaru

A MultiSelector-derived control that supports multiple selection modes, scoped selection, customizable lasso-tool and selection logic

Asynchronous TCP Part 1

14 Sep 2018 by bkelly13

Goal: Describe how asynchronous or non-blocking TCP code works

MIDI Out Setter

10 May 2009 by DaveyM69

Allows changing of the default MIDI out device in Vista and Windows 7

Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Adding Custom Tasks to Jump Lists

29 Jun 2009 by Michael Dunn

Create custom tasks in your app's jump list on Windows 7

GHeat .NET

21 Jun 2010 by Corey Fournier

gheat ported to C#

WCF by Example - Chapter VII - Decoupling of WCF Services from the ViewModel

11 Oct 2011 by Enrique Albert

Baseline WCF Distribution Layer - Decoupling of WCF Services and ViewModels.

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.

WPF Arc!

14 Apr 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Filling one of the ugliest WPF gaps: Animatable EllipticalArcGeometry and EllipticalArcShape

WPF

VS2008

Mouse and Keyboard Tracking and Simulator

21 Nov 2014 by CodeFate

Revision of the Global Mouse and Keyboard Library from Brian Geiman

Data Visualization in WPF with LINQ to SQL and Data Binding

21 Dec 2007 by Bruno Sonnino

This article will show how to use data binding and styles to show data coming from a Microsoft SQL database using the new object-relational model introduced in Visual Studio 2008, LINQ to SQL, allowing grouping, sorting and filtering of data with almost no code.

Silverlight 3: Slideshow

6 Oct 2009 by CS Rocks

This is a slideshow that works in a Silverlight 3 UserControl.

Indoor Weather Station using Arduino

2 Feb 2010 by carl morey

A complete weather station using Arduino 2009 and Visual Basic

Generate Sample XML from XSD

8 Jun 2012 by Joshi, Rushikesh

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

Code Obfuscation in 64-Bit Land

11 Dec 2016 by Russ Osterlund

Code Obfuscation in 64-Bit Land

C++ State Machine with Asynchronous Multicast Delegates

23 Oct 2019 by David Lafreniere

A framework combining state machines with asynchronous multicast delegates

How to Upload a File to a WebDAV Server in VB.NET

14 May 2009 by CS Rocks

This article demonstrates how to upload a file to a (HTTPS) WebDAV server in VB.NET.

DataBind ComboBox Failures and More

4 Feb 2010 by daylightdj

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

Full-Featured Task Manager for Windows Mobile

17 Feb 2008 by Brian P. Adams

A full-featured Task Manager for Windows Mobile.

WCF by Example - Chapter XIV - Validation & Exception Management

25 Oct 2012 by Enrique Albert

WPF Validation using the IDataErrorInfo interface combined with Validation attributes

Windows Form Screenshot and Print Preview in VB.NET

12 Mar 2012 by ledtech3

How to take a screenshot of a Windows form and then print it.

Illusionary XAML: Reinventing Benham's Top

1 Apr 2018 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

The mystery of Benham’s top invented in 1895, as well as Fechner color effect, remains not fully uncovered so far. WPF and XAML help to accelerate the research greatly.

Simple AI for the Game of Breakthrough

5 Jun 2009 by Kel_

This article presents an implementation of a simple alpha-beta player for the board game of Breakthrough.

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.

VS2008

Visual-Studio

VS2005

Changing your Windows audio device programmatically using VC++

23 Dec 2008 by odlumb

How to launch and manipulate applets programmatically.

Font Enumerator

1 Sep 2009 by PARK Youngho

A tool that enumerates all fonts installed on Windows, and shows you the preview so as to help you code conveniently.

VS2008 Panel

19 Jun 2012 by Burak Ozdiken

How to make a custom panel control like in Visual Studio 2008 for a Windows Forms Application using the .NET Framework.

Intertexti - Resurrecting HyperCard

2 Feb 2013 by Marc Clifton

A prototype application for cross-referencing and indexing files, URL's.

Generating JSON Web Services from an Existing Database with CodeFluent Entities

4 Feb 2013 by Pablo Fernandez Duran

This article will show you how to generate a JSON base web service layer from an existing database using CodeFluent Entities. We will also generate a web client back office following an “Import wizard”.

CCXML/VXML : The smart world of IVR

22 Jun 2014 by _Asif_

Welcome to the wonderful word of CCXML/VXML

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.

State Machine - State Pattern vs. Classic Approach

5 Aug 2014 by Chris875

State pattern and procedural solution illustrated

Writing a XAML ribbon application for X11

29 Oct 2014 by Steffen Ploetz

Currently none of the big Linux/Unix (X11) GUI application frameworks (GTK+, KDE) support XAML based application development. The Moonlight project (including XAML support) was abandoned on May 29, 2012. This article shows 'how to' a XAML based ribbon application with the Roma Widget Set (Xrw) in C#

Auto-TOC Generation and Header Numbering - Revision

22 Aug 2017 by gggustafson

This article revises the HTML authoring tool, HTML TOC Generator, that generates a Table of Contents for an HTML document. Optionally, the tool will number the HTML headers.

Writing a XAML application with geometry objects (shapes) for X11

12 Jun 2015 by Steffen Ploetz

Currently none of the big Linux/Unix (X11) GUI application frameworks (GTK+, KDE) support XAML based application development. The Moonlight project (including XAML support) was abandoned on May 29, 2012. This article reviews a XAML based application with WPF geometry objects (shapes).

Using Serialization to Produce RSS Feeds from C# Classes

2 Sep 2008 by Derek Burnett

Creating classes that model an RSS, in C#

A SOA Approach to Dynamic DOCX-PDF Report Generation - Part 1

23 Aug 2010 by Erion Pici

Generating docx reports in a client-server architecture, without using MS Office

Writing a XAML dialog application for X11

10 Oct 2014 by Steffen Ploetz

Currently none of the big Linux/Unix (X11) GUI application frameworks (GTK+, KDE) support XAML based application development. The Moonlight project (including XAML support) was abandoned on May 29, 2012. This article shows 'how to' a XAML based dialog application with the Roma Widget Set (Xrw) in C#

Embedding an ObjectListView in a ComboBox

8 Nov 2016 by Niemand25

A simple way to place any ObjectListView inside a ComboBox

The Amazingly Forgotten 2-Way .NET Rijndael CryptoStream

29 Aug 2009 by _Khallaf

How To Do Precise 2-Way Rijndael CryptoStream Communication

Mobile Application Development Lessons Learned

13 Aug 2012 by gggustafson

This article discusses two lessons learned during the development of a mobile application.

Programming the Roma Widget Set (C# X11) - a zero dependency GUI application framework - Widget set

9 Mar 2015 by Steffen Ploetz

How to get out the maximum from the Roma widget set in C# efficiently without dependencies to GUI frameworks like GTK or KDE. Short introduction of the widgets.

Dynamic string resource \ localisation and MVVM.

16 Jun 2015 by NobsterTheLobster

Dynamic string resource\localisation and XAML binding.

Writing a XAML Minesweeper game for X11 and Windows

10 Nov 2015 by Steffen Ploetz

Exploring Computational Number Theory (Part 3)

26 Mar 2018 by William Hey

Factoring classic integers

Host and Workflow: Two Worlds to Communicate. Part V

4 Oct 2008 by freedeveloper

Part V: Intercommunications with a Workflow instance using Correlation parameter

Take advantage of the Windows Vista built-in System Performance Monitor

21 Jul 2009 by marc ochsenmeier

This article shows how to leverage a component Vista uses when showing the performance lines and histograms.

NDiffDiff: A Diff Implementation for Lines and Chars in Text Files

31 Aug 2009 by Nicholas Butler

An entry for the Lean and Mean competition

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.

SystemFramework library

24 Nov 2011 by Scanix

SystemFramework defines interfaces, classes, and types to support a native runtime system with its own garbage collector, delegates, etc. The design of SystemFramework classes is similar to those of the .NET Framework.

Resize Floating Popup Control

3 Jun 2012 by tdkmodchip

Toolbox popup component that is resizable and floats.

Solving the .resx Merge Problem in TFS

6 Sep 2013 by Magnus_

This is an alternative for "Solving the .resx Merge Problem "

Writing a XAML 7 segment LCD display UserControl for X11 and Windows

30 Sep 2015 by Steffen Ploetz

Currently none of the big Linux/Unix (X11) GUI application frameworks (GTK+, KDE) support XAML based application development. The Moonlight project (including XAML support) was abandoned on May 29, 2012. This article introduces a XAML based 7 segment LCD display utilizing a WPF UserControl.

MultiColor MultiFormat Label

13 Mar 2016 by Member 11610266

Labels are not only to add titles for fields in a Form. They are a usefull tool to comunicate with the application.

Windows

VS2008

Design

Writing a XAML application for X11 and Windows to create HTML help for assemblies

24 Mar 2017 by Steffen Ploetz

This article introduces a small tool (much simpler than sandcaste help file builder) to create HTML help for .NET/MONO assemblies and reviews the XAML based approach to create GUI application with the Roma Widget Set XrwXAML.

Bare bones SourceSafe journal monitor

6 Sep 2008 by David Catriel

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

Lookless Controls / Themes

17 Jun 2009 by Sacha Barber

Lookless controls / themes

XAML

WPF

VS2008

All New .NET 3.5 3D Elements

17 Jun 2009 by Sacha Barber

All new .NET 3.5 3D elements

.NET

VS2008

Explicitly Updating And Validating Databindings In WPF

17 Jun 2009 by Sacha Barber

How to explicitly update and validate Databindings in WPF

XML

WPF

VS2008

WWW DSL using Irony - Part 2

9 Jul 2009 by Polanek

A WinForms sample application for the Domain Specific Language created with Irony.

Consuming RSS Feed in MVC ASP.NET

27 Aug 2009 by Farooq Kaiser

In this post, I will build an MVC application that will consume an RSS feed.

Using Input Hooks in Windows Mobile

28 Oct 2010 by Paul Heil

A look at the undocumented message hook functions for Windows Mobile

A BLOB on a DataGridView column (with Command Button column, XML, and layering)

17 Aug 2011 by Ger Hayden

This is a working example of a BLOB column on a DataGridView for a Windows Form using C++/CLI where data is drawn from an XML document.

Hello, I Am Ready to Communicate!

20 Jun 2012 by ThatsAlok

CWinThread with TWO-Way communication using window message

Asynchronous TCP Part 2

29 Mar 2013 by bkelly13

Goal: Describe how asynchronous or non-blocking TCP code works

Unleash the power of list and tree widget (C# X11)

13 Aug 2014 by Steffen Ploetz

How to get out the maximum from the Roma Widget Set's list and tree widgets in C#.

Simple radial gradient implementation with XAML sample application for X11 (but without the need for any external library)

26 Sep 2016 by Steffen Ploetz

How to calculate a radial gradient and draw the output on a System.Drawing.Bitmap. And how to use this bitmap as a tile pixmap to fill any path.

Flexible CSV reader/writer with progress reporting

3 Aug 2011 by Eric Lynch

Flexible CSV reader/writer with progress reporting and many file format variations.

Embedding IronPython in WPF Using C#

31 Oct 2007 by Chris Jenkins

In this article, we will see how to embed IronPython in our Windows Presentation Framework applications using C#.

Use LINQ to Create Music Playlists – Revisited

27 Apr 2009 by davehamdan

A re-write of a previous article. Still using LINQ, but incorporating much more in this iteration 2 version.

Outlook Automation

19 Jun 2009 by Rolf_atSC

This article shows how to automate Outlook using VS2008 rather than VSTO or VBA

Duckworth Lewis Calculator for Windows Mobile

23 Jun 2009 by trxStudio

A Duckworth Lewis calculator for Windows Moblie and .NET 3.5.

How to Migrate VS Package from VS2008 to VS2010 Beta 2

29 Dec 2009 by GoranZoran

Migrating VS package from 2008 to 2010 Beta 2

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...

Licensing .NET components with a PKI Token (Gemalto .NET Card) demystified

25 Oct 2011 by orouit

This article demonstrates how to write a licensing provider for .NET licensing that gets licenses from a Gemalto .NET Card V2.

Reading OLAP Cube using MDX: Part 1

29 Jul 2014 by Ajit Kumar Thakur Microsoft

This article explains the step by step process to learn MDX query. It will help user to read data from OLAP cube.

Docx Converter

27 Jul 2015 by FrankNight

This is a DOCX to HTML conversion tool with css style customization support.

Reuse a Single ClickOnce Build for Different Life-cycle Endpoints for an Application

31 Dec 2018 by Randy Kroeger

This article provides an example on how you can change application configuration settings within an existing ClickOnce publish, update the manifest files, followed by using the Mage utility for updating the manifest using the existing cert file.

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.

InfoPath 2007 Helper for MOSS 2007

6 Feb 2009 by Javier Ibarra

This article is about how to get or set values of an InfoPath form.

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).

Catharsis Tutorial 01 - Installing Catharsis

28 Jun 2009 by David O'Sullivan

Detailed guide to installing Catharsis and setting up a Catharsis solution

Connecting Visual SourceSafe 2005 and Bugzilla

5 Jan 2010 by Urs Müller

A plug-in for Visual SourceSafe 2005 that allows for attaching comments to Bugzilla bug entries when committing changes.

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