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Large Collections in Native and Managed Code (VB, C++, C#) - Part I

by Aydin Homay

In this article, I tried to show a real benchmark based on presser test method, for a Big Data collection deals on C++, C#, and VB.NET.

"C# Hooks For RRDtool"

by Mike Corley

C# (.NET and Mono) library provider for RRDtool

.NET / XML Serialization

by aSarafian

An article that tries to clear up the concept of serialization.

.NET 2.0 Configuration and Provider Model

by Sergey Sorokin

Use .NET 2.0 configuration features for building a pluggable provider framework for your application.

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Large Collections in Native and Managed Code (VB, C++, C#) - Part I

by Aydin Homay

In this article, I tried to show a real benchmark based on presser test method, for a Big Data collection deals on C++, C#, and VB.NET.

"C# Hooks For RRDtool"

by Mike Corley

C# (.NET and Mono) library provider for RRDtool

.NET / XML Serialization

by aSarafian

An article that tries to clear up the concept of serialization.

.NET 2.0 Configuration and Provider Model

by Sergey Sorokin

Use .NET 2.0 configuration features for building a pluggable provider framework for your application.

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A Custom ServiceHostFactory

by cesar_boucas

A custom derivative of ServiceHostFactory to control how WCF service hosts are created.

A Dive into ASP.NET Page Life Cycle

by Sambhav Yadav - Sam D Silva

ASP.NET page/master page/user control's life cycle from the perspective of Session and View State

A Generic Factory Method-Create Object From Interface Parameter using Reflection

by S. M. Ahasan Habib

I will demonstrate a generic factory method which will create object from interface type parameter from an assembly (either current or provided) with the help of reflection

Accessing ADS User's

by V R Shukla

How to access Active Director users on a WinNT network and show them in a dropdown list.

Adding INotifyPropertyChanged to Entity Framework Classes

by MarkLTX

Automatically implement INotifyPropertyChanged for every property in Entity Framework 6.0 entity classes

Alphanumeric count up

by HiDensity

Class providing methods to count up a string using a definable character set.

Another Generic State Machine

by Yossi Yaari

A basic yet generic state machine implementation

ASP.NET TreeView Automatic Numbering using CSS

by TheCoolCoder

Numbering for Multilevel ASP.Net Treeview using CSS Counters

ASP.NET Validation Made Easy

by nasir_ml

ASP.NET textbox validation made easy.

Automatic Undo/Redo

by Emiliano El Mariachi

Here is a small library to help you have an automatic undo/redo feature without explicit dependency on Undo/Redo system.

Beginner's Guide: How to Implement log4net in VB.NET Web Application

by Robby Tendean

Simple implementation guide for log4net in a VB.NET web application.

Binding with Properties defined in Code Behind

by Amit_Mittal

An easy way to bind XAML with properties defined in code behind

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

by Emiliarge

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

C# / VB.NET / C++ CLI: Read and write MS Access (mdb) database without ADO and SQL via Microsoft DAO

by Emiliarge

Read and write data to Access databases without limitations caused by the use of the SQL.

C# Alternative ProgressBar

by blitzkrieged

An alternative ProgressBar for C# with extra functionality

C# Code Execution Time Compiler - WPF Application

by Rakesh Vemula

A Windows application which processes your code and shows how much time it takes to execute your code.

C# Storable Box Control 1.4.0.4

by Darkencrow

A multi-drawer style collapsable UI container

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

by Emiliarge

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

Call WebService Dynamically and Read WebService Definition

by abhinavshastri

How to Call WebService Dynamically and Read WebService Definition

Capturing Entire Content of an Internet Explorer Window

by Kaveh Yazdi Nezhad

A simple solution to capture entire HTML code of a web page which is displaying on Internet Explorer

Change Back Color of MDI Parent form on its load.

by Ank_ush

How to change the background color for an MDI parent form in Visual C#This article demonstrates how to programmatically change the background color for a multiple-document interface (MDI) parent form by using Visual C#.When you use a Windows Form as an MDI parent form, the Application...

Check which .NET Framework version is installed from command line

by Fenil Desai

Check which .NET Framework version is installed from command line

Checking Internet Is Connected Or Not From .NET

by Gandhi Ashish

Checking Internet Is Connected Or Not From .NET

by J a a n s

For C# guys....using System ;using System.Runtime ;using System.Runtime.InteropServices ;public class Internet{ [DllImport("wininet.dll")] private extern static bool InternetGetConnectedState( out int Description, int ReservedValue ) ; public static bool...

Checking Internet Is Connected Or Not From .NET

by Anshul R

Dim value As Boolean = My.Computer.Network.IsAvailable can be used in a situation where the only network a system will be connected to is the Internet.Dim value As Boolean = My.Computer.Network.Ping(hostNameOrAddress ,timeout) hostNameOrAddress can be any valid website -...

Code behind JavaScript

by Raju_B

Code behind JavaScript

Comparision between Response.Redirect, Response.RedirectParmanent and Server.Transfer

by Abhishek Sur

It is to be noted, .NET has lately introducedResponse.RedirectParmanent() after a long await. The main motive of this is tohave permanent response redirection to the Search Engines.Response.RedirectParmanent() is an extension function introduced in .NET 4.0.Themain motive of it is to indicate

Compressing Script Files using GZIP

by KK Kod

How to compress JavaScript and CSS files in a web application to reduce page loading time, using GZIP.

Connecting to a C# ocket with a timeout, without using asynchronous (ConnectAsync)

by Tyronne Thomas

Connecting to a C# socket with a timeout.

Conversion Between All .NET Languages

by Anshul R

The Perfect Translation/Conversion of Code

Convert Arabic Number To Alphabet (التفقيط) تحويل الأرقام إلى حروف

by ahmed_alashrafy

تفقيط الأرقام العربيه

Convert Text Represented Number to Numeric String

by FatzBomb

How to convert a written number to a numerical value anywhere in a string.

Copy Paste and Insert in Datagridview (Winforms)

by Thava Rajan

Copy and insert data at any postion in your datagridview

Copy Remote Website to Modify Functionality Locally

by Bryan Lyman

A method for duplicating a web page (including all scripts and styles) to run as if it originated from your own server, then modify server-side and client-side functionality afterwards.

Create a Dynamic JavaScript File for Global Resorce File Creation in JS Format Using ASP.NET MVC

by Kirankumar Chauhan

Global Resorce File Creation in json Format using ASP.NET

Create job to export Stored Procedure daily

by Aadhar Joshi

Creating job in sql server which automates taking backup of all stored procedures and functions in physical drive.

Create Multi Language Web-Site in ASP.NET

by chetan virkar

Create a multi-language website in ASP.NET.

Creating SQL Joins in Simple Steps

by Sreedhar Puligundla

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

CTE Query in SQL Server

by Nirav Prabtani

CTE Query for optimizing complexity of query in sql server

Custom MessageBox with checkbox

by Avatar2400

This is a simple class that allows you to have message box with checkbox and other small features.

Data Object to XML (Vice-versa) using C#

by Monotosh Roy Mon

XML Serialization & Deserialization for converting our object to XML and XML to Object

Database Driven Dynamic Menu Control

by Yugal Pandya

Database driven N-Level Dynamic Menu Control using C#.NET and SQL Server with stylesheet CSS

Database Driven Dynamic Menu Control

by Muhammad Ahmed Azam

"Database Driven Dynamic Menu Control"

Days Left Timer VBS

by crackruckles

Days Left Timer VBS self deleting

Dead Simple HTML Sanitizer

by Tawani Anyangwe

A dead simple HTML Sanitizer (and HTML Parser) you can use to clean user HTML input.

Deeply Nested JSON Deserialization Using Recursion and JavaScriptSerializer

by Hassan Alrehamy

JSON Deserialization in depth concept and Dictionary mapping. Special Thanks to Dr. Coral Walker

Detect Change In ActiveControl

by TnTinMn

UpdateDefaultButton - Allows detecting change in ActiveControl

Effectively Flushing Reserved Memory By Process

by Amin Esmaeily

This trick is about how to effectively reduce reserved memory by process.

Encrypt and Decrypt Password in ConnectionString in webconfig file or Appconfig File using C#

by Arvind Singh Baghel

I am writing code to encrypt password in connection string in config file and decrypt password while getting connection from config file.

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

by JRINC

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

Exporting DataGridview To Excel

by Anurag Sarkar

How to export DataGridView data to Excel.

Extract Keys from Federation Meta Data File (ADFS)

by Peter Boyall

Quick routine to extract keys from FederationMetaData.xml

Factorial Simplified using lambda

by Steven.Pinto2000

Factorial Simplified using lambda

Find Text in Word Documents

by Mario Z

Small WinForm application for reading multiple DOCX files and retrieving their text content

GCD Simplified using lambda

by Steven.Pinto2000

Get GCD

GCD Simplified using lambda

by DrABELL

Hello Steven,As FYI: recently I have published on CodeProject a short article (tip) on rather efficient implementation of GCD/LCM based on Euclid algorithm. They use iteration instead of recursion, because re-cursive algorithms in general and in this particular case are relatively...

Glass Style ProgressBar

by Manoj K Bhoir

A Glass style progress bar

Hiding contents in ASP.Net user control designer

by atlaste

How to fix hiding controls in the Visual Studio user control designer

High performance C# byte array to hex string to byte array

by the retired

High performance C# byte array to hex string to byte array.

Hosting an Excel Application in an MDI Form

by Your Display Name Here

How to use WebBrowser, a form, and an MDI parent to open Excel files

How to Bind Derived Type in MVC View

by Abhay@Accenture

How to bind Derived Type in MVC View

How to Cascade Delete an Adjacency List Model in SQL in C#

by marks-mike

Demonstrates how to cascade delete on a single table that maintains hierarchy by a ParentId that points to the primary key of the same table

How to Change User Credentials of Windows Services Programmatically

by Pankaj_Shukla

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

How to Convert a Date Time to “X minutes ago” in C#

by Mukund Thakker

In this post, we will see how we can convert date time in "X Time ago" format in C#.

How to create a task in Windows Task Scheduler

by Mike Meinz

Source code to demonstrate the creation of a new task in Windows Task Scheduler.

How to create an easy plugin-system in C#

by Dread_Sharp

How to build an easy plugin system with C# which only takes about 30 lines of code!

How to delete 64 bit Registry keys/values (.NET 3.5)

by Sunil P V

How to access a 64bit registry key from 32bit built application in .NET 3.5 and lower

How to Edit ListViewItems Directly

by dapeacenforcement

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

How to end user session when browser closed

by M.Farrukh Abbas

There is no fool-proof technique to catch the browser close event for 100% of time. The trouble lies in the stateless nature of HTTP. I will explain one of them which is very effective and tested

How to end user session when browser closed

by jfriedman

//Using MooToolswindow.addEvent('unload', Cookie.delete.pass('applicationCookie'));//using JavaScript by itself...//http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.htmlvar eraser = function () { eraseCookie('applicationCookie'); };if(window.addEventListener) window.addEventListener('unload',...

How To Hide Or Show .NET Tabs Programmatically

by KazMaxLtd

This article describes how to hide or show TabControl tabs at runtime

How To Hide Or Show .NET Tabs Programmatically

by Bernhard Hiller

That's far too obscure.All you need to do is store a reference to the TabPage instance which was removed from the TabPages collection of the TabControl. You may use the form where the TabControl is placed for that purpose.You could also create your own TabControl which has an extra property...

How to make REST requests with C#

by AdamNThompson

A reusable component for makeing REST service requests using C#

How to Sort an Object List in C#

by Member 4742039

How to sort an object list in C#

How To Sort Two Dimensional Array in Selected Sort Order by Column One, Then By Column Two, Then By Column Three . . . Then By Column N?

by Perić Željko

Sort two dimensional array by using DataGridView class

How to Use Rijndael ManagedEncryption with C#

by Kees van Spelde

To encrypt or not to encrypt with C# .NET

How-To Convert a String Collection to a Multi-Enum Item Using TryParse

by BenScharbach

How-To Convert a String Collection to a Multi-Enum item using TryParse

Illustrating the State Pattern with a Very Basic Example

by Rajesh Buddaraju

A simplified example is used to describe the state pattern

Increase productivity with Visual Studio extensions

by Ahsan Murshed

This article gives ideas to developers to increase development time productivity using the free Visual Studio 2010 extensions.

Inno Setup Script to Change a C# Forms Configuration

by RickZeeland

Create an Installer which allows to change the Forms application settings in a custom Inno Setup page

Insert Data Using Stored Procedure in ASP.NET

by Rajendra D. Patel

How to insert data using stored procedure in ASP.NET

Interesting facts about fonts in .NET

by submit@perpetuumsoft.com

In this post, we will talk about the wonderful Font class.

Isolated Storage using Log4Net

by TapasU

IsolatedStorage with Log4Net

ISupportInitialize.BeginInit problems?

by barrd

Fix an exception related to ISupportInitialize.BeginInit and learn why it happens.

JavaScript Validation for textbox Special Character Selection

by Silvercorer

JavaScript validation for textbox special character selection

License Keys in VB.NET - Revisited

by maz2331

License Key class to make generating and validating keys easy.

Like Magic, No Strings Attached

by dgDavidGreene

Helper utility replaces magic string property names.

Limited Length Logging

by dirigo

Preventing a log file from growing forever

Managing Application Scoped Connection Strings

by Juan Davel

Managing Application Scoped Connection Strings

Mirror keys for multiboxing MMORPG games like WOW/LOTRO

by joejames111

Raw input 64-bit .NET classes.

Mocking Event Handlers

by Yossi Yaari

A solution for monitoring Events called during test.

NamingFormatter - String Interpolation in Runtime Solution

by Kouji Matsui

This library is simple and is a substitution of System.String.Format.

Pass Values from One Silverlight Application to Another Silverlight Application using WCF Service

by muralikannan_t

How to pass values from one Silverlight application to another using WCF service

Populate TreeView from Simple "list"

by textorijum

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

Position a Windows Forms MessageBox in C#

by Thomas Daniels

A tip about how to set the position of a Windows Forms MessageBox in C#

Querying DataSet With LINQ in ASP.NET

by HemendraSingh88

Hi, here we will see how to query a DataSet with LINQ(Language Integrated Query).

Receive IPV6 or IPV4 based Data Using C#

by munagalasantosh

Receive IPV6 or IPV4 based data using TcpListener

Rendering AltNETType (= .NET FreeType port) with OpenGL

by Demid Korneev

Example of AltNETType use in OpenGL

Resolving a hostname in C# and retrieving IP version 4 address

by Tyronne Thomas

Resolving a hostname in C#

RTF to HTML - VB.NET

by The Tigerman

Work in progress, but a simple HTML to RTF converter

Running a Windows .NET application on Linux

by Nelson Kosta Souto

Running the same compiled assembly on Windows and Linux.

Saving User Settings in Winform Application

by Rishikesh_Singh

The article displays how to save user setting or preference at run time.

Selfhosted Secure WCF by Id password, custom validation

by Himanshu Thawait

WCF With No config file needed – all setting in code only, No IIS – Self hosted, consume by channel factory

Send Data to remote machine using IPV6/IPV4 based address

by munagalasantosh

send data to other system using two different ways, one way using IPV6 and other way is IPV4.

Service Locator Pattern

by Gautham Prabhu K

Creating and using Service Locator pattern

Simple Delegates in a Nutshell

by jay1_z

The easiest, most straight-forward delegate tutorial.

Simple Error Logging Util Class

by Pasan Eeriyagama

Simple Application Error Logging

Simple templating engine

by Ritesh Ramesh

Using reflection to build a templating engine

Simple Way of Using SQL DataTables to JSON in MVC

by User 4835047

A simple way to serialize DataTables to JSON and push the data to a browser in MVC

SQL Server Connection Dialog

by Hernán Hegykozi

Show you how to make a connection dialog developed completely from scratch.

Steps: Check-in/Check-Out Mechanism for TFS - To Avoid Build Errors and Improve Productivity

by Mohammed Hameed

Check-in/Check-Out mechanism for TFS - To avoid Build errors and improve productivity.

Submit HTML Text with Page Validation Turned On

by puzsol

This outlines a method for being able to submit HMTL tags from a particular ASP.NET text box while still using the page validation for the rest of the page.

Subset - Sum Problem with Integer Arrays

by munagalasantosh

Get all the array index where the sum equals or is greater than some x value

Supporting Contravariance in Generic Types, .NET 2.0

by wmjordan

Generic Lists or Generic Types contravariance without casting.

System.Diagnostics Useful Actions

by Juan Francisco Morales Larios

Useful Actions for debugger in System.Diagnostics

Thread-Safe ObservableCollection

by Cory Charlton

A thread-safe implementation of the ObservableCollection class

Transparent Database Encryption Tool

by Tauseef M

This tool is used for Encryption of Database in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition

TreeListViewEx Tree, List, and Drag and Drop

by Marco Medrano

Merged two CodeProject articles to make a better control, the TreeListViewEx.

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

by Tyronne Thomas

Using C# to monitor the bandwidth for wireless devices.

Using Google Search By Image within your .NET Application

by Mohamed Amine Aboura

Using Google Search By Image within your .NET application

Using Masked TextBox in .NET

by heemanshubhalla

How to use Masked Textbox control in .NET

View, View Controller, Model Controller, Model (VVCMCM) Pattern

by Anton Pious Alfred

The MVC Pattern was first conceptualized assuming all the three actors were present at one place. Since Web Applications have both a client and a server this needs to be applied differently without technology bias.

Visual Image Cryptography Generator

by Jacky Yiu

Visual cryptography is a cryptographic technique which allows visual information (pictures, text, etc.) to be encrypted in such a way that the decryption can be performed by the human visual system, without the aid of computers.

Watermark image on page print in ASP.NET

by Anup Kumar Verma

Printer independent Watermark on webpage print in asp.net & C#

Web-based Data Access Object

by In the Face of God

Generalize to access data in a database via HTTP

Which is better Constant [Comparison Operator] Variable Value or Variable Value [Comparison Operator] Constant? An introduction to Yoda Condition

by Niladri_Biswas

In this tip we will figure out the importance of Yoda style in programming

Working with LINQ to Entities & LINQ to DataTable

by ShaikAnwar

This topic gives us an idea of how to write Linq queries on Entities & DataTable. This covers some basic querying and also usage of joins and group by using LINQ.

WPF - catch events even if they are already handled

by jmix90

As you may actually know WPF introduced the routed events. These last are no more specific to a single control but they are routed inside the tree of your controls. If you want to stop an event, you can mark it as Handled. If so, the routing engine will stop to propage it. In fact this is...

WPF C# / VB.NET Additional (fourth) button on window titlebar (Aero only!)

by Emiliarge

Using WindowChrome from Microsoft.Windows.Shell.dll

WPF: Compare two brushes using IsEquals

by fadi_sayyed

WPF Compare two brushes IsEquals

XML Serialization and Deserialization

by Md. Rashim Uddin

XML Serialization and Deserialization in c#

Zipping using System.IO.Compression

by Tecfield

This post shows how to create a zip package using System.IO.Compressio.

Zipping using System.IO.Compression

by MacSpudster

Here's a .NET 3.5 version.Basic testing done./// /// http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/315115/Zip-using-System-IO-Compression /// /// mods by GNoter ~ 20120124_094448 /// - Made dotNET v3.5 compatible /// - dotNET v3.5 does not have the optional param capability that dotNET...