Vista introduced a new synchronization primitive called the CONDITION_VARIABLE. In this article, I will provide a .NET wrapper (written in C++/CLI) for this primitive and explain how it works.

A Beginner's Guide on using Pointers

by logicchild

This is an article directed at those beginners who might benefit from understanding pointers

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

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.

A C++ Config File Parser

by freejack

An STL based C++ utility class to parse structured config files.

A Cessna Skyhawk Skeleton for Further Development in OpenGL (GLUT)

by Software_Developer

A Cessna Skyhawk Skeleton for further development in OpenGL (GLUT) using a Win32 Console

A class for creating round rectangles in GDI+ with pixel accurate symmetry

by Darren Sessions

This class overcomes the asymmetry issue associated with round rectangles created in GDI+.

A CMatrix class for dynamic sized matrices

by abcdefrgtt

A class for manipulating dynamic matrices.

A Decimal Class Implementation

by Marc Clifton

Use this class when high precision is required in basic numerical operations.

a File Switch Tabbar for Source Insight

by Simon.W

Inject a File Switch Tabbar to Source Insight, which like uEdit or Visual Studio

A first look at C++/CLI

by Nish Nishant

A brief look at the new C++/CLI syntax and how it improves over the old MC++ syntax

A Generic Approach to Debug Tracing and Logging

by maskisland

A generic tracing library implementation.

A Generic FSM with Visual Editor

by paladin_t

Introduction to a generic FSM with visual editor.

A helpful way to use the FlagsAttribute with enumerations

by remarkpk11

Bitwise operations with enumerations.

A homebrewed lightweight scheduler

by pradeep shivadasan

timer based task scheduler

A linked list collection class in MC++

by sultan_of_6string

The .NET ArrayList class provides "dynamic arrays" which, to a C++ programmer should seem really innane. Here's a linked list collection class that can be used in any .NET language.

A list control with hyperlink function

by liuxiao

This control provides hyperlink function for the list control with exact positioning for the cursor.

A look at STL/CLR performance for linear containers

by Nish Nishant

The performance of STL/CLR sequence containers are compared with that of corresponding BCL generic collection classes

A Managed C++ Button Control

by Gene OK

This is an example custom button control, written entirely in Managed C++.

A Managed C++ Email Validator Control for ASP.NET

by Paul Ingles

An ASP.NET Validator Control implemented in Managed C++ that can be used to verify email addresses by connecting to SMTP servers listed as Mail eXchangers for a domain, includes example of Win32 API Interoperability with C++ .NET. The validation is not RegEx based.

A Managed C++ Wrapper Around the Windows XP Theme API

by Don Kackman

Using the XP Theme API safely on any OS from C#

A Managed C++ Wrapper Around the Windows XP Theme API - Part 2

by Gene OK

This is an update to Don Kackman's UxTheme component originally written for Visual Studio 2003

A Mixed-Mode Stackwalk with the IDebugClient Interface

by Mattias Högström

A native stackwalk funtion like Stackwalk64 cannot handle mixed-mode stacks, since managed code does not use the stack in the same way as native code does. There is an API called IDebugClient, that does walk a mixed-mode stack correctly, which we will explore.

A modal dialog that fades the background to gray-scale imitating the XP shutdown screen

by Nish Nishant

DimmerDialog is a .NET class that shows a modal dialog which grays out the rest of the background, just like the Windows XP Shutdown dialog. This can be used when your application needs to show a very important message box or form that requires immediate user attention.

A MSN Messenger Library for Construction of Communication Based Applications

by Derek Bartram

An article presenting a library for producing communication based application utilising the MSN Messenger services and protocols.

A multi-pass file extension comparison algorithm

by Rachel Mant

This is what happened when I needed a file extension comparison algorithm, this should save you quite some time thinking one up.

A not so simple firewall.

by gamitech

A not so simple firewall if I can call it so. This application will ask you if you want a certain program to start.

A Proposed Model for Simulating Human Artificial Intelligence.

by JoeSox

Unique Jungian and MBTI approach to develop Human Artificial Intelligence

A Quick Drive Manager

by KarstenK

Connecting and disconnecting network drives

A rational attempt to substantiate C++/CLI as a first class CLI language

by Nish Nishant

Why the author thinks that C++/CLI has its own unique role to play as a first-class .NET programming language

A Recording and Playing Thread Class

by Aric Wang

This is a class derived from CWinThread class. It is used to record and play sound in the specific thread.

A Reference to Using Pointers

by logicchild

An article to help explain how C/C++ use pointers.

A reminder tool for .dan.g's ToDoList

by Alberto Bar-Noy

A simple reminder tool to remind you of your overdue tasks in ToDoList throughout the day

A Rich-Thin Client, Distributed Client-Server Environment Using A Declarative Language Architecture

by GenLang

A white paper discussing the benefits of declarative programming for rich-thin clients.

A security neutral mutex class for the managed platform

by Milton Karimbekallil

An article on a security neutral mutex class that can be used on any managed platform.

A Simple C++ Client/Server in CORBA

by Carlos Jiménez de Parga

An introduction to the Visual C++ CORBA development

A simple console audio input device reader

by WajihUllahBaig

How to read audio input devices in DirectX.

A Simple HTTP Proxy with the ACE Library

by auralius manurung

An article on how to build a simple HTTP proxy server

A Simple OpenGL 2D Primitives EP_OpenGL_002

by erjan123

2D basic OpenGL Primitives Lines, Points, Triangles, Quads and Polygons

A Simple OpenGL Stipple Polygon Example EP_OpenGL_003

by erjan123

A Simple OpenGL Stipple Polygon Example using Glut.h

A Simple OpenGL Window Using GLUT EP_OpenGL_001

by erjan123

A Simple OpenGL Window using GLUT with Win32 Console Application

A Simulation of a Canadian F-86 Fighter Jet in Windows Forms using Visual C++ 2005

by Software_Developer

A Simulation of a Canadian F-86 fighter jet in Windows Forms using Visual C++ 2005

A SQLite Server/Client Implementation

by Daniel Cohen Gindi

Implementing server/client architecture for the great SQLite!

A statistical analysis of the performance variations of assorted managed and unmanaged languages

by Rama Krishna Vavilala, Nish Nishant

This article compares and contrasts the relative performances of various languages like native C++, Visual Basic 6, C#, VB.NET, Managed C++, MC++ and native code mix, ngen'd assemblies etc. using a prime number generation function as a generic benchmark

A Tiny Variable String Splitter

by mi-chi

Tokenize and access string contents using a format mask

A Unix-Type Shutdown Tool for Microsoft Windows: XLogoff

by Jun Du

This article presents a Unix-type shutdown tool for Microsoft Windows.

A user draw button that supports PNG files with transparency, for Visual C++ 6.0 and VS2005

by Darren Sessions

With this class, you can add a PNG image to your button and automatically get a highlighted and grayscale version.

A Win32 Library for .NET

by Wesner Moise

Provides a class library containing Win32 API function calls, constants, and structures.

A Windows Forms C++ Mandelbrot Explorer/Zoom with Julia Walkabout

by Software_Developer

A Windows Forms C++ Mandelbrot Explorer/Zoom with Julia walkabout

Accelerate database performance using In Memory CSQL Cache

by praba_tuty

CSQL Cache is an open-source high performance, bi-directional updateable data-caching infrastructure that sits between the clustered application process and back-end data sources to provide unprecedented high throughput to your application

Accessing data source using ADODB

by Karismatic

Using this dll anyone can access 3 databases i.e Oracle,SQLServer,Access

Accessing legacy data in a .NET environment

by Cd-MaN

An article on how to access data from fixed size record data from the .NET environment

Accessing the SQL Server Virtual Device Interface via .NET (C#)

by Steve Abraham

This article is an introduction to the SQL Server Virtual Device Interface and how to access it via any .NET language

Accessing: MySQL Database using MySQL C API

by Renato Tegon Forti

A set of class to access and manipulate MySQL database using MySQL C API

ACM Problem of (AARC'98) - Parkinson

by MoustafaS

Solving old ACM problems

Adding a Status Bar Pane to an Internet Explorer Window and Unmasking the Web Page Passwords in Place

by Igor Tolmachev

This article demonstrates how to add a Status Bar pane to Internet Explorer Window, and then how to use it for managing Web page password fields.

Adding MDI Support to Windows Forms Applications (.NET)

by Gabriel Graves

An article on adding MDI support to .NET applications.

ADO.NET Primer using Managed C++

by Bill Ferreira

A primer on using ADO.NET with Managed extensions for Visual C++ .NET

ADSdotNET: A DLL for Using Alternate Data Streams from .NET Languages

by Michael Geier

With this class, you can use ADS with C#, VB.NET, and other .NET languages without P/Invoke

Advanced Unit Test, Part V - Unit Test Patterns

by Marc Clifton

An Introduction To The Concept Of Unit Test Patterns

Agile Programming

by peterchen

What it is, why you need it, and how to sell to your boss?

Agile software development methodologies and how to apply them

by Monjurul Habib

Introduction to Agile software development methodologies and how to apply them. It is about how to work together to achieve a common goal. This article focus on how technology team work together well to plan, build and deliver software.

AlphaView

by Noel Frankinet

A virtual WTL ListView control on an SQLite3 table or view.

Amzi! Prolog + Logic Server ASP.NET Wrapper Class

by Amzi! inc.

C++ ASP.NET interface to Amzi! Prolog + Logic Server for building Rule-Based Expert Systems

An Anti-Reverse Engineering Guide

by Joshua Tully

A look into what goes into the area of preventing reverse engineering, and gives developers some functions and ideas about preventing reversing engineering of their programs.

An Excellent Reference for Managed C++

by markmalin

Book Review of Programming With Managed Extensions for Microsoft Visual C++.NET 2003

An explorative peek into generating deterministic primes through a multi-level multi-language tunneling apparatus

by Nish Nishant, Professor Cuthbert Calculus, Glenn Quagmire

This paper is a summary of a research exercise conducted in conjunction by Nish Sivakumar, Professor Cuthbert Calculus, and Glenn Quagmire.

An Implementation of the Service Locator Pattern in C++

by Kenneth Kasajian

The Service Locator can be used to decouple classes, which improves the overall design and significantly helps with unit testing.

An Interface Based Implementation by ATL

by Modesty Zhang

This article presents a practical technique to achieve interface based object implementation by ATL only. This technique implements basic COM concepts about interface while doesn't rely on COM runtime.

An Introduction to Jibu for .NET

by jdx256

Jibu is a high-level multithreading API for .NET 2.0 and above.

An overview of interior pointers in C++/CLI

by Nish Nishant

Tries to explain the syntax, usage and behavior of interior pointers in C++/CLI

Analysis and VHDL modeling of 8051-Microcontroller using Determinant-Functional Object Modeling (D-FOM) approach

by Deepak Jain

The paper is an extension to my last paper "D-FOM: Yet another OOM". This is a case study to develop confidence in D-FOM approach for some system Analysis and its VHDL Modeling. A 8051-Microcontroller system is Analyzed, Designed, and Modeled in VHDL using D-FOM approach, in this paper.

AnimatedRollupControl with C++/CLI

by Steve Katic

3dsMax style rollup control animated in C++/CLI

Another way of polymorphism

by Danil Shopyrin

An article on how ad hoc adapters generation can be emulated in C#.

ANTS Profiler 2.7 – A code profiler with a pedigree

by Redgate Software

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

API Hooking (LoadLibrary)

by Adam Roderick J

A simple approach to Hook LoadLibrary API with a sample

Application Settings the .NET way. INI, Registry, or XML

by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu

In this article, I’ll explain how you can easily store and retrieve your application settings with just a few lines of code

Application.EnableVisualStyles Bug

by Don Kackman

Calling Application.EnableVisualStyles prevents images from an ImageList from appearing on Windows Common Controls

Approximate and Sample Entropies Complexity Metrics

by Chesnokov Yuriy

The article presents C++ code for estimation of approximate and sample entropies suitable for biological signals analysis

ARGB

by Anshul R

How ARGB works

Arrays in C++/CLI

by Nish Nishant

The article exposes the new array syntax available in C++/CLI for the declaration and use of CLI arrays

ASP.NET with Managed C++

by TigerNinja_

Use Managed C++ as your code-behind file for ASP.NET web pages

Aspect Oriented Programming / Aspect Oriented Software Design

by Marc Clifton

Everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask about AOP/AOSD

Assert Enhancements

by Wesner Moise

This article describes an ready-to-use enhanced Assert dialog and its implementation. The dialog offers features such as "Always Ignore" and displays the actual Assert expression that failed.

ATL OLEDB Memory Leak 2: CDynamicParameterAccessor

by jason lue

A subtle memory leak problem on CDynamicParameterAccessor on special occasions

Audio Capture with DirectShow - Part 3

by WajihUllahBaig

A console program that captures audio and saves it with simultaneous preview.

Audio Library Part I - (Windows Mixer Control)

by CastorTiu

Library to control Windows Mixer from C#

auto_ptr and its usage

by Neeraj Sathe

This article talks about the usage of STL's auto_ptr class

Automatic resizing controls

by drice

Mechanism to automatically dock/anchor your controls in a window or dialog.

Backpropagation Artificial Neural Network in C++

by Chesnokov Yuriy

This article demonstrates a backpropagation artificial neural network console application with validation and test sets for performance estimation using uneven distribution metrics.

Bad coding Practices

by Gopi Krishna Nuti

Bad coding practices

Base To Base Converter

by Phil Sykes

The project converts numbers from one base to another - windows forms front end

Basic stuff on Files, Directories and Streams

by Nish Nishant

Demonstrates the use of the reader/writer classes as well as the file/directory info classes

BasicAdmin - Personal Organizer

by ErnestoNet

Finance, contacts, notes organizer

Beginning Direct3D 10

by Vahid Kazemi

Create your first application using Direct3D 10.

Best gotchas of C++/CLI

by Nicolas Dorier

My journey to migrate pInvoke code to C++/CLI

Better Way to Sleep: Control Execution and Limit CPU Usage by your Threads

by hagarwal

Here is a class that will help you to control the execution of your threads that involves looping/polling and also limits their CPU usage to a specified limit.

BigClock with Transparent Background

by PeterGlen

BigClock with Transparent Background based on the 7 segment LCD

Bitmap Handler in C++ (BASICS Series)

by Siddhartha Batra

BitmapHandler is a component written in C++ which goes into the basics of reading & creating Bitmaps

Bob's First Day

by SlickEdit Inc.

A story about Bob and how he saved the day with SlickEdit® Tools for Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005

Bootstrapper for the VC++ 2005 Redists (with MSI 3.1)

by oshah

A discussion on deployment in Visual C++ 2005, and an amended version of the vcredist_x86.exe that includes MSI 3.1.

Bridge Pattern - Bridging the gap between Interface and Implementation

by T. Kulathu Sarma

This article discusses the Bridge Pattern, what it is, why and when it is needed.

Bridging the gap between .NET and Extended MAPI

by Helmut Obertanner

An article about how to access Extended MAPI properties, fields and methods from your .NET applications.

Bug in managed c++

by J0ker

Looks like bug in managed c++ with unmanaget template class/struct

Building a Mixed-Mode Sampling Profiler

by Mattias Högström

Walking a native and a managed callstack is fairly easy. Walking a mixed-mode callstack is much much harder. Existing documentation is truly minimal. I hope this article and its sample profiler can shed some light in this area.

Bypassing PatchGuard 3

by Christoph Husse

This article shows how to bypass PatchGuard 3 on the latest windows versions.

C# ATLCOM Interop code snipperts - Part 1

by Gopi Krishna Nuti

Code snippets detailing Interop programming in C# and ATLCOM

C# method calls within a Java program

by KoriFrancis

Using C# from Java through JNI just got a little easier to understand.

C++ Class Implementation of HMAC-SHA

by Chien-Chung, Chung

C++ class of HMAC-SHA1

C++ Coding Practices Guide

by Chesnokov Yuriy

The article describes C++ coding styles and practices to be followed to develop robust and reliable code that is easily comprehended and maintained by other developers.

C++ Exceptions: Pros and Cons

by Nemanja Trifunovic

An unbiased analysis of good and bad cases for using exceptions vs. error codes.

C++ Interop is for the Performance Minded Developer

by Gary J. Kuehn

Highlighting interoperability support provided by C++ and analysis of performance

C++ Memory Management Innovation: GC Allocator

by xushiwei

Most of the C++ programmers do not benefit from "Garbage Collection" technique (GC). Here is a new memory management technique named "GC Allocator" (Note it is not "GC").

C++ Objectify Design Pattern

by MarcosCB

A design pattern that gives the advantages of a common Object inheritance to C++

C++ Property Accessors

by Chris Grimes

Shows how to create C++ property accessors that support C#-like syntax

C++ Syntax Uncovered

by Mohammad Nasim

answers many whys in bigenners' and even advanced programmers' head about what looks strange syntax

C++ Wrapper Class to Compute Moving Averages

by Member 2516638

C++ wrapper class to compute moving averages

C++/CLI for Beginners

by Vladimir Svyatski

I'm going to show you some not quite evident things if you're about to write a C++/CLI application.

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

by Nish Nishant

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

C++/CLI Image Viewer with zoom and scroll

by ErnestoNet

User Control with scrolling and zooming done in C++/CLI

C++/CLI in Action - Declaring CLR types

by Nish Nishant

Excerpts from Chapter 1. Topics are (1) Declaring CLR types and (2) Handles: The CLI equivalent to pointers

C++/CLI in Action - Instantiating CLI classes

by Nish Nishant

This is an excerpt from Chapter 1 that covers how CLI classes are instantiated, and discusses constructors and assignment operators

C++/CLI in Action - Using interior and pinning pointers

by Nish Nishant

Excerpt from Chapter 4 on interior and pinning pointers

C++/CLI Library classes for interop scenarios

by Nish Nishant

The article takes a brief look at some not so commonly used classes such as auto_handle, lock, and ptr.

C++/CLI Properties - Syntactic sugar for accessor methods

by Nish Nishant

Looks at the syntax for the declaration and use of properties in C++/CLI

C++/CLI: Accessing a managed type from unmanaged code

by Vivek Rathod

This article aspires to explain one of the ways a managed type can be invoked from a native type and more importantly from unmanaged C/C++ code.

C++/CLI: Under the Hood

by Jon McKee

Examining some topics that often cause confusion in C++/CLI.

C1: How does a calculator work/ How to write one?

by Michael Lüftenegger

Explanation of a calculator

Cabinet File (*.CAB) Compression and Extraction

by Elmue

How to implement creation and extraction of Microsoft CAB files

Calculator VC++_2005

by Ionescu Marius

A simple calculator based on inheritance class

Calling DLLs in VB and C++

by atenney

Short description of use of __stdcall and __cdecl in VB and C++.

Calling Managed Code from Unmanaged Code and vice-versa

by TarunNeo

This article shows you how to call managed code from unmanaged code and also the other way round.

Calling methods from Dll compiled in 'C' from C#

by Thor's Kettle

Describes how to interface 'C' code with C# through Dlls compiled in 'C'

Calling webService (managed C# webservice) from MFC(unmanaged) Application by Retaining the Session using Cookies Container.

by BAIJUMAX

This article deals with calling webService (managed C# webservice) from MFC (unmanaged) application by retaining the session using Cookies Container

Capturing Live-video from Web-camera on Windows 7 and Windows 8

by Evgeny Pereguda

Simple lib for capturing live-video from web-camera by using Media Foundation

Casting Basics - Use C++ casts in your VC++.NET programs

by Nish Nishant

Demonstrates and compares the various casting operators available. Also suggests when to use and what to use!

CAutoMate: a tiny utility class to run a mate function automatically in code block

by JaeWook Choi

An article on a tiny utility class to run a mate function (Win32 API and CRT functions) automatically in code block.

Chain of Responsibility

by T. Kulathu Sarma

An article showing the application of Chain of Responsibility in real world and software world.

Changing the dropdown list subset on a DataGridView combobox column at runtime

by Ger Hayden

This is a working example of of a DataGridView on a Windows Form where the dropdown list on a combobox coluum changes during execution, written using C++/CLI.

Changing your Windows audio device programmatically using VC++

by odlumb

How to launch and manipulate applets programmatically.

Class function callback

by Tydia-kun

Shows how to make callback to functions within classes that are non-static.

Class Library (DLL) to Automate Excel in C++

by Antonio Pedro Dinis

Class Library (DLL) to automate Excel in C++

CLinq - LINQ support for the C++/CLI language

by Tomas Petricek

CLinq project is a library that makes it possible to use LINQ technologies from the C++/CLI language

CLR Hosting - Customizing the CLR

by Mattias Högström

We go through the basics and create a simple AppDomainManager.

CNullable : A convenient Nullable equivalent class for C++/CLI

by Nish Nishant

CNullable can be used to represent a value type (or simple native type) such that the type can be nulled. You can also compare it to nullptr using the == and != operators both of which have been overloaded.

Code Access Security (CAS) and Design Patterns

by Maxim V. Karpov

Code Access Security (CAS) and Design Patterns

Color gradient class

by Stefan Freyr Stefansson

A C++ class for defining a color gradient and interpolating a value to produce a color.

COM connection point callback for a C++/CLI client

by Mitendra Anand

How to implement COM connection point callback for a C++\CLI client.

COM Interop the Hard Way

by keesp

A COM Newbie's Journey Through DLL Hell

COM Interop using managed C++

by Igor Chouvalov

A demoonstration of COM Interop, showing early and late binding to a COM component

ComboBoxDataBind

by Janardhan Babu Chinta

A resizable combobox which can bind data through an interface

Comparing different coding approaches - Part 1

by Emilio Garavaglia

This is the first of a series of articles where a comparison between different code styling is evaluated and made available.

Comparing different coding approaches - Part 2

by Emilio Garavaglia

Second part: multiple projects, templates and inheritance.

CompilationCleaner: Efficient File Searching With a CLR Interface

by Jeff J

Developer utility to clean up multiple compilations.

Composite Pattern Made as C++ Component

by tojohere

Composite pattern made as a reusable C++ template class

Conservative Garbage Collector for C

by Yasin HINISLIOGLU

This article explains garbage collection and memory management using C language

Considerations for implementing trace facilities in release builds of .NET applications

by Vagif Abilov

What is the best technique to produce trace output in release build of .NET application, i.e. when application is shipped to a customer or runs in a production environment? The article discusses pros and cons of standard .NET trace facilities, and presents some alternatives.

Const Illustration in C++

by LaymanZheng

This article illustrates the common usage of a const in C++

Consuming .NET My Services from Managed C++

by Diana Mitran (MSFT)

This white paper guides you through the process of writing a client application that will consume a sample .NET My Services service

Consuming Your C# Library in MFC/C++ Project

by Shao Voon Wong

Consuming Your C# Library in MFC/C++ Project via C++/CLI

Convert a Delegate to a Function pointer to Implement Callback function

by kero

Convert a delegate to a function pointer to implement callback function, for mixed Managed C++ and unmanaged C++ coding, and for DLL call.

Convert MAC Address String into Bytes

by anand choubey

The code snippet converts MAC Address String Format into Bytes

Convertion from managed String* data type to LPCTSTR

by mshoukry_alkhwarazmi

a class to convert from VC++.NET String* data type to leagcy LPCTSTR

Copy Constructors and Assignment Operators: Just Tell Me the Rules!

by Kenneth Kasajian

I get asked this question sometimes from seasoned programmers who are new to C++. There are plenty of good books written on the subject, but I found no clear and concise set of rules on the Internet for those who don't want to understand every nuance of the language—and just want the facts.

CP+ Visual Studio.NET Add-In

by Paul Watson

An app which retrieves the latest Articles and Lounge Posts from CP and displays them to you within your VS.NET IDE

CPath - juggling file names made easy

by peterchen

A wrapper class for path strings based on (and improving) the Shell Lightweight utility API.

Create Asynchronous Web Services with WSE v2.0 and ASP.NET SimpleHandlerFactory

by DGoins

This article describes another way to implement asychronous webservices using ASP.NET and WSE v2.0.

Create INSERT batch files easily with ScriptBuilder

by Gordon Kushner

Utility program for generating SQL Server INSERT scripts

Create Singleton with Parameters in Constructor

by Gergely Mancz

This article describes how you can create a singleton which has a constructor with one or more parameters.

Create Sub Window for MiniView under CView

by Youngho Kim

This Article is make of a CView under CView using CWnd control

Creating a Client/Server Framework

by Jeff Miles

Create a complete client/server framework with added server features, including activity logging, minimizing to the system tray, password and version checking, as well as user maintenance.

Creating a custom wizard to generate managed C++.NET applications with a default form

by zebbedi

Creating a custom wizard to generate managed C++.NET applications with a default form

Creating an OpenGL view on a Windows Form

by Benjamin Wootton

How to create an OpenGL view on a Windows Form.

Creating and Resolving shell links

by Nish Nishant

An MC++ class that uses IJW to invoke the IShellLink interface

Creating and Using User Controls with .NET Framework 2.0 using Visual Studio 2005 C++/CLI

by PatGulotta

This is an article discussing how to create a user control and how to add it to other projects using Visual Studio 2005 C++/CLI and .NET Framework 2.0.

Creating OpenGL Windows in WPF

by Christoph Menge

A guide to creating OpenGL applications with Windows Presentation Foundation

Creating Singleton Objects using Visual C++

by T. Kulathu Sarma

This article discusses a Creational Pattern called Singleton and explains different approaches for implementing Singleton pattern using a Visual C++ example.

Creation and Update Comment Stamps Macro

by Modesty Zhang

This is a Visual Studio .NET 2003 macro, it can automatically insert comment blocks to your source files about copyright, creation date, author and update, etc., basically anything you want for your source files’ header.

Cross language inheritance in .NET

by Chris Maunder

An introduction to cross-language inheritence in .NET.

Cross Language Web Service Implementation

by Nick Parker

Cross Language XML based Web Service Implementation between Managed C++ and C#.

Cross Platform Mutex

by Gulyan

Using Mutexes on cross platform programming

CThread

by PEK

CThread simplifies the process to start, run and stop threads. You can use it to work with threads in the same way as you do in C# or Java.

Custom (User Defined) Operators in C++

by John Crenshaw

C++ has no native support for adding new operators, but this article shows how, with macros and some clever overloading, it is possible to easily add your own anyway.

Customised Modal Dialog

by lata07mahi

Modal dialog with a user-defined look and feel.

Cutting Edge - Motion, Texture And 3D Forms As Interactive Services (Part I)

by Asame Imoni Obiomah

This article is the first toddler step in the development of a framework for the delivery of motion, touch and 3D forms as interactive services locally and over networks.

CVariantArray

by Ancient Dragon

A Two-Dimensional Array of VARIANTs

DataGridSample in MC++

by Peter C. Gallati

An article on implementing a DataGrid control bound to nested ArrayLists in a Windows Form

DCOM Transport

by araud

Your own transport for DCOM

Debugging Through the Debugger

by Jeffrey Walton

Using WinDbg to survive in a .NET world.

Decimal to English Fraction Algorithm

by Gammill

A four line algorithm in MC++ for converting decimals to fractions.

Defensive programming

by Rob Manderson

Some thoughts on how to write software defensively

Delegates in managed C++

by Chris Maunder

This sample demonstrates single- and multi-cast delegates using C++, including declaration, creation and usage, and a discussion on type safety.

Delegates Tutorial - MC++ and C# - The dual perspective

by Nish Nishant

Introduces and walks you through the use of delegates in .NET. Compares and contrasts the different approaches that MC++ and C# adopt in the use of delegates. With examples in both languages

Deploying MFC applications via ClickOnce

by Nish Nishant

A step by step tutorial on how to deploy an MFC application via ClickOnce

Desktop GMail Alert System

by Nimesha Ranasinghe

Alert GMail user when the mails come

Detecting the IE Refresh button using IWebBrowser2 and DWebBrowserEvents2 events.

by SteveFox

An article explaining how to capture a click on Internet Exporer's Refresh button, using DWebBrowserEvents2.

Deterministic Destruction in C++/CLI

by Nish Nishant

Looks at how deterministic destruction is possible with C++/CLI

Develop MFC Doc/View Application Which Supports Any Number Document Template

by sunhui

This article provides an introduction to TangramLittle, a C++ Framework for MFC and the .NET Framework. Knowledge in MFC and the .NET Framework is assumed.

Develop Your Own Operating System in C# or VB.NET

by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu

Develop your own operating system using C# (or VB.NET, etc.) and Visual Studio!

Developing Windows Forms Control using MFC and Managed C++

by Rama Krishna Vavilala

Demonstrates different ways to move MFC based controls to .NET Windows Forms

D-FOM, Another Model for System Analysis & Design with Object Orientation

by Deepak Jain

D-FOM is a proposed approach for Object Oriented Analysis & Designing of a Software/Hardware System.

D-FOM: Yet Another Object Oriented Model

by Deepak Jain

This paper is an updation to my last paper "D-FOM, Another Model for System Analysis & Design with Object Orientation". The strategy is made more clear, user oriented and application based.

Direct access to C++ native code from C++/CLI MSSQL Stored Procedure

by Peter Kovalchuk

Reading hardware information in Stored Procedure

DirectoryList

by nirvansk815

A custom listbox control to help manipulate data

DirectoryList 2.0

by nirvansk815

A custom listbox control to help visually manipulate data.

Displaying and Working with Forms

by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu

Whether you are new to development, or coming from Visual Basic, C++, Java, or Delphi, managing forms in WinForms can be initially confusing. This is an article targeted at beginners in WinForms programming to demonstrate how to easily manage and work with forms in a WinForms application.

DocMounter 2: A tool to build VS.NET documentation (now with Sandcastle)

by 10Tec, Sergey Gorbenko

Tool for creating MS Visual Studio documentation files - XML Summaries, HxS/MSHC help solutions and manuals.

Do's and Dont's in Foreign Outsourcing

by CARPETBURNER

Do's and dont's in finding and managing a Foreign Outsourcing company.

Download multiple files from an FTP server in .NET

by Aman Sura

This article is a brief description on how to code to download multiple files from an FTP server using .NET.

Drag List Box with Multiple Selection and Inter-List Dragging

by ckorda

A replacement for MFC's CDragListBox that supports multiple selection and dragging between lists

Drivers, Exceptions and C++

by valdok

Using C++ objects with destructors and exceptions in drivers

Dynamic Code Integration with CodeDom

by Crawfis

While there are many expression evaluators out there, the CodeDom framework allows you to take any .NET langauge and link a code snippet at run-time.

Dynamic DNS Web Service

by Paul Reeder

Implements a DNS updating service via XML Web Services.

Dynamic Message Passing for C++

by Achilleas Margaritis

Dynamic message passing for C++.

Dynamic Stack

by dizzybuzy

Dynamic Stack by using Linked list concept

Dynamically loading a DLL - MC++

by Nish Nishant

Shows how you can load an assembly at run time, instantiate a class in that assembly and call methods on the class

Easy Motion Detection

by Nimesha Ranasinghe

Detect motion using any webcam

Edge Detection in Images with Wavelet Transform

by Chesnokov Yuriy

This article demonstrates an alternative way for edges extraction compared to conventional image filtering operations with edge detection filters

Editing MSI Deployment Packages with Orca and Adding Custom Shortcuts

by rwestgraham

Tutorial on Basic MSI Architecture, how to edit VS.NET Setups with Orca, and adding custom shortcuts.

EfTidyNet: .NET Wrapper for Tidy library

by ThatsAlok

Free component for parsing HTML, .NET version of EfTidyCom

EGen – a scalable code generation and maintenance framework

by Eduard Ene

An article on EGen - a scalable code generation and maintenance framework for C/C++/C#/Java, implemented in Ruby.

Embedding CMFCOutlookBar in CSplitterWnd panes

by vikas maan

Create a 2008 MFCOutlookBar in any pane of a SplitterWnd.

Emit with a human face

by Igor Tkachev

A wrapper for the System.Reflection.Emit namespace

Encrypt/Self Decrypt Files in Native C++ and .NET

by Leon Finker

Encrypts/self-decrypts a file at a time based on password and chosen algorithm

Enemy at the Gates: Protect Your Intellectual Property through Guile and Subterfuge

by NineRays

The advertorial is mainly about protecting intellectual property and the essential points to remember in order to do so. It mainly emphasizes on the benefits of obfuscation and how it can help in disabling easy reverse engineering in .NET codes.

Enhanced .NET Bootstrap Setup

by Kevin Moore

Modified Microsoft Setup program to install required IE6, MSI 2.0 and .NET.

Enum Streaming Code Auto-Gen (Binary)

by kornman00

Using LINQ Expression Trees to auto generate binary streaming methods for enums.

Event Logging in Windows 2000

by niverson

Sample code for performing event logging that is accessible from Event Viewer

Events with Memory in MC++

by Steve Maier

An article on adding memory to events using Managed C++.

Exception Handling in ASP.NET Applications

by Rakheesh

Various ways of handling exceptions in ASP.NET applications.

Exception handling in Managed C++

by Selvam R

An exception is any error occurring in the program at execution time. Exception handling increases the program reliability.

Explicit Constructor in C++

by programmersmind

Explicit constructor in C++.

Export Web Browser's Favorites To XML File

by Aric Wang

The aritcle gives you a way to export web browser's favorites.

Exposing native to managed - C++/CLI vs. P/Invoke

by Shmuel Zang

This article shows a basic introduction for exposing native C++ content to managed .NET projects, using C++/CLI or P/Invoke.

Extending Office 2007 with Tangram Extension Tools for Application

by sunhui

A new method for Extending Microsoft Office 2007 User Interface using MFC/ATL and .NET technologies.

Extreme Designing

by RedSunBeer

test the apps design

Fast SIMD Prototyping

by Shao Voon Wong

Prototype SIMD vectorized code effortlessly.

File filtering and directory recursion in .NET using Managed Extensions for C++

by Bill Ferreira

Process files based on a file filter and have the filter applied recursively to sub folders

File Rotator

by Manish K. Agarwal

Rotating files by appending 00, 01, 02, 03 etc. in file name once the file size reaches its predefined maximum file size.

File Security (fs) Utility for the Command Line

by Bill Ferreira

.NET command line utility, implementing file security through symmetric encryption.

Finalization

by Ernst Kuschke

Reasons *not* to implement Finalize

For C# - For and For More

by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu

Just moved to C#? Do you miss the for i = 1 to 50 syntax? Look no further, C# can do it too by extending it in a unique way.

Full Screen Caption bar

by Lars [Large] Werner

Description on how to implement a full screen caption bar in Win32/MFC.

Fun with the Console, Animating the American Flag (Visual C++ 6.0)

by Software_Developer

Have some fun with the console, animate the American flag

Function overriding in C++/CLI

by Nish Nishant

Takes a look at new features like explicit overriding, renamed overriding, multiple overriding and sealing a method

Function pointers and Delegates - Closing the gap!

by Nish Nishant

Explains the usage of the Marshal class methods GetFunctionPointerForDelegate and GetDelegateForFunctionPointer, and compares their performance with the P/Invoke mechanism.

Game Server Scanner

by gfx_sikander

Port scanner to find game servers on a LAN.

Garbage Collection in .NET

by Chris Maunder

A quick introduction to Garbage collection in .NET using Managed C++

GDI+ in managed C++ applications.

by Igor Chouvalov

This Sample demonstrates basic drawing techniques using GDI+ in a Managed C++ application.

Generating Aesthetic Line Styles

by Durga Prasad Dhulipudi

A novel way to create complex line patterns

Generating Outlines in OpenGL

by Dave Handley

Using multi-pass techniques to generate outlines in OpenGL.

Generic BinaryReader and BinaryWriter Extensions

by Kevin Li (Li, Ken-un)

Generics and extension methods in C++/CLI

Generic Thunk with 5 combinations of Calling Conventions

by OwnWaterloo

A simple and generic solution of making a member function become a callback function with the help of thunk technology.

Genetic Algorithms in Artificial Neural Network Classification Problems

by Chesnokov Yuriy

The article demonstrates the application of genetic algorithms for classification problems with artificial neural networks.

Get Physical HDD Serial Number without WMI

by dmihailescu

Retrieve the physical Hard drive ID and other info using low level APIs like DeviceIOControl

Get the calling module that invoked your function

by dmihailescu

How to get the calling module that invoked your function as an entry point.

Get vertices from a mesh base object with Managed C++

by Geraud Cambournac

How to get the vertices from a mesh base object with Managed C++.

Global Interface Table: An Easy Way to Marshal an Interface Pointer

by ThatsAlok

An easy way to marshal your interface pointer between threads!

Graphical grid component

by Matthew Hazlett

Easy manipulation of graphical grids

by iranvig

you can use this control to your program - see sample .

GUID Generator based on SHA1

by ZhengPing Wang

GUID Generator based on SHA1

Guide to using Pinning Pointers

by Nish Nishant

Article on the usage and dangers of pinning pointers

Handling non-English characters UTF8 with MS VC++ 2005

by osella.esteban

This article describes how to handle streams of non-English characters.

Hardwired's Named Critical Section and Named Spin Lock

by Inocentric

Named critical section and named spin lock - you may find it useful for debugging complex applications.

Hardwired's Thread Safe Double Link List Template

by Inocentric

This article explains how to use CLinkedListDouble template class. This template is a thread safe implementation of double link list.

Hardwired's Thread Safe Single Link List Template

by Inocentric

This article explains how to use CLinkedListSingle template class. This template is a thread safe implementation of single link list.

Hash Tables as an Efficient Means of Search

by AndyUk06

An implementation of hash tables as a means of fast lookup in C++.

HeaderToolbar

by Lars [Large] Werner

How to implement a header to your SDI/MDI project.

Hello C++/CLI - Part 1

by Antti Keskinen

A multi-part article, introducing a C++-background person into the world of C++/CLI.

Hello C++/CLI - Part 2

by Antti Keskinen

Second part of the series: leaving Platform SDK behind, and MDI Forms.

Hide scrollbars from a CListCtrl

by Lars [Large] Werner

Removes the scrollbars from a CListCtrl without loosing the ability to scroll

High Efficient Dynamic Array and a Simple Demo

by flyhigh

Help you manager dynamic array

High Performance Heterogeneous Container

by Alexandre Courpron

This article presents the implementation of a fixed-size heterogeneous container.

Home Made Java Virtual Machine

by Maruf Maniruzzaman

Functional java virtual machine - can run java applications for most of the instructions.

How Can I Get the Address of KeServiceDescriptorTableShadow

by Try and try

Explain how to get the address of KeServiceDescriptorTableShadow

How To Build an Assembly that Exposes Win32 APIs and Native COM Objects

by dmihailescu

Make managed and unmanaged calls into a DLL library

How To Calculate the Age of a File

by Ben Aldhouse

Using time and file functions

How To Create a NT(Win) Service Using C++ with Managed Extensions

by DGoins

This article explains how to create a NT Service also known as a Windows Service using C++ with Managed Extensions.

How to create a simple proxy in Managed C++

by Albert Pascual

How to create a simple proxy to parse HTTP to another server using Managed C++

How to create an event in a DLL?

by kunchen

This sample is demostrating how to create an event in a DLL file and afterward how to call this event from a client program.

How to create installation patches for VS.NET deployment projects

by mjmeans

Automaticaly create Windows installer patches.

How to detect a connection loss in .Net Sockets

by Fade (Amit BS)

Explains how to detect when a remote peer closes the connection

How to do Synchronous and Asynchronous web downloads

by Nish Nishant

Explains the usage of WebRequest, WebResponse and related classes.

How to estimate a software project in man-hours?

by RedSunBeer

Some thoughts on estimating before having a design in place.

How to get the clients IP address using TcpClient in Managed C++

by Albert Pascual

How to get the clients IP address using TcpClient in Managed C++

How to have an Auto-Completing ComboBox in .NET

by Nish Nishant

Shows how to derive a class from ComboBox and add an Auto-Complete feature to it. The example uses Managed C++.

How to open a serial COM port in Managed C++

by Albert Pascual

How to open a Serial COM port using Managed C++ and loading unmanaged DLLs

How to pass data to worker threads

by Nish Nishant

Shows how you can pass data to your worker threads

How to Protect your Code from Prying Eyes and Theft

by NineRays, Mark Sochan

Most .NET software projects can easily be tampered, exposing your software to security risks and theft of intellectual property. This article shows different techniques used to protect .NET code and determine the best protection for you. 9rays.Net offers you Spices.Obfuscator to these ends.

How to use Managed C++ to Automate Excel

by bollwerkj

An article on how to use MC++ to automate Excel; create an Excel application, add a Workbook, and add a bar chart and line chart.

How to use NUnit to test native C++ code

by Kenneth Kasajian

Because NUnit is designed to unit test managed code, it does not lend itself to test unmanaged C++ code as easily as for C#, until now!

How to use Process Class in Managed C++

by Selvam R

This article explains how to use Process Class in Managed C++ applications

How to use Windows::Forms::UserControl on a CWnd based

by datenkabel

This article describes how to place .NET UserControl based classes on a MFC based class.

How-to create a custom project template using Visual C++ .NET

by Hugo PEREIRA

A tutorial on writing your own project template for Visual C++ .NET.

HowTo: Export C++ classes from a DLL

by Alex Blekhman

The C++ programming language and Windows DLLs can live in peace after all.

HTML and CSS C++ class

by Yarin

Makes handling HTML and CSS in the text form in C/C++ easy

I have developed a B+Tree using template. Please enjoy.

by Shin Jin

B+Tree

IFS - an Internet File System implementation based on Web services and peer-to-peer technology

by Stoyan Damov

Internet File System from scratch - making web services and peer-to-peer technology work together to build a virtual file system

ImageMagick in VB.NET

by bubble2k

ImageMagick is a powerful image manipulation that supports a wide variety of formats. In this article we develop an ImageMagick Wraper in C++ to expose functionalities in Magick++ to a .NET application.

Implementing Bubble Sort with SSE2

by codekaizen

How much faster will implementing "the generic bad algorithm" in SSE2 make it?

Implementing Callback functions using IJW (avoiding DllImport)

by Nish Nishant

Shows how you can call native API functions that require callbacks using IJW, and without the use of DllImport attribute. The technique allows you to pass a delegate as the callback function just as in the MS recommended manner except, I show you how to do this without the ugly DllImport attribute.

Implementing custom collection classes with MC++

by Nish Nishant

Tutorial on creating your own collection classes that are enumerable and sortable. Explains in detail the usage of the IEnumerable, IEnumerator, IComparable and IComparer interfaces

Implementing IDisposable and the Dispose Pattern Properly

by Scott Dorman

Explains how to properly implement the IDisposable interface, the Dispose Pattern, and deterministic finalization.

Improving the Performance of Serial Ports Using C#: Part 2

by Doug Richards

Simple test programs designed to demonstrate performance issues with the .NET serial port interface and what might be done to improve things.

IndieLib - Fast Game Development

by Loover

IndieLib is a C++ 2.5d engine for game development and fast game prototyping in a really easy way.

Inner Product Experiment: CPU, FPU vs. SSE*

by Chesnokov Yuriy

The article demonstrating inner product operation performed with shorts, ints, floats and doubles with CPU/FPU and SSE for comparison.

Inside Mountvol.exe

by bleucat

Programaticaly mounting a volume as a common user

Installing and Using side-by-side native assemblies from C# and MC++

by akiran

This article details how to create, install and use side-by-side native assemblies from C# and MC++.

Installing XP Embedded

by Pradeep Kothari

Installing Windows XP Embedded

Intelligent Screen Saver

by Zeeshan Ejaz Bhatti

A utility to control screen saver on your computer using computer vision (human face detection), rather than idle timer.

Interactive Techniques in Three-dimensional Scenes (Part 1): Moving 3D Objects with the Mouse using OpenGL 2.1

by Steve Katic

Moving 3D objects with the mouse using OpenGL.

Intercom Pattern

by saiful_vonair

Defines many to many relationship between different types of classes.

Interface-based Programming, Runtime Class Discovery, Dynamic Class Loading from DLL

by steveb

Interface-based programming, Runtime class discovery, Dynamic class loading from DLL

Introduction to DataSets and working with XML files

by Alexandru Savescu

This article gives you an introduction to .NET's DataSets and how you can use them with XML files

Introduction to dynamic two dimensional arrays in C++

by Bibeka

An introduction to dynamic 2D arrays in C++.

Introduction to Managed C++

by ManagedCode

Managed C++ often gets a bum rap in the world of .NET. Some of it is deserved, some is not, and some comes from just plain misunderstanding.

Introduction to Object-Oriented Tiered Application Design

by Steven Campbell

An introduction to some of the challenges and opportunites of object-oriented design.

Introduction to the Arduino Hardware Platform

by jeffb42

Introduction to Arduino hardware platform

JLib - A Windows Console Library

by Pepsibot

A console library capable of colored input and output. Includes user definable menus, ASCII character windows, save/restore a screen worth of characters, 256 console color combinations, and a smart coloring.

Keeping Secrets with Data Protection API (DPAPI) in .NET

by esob

A full blown sample of keeping data secret in memory or on a file.

Learning Binary and Hexadecimal

by Jeremy Falcon

A beginner's guide to talking like a computer.

Leveraging your Existing C++ Code for Use in the .NET Environment

by Junlin Xu

This article shows how you can make your existing C++ code available to .NET environment

Limiting your .NET apps to a single instance

by Nish Nishant

Shows how to use the Mutex class to limit your app to a single instance using a named mutex

Load JPEG images from DLL with LoadResource in Managed C++

by Giuseppe Pischedda

Load JPEG images from DLL with LoadResource in Managed C++

Loading and parsing HTML using MSHTML. 3rd way.

by Philip Patrick

Explains how to load HTML code from memory and parse it using MS technologies

Loading keyboard layout (KbdLayerDescriptor) in 32/64-bit environment

by Lars [Large] Werner

When loading a keyboard dll as a 32-bit application on a 64-bit system, the keyboard-dll-files does not work as expected, this class fixes that problem

Log Events in VC

by wshcdr

Use EventLog in VC

Logical XOR operator

by Goran Mitrovic

A simple implementation of a logical xor operator.

Low Latency Audio using ASIO Drivers in .NET

by Rob Philpott

Demonstrates access to your sound hardware with ASIO drivers

LuaDotNet: a thin wrapper around Lua and Luabind for .NET

by Jonathan de Halleux

Add the Lua scripting engine to your .NET applications.

Luhn' s Algorithm

by wapnethr

Calculating checksum number using Luhn's algorithm

MaChat - a chat with a browser for LANs

by Michael Mac

This article shows how to create a Chat for Local Area Networks which uses the WebBrowser control to display the messages.

Making Managed Extensions for C++ STL friendly

by Nemanja Trifunovic

Some code to help you combine MC++ and STL

Managed C++ - Learn by Example - Part 1

by Elias Bachaalany

This article will teach you MC++ in a direct and experiential manner.

Managed C++ and Windows Forms

by Nish Nishant

An introduction to Windows Forms using Managed C++

Managed C++ and Windows Forms - Image Viewer

by Nish Nishant

Demonstrates adding menus, showing open-dialog boxes, showing images, scrolling.

Managed C++ wrapper for ZLib

by Alberto Ferrazzoli

.NET wrapper for ZLib, written in MC++

Managed Exception Handling using VC++.NET

by Nish Nishant

An introduction to managed exception handling in MC++ programs

Managed threads in Managed C++

by Albert Pascual

How to create threads in Managed C++

Managed Wrapper around MMAudioDeviceApi

by Akos Mattiassich

A C++/CLI wrapper around MMAudioDeviceApi with notification support.

Managing the Unmanaged Code

by Bala Rajesh

Managed C++ wrapper to a native C++ library

Mapping POSIX threads to C++ code

by FlorianPraxmair

Mapping POSIX threads to object oriented C++ code.

Matlab 7.1+ and Visual Studio 2005

by abn9c

An article describing how to compile Matlab 7.1-7.4 mexw32 files using Visual Studio 2005

MbUnit : Generative Unit Test Framework

by Jonathan de Halleux

A new highly flexible unit test framework with new fixtures

MC++ TCP server talking to MFC & MC++ TCP clients

by Nish Nishant

Basic demonstration of the TcpListener/TcpClient classes.

MD5 File Creation and Verification

by Shaheer Abdulrahiman

A tool for creating/verifying MD5 files

MDX WinForm with .NET Controls

by Fei Liu

This article shows how to use .NET controls in Windows Forms containing managed DirectX content

Memory and Memory Corruption

by logicchild

An article written to describe the use of the Console debugger

Memory Leak Detection Using Windbg

by Mayank Rai

Detecting memory leaks using Windbg.

Message Thread Using IoCompletionPort

by My2Cents

Thread communication made easy!

MessageBoxManager - A Windows Forms component that provides enhanced MessageBox functionality

by Nish Nishant

MessageBoxManager is a Windows Forms component that you can drag & drop into a Windows Forms project's main form, and it gives you enhanced message box functionality without forcing you to change your existing calls to any of the MessageBox.Show() overloads

MFC and Design Patterns

by T. Kulathu Sarma

This article discusses what a Design Pattern is, GoF's classification of Patterns, and MFC and Design Patterns.

Microsoft .NET Kick Start Chapter 3: Programming with .NET

by Sams Publishing

An introduction to programming with .NET.

Minimalistic Driver-less Native MySql Client

by Ladislav Nevery

Native MySql Client not requiring any special driver or library

Mixing .NET and Assembly Language in a standalone 64-bit exe

by Jose A Pascoa

This article deals with building a standalone 64-bit .NET .exe file that is statically linked with an Assembly Language compiled object file.

Mixing .NET and native code

by Alain DOS REIS

A first approach to mixing .NET and native code, using the C++/CLI gateway.

Mobile Agents - Software on the move

by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu

What if objects could move from machine to machine? Not just automated downloads, or remotely controlling objects as in remoting, but a system in which the object actually moves about. Mobile software agents do exactly that. In this article I will provide an introduction to this fascinating concept.

Modeless WinForm With Callback From Unmanaged Code

by cfrost

How to use a modeless WinForm from an unmanaged application including callback functionality

Modify the Base Addresses for a DLL Files Series

by aovidiu

The generated DLLs base addresses assure contiguous memory spaces for each DLL in the given DLLs series.

Moving Data between Managed Code and Unmanaged Code – Alternative Using C++ and IJW

by Oren Zeev-Ben-Mordehai

Moving data between Managed Code and Unmanaged Code – Alternative using C++ and IJW

MS SQL Server mail queue

by Dan Glass

Mail queue using a SQL database

MsAccess MdbTools with MFC and .NET

by ErnestoNet

Viewer of MsAccess databases directly from MFC and .NET - Repair corrupt databases

Multi language on-screen keyboard using Windows keyboard DLLs

by Lars [Large] Werner

Windows has built inn support for a lot of keyboard languages, this class makes it possible to extract that info in an easy manner and present it to screen.

Multi-line InputBox control - MC++

by Nish Nishant

A .NET port of my MFC CFrameWnd derived InputBox class, written using MC++

Multiple DataGridViews on a Form

by Ger Hayden

This is a working example of three DataGridViews on a windows form where the values on the second and third grid change during execution written using C++/CLI.

Native under Managed

by paladin_t

A guide about how to mix native and managed code in one solution

NeoLua (Lua for the .NET Dynamic Language Runtime)

by neolithos

NeoLua implements Lua as a .NET dynamic language.

New Initiative in Programming - Foundation for Open Project Documentation

by Shalyto

The aim of Foundation is to prove the necessity to create the software project documentation. This documentation is not only to contain the description of the desired final software product, but also the circumstantially spread over process of its development.

NHook - A .NET debugger API for x86

by Nicolas Dorier

Debugger API, explore and modify running program easily

NHunspell - Hunspell for the .NET platform

by Thomas Maierhofer (Tom)

The spell checking and hyphenation features of OpenOffice for the .NET platform.

Non-Member Functions in OOP

by Nemanja Trifunovic

How non-member functions fit into object oriented programming.

NPerf, A Performance Benchmark Framework for .NET

by Jonathan de Halleux

NPerf is a framework for benchmarking classes and methods, that tastes like NUnit.

NT Security Classes for .NET

by David Hall

A collection of .NET classes written in Managed C++ that faciliate the manipulation of NT security rights

N-Tier application using Managed C++ and ASP.NET - A Tutorial

by Ranjan Banerji

A tutorial on how to set up an n-tier application using .Net

N-Track : Work-Time tracking system

by Nish Nishant

A work time tracking system that includes a Managed C++ remoting server and MFC clients that use the managed extensions. The application demonstrates how to mix managed and unmanaged code.

Nura Quadris – The Time Killer Computer Game

by PARK Youngho

A different take on a familiar game

Object Design for the Perplexed

by David Veeneman

An introduction to the 'why' of object design

ObjectPool - a library for pooling .NET objects

by Stoyan Damov

A (managed C++) library for object pooling in .NET

Observer Pattern

by Nilesh K.

An article that explains Observer patterns in a simple manner

Observer Pattern as C++ Component

by tojohere

Observer pattern is made as a reusable C++ component

Obtaining Current DataTable Row for a DataGrid

by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu

Some things in .NET are missing "practical" short cuts. This article demonstrates how to obtain the row in a DataTable that the currently selected row in a DataGrid is linked to.

Office 2000 style colour picker By Shailesh Litake

by shailesh litake

office style control

Old Dog, New Tricks (Windows Forms Programming for C++/MFC Developers)

by Tom Steele

Useful tricks for new Windows Forms developers.

OLE DB - Bound controls

by Nish Nishant

Shows how you can use data bound controls with OLE DB

OLE DB - First steps

by Nish Nishant

Basic introduction to using OLE DB to insert, update and read records from a database

One Click SSL Certificate Registration using WinHTTP

by KeithPirkl

OpenGL 3D Navigation glRotatef, glTranslatef, gluLookAt EP_OpenGL_005

by erjan123

A OpenGL 3D Navigation program with glRotatef, glTranslatef, gluLookAt

OpenGL for Both Native and .NET Environment

by Junlin Xu

This article shows how you can bring OpenGL to both native and .NET environment.

OpTemplate Class - A Demonstration of Operator Overloading

by Yap Chun Wei

Demonstration of operator overloading.

Optimizing Web Applications with AJAX and Spread

by Bill Albing

FarPoint has developed leadership in the spreadsheet component marketplace with FarPoint Spread for Web Forms which is the high-end spreadsheet product for ASP.NET development. It is AJAX enabled and ATLAS tested.

Oracle Advance Queue or Advanced Queuing from .NET (C#/VB/MC++)

by CastorTiu

How to use Oracle advance queue from a .NET enviroment.

Outlook Interop, Including Distribution Lists

by Ralph in Boise

Re-usable code to manage Outlook.

Outlook style GUI - three-way split form

by Nish Nishant

Demonstrates the usage of splitters, treeviews, listviews, panels, toolbars

Owner Draw List Box with Icons and Text

by chia hung liu

Easy to implementation Owner Draw List Box

P/Invoke Library - VS2005 & 2008 Add-in

by Ernest Laurentin

The article describes the P/Invoke Library Visual Studio add-in.

Packet Filtering in .NET

by Jesus Oliva

Class library to implement packet filtering funcionality in your .NET applications

Parametrization of CListCtrl’s Descendant Class in MDI Templates of CMultiDocTemplate Function

by Emery Emerald

The demonstration of the possibility of parametrization of the non parametrized constructors of the MFC application's document templates.

Parse date time string with spirit

by ZhengPing Wang

A sample show how to parse date with boost spirit framework

Parsing floating point strings with specified decimal separator

by Marcin Cuprjak

Parsing strings in .NET is very easy, but if you want to specify different decimal separators, there might be some confusion.

Part 7: OpenCL plugins

by manythreads

This article will demonstrate how to create C/C++ plugins that can be dynamically loaded at runtime to add massively parallel OpenCL capabilities to an already running application

Passing Data Between Forms Using Events & Delegates (C++/CLI)

by Doug Langston

A Visual Studio 2015 project that shows one way to pass information between Windows Forms

PC-lint 101: What does "Location cited in prior message" mean?

by Anna-Jayne Metcalfe

If you are new to PC-lint, you may have wondered what message 830 ("Location cited in prior message") means, and - given that such messages can add greatly to the overall issue count in your file or project - what (if any) use are they?Quite simply, message 830 identifies a location in the codebase

Perfect Semi-transparent & Shaped Dialogs with Standard, ActiveX, and Translucent Controls for Windows 2000+

by D.K.Wang

This article tries to find a way to show standard controls, ActiveX controls, translucent controls on layered windows. Native MFC source code provided.

Permutations Utilizing STL Vectors and Recursion using Steinhaus Algorithm

by jrivero

Permutations utilizing STL vectors and recursion encapsulated in a namespace

PInvoke Performance

by Dave Kerr

Performance comparison of P/Invoke versus a C++/CLI wrapper.

Play Wave Files with DirectSound and Display its Spectrum in Real Time - Part 2

by jackyxinli

An article to show how to play a Wave file with DirectSound and display its spectrum in real time.

Playing audio and video using DirectShow

by Kumar.Prabhu

This project demonstrates the basics of DirectShow and related concepts.

POP3 Client using Sockets

by aisha.ansari

post office protocol to retrieve mails

Portable C++ XML Serialization

by HZ_79

An open C++ library to serialize objects as XML

Portable JRE API Hooking (IAT)

by Thilak Raj S

Making JRE truely portable by API hooking.

Porting from C++ to C#: Huo Chess Example

by Palavos

An example of how to move from C++ to C# with minimal effort

Post-Build Executable Back Patching

by Jeffrey Walton

Perform Advanced Post-Build Executable Processing with the DbgHelp Library

Preventing "Return" and "Esc" From Closing Dialog

by JKallen

Preventing the Return and Esc keys from closing a dialog. User will close the dialog via File-> Close or clicking the "x".

Processor BenchMark Utility

by PeterGlen

Measuring Processor Performance

Production Grammar Framework for .NET with Applications to Testing

by Jonathan de Halleux

Production grammar can be used to produce a wide range of results, including automatic test cases.

Profiling the Performance of a .NET Application

by Paul Glavich

ANTS Profiler provides you with a quick and easy way of identifying performance bottlenecks within your .NET applications. Additional support for the latest .NET 3.0 features, the Vista operating system, and Visual Studio integration, cements ANTS Profiler as a leading tool in performance profiling.

Programming control point application using the UPnP Control Point API

by amatecki

The article describes how to use the Microsoft's UPnP Control Point API for finding and controlling UPnP devices, and includes a description of simple library to facilitate the application of Control Point API in your own programs, together with an example of MFC and WinForms applications.

Programming IE- Creating a Browser using WebBrowser Control.

by Raghuwanshi.G.S

This article shows how to Create your own Browser using WebBrowser Control.

Project Management

by Nitron

An introduction into the art and science of project management.

ProSysLib: Dissecting the Process

by Vitaly Tomilov

Access detailed information about the current process the easiest way.

Quake II .NET

by Ralph Arvesen

A port of the famous C-language based game engine to Visual C++ with a .NET managed heads-up display.

Queue & ThreadPool class in Managed C++

by big71

The article describes a simple class that implements a ThreadPool based on an object Queue.

Quick C++/CLI - Learn C++/CLI in less than 10 minutes

by Elias Bachaalany

Learn C++/CLI in less than 10 minutes.

Quick start to using WinDbg

by Ganik

Step by step instructions for a newbie on how to use WinDbg.

RAII Idiom and Managed C++

by Nemanja Trifunovic

A template wrapper that enables deterministic cleanup in .NET environment.

Ramakrishna's Code Project Screen Saver

by Rama Krishna Vavilala

This is a screen saver written in C# and Managed C++ to display data from The Code Project web site

Rationale Behind Whidbey C++ Breaking Changes

by Chris Maunder

The explanations, workarounds, scenarios and the rationale behind the decisions to change the Whidbey C++ compiler.

Reading Binary Data from a file

by Nik Vogiatzis

Allows a developer to use the .NET way of reading binary files.

Reading Unmanaged Data Into Structures

by Sasha Goldshtein

In this article, we will look into reading data from an unmanaged array of bytes into a managed data structure. We will use multiple approaches to optimize the process.

Really Easy Logging using IL Rewriting and the .NET Profiling API

by Herbrandson

Explains how to insert logging into code at runtime using IL rewriting and the .Net profiling API

Real-Time Object Tracker in C++

by Chesnokov Yuriy

This article describes an object tracking approach by estimating a time averaged background scene for tracking static and moving objects in real-time on down-scaled image data.

recording and play using Waveform audio interface

by nghiath

This article allow you to recording and replay.

Recursive Assertions Obscure The Real Problem with a Phantom Assertion

by CurtD

Assertions are a very effective debugging tool for C/C++ code. But, a very subtle problem exists with assertions that can cause you to waste a lot of debugging time chasing the wrong problem.

Recursive Tower of Hanoi with(GUI)

by ssm_as

Recursive Tower of Hanoi with(GUI)

Redirect the Enter key from a Windows Forms TextBox

by Jerome RG

A useful trick to customize the comportment of the Enter key in a Windows Forms TextBox control.

Refactoring Template Bloat

by eugened

A technique to refactor C++ template bloat

Refactoring to Adaptive Object Modeling: Property Pattern

by Christopher G. Lasater

This article will deal with Property methodology of Adaptive Object Modeling. Property pattern methodology maintains that the attributes of a class should be held as a collection of properties, as opposed to single instance variables, which can be changed at runtime.

Refactoring to Adaptive Object Modeling: Strategy Pattern

by Christopher G. Lasater

Strategy methodology maintains that the operations and business rules or code flow of a class should be held as a collection of properties, as opposed to single method calls, which can be changed at runtime.

RegMon

by trysunil

An article on monitoring run registry keys

Remote Debugging using GDB

by Boby Thomas P

Brief description on remote debugging using GDB, DDD and GDBserver

Rendering Shapefile in OpenGL

by Durga Prasad Dhulipudi

Rendering ESRI Shapefiles(.shp) using OpenGL

Review: Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture - Part 1 of 3

by Levi Rosol

Review of Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Martin Fowler

RtwIdleDll Control

by Rajitha Wimalasooriya

DLL to track the system idle time.

Running Process without Security Warning in Internet Explorer 7

by simonchen.net

How to prevent a security warning in Internet Explorer such as "An identified program wants to access to your computer", or "A website wants to open web content using this program on your computer".

SafeHandle and Constrained Execution Regions

by Scott Dorman

Explains the new SafeHandle class and Constrained Execution Regions, and shows how to use them.

Safely accessing pointers

by Jaskiran Singh

The topic discusses how to safely access the pointers, which are considered as bomb shells if used unsafely.

Sandcastle Conceptual Help: Quick Start

by Paul Selormey

Learn how to write user manuals with the Sandcastle Help Compiler.

Scalable Session-State Storage for ASP.NET Server Farms

by William L. Bain

ScaleOut StateServer boosts server farm performance and offloads database servers by hosting ASP.NET session-state and other workload data directly on the farm using distributed, in-memory storage.

Screen and Form capture with Managed C++

by Nish Nishant

This is further demonstration of MC++ IJW capabilities

screensaver in Managed c++

by howdyeveryone

another screensaver code, but this one is managed c++ only, no MFC, winipi stuff

Secure Encryption For Data Storage with Key Re-use

by Tom Stone

Enhanced encryption algorthim for data storage (console app)

SelectionForm

by Jan Kuiken

Using a class derived from System::Windows::Forms::Form to enable region selection of a form.

Sending mail in Managed C++ using SMTP

by Albert Pascual

Sending mail in Managed C++ using SMTP

Serialization Primer - MC++

by Nish Nishant

A basic introduction to serialization using Managed C++

SFMT in Action: Part I – Generating a DLL Including SSE2 Support

by Emre Özgür İnce

An approach for using the SFMT (SIMD-oriented Fast Mersenne Twister) random number generator algorithm.

Shared_Pointer

by Abhi_Coder

Implementation of Shared Pointer

Show Us Your Threads! Contest

by Joel De Guzman

Who says learning threading isn’t fun? Take a break from solving problems / developing code and join us in a fun contest. Weekly gift cards will be given based on community voting. You could be our grand prize winner of an Intel® Core 2 Duo iMac* - with a 20” screen.

Simple Class Used To Get Current Webpage's Net Speed

by Aric Wang

Really a tiny class, used to get the currently webpage's net speed you are opening

Simple CListCtrl with HyperLink Function

by liuxiao

A way of adding hyperlink in CListCtrl

Simple MDI application using Managed c++ classes.

by Hrishikesh Lele

An article to explain how to write simple MDI application using managed c++ classes.

Simple Method of DLL Export without C++/CLI

by Dark Daskin

Article describes how to build an assembly that exposes functions to unmanaged code without C++/CLI

Simple Serial Communication

by Idael Cardoso

A C++ class to allow simple serial communication in Win32 platforms

Simple Wordpad in Managed C++

by Selvam R

Using Managed C++ and the RichTextBox for a simple Wordpad application

Simple Worker Thread Class

by Manish K. Agarwal

A simple worker thread class with Join and post thread message

Simplest PDF Generating API for JPEG Image Content

by Hao Hu

An article on how to generate PDF file based on JPEG file as page content

Simulation of Barber shop problem

by Ananth Nag Sastry Ganti

Simulation of Barber shop problem

Skills and Concepts to Program in C++

by Nader Omar

Learn the Skills and Concepts to Program in C++ for Beginner & Intermediate/step by step

Skinned Forms Using Images

by Cibz

An alternate method to when TransparencyKey is not working .

Small C++ Code Profiler with Debug Console Window

by Samuel Batista

A small, yet powerful, code profiler with a debug console window.

Smart Auto-Complete (and Easy )

by Vinicius Jarina

A Edit that Automatically completes your words

Smart debug logging in C++.NET

by Adrian-Bogdan Andreias

A smart logger that makes use of the new predefined VC++.NET macros.

SmartObject Class (Objective-C like Memory Management) for C++ (A substitute for Smart Pointer maybe?)

by Chris La

This article explains Objective-C like C++ memory management class, SmartObject.

Snake Game in a Win32 Console

by Software_Developer

A Snake game in a Win32 Console

SoftG Application Framework 1.62

by HotSoftG

Automation framework application development, realize the software functions and software frame separation. Support plug-in support theme

Software Architect Simple Way 1 of ??

by The DevMan

A series for simplifying the learning of software architecture

Software Quality – Make it a reality

by Orina DCosta

Quality is a discipline. Follow simple rules which work for you and take pride in creating your masterpiece.

Solution to Travelling Salesman Problem

by omkar joshi

Solution to a Travelling Salesman problem using Hamiltonian circuit, the efficieny is O(n^4) and I think it gives the optimal solution.

Some Easy Ways to Send Emails (via SMTP) and SMS Text Messages

by daluu

A beginner's guide on how to send emails (via SMTP) and SMS text messages when you don't have adequate access to the necessary resources

SonicUI - A Convenient GUI Engine You've Never Seen

by Sonic Guan

A convenient and high-powered GUI engine with plenty of tricks

Speaking Alarm Clock

by Adalsteinn B. Bjarnason

Unique alarm application that works.

Splash Screen C++ Class using MFC

by Chris Apple

A MFC C++ class to generate a splash screen and about box from a bitmap and version string resources.

SSL/TLS client/server for .NET and SSL tunnelling

by Leon Finker

SSL/TLS Client/Server classes for .NET that uses Windows SSPI for SSL/TLS protocol

Start C/C++ Projects FAST

by coder_of_salvation

Skip the 'starting from scratch' & Makefile bullsh*t, this will boost your creativity

SteganoPad - Steganographic Notepad

by nbugalia

Only the user can see the words on screen

StringConvertor : A convertor class for managed-unmanaged string conversions that handles memory de-allocations

by Nish Nishant

A convertor class for managed-unmanaged string conversions that handles memory de-allocations. Caller need not worry about freeing unmanaged memory allocations.

Strings in .NET

by Ernst Kuschke

Strings in .NET are special - this article shows why.

Sudoku Solver

by kbsbng

Sudoku solver using a backtracking algorithm

SyncBox - An Online Storage Alternative

by Attila Kúr

An alternative way to get Online Storage on top of a version control system like Subversion

TCP Session Reconstruction Tool

by Saar Yahalom

A TCP session reconstruction tool for C#.

Technology of Automata-Based Programming

by Shalyto

Here new technology of software design is offered. This technology is appropriate for compicated and complex solutions. It is based on finite automata concept. Author hopes that this technology is rather successful UML alternative.

Template-Based Code Generation with SmartCode

by Danilo Mendez

SmartCode is a template based code generator.This tutorial describes the process of building a templates to SmartCode

Terminal Services Listening Port Utility in Managed C++

by Alexander Kent

Utility allowing convenient modification of a Terminal Servers listening port from 3389 to something else.

Text Editor: The Basic of Basics

by AlexShag

This is a simple text editor based on Edit control

The 30 Minute Regex Tutorial

by Jim Hollenhorst

Learn how to use regular expressions in 30 minutes with Expresso.

The almighty .NET Language - C++/CLI

by Denis Vasilik

The author shows how easy it is to implement the using statement known by C#.

The ALXGrid Control Library.

by Alexey

The ALXGrid Control Library is a set of classes for management of data as a table.

The benefits of automated unit testing

by Sami Vaaraniemi

This article discusses the advantages of an automated unit test suite over other testing strategies. We also take a look at some future trends in software development in which automated unit tests will play an important part.

The best Unit Test Framework (UTF) in town

by Bnaya Eshet

Unit Test Framework that support security context and multi threading stress

The Entity Design Pattern

by Matt Gullett

A design pattern for logically representing data and decoupling the persistance of data from the application view of that data.

The Flyweight Pattern

by Alberto Bar-Noy

This article discusses the Structural Pattern Flyweight, using a Visual C++ example.

The Increasing Need to Protect your Applications from Hackers and Competitors

by Gabriel Torok

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

The Life of a Project - Issue Tracking: Day 1

by Matt Gullett

A detailed look at the evolution of a project from concept to product. (This is the first installment of what should be several more articles.)

The Life of a Project - Issue Tracking: Day 2

by Matt Gullett

A detailed look at the evolution of a project from concept to product. (This is the second installment.)

The Life of a Project - Issue Tracking: Day 3

by Matt Gullett

A detailed look at the evolution of a project from concept to product.

The Life of a Project - Issue Tracking: Day 4

by Matt Gullett

A detailed look at the evolution of a project from concept to product. (This is the fourth installment of what should be several more articles.)

The Life of a Project - Issue Tracking: Day 5

by Matt Gullett

A detailed look at the evolution of a project from concept to product. (This is the fifth installment of what should be several more articles.)

The MFC unclickable button ported to Managed C++

by Chris Maunder, Nish Nishant

This article presents a port of the MFC Trick button to .NET using Managed C++ and Windows Forms

The Microsoft Foundation Class Library: Menus and Dialogs

by logicchild

An Article about the Basics of MFC Resources

The most useless plug-in for Visual Studio 2005 and Live Messenger

by tsxy

The most useless plug-in for Visual Studio 2005 and Live Messenger.

The Science of Software Development (Part 1 - Rules & Principles)

by Steven Campbell

A guide to becoming a better programmer.

The Simple Profiler for .NET Developers

by Redgate Software

ANTS Profiler allows you to identify slow lines of code in .NET applications within 5 minutes of installation, allowing you to get on with what you do best - writing code.

The Single Instance Class Library

by emarti

If the user tries to run a second copy of the application, the existing instance should kill itself.

The Stupid XOR Trick

by Andreas Saurwein

Explaining the phenomenon of x^=y^=x^=y;

The virtual bool bug

by Nish Nishant

Describes the virtual bool bug that exists in mixed mode Managed C++ programs that access unmanaged classes

There can be only one...

by Niek Albers

Limiting an application to a single instance.

Thread Sychronization using monitors

by Nish Nishant

Introduction to using the Monitor class for accessing shared resources from multiple threads

Threads with Windows Forms Controls in Managed C++

by Selvam R

This article explains Managed Threads with Windows Forms Controls

Thread-safe Smart Pointer

by Oleg Fedchenko

With this thread-safe smart pointer, you can use an object of any type in a multithreaded environment.

To Create A COOL Desktop Lyrics Demo (A Gift To All People On CP)

by Aric Wang

Many popular MP3 players have cool desktop lyrics, this demo uses a simple method to realize it. Happy new year!

Toggle hardware data/read/execute breakpoints programmatically

by Michael Chourdakis

Simple code to introduce a hardware breakpoint mechanism.

Tracing memory leaks in .NET applications with ANTS Profiler

by Redgate Software

Mike Bloise, lead developer at Recognin Technologies recounts his experiences on a recent CRM project, built using C#, where he found himself facing severe memory leak issues and a very tight deadline.

Tracker - A Windows Form

by screanjap

updated with a gribanchor feature, a bugfix and translated to c++/cli

Transforming Images for Fun: A Local Grid-based Image Warper

by phoaivu

A platform-independent engine for image warping

Tutorial: Using .NET Forms in C++ the Easy Way

by IrrationalThinking

A tutorial on how to use .NET Forms in C++

UDP Client and Server and Remote BSOD prank too!

by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu

Demonstrates how to use a UDP client, and a UDP server. The example is named "Remote BSOD Invocator", or simply RBSOD for short. RBSOD can be used to trigger fake (and funny) BSODs on your colleagues' (or enemies') computers.

Ultra-simple C++ Read/Write Lock Class for Windows

by MSCH@MDD

Ultra-simple read/write lock pattern implementation in C++.

UML definitions

by Edward Moemeka

This article can be used as a glossary of many RUP and UML elemnts

Understanding DLLs – Building them and Allowing External Calls to their Functions

by logicchild

The Basics of DLLs

Understanding Object-Oriented Concepts

by Ather Murtuzapurwala

Object-Oriented Concepts for all kinds of beginners

Units of measurement types in C++. Using compile time template programming.

by john morrison leon

A lightweight library allowing diverse unit types, seamless implicit scaling between them and the ability to work efficiently with multiple factor-less base unit systems (e.g. MKS and cgs).

Unmanaged to Managed Calls

by Michael Combs

Call managed code from unmanaged code

Use of Spices.Obfuscator as a Tool for Protection and Optimization of .Net Applications.

by NineRays

Use of Spices.Obfuscator as a Tool for Protection and Optimization of .Net Applications. Current use of obfuscators expands their role in the development and handling of .Net applications.

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

by bollwerkj

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

Using .NET Classes/Modules from Native C++

by Johann Anhofer

The goal of this article is to describe a more or less generic way to access .NET managed objects from a native C++ application.

Using a Virtual CListCtrl to Display Text and Bitmaps

by Thomas Serface

Includes code to create a virtual list control that also displays bitmaps from files at run time.

Using ACE with C++ CLI

by Espen Harlinn

Demonstrates how easy it is to combine ACE and .NET using C++ CLI mixed mode

Using ADO.NET in a managed C++ application

by Igor Chouvalov

This article demonstrates the basics of accessing a database and retrieving data from that database usingthe ADO.NET data classes.

Using ADO.NET in MFC Projects

by Majid Shahabfar

Mixing managed and unmanaged code and using .NET library in MFC projects

Using an Enum Class in a DataGridView Combobox Column

by Ger Hayden

This is a working example of an enum class column on a DataGridView for a Windows Form using C++/CLI where data is drawn from multiple datasources.

Using and extending the Orcas marshal_as library

by Nish Nishant

This article covers basic marshal_as usage, as well as how to extend marshal_as to support additional type conversions

Using DataGrids to display records in XML databases in VC++ 2008

by mbyamukama

This application will display XML data in a table format and write tabular data to XML documents.

Using generics in C++/CLI

by James T. Johnson, Nish Nishant

Introduces generics and compares it with templates

Using IJW in Managed C++

by Nish Nishant

A basic introduction to using IJW instead of P/Invoke in Managed C++. This is also the first CP article on IJW.

Using managed arrays

by Nish Nishant

Declaring and using managed .NET arrays with MC++

Using managed code in an unmanaged application

by Steeve Morin

How to use your managed class libraries in your unmanaged application, using IJW.

Using managed reference types in C++

by Chris Maunder

A quick introduction to using .NET managed reference types in C++

Using MAPI properties and events in .NET with the MAPI Store Accessor

by Andrei Smolin

A simple WinForms application that shows MAPI folders and items in your mail profile.

Using message filters and callback delegates in VC++ .NET forms

by odlumb

An example of tapping into an application's main message loop to trap and utilize incoming user-defined messages.

Using P/Invoke in a managed C++ application

by Igor Chouvalov

This article demonstrates interoperability between .NET managed code and old unmanaged code. It uses the P/Invoke mechanism to call unmanaged DLL entry points.

Using Pragmas to Create a Proxy DLL

by Kontza

An article on how to use MSVC pragmas to create a function forwarding DLL.

Using properties in managed C++

by Chris Maunder

An introduction to using scalar and indexed properties in managed C++

Using Slider Control in a Good Example

by Kusay J. Mohammed

Easy line encrypter decrypter

Using TCP/IP or UDP to Communicate with Serialized Objects

by Roy Ganor

An article on transfering any serialized object through client and server.

Using the .NET managed TCP/IP classes in a managed C++ appplication

by Igor Chouvalov

This sample demonstrates a basic technique of networking using the TCP/IP protocol in a managed C++ application by implementing a simple POP3 client.

Using the DirectShow Video Mixing Renderer 9 filter

by Sameer Ahmed

This article describes how to dynamically mix two video files (.mpeg, .mpg, .avi and .dat). Mixing involves alpha-blending and stretching/shrinking and positioning of the two video streams, individually, using DirectShow's VMR9 filter.

Using the ToolboxBitmap attribute from Managed C++

by Jon Shadforth

The easy way to embed a managed resource for use with a component's toolbox bitmap.

Using the Windows Forms 2.0 MenuStrip and ToolStrip controls to give your MFC applications a new look and feel

by Nish Nishant

This article demonstrates how to use the Windows Forms 2.0 MenuStrip and ToolStrip controls in an MFC SDI application, using C++/CLI, to get the Office 2003 style menu and toolbar

Using the XmlSerializer Attributes

by BoneSoft

How to serialize and de-serialize .NET objects and XML using the XmlSerializer and the serializer attributes.

Using Unmanaged C++ Libraries (DLLs) in .NET Applications

by Jun Du

An article on how to use unmanaged C++ classes exported from pre-built libraries (DLLs) with no source code.

Using V8 - Google's Chrome JavaScript Virtual Machine

by GabrielWF

Tutorial and sample explaining how to use the V8 virtual machine inside your application.

Using value types in managed C++

by Chris Maunder

A quick introduction to using .NET value types in managed C++

Using WinForms controls in an MFC dialog

by Nish Nishant

This article is a simple introduction to using the CWinFormsControl MFC class to put a Windows Forms control on an MFC dialog.

Using XAML in app.config and web.config

by Edward Moemeka

A continuation of using XAML for configuring applications

Using XForms and formsPlayer to Build a Weather Web Services Client

by Mark Birbeck

Easily and quickly build web services clients using XForm

Value of Code

by Ashvil DCosta

Code is often over valued and needs a migration strategy.

Value of Code Part II – Reusing Code

by Ashvil DCosta

Good Code Reuse can resolve the problems of Code Depreciation.

VC++ Appwizard to create a Managed MFC Regular DLL

by Rama Krishna Vavilala

A wizard to create a Managed C++ class library which is also a MFC regular DLL

Video Texture in OpenGL

by Arsalan Malik

This article describes how a texture can be created in OpenGL from a live video stream from a web cam or a video file.

Vigenere Cipher ASCII Based Encoder

by FERNANDO PAREDES ARNEDO

ASCII based encoder. Clear, encoded and key text allows all printable characters

Visual Assist X: The Indispensable IDE Add-In

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!

Visual Studio Tools for Office 2008 Ribbon Designer with XLINQ for Yahoo

by hackman3vilGuy

See the new Ribbon Designer in Visual Studio 2008 allowing you to graphically create ribbons for your Office add-ins. Add images from the Yahoo Image Search API and analyse the content of your document

VoIP For You - Full duplex 8bit/8KHz VoIP application for Windows98 & DirectX

by Georgi Petrov

Sending and receiving voice under TCP/IP and Windows 98 & Direct X.

Water Motion Simulation

by Angel Rafael Rapallo

This article contains code which simlates water wave motion using several techniques and data structures

Web Services in C++/CLI

by Nadeem Afana

An article on Web service implementation in C++/CLI

Web usability: The basics

by Trenton Moss

The basics of web usability.

What Is A Framework?

by Marc Clifton

An attempt to define what the term "framework" means.

What is Amazon Web Services?

by Amazon Web Services

Amazon has a variety of web services APIs that enable you to leverage Amazon's data and robust infrastructure, easily and inexpensively. These fundamental services enable external developers and businesses to build solutions in a reliable, scalable, and cost-effective manner.

What Is DSDM?

by Marc Clifton, J. Dunlap

A concise summary of the Dynamic Systems Development Method, one of the "Agile Methods"

What Is Extreme Programming?

by Marc Clifton, J. Dunlap

A brief treatise on what XP is all about, with references to links, books, authors, and sites.

What is SCRUM?

by Marc Clifton, J. Dunlap

A concise summary of SCRUM, one of the "Agile Methods"

Whidbey Style in VC++ 2005

by Giuseppe Pischedda

Whidbey style with ProfessionalColorTable class

Win32 API: C++ to .NET

by kbrryder

This is a conversion sheet to go from C++ API calls to .NET P/Invoke. It includes data type conversions and tips.

Windows Application to View SQLite3 Database

by Samuels Xu

An MDI application based on MFC to open SQLite3 Database and show all tables in different views.

Windows Audio Mixer API Wrapper Library

by Peter C. Studt

A small wrapper library to programmatically interact with standard audio controls

Windows Debuggers: Part 1: A WinDbg Tutorial

by Saikat Sen

This is the first part of a multipart tutorial on debugging using WinDbg.

Windows dialog design in C++ without dialog templates.

by john morrison leon

An alternative approach in which dialogs are entirely specified as C++ code that requires neither IDE support to be written nor IDE generated resources to be executed. Powered by the C++ type system.

Windows Explorer style ghost drag image in a C# application

by Vuvirt

Utilizing IDragSourceHelper and IDropTargetHelper interfaces in a C# application via a managed C++ library.

Windows Forms in Managed C++

by Selvam R

An MC++ class used to create Windows Forms based application.

Windows Forms Using Managed C++

by LeathurBoy

How to use Windows Forms in a Win32 application using Managed C++

Windows Forms, Managed DirectX and C++. All In One

by ManelF

This project shows with an example how to combine Managed C++, Managed DirectX and Windows Forms.

Windows Media Audio compressor

by Idael Cardoso

Managed C++ Windows Media Audio (WMA) compressor.

WinForms Tab Control with properly drawn bottom tabs

by Vladimir Svyatski

How to correctly draw WinForms Tab Control with bottom alignment when visual styles are enabled

WinHttpGateway Library

by klizardin

WinHttp API wrapper library with asynchronous call mechanism and support of HTTPS protocol

WMI Provider Extensions in .NET 3.5

by Sasha Goldshtein

In this article, we will write a full-blown WMI provider in managed code and consume that provider from managed code using the WMI extensions in .NET 3.5.

Working with Configuration Files (app.config) in C++/CLI

by nico.pyright

The purpose of this article is to present some utilization of configuration files in a Windows Forms application with C++/CLI.

Working with DataGrid in VC++.NET

by Arul Nayagam C A

This article demonstrates the DataGrid , ADO.NET components, and storing data into the database and retrieving from the same.

Wrapper class for playing video with the VMR9

by Guitool

Class for playing and mixing video files using DirectX9 Video Mixing Renderer.

Wrapper Generator for SQL Server Stored Procedures

by Charles Horan

A utility application that generates .NET code for wrapping stored procedures.

Wrapping MFC's list classes as IEnumerable for .NET

by interopper

How to make a thin-as-possible .NET IEnumerable-wrapper around MFC list classes.

Write your own UserControl with C++/CLI: an RSS reader

by nico.pyright

Thsi article explains how to create an RSS reader user control.

Writing a 16-bit dummy kernel in C/C++

by AshakiranBhatter

Understanding FAT file system and kernel programming in C/C++

Writing a Native C++ Application to Consume a .NET Assembly

by logicchild

An article about the boundary of unmanged native and managed code

Writing a Parental Control Software for Windows

by Pascal Ganaye

Writing a parental control software: The beginning of the adventure

Writing a Total Commander plug-in in Visual Basic (or C#)

by onny

This article introduces and describes a framework that allows the creation of managed plug-ins for the Total Commander file manager.

Writing Efficient C and C Code Optimization

by Koushik Ghosh

In this article, I have gathered all the experiences and information, which can be applied to make a C code optimized for speed as well as memory.

WSSizer, a .NET re-size control

by Gammill

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

XML Comments for Managed C++ Applications

by Jay Nelson

Visual Studio .NET Add-in allowing XML style comments in Managed C++ applications.

XMLite: simple XML parser.

by Cho, Kyung-min

Easy to access and simple XML parser

xp_regex: Regular Expressions in SQL Server 2000

by Dan Farino

This is a SQL Server 2000 Extended Stored Procedure writted in Managed C++. It allows you to use regular expressions in T-SQL.

Xport: XHTML Parsing and Objective Reporting Toolkit

by Mitchel Haas

Open source C++ class template library for generating and parsing xhtml documents.

Yet Another Generic Factory Method

by jerron

An easily-applicable implementation of the design pattern Factory Method