The following samples should take advantage of using statements and furthermore built in features of the ADO.NET framework. Furthermore, if you open a connection, make sure you open it at the latest time possible and close it as soon as possible.Edit: While I was originally not trying to...

An Easy Way To Query a Database

by FZelle

You are both wrong with the DataAdapter.Why do you think there is an overload with the querystring and the connectionstring?public DataSet select_query(string query, string con_str){ try { using (SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(query,con_str)) { ...

An Easy Way To Query a Database

by woric

The sample code provided by Andrew Rissing is a huge improvement over the original, but incorrectly catches the exception and displays a MessageBox. (Andrew correctly points out this is not a good idea.)A better solution is to allow the exception to fail:public DataSet...

An Easy Way To Query a Database

by PrimeCoder

Nice,How about adding a couple of other methodspublic static void Parameter(IDbCommand command, string naam, object value){ IDbDataParameter par = command.CreateParameter(); par.ParameterName = naam; par.Value = value ?? DBNull.Value; ...

An Updated Batch Image Resize Tool

by rmliu

Resize either images or canvas only, resize batch images

Arabic Calendar Date to English Calendar Date Windows Form C#

by shouvith hydrose Kerala

This article explains how to change Arabic Calendar Date to English Calendar Date in Windows Form C#.

Arduino Code Printing

by David Vanson

A small application to pretty print Arduino code with syntax highlighting

ASP.NET DatePicker (Persian/Gregorian)

by Ruhollah Heidarpour

Just another ASP.NET Persian(Jalali/Shamsi/Solar) / Gregorian Datepicker

ASP.NET Menu Control Issue in Chrome and Safari

by Tejas Vaishnav

ASP.NET menu control not shown properly in Chrome and Safari

ASP.NET MVC 4 for Visual Studio 2010 Installation Errors - Incompatible with .NET 4.5 or Earlier, Upgrade to .NET Framework 4.5 latest version

by Shemeer NS

ASP.NET MVC 4 for VS2010 Installation Errors, 0x81f40001 - This product is incompatible with .NET 4.5 or earlier. You must upgrade to .NET Framework 4.5 to the latest version before installing this product, with Web Platform Installer and MSI.

Auto Clearing Label by Extension

by veen_rp

This message will self destruct in 5 seconds...

Auto Completion for #include in VS2010

by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Visual Studio 2010, for Visual C++ projects/code, now supports auto complete feature for #include statement too!Just type in #include directive followed by " or <, it will list all possible header files. It will also show the full-path of the file (selected in listbox), on the right side of...

Automatic Skew Correction of Scanned Documents

by Pavel Torgashov

Simple and fast skew correction of scan docs in C#

Autos - Immediate Access to Resources Without Clicking

by tc99

Immediate access to resources without clicking

BackUp and Restore with SMO of SQL Server 2008

by Hernán Hegykozi

This tip will show how to perform a backup and restore database from an application in VB.NET 2010.

Balloon Message using JavaScript & CSS in ASP.NET

by AMB-03

This is a very simple way to create a balloon message... without using any plugin

Basic MVVM and ICommand Usage Example

by Nomesh G

Setting up basic MVVM in WPF and ICommand usage to allow operations on ViewModel from view.

Batch IDE

by Alaa Ben Fatma

Small tool to write, run batch codes

Bench a Dialog on the Taskbar

by Roger65

A project to place a Dialog Box on the Taskbar

Best way to use Entity Framework

by Kundan Singh Chouhan

Simplest, best and most robust architecture.

BIM-ISO8583

by Bim Garcia

Implementation of ISO8583 in .NET

Binarizing image (Thresholding) using EmguCV

by hirosht

Step by step method of thresholding a image using the EmguCV API in C#

Bind Crystal Reports with Dataset or Datatable

by saurav ray

Article determines how to bind a crystal report with a virtual database

Bind Dropdownlist in ASP.NET using jQuery AJAX

by Amol Jadhao

How to bind dropdownlist in ASP.NET using JQuery Ajax

Binding Enum-Values to a ComboBox

by manchanx

Tidy, generic solution to bind Enums (with or without a DescriptionAttribute) to a ComboBox or other Controls

Binding jqxGrid to SQL Database using ASP.NET Web Service ( Responsive & Right-to-Left & Farsi )

by Masoud Ehteshami (Iran)

main source : https://www.jqwidgets.com

BizTalk Mapping - Map Multiple Schemas to a Single Output Schema

by prachi_pandey

Map fields from multiple schemas to fields of a single output schema

Bootstrap datepicker and Knockout Model Binding

by DiponRoy

Bootstrap datepicker and Knockout Model Binding

Building OrderBy Lambda Expression from Property Name in C#

by DiponRoy

Let's make a lambda expression from a property name of a particular entity, and use it for OrderBy shorting

C# - Fast Memory Copy Method with x86 Assembly Usage

by OKarpov

How to use ASM in C#.NET and most fast memory copy method

C# / VB.NET / C++ CLI and WinAPI: How to Programmatically Press Mouse Button, and Check if Mouse Button or Keyboard Key Pressed

by Emiliarge

Using WinAPI functions - GetAsyncKeyState and mouse_event

C# Bluetooth Monitor for Lego Mindstorms NXT

by charles922

Program that continuously monitors the NXT via Bluetooth

C# CountryInfo LanguageInfo CurrencyInfo Classes

by Jochen Scharr

C# CountryInfo class, LanguageInfo class and CurrencyInfo class, derived from CultureInfo respectively RegionInfo for a more intuitive and compile-safe handling of countries, languages and currencies

C# Fast Rational Arithmetic

by D. Christian Ohle

New Rational class to solve epsilon and robustness problems especially for graphics algorithms.

C# USB HID Interface

by Szymon Roslowski

Just another approach to understanding communication between HID devices and C#.

C#: WebBrowser vs Gecko vs Awesomium vs OpenWebKitSharp: What To Choose And How to Use

by Emiliarge

Comparison of 4 browser engines and controls + some tips for using them (in attached projects and in tip text). Short and clear.

C#: Website HTML Content Parsing, or How To Get Needed Info From Website

by Emiliarge

How to get and parse website content.

C++: Custom RTTI

by Shao Voon Wong

This tip presents a custom RTTI class which is 10x faster than dynamic_cast

C++: Prefer Curiously Recurring Template Pattern (CRTP) to Template Pattern

by Shao Voon Wong

C++: Prefer Curiously Recurring Template Pattern (CRTP) to Template Pattern

Calendar of Events in Windows Phone

by Houssem Dellai

Developing a Windows Phone app step by step

Calling Server-Side Code from Client-side Using JavaScript and TextBox's onblur Event

by Ankur .K. Vishwakarma

Calling server-side code from client-side using JavaScript and TextBox's onblur event

Change of Basis for Rotations and Vectors

by milkboy31415

This code transforms rotations and vectors between reference frames such as Unreal, 3d Studio Max, etc.

Changing Windows Aero Color

by Tejashwi Kalp Taru

Ever wanted to change the Windows Aero color without restarting the DWM?

Check maxlength of multiline textbox in JavaScript

by Surjit Singh Dadhwal

This post will help you to resolve problem of checking maxlength of Multiline textbox (Internet Explorer, Chrome & Firefox)

Check Modem or GSM Phone by AT Commands

by SergVoloshyn

Main program for testing modem or GSM phones by AT commands, use only standard classes and libraries.

Cinchoo - Simplified File Type Associations Development

by Cinchoo

Simple and easy to associate file types to an application

Clear Text On Windows Aero Glass

by Rixterz123

How to get text to show perfectly clearly on Aero glass

Color Block Overlay for DataGridView

by Matus Kovacik

This component allows to overlay grid with colored blocks spanning across multiple columns.

ColorSelector and MenuButton in GIS Applications

by Wu Yehao

A ColorSelector control used in GIS Applications, with a menu button for displaying

Combining MDX with T-SQL in One Result Set for SSRS (Hybrid Query)

by Ahmad A.A. Ahmad

Combining MDX with T-SQL in One Result Set for SSRS (Hybrid Query)

Communication Library Files - TCP Client/Server

by Chris Jorna

Source code and demo on general TCP client & server library mainly usable for / tested on SICK lidar devices

Console BEEP Methods, Notation, and Generation

by Dustin Halstead

Hark back to the days of text based adventure games, and simple PC, speaker sound.

Constructor Dependency Injection Pattern Implementation in C#

by Sandeep Singh Shekhawat

This tip is about the Constructor Dependency Injection Pattern Implementation in C#.

Consuming JsonP from a WCF Service ( C# .Net ) using jQuery across different Domains

by Rocky R. Fernandes

Accessing Json Data across different domain using JsonP to get arround Security warning

Controlling Drawn Shapes #2 (simulator)

by rld1971

Adding a physics engine and investigating other .NET tools

Convert doc/docx Documents to PDF with Foxit Reader

by El_Codero

Convert doc/docx documents to pdf with Foxit Reader Printer. Works without use of Word Interop/SharePoint.

Convert Text Represented Number to Numeric String

by FatzBomb

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

Copy document with versions from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 Online site using .Net Managed Client Object Model

by ShrutiASharma

Utilizing SharePoint Client Object model to copy files with versions from SharePoint 2010 site to SharePoint 2013 online site.

CPU Usage with graphical indication using C# .NET

by Tyronne Thomas

CPU usage with C#.

Create a Drop Down Calculator Opens like DateTimePicker

by Nadun Liyanage

This tip describes creating a user control to display a drop down calculator that pops out like the DateTimePicker in Visual Studio

Create Data and Control Templates using Delegates

by Paulo Zemek

Avoid generating strings as templates. Avoid the complicated FrameworkElementFactory. Create templates that use a delegate to create new instances, so you can use normal code to do the job.

Create Folders Using Data from Excel File

by brpulsani

How to create folders using data from Excel file

Create PDF from Images using VB.NET

by Fahmi Noor Fiqri

Create PDF from Image files using VB.NET and PDFSharp library.

Create SendEmail Workflow 4 Custom Activity

by User 8388951

In this tip, we are going to create an activity that can send an e-mail message to a target user.

Create Table and Stored Procedure in SQL Server and connect it from ASP.NET using C#

by Prakash Lekhak

We will create a Table and Stored Procedure in Sql Server 2008R2 and data will be inserted and retrieved by using Asp.net using C#

Creating a folder the advanced way [VB.Net Code]

by TechKidd

This trick is on a intermediate/advanced level.

Creating a Issue in Jira using Rest Api

by Abhijit Ghosh (Subho)

Creating a Issue in Jira using Rest API and Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML)

Creating an Issue with Multiple Attachments in Jira using Rest API

by Abhijit Ghosh (Subho)

This is an alternative for "Creating a Issue in Jira using Rest API". This is an upgraded version as it contains a way of sending attachments with the issue. This version doesn't use MSXML as it is not recommended by Microsoft.

Creating ConcurrentPartitionedDictionary

by D Sarthi Maheshwari

A suggested solution to create serializable Partition based ConcurrentDictionary (reducing chances of OOM errors, reduced memory consumption and adding capability to hold bigger KVP set in Dictionary).

Creating PartitionedDictionary

by D Sarthi Maheshwari

A suggested solution to create Partition based Dictionary (reducing chances of OOM errors and adding capability to hold bigger KVP set in Dictionary).

CUDA 3.0 and Nexus Parallel Nsight on VS 2010

by GPUToaster™

CUDA 3.2 on VS2010 in 9 steps

by Kerem Kat

Compile and run CUDA 3.2 projects from VS2010 in 9 easy steps

Custom Application Configuration XML files Warning

by DaveAuld

Here is a lesson I learnt while working with custom application settings in XML files and Visual Studio

Custom ASP.NET DropdownList Control Using Chosen jQuery Plugin

by Angel Blandón

Custom ASP.NET DropdownList control using chosen jQuery plugin

Custom Control for Effective Paging and Page Navigation for GridView with Full Source

by Sreedhar Puligundla

Creating custom control for gridview paging and page navigation

Custom Message Box DLL

by Pranav_

Create DLL to draw your own message box

Custom Paging Control

by Aliaa Ezzat

Custom paging control for repeaters

Custom Seed Serializer for Entity Framework Code First C#

by DiponRoy

Custom Seed Serializer for Entity Framework Code First C#

Custom String to ValueType Converter

by Kishor Deshpande

Methods which facilitate the conversion from string to value type

Data validation in WPF

by DonWim

how to implement data validation via regular expressions in a WPF application

Database Object Model

by databaseobjectmodel

A Sample ORM project

DataTable to List using Generics

by Abdul Ahad Monty

Convert DataTable to List using Generics.

DateTime Issue In MVC

by Er. Puneet Goel

When you are dealing with Date&Time input from user, it's always complicated to handle the Date&Time format. You are not sure about how you will handle the user input format. So, here is the solution.

DB Independent Code using Wrappers

by Amol M Vaidya

A simple Data Connection Library to avoid rewriting code when the DB changes

Debugging Release Projects in C++ - Finding the Lost Object Information

by Yochai Timmer

Debugging C++ projects in release. Finding the lost object information

Deploy SharePoint 2010 Feature Claims based Authorization using VS 2010

by Member 879724

Deploy multiple SharePoint 2010 features with VS2010

Deploying Workflow as WSP File

by Jean Paul V.A

Deploying a Workflow as a WSP file.

Deploying Workflow as WSP File

by Jean Paul V.A

Designing the Interface of DLLs in C/C++ Projects

by pasztorpisti

An advice to make your DLL interface more attractive and easier-to-maintain even in cross-platform projects

Designing the Layout of Windows Forms using a TableLayoutPanel, with auto-expand panels

by Hassan Mokdad

This is a just a small tip to show a simple way of designing the user interface of Windows Forms for Desktops applications.

DesignTime adding of Controls to a UserForm on a WinForm

by BillWoodruff

An interesting change in behavior in VS 2010 Pro ?

Detect a DoubleClick to Prevent a Change in Checkstate

by JRCoderMan

Detects a double-click via an initial and subsequent OnMouseDown event

Disable APM for Hard Drive in Windows

by slaon77

Setting APM level for SATA hard drive

DLL with configuration file

by fmsalmeida

Using configuration files in DLL is not trivial, but is very simple.

DLL with configuration file

by lewax00

Unless I'm misunderstanding something, you can just go to properties for the project, Settings tab, and click "This project does not contain a default settings file. Click here to create one.".

Download Mail Details With attachment using IMAP

by Sujith Karivelil

This article Describes Connectivity to Gmail using IMAP, and also guide you to download and save mail content along with attachment.

Dynamic DropDownList Binding in ASP.NET MVC With Database

by Member 10872251

Cascading DropDownList in ASP.NET MVC

Dynamically creating a predicate delegate

by Randy Kroeger

Created a POC that dynamically builds a predicate using Expression and Reflection.

Edit Word Documents using OpenXML and C# Without Automation/Interop

by koolprasad2003

This tip explains how to use Word Automation using OpenXML and C# without Word Interop.

Encryption Decryption Connection String for the App.Config File

by Preetam U Ramdhave

How to develop connection string encryption on the application config file.

English Language Convert to Arabic in Windows Application C#

by shouvith hydrose Kerala

This tip will explain how to convert English language to Arabic language in Windows Forms C#.

Entity Framework Code First Migrations Alternative

by DiponRoy

How to handle database scheme changes with normal SQL scripts, without migration in Entity Framework code first

Entity Framework Migrations enabled in Data Access Class Library used in MVC project

by Valentino_Lokesh

Migrations enabled in Class Library (Data Access Layer) and the same is referenced to MVC ProjectNo need to maintain the Data Access and Model classes in the MVC Project. We can have separate Class library for Model and Data Access and have migrations enabled in Data Access where DbContext resides.

Entity Model to Excel using LINQ in C#

by Debopam Pal

How to bring data from Entity model to Excel file using LINQ.

Excel Automation with SAP Generated Report

by ehab_nour

Processing SAP generated Excel file as a report to get some information

Executing AS400 Commands Programmatically using WPF and C#

by K Barakathulla Khan

Programmatically connecting to AS400 and executing commands

Export Multidimensional Array to Excel with Formatting in C#

by Santhosh Kumar Jayaraman

This is an alternative for "Export DataTable to Excel with Formatting in C#".

Export to Excel in ASP.NET C#

by JatinKhimani

Export Gridview data in Excel formate with gridview design.

Facebook blocker

by pavan1361

adding require blocking site in hosts file

Falling Blocks

by charles922

Another way to implement Falling Blocks Game

Fast base64 functions for encode/decode

by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

A quick solution to transform binary data to plain text

Fast Excel Import and Export

by Jose Segarra

Fast, really fast, import/export from Excel OOXML

Fast Fourier Transform using DX11

by Asif Bahrainwala

FFT using DX11 compute shader

Fast Voronoi Diagram in C#

by Burhan Joukhadar

Fortune Voronoi Diagram in C#

FFMPEG Video Converter with Progressbar VB.NET

by David Vanson

How to make a video converter that shows the conversion progress to the user using ffmpeg

File Data Inspector

by Fabrizio Stellato

Simply search data in file

File Upload using WCF REST API and JavaScript

by lusgon

Uploading a file using WCF REST API and JavaScript

Find Duplicate Files and Delete Them

by AmitGajjar

Application for seaching similar kinds of files in different folders.

FindWhat

by Roger65

Find file or use wildcard i.e. dlg*.h, or *.*

For Vs Foreach - Benchmark 2013

by adriancs

Performance Comparison of For Loop and Foreach Loop

Forgot Password With Check Email From Database

by Muhammad Aqib Shehzad

Forgot Password and Email Check from Database

Free Code Metrics for Visual Studio Professional

by Vyacheslav Voronenko

Overview of code metrics tools for teams consisting of developers with different qualification. This set of tools allows to organize code review process in a more efficient way.

Free Up To Date Historical Stock Data

by D. Infuehr

How to download historical raw stock data for each symbol traded at nasdaq and nyse.

Generate DrillDown Chart using HighChart and ASP.NET

by Jatinath

This tip will help developers to generate DrillDown chart using HighChart and ASP.NET

Generate Sample XML from XSD

by Joshi, Rushikesh

How to Generate Sample XML from XSD

Generate temporary files with any extension

by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

How to get temporary files with any extension.

Get a list of physical disks and the partitions on them in VB.NET the easy way

by pdoxtader

Use DeviceIoControl, QueryDosDevice and WNetOpenEnum to get information about your system.

Get at your Solutions Quickly in VS2010 with Windows 7 Pinning and Jump Lists

by TheyCallMeMrJames

Windows 7 introduced Pinning and Jump lists, two features that, when combined, let you get at your most recent projects quickly.Visual Studio 2010 is also smart enough to differentiate between files, projects and solutions, only displaying the bigger-picture items in the jump lists.To...

Get DataBase Connection Strings in an Easy Way

by dontumindit

Communication with database in .NET is easy but sometimes one gets stuck by wrong format of connection string

Get DataBase Connection Strings in Easy Way

by jim lahey

Or you could just pop over to:http://www.connectionstrings.com/[^]Use the exhaustive samples they provide and not hard code your connection strings by using a standard .NET configuration file:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/1xtk877y.aspx[^]

Get DataBase Connection Strings in Easy Way

by bipin9

goto Server Explorer right Click on DataBase Click on properties in properties window you will get Connection String copy it & use where you want use !!

Get DataBase Connection Strings in Easy Way

by crocks256

The ConnectionStringBuilder classes in .NET can be quite handy...http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.data.sqlclient.sqlconnectionstringbuilder.aspx[^].

Get DataBase Connection Strings in Easy Way

by MikkelAndersen

I get it from the web.config via ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings;This makes it possible to keep all connectionstring settings in the web.config file.For example: http://www.dreamincode.net/code/snippet1676.htm[^].

GMDH Algorithm Implementation

by Sa Sha

Implementation of GMDH algorithm, using a sigmoid function. C++, VS, AlgLib-based

Google Map with JSON

by mparvez

Google Map with JSON

Google ReCaptcha 2.0 - ASP.net Control

by Komail Haider

.Net control/wrapper for the Google NEW ReCaptcha API 2.0

Handle XML File Using XML DOM

by Asad Bukhari

This tip explains simple steps to define XML DOM against XML document. This way, you can easily manipulate XML document as simple class objects.

Handling events in google calendar using google API v3

by Sujith Karivelil

This article will help you to create, update and delete events/ appointment in google calendar from your web application.

Header Comment Visual Studio AddIn for C#

by sreeyush sudhakaran

Application to add a file header comment at the start of every human-created code file

How to Add Sharepoint 2010 WebPart Editor Functionality

by B. Clay Shannon

Step-by-step instructions and demonstration of how to add functionality to a WebPart's built-in Editor

How to Automate Facebook Tasks with C#

by Soufiane Rabhi

C# Facebook SDK

How to build log4cxx with Visual Studio 2010

by Severin Friede

This article should help you building log4cxx with Visual Studio 2010

How to Change Master Page @ Run-time

by Shridhar Gowda

This tip will give complete knowledge of how to change master page, render controls and accessing its eventhandlers @ runtime.

How To Change Screen Brightness in C#

by John Melling

This is a simple program that demonstrates a method used to adjust the screen brightness on any C# application.

How to Convert Accented Characters to HTML Codes

by B. Clay Shannon

Replacing accented characters in a text file with their HTML code equivalents

How to Convert between Romaji and Hiragana/Katakana

by Nguyen.H.H.Dang

This is a dirtiest trick that shows you how to convert text between Romaji and Hiragana/Katakana

How to create a navigation-wizard with a Windows Form Project

by Mark Springer

Allow navigation - forward, backward, branching, and loops with a few changes to your existing projects

How To Create A REST Based JSON Service in WCF

by Manish_Kaushal

This tip provides a quick starter guide to create a RESTful JSON service in WCF.

How to Create a Simple Expandable / Collapsible Panel

by Noble KC

How to create a Simple Expandable / Collapsible Menu Panel for Windows Forms in C#.NET

How to Create a Video Recording Application (NVR/DVR software) for an ONVIF IP Camera using C#.NET

by Oliver_Hart

I’ll show how to record audio and video stream into MPEG-4 file format by using C# to be able to save and store what happened in the area that is under video surveillance.

How To Create Rounded Edge Button (or rounded corner button) in Winforms

by basilke7007

How to create rounded edge button (rounded corner button) in Winforms

How to Debug Visual Basic Script with Visual Studio

by Leo Chapiro

This tip shows how easy it is to debug the VBScript by using Visual Studio Debugger

How To Do Simple Image Binarization?

by Lai Taiyu

How to do simple image binarization?

How To Do Simple Ordered Dither Algorithm (Half-tone image)?

by Lai Taiyu

A simple ordered dither algorithm (Half-tone image)

How to establish a reservation of classroom web system using ASP.NET?

by Lai Taiyu

To establish a reservation of classroom web system using ASP.NET

How to handle and use event of simultaneously pressed two or more keys in C# - WASD keyboard game controls -

by Perić Željko

Example of handling multiple key press event

How To Hide Or Show .NET Tabs Programmatically

by KazMaxLtd

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

How To Hide Or Show .NET Tabs Programmatically

by Bernhard Hiller

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

How To Insert Records Into A Table That Has No Primary Key, using LINQ to SQL?

by karimbaig5

This tip provides an idea about how to insert a record into a table having no primary key using LINQ to SQL.

How to kill process by process name and user name using C#?

by yosonwan

Sometimes we need to kill a process programly. This article talk about how to get process array to process name and filter it.

How To Make A Clear Color Image (Histogram Equalization)?

by Lai Taiyu

How to make a clear color image (Histogram Equalization)?

How To Make A Clear Gray Image (Histogram Equalization)?

by Lai Taiyu

How to make a clear gray image (Histogram Equalization)?

How to make a MS Report using several datatables

by Vidor

How to make a MS Report using several datatables.

How To Make a Simple Draggable-Resizable Text Box

by Nguyen.H.H.Dang

A simple draggable-resizable TextBox control inherited from RichTextBox

How to Restrict the Calendar Dates on Microsoft AJAX Calendar Extender

by TheKarateKid

Shows how to restrict and format the dates on Microsoft AJAX Calendar Extender...

How to Sort a Table in ASP.NET and MVC

by Shridhar Gowda

This tip will explain how to sort a table / GridView on an ASP.NET or MVC(AngularJs) application. I am demonstrating both client side and server side sorting. I am sure you will have a great knowledge on this topic after reading it.

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

by Perić Željko

Sort two dimensional array by using DataGridView class

How to Use ASP.NET WebForm for JSON or XML Response

by TheKarateKid

Shows how to use simple ASPX page to return JSON or XML response

How to Use Form Authentication in ASP.NET and MVC

by Shridhar Gowda

This tip will give you a knowledge of how to implement form authentication in classic ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC. I am sure you will have considerable knowledge after reading this tip.

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

by BenScharbach

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

HTTP Library Class

by Neil Cross

HTTP library class for easy downloading files via HTTP.

Illustrating the State Pattern with a Very Basic Example

by Rajesh Buddaraju

A simplified example is used to describe the state pattern

Image Re-sizing Utility

by VaibhavTiparadi

Re-sizing images to equalize the width & height

Implement Split A/B pages in your ASP NET project

by TheCardProject.co.uk

Quickly set up the ability to serve up several pages and record which was served in SQL Server

Import Data from Excel to SQL Using SSIS 2012 Dynamic Configuration

by sudheer mattapally

How to import data from Excel to SQL using SSIS 2012 Dynamic Configuration

Inactive code block doesn't lose color - it would be color faded

by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Unlike previous version of Visual Studio (2005, 2008), which used to display inactive code block in grayed mode, the new version - VS 2010 - would display them in faded down color (core colors will be preserved).For example:#ifdef _DEBUGvoid CClass::AssertValid(){ ASSERT(this); ...

Increase productivity with Visual Studio extensions

by Ahsan Murshed

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

Insert and Bind Records from a dropdownlist using AJAX UpdatePanel

by mimtiyaz

Insert and bind records from a dropdownlist using AJAX UpdatePanel

Insert/Access/Format/Filter/Se...

by Debopam Pal

Export Advanced Excel 2007 Report

Installing Windows Identity Framework

by ely_bob

Installing Windows Identity Framework

InstallShield: Filtering output files

by chait301

Custom output files in installer.

Intellisense is more intelligent in Visual Studio 2010

by Parthasarathy Mandayam

Intellisense is much faster and more intelligent in Visual Studio 2010. It is actually 2 to 5 times faster than previous versions. The IDE will now filter your intellisense as you type.Let's say you want to create an instance of "WeakReference". Just type WR and the IDE will prompt you with...

International System of Units Notation

by Frank T. Clark

A simple class for abbreviating integers with SI suffixes common in computer use.

Introducing an Open Source DirectUI Library - SOUI

by flyhigh

SOUI is a directui library and had been used in many commercial softwares, which is published based on MIT and is completely free to any user.

IP Address & URL Encoder

by Syed Ubaid Ali Jafri

Non Printing Characters are invalid when placing it in URL field. These characters may include &, ^, % signs, etc. most Web Platforms somehow have ways to encode and decode this escaped format. This program is design to develop a Logic for Encoding and Decoding the URL, IP Address and HTML Attribute

IValueConverter Example and Usage in WPF

by Nomesh G

Implementation and usuage of ValueConverter.

jGrid

by Rakesh Ku Nayak

A new plugin named jGrid to display grid with pagination and sorting functionality in an easy way

Launching a VB.NET Class Library from an MS-Office Excel Ribbon

by veen_rp

A simple, step by step tutorial to set up an MS-Office Excel Ribbon, launch your own .NET applications from Excel and interact with the spreadsheet values.

Launching UI Application from Windows Service

by Alexandros Pappas

Windows Service that launches UI app

Levenshtein Edit Distance Algorithm

by furkanavcu

Implement the Levenshtein Edit Distance algorithm.

Like Magic, No Strings Attached

by dgDavidGreene

Helper utility replaces magic string property names.

LinesGrid control - An easy way to draw a grid in WPF

by maximaximum

The article describes how to draw a grid of vertical and horizontal lines in WPF.

List of Tables of Microsoft Access DataBase

by dontumindit

While dealing with databases, sometimes there is a need to get a list of tables in the application

Live Log Viewer

by Alex Wiese

Monitors log files and displays text as it is appended to the file

Logging in C++

by Pankaj Choudhary - C++ Devepoler

Logging in C++

Macro to attach debugger to correct w3wp process.

by Nitin_Garg

Macro to attach visual studio debugger to w3wp apppool hosting your webservice.

Max Query String Length in URL - ASP.net 4.0

by santosh poojari

We can now set the URL querystring length in asp.net

Minimal Undo - An Undo/Redo Framework

by zdf

A solution for conversion of a non-undoable application to an undoable one.

Modbus TCP class

by Stephan Stricker

A Modbus TCP class.

MPP Viewer

by Vivek Krishnamurthy

MPP Viewer is a simple viewer for Microsoft Project files. I works well with 2000/2003/2007 file formats.

MS Access (*.mdb) + C#: SELECT, INSERT, DELETE and UPDATE Queries

by Emiliarge

Queries in Microsoft Access (MDB) databases.

Multicast Message Broker

by Matus Kovacik

Single class encapsulating UDP IP multicasting functionality and exposing it via observer pattern.

Multi-Monitor Support

by Nirosh

VS 2010 allow code files to move outside the parent window and positioned in another monitor that connected to your system. In order to do that you can simply click on a document tab drag it to the new monitor and drop it.

Multiple Animations in WPF

by lally727

Running multiple animations in one WPF XAML

Multithreaded, Customizable SysLog Server - C#

by metastruct

Multithreaded, customizable SysLog server in C#.

MVC Dynamic UI for Complex Models

by Asher Barak

Using MVC with complex models - understanding and solving the problem

MySQL Connector for Visual Basic

by rolandomontero

MySQL Connector for Visual Basic, obtaining a data table

Needleman Wunsch Algorithm in C#

by BlackMirrh

Sequence Alignment using Needleman Wunsch algorithm in C#

Obtaining Input Form a Joystick with C# and DirectX Form A to Z

by Mostafa Korashy

Taking you through a step by step process of programming joystick with C#

OctTree Implementation for overlap detection in C#

by sajjad kardani moghadam

Octa Tree is a 3D space partitioning algorithm

Operation Password: CryptoAPI with AES 256

by KarstenK

Using the Wincrypto in the Windows SDK

OrderedLock in C#

by PavyBez

OrderedLock in C# to catch potential deadlocks at runtime

Paste proper URL bit over broken link bit of saved VSHelp "Favorites" to be useful again

by RedDk

Visual Studio 2010 Help: "Add to Favorites" users alert -> copy & paste FIX for broken link of "Favorite"

PictureBox with a ScrollBar

by Alaa Ben Fatma

Surf your PictureBox using scrolling bars

Pin Variables While Debugging in Visual Studio 2010

by TheyCallMeMrJames

When you hover over a variable with the debugger running you will see a thumbtack that allows you to pin the variable to the editor window. This is cool for a number of reasons.1) It is much easier to see changes to a set of variables in any kind of a loop construct. You can even pin...

Pinning the variables/expressions while debugging

by Ajay Vijayvargiya

This feature may not seem useful initially, and might appear distracting you. But it is one of the very useful (new) features in Visual Studio 2010. You'll love it after using it for a while!While debugging, you typically put some variables in Watch Window (or use Locals, Autos etc). When...

Poor Men's AboutBox with Animated Auto Scroll TextBox

by Akos Mattiassich

How to make from a simple TextBox an animated eye candy.

Print Directly to Selected Local or Network Printer

by Max Methot

This little simple and easy to read program will help you understand how to print to a specific printer, local or shared on a network.

Printing Images Quickly and Efficiently to an A4 Page [VB.NET]

by Benjamin Lifshitz

With this code, you can print images quickly and efficiently, using the largest part of the A4 page for your image.

Real Label Size and View Angle Measurement Tool

by Member 13092868

This tool helps you create a label with given degrees of view angle. Also helps you estimate REAL label height and width by providing you linear correction functions to apply to inaccurate MeasureString values

Receiving response from POP3 mail server

by evry1falls

Receiving response correctly from pop mail server is the first step on receiving emails to your own email client.

Recording Your Video In Own Website

by Kamal Surani

Recording video of your product and promoting video in cloud to get more customers

Registry Export File (.reg) Parser

by Henryk Filipowicz

A class to read and parse reg files

Rendering Shapefile in OpenGL-2

by Durga Prasad Dhulipudi

Rendering polygon shapefiles and filling them

Research-Inspired Extensions Hit Visual Studio App Store

by David C Shepherd

A peek into the inspiration behind two cutting edge Visual Studio extensions.

Resize form using GraphicsPath

by hari19113

This code will help us to reshape our Windows form.

Resolve DesignMode for a User Control

by Wendelius

The tip shows one way to resolve if a user control is in design mode.

Resolve DesignMode for a User Control

by Midi_Mick

This is an alternative for "Resolve DesignMode for a user control"

Reusable WPF RadioButton Control (Data Binding to enum)

by alexbk66

Reusable WPF RadioButton control which takes the pain away

Rewriting "Rewriting XML Files"

by sbarnes

Sometimes better isn't, necessarily

Rewriting XML Files

by sbarnes

Rewriting and restoring XML files (streams) with two helper classes

Row Header Cell Images in DataGridView

by Balu Sathish

This post helps to load image in row header cell of a datagridview.

R-tree:Space Search Algorithm

by HateCoding

This tip will show you an example for using R-tree.

Rules Engine

by Member 3531622

Create a Rules Engine in less than 50 lines of code which is extremely powerful, extensible and adaptable

Run C# application on user logon (Windows Forms)

by Thomas Daniels

A tip about how to run a Windows Forms application in C# on user logon

Run Executable from Resources in C#

by Ahmed E Osama

Run an executable that is inside the resources in C#

Saving a Screenshot Using C#, A.K.A "Console Monitor"

by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

This is an alternative for "Console Monitor"

Secure Mailing

by Rumman92

An application which allows user to create the encrypted message and then emails it to the desired person.

See the WPF Visual Tree with the VS 2010 WPF Visualizer

by Gil Yoder

Visual Studio 2010 has a new visualizer for WPF that exposes a dependency object's visual tree.

Select Font

by Roger65

Selected Font name, Point Size and Weight are displayed

Select multiple checkboxes in a GridView in online shopping websites

by Deenuji

Select multiple checkboxes in a GridView in an online shopping website.

Select, Insert and Delete in MVC using WCF Services

by Pranav_

Performing insert delete and select in MVC 4.0 using WCF services, with one view and different action methods.

Send Email using WCF Service

by Sujeet Bhujbal

How to send email using a WCF Service.

Serialize/Deserialize any object to an XML file

by akramKamal

Code to serialize/deserialize any object to an XML file.

Service Locator Pattern

by Gautham Prabhu K

Creating and using Service Locator pattern

Session in ASP.NET MVC

by DiponRoy

Session in ASP.NET MVC

Session Manager Utility for ASP.NET

by DiponRoy

Session Manager Utility for ASP.NET

Setting up the Visual Studio 2010 SP1 or Visual Studio 2012 for Azure

by nitinnigam21

SharePoint 2013 Web Part ToolPane Tweak

by Ahmad F Hassan

5 minute trick

ShimNotSupportedException when trying Visual Studio 2012 SharePoint Emulators

by Ayman M. El-Hattab

Creating Unit Tests using the SharePoint Emulators

ShoppingCart using Gridview in ASP.NET

by headshot9x

How to create ShoppingCart using Gridview in asp.net with code VB

Shortcut: Open Containing Folder

by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Open the Folder of current file with a simple keystroke

Show Forms Current Monitor on Dual (or more) Monitors

by Tantum

How to show your forms in the current active display on dual (or more) monitors

Silverlight User Control Validation

by User-Rock

Silverlight user control validation display techniques

Simple Angular js Example in HTML

by Viral Sarvaiya

This tip shows how to create a Hello World example using Angularjs in an ASP.NET application

Simple Animation for your Windows Forms or Controls using C#.NET

by Noble KC

Simple Animation with Timer control in C#.NET (Sliding and Scrolling Effects)

Simple C# FTP Class

by metastruct

Easy to use class for downloading, uploading, and other FTP commands.

Simple Model/Entity Mapper in C#

by DiponRoy

Let’s see how to make a simple model or Entity mapper using reflections in C#

Simple Model/Entity Mapper in C#

by ThiagoTane

This is an alternative for "Simple Model/Entity Mapper in C#"

Simple Polynomial Addition and Subtraction

by charles922

Simple Polynomial Addition and Subtraction using Lambda Expressions for sorting Lists

Simple Response Object for ASP.NET

by DiponRoy

Simple response object for ASP.NET

Simple Text Markup Language (STML) Parser

by Tawani Anyangwe

A simple custom HTML parser for converting STML into HTML

Simple Unit of Work Design Pattern

by Ravindra T C

Simple Unit of Work Design Pattern

Simple WPF Date Control

by Oleg_100

This tip describes a simple WPF Date control that makes it easier to type in the dates.

Single Instance Web Application

by Pinakpani Dey

Run one instance of web application in client browser

Sizable Glyph for CheckBox/RadioBox Control - WinForms

by psychohamster

This article will show you how to use the Sizable CheckBox control I have designed.

Solid Background of a Transparent Control on a Form

by Omer Aziz

Solid background of a transparent control on a form

Solution information, prevent duplicate information in your projects

by Eduard Keilholz

Solution information file

Solution Load Manager for Visual Studio 2010/2012

by Pavlo Iarovyi

Visual Studio extension to change "hidden" option for project loading to optimize loading big solutions.

Splash Screen using ProgressBar on Windows Phone

by Christian Amado

In this tutorial, we will discuss on ProgressBar & Background worker. Follow the step-by-step tutorial to know how to use these clases.

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

by Mohammed Hameed

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

String Format ValueConverter

by Clifford Nelson

This tip provides an alternate way to combine data with text in a WPF control using a ValueConverter that could be considered easier.

String.TryTo and String.To Extensions

by D Sarthi Maheshwari

Extension method on String class to convert string to IConvertible structs and nullable types

Super-Easy Code Block Toggling

by TheyCallMeMrJames

If you have two blocks of code that you are testing and need to switch back-and-forth between them, here's a commenting trick that works as a powerful code block toggling mechanism.Say you have a variable called foo of type string and want to change between using initialized values and...

Super-Easy Code Block Toggling

by Caner Korkmaz

For debug use, you can do something like this:#ifdef DEBUG #define dprintf(...) printf(__VA_ARGS__)#else #define dprintf(...)#endif//Usage:dprintf("In debug mode.");//orchar *foo = "foo";dprintf("%d bar.",foo);// :)/*Edit reason :: *if you type...

Super-Easy Code Block Toggling

by ILa @ work

This nice trick extends into://*/block 1/*/block 2; // commented out/*/block 3;/*/block 4; // commented out//*/and removing the first slash gives inverted alternation:/*/block 1; // commented out/*/block 2;/*/block 3; // commented out/*/block...

Suppress field in Crystal Reports

by Eranda Ketawalage

Suppress field in Crystal Reports.

Tabbed IE Browser Control

by Emmery Chrisco

Tabbed Browser Control addon

Textbox for numbers with a comma thousand seperator comma for currency C#

by mohammad amiri

A textbox usercontrol that displays numbers separated by comma such as currency.

TFS: Stop running out of disk space on your build servers

by Shining Dragon

A TFS build template that cleans up after itself once the build is complete

The Visual Studio 2010 Recent Project Listing and IIS Web Sites

by HelenmaryC

The VS2010 Recent Project list is not very friendly about displaying web sites which you are running under IIS Express rather than the ASP.NET development server.

ThreadSafe Collections

by me.ajaykumar

Thread safe collections

Tips & Tricks: Incremental Search in Visual Studio 2010

by Kunal Chowdhury «IN»

Incremental search in Visual Studio 2010

Treeview Dropdown With Search

by Er. Puneet Goel

This tip implements the TreeView like DropDownList with Search Functionality using Telerik Kendo.

Trimmed Value Binding in knockout.js

by DiponRoy

Trimmed value binding in knockout.js

Truth Table and Simplification of a Boolean Expression

by Amar zaidi

Generation of Karnaugh table

Twitter API for beginners

by Brahmaputra Mehta

In this tutorial you can see how to start with C# to Twitter rest api anew

Two Way Binding using JavaScript in ASP.NET MVC With Database

by Member 10872251

Two way binding using JavaScript

UDP based Windows chat application

by Christopher John Paul

UDP based chat application.

Update an ASP.NET Gridview using ajax client side scripting

by Richard Roe

Example to show how to update an ASP.NET GridView control using Ajax JQuery client side script

Update data to WPF control from another thread

by Jatin Jibhkate

Update WPF control from another thread apart from UI thread

Update Listview Items

by nazim_altinay

Update Listview items

Update Your Project Templates in VS2010

by TheyCallMeMrJames

If you create smaller projects, plug-ins, libraries or, perhaps, you are a web developer that likes to keep the latest JavaScript libraries in the mix, consider updating your project templates in Visual Studio 2010.Here's how you might update the jQuery libraries to the latest for an ASP.NET...

Use Camel-Case and 'Contains' Filtering in Visual Studio 2010's IntelliSense

by TheyCallMeMrJames

Handy Keyboard Shortcuts in VS2010's IntelliSense

Use IntelliSense in JavaScript Files

by TheyCallMeMrJames

Leverage VSDoc and DEBUG file documentation in VS2010

Use Webclient to Make An Auto Updater

by BlueMaple_chief

To make a simple auto updater demo, I use webclient 'interfaces' to download the file and monitor the progress.

Using 64-bit Shortcuts from a 32-bit Application

by 0xC0000054

A C# library that resolves 64-bit shortcuts from a 32-bit application

Using a Background Worker in WPF Along with Animation in .NET 4.0

by Subramanyam Shankar

This tip describes how to use a background worker in WPF along with animation to provide better user experience.

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

by Tyronne Thomas

Using C# to monitor the bandwidth for wireless devices.

Using HttpLib to consume web services

by Redslide

HttpLib makes it easier to asynchronously consume data from web services in C#. The library contains methods to upload to and download from web services.

Using IP based Geolocation - and why it's pretty much useless.

by OriginalGriff

I've answered quite a few questions in the last couple of months about how to get the physical location of a client from a website. And people seem to get annoyed when I say: "Don't. It's no real use". But that's the truth: you can get it, but it won't be accurate. Let's have a look and see why.

Using LightSwitch Office Integration Pack with Complicated Table Relationships

by Michael_Lu

Provides tips for exporting documents involving tables connected by relationships

Using Masked TextBox in .NET

by heemanshubhalla

How to use Masked Textbox control in .NET

Using SQL Bulk Copy with your LINQ-to-Entities datacontext - Part 1

by Måns Tånneryd

This tip shows how to significantly speed up inserts of large amounts of data using the entity framework.

Utilizing Visual Studio Extensions

by Adil Mughal

Hey folks, today I would like to mention one of the underutilized features of Visual Studio and that is the use of Visual Studio extensions. In particular, the integration of Visual Studio extensions through Extension Manager in Visual Studio 2010. You will find Extension Manager in Tools...

VB.NET Classes from SQL DB

by IssamK

How to automatically generate classes for your database tables

VB.NET Emailing System Based on Templates

by Member 10168565

How to send emails based on RTF templates containing images and attachments, while giving the user the possibility to modify the content before sending

Virtual Cache

by Gerardo Recinto

Virtualization of RAM & Disk for high-speed, low-footprint & scalable data caching

Visual Studio 2010 Reading SVN Revision and Updating File and Product Version (Easy Way)

by prodrigues1990

Easy Assembly Version reflecting SVN working revision

Visual Studio 2010 Solution Creator AddIn

by igorvelho

VS2010 AddIn that allows to create a solution adding multiple projects at same time

Visual Studio Solution Load Manager

by Pavlo Iarovyi

Visual Studio extension to change Visual Studio "hidden" option for project loading to reduce loading time for big solutions.

Visualization in VS2010

by dswersky

If you have Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, you have some serious architectural tools. One of my favorites (so far) is the Dependency Graph.Select Architecture-Generate Dependency Graph and you'll see that you can generate a graph by Assembly, Namespace, Class, or Custom. Try the Assembly...

VS2010 Box Selection with Copy and Paste

by TheyCallMeMrJames

With the new box selection model in Visual Studio 2010 you can do some crazy new things, the coolest for me being the copy and paste support from and to selections.As a simple example, let's assume you have a text document with a list of 20 names that you want added to a...

VS2010 Box Selection with Copy and Paste

by Muhammad Gouda

A Cooler one for me is the multi-lines simultaneous typingwith which you can accomplish the above task in the following fewer steps1- In the method where you wish to build the list, paste the list of names2- Because compiler will not understand these lines, it will not be correctly...

VS2010 Macro - Collapse Lines of Code Between Comments

by ARNOULT

Visual Studio 2010 Macro : Collapse all sections of code between 2 lines of comment

VS2010 Web Deployment Gem: Publishing Profiles

by TheyCallMeMrJames

When developing ASP.NET web sites you're likely going to have multiple deployment targets. I develop on the integrated web server, but I deploy to a staging server for QA and then to prep for publishing I post the to a network URL.Take a moment to set up and save Publishing Profiles and...

VS2010/VB.NET update single column for a rows in a DataTable

by karenpayne

WCF Example for Inserting, Deleting and Displaying Data using a WCF Service in ASP.NET

by Sujeet Bhujbal

A practical example of a WCF service for inserting , Deleting and Displaying Data using a WCF Service in ASP.NET

WCF REST - HTTP POST of Stream Data

by Valentino_Lokesh

This tip explains how to POST different kinds of data (string, XML, JSON or bytes) to a Single WCF REST Operation.

WCF Restful Service Form Authentication

by sandeep12jain

WCF Restful Service Authentication without SSL Certificate

Web Automation

by Đinh Công Thắng

You can fill any form, click any button, and extract any data from web by using Web Automation.

Web Browser Hangs/Freeze Issue VB.NET

by Jems_007

The tip is for those who getting application hang/freeze issue in web browser control.

Webscraping using Regular Expression and HtmlAgility

by Eric M. H. Goh

Web Scraping using Regular Expression and HtmlAgility for Data Mining

Wi-Fi Remote for Sony TV

by Avirup Das

This tip describes an application to control with Sony TVs connected to your Home Wi-Fi network from PC.

Window Service Deployment using VS 2010

by npdev13

This tip explains how to deploy the window service using Visual Studio 2010.

Windows Services Cannot Create More than a Certain Number of Processes

by Alexandros Pappas

Windows Services cannot create more than a certain number of processes, whereas Console Applications seem not to have a limit.

Windows SSL Certificate Cleaner

by Dr Gadgit

Displays Windows SSL certifiacte in a tree-view and allows you to delete some certificates

Word Automation using C#: Create a Word Table Programatically

by koolprasad2003

This tip gives you an idea about how to create Word table using C# (Word automation)

Working With JQX Grid With Filtering And Sorting

by Sibeesh KV

Working With JQX Grid With Filtering And Sorting

WPF Animation

by Anup Kumar Verma

Taskbar Notification like animation in WPF from code behind

WPF MVVM Validation ViewModel using IDataErrorInfo

by arpanmukherjee1

A base viewmodel implementing IDataErrorInfo

WPF/MVVM Application for showing SystemColors list

by Igor Sorokin

In this article I would like to describe simple WPF application for showing System.Windows.SystemColors list.

Yet Another Spy

by Akos Mattiassich

Find a window on the desktop, spy its properties and manipulate it.

Zoom in and out Code in Visual Studio 2010

by Adil Mughal

One of the simple feature I like is of Zoom in and out :) and that’s because while presenting on several events I need to increase the font or use magnifier but now I can just zoom in and zoom out using Ctrl + Mouse Scroll Up/down. So now I don’t have to do that Zoom in to...