Here is a very simplified method for selling relatively secure unlock keys to your customers. The unlock key you provide will only unlock that specific customer's download instance for a specific feature set or product.

A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.

by Jeremy Falcon

Provides a base to use when programming OpenGL-enabled applications for the real world, rather than a simple hello world.

A Pendulum and its Corresponding Oscillations Shown in WPF

by logicchild

An article that illustrates how to simulate a pendulum.

A Performance Meter Used In Call Center Software

by Voicent Support

How to make a performance meter that looks like the one in Windows Task Manager

A Practical Means to Perform Functions with Administrator Privilege (Elevate Process Privilege)

by McArthor Lee

Elevate process privilege without restarting it

A Primer of DirectX Basics and the DirectX3D API

by logicchild

An article that desribes some essentials to help learn the DirectX technology.

A Purely XAML Coded Animated Bezier Curve via WPF

by logicchild

Using animation via XAML code to draw a Bezier curve object.

A Quick Guideline for Microsoft Windows PowerShell - Part 2

by Md. Marufuzzaman

The objective of this article (Part 2) is to introduce you to using of VB / Microsoft .NET library, Function, Methods as well in your Microsoft Windows PowerShell script.

A Quick Guideline for Microsoft Windows PowerShell - Part 4

by Md. Marufuzzaman

The objective of this article (Part 4) is to give you an introduction on how to integrate Microsoft Windows PowerShell with the Microsoft .NET library

A Quick guideline for Microsoft Windows PowerShell Part-1.

by Md. Marufuzzaman

The objective of this article (Part-1) is to introduce you with Microsoft Windows PowerShell.

A Quick Guideline for Microsoft Windows PowerShell: Part 3

by Md. Marufuzzaman

The objective of this article (Part 3) is to introduce you to Microsoft Windows PowerShell and learn some basic command of windows PowerShell.

A simple Compass

by Philipp Katscher

How to draw a compass and feed it with NMEA device data (i.e. a GPS Compass)

A Simple Wait Window

by The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Showing a wait window during a long running process

A Star Wars Scroller Demo written in OpenGL (GLUT) using Visual C++ 6.0

by Software_Developer

A Star Wars Scroller Demo that moves smoothly from the bottom to the top in OpenGL (GLUT)

A WPF Television Application

by logicchild

An article that presents a TV Player via WPF

AD FS 2.0 Tools

by Milos Cekovic

AD FS 2.0 tools - export Relying Party data to XML, create Relying Party from XML

AD, SQL Server, GMail synchronizer tool

by michael.neubrander

Multi account synchronizer for GMail, AD, and SQL Server.

Advanced .NET Debugging Extracting Information from Memory

by Rene Pally

Advanced .NET Debugging Extracting Information from Memory

Advanced Barcode Generation System for Code 39 Standards

by Travis Howle

Easily develop software to create fully custom Code 39 Barcodes for printing on Avery 8167 labels (document and box labels, or more based on customization).

AIM Session Tracker Utility

by jasonpang2011

Tracks the status of an AIM user (online, away, offline).

An Educated Look at the WPF Capabilities for Brushes, Media, and Animations

by logicchild

An article that demonstrates how to use video, images and animations via WPF

An HTTP web server opening media files in the server screen, using QR-Codes and a REST architecture

by Jon Larborn

A command promt web server that starts an application or opens a file given in as an argument in an HTTP address. Could potentially be used to show media on screen using QR-codes.

An Introduction to Disqus (Pluggable Commenting System) with ASP.NET MVC 3

by Karthik. A

This article discusses ways by which you could utilize Disqus in your web applications.

An Introduction to Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) - Part I

by Niladri_Biswas

This article will disscuss about MEF, how to start working in this, etc.

An Introduction to SSIS Balanced Data Distributor Transformation Component

by Niladri_Biswas

In this tutorial, we will learn about SSIS Balanced Data Distributor (BDD)

Another Look at Achieving Concurrency using C++

by logicchild

An article that provides ways to achieve concurrency via C++

Another Thread Pool

by imagiro

A simple thread pool with minimal dependencies

Application Management

by Tiago Conceição

Application Management makes your application's life easier. It will automatically do memory management, handle and log unhandled exceptions, profile your functions, make your application single instance, and also provide utility functions to get system information.

ASM.Net - x86 Emulation

by Drag0nHunter

ASM.Net a assembly x86 emulator which emulates the language the managed way

ASP FormatDate

by amattice

Date Format function for VBScript / Classic ASP

Async Drag 'n Drop or Drag 'n Drop from external server/device

by User008

Drag 'n Drop asynchronous files from an external server or device

Asynchronous web services call in ASP.NET

by KK Kod

This document describes how to use the web service method calls efficiently and effectively, by making use of Asynchronous calling Mechanism.

Audio Capture with DirectShow - Part 1

by WajihUllahBaig

A console program that captures audio but does not save it.

Audio Capture with DirectShow - Part 3

by WajihUllahBaig

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

Authenticated Encryption

by Jeffrey Walton

Perform authenticated encryption with Crypto++.

Autoshutdown Service in C#

by Kees van Spelde

This is an alternative for "AutoShut, my first program in C#"

Basic Video Capture and VMR9

by WajihUllahBaig

Capturing video from webcam and VMR9 windowless rendering with DirectShow.

Basics of Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD)

by logicchild

Using SIMD instructions with C# via the Intel MKL.

Beginner's Guide: Exploring IIS 6.0 With ASP.NET

by Abhijit Jana

This article describes details of IIS configuration, Virtual Directory creation, Application Pool creation, Application Pool settings, IIS request processing for ASP.NET, etc.

BizTalk Server WCF Custom Service Behaviour

by KundanKarma

BizTalk WCF Custom Service Behaviour for sending Response back (filling some values from input) at port level.

Bug Finder, A Real Win32 Extensible Passive Debugger

by Antonio Petricca

Win32, compiler independent, and extensible passive debugger

Building Basic Windows Applications

by logicchild

An Article that explains certain aspects of Windows Forms

Building High Performance WPF/E Enterprise Class Application in C# 4.5

by kishhr

An in-depth reference of how to build performance-oriented applications in WPF for both Windows and the Web.

Building Your Own JavaScript Editor

by rmostafa

A step by step guide for implementing your JavaScript editor

C# Delegates: Step by Step

by logicchild

An article to help the beginner understand delegates

C# Object Cloning - For Business Applications

by Rajarshi (C# Pro)

Not exactly a new technique for cloning, just a way of coding to meet business application needs.

C# Project on Database for Beginners

by Hasan Habib Surzo

Class, Database Connection, Login Winform

C# Speech to Text

by Sperneder Patrick

This article describes how to handle and use the SpeechRecognitionEngine class that is shipped with and since .NET 3.0.

Calcoolation: A Math Puzzle Board Game

by Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira

Demo for a math puzzle board game

Calculating Subnet Ranges With VBScript

by MatthewPainter

This is my adventure of discovery - I set out to write a script and learnt a whole lot more.

Calendar.NET

by icemanind

A day and month calendar control for .NET and Winforms applications written in C#

Cannot Alter Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Table Object in Design Mode

by Md. Marufuzzaman

Cannot alter Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Table Object in design mode

Cloud Service to Automate Windows Desktop Applications

by Won Dong

To utilize cloud service as an anonymous desktop environment in Amazon S3 and EC2 Windows instances

CLR Stored Procedure and Creating It Step by Step

by Virat Kothari

CLR Stored procedures are very simple and can be used in most complex scenarios when dealing with database.

Connecting to Team Foundation Server 2008

by David Schiffer

A simple WinForms application that lets you connect to Team Foundation Server 2008.

Considerations to Take When Writing Reusable Software Components

by logicchild

An article that defines some rules to follow when writing resuable software.

Convert BusinessEntityCollection to a DataTable

by sohaibahmad

Convert an MS Dynamics CRM 4 BusinessEntityCollection to a DataTable.

Cool, Semi-transparent and Shaped Dialogs with Standard Controls for Windows 2000 and Above

by Jerry.Wang

This article tries to find a way to show Windows standard controls on layered windows. Provides both Native MFC and WinForms source code.

Create Custom Windows in WPF with Ease

by Ashish Kaila

Declaratively and visually create custom windows in WPF

Create First SSRS Report with SQL Server Analysis Services OLAP Cube

by Mubin M. Shaikh

This Article will give you a good start for Creating SSRS Report First time with SQL Server Analysis Services OLAP Cube

Create your own Snipping Tool

by Eder A. Castro

This tool captures a screen shot of anything on your desktop, like a picture or a section of webpage. This tool allows you to select a partial section of the whole screen with shortcut key.

Creating a Sudoku game

by Spirch

How to create a Sudoku game with speed in mind.

Creating System Restore Points using PInvoke

by ub3rst4r

How to create system restore points for Windows in C# with PInvoke

CSHA1 - A C++ Class Implementation of the SHA-1 Hash Algorithm

by Dominik Reichl

CSHA1 - A C++ class implementation of the SHA-1 hash algorithm

Custom Role Providers

by Karthik. A

An introduction to custom role providers in an ASP.NET MVC 3 application using the Entity Framework for ORM.

Database to Excel Spreadsheet

by rwg

Select data from SQL databases into Excel spreadsheet, with headings and formatting

DataGridViewColourPicker

by Arash Javadi

A customized column for datagridview to pick a color from a drop down within datagridview

DbExpressions - A Step Towards Independency

by seesharper

An abstract syntax tree implementation for SQL

Debugging Through the Debugger

by Jeffrey Walton

Using WinDbg to survive in a .NET world.

Delete Functionality in GridView with Confirmation Using jQuery UI Dialog

by junnark

You're using a GridView web control to list records from a particular data source and you want a delete functionality for each row of data. A dialog must be presented to the user to confirm deletion. You also want to show a dialog to the user when an error occurs during deletion.

Detect Internet Network Availability

by stevenmcohn

Detect network availability, specifically to the Internet, and monitor status changes

Device hooking

by Asif Bahrainwala

Device hooking

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

by Peter Kovalchuk

Reading hardware information in Stored Procedure

Directory Comparer - A recursive tool to compare 2 folders

by Karthik. A

Directory Comparer is an extensible tool that could be used to compare 2 folders

Document Preview Application

by Tamer Oz

An application to preview your documents and files such as PDF, Doc, JPG, PPT, XSL.

Don Kackman Multiple Monitors Classes Port to WTL

by Igor Vigdorchik

Class wrappers around the Win32 multi-monitor API

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

Drawing Fractals via WPF

by logicchild

Why recursion in C# works well when using WPF.

Easy to Track the Geographical Location Based on IP Address

by Md. Marufuzzaman

Easy to track the geographical location based on IP Address

Elevating your application for dummies: A step-by-step guide to elevate and write in the Registry

by joseangelmt

We are going to enable your application to write entries in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, elevating your application when necessary.

Empty Template Text Box

by stebo0728

This guide shows how to extend a standard TextBox to have an "empty value" template

Excel Reading Custom Pipeline for BizTalk Server

by Pubudu Kasakara

This article will describe how to read an Excel file using a custom pipeline.

Exploring SharePoint 2010 Client Object Model Capabilities

by saanj

This article talks about the powerful SharePoint 2010 Client Object Model Capabilities and various ways to utilize it.

Extended Windows Service Controller

by Antonio Petricca

.NET ServiceController class extension

Extending DirectoryInfoEx to support Archives

by Leung Yat Chun

Allow users to make virtual directories and use them via a similar interface as DirectoryInfo.

Extending MFC shell controls functionality

by Vladimir Misovsky

Overriding CMFCShellTreeCtrl and CMFCShellListCtrl classes

Extract icons from EXE or DLL files

by Tsuda Kageyu

Extract all the variations of an icon, including the ones ExtractIconEx() can't extract.

Few Step(s) to Remove SQL Server Database User(s)

by Md. Marufuzzaman

Few step(s) to remove SQL Server database user(s) when you are facing error like “The database principal owns a database role and cannot be dropped.” for dropping a user.

File Compare And Hash extension for Windows explorer

by dmihailescu

A windows explorer extension for easy binary/text file comparisons and calculating the MD5, SHA1, SHA256 hashes.

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.

FilePreviewCtrl - Preview Files in Text, HEX and Image Format

by OlegKrivtsov

This article demonstrates a file preview control in a WTL application.

Fire and Forget Web Method in ASP.Net

by KK Kod

Document describes about One way web Method creation and consumption in Traditional ASP.net Web Service.

Font Enumerator

by PARK Youngho

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

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

Gallery Server Pro - An ASP.NET Gallery for Sharing Photos, Video, Audio and Other Media

by Roger Martin

Gallery Server Pro is a complete, stable ASP.NET gallery for sharing photos, video, audio and other media. This article presents the overall architecture and major features.

Generate .chm based documentation of your project using SandCastle tool

by Vijay Tanwar

.Chm based documentation generator for .net projects

Generic Background Worker

by DaveyM69

No more unboxing/casting! Use generic type parameters with this background worker. Source code for C# and VB.NET.

Generic BinaryReader and BinaryWriter Extensions

by Kevin Li (Li, Ken-un)

Generics and extension methods in C++/CLI

Generic Singleton Design Pattern

by tomer bracksmayer

Generic Singleton Design Pattern C#

Genesis Hybrid Smart Client Framework - Part VII

by Stephan Johnson

This is part VII of a VII part series. This article covers the source code in a breakdown of each project's function.

Genesis Hybrid Smart Client Framework part VI

by Stephan Johnson

This is part VI of a VII part series. This article covers how to manage the hosted applications, user interface and security using the Genesis Management System

Getting Operating System Version Info - Even for Windows 10!

by Johnny J., Brisingr Aerowing

Get the operating system version and edition, updated with Windows 10

Getting Started With SSIS Script transforms

by Daniel_Wheeler

Using a script transform with C# to convert Julian (ordinal?) dates for a date dimension.

Gibberish

by jabit

Generates a bunch of gibberish from real text.

Guess My Drawing!

by Albara Hakami

A Windows Forms application to share a whiteboard with many clients with only one drawer, in a gamy way.

GUI in JScript and VBScript, using Windows Common Controls

by armagedescu

This article is about writing GUI applications in VBScript and JScript using Windows common controls

Gurux Data Refinery

by Gurux Ltd

Retrieve data from a physical device, process it, and visualize the results

Home Automation with Netduino and Kinect

by Dan Thyer

Remote control a squirt gun, open the garage, and water the garden all through .net

Hosting IFRAMEs using the JQuery UI Tabs plug-in - Part 1

by Matt Esterak

Using JQuery UI Tabs to host web pages via IFRAMEs.

How to Access and Encrypt Your Files via Windows Forms

by logicchild

An article that demonstrates how to encrypt your directory files

How to Add a Checkbox to a List View Column Header

by Vince Valenti

An example of how to add a checkbox to a list view column header. We also implement select/unselect all when a user toggles the checkbox.

How to Add a Menu Item in Microsoft Office Word 7/10 Application Context Menu

by Md. Marufuzzaman

How to add a menu item in Microsoft Office Word 7/10 application context menu

How to Configure SSL Certificate for SharePoint Web Application on IIS7/Window Server 2008

by Syed Adnan Ahmed

The configuration of SSL certificate on IIS 7 (Windows Server 2008) is bit different than in IIS 6. This article describes the steps required to configure SSL certificate on SharePoint Central Admin web site.

How to Configure SSL Certificate for the Central Administration Web Site of SharePoint Server 2010

by Syed Adnan Ahmed

In this article, I will explain how to install and configure self-signed SSL certificate for the central administration web site in SharePoint Server 2010. This procedure is also applicable for any other web applications for both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010.

How to copy files remotely

by Santiago Sanchez

Two applications to copy files remotely using sockets.

How to Create a Joke Jukebox in Visual Basic 6.0

by Software_Developer

An article about how to create a Joke Jukebox in Visual Basic 6.0

How to Create a Random Joke Generator in Java

by Software_Developer

How to create a Random Joke Generator in Java

How to Create your First SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Package - Part 1

by Md. Marufuzzaman

How to create your first SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package - part 1

How to Deliver an Email with an Attachment of the Active Working Document from Microsoft Office Word

by Md. Marufuzzaman

We discuss Microsoft Office Word 7 addIn, which is able to deliver an email with little text and able to attach the current document as a Zip/Compress file or standard Microsoft Office Word document file format & send the email from Microsoft Office Word Interface.

How to Develop an Yearly Interest Calculator

by logicchild

An article that uses C# to develop a yearly calculation utility.

How to Embed Barcodes in Your SSRS Report

by Philipp Katscher

How to use barcodelib generated Barcodes in SSRS (consider Barcode fonts don't work in runtime)

How to enable multi-hop impersonation using constrained delegation in .NET and Active Directory

by sravan kumar surabhi, Ken Hadden

A step-by-step guide to help solve a common authentication problem faced by .NET multi-tier developers.

How to execute multiple long running SQL Statements Asynchronously in small chunks

by Khorshed Alam, Dhaka

How to execute multiple long running SQL Statement Asynchronously in smaller chunks

How to Generate Machine Key in IIS7

by composeme

Machine key generates a unique key which helps you on single form because it helps to protect your Form Authentication cookies and page level View state

How to Install and Configure MS Exchange Server 2007 on MS Windows Server 2008

by Syed Adnan Ahmed

How to Install and Configure MS Exchange Server 2007 on MS Windows Server 2008

How To Learn F#

by logicchild

An article that explains some ways to learn the F# language

How to Non-alphabetically Sort GridView Columns with Text Data

by Christopher Geyer

Creating a sortable GridView is easy. But, what if you want to perform a nonalphabetic sort on a column that is alphabetical? Answer below...

How to Support the Ribbon and a Menu in the Same Executable

by Paul M. Parks

You can provide a Ribbon in Windows 7, but still support menu input, while only releasing one executable.

How to Sysprep Windows 2008 Servers

by Syed Adnan Ahmed

The way we use to Sysprep windows machine are changed in Windows Server 2008. I should admit that it's lot simpler and less painful to Sysprep Windows Server 2008 than any of the previous versions of Windows.

How to Utilise the Shell32 Library in .NET as a COM Import – A Neat little Hack

by Justin Porteous

Using the Shell32 Library to write Files or Folders to a Zip File

IlPad

by icemanind

A program to compile C# code into MSIL code

Implementing a Web Server in Java

by Assoudi

An article on how to implement a functional web server in Java

Improving user experience using WPF and LINQ

by quicoli

Building a control to search MenuItems of a Menu.

Increase the performance of your LINQ application with a few .NET tricks

by HaymakerAJW

This article will show an easy way to increase the performance of LINQ using .NET 3.5 and C#.

InputManager library - Track user input and simulate input (mouse and keyboard)

by shynet

A library that contains classes to simulate user input and track user input (mouse and keyboard), in C# and VB.NET.

Intel Ultrabook - Why You Should Get One

by simsam77

Internal Supply Chain Management System, Visibility

by Syed Hasan Hyder

Internal supply chain management system's objective is to visualize organization's activities and events spawn during its work flow and offers panoramic view of upstream and downstream activities

Internal Supply Chain, Visibility via 200 plus 3D Chart Reports - Part II

by Syed Hasan Hyder

This article focuses on internal supply chain management systems visibility via chart reports, and provides assessment apparatus to manage and monitor activities spawned during business processes, hence paves the way for timely and precise business decisions.

Internet Explorer 8 for Developers

by dougturn

An overview of the IE 8 feature set

Introducing Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V)

by Altaf Al-Amin

Application Virtualization provides a method to deploy and manage applications on client computers without needing to install the applications locally on each client computer.

Introduction - DLR (Dynamic Language Runtime)

by Md. Marufuzzaman

Using dynamic types in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (Framework 4.0)

Introduction to Composite WPF (CAL, Prism): Part 2

by Jammer

An article showing an extremely simple implementation of CompositeWPF.

Introduction to RPC - Part 1

by Anders Dalvander

An introduction to RPC programming. A simple RPC client/server application is explained.

Introduction to the Volume Shadow Copy Service API in C++

by didierjeanphi

Introduction to Volume Shadow Copy API in C++

Iron Web Analyzer

by Hamed J.I

Analyze website content for Search Engine Optimization and technical problems (using Iron Python)

ISCSI development tutorial on Windows

by Kushagra Tiwari

This article will help you to integrate ISCSI functionalities available on Windows with your base application in C++

Keep everyone away from breaking your database object naming convention with SQL Server Policy Based Management.

by Khorshed Alam, Dhaka

Standardization database object name with SQL Server Policy Based Management.

Learn to Write Custom MDX Query First Time

by Mubin M. Shaikh

Learn Custom MDX Query Step by Step

LINQ to SQL - Detach Entities

by Eric J. Smith, Shannon Davidson

Easily detach entities when using LINQ to SQL

LINQ to SQL - Many to Many Relationships

by Eric J. Smith, Shannon Davidson

Easily support many to many relationships when using LINQ to SQL.

LINQ-to-EF Efficiency: A Cautionary Tale

by meduff

Avoid Entity Framework lazy-loading relationship navigation when iterating large record sets.

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

Making 3D Application with WPF

by crashandburn5

WPF_3D_Application

Making the most out of IIS compression - Part 1: Configuring IIS 7 compression

by Matt Perdeck

In this two part series, I'll show how to get the most out of the compression features built into IIS 7 and IIS 6. This first article focuses specifically on IIS 7.

Managed DirectX via F#

by logicchild

An article that illustrates referencing DirectX Libraries in an F# application

Mastering Debugging in Visual Studio 2010 - A Beginner's Guide

by Abhijit Jana

Describes all debugging features like Breakpoints, DataTips, Watch Windows, Multithreaded Debugging, Parallel Program Debugging and IntelliTrace Debugging

MFC Feature Pack - CMFCEditBrowseCtrl

by Nibu babu thomas

MFC Feature Pack - CMFCEditBrowseCtrl

Midnight Timer - A Way to Detect When it is Midnight

by DanielBrownAU

An article on how to detect when it is midnight

MinHook - The Minimalistic x86/x64 API Hooking Library

by Tsuda Kageyu

Provides the basic part of Microsoft Detours functionality for both x64/x86 environments.

Minimal Key Logger Using RAWINPUT

by Mike G. P.Mee

An alternative to hooked key logging.

Minimal Key Logger Using RAWINPUT

by joejames111

This is a VB.NET and C# version of "Minimal Key Logger Using RAWINPUT".

MixModes Synergy Toolkit for Windows Phone 7

by Ashish Kaila

Describes features in Synergy Toolkit for Windows Phone 7 Version 1.0

Monocular Navigation - Part I

by CyberTrone

How to build a navigation system for a simple transport robot

MOSS for Developers - Part 10: User Management

by dougturn

Provides an overview of user management from the perspective of a developer. This content is part 10 of the MOSS content from www.myrampup.com.

MOSS for Developers - Part 4: Workflows for Developers

by dougturn

Provides an overview of Sharepoint workflows from the perspective of a developer. This content is part 4 of the MOSS content from www.myrampup.com.

MOSS for Developers - Part 5: Silverlight and Web Parts for Developers

by dougturn

Provides an overview of Sharepoint with Silverlight and Web Parts from the perspective of a developer. This content is part 5 of the MOSS content from www.myrampup.com.

MOSS for Developers - Part 6: Page Navigation

by dougturn

Provides an overview of page navigation from the perspective of a developer. This content is part 6 of the MOSS content from www.myrampup.com.

MOSS for Developers - Part 7: Page Branding

by dougturn

Provides an overview of page branding from the perspective of a developer. This content is part 7 of the MOSS content from www.myrampup.com.

MOSS for Developers - Part 8: Web Services

by dougturn

Provides an overview of Web services from the perspective of a developer. This content is part 8 of the MOSS content from www.myrampup.com.

MOSS for Developers - Part 9: Content Types

by dougturn

Provides an overview of content types from the perspective of a developer. This content is part 9 of the MOSS content from www.myrampup.com.

Most Recently Used (MRU) File Manager Component

by David Hall

An MRU Manager Component that can be dropped on a Windows Form or WPF Window and integrates with Menu, MenuStrip, Application Settings, Registry, and Windows Recent Files.

MSDTC Service enable issues when Using .NET TransactionScope.

by Md. Marufuzzaman

How to use .NET TransactionScope & enable Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC)

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 RDP Client .NET - A Simple and Friendly User Interface for You to Work and Navigate Easily Through a Tabbed RDP Remote Window

by Jayson Ragasa

Multi RDP Client .NET is used for managing your RDP connections. It allows you to Import/Export .RDP files, disconnect all connection at one click, and connect all your servers at one click as well.

Multi-touch development with WPF - A multi-touch RSS reader

by Roberto Sonnino

A multi-touch RSS reader built with Multi-Touch Vista.

My Photo Editor

by Long Nguyen (xyz)

This is about how to make a simple sofware like photoshop using Visual Studio C++ and OpenCV

NET Debugging: Dump All Strings from a Managed Code Process Running

by Rene Pally

Advanced Debugging Processes

NvramRestorer - dumping and restoring BIOS settings in Windows

by kinke

This tiny tool allows for low-level R/W access to NVRAM bytes 14 to 127.

Odyssey RibbonBar

by Thomas Gerber

A WPF RibbonBar control.

One Way, Two Way and One Time Bindings using Silverlight

by Shivprasad koirala

This article will talk about three ways of binding object properties with Silverlight user interfaces.

OneImage

by M@dHatter

An httpmodule designed to create one image out of many for faster loading and fewer web server HTTP requests. Module creates auto generated CSS image maps of positions for displaying on a webpage using background positioning. The module also handles creating mouse over image effects.

OSIcon

by Tiago Conceição

Library for handling and retrieving system icons

Outlook 2007 Add-in Using Microsoft Visual C#.NET- Part 2

by Md. Marufuzzaman

How we can communicate with the Microsoft Office Outlook using “Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook” delegate & event.

Package that speeds up loading of JavaScript, CSS and image files

by Matt Perdeck

Improves web site performance by combining and minifying JavaScript and CSS files on the fly. Processes ASP.NET AJAX toolkit .axd files too. Improves image caching and loading. Very easy to add to any ASP.NET web site.

Parallel Computing and Data Parallelism

by logicchild

An article that focuses on Data Parallelism based on the Multi-Core Processor Technology.

Parallel Containers

by logicchild

An article that describes concurrent collections.

Parallel Extensions to the .NET 4.0 Runtime

by logicchild

An article that mainly focuses on the TPL

Parallel fast compression unleashing the power of multi-core machines using the .NET TPL (Task Parallel Library)

by Bharath K A

Parallel fast compression uses TPL to achieve complete usage of a multi-core system. Fast compression compresses files nX times faster, where n = the number of processors in the machine.

Parallel Programming Essentials via the Intel TBB

by logicchild

An article meant to introduce and expand upon the Intel Threading Building Blocks threading library

Parallel Tasks in .NET 3.0

by David Cruwys

Provide a mechanism to execute a list of tasks in parallel on multiple threads and communicate back to the calling thread useful states such as exceptions, timeouts, and successful task completion.

Persian DateTime

by Mohammad Mir mostafa

A structure like System.DateTime which is designed to support Persian calendar

PHP A to Z

by Gazmend Jakupi

Tutorial for developing in PHP

Plot Path using Google Maps JavaScript API

by VaibhavTiparadi

This article describes how to plot path on Google map using array of latitude & longitude points.

Polymorphism in JavaScript

by Joe BTrez

How does Polymorphism work in JavaScript.

Pong in a Win32 Console

by Software_Developer

Pong in a Win32 Console

Programming for Microsoft Windows Vista and Server 2008 (Windows 7)

by arnavguddu

This article exposes the Microsoft Vista and Server 2008 (and Windows 7) exclusive features that can be programmed using .NET languages like C#. It includes UAC, the Vista Bridge control library, and the Windows Search Provider.

Programming Memory-Mapped Files with the .NET Framework

by Jun Du

An introduction to MMF and shared memory in .NET applications.

Progress Indicator a'la Google

by gggustafson

This article presents code for a WinForms implementation of the Google-like compact progress indicator.

PSAM Control Library

by Ajcek84

WinForms library containing the IncipitViewer control for drawing musical notes

Rating Stars for Windows Media Player

by LegoMindstorms

How to create stars to display the UserRating property in WMP.

Reading and Writing Photo Metadata Programmatically Using Microsoft Pro Photo Tools

by Dexter Legaspi

A way to update photo metadata (EXIF, XMP, IPTC, etc.) using the DLLs used by Microsoft Pro Photo Tools.

Realtime Animation of a Mandelbrot Zoom in a Win32 Console with Visual C++ 6.0

by Software_Developer

This article describes how to create a Realtime animation of a Mandelbrot Zoom in a Win32 Console with Visual C++ 6.0

Recursion, Stacks, and Queues

by logicchild

An article that hopes to function as a primer for algorithms.

Reflection optimization techniques

by Jain, Ajay

The article presents some .NET techniques for using Reflection optimally and efficiently.

Relook your Old and New Native Applications with a Ribbon UI under Vista or Windows 7 (WTL)

by Alain Rist

Including a Ribbon UI Implementation Guide with examples and a dual UI enabled legacy application

Remove the security credentials from a connection string

by Simon Tagg

This might save you 15 minutes and avoid the embarrasment of returning your 'sa' password to your customers along with an error message.

ReorderListView Control with AutoScroll

by afoxster

A VB version plus enhancements to "Manual reordering of items inside a ListView".

Replacing the CSettingsStore Class in MFC to Store Settings in a File

by jwatte

Replacing the CSettingsStore class in MFC to store settings in a file

Retrieve the Assembly Identities from a Manifest using C++

by marc ochsenmeier

A set of C++ interfaces to retrieve the side-by-side information of a manifest embedded in an image file.

Reusable Class to Generate Excel Files

by Sergio Romero

A class that generates an XML string as an Excel file

Save all Outlook Mail Items to Separate Files

by E.F. Nijboer

Source code for saving mail items to separate files and keeping folder structure

Scalable Asynchronous Duplex Communication Between WPF and WCF

by Bert O Neill

Scalable duplex communication between WPF and WCF.

Searching and Sorting Algorithms via C#

by logicchild

An article that details coding algorithms with C#.

Setting up a full fledged kernel debug environment for Windows Kernel Drivers using a single server

by Rajkumar-Kannan

This article helps users to setup a full fledged debug environment for Windows device drivers using a Virtual Machine (VMware). The user need not have to configure a debugger and debugee and connect them with null modem cables.

SharpZipLib or DotNetZip... Which Should You Use?

by pdoxtader

A comparison of these two free zip libraries, complete with a multi-threaded VB.NET class wrapper for each

Side by Side Configuration Incorrect

by John Samuel Vekal

Application has failed to start because side by side configuration is incorrect

Silverlight 3.0 DropDownMenu

by Alexei Prokudin

This is an implementaion of SL 3.0 DropDown Menu like Application MainMenu

Silverlight ListBox Part II (Drag and drop in the same listbox and scroll)

by Anil_gupta

This article is about some of the issues like drag and drop in the same listbox and scrolling.

Silverlight ListBox: Part I - Using multiple templates in a ListBox

by Anil_gupta

How to show mutliple types of items in a single listbox by using multiple templates.

Simple Tri-State TreeView

by DreamCatcher2k10

Provides another, simple way to get a tri-state TreeView, ensuring compatibility to all Windows UIs / styles

Simple Tri-State TreeView

by Fred_Informatix

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

Simple WDM LoopBack Driver

by potluri_suresh

This article is for developers who are writing Windows kernel device drivers for the first time and want to experiment with a simple example with source code.

Simple Web Server in c#

by Pritesh Dhokchaule

Smart Thread Pool

by Ami Bar

A .NET Thread Pool fully implemented in C# with many features.

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

SnapWindows - StickyWindows reloaded

by Mr.PoorEnglish

A new approach to 2D - geometric computation replaces Point, Size, and Rectangle.

SongBird - a Twitter Hybrid Smart Client

by Pete O'Hanlon

Using the WCF RESTful services to create a Twitter hybrid Smart Client.

Speech recognition, speech to text, text to speech, and speech synthesis in C#

by Thomas Daniels

This article explains speech recognition, speech to text, text to speech and speech synthesis in C#.

Splitter Control for Dialog

by libbyliugang

A splitter control for dialog can auto change the linked window's position

SPWebConfigModification Tool and Explorations

by N W Brown

An ASP.NET Web Part for testing the effects of SharePoint 2007 SPWebConfigModification changes

SQL Framework

by Abdul Quader Mamun

Framework makes application more organized and efficient way to coding. It is helpful for newly assigned developer to understand code structure within a short time. It is essential for large application.

SQL Server Date Format Language

by Cristhian Selah

Perform a conversion in a select, view, and Stored Procedure.

Start Menu Cleaner .NET

by Jayson Ragasa

Start Menu Cleaner .NET (fka. Start Menu Cleaner for Windows XP) is a small utility that scans all dead shortcuts and empty folders on your Programs in Start menu. Tested on Windows XP, Vista, and W7

Steps Required to Install Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 Service Pack 2 on existing SharePoint Farm

by Syed Adnan Ahmed

Steps required to install Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 service pack 2 on existing SharePoint farm

Stopwatch

by Espen Harlinn

Benchmark C++ std::vector vs raw arrays, move assignable/constructable & copy assignable/constructable

Storing and Retrieving Images from SQL Server Using Strored Procedures and C#

by Thilina Chandima

An introduction on how to store and retrieve images from SQL Server 2008 by using Stored Procedures and C#.

Strong-Type & Efficient .NET Enum

by Hana Giat

Efficient & strong-type alternative to the .NET Enum class

Surfaces in Windows Presentation Foundation

by logicchild

An article that demonstrates how both Simple and Parametric surfaces are drawn

SVN pre-commit hook in VBScript

by Prasad Khandekar

A pre-commit hook for SVN to validate commits against JIRA.

Switch to SMS/Text Event Reminders When Your Ultrabook is in Suspend Mode #2

by simsam77

This is a follow-on article from my first on the topic of sending text messages as event reminders.

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

by marc ochsenmeier

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

Technorati Ping Using C#

by Ravi Vooda

Source code to ping technorati for your blogs

The Basics of Perl and Perl Programming

by logicchild

Programing Perl Basics - How It Works

The Basics of Task Parallelism via C#

by logicchild

An article that explains the basics of task parallel programming.

The Loyc LL(k) Parser Generator: Part 3

by Qwertie

Lots of new stuff this time, including an (almost) complete C# parser demo

The Never Ending Memory Game

by davehamdan

Learn how to write a small game using an XBap

The OpenGL and GLUT: A Powerful Graphics Library and Utility Kit

by logicchild

An article that explains how to use this library

The Windows Native Ribbon Part 1.5: Laying out Controls and Groups

by Michael Dunn

This article describes how to lay out controls in the Windows native Ribbon

The Windows Native Ribbon Part 2: Setting Ribbon Properties at Runtime

by Michael Dunn

This article shows how to control various Ribbon and command properties at runtime

The Windows Native Ribbon Part 3: Buttons and Menus

by Michael Dunn

This article demonstrates new button and menu features of the Ribbon

Things to do in Graphics Land

by logicchild

Basic and advanced graphics via C#.

To And From Binary Literals

by Mark Kruger

To And From Binary Literals for all standard .net numeric value types.

Track your medical shots

by Ken Cenerelli

An application to store your list of medical shots in the cloud

Tree Iterators

by bsargos

Discussing about Tree Iterators: Choices of Datastructure and Algorithm

Type-safe (but generic) import of 'char' separated line based files into objects

by Christian Vogt

An article on a generic approach for importing text based data into objects, using Reflection. Supports mass data processing, filter, advanced processing and converting, and some other gimmicks.

Understanding Direct3D 10 Application Code

by logicchild

An article that describes some of the important parts of Direct3D program code.

Undocumented List View Features

by Timo Kunze

Use undocumented parts of the Windows Vista list view API to enhance your application.

Use one SSRS Report to Find All Your Microsoft SQL Servers, Out of Date Editions, and Service Packs

by Mark W Solomon

In this article, I developed a way to determine all the SQL Servers in our environment at will and filter this information into Microsoft's Sunset report for Microsoft SQL Server and present all this information in an SSRS report.

Using BizTalk360

by Lex Hegt

This article describes how BizTalk360 fills the gaps left by the BizTalk Server Administration Console and the capabilities of BizTalk360 V5.

Using Dynamic Proxies for Fault Tolerance and Failover

by Derek Viljoen

How to leverage LinFu (or any other Dynamic Proxy implementation) for Fault Tolerance and Failover

Using Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) in a Distributed Application Architecture

by GraemeKMiller

This article explains how you can use IWA to improve your Users' experience and it also explains how it benefits your IT support team.

Using Lambdas for WPF or Silverlight Animation

by Dmitri Nеstеruk

Shows how to use lambdas and higher-order functions for WPF/Silverlight graphics work

Using Microsoft Tag API

by Tamer Oz

This article describes how to use Microsoft Tag API

Using SQL Bulk Load to Upload Fixed Width Text Files

by Alden John Snow

This project demonstrates what is likely the fastest way to upload one of those fixed width reports from a mainframe to a SQL server table.

Using SQLite, Leverage the create_aggregate(), and SQL's Between Operator to Create a Normal Probability Distribution Histogram, or What is More...

by rerhart585

Using SQLite, leverage the create_aggregate(), and SQL's Between Operator to create a Normal Probability Distribution Histogram, or what is more commonly referred to as a Bell Curve.

Using System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement

by Tamer Oz

In this article, we will be focusing on creating, editing, and deleting both user accounts or groups on the Active Directory or Machine SAM by using the System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement namespace that .NET Framework 3.5 includes.

Using the AWS SDK

by netfed

A Winforms application for configuring EC2 security groups - a future winforms ec2 console

Using the BizTalk SQL Adapter to synchronize data

by aadon.s

How to use the BizTalk SQL Adapter to synchronize data by invoking a Stored Procedure.

Using the ConditionalValueConverter to evaluate comparisons in WPF Binding expressions

by jwatte

Output values of one type, based on a comparison of values of another type.

Using the Linked List via C#

by logicchild

An article meant to encourage the use of the Linked List in C#

VB.NET Client-Service Skeleton VISTA Ready

by FrankNight

A client-server GUI-Service application skeleton. Ready for Vista.

Versatile Tree Control

by Babu_Abdulsalam

Tree control with custom checkbox with several other features.

Version Helper API for .NET

by Petr Alexeev

Version Helper API for .NET – checking version of Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2 without Environment.OSVersion or application manifest

Vista logo certification for applications using C++ and C#

by saiful_vonair

This library provides the Vista logo API implementation for TC8, 9, and 30. It also describe about TC1 and TC32.

Vista Style Address Bar for .NET 2.0/WinForms

by User 3381247

WinForms version of the Vista style address bar that can be extended to support more than just browsing the file system.

VMSTAT Analyzer

by Biswas, Sumit

Helps UNIX / Linux administrators to analyze VMSTAT files for system resource utilization.

WF4 Custom activities for message mediation

by Roman Kiss

This article describes a design, implementation, and usage of custom message mediation activities for a XAML workflow.

What's Going Wrong at 3:00 AM?

by knockNrod

Describes one effort to run performance monitor to identify what's wrong with a counter log, then set up an event trace to see who the culprit is.

Win32 Window Minimal

by Jani Mäkinen

Getting started with Win32 programming through creating a window with minimum code and complexity

WinAES: A C++ AES Class

by Jeffrey Walton

Yet another C++ class wrapper for AES and Windows CAPI.

WinAESwithHMAC: A C++ AES/HMAC Class

by Jeffrey Walton

A C++ class providing encryption and authentication using Windows CAPI.

Windows 7 File-properties "Version" Tab Shell Extension

by "Fish" (David B. Trout)

Simple parsing of VS_VERSIONINFO version information strings displayed in an XP-style file-properties "Version" tab

Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Introduction to the Ribbon

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial that shows how to get started using the Ribbon in your applications

Windows 7 Trigger Start Service

by Abhishek Sur

Implement services that start/stop automatically to some events like Device attached, Network Availability, Firewall port modified, Domain join, Group Policy change etc

Windows 7: Exploration of 7 exciting new programming features in a single application!

by Michael Chourdakis

Demonstration of seven new programming technologies.

Windows Authentication Using Form Authentication

by Muhammad Akhtar Shiekh

An article on "How to authenticate windows user using form authentication in ASP.NET?"

Windows Development in C++, Working with Menus

by Espen Harlinn

Windows API, menus, C++ lambda expressions, std::enable_shared_from_this

Windows Forms, Random Number Generators, and Parallel Programming

by logicchild

An article that demonstrates building a Windows Forms application via Parallel computing

Windows Post Install and 64 bit Registry tweaks

by Snoepie

WPI and 64 bit Registry integration.

Windows-Service for Multithreading with Remote Control GUI

by J.Starkl

A windows-service which can handle different operations in separate threads and which can be controlled by a small GUI program

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

Word Automation using Late binding - Usage of dynamic Keyword

by Prathapachandran

This article gives a brief idea about word automation using late binding and dynamic keyword in .NET Framework 4.0

Work Load System

by Allen _ Wang

Calculating the workload for speech language pathologists is a very complex process. A systematic approach has to be developed in order to calculate the workload and setup a standard.

Working with DSL Tools: An Asynchronous Graphical DSL

by Dmitri Nеstеruk

Use DSL tools to generate Pulse&Wait-driven code from diagrams.

Working With Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) - Part 2

by Rajkumar-Kannan

In the second part of this article, I primarily focus on using WMI and C# to develop routines that can manage a Hyper-V Virtual Machine

WPF Commands Everywhere

by Tomer Shamam

This article covers techniques for using WPF commands with controls that don't support commands natively

WPF DataGrid With Excel Style Column Filter

by Nayan Choudhary

WPF DataGrid with columns having drop down filter option (Excel style)

WPF GIF Animation

by Artem S. Dmitriev

This article shows the best way to play GIF animation in your WPF project.

WPF x FileExplorer x MVVM

by Leung Yat Chun

This article describe how to construct FileExplorer controls included DirectoryTree and FileList, using Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern.

Wpf-Tabcontrol, saving its visual TabItem-States (Alternative)

by Mr.PoorEnglish

Understanding Tabcontrol right enables a lightweigth solution

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.