This tip provides a simple implementation for the ICommand interface and enables to write quick code leaving the nuances of fetching the return types and asynchrony

A Good Desktop Software in Users' Eyes

by Southmountain

Some take-away to improve the quality of desktop software

A Lightweight File Backup Manager

by shijo joseph

A file backup manager with simple user interface and all the essential functionalities.

A Simple Application to Notify the Caps Lock Status

by Kaushik S Murthy

This application allows you to know the status of caps lock whenever the caps status is toggled

A Task Scheduler Library for .NET Applications

by Sen Jacob

A simple task scheduler utility by which you can schedule a task to run at any time or interval

A Task Scheduler Library for .NET Applications

by Sen Jacob

This is an alternative for "A Task Scheduler Library for .NET Applications"

A Tiny Custom List Control

by HateCoding

A tiny custom list control

Accessing class object present in exe from explicitly loaded DLL using Inheritance and virtual function

by Amit Deshmukh 1010

Accessing class object present in exe from explicitly loaded DLL using Inheritance and virtual function.

ADO.Net Connectivity using Stored Procedure and Output parameters

by Ankit Bansal MVP

This articles explains the insertion of data into SQL Database using Stored Procedures with Output Parameters. Some Bootstrapping is also used to create a good looking HTML.

Allow write/modify access to CommonApplicationData

by DaveyM69

Now your application can update it's saved data regrdless of the account it is running under.

Allow/Block a Program

by Hesham Meneisi

This is a quick way to allow or disallow a program through the firewall.

An Workaround for Double Click on Treeview Checkbox

by Thava Rajan

This tip is used to fix a workaround for a bug in double click on checkbox

Another program is being installed. Please wait until that installation is complete, and then try installing this software again.

by Mahmud Hasan

Whenever I try to install any software I get an error saying another installation is running.

Application Startup Permissions Validator

by Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

This is a simple class/demo application that shows how to check whether the account that is being used to run the application has administrative rights.

Arrays Generator

by Alaa Ben Fatma

Generate your arrays using a GUI tool

Augmented reality using irrlicht and newton

by Ihab ramadan

Demo illustrates how to make augmented reality program using irrlicht and newton

Autos - Immediate Access to Resources Without Clicking

by tc99

Immediate access to resources without clicking

Away to always load BHO in a popup window

by MinamiTiaki

BHO

Badges for Windows 7

by Grigory Avdyushin

Short description how to create a sexy badge for windows 7 taskbar

Basic MVVM Listbox Binding in WPF

by Jdarmanovich

Basic MVVM pattern for binding items to a listbox in WPF

Basic SQL Auto-Purging for Document Management

by Dan Steuer

This article will help manage automatic database purges according to basic Document Management principles.

Batch file caveat when running as administrator

by Indivara

Are you sure your batch file will actually do what you intended?

Batch file caveat when running as administrator

by Br.Bill

First command of the file should be:PUSHD directory_you_want_to_be_inThat solves it always. No testing for anything. No need to error out, because your expected file's gonna be in the expected directory.

Batch file caveat when running as administrator

by Reto70

if you want to run the script in the folder where the script is store you can add the following code@ECHO %0 %*@pushd@cd /D "%~dp0"@cd....@pause@popdin most case %0 is the name of the script including the full path%~dp0 is only the drive and the path of the scriptcd...

Bench a Dialog on the Taskbar

by Roger65

A project to place a Dialog Box on the Taskbar

Bidirectional Replication - in MySQL

by Sujith Karivelil

In Master - Slave replication, Changes in master will reflect in Slave. but any changes made in the slave Database will not reflect back in Master, this article will help you to implement Bidirectional Replication.

Blocking Particular Website in Computer

by John Bhatt

How can I block some website permanently like (facebook.com) and more social site on my employees computers

C# - Google Maps in WinForm with WebBrowser and Google Maps API v3

by SMPS LLC

With this tip, you can show a map in your WinForm application with the Google Maps API v3.

C# Bluetooth Monitor for Lego Mindstorms NXT

by charles922

Program that continuously monitors the NXT via Bluetooth

C# FileSearch

by arussell

Search for file using regualar expression or classic *.*

C# How To Read .xlsx Excel File With 3 Lines of Code

by dietmar paul schoder

Read rows and cells from an xlsx-file: quick, dirty, effective.

C# Portable Exe File

by arthur zamarin

Making an exe file from C# project that runs from any Windows, without must of Net Framework instaled.

C# Web File Download with BITSadmin

by metastruct

When WebClient, HttpRequest, and all else fail, BITSadmin solves your download woes

C++/MFC File Unlocker

by arussell

Unlock a file that is in use by another process

Calendar of Events in Windows Phone

by Houssem Dellai

Developing a Windows Phone app step by step

Call WebService Dynamically and Read WebService Definition

by abhinavshastri

How to Call WebService Dynamically and Read WebService Definition

Capturing Video from Web-camera on Windows 7 and 8 by using Media Foundation

by Evgeny Pereguda

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

CEdit - Show or Hide Password

by JPhelps

To dynamically set the password viewing style for the edit control

CenterWindow in WIN32

by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

How to center window in WIN32

CenterWindow in WIN32

by Charles Kludge

void CenterWnd(HWND wnd){ RECT r,r1; GetWindowRect(wnd,&r); GetWindowRect(GetDesktopWindow(),&r1); MoveWindow(wnd,((r1.right-r1.left)-(r.right-r.left))/2, ((r1.bottom-r1.top)-(r.bottom-r.top))/2, (r.right-r.left), (r.bottom-r.top),0);}

CenterWindow in WIN32

by Nick Kulikovsky

There is ATL CWindow method CenterWindow:void CenterWnd(HWND hWnd){ CWindow wnd; wnd.Attach(hWnd); wnd.CenterWindow(NULL); wnd.Detach();}

CFileDialog in a Console Application

by Roger65

CFileDialog in a Console Application

Change to Global Keyboard and Mouse Hooks behavior in Windows 7

by Dave Kreskowiak

This is probably why your global keyboard and mouse hooks stopped working on Windows 7

Change Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Size

by Coding 101

Need to see larger thumbnails on the taskbar?

Changing Windows Aero Color

by Tejashwi Kalp Taru

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

Check Digit Vertical and Horizontal

by Hernán Hegykozi

This tip explains how to calculate the Check Digit Vertical (CDV) and Horizontal (CDH) by SQL Server.

Clear Text On Windows Aero Glass

by Rixterz123

How to get text to show perfectly clearly on Aero glass

ComboBox ObservableCollection Overkill

by dietmar paul schoder

RibbonComboBox in MVVM/WPF: the easiest way

Communication between the Controllers in AngularJS

by Member 10771162

AngularJS: Communication between Controllers

Compiler Warnings: Ignore at Your Own Risk

by David A. Gray

While you can often get away with ignoring compiler warnings, failing to at least scan them can bite hard!

Complete Date/Time Picker Control

by Peter T. Ringering

A complete replacement to Microsoft's Date/Time Picker control.

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

by ahmed_alashrafy

تفقيط الأرقام العربيه

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 Numbers to Words Neatly

by Normz Antonino

This tip shows you how to convert numbers to words neatly.

Convert Text Represented Number to Numeric String

by FatzBomb

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

Copy Paste and Insert in Datagridview (Winforms)

by Thava Rajan

Copy and insert data at any postion in your datagridview

Creating a Link in the Left Pane of the File Explorer - like OneDrive or DropBox

by Sujith Karivelil

Creating a link in the left pane of the file Explorer - like OneDrive or DropBox

Creating Wifi HotSpot with the Help of CMD and C#

by Zain Ul Abidin

How to create a Wifi HotSpot with the help of CMD and C#

CRichEditCtrl Does Not Take the Return

by Arkadiusz@inquiry

CRichEditCtrl does not take the return

Custom (XP-like) QuickLaunch

by Adam Wojnar

An easy implementation of the taskbar-independent "quick launch"

Custom disk clean up using WSH VBScript

by Gautham Prabhu K

Perform custom disk clean up when hard disk free space goes low

Days Left Timer VBS

by crackruckles

Days Left Timer VBS self deleting

Detect a DoubleClick to Prevent a Change in Checkstate

by JRCoderMan

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

Detect Amount of Arc

by Mahdi Nejadsahebi

With this algorithm, we can detect amount and knoll of an arc

DirectShow Hangs on Pause – Solved

by vertex4343

DirectShow Hangs on Pause – Solved with WNDPROC message

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.

Easy Desktop Web Stats

by Michael J Hill - OH

Create a Windows desktop app to display daily web stats from your personal site

Easy USB Remover (F10 to remove)

by Prabakaran T

If you often use removable USB devices like a flash drive, you are probably already familiar with the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon that sits in the system tray. The problem for many people is that the icon is tiny, and clicking it just right to bring up the menu is a pain.

Excel Automation with SAP Generated Report

by ehab_nour

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

Excel Search Tool (Macro)

by LukeCodes

This is a simple macro script to search and retrieve individual cells in an Excel document.

Facebook blocker

by pavan1361

adding require blocking site in hosts file

Falling Blocks

by charles922

Another way to implement Falling Blocks Game

Fast and high quality Bitmap to icon converter

by Ordiales

When no XP support is necessary. Better Icon structure arrises and easy conversion is allowed.

Fast base64 functions for encode/decode

by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

A quick solution to transform binary data to plain text

Find All Windows Operating Systems

by Not Active

Plagiarized from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724429(VS.85).aspx[^]

FindWhat

by Roger65

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

Fixing Daylight Saving Time of Windows for Next 100 years

by Vahid_N

Microsoft has not updated Iran's daylight saving time information since 2009. Let's find out how it works and then fix it for the next 100 years!

Fixing Inconsistent Stroke Width of Chinese Characters

by Shao Voon Wong

Fixing Inconsistent Stroke Width of Chinese Characters

From Task to Async/Await

by SubhamoyBurman

Use of Task Parallel Library and Async/Await in your application

Generative Art I

by dietmar schoder

Turtle graphics: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Generative Art II

by dietmar schoder

Read and analyse pixels: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Generative Art III: Work With Image Tiles

by dietmar schoder

Image sections and images: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Generative Art IV: Distribute Points With Poisson

by dietmar schoder

Poisson disc algorithm: fundamental C# classes and methods for the artwork production in the area of generative art.

Generative Art V: Merge Pixels Like Warhol

by dietmar schoder

Merge pixels of two images into one new pop artwork

Generic Method to Convert DataReader Result into List of CLR Objects

by Bankey Sharma

Converting DataReader Result into List of Objects Using Generic Type, Property Attribute and Reflection

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 date from weeknumber and weekday in VBScript

by NightWizzard

Explained step by step

Get Ready for Windows 10: How to Make "Get Windows 10" Icon Appear in Your Windows taskbar

by Arthur V. Ratz

This tip is especially useful for users who own the licensed copy of Windows 7/8/8.1, and would like to upgrade to Windows 10 after July 29, 2015.

Get Windows Win32 Error Text - Simplified

by Thomas B Dignan

Getting the text of Win32 Error codes for 99% of cases.

GetLastError as std::string

by Orjan Westin

Simple function to get the text message corresponding to a system error.

Getting Icon Overlays to Work

by Joan M

Coping with Windows overlay icons number limit

Getting Vista Style after importing old project to VS2010

by Nic Wilson

Many users ask how to get Vista or Windows 7 style dialog windows when they have imported an older project to Visual Studio 2010.To enable this is quite simple, follow the steps.1. With your project loaded, select the project in solution explorer.2. From the 'Project' menu choose...

Git + WinMerge + Cygwin

by Thiru Thirunavukarasu

How to use WinMerge to view diffs with Git under Cygwin

God Mode in Windows7 and Vista

by csanuragjain

Unlocks various control options

Google reCaptcha v2 with MVC5

by Royston Malcomber

Setting up Google reCaptcha version 2 with MVC5

Handling Application Settings

by Michael_Davies

Handling large numbers of application settings

Hello World, Basic Server/Client Example of WCF

by Hasan Habib Surzo

Basic Server/Client Example using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) programming

High Resolution Time For Windows 7

by Phil Hamer

Provides high-resolution estimate of time for Windows 7 and other OS versions that don't support GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime

Host extern Win32 Window in WPF

by El_Codero

How to Edit ListViewItems Directly

by dapeacenforcement

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

How to Embed Multiple Icons and Color/Animated Cursors in .NET Executable or DLL Library as Native Win32 Resources using VS2010

by CodeMajster

A detailed tutorial on how to embed multiple icons and color/animated cursors in VS2010 VB project assembly as native win32 resources.

How to Export Data to Excel in VB.NET

by Alireza C

I want to show how we can export data from data table to Excel simply.

How to Get Words Separated in a String Concatenated by Delimiter

by Ankur .K. Vishwakarma

This tip shows you a T/SQL function to split a string concatenated by a delimiter.

How to install Visual Studio 6 on Windows 7 professional 64bit

by Southmountain

How to install Visual Studio 6 on Windows 7 professional (64 bit)

How to lock the PC and power off the display using C#

by Andrei Tuțu

This article presents an easy and clear way to lock your PC and power off the display using .NET (C#).

How to Sign Device Drivers with WDK 7.1

by maratoni

This is a brief tutorial on how to sign a Windows device driver with WDK 7.1

How to Use Cross Apply Instead of Cursors in SQL Server

by Venkat Krishna Turlapati

How to use cross apply along with a table valued function as an alternative to cursors

How to use StringBuilder in recursive procedure in VB.NET.

by Abdul Quader Mamun

IIS Express (8.0) x Handler Mappings!

by @donis2014

How to configure IIS Express "applicationhost.config" for handler mappings

Implementing UserRights in Winform App using Menustrip

by SREENATH GANGA

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

by Debopam Pal

Export Advanced Excel 2007 Report

Install IIS on Windows 7

by piyush_singh

Installing IIS on Windows 7.

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

JavaScript Arabic Alert Message

by Rajendra Kumar Sahu

Easy way to show JavaScript Alert Message having Arabic Text

Knockout Simple Paged Grid Demonstation

by Dinesh K.S. Kushwaha

Simple Paged Grid by using knockout js

Lambda Function in C++

by ThatsAlok

Showcase for lambda function in C++

Levenshtein Edit Distance Algorithm

by furkanavcu

Implement the Levenshtein Edit Distance algorithm.

Life after Death: Nullified Reference Looks Still Active

by Igor Ladnik

After reference to instance of a class was set to null, it seemed it was still active

Live Log Viewer

by Alex Wiese

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

LodePngWin32 Class for Rendering PNG Files in Raw WinAPI

by Derell Licht

C++ class that provides a convenient wrapper for lodepng library

Logging in C++

by Pankaj Choudhary - C++ Devepoler

Logging in C++

Make Buzzer (Internal Speaker) Sound in Windows 7/8/10 32bit / 64bit

by Andreoli Carlo

In our company, we find ourselves in need of using the internal PC (buzzer) on Windows7 64bit. At the end, we figured out how to do it.

Mirror keys for multiboxing MMORPG games like WOW/LOTRO

by joejames111

Raw input 64-bit .NET classes.

Multi-client server using C/Windows API

by Zanga D. Dagnogo

This is a simple multiclient server chat on a Local Area Network.

Multithreaded, Customizable SysLog Server - C#

by metastruct

Multithreaded, customizable SysLog server in C#.

MVVM Taskbar Notifier

by NobsterTheLobster

Implements a taskbar notifier using an invisible window and a popup control

NinjaSnipper - Fast Screenshot Capturing for Windows

by Zaraken

Productivity oriented snipping tool for Windows

Open .key and .cer files, sign string with private key

by Antonio Lopez R

Specific implemetation for Mexico CFDI. others can use as they need

Open A Command Prompt Anywhere

by Yvan Rodrigues

This hidden key-click combination adds the ability to open a command prompt window from a Windows Explorer view.

Open a command prompt anywhere.

by manish76235

Good one. However typing CMD in the explorer address bar and pressing enter will also open up the command prompt inside the selected folder path as well. Hope this helps.

Open a command prompt anywhere.

by rnbergren

The reverse is true as well. Typing "explorer ." will open Explorer from the command line for the current directory you are in. That comes in useful on occasions.

Open a command prompt anywhere.

by Member 8009015

My XP method is to:Go to C:\WINDOWS\system32\Right click on cmd.exeSend to Desktop (shortcut)Right click on the Desktop shortcutClear the start in parameterOn the address line of any Explorer directory, start typing cmd and you will get a list of any icons on the Desktop starting...

Open a command prompt anywhere.

by thatraja

Here are a couple of other ways:Microsoft PowertoysSend to ToysManually add the context menuThrough batch fileThrough the RegistryAdd Command Prompt here Shortcut to Windows Explorer[^].

Open a command prompt anywhere.

by wendy krieger

You could try http://win.code65536.com/[^]. The first link here is an 'open command prompt' (freeware).Unlike most, you can click on folder background to open it up to that directory.

Open associated files with C# program

by Magyar András

Almost all of the basic functions of the program(browser, text editor, image editor, media player) that you can associate files with it and open it. I want a simple and effective method to show the arguments (associated files) to open. How to associate files with C# program?

Opening Certificate Store in Win 7 64 bit

by Ahmed Kahwaji

Opening the Internet Browser Programmatically

by Caner Korkmaz

How to open the Internet browser from code.

Opening the Internet Browser Programmatically

by kbo-mvs

I use this one in C++ (has the advantage that you can use your preferred browser ;-):ShellExecute (NULL, NULL, _T("http://www.codeproject.com"), NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

Opening the Internet Browser Programmatically

by Kevin Marois

You're incorrect. Explorer is Windows Explorer, not Internet Explorer. Try this:System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("explorer");then this:System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("iexplore.exe", "http://www.codeproject.com");and this:System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("winword.exe",...

Opening the Internet Browser Programmatically

by Michael B. Hansen

If I remember correctly, then I had some issues with the above method some years ago. It would not always work on some systems.I personally use the following method to get the EXE path to the system's default browser:public static string GetDefaultBrowser(){ string browser =...

Opening the Internet Browser Programmatically

by thatraja

Given below is code for opening the Internet browser programmatically in VB 6 and VB.NET.VB 6Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias _ "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, _ ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As...

Passing Custom-Properties into Styled/Templated Control with triggers

by ntg123

Simple way to pass custom(Attached) properties into a style-based control-template with triggers

Peer Process and its Significance in Improving Robustness of Software Application

by Anant Beriwal

How to counter crash issue in applications

PHP with Oracle 11g on Windows 7 64-bit

by Zamshed Farhan

It’s a very common problem for those, using Oracle 11g in Windows 7 (64-bit) with PHP applications.

Preserving ClearText when using drop shadows

by Niel M.Thomas

A tip to keep your text crisp and clear.

PrettyXML (.NET Port)

by ednrg

This is a .NET port of a VBScript utility

PrettyXML (.NET Port)

by PIEBALDconsult

This is an alternative for "PrettyXML (.NET Port)"

Print Direct To Windows Printer (EPOS Receipt)

by Michael_Davies

Printing To Line Printers (EPOS) Using Windows

Problem Steps Recorder Overview

by Albert Holguin

This is a quick overview of the Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder utility.

Program Error Reports with Visuals from .bat Files (Win7)

by Jani Mäkinen

Program return values inspected by .bat files with visual feedback

Query Assistant - Connect to Databases with ADO and Execute Queries

by peterswinkels

A Visual Basic 6 program demonstrating how to access databases using Microsoft ADO and how to automate Outlook and Excel.

QuickPlot Utility

by charles922

Easy to Use Plotting Utility

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.

Reciprocal, Division and Show More Digits than Standard Precision

by Yuksel YILDIRIM

How to show digits of reciprocal of a number (or division) in more precision

Reduce System Load and Speed Up Your Computer

by IPI Paul

Reduce system load and increase performance

Remote Desktop Application

by devendra_sahu

Remote desktop application

Rename a directory or file name to lower case with C#

by D Y Chan

Change a directory or file name to lower case.

Rendering Color/Depth Stream using Intel Perceptual Computing in WPF

by naren1991

Rendering PXCMImage to Image control in WPF

R-tree:Space Search Algorithm

by HateCoding

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

Sample VB.NET Program using Google APIs for .NET V3 with YouTube

by Mike Meinz

Provides a sample program using Google APIs for .NET V3 with YouTube

Save/Load Image between buffer

by kanbang

Save/Load Image between buffer

Section Handles Enumeration. Extending File Unlocking

by Yohamnes Hernandez

How to free blocked files, inclusive if they are mapped in memory. Something that many tools are missing.

SEH vs C++ exceptions

by Adamanteus

Intercepting SEH exceptions in C++ program

Self Hosted Web API Wrapper Class

by Craig Baruffol

A wrapper class to simplify the implementation of a Self Hosted Web API Service

Send Data to remote machine using IPV6/IPV4 based address

by munagalasantosh

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

Sending and receiving strings from COM-port via jSSC in Java

by Emiliarge

How to send data to device and receive data from device through COM-port

Serial Communication between Laptop and Microcontroller

by Member 11246861

Under laptop's control, microcontroller sends sensor data to laptop that displays numbers and graphic.

ServicePredicateBuilder for creating Serializable Expressions

by Mohammad Dayyan, VahidJafari

A library for creating .Net Serializable Expressions to send via WCF services

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

Simple Demo to Check Status of API Server

by Gaurav Aroraa, Mahsa Hassankashi

In this tip, we will create a small utility using C# which tells us whether our API server is up or down.

SolidWidgets Grid

by Jake Franta

SolidWidgets Grid tutorial.

Some Advanced ATL Development Skills for Visual C++ Developers

by sunhui

In this paper, we will discuss some advanced skills for ATL COM development.

Sorting List using DataTable vs. Linq vs. Tuple

by Bhis

Various ways to sort list and compare results

Steganography with OOXML for Office (Zip)

by kennethman

Hide data inside the zip structure of any zip-based file.

String Interpolation or String Handling in C# 6.0 with New Feature

by idreeskhan

String interpolation or String handling in C# 6.0 with new feature

Super Simple Live Tile Notification Using an Image (C++)

by sam stokes

This sample demonstrates how to use the Tile Template, specifically the TileSquareImage and an image.

Tabbed IE Browser Control

by Emmery Chrisco

Tabbed Browser Control addon

Test and Set, Spin locks, Mutex (Futex)

by Asif Bahrainwala

Atomic set and test in critical sections

The Kinect Mouse Controller C#

by Saad Mousliki

In this tip, I will describe how to implement a cursor controller in your project that use the Kinect to control the mouse of your PC.

The 'Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0' Provider is Not Registered on the Local Machine

by Bimaln

How to fix the "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 provider is not registered on the local machine" error.

Trouble with HttpWebRequest Authorization

by KarstenK

RFC 2617 on the net-platform

UDP based Windows chat application

by Christopher John Paul

UDP based chat application.

Unleashing Path List Box | Expression Blend (WPF )

by Saad_Mahmood

Unleashing Path List Box using Expression Blend

USB Reset Attribute

by Prabakaran T

Ultimate USB Reset Attribute with powerful option

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 Additional Include Directories

by bkelly13

Include code from other directories

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 COM Binary Interface with C++

by Romain Gailleton

A presentation on how to extract data from a Type Library (.tlb) and access COM Binary Interface from C++ using Qt

Using Font Icons

by Le Sourcier

This tip helps in using font icons as ImageSource.

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 LightSwitch Office Integration Pack with Complicated Table Relationships

by Michael_Lu

Provides tips for exporting documents involving tables connected by relationships

Using Manifest Settings for VC6 buildchain

by D4rkTrick

Get manifest support with VC6

Using Masked TextBox in .NET

by heemanshubhalla

How to use Masked Textbox control in .NET

Using MFC CFolderPickerDialog

by JPhelps

Using CFolderPickerDialog

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

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

by prodrigues1990

Easy Assembly Version reflecting SVN working revision

VMWare Unidentified Network Solution

by Joan M

Avoid network problems due to bad network identification on both VMWare virtual adaptors

WCF and Windows Services: Object Initialization of WCF Client Proxy Takes Too Much Time

by Anant Beriwal

How to avoid delay in Object Initialization of WCF client proxy in a Window service

Web Automation

by Đinh Công Thắng

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

Webix Integration with Online Geographical Maps

by sonic_youth

This tip will tell you how to add popular web maps such as Google, Nokia, OpenStreet and Yandex maps into a Webix app with just several lines of code.

Where is the Default Browser Command Line in Registry

by Leonid Belousov

This tip shows how to find the default browser command line in registry using Visual C++.

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

by Niladri_Biswas

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

WIA Scanner in C# Windows Forms

by Chakravarthi Elchuri

How to use WIA supported scanner using C#

Windows 7 God Mode.{Who needs it}

by rspercy65

Windows 7 God Mode.{Who needs it}

by LucianPopescu

If you type "a" instead of "e", you'll get more :) and you don't need a shortcut for that.

Windows Resize and Move

by Bruno Tabbia

Automatic positioning and resizing of explorer windows, without overlapping (for obsessive superusers)

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 Symbols and Dump Analysis (Quick Steps)

by Manish K. Agarwal

Windows symbols and crash dump analysis.

WPF and MVVM pattern

by Oussama_Kahoul

Introduction to WPF technology and the MVVM design pattern

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

by Emiliarge

Using WindowChrome from Microsoft.Windows.Shell.dll

WPF Gradient Control

by Tanna

This is WPF Gradient Control. I didn't find a suitable gradient control which will generate a linear gradient or radial gradient brush. This is a gradient control which has a color selector and gradient generator. It can generate radial or linear gradient brush.

WPF MessageBox Service

by Dirk Bahle

A message box service implementation that is based on WPF.

WPF MVVM Binding for Multiple Radio Buttons

by Jdarmanovich

WPF MVVM Binding for Multiple Radio Buttons and Win 8 Metro Theme

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.

XBOX 360 Controller Class

by Daniel Lieberwirth (BrainInBlack)

A class representing the state of a connected XBOX 360 controller

XML* (or XMLStar), a C++ STL Based XML Serialization Engine

by trident99

An STL based simple XML serialization and de-serialization engine

XSLT to transform Excel XML worksheet to "named" nodes

by Anamera

This XSLT will output an Excel worksheet containing a CSV type of record collection in a more usable XML format.

Yet Another Fully Functional ownerdraw Menu

by Steffen Ploetz

Another fully functional ownerdraw menu with minimal effort - this time based on Win32, with icons instead of bitmaps, with accelerators and tested for ReactOS and WinNT 4.0 to Windows 10