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.

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.

Calculating hash values in Windows Metro Style applications using C#

by Tyronne Thomas

Calculating hash values in Windows Metro style applications using C# and .NET 4.5.

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

Changing Windows Aero Color

by Tejashwi Kalp Taru

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

Cisco VPN on Windows 8 incl. making it work with 3G

by Flem100DK

Cisco VPN on Windows 8 incl. making it work with 3G.

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

Complete Date/Time Picker Control

by Peter T. Ringering

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

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.

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 Animated Gradient in Windows Store App Without Using ColorAnimation

by Azim Zahir

This tip explains how you can create animated gradients in a Windows store app using DispatcherTimer.

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#

Day DropDown

by Variya karan

Day Dropdown

Desktop Screen Capture on Windows via Windows Desktop Duplication API with Drawing of Cursor's Image

by Evgeny Pereguda

Simple article about using of Desktop Duplication API for capture desktop screen WITH image of cursor

Developing Leap Motion Integrated Windows 8.1 Apps

by Muhammad Muddasar Yamin

This tip is about the development Leap Motion integrated Windows 8.1 metro apps using C#

Device not recognized with ADB: What to do when everything else failed

by pjaar89

Manufacturer's driver does not work? Device not listed in console or with Eclipse?

DirectShow Hangs on Pause – Solved

by vertex4343

DirectShow Hangs on Pause – Solved with WNDPROC message

Disable WebView scrolling in Windows Store Apps

by Farhan Ghumra

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.

Drag & Drop Gridview in C#

by Anis Derbel

This sample is based on Drag and Drop between GridView

Excel Search Tool (Macro)

by LukeCodes

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

Extracting Exif Coordinate From Geotagged Photo

by Yustto

Reading Exif coordinates from image for Windows phone 8

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.

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

FTP Upload/Download of Text Files in MetroApps

by wendas

This shows how to use the new async logic to read/write, and upload/download text files in Metro apps.

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

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.

Getting Icon Overlays to Work

by Joan M

Coping with Windows overlay icons number limit

Google Maps API on Windows Store App 8.1

by Atyant Srivastava

Integration of Google map to Window Store App

Google reCaptcha v2 with MVC5

by Royston Malcomber

Setting up Google reCaptcha version 2 with MVC5

Grid/Canvas Lined and Squared

by dietmar paul schoder

How to produce a dynamic lined or squared background on a canvas/grid

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

Host extern Win32 Window in WPF

by El_Codero

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 Send Data from One Process to Another in C#

by George Jonsson

This tip uses SendMessage and WM_COPYDATA to transfer the data.

How to Setup a Windbg Kernel Debugger to Debug Hyper-V Windows Client

by Prasanna Venkatesh . K

Debug your driver within a VM

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

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

Knockout Simple Paged Grid Demonstation

by Dinesh K.S. Kushwaha

Simple Paged Grid by using knockout js

LaptopUSBμcontroller : ways

by Member 11246861

Some ways in which laptops and microcontrollers communicate

LodePngWin32 Class for Rendering PNG Files in Raw WinAPI

by Derell Licht

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

Looking back to half a year as Surface 2 RT User

by Marco Bertschi

I look back at my half-year experience as Surface 2 RT User, showing off the Surface Hardware and my experiences I had using it

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.

MFC PowerShells Easily: Encrypt and Decrypt

by aljodav

An easy way to encrypt files that are automatically decrypted in the same user account

MFC PowerShells Easily: JSON to HTM (Motivated by a Forum Question)

by aljodav

A simple, short and easy way to display a JSON object in a browser (motivated by a forum question)

MVVM Taskbar Notifier

by NobsterTheLobster

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

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?

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

Performance Solving "WonderWord" Puzzle

by KP Lee

Cross-matching an array of characters to a set of words using NlogN logic

Pin a Metro W8.0 Store App to the Taskbar

by wim4you

I wanted to pin a windows store app to the taskbar. This is not supported in W8.0.

PopupMenu and Message DailogBox in Windows 8

by Shah Ankita

PopupMenu and Message DailogBox in Windows 8

Preserving ClearText when using drop shadows

by Niel M.Thomas

A tip to keep your text crisp and clear.

Print Direct To Windows Printer (EPOS Receipt)

by Michael_Davies

Printing To Line Printers (EPOS) Using Windows

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

Reviewing the Lenovo Horizon 27" AIO table PC

by KillBot Project

Experiencing the Lenovo Horizon 27" AIO during the Honey Moon Phase

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

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.

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.

Slider Thumb Tooltip

by Borja Prado

How to convert slider thumb tooltip value

Some Advanced ATL Development Skills for Visual C++ Developers

by sunhui

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

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

Tabbed IE Browser Control

by Emmery Chrisco

Tabbed Browser Control addon

Tiled Background for Windows Store Applications

by Matej Pavlů

Creating a replacement for missing TileBrush known from WPF.

Top and Bottom Appbar in XAML

by Shah Ankita

Top and Bottom Appbar in XAML

Trouble with HttpWebRequest Authorization

by KarstenK

RFC 2617 on the net-platform

Unix ucontext_t Operations on Windows Platforms

by xdoukas

A tip on the implementation of Unix ucontext_t operations on Microsoft Windows.

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 of the Enum Description (With Special Characters) in C#

by Gokhan Erdogdu

Can your enums have userfriendly descriptions? How to have enum values with spaces?

Using Font Icons

by Le Sourcier

This tip helps in using font icons as ImageSource.

Using only TCP/IP for connecting to SQL Server 2008 and Changing the SQL Server 2008's default TCP/IP port

by Aqeeel

Implementing security in SQL Server by only allowing TCP/IP Network Protocol and changing default TCP port

Windows 8 App - Data storage in files using Windows.Storage namespace

by Surender Singh (CodeToastDev)

Learn to store/read data from Windows 8 app and available file storage options for Win8 apps.

Windows8: Open the desktop direct, skipping over Start screen

by DaveAuld

Task scheduler put to use on logon

WinRT / WinJS Mixed Mode Debugging

by Anas Karkoukli

A small tip for debugging WinRT component calls from WinJS applications

WPF and MVVM pattern

by Oussama_Kahoul

Introduction to WPF technology and the MVVM design pattern

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.

WRL Collection Library Ported to Native C++

by Gregory Morse

WRL Collection library ported to native C++

XBOX 360 Controller Class

by Daniel Lieberwirth (BrainInBlack)

A class representing the state of a connected XBOX 360 controller

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