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.NET File Browser
by carlos@takeapps
A basic .NET file browser fully based on the framework
.NET implementation of the SynchronizerToken pattern
by Fred Wang
An article on resolving the issue of unintentional web form resubmission.
.NET MNG Viewer
by SprinterDave
A native .NET library and application to view the PNGs embedded in a MNG
.NET Multicast Delegates
by Cirilo Meggiolaro
Multicast delegates provide functionality to execute more than one method.
.NET Native Multiple File Compression
by Simon Bridge
Multiple-file, searchable, streaming compression library implemented natively in .NET.
.NET Resource (.resx file) Translator
by Kumar, Ravikant
A .NET resource (.resx file) translator. English to any other language.
.Net Script Editor (C#,Vb.net Mini IDE)
by Rajneesh Noonia
The source code / article published here is to provide features of MS Script control (Functions like AddObject) and some features of VSA/Visual Studio editor like intellisence, code completion etc
.NET Shape Control
by Sautin.net
Drawing shapes in GDI+.
.NET Silent ClickOnce Installer for Winform & WPF in C# & VB
by Graeme_Grant
.NET compliant Silent ClickOnce Update Background Worker Service for Winform, WPF & Console in C# & VB
.NET String Resources
by Jani Giannoudis
Concepts and patterns for the handling of strings in multilingual applications.
.NET TrayBalloon with hyper-links and fading
by PavPS
.NET C# TrayBalloon component with hyper-links and fading.
.NET UPS XML Tracking Interface DLL
by SuperJason2k
A .NET DLL and sample application that interfaces with UPS's XML API to retrieve tracking information. You can also use it to generate an RSS feed..
¿Quieren ustedes aprender español? - Foreign words memorizing tool
by Chesnokov Yuriy
The article presentes a foreign words memorizing program for people eager in the superior knowledge of several foreign languages.
21st Card Magic in C#.NET
by Mehedi Shams
Coding a simple magic with cards!
2D Map Editor
by Anthony Mushrow
Create and edit 2D maps using tiles
A (very) simple XSLT test utility
by Riaan Hanekom
A (very) simple XSLT test utility.
A .NET Component for Localizing String and Message Boxes
by vtchris-peterson
Managing strings contained in a project-scoped resource file can be a real pain. This component makes it easier to colocate the strings with their corresponding classes, even if they are business objects.
A .NET Snap To Screen Form
by Perry Marchant
An article on snapping a Windows Form to a desktop screen border.
A 13x13 Grid Poker Hand Chart Windows Forms User Control
by Gagey1971
A simple .NET control to display the 'standard' 13x13 grid for two card poker hands.
A 3-Layer Feed-Forward Neural Net In C#, with Graphical Display
by Gary.Miller.WPF
MNIST Digit recognition in C#
A Base Windows Form for displaying, editing and automatically updating Many-to-Many relationships - Part I
by Gordon Moore
A base Windows Form for displaying, editing and automatically updating many-to-many relationships.
A basic DataListView implementation
by Stanciu Vlad
It implements an object that is intended for data viewing; the idea was to derive from a ListView.
A basic Particles System
by Itay Sagui
Introduction to the basic idea of the particle systems, and how to create basic effects such as explosions and water fountains.
A behavior study of Windows form events
by Johan Fourie
How much can we rely on WinForm events to fire in a particular order when loading.
A Better ProgressBar - Using Panels!
by Saul Johnson
Crafting your own progressbar UserControl from scratch.
A C# 3D Surface Plot Control
by Leif Simon Goodwin
A 3D surface plot control in C#
A Chained Property Observer
by Sacha Barber
Set of utility classes to observe a chain of INotifyPropertyChanged objects.
A Chat Server/Client Solution for Local Networks
by Evren Daglioglu
A chat server/client solution for local networks, terminal server/terminal client environments
A class to load and use file associated icons
by Vitaly Zayko
An article about using SHGetFileInfo in C# (a simple class and demo are included).
A Class to Print and Print Preview a DataGrid or DataGridView Control
by Duncan Edwards Jones
A class to add to your application to generate nicely formatted prints from a DataGrid.
A ComboBox with a CheckedListBox as a Dropdown
by Stelios Alexandrakis
A ComboBox with a CheckedListBox as a dropdown
A common class for executing tasks with a responsive UI
by Paul B.
Execute actions while making the form wait and still be responsive to other tasks.
A Currency-Masked TextBox from TextBox Class
by JRINC
This is an useful control that masks the input text with currency symbol and thousands and decimals separators.
A curtain hiding screen updates, and blending old and new content with a nice fade effect
by Mathieu Jacques
Freeze parts of the user interface until all drawings are done, and blend old content with the new one smoothly.
A custom DecimalBox for accepting only Digits and a Decimal Point
by paul1307
If you need to restrict user input to digits or decimal data, this is one way!
A Customized User Control Combo (smartCombo) that can handle generic connection
by arif_uap
A Customized User Control Combo (smartCombo)
A Data Bound Combo Box
by Stanciu Vlad
This article provides a combo box that is easy to use with data sources.
A data-bound multi-column combobox
by Nish Nishant
An ownerdrawn multi-column combobox class with support for data-binding
A DataGridView Column Show/Hide Popup
by Vincenzo Rossi
A class adding column show/hide capability to a DataGridView
A DateTimePicker with working BackColor
by Vincenzo Rossi
A DateTimePicker derived class showing the background color we want.
A DXF Reader Solution and a Simple DXF Viewer
by Evren Daglioglu
This project gets a DXF file, extracts and interprets data and draws it on screen.
A Fast and Performing Gauge
by A.J.Bauer
This article shows you how to write a performing control using .NET 2.0 and GDI+.
A Fast, Compact C# Color Selection Control
by Kevin Menningen
A color selection control that quickly lets the users zero in on the color they want.
A Filter Dialog for a DataGridView
by nauthiz69_3
This is a dialog window that allows filtering a DataGridView. It can build filters with any depth of parentheses.
A floating-point Margin structure, now with TypeConverter
by AlwiNus
A Margin structure that can be used in a variety of situations, like layout, drawing and printing. Now comes with a custom TypeConverter and a usage sample.
A Fully Characterized SplitButton
by tgis.top
A SplitButton with its button part has all the characteristics that a Button has.
A Fully Customizable Knob Control Without Images
by honey the codewitch
Add a flexible knob control to your .NET projects
A Generic Method for Cross-thread Winforms Access
by colonel720
A convenient shortcut using generics to check for InvokeRequired on a Winforms control
A Helper Class to Bind a DataTable to a Class
by Marc Clifton
Binding to the DataTable without the System.Windows.Forms namespace.
A highly configurable MDI tab control from scratch
by Eduardo Oliveira
A completely configurable tab control to use as tabbed MDI forms.
A Hue/Brightness Color Wheel Style Chart for System.Drawing.Color Values
by ZTransform
Enables side-by-side comparison of close matching color swatches.
A Joystick Control
by Member 1702012
A joystick control using a simplified polar coordinate system to return an orientation and magnitude, and a custom Vehicle UserControl with an Offset method that uses the said coordinate system.
A listbox with disabled items
by Ron Levy
A custom listbox control with disabled list items.
A Managed C++ Button Control
by Gene OK
This is an example custom button control, written entirely in Managed C++.
A Master-Detail Solution Using Single Input Controls
by TofuBug24
Shows a solution for creating a Master-Detail relation using textboxes.
A method for providing software unlock keys
by Rick Hansen
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 modal dialog that fades the background to gray-scale imitating the XP shutdown screen
by Nish Nishant
DimmerDialog is a .NET class that shows a modal dialog which grays out the rest of the background, just like the Windows XP Shutdown dialog. This can be used when your application needs to show a very important message box or form that requires immediate user attention.
A Much Easier to Use ListView
by Phillip Piper
.NET ListView maxed out on caffeine, guarana and steroids.
A Multi-Color, Multi-Font CheckedListBox
by Tim Bomgardner
A CheckedListBox with dynamic foreground, background, and font
A Multipanel Control in C#
by liron.levi
This control acts like a tab control but without the tabs...
A Multipurpose Message Dialog
by Darryl Bryk
A C# class for a multipurpose Windows message dialog
A multi-purpose XP Office 2003 Style hover and flat button with container bar
by carloqueirolo
A versatile and multi-purpose button and button-bar with full Office 2003 colors and style.
A New Concept in Date Range Picking: the DateRangeComboBox
by Erichero
It could take 11 clicks or 20 keystrokes to choose two dates representing last year. Why not choose "Last Year" in a ComboBox?
A New Way to Approach APM in .NET
by mahosi1
A wrapper for the Asynchronous Progamming Model in .NET
A numeric keypad for payment amount entry in C#
by Kourosh K Tari
This numeric keypad helps you enter payment amounts in a text field
A Panel control that you can flip over
by thebeekeeper
This article shows how to create a 3D style effect using only GDI+ image manipulations
A panel control with positionable captions and icon for Windows Forms
by Prasad Khandekar
A panel control with caption support, which can also dock child controls properly.
A PicRS232 control with a PIC microcontroller serial port
by Metaconta
You can have a small home automation system controlling the serial port and a PIC microcontroller.
A Picture Viewer Class that can Scroll and Zoom using API
by Mohammed Abd Alla
This is a simple class that can view scroll and zoom pictures
A Plug-in Wizard Framework
by Marc Clifton
A wizard framework that supports plug-ins for the wizard pages.
A Practical Use of the MVC Pattern
by Zoltan Balazs
Another approach to the MVC pattern
A Pretty Good Splash Screen in C#
by Tom Clement
A splash screen with some neat predictive progress bar features
A Process viewer with alert notification
by Ashutosh Phoujdar
Simple process viewer that is capable of setting alerts for process events.
A Professional HTML Renderer You Will Use
by JoseMenendez
100% managed code that draws HTML on any device
A Professional Ribbon You Will Use (Now with orb!)
by JoseMenendez
A serious project on an Office-like Ribbon control
A Project Dependency Graph Utility for Visual Studio 2008
by Marc Clifton
Review your project dependencies.
A Pure .NET Single Instance Application Solution
by Shy Agam
This article shows how to enforce single application instancing, and perform interprocess communication (IPC) using pure .NET code.
A Quick and Dirty WCF Service and Client (Using WCF and Winforms)
by Jason Henderson
An example of how to use Windows Communication Foundation services.
A Remoting Event (Simple and Efficient for Enterprise Solutions)
by Hossein Ghahvei Araghi
This article contains the simplest solutions for: the security problem for DelegateSerializationHolder, the IO problem, and the messaging speed problem. Note: Messaging speed problem will appear when your application has worked for a long time.
A Responsive Design Technique for WinForms
by Mehedi Shams
Design to scale automatically to different screen resolutions
A rotating gauge
by Member 1702012
An article on a custom control in the form of a rotating gauge.
A Rotator Control for WinForms
by Stefan Bocutiu
A rotator control for Windows Forms.
A Secure Role-based Windows Form
by Arjo Kalisvaart
This article describes how to implement Role-based Windows Form security. The solution includes a "SecureBaseForm" which allows/denies access to an inheriting Form and may fire the UserIsAllowed or UserIsDenied events.
A Self Contained Thread Safe TextBox Control
by Jim Weiler
This control will eliminate the need to ensure that updates are thread-safe from your main program. Everything is handled automatically the way it should have been in the first place.
A Serious Outlook Style Navigation Pane Control
by HawVie
A quality rendered Outlook style navigation pane control
A Simple Alternative to Windows Forms Data Binding
by Michael L Perry
An open source library of Windows Forms controls that update themselves automatically.
A Simple and Clean .NET Design and Implementation Method - Part 1
by Yang Yu
A fast and simple way in using application design patterns - Part 1.
A Simple C# Labyrinth and Maze
by _H2_
An application and algorithms for best path in maze
A simple C# Scrolling AboutBox Control
by Man_Man2612
Describes how to create a simple scrolling aboutbox usercontrol with C#. The control can manage its display object list including text or image.
A Simple Class to Catch Unhandled Exceptions in WinForms
by Vitaly Zayko
Explains how to catch an unhandled exception and send a stack trace along with other debug information to the developer.
A Simple Clock Using GDI+
by Arash Sahebolamri
This is a simple analog clock that demonstrates the use of GDI+.
A Simple Configuration Form for Applications
by Kisilevich Slava
A simple configuration form for applications.
A simple crawler class
by Haim Nachum
A multi-threaded crawler that downloads pages and saves them localy while preserving the site tree structure.
A simple custom progressbar
by P.Sandgren
A simple custom progressbar.
A Simple Drag And Drop How To Example
by Marc Clifton
The basics, along with some things I learned along the way.
A simple framework for adding undo/redo support
by nschan
A framework for adding undo/redo support to a Windows Forms application is presented.
A Simple Graph Control
by slelong
A simple control to draw graphs of points as a function of time
A Simple Image Slide Show
by vidyaputra
A simple image slide show for beginners.
A Simple Immutable Hashtable for C#
by bearvarine
A Hashtable wrapper class that permits the table to be filled with data in an early phase of a program, but then made read-only (Immutable) for subsequent usage.
A Simple Label Control with Border Effect
by César de Souza
An article presenting a control capable of adding a border-like effect to any desired text
A Simple Photo Publisher Program
by GMachiavelli
This program shows an example of how to manipulate lots of files to convert their size, quality and get a thumbnail image.
A simple TCP/IP Chat client/server
by GMachiavelli
An article useful to understand simple thread use, TCP/IP networking, and basic use of XML.
A Simple Tree List View
by kb-boxer
A simple tree list view .NET WinForms control
A simple trick to resize a control at runtime
by trestan
This article describes a simple method to resize a control at runtime.
A Simple Vector-Based LED User Control
by Steve Marsh
The LEDBulb is a .NET user control for Windows Forms that emulates an LED light. Its purpose is to provide a sleek looking representation of an LED light that is sizable, has a transparent background and can be set to different colors.
A Simple Wait Window
by The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Showing a wait window during a long running process
A Simple Way for Paging in DataGridView in WinForm Applications
by sk saini
An easy way for paging DataGridView
A Simple Way to Operate Multiple Controls at Runtime
by Victor Lapin
This article presents a simple solution to operate multiple UI elements at runtime depending on one condition
A Simple Windows RSS Store Viewer
by Stephane Rodriguez.
A simple Windows RSS store viewer working on top of the IE7 RSS platform
A Simplified Solution for Hiding the Taskbar and Start Orb in Vista and Windows 7
by Waylon Flinn
This article describes a simple solution for hiding the Taskbar and the Start Orb that works on both Vista and Windows 7.
A Simulation of a Canadian F-86 Fighter Jet in Windows Forms using Visual C++ 2005
by Software_Developer
A Simulation of a Canadian F-86 fighter jet in Windows Forms using Visual C++ 2005
A Single Instance Application which Minimizes to the System Tray when Closed
by smn-12
Creating a single instance application that stays in the system tray.
A small C# Class for impersonating a User
by Uwe Keim
Introduced a class that simplifies Windows Impersonation in C#.
A Status Bar Text Provider for Menu Items and Form Controls
by Eric Woodruff
A status bar text provider for menu items and form controls in Windows Forms applications similar to the feature found in MFC and Microsoft Access applications.
A Tab Control Similar to that of Internet Explorer 7
by christophilus
A (fairly) simple tab control with closeable tabs
A TCP/IP Chat Program
by Andrew Courtice
A TCP/IP chat program coded in Microsoft Visual Basic .NET.
A tiny application to launch a suspended Process
by hofingerandi
A tiny application to launch a process suspended to allow, e.g., attaching a remote debugger.
A Tiny Expression Evaluator
by Herre Kuijpers
A utility that allows you to enter simple and more complex mathematical formulas which will be evaluated and calculated on the spot
A tool for making C# visitors
by Dmitri Nеstеruk
A small VS add-in to implement a Visitor pattern.
A tool to order the window buttons in your taskbar
by Nicholas Butler
Move your window buttons into your preferred order. WinXP or later only.
A Tool to Strip Zips of Unwanted Files before Submitting to CodeProject - Version 2
by Henry Minute
An article on some minor modifications to CPZipStripper
A ToolTip with Title, Multiline Contents, and Image
by red_moon
A tooltip to display separate title, contents, and image of each control, and enable for custom shaped
A tryst with Whidbey: Background operations in Windows Forms
by Rakesh Rajan
This article talks about how to use the Background Worker component in Whidbey to execute long-running operation asynchronously. It also talks about how to support progress reporting and cancellation.
A user draw button that supports PNG files with transparency, for Visual C++ 6.0 and VS2005
by Darren Sessions
With this class, you can add a PNG image to your button and automatically get a highlighted and grayscale version.
A User-Searchable TextBox, RichTextBox, ListView, and TreeView in C#
by Jim Blackler
A lightweight class library that extends the Framework's most popular editor controls to include search and other basic functionality.
A VB.NET Version of the Spider Solitaire Game
by Pat Dooley
In this article I will describe the approach I took in creating a VB.NET implementation of the Spider Solitaire Game.
A Web Content Monitoring Tool: Web Watch - Gas Price
by Jun Du
This is an article to demonstrate how to write a web content monitoring tool to watch gas price indices.
A Windows Forms C++ Mandelbrot Explorer/Zoom with Julia Walkabout
by Software_Developer
A Windows Forms C++ Mandelbrot Explorer/Zoom with Julia walkabout
Abstract Nonsense in Software Development Outlook
by Petr Ivankov
Multidisciplinary paradigm of software development
Acme Photo Resizer is a C# Program for Resizing Images in Bulk
by Pat Dooley
In this article I will show how simple programs can help improve your photography work flow. Acme Photo resizer resizes JPG images in bulk. It can also add a copyright notice and the photograph's file name to each image. It was written to help me resize race photographs so that I could post them to
Add Custom Properties to a PropertyGrid
by Danilo Corallo
Extend a PropertyGrid with an Item collection; easy customization of properties with custom editor, custom converter and databinding.
Add Group Collapse Behavior on a Listview Control
by Charles Ju
Group collapse behavior added to a listview control under Windows Vista
Add Icons in WPF Tree View
by ANURAG VISHNOI
Article describes how to add icons in WPF TreeView
Add Prerequisites of .NET Framework in Visual Studio Setup Project
by S.Vinothkumar
Add prerequisites of .NET Framework in Visual Studio setup project
AddIn Enabled Applications
by Sacha Barber
Using the AddIn model pipeline.
Add-in Programming
by hamityildirim
Add-in - add-on programming and an example for Outlook add-in regions, views, rules, and reports.
Adding "Balloon" Style to ToolTip Provider
by Mihail Stefanov
How to add "Balloon" style to ToolTip provider
Adding a 'Minimize to tray'-button to a Form's caption bar
by Tyron Madlener
An article on how to add a custom button to the caption bar.
Adding a 'select' Option to a Windows Forms Databound Combobox - The Easy Way
by greg_quinn
How to add a 'select' option to a Windows Forms databound combobox with one easy method
Adding custom dialogs to your applications
by miklovan
The article introduces a base dialog form class, which can be used to create all kinds of OK/Cancel type of dialogs. It also gives the basics of custom control creation and form inheritance.
Adding custom skins for Forms in VB.Net
by Ferminus Muthu
Custom skins for VB.NET forms, Skinning VB.NET forms, WinForm Skins
Adding Event to Event Viewer
by Navneet Codes
Code for adding events to the event viewer by C#
Adding Lightbox Effect to Winform Applications
by Dave Franco
Adding Lightbox effect to Winform Applications
Adding MDI Support to Windows Forms Applications (.NET)
by Gabriel Graves
An article on adding MDI support to .NET applications.
Adding Mouse Gesture Functionality to Your .NET Application Within Seconds
by Daniel M. Camenzind
This project allows you to add mouse gesture functionality to your Windows Forms application with just a few lines of code.
Adding Multicolumn-sorting to ListViewSortManager
by Luis Alonso Ramos
Easily add multicolumn sorting to your ListView controls
Adding Multilanguage Support to Your Objects
by Tamer Oz
Using localized data fetched from a data source is a problem. Here is a good solution.
Adding Updating Calendar,Tasks Appointment using CDO Object
by Hrushikesh Mokashi
How to Add or Update Exchange Calendar/Tasks files using CDOAppointment object
Additional custom panel in Microsoft Outlook
by Lukas Neumann
An example of undocumented integration into the user interface of Microsoft Office applications.
Adjusting font and layout for cross-Windows compatibility
by Alessio Saltarin
How to display fonts on Windows Forms according to OS and theme defaults
ADO.NET
by logicchild
Understanding ADO.NET
Adobe Eyedropper Control
by Richard Blythe
A screen picker control that can be dropped into any .NET project.
ADSI Hunter
by KChandos
Active Directory lookup utility
ADSS Tray Popup Window
by Dmitry Salko
Allows to display information popup window above tray area.
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).
Advanced Bookmark Control
by VisualBas08
Make Bookmarks (or Favorites) for your web browser
Advanced FileSystemWatcher
by George Oakes
This is an advanced manipulation of the FileSystemWatcher object.
Advanced SQL Server Monitor with Performance Graph, Analysis and Version Control
by Huisheng Chen
monitor sql server processes and jobs, analyse performance, object version control, view executing sql query, kill process / job, object explorer, database shrink/log truncate/backup/detach/attach etc
Advanced TreeView for .NET
by Andrey Gliznetsov
The TreeViewAdv control is designed to replace the standard .NET TreeView. It can do the same things, plus a number of advanced features like multi-selection or multi-column view.
Advanced UxTheme wrapper
by Guillaume Leparmentier
How to use, and understand, visual styles for custom controls drawn with a C# wrapper (uxtheme.dll)
Aero Shake
by VCSKicks
Implement the Windows 7 Aero Shake feature in .NET WinForms.
AIM Session Tracker Utility
by jasonpang2011
Tracks the status of an AIM user (online, away, offline).
All about PrintForm component 1.0
by vridhichowdhry
How to print a Form in VB.NET using the Printform Component. Describes the various ways with examples on how to customize the printed output according to your need.
All-in-one printing utility for user controls
by Arjan Keene
Prints the content of user controls and provides printing settings and preview
Allow Users to Report Meaningful Defect Information
by salysle
This article describes an approach to providing users with the means to submit error information directly back to the software developers as errors are encountered during the use of a targeted application
Alpha Blend Fade In/Out Images
by Daniele Di Sarli
How to display an image fade in/out.
Alpha Blended (Transparent Capable) TextBox and RichTextBox
by Aaron Dilliard
This article shows how to make a transparent/translucent TextBox and RichTextBox.
Alpha Blended Windows Forms
by Anthony Mushrow
Set a 32-bit image as the background for your Windows Form
Alternative way for Window services to interact with desktop where operating > XP
by sashidhar
Alternative way for Window services to interact with desktop where operating > XP
An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Printing in .NET
by Duncan Edwards Jones
Introduces and discusses the Common Language Runtime framework classes used in printing from a .NET Windows Forms application.
An Abstract Factory Using app.config and Reflection
by Mark Newman #2
An Abstract Factory implementing a Chain Pattern, loaded by reflection from the app.config.
An All VB.NET Explorer Tree Control with ImageList Management
by Jim Parsells
Explorer TreeView control with Shell Folder access class and Icon management.
An Alpha Channel Composited Windows Form with Designer Support
by Jeff J Anderson
An alpha channel composited form for image based Window frames
An Alternate Way of Writing a Multithreaded GUI in C#
by Keith Balaam
An article on writing a responsive multithreaded GUI, but not the Microsoft way
An animated progressbar control with many extras
by Robert Rohde
An extended picturebox, animated picturebox, and an animated progressbar in one component.
An Easy to Use Weak Referenced Event Handler Factory for .NET 2.0
by John Stewien
An article on creating weak event handlers that show how to use them in a Windows Form.
An easy way to add a Ribbon Panel Office 2007 style
by Juan Pablo G.C.
GNU code of RibbonPanel, free software for personal and nonlucrative use, for rest please contact me
An Editor for Communicating with RESTful Services
by christophilus
A Windows application (.NET) which allows the user to GET, PUT, POST, or DELETE data to a URI
An English Thesaurus for Windows Forms Applications
by Alan Burkhart
A thesaurus based on data from the WordNet database, easily implemented
An Enhanced PrintPreviewDialog
by Vincenzo Rossi
An enhanced PrintPreviewDialog with better look, localization, auto page numbers, and additional text.
An Enhanced PrintPreviewDialog
by Bernardo Castilho
A PrintPreviewDialog that is faster and better looking than the standard one
An extensible ExifReader class with customizable tag handlers
by Nish Nishant
An ExifReader class in C# that supports custom formatting and extraction. StyleCop compliant code, with demos for WPF and Windows Forms.
An improved drag-drop implementation with full positioning control
by Mats Gudmundsson
If you need some more sophisticated control when using drag-drop operations on your own classes this article is a good start. The user is given much more control in positioning the objects. The best way to understand the contents of this article is to download and run the small demo.
An Improved WYSIWYG Print Dialog and Page Preview for Rich Text
by Howard 9448490
Windows Forms Print Dialog for rich text with accurate page preview and zooming
An Office 2003-like popup notifier
by Nicolas Wälti
A nice little control to help the user notice you're trying to tell him something...
An Open Source RDL Engine
by Mike Emerson
An Open Source RDL engine for rendering reports to WinForms or ASP.NET
An Oracle Query Tool (part 1)
by Danilo Corallo
An Oracle query tool with syntax highlighting and a tabbed MDI interface.
An SNTP Client for C# and VB.NET
by DaveyM69
A complete overview and implementation of SNTP from a client perspective.
An XML Schema Definition (XSD) Editor and Strongly-Typed Configuration Class Generator
by Song_Gao
An editor capable of producing commmon XSD documents and generating strongly-typed configuration class corresponding to the XML schema (XSD) file
Anagrams - A Word Game in C#
by #realJSOP
The classic word game using words and letter scores allowed in Scrabble
Animated Eye Candy for Programmers
by Phillip Piper
A class library that allows (almost) any Control to show animations
Animating Shell Tray Icon With C#
by sudhir_Kumar
This class helps to animate a tray icon.
Animating Windows Forms
by Robert Rohde
A component to make Windows Forms controls more dynamic by adding animation capabilities.
Anonymous Types - Dynamic Programming With C#
by webdev_hb
Anonymous Types are a powerful feature in the .NET language, but are limited when you need to pass that information around. In this post, I discuss a class that I wrote to allow you to work with Anonymous Types easily, even after they leave their initial scope.
Another Article on MP3 Players using Windows Media Player
by rspercy65
Play your MP3s with this Audio Player
Another Way to Invoke UI from a Worker Thread
by Alexey A. Popov
This article demonstrates an alternative way of invoking UI event handlers from a worker thread.
AnyLinkRichTextBox
by Israel Sant'Anna
This is an alternative for "Links with arbitrary text in a RichTextBox".
AoB: A Base Windows Form for displaying, editing and automatically updating Many-to-Many relationships – Part 3
by Gordon Moore
In this part I explain how to deal with concurrency issues.
API Browser
by kbrryder
A Windows API browser that shows you all the definitions and help on API methods.
Application Auto-update via Online Files in C#
by GuyThiebaut
Detecting an available update and installing the update via an online download - an alternative to ClickOnce
Application Event Handler for WinForms
by Saurabhdotnet
In this article, you will get a walkthrough of creating an Application Event Handler Component (AEHC) for any WinForms application in .NET.
Application Generation Comes of Age
by IronSpeed Inc.
Taking full advantage of the built-in infrastructure services of the Microsoft .NET Framework - without taking months to learn new languages, APIs and protocols - is one of the most pressing challenges faced by enterprise application developers today.
Application State Data using XML
by mcgahanfl
A utility to capture/restore state data to a container via XML.
Applied Long-Running Active Object Pattern
by igor2010
How to use Active Object pattern to carry out long-running tasks
Architectural Best Practices - Configurations on Different Environments
by Anton Pious Alfred
Most systems developed would have different environments, to name a few, Development, Quality Assurance, or Testing and Live or Production. This article describes how to incorporate all three environment configurations without having to change them while deploying.
ArrayList to File...
by Koshy Panicker John
Demonstrates a very simple way to create and save Multi-Dimensional (Virtual) ArrayLists to text file
Art Gallery Problem: polygon triangulation & 3-coloring
by shalafiraistlin
This is a solution implementation to the well-known art gallery problem using polygon triangulation and 3-coloring methods
Article One: Building a UI Platform in C# - Drag and Drop
by Tom Ollar, Jim Bennett
The initial architecture for drag and drop takes flight.
Article Zero: Building a UI Platform
by Tom Ollar, Jim Bennett
Building a UI platform in C#
Artificial Immune Algorithm in C#
by Alan Crispin
How to develop a C# immune algorithm
ASP.NET Color DropDown Control
by Mike Ellison
An example of persisting and parsing a custom collection in an ASP.NET server control.
Aspect Oriented Programming for Benchmarking
by Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira
This article explains how you can use AOP for benchmarking purposes.
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 data loading and data binding with Windows Forms
by Ashutosh Phoujdar
This article introduces a reusable library that contains two utility components for data binding and asynchronous data loading.
Asynchronous Setup Grid
by Babak Ansari
A custom asynchronous setup with progress indicator.
AsyncWorker - A Typesafe BackgroundWorker (and about Threading in General)
by Mr.PoorEnglish
Generic methods enable typesafe Threading
Atlassian Jira - TortoiseSVN Plugin for Issue Tracking and Easy Linking of Subversion Project with Jira Issue
by Ahmet Göktaş
Atlassian Jira - TortoiseSVN Plugin for Issue Tracking and Easy Linking of Subversion Project with Jira Issue
Audio and Video Player C# Winform
by syed shanu
How to play Audio/Video and Youtube Video in Windows App using C#
Authorize Navision Sales Order Line with Navision add-on "NDA", Developed in C#
by abhishek pareek2009
This is an excellent example of how to integrate Navision with any third party application with data flowing in and out from Navision to that application.
Auto Complete ComboBox
by Manoh
An article on an auto-complete combobox.
Auto Ellipsis
by Thomas Polaert
Add "Auto Ellipsis" feature to any Windows Form control
Auto Flow Buttons Panel
by Yasser Sobhy
A .NET control to control the layout of categorized sections in your application.
Auto Saving DataGridView Rows to a SQL Server Database
by Peter Huber SG
Saving a changed row in the DataGridView automatically to the database seems to be a basic task, but is challenging to implement. Read here why the most intuitive approaches fail and how to get it working.
Autocomplete Menu
by Pavel Torgashov
Customizable autocomplete menu for RichTextBox, TextBox and other controls
AutoComplete TextBox with SubString search, similar to SQL Like or Contains
by Oliver Bleckmann
A TextBox with autocomplete capabilities in the manner of SQL's Like command
Autogenerate Playlists for iTunes in Directory Order
by shijo joseph
This article demonstrates a tool which can auto-generate playlists for iTunes.
Auto-Generating a Comprehensive C# Data Access Layer
by adamAFA46
Simple but powerful GUI O/R Mapper which generates C# 2.0 to handle all of your object relational persistence.
Automate the Generation and Distribution of Feature-Rich Excel Reports from a Server with SoftWidgets Spread Server
by SoftWidgets
In just a few minutes, predefined templates, containing formatted sheets and charts, can be generated from any database using simple SQL statements, macros and/or custom C# or VB.NET snap-ins. Generated files can be distributed to a file server or as an email attachment. Usually, no coding is needed
Automated UI Testing - An Alternative Approach for Agile Teams
by Steve Aube 1
This article describes a new alternative approach for Automated Testing of User Interfaces (UI).
Automating Internet Browsing With Robots
by Keithsw
How to reverse engineer a website to build a robot to automate browsing.
Automating Multipart Zip File Creation
by awln
Automatically creating multipart Zip files.
Automating the Deployment of an Office InfoPath Form Templates
by Srinivas-Miriyala
This tool move the previously-published infopath form templates to a new location.
Autoscaling Graph Control
by thebeekeeper
Learn how to create a graph that can automatically scale itself!
AutoText V2.2: A component for word-complete as the user is typing
by Windmiller
A component that will find similar words in a lexicon as the user is writing on to make it easy to word-complete for the user. For use in Win32 graphical or console applications.
Aviation Fight
by Mohammad Reza Khosravi
This is a very simple 2D desktop game developed in Visual Studio
AViD
by Andrew Rissing
An application for visualizing common dendrimer models
Avoiding InvokeRequired
by Pablo Grisafi
How to avoid asking if InvokeRequired has the minimum code and no copy/paste
Avoiding the Pitfalls of 3rd Party Components in a Large Data Processing Application
by Redgate Software
How a Software Engineer at an Australian defence contractor tracked down a memory leak and improved performance of a complex application handling high-speed data visualization.
AwesomeForm - Probably the best Form extension ever.
by thebeekeeper
It's a form that paints it's background with a 'dirtied' image of what's underneath it. It's translucent and it's GDI+ only.
Axiom
by chazza_10101
How to setup an Axiom application
BackgroundWorker Class Sample for Beginners
by Srivatsa Haridas
Simple steps to a Multithreaded application
BackgroundWorker Helper
by kosmoh
A class that may shorten your time spent with BackgroundWorker, and handles some logics of working with it.
Backup Project Files to Gmail
by Mitch Stephens
A WinForms application with command line execution that scans a folder tree, creates one or more Zip files, and emails them to a Gmail account along with a formatted message.
Backup Utility
by Micah Burnett
A simple OO backup utility that preserves full file paths
BalloonTip Show
by Thoughthopper
An article on Balloon Tips.
Bandwidth throttling
by P.J. van de Sande
Save bandwidth and get QoS with bandwidth throttling.
BarTender - Group your contents
by Robert Rohde
An Outlook bar like control with generic contents and animation effects.
Basic Backgroundworker
by Eveng Thao
Demonstrate how to use backgroundworker
Basic DotSpatial Desktop Mapping
by mudnug
How to work with DotSpatial controls
Batch Image Format Converter
by Hassanoor
Convert pictures of different format to desired format, i.e., picture of BMP, JPG, PNG, etc. can be converted into selected one (for say tiff)
Batch Image Resizer
by JimBob SquarePants
A tool for resizing batches of images
Batch Image Resizer
by Hassanoor
Resize batch or many images at once, just drag and drop files and specify height and width
BevelLine Control with Designer Selection Rules
by DXNuk
A bevel line control with Visual Studio Designer SelectionRule support.
BiDirectionalHashtable
by Itay Sagui
Create a BiDirectionalHashtable to access both key and items in O(1) time, and create a connection between items.
Bind to the Inverse of a Boolean Property Value
by vtchris-peterson
Ever wish you could bind to "Disabled" instead of "Enabled"?
Binding Helpers: Separation of UI, View-Model, and Data-Model in WinForms
by BobJanova
Some techniques for data binding in WinForms to keep processing and display separate.
Bing API in Action - C#
by Praveen Nair (NinethSense)
Short article which explains how to use the Bing API in C#.NET.
BitmaskCtrl - Display and edit a number as a bitmask
by Joe Nachbaur
A Windows Forms user control to display and edit numbers as a bitmask.
BizDraw framework for .NET
by Hayder Marzouk
A small framework to design and print documents containing shapes, text, images, bar codes...
Blackjack Game Simulator
by Mladen Janković
Framework for blackjack game simulation
BookStore
by User 6918454
A project for managing the digital books (HTML, DOCX, ODF, PDF, EPUB, TXT, etc.) of the user using db4o
Breaking Out Of The Box with Visual Studio 2010 and NetAdvantage for .NET
by J. Ambrose Little
Survey the many productivity enhancing features Microsoft added to Visual Studio 2010 and see how adding Infragistics NetAdvantage for .NET 2010 Volume 1 to your IDE will help you accelerate your application development and break out of the limitations of the Toolbox.
Bricks for Pocket PC
by Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira
A .NET Compact Framework version of the Bricks game.
Bridging the Gap between Developers and Help Authors with ComponentOne DynamicHelp™
by MESCIUS
This article demonstrates how to add context-sensitive Help using a single .NET control, ComponentOne DynamicHelp.
Bringing AOP to MEF
by Sacha Barber
An experiment into combining AOP and MEF.
BrowserSelector
by Shameel
Browser Selector is a WinForms app written in C# that allows you to associate different urls with different browsers.
Browsing xkcd in a Windows 7 way
by Giorgi Dalakishvili
A desktop application with new Windows 7 features for browsing xkcd.
BSEtunes
by Uwe Eichkorn
BSEtunes is a MySQL based, full manageable, networkable single or multiuser jukebox application
Build a Desktop GIS Application Using MapWinGIS and C#
by Wisam E. Mohammed
The royal gate to building Desktop GIS applications using the Open Source MapWinGIS and C#.
Build a Desktop GIS Application Using MapWinGIS and C# - Part 2
by Wisam E. Mohammed
Time to advance your symbology skills and label your map
Build lookup control using visual studio 2005
by Waleed Zedan
Custom editors in building user controls
Building a dynamic Tree
by Ng. Anh Vu
You want to buid a dynamic menu!? You can use recursive algorithm to solve this.
Building a Microsoft Gadget Clone (v 1)
by ralph1957
A Windows Form User Control which clones some features of Microsoft Sidebar gadgets
Building Applications with the SharpDevelop Core
by Daniel Grunwald
Use XML definitions for your applications to make them extensible.
Building Basic Windows Applications
by logicchild
An Article that explains certain aspects of Windows Forms
Building Code-Only Forms in Visual Studio
by G.Franklin
How to create a code-only form in a Visual Studio project, and prevent the VS-Designer from messing with your code
Building multi-control components using IExtenderProvider
by Adrian Pasik
In this article, I will show you a technique for building multi-control components using the IExtenderProvider.
Business Centric Architecture
by radusib
Design the business layer using a provider pattern
BusyBar
by Nicholas Butler
The only progress bar you will ever need
ButtonBar Control using .NET
by Manish Ranjan Kumar
Themed ButtonBar control supporting custom draw with full Designer support
C# - Installing and uninstalling software
by KronoX
This article will teach you how to install and uninstall *.msi files with C#
C# & SQLite - Storing Images
by kribo
How to insert images / binary data into a database.
C# \ VB .NET Multi-user Communication Library (TCP)
by shynet
Allow multiple users to send and receive messages from one another on the same server
C# 2.0 Graphing Control
by David Hovel
Generic multi-curve graph control
C# 3D Charting
by Vincent DUVERNET (Nolmë Informatique)
A simple article for easy charting.
C# and VB.NET Code Searcher - Using Roslyn
by woutercx
A fast C# and VB.NET code searcher using Roslyn.
C# Async Audio Waveform Generator
by Project Sfx
A C# class for generating an audio waveform asynchronously.
C# CSV Reader and Writer
by CroweMan
Class library which provides the ability to read and write CSV files
C# Custom Control Featuring a Collapsible Panel
by Mokdes Hamid
A custom control in C# representing a collapsible panel with design time support
C# Docx to HTML to Docx
by Ozesh Thapa
Converting Docx To Html to Docx
C# Event Implementation Fundamentals, Best Practices and Conventions
by Jeffrey Schaefer
This article presents event implementation fundamentals, best practices, and conventions.
C# Extension Methods Using RSA
by Sean Rhone
Example of creating Extension Methods that encrypt string values.
C# Form Location Manager
by Tupps
An article containing details of a class that handles form locations without adding code to each form
C# ImageText Button
by Spaccabbomm
Simple Image/Text button control with XP Styple
C# Popup Calculator, Button, and Text Control
by beep
A popup calculator form and corresponding button and text controls.
C# Single Instance App With the Ability To Restore From System Tray (Using Mutex)
by devzoo
A way to prevent multiple instances of your application from opening, and focusing/activating the first instance window.
C# Snooker
by Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira
Sound-enabled pool game for C#.
C# Templates for Visual Studio 2003
by miklovan
This article contains new templates for Form, Control and Class creation in C# which are more compactly formatted. It also gives an idea of how to edit the templates yourself.
C# TextBox with Outlook 2007-style prompt
by Matthew Noonan
An article on creating a prompted textbox in the style of Outlook 2007, IE7, and Firefox 2.0.
C# Threadding, one on one - an easy way to do multi-threadding
by Bishoy Demian
how to do threadding in .net with C# and update the UI from worker threads
C# TreeView Traversing
by SULMAN SARWAR
This article presents a simple c# TreeView traversal mechanism.
C# WinForms Application Full Integration with HTMLHelp ( .chm ) - Help Topics, Context Sensitive Help, and Tooltips
by Veselin Tenev
Use HTMLHelp (.chm) to display help topics, context sensitive help and tooltips in C# Winform application
C#: Application to Watch a File or Directory using FileSystem Watcher
by Prashant K Singh
This article describesthe usage of the FileSystemWatcher object to watch changes to a file or a directory in C#
C++ Coding Practices Guide
by Chesnokov Yuriy
The article describes C++ coding styles and practices to be followed to develop robust and reliable code that is easily comprehended and maintained by other developers.
C++/CLI for Beginners
by Vladimir Svyatski
I'm going to show you some not quite evident things if you're about to write a C++/CLI application.
C328R Serial Camera Example with xBee using C#
by funkotron76
C328R Serial Camera Example with xBee using C#
Calc# - An introduction to Gtk#
by Priyank Bolia
An introduction to the open source community of Mono, Gtk# and Glade. Learn how to write cross-platform GUI software.
Calcoolation: A Math Puzzle Board Game
by Marcelo Ricardo de Oliveira
Demo for a math puzzle board game
Calendar Planner
by PracticalDeveloper
A control similar to the Outlook Calendar control
Call Control Implmentation Using the Windows Workflow Foundation
by HirenSuchak
A call control implmentation using the State machine Workflow.
Calling parent form functions from a user control
by AlG
The Button inside the User Control raises the Button OnClick event on the form and typing inside the User Control TextBox replicates the text inside the Form’s TextBox.
Camera Vision - video surveillance on C#
by Andrew Kirillov
A C# video surveillance application, which allows monitoring several IP cameras simultaneously.
Capturing Screenshot of Desktop Programatically in an Easy Way in Visual Basic
by Rajesh Naik Ponda Goa
The code shows an easy way to capture desktop to file.
Case Study: Iron Speed Designer - Amlin Reinsurance Project
by Iron Speed Designer
"Employees testing the application have commented on just how robust and reliable the code is - it just works consistently day-after-day." - Tim Titchmarsh, Amlin Insurance.
Case Study: Iron Speed Designer - Estimate-To-Complete
by Iron Speed Designer
"...the classes created by Iron Speed Designer for most of the tables and views proved to be a blessing as we never wrote a single command to get or update any of the values. Instead, all the changes were made using the generated classes." - Akesh Gupta, Symbol Technologies
Case Study: Iron Speed Designer - International Shipment Tracking
by Iron Speed Designer
"This project would not have been feasible without Iron Speed Designer’s built-in security model." - Terry McCormick, New World Van Lines.
Cell Blink for DataGridView
by Rammohan Raja
An article on adding a cell blink feature for DataGridView
Centralize Show Form Validation Logic
by Jason Apergis
This article will show how to centralize your logic when opening a Windows Form.
Certified For Vista: How to ensure an application gets certified.
by SimonWilliams
Do you want your applications to be approved by Microsoft to run on Windows Vista? This article explains how.
Chad's Charts
by Chad Michel
A basic charting package.
Chameleon - Connection Settings Manager
by Tamer Oz
Chameleon is an application that allows users to easily change network configuration on each network adapter from taskbar. Chameleon offers the benefit of changing network settings according to the users location such as home or office.
Changing Display Settings Programmatically
by Mohammad Elsheimy
Learn how to change display settings programmatically via an API and the .NET Framework.
Changing file properties such as date of creation, modification and last access
by Shinde Sachin
This application will help to change file properties such as date of creation, modification and last access.
Charts for Windows Application using C#
by satishsuthar
Create charts using inbuilt functions of .NET Framework in window application and C#
Chat Application using Web services in C#
by Surajit Paul
This is a cool chat application created in DotNet using web services having all the functionalities.
Chat Application with Windows Services, .NET Remoting in C#
by Nadeem Alvi
A chat application with Windows Services, .NET Remoting in C#.
Check Spelling in the VS.NET IDE with SoftWidgets “Spell Code” Add-in
by SoftWidgets
Spell Code is a must-have add-in for all VS.NET developers looking to check the spelling of any text inside the .NET IDE. Check spelling in any code window, Windows Form, UserControl and ASPX, ASCX, HTML and RESX files.
CheckBox Header Column For DataGridView
by DLM@TD
Presenting a solution for having CheckBox control in the header of DataGridView
CheckBoxPanel - A C# CheckBox that auto-enables/disables related controls
by Zot Williams
A simple .net Panel Control that allows a CheckBox to automatically enable/disable a group of related controls.
CheckGroupBox and RadioGroupBox
by jeffb42
An introduction to the CheckGroupBox, RadioGroupBox, and RadioButtonPanel controls
Children's Growth Percentile
by MedicinalProgramming
An application that presents the growth of a child in comparison with others his age.
CircleControl - A Circular Motion Control
by Graham Wilson
A circular motion control
Circular Menu Component
by Mark J Biddlecom
Describes the use and architecture of an animated, circularly arranged pop-up menu control written in C#.
Class to read Unicode character names and a tool to display/search them
by Eric Lynch
A class to read Unicode character names and a tool to display/search them.
Cleaning Document Images on the Web with AJAX
by Lou Franco
This article will show you how to use the Atalasoft DotImage AJAX-enabled Web Image Viewer and Web Thumbnail control to navigate multi-page TIFFs, add controls to call clean-up routines, and update the browser without a post-back.
Client Application Services Walkthrough
by swellbow
A walkthrough to set up client application services for user logon in a Windows application using ASP.NET membership providers
Client For SQL Server Databases in C# .NET
by Siddhartha Batra
SQLServerClient is a simple assembly which provides a very organized way to connect to & edit SQL Tables. It also contains a demo Form showing its usage
Clipz - A Friendly Introduction to the Windows 7 Taskbar Features
by TylerBrinks
An overview of the Windows 7 taskbar features, and how to use then in your own applications.
Clog: Client Logging, WPF Edition
by Daniel Vaughan
A customizable log provider system that allows you to harness your existing logging system to log client side messages to your server using WCF. Includes WPF sample applications.
ClosableTab Control
by pmh_1985
A ClosableTabs control which extends the functionality of the WinForms TabControl to display a "close" image.
Close Your Application to the Notification Area
by Gregory Gadow
How to write an app that will go to the system tray when the user closes it
Code Editor (Part 1)
by Jason Barrera
Create a Code/Text editor. Line numbering with or without wordwrap enabled.
Code First: A Practical Case
by Samuel Gonzalo
A code first real life data model case
Code Generator using CodeSmith Api
by napster_ghb
This tool generate the c# code using the code smith templates and API
Code Snippet: Step by Step Guideline from Creation to Installation of a Snippet
by Anand Ranjan Pandey
This article is to encourage you to take advantages of code snippets to make development easy and faster.
Code to Host a Third Party Application in our Process Window (e.g. Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 8)
by Sharan Basappa
This code shows how to host a third party application inside your own process Window, like Google Chrome & Internet Explorer 8
CodeBox for Windows Forms
by KenJohnson
A RichTextBox for Windows Forms that supports flexible highlighting and background coloring.
CodePage File Converter
by emad_awad
Used to convert Text Files to a different code-page
CodeProject Article Scraper, Revisited
by #realJSOP
New and improved! Keep an eye on your CodeProject articles and reputation without having to log onto CP.
Collapse Panel in C#
by S.Vinothkumar
Collapse Panel in C#
Collapsible GroupBox With Icon
by stixoffire
A collapsible GroupBox with icon support.
Color Picker Combo Box
by Renukakrishnan
Using the ComboBox control as a color picker.
ColorBar - A Gradient Colored ProgressBar
by Copper
ColorBar is a gradient colored progress bar control written using VB.NET.
ColorComboBox
by Ali Rafiee
A ColorComboBox color picker using ToolStripDropDown.
ColorEditorEx - An extension to the ColorEditor to support translucent colors
by Robert Rohde
Shows a way to extend the ColorEditor class to set alpha values on Colors within the Visual Studio editor, by revealing its internals.
ColorTextBox
by Chrisi476
This article describes ColorTextBox, a customizable User Control which was written completely from scratch and is intended to fill the gap between the TextBox and RichTextBox controls found in the .NET 2.0 library.
ComboBox Extensions
by Adam Zgagacz
ComboBox extension methods for binding with Enum types
ComboBox List Control Host
by wmerifield
An article demonstrating how to host list controls inside a standard ComboBox. Easily create your own CheckedList ComboBox and others.
ComboBox with proper SelectedIndexChanged support
by Mark Farmiloe
Fixes a bug in the standard ComboBox wrt the SelectedIndexChanged event
Comment Reflower Add-in for Visual Studio .NET
by Ian Nowland
A Visual Studio .NET 2003 add-in that reflows (rewraps) text in comments to make them easier to read.
Compact Framework Configuration XML File Read & Write like appSettings
by Alejandro Barrada
How to use an XML file to read and write aplication settings in a Window Mobile development
Comparison and synchronization tool using C#
by Glaxalg
This article introduces a compare/synchronize tool written using C#.
Complete Comparison for VB.NET and C#
by Amalorpavanathan Yagulasamy(AMAL)
This article explains about advantages, differences and new features of VB.NET and C#.
Complete Unit Conversion Sample in C# .NET
by Antonom
How To Convert { Cm Px In Mm } Unit ?
Complex Calculator
by livibetter
This calculator is written as a demo application for the SCI library
ComplexConverter - make configuration still more flexible
by Mr.PoorEnglish
Converting complex Object-structures to string and reverse. Storing the result in an application-setting improves configurations flexibility substantially
Component for Customizing Menu Shortcuts
by Günther M. FOIDL
A component that allows the customization of menu shortcuts. This can be useful for barrier free applications.
Composite UI Application Block (CAB) Wizard
by anarchistic
Shows a very simple way to create a wizard in CAB
Computer Vision - Decoding a Morse Code Flashing LED
by shivamkalra
Using webcam and image processing to decode a Morse code flashing LED.
Conditional combobox column for DataGrid
by pravk
This is a class which will allow you to show comboboxes on a DataGrid based on some condition(s).
Configure DIME with WSE 2.0
by Nirosh
This article focuses on demonstrating the usage of DIME (Direct Internet Message Encapsulation) with Web Services. Here, you will have two applications, one is a Web Serivice that uses DIME technology to send an attachment (of different types) to a client side, other is a Windows Forms application.
Connect Multiple UI Elements to a Single Command Object
by MarkLTX
An easy way to group several UI elements (menu items, toolbar buttons, etc.) so they all execute the same command and are enabled/disabled together (with Visual Studio designer support).
Connecting to Team Foundation Server 2008
by David Schiffer
A simple WinForms application that lets you connect to Team Foundation Server 2008.
Connection Pooling in multithreaded applications
by User-Rock
Approaches describing a design to handle connection objects and pools in C#.
Console Control
by icemanind
A Winforms control that looks like a console screen, with full reading and writing support.
Content-driven Input Dialog
by David Hall
Self configuring input dialog box for quick data collection in a Windows Forms solution.
Context Help authoring anywhere/anytime/anyone for .NET application
by ZhaoRuFei
Write context Help anywhere/anytime/anyone for .NET application
Context Help Made Easy
by Tom Clement
This article introduces a new way of instrumenting your code that enables help authors associate help topics with the application’s visual contexts at any time - even post-compilation – and to do so using the application’s user interface without the involvement of the developer.
Context menu for the custom properties in the C# PropertyGrid
by Mihai Maerean
Context menu for the custom properties in the C# PropertyGrid, allowing the user to reset the properties, the same way as in Visual Studio.
Context-Sensitive Help for Toolstrip Items
by Ivan Alles
How to bind context-sensitive help to .NET ToolStrip items.
Continuous Forms for .NET
by Rabb Moshe Plotkin
This coveted MS Access feature now available for .NET. The equivalent of ASP.NET's DataList for WinForms, providing a DataBound Templated control for the rich client environment. Full source code included.
Contour Analysis for Image Recognition in C#
by Pavel Torgashov
The theory of contour analysis and its practical application to image recognition and OCR
Control in Focus in Other Processes
by Andrec
Retrieve the hWnd of focused controls in other applications.
Control LED lights on your Dell XPS Laptop
by Broken Bokken
Utilze Dell's XPS LightFX API to create your own LED effects.
Controlling Drawn Shapes in C#
by rld1971
How to draw and manage shapes onscreen via mouse gestures
Controlling the Length of a RichTextBox in C#
by mikey222
This technique preserves RTF formatting when removing text from a RichTextBox control.
Controls Library: Extended ListView with Column Mapping
by alexandrvslv
Docking windows container, extended listview, extended property editor.
Convert .xlsx & .xls to .csv
by Srikanth Anandateertha
Simple file conversion using C#.NET
Convert Query Result into *.CSV, *.TXT, *.XLS or Fill Into Crystal Report
by Wiltek Ghozali
This utility is used for convert query result into *.CSV, *.TXT, *.XLS or Fill Into Crystal Report, supported SQL Server and ODBC connection.
Converting Database records to Excel file(Very simple code)
by Raja Chandrasekaran
This is project is to know about how to convert the retrieved data from database to Excel file thro' c# code
Converting Icons to Images with a Background Worker
by asugix
Using a background worker thread to execute a time consuming task
Converting Images to and from Base64Format
by charles henington
Using System.Convert namespace to convert between base64 and images
Converting Scanned Document Images to Searchable PDFs with OCR
by Bill Bither
Demonstrates the use of Atalasoft's DotImage GlyphReader OCR to enable .NET applications to digitize paper documents as searchable PDFs that can be indexed by search engines.
Converting WinForms => Web Forms using CodeDom
by Hardy Erlinger, ASommer
Introducing a workable approach to converting Windows Forms to ASP.NET Web Forms.
Cool Blinkies
by bobishkindaguy
Grouped indicator lights that can be manipulated from multiple threads
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.
Copy from FTP server to local Server through VB.Net
by Nakul Lande
This code helps you to explain how to copy/downloads files from FTP server to local server
CopyFileGeneric
by Abhishek Shekhar
Copy files with additional functionalities
Countdown Reminders
by Marc Clifton
Create countdown timers to remind you of upcoming events.
Counting the Days to Retirement with "Retirement Countdown"
by JasonSmith
A program that provides a little extra motivation to keep coming in to work.
Covariance, Contravariance and Invariance in C# Language
by abcdefghijklasdsad
Covariance, contravariance and invariance in C# language
CPUAlert: Save your CPU from Burning Hot and Battery Running Out Quickly
by Omar Al Zabir
CPUAlert monitors CPU and Memory consumption of processes and alerts you when they are taking too much consistently and gives you an option to recycle or terminate
Craft Your Own Archiver 1 / 3
by Leung Yat Chun
This article describes how to perform list, extract, add and operations to archives using CAKE3.
Craft Your Own Archiver 2 / 3
by Leung Yat Chun
This article explain how to create virtual filelist, directory tree and how to implement drag and drop using CAKE3.
Craft Your Own Archiver 3 / 3
by Leung Yat Chun
This article explain how to use cake3's threading support.
Crash While Closing Application that Uses Windows Ribbon Framework
by Arik Poznanski
Crash while closing application that uses Windows Ribbon Framework
Create a Breadcrumb Menu in VB.NET WinForms
by chrishuff
Provide a dynamic menu for drilling through data, or using the new Vista style of breadcrumbing for menu control.
Create a Business Logic Layer, Data Access Layer classes, and Stored Procedure scripts from a database table
by Syeda Anila Nusrat
Create a Business Logic Layer, Data Access Layer classes, and Stored Procedure scripts from a database table.
Create a simple time tracking tool with System.Windows.Forms.Timer.
by hawkesed
Article shows readers how to use basic C# 2.0 WinForms to make a working application.
Create a Synchronizing Object
by Paw Jershauge
How to create a synchronizing object using the ISynchronizeInvoke interface like in the FileSystemWatcher.
Create an Outlook 2007 Form Region by using VSTO 2008
by Helmut Obertanner
In this article, we will create a form region that shows all contacts within the same category.
Create and Share (with a client app) a Random Encryption Key
by #realJSOP
One way to create a completely random encryption key, and sharing it with a client application
Create Column Charts Using OWC11
by Rupesh Kumar Swami
A column chart (simple,stacked, or 100% stacked column) representation using Office Web Components.
Create One Application for both Desktop and Web
by Erichero
With Habanero's support for Visual WebGui, you can write one application to release on either the desktop or web.
Create your first Web Application with GOA WinForms
by Jeff Karlson
This article describes how to create a very simple project using GOA WinForms for Flash
Create Your Own Googlebot
by TeapotDev
In this article, I explain how to create an application like Googlebot - it finds and indexes websites throught hyperlinks.
Creating a Calculator App with the CBOR Library
by Peter Occil
Describes details of how a calculator program is implemented with the help of my CBOR library
Creating a Client - Server app - Making a Chat
by Gerard Castelló Viader
Making a typical client - server chat application
Creating a color selection control
by Ruud van Eeghem
Creating a user control for selecting a foreground and background color from a color map.
Creating a color selection palette control
by Ruud van Eeghem
Creating a user control for selecting a foreground and background color using a palette.
Creating a Custom Configuration Section in C#
by Dennis Fazekas
Creation of a custom configuration section similar to AppSettings. Stores settings for both Development and Production environments, and returns the appropriate settings based on the machine’s configuration in which the application is being executed.
Creating a Custom DropDown Control
by Richard Blythe
Explains how to effectively create virtually any type of dropdown control
Creating a Custom Settings Provider
by CodeChimp
Demonstration of how to write custom settings providers.
Creating a HUD In Direct3D / C#: Part 1 - Text
by James Gupta
Teaches you how to create a HUD in Direct3D / C# - this first part goes through the basics of creating and rendering text
Creating a non rectangular form using GDI+
by MinaFawzi
This article descibes ways to creating a non rectangular form using GDI+.
Creating a Persistent Panel Web Control
by Jonathan Cortis
Extending ASP.NET's Built in Panel Control to create Sticky control values between page visits
Creating a 'Progress Cursor'
by Pieter Van Parys
Utility to display a circular progressbar as cursor.
Creating a touchscreen interface such as a numeric keypad
by Bert Mitton
This article will use a numeric keypad as an example of how to create a touchscreen interface.
Creating an OpenGL view on a Windows Form
by Benjamin Wootton
How to create an OpenGL view on a Windows Form.
Creating an outlook like side bar using the smart client software factory
by Arnab Choudhuri
This is basically a tutorial to use the smart client software factory to create an outlook like side bar using Matias Woloski's outlookbar workspace
Creating and Using User Controls with .NET Framework 2.0 using Visual Studio 2005 C++/CLI
by PatGulotta
This is an article discussing how to create a user control and how to add it to other projects using Visual Studio 2005 C++/CLI and .NET Framework 2.0.
Creating Audio CDs using IMAPI2
by Eric Haddan
Using the Image Mastering API to create Red Book Audio CDs
Creating Custom Controls-Providing Design Time Support 1
by Kodanda Pani
This article explains how to develop customized design time extensions.
Creating Custom dialog box using Enumeration
by Suraj Rai
Creating Custom dialog box using Enumeration
Creating Custom Windows Forms in C# using Panels
by Pritam Zope
In this article we will customize basic windows forms using only Panels in diffrerent colors for different UI designs such as Microsoft Office 2013 in Visual Studio using C#
Creating fancy text effects with C#
by WarrenBurch
Code to create cool looking text for use in your application.
Creating Tabbed MDI Form
by asugix
A tutorial for creating a tabbed MDI form
Creating the Same Program in Windows Forms and WPF
by Josh Smith
Shows how to write the same simple program in Windows Forms and WPF.
Creating/Moving/Sizing Controls at Runtime
by Soumya92
How to create and manage controls at runtime by providing the user with 'handles' for sizing the controls.
Creation of Exception Layer using OOPs Concept
by santosh poojari
This article explains how one can trap exceptions in an application. This layer helps to determine from which layer, module and source an exception has occurred.
Cropping Images
by Günther M. FOIDL
A demo that shows how to crop images by selecting a region with the mouse.
Crystal Image Toolkit: thumbnail image control and picture viewing.
by Richard Guion
Thumbnail and image viewing controls for Windows Forms, using C#.
Crystal Report Filtering Using Selection Parameters
by Omar Gameel Salem
Beginner's Guide to Crystal Report Filtering
Crystal Reports helper class
by Jan Schreuder
A helper class to make integrating Crystal Reports in a .NET application easier.
Currency Converter for the Pocket PC
by Stefan Repas
Learn how to write a useful smart currency converter tool with Visual Studio .NET 2003 for the Pocket PC 2002/2003, which works both in offline and online modes.
Custom Configuration Sections in .NET 2.0
by Luis Angel R.C.
Creating a custom configuration section in .NET 2.0.
Custom draw DataGridView column header (Excel 2007 style)
by Andy32
Overriding the cellpaint event of the DataGridView to give it a gradient background.
Custom Drawn Scrollbar
by Thomas Duwe
An article about creating a custom scrollbar control
Custom Generic Compare For Collection
by knowledge43
A generic class, used for comparing an object by one of it's properites.
Custom ProgressBar Control
by SSDiver2112
Easy to use ProgressBar Control with many properties
Custom Richtextbox for text tip (like screen tip), protected text and much more !
by Apemania
C# Forms RichTextEditor with custom hyperlink with Outlook address like text entities, custom popup listbox, and a screen tip.
Custom TextBox that Delays the TextChanged Event
by cdgwinn
Textbox that inherits the base textbox control that delays the text changed event
Custom VisualStudio 2008-style MenuStrip and ToolStrip Renderer in C#
by Brian C Hart
An adaptation of Nick Thissen's article on VBForums translated to C# and bottled up into a Class Library you can just drop into your projects.
Custom Windows InputBox
by Syed M Hussain
A custom Windows InputDialog to capture user input
Customisation with VB - Changing Logon Backgrounds in Windows 7
by Saul Johnson
Using VB to change Windows 7 logon backgrounds
Customizable ErrorProviders
by Paul Stovell
A base class for customizable ErrorProviders that allow you to control how errors are shown
Customizable Tracker Control
by BTDex
Windows Forms Control to visualize performance counters
Customize the Code Generated by the Resources Designer
by radusib
Customize the code generated by the resources designer
Customized ListBox Control: Part 1 - Collection Events
by Calle Mellergardh
Create a listbox control that provides events for when adding or removing items.
Customizing OpenFileDialog in .NET
by CastorTiu
An extended control to add extra funcionality to the standard OpenFileDialog in .NET.
Customizing User Controls with Smart Tag Feature
by Balamurali Balaji
This article explains how to add Smart Tag feature to a user control.
CWindow (A wrapper class for the window API functions) + IuSpy
by Maxim Berezov
CWindow (a wrapper class for the window API functions) + IuSpy(Spy++ analog).
CX Part II
by Marc Clifton
Build a Metadata Designer for the CX Dynamic Composition Framework.
Data binding a ListView
by theoutlander
An overview on inheriting a ListView and implementing design-time data binding capability.
Data Binding with Windows Forms 2.0: Programming Smart Client Data Applications with .NET
by Addison-Wesley
Chapter 6: Presenting Data with the DataGridView Control.
Data Combobox
by Jon McCain
A custom combobox control that uses a datatable and can show multiple columns
Data Mining with SQL Server 2005 without Analysis Services
by kvlcek
A C# implementation of CHAID for MSSQL 2005 à la Cognos scenario.
Data Pagination in DataGridView. Bounded Mode
by Igor Kushnarev
How to use DataGridView pagination in bounded mode
Databinding - Bindinglist, BindingSource and BusinessObjects - Part 1
by Arindam Sinha
Databinding - Bindinglist, BindingSource and BusinessObjects
Databinding - BindingList, BindingSource, and BusinessObjects: Part 2
by Arindam Sinha
Databinding - Searching and sorting BindingList.
Databinding CheckListBoxControl with DataView
by Syed Irtaza Ali
Databinding CheckListBoxControl with DataView.
Databinding for Beginners
by Mr.PoorEnglish
including the "Four Views"-Concept as general principle of presenting Data.
Databound Schedule Controls
by Jos Branders
These data controls can show scheduled events automatically
DataBound TreeView Control
by Wai Friend
A way to bind up a simple TreeView control.
DataGrid Copy Helper Component
by patgrape
A component providing Copy functionality to a Windows Forms DataGrid. Copied data can then be pasted in Excel or a text editor.
DataGrid Paging Using DataReader - C# Windows Forms
by Manoh
DataGrid paging using DataReader.
DataGrid with built-in filter functionality
by Robert Rohde
A reusable component which extends the DataGrid and adds functionality for real time filtering.
DataGrid with Sizable Multiline Column Headers
by Doug Healy
Allows user defined sizing of DataGrid column header height to support multi-line header text.
DataGridVewTextBoxCell with Span Behaviour
by Sergey Semyonov
DataGridViewTextBoxCell derived cell that can be merged with cells of the same type
DataGridVewTextBoxCell with Span Behaviour
by drunlar1
This is an alternative for "DataGridVewTextBoxCell with Span Behaviour"
DataGridView component with EmptyDataText Property - Windows Form Application
by Sunasara Imdadhusen
Gets or sets the text to display in the empty data row rendered when a GridView control is bound to a data source that does not contain any records
DataGridView Copy and Paste
by Mycroft Holmes
Copy and paste between a DataGridView and Excel.
DataGridView Custom Headers in VB.NET
by Luca Crisi, MCP
How to give Custom Headers to your DataGridView
DataGridView Filter Popup
by Vincenzo Rossi
A flexible library to add filtering capabilities to a DataGridView.
DataGridView Filter Popup
by jesseseger
A cool way to filter data in a DataGridView.
DataGridView Helper Class
by syed shanu
DataGridView Helper Class for Winforms
DataGridView Image Button Cell
by Darryl Caillouet
A clickable button cell that can display an icon in a DataGridView
DataGridView Multi-column Sort
by PTA_UK
An article presenting a method of sorting a DataGridView by many columns
DataGridView that Saves Column Order, Width and Visibility to user.config
by Günther M. FOIDL
Enhanced DataGridView that saves column order, width and visibility to user.config
DataGridView with Detail Edit Form - VS 2005
by Robert R Freeman
How to create a DataGridView with an associated Detail Edit Form using a strongly typed dataset data layer.
DataGridView with integrated filtering, sorting, and updating changes to SQL
by Andy32
Extended DataGridView with filtering, sorting, automatic saving, and a multicolumn combobox.
DataGridView with Persistent Column Widths and Order
by Ron Dunant
An application demonstrating how to save column width, order and visibility information for a DataGridView control, bound to an Access database, using the Windows Forms Application Settings feature
DataGridViewColumn Hosting MaskedTextBox
by J.Thomas
How to host a MaskedTextBox in a DataGridViewColumn
DataGridViewExtension
by Mathew Crothers
An extension to the DataGridView control with functionality that I usually include manually, but encapsulated in one class.
DataGridViewHTMLCell - Displaying HTML markup in a DataGridView
by Ocean Airdrop
Displaying HTML markup in a DataGridView
DataImporter, A Component to Easily Read Data from Files
by TG_Cid
Component to load data from files or DB connection, gets the data asynchronously and fires an event when it finishes. All the read data is loaded to a DataTable
DataView Paging in WPF
by Sreejith Thathanattu
Custom paging for Dataview in WPF
Day, Week, and Month Calendar Controls
by A. Sydney
Windows forms calendar controls for showing a series of appointments similar to Outlook
Declarations Generator
by Yasser Daheek
A tool which helps in generating codes for events/properties, so that users of your classes can use events/properties of embedded classes
Declarative Data Load for Object Properties & .NET UI Controls
by Chandramouleswar Chakicherla
This article details a new practice to prepare the .NET Business Objects using the data retrieved from the Database and binding them to .NET UI Controls dynamically using Reflection through centralized mapping between a types’ Properties Vs Data-Columns Vs UI-Controls.
Declarative Programming--Unifying Form And Web Development
by Marc Clifton, J. Dunlap
Use declarative programming to create UI's common for both Web and Form applets.
Decorator Pattern in VB.NET (WinForms)
by Arlo Weston
Using the decorator pattern in WinForms, VB.NET
Delegates and Business Objects
by Paul Stovell
An approach to implementing validation on custom business rules, using delegates.
DelegateTypeT makes using delegates a breeze!
by Tim Speekenbrink
DelegateTypeT, a wrapper class for delegates, with a simple usage.
Delete Links from the Recent Projects List on the Start Page of Visual Studio 2003, 2005 and 2008
by Carlos Saraiva Jr.
This application deletes links from the Recent Projects list on the Start page of Visual Studio 2003/2005/2008
Dependency Injection Pattern (Loose Coupling)
by Mohamed Hachem
Description of Dependency Injection Pattern
Depends4Net - Part 2
by Espen Harlinn
A .NET 2.0 Windows Forms based version of Depends4Net - Shows how to create custom datasources for databinding
Deployer
by lepipele
Automate deployment of Windows Services, ClickOnce, and other .NET applications.
Design Patterns - A deep dive: Part 1
by Sunny Chaganty
A colleague of mine asked me a question a few days back: "If an application is created using the correct Design Patterns, does it ensure that the application would be bug/performance issues free?"
Design Time Architecture in .NET 2.0 - Part 1
by Yogesh M Joshi
DesignSurface, IToolboxService, and INameCreationService.
Design WinForms Controls using Photoshop
by Alaa Ben Fatma
Use your skills as a designer to create gorgeous control
Designing Nested Controls
by Henry Minute
An article on enabling nested controls to accept child controls at design time.
DesignPattern
by Morteza Naeiamabadi
Singleton design pattern helps create just object from a class and direct that object only.
DesignSurfaceExtended the third (chapter), how to implement a FileSystem Persistence Manager
by Paolo Foti
Save and restore your design work using a persistence manager based on XAML code
Desktop Automation and Real time Example
by Chandrasekhar Telkapalli
Understanding the User Business Process,analysis on benefits of doing Automation and best approaches & practices in designing the solution
Desktop Search Application: Part 1
by Dan Letecky
Building an application that searches your Office documents in tenths of a second.
Desktop Spy Utility that Emails Subject's Screenshots To You
by Omar Al Zabir
Make a surveillance application which silently captures desktop and emails you screenshots as attachment periodically
Detect and Track Objects in Live Webcam Video Based on Color and Size Using C#
by kdgupta87
Detect and track objects in live webcam video based on color and size using C#.
Detect Encoding from ByteOrderMarks (BOM)
by Mr.PoorEnglish
Avoid foot-traps while using StreamReader / StreamWriter
Detecting Application Idleness
by GWSyZyGy
A utility class that alerts your code when the application is idle.
Develop Web and Mobile Applications the Easy and Intuitive Web Forms Way
by Visual WebGui
VWG successfully reproduces the Web Forms development experience by offering pure Window Forms development paradigm for Web due to its unique application code virtualization technology which allows to virtualize over Web server rather than OS.
Developing a Line Control
by alhokail
This is a control that takes a starting point and an ending point as objects and draws a line between them
Developing Rating Bar
by Xmen Real
An advance rating control for .NET
DI/IOCs
by Sacha Barber
A look at Dependency Injection and IOC containers.
Diagrams with Reflector and the Graph Plug-in (Part 2)
by hughd
Graphing other dependencies, without Reflector now.
Dialog Message in C# for .NET Framework 4.5
by chris_mackay
A reference for writing your own dialog message box in Windows
DialogForm - An Extended WinForms Class
by Joe Nachbaur
Easy to use WinForms class to create extended dialog boxes
Differences between MVC and MVP for Beginners
by John T.Emmatty
This article aims to describe MVC and MVP in simple terms
Directional Pan and Scroll Toolbox Items
by GAMerritt
Thoroughly documented source you can compile to a Control Library (DLL)
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
Directory Mirroring the way it should work
by Jim Parsells
Create useful directory restore points, quickly and easily.
Dirty Button
by Johnny J.
A button control that keeps track of the form’s dirty state.
Disable Column Resizing in ListView Report Mode
by Jeremy A. Wilson
This article describes how to use the NativeWindow object to take control of the message processing of a ListView's column header. This allows the programmer to intercept messages and prevent or respond to things like column resizing.
Disable the WebBrowser control context menu
by Greg Osborne
A simple way to disable the WebBrowser control's context menu.
Disabled Checkbox Column in the DataGridView
by harschel
This control allows the user to add column type other than existing column type for datagridview
Disabling and Re-enabling Control Collections
by David Catriel
Disabling a control collection, and returning all sub controls to their respective Enabled state when re-enabling the collection
Disk Analyzer
by Vivek Krishnamurthy
A disk analyzer using C#.
Display an Internet Connection status icon using .NET Framework 2.0
by Juan Roman
This article explains how to use a BackgroundWorker and a StatusStrip to display an Internet connection status icon on a StatusStrip using .NET Framework 2.0.
Display Any Usercontrol as a Popup Menu
by Pascal Ganaye
This article introduces a little class which lets you show any usercontrol in XP style popup menu.
Display Loading Indicator in Windows Form Application
by Dukhabandhu Sahoo
This article explains how to display a loading indicator (a GIF image) in Windows Forms application when some long running task is performed in the background.
Display Progress and Overlay Icons for Multiple Views from .NET in Windows 7 Taskbar
by George Mamaladze
This article describes how to use Windows 7 new taskbar features, progress indication and overlay icon, from unmanaged .NET code. The second part shows you how to manage progress indication and overlay icons in case of multiple views (windows) and provides appropriate missing classes for Windows API
Display updated list view items with fading color effects in a ListView control
by Patric_J
If a list view is frequently updated it is often difficult for users to notice all updates. This ListView control will solve this problem by displaying changes to list view items with different colors depending on how it’s been changed, and let the item slowly fade to its original color.
Displaying a ToolTip when the Mouse Hovers Over a Disabled Control
by tetsushmz
This article explains how to display a tooltip when the mouse hovers over a disabled control
Displaying and Working with Forms
by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu
Whether you are new to development, or coming from Visual Basic, C++, Java, or Delphi, managing forms in WinForms can be initially confusing. This is an article targeted at beginners in WinForms programming to demonstrate how to easily manage and work with forms in a WinForms application.
Displaying Large Quantities of Data in Windows Controls
by Curt C
Demonstration of a technique for displaying very large quantities of data in Windows visual controls, using the ListView as an example.
DNN Module Packager
by Chris Hambleton
A utility that creates a DotNetNuke manifest file and packages a module.
Do Anything With ID3
by Hamed J.I
A class for read and write ID3
Do you really need of the a database? Know the XPrevail.
by FernandoVM
Discuss the prevalence concept and as it can be an ideal alternative to the use of database in some situations. We will know the XPrevail, a open source prevalence layer and as your features can make possible a simple and modern programming.
Do You Really Want To Be Agile?
by Marc Clifton
A walk on the wild side using Relationship Oriented Programming.
Dockable CAB Workspaces
by Bill Pierce
Custom Workspaces for the CompositeUI Application Block using DivElements SandDock controls
Document approval workflow system
by Refky Wahib
Generic, full cycle of document approval workflow system, using Windows Workflow Foundation (WF).
Document Preview Application
by Tamer Oz
An application to preview your documents and files such as PDF, Doc, JPG, PPT, XSL.
DotNet Real Tree
by Mohammad Reza Khosravi
A simple program to draw complex fractal Trees
DotNetNuke Module Packager
by perlmunger
This article describes the DotNetNuke Module Packager application and source code. The application enables the user to generate DotNetNuke private assemblies that are useable out of the box from a custom module defined in the programmer's development environment.
Double-buffered Tree and Listviews
by Eugene Sichkar
Implementing native WinForms flicker-free TreeView and ListView descendants
DoubleTree - A Two Sided TreeView Control
by Mike Sage
This control allows you to visually relate many to many related groups of data together in a two sided tree display.
Drag and Drop Archiver gadget
by Dragos Sbirlea
The proposed gadget allows compression of files and folders dragged on the sidebar using almost any format.
Drag and Drop Internet Shortcuts from Windows Forms to the Desktop
by jisikoff
Short article on how to drag URL links from a Windows Forms app to the desktop.
Drag and Drop Persisting TreeView Control (VB.NET)
by Tom John
Extending the TreeView control to support drag and drop and persistance.
Drag and Drop text containing file in textbox.
by Shinde Sachin
You can drag and drop text file or any other file which contains text in textbox.
Drag and Drop Text from One to Other Datagrirdview in C# Windows Application
by vivekkushwaha
This example will show how to drag data from one datagridview to another
Drag-and-Drop ListBox
by oliwan
DragDropListBox, a control derived from ListBox allowing drag-and-drop in multiselect mode.
DragExtender - An extenderprovider for dragging functionality
by Guido_d
An extenderprovider for dragging functionality.
Dragging tree nodes in C#
by Michea77
This article shows how to implement an Explorer like treeview drag and drop in C#.
Draw Over WinForms Controls
by RocketteScientist
Use the Graphics object to draw almost anything on top of your form's controls
Drawing a Tree
by Tomaž Štih
A tree drawing algorithm, implemented as C#/WinForms/NET Core control, that produces surprisingly good results with minimal effort
Drawing Names (A Christmas Name Drawing Application)
by ZachCox
A Christmas name drawing application using DHTML, JavaScript, XML, C#, Forms, VS2008, .NET 3.5, encryption.
Drawing smooth text and pictures on the extended glass area of your WinForm in Windows Vista
by Pang Wu
This article tells you how to draw text and pictures correctly on your Vista form's extended glass area.
Drawing Windows Controls During Runtime Based on XML Feed
by milan
How to draw Windows Controls during runtime based on XML feed
DrawingBrush for Silverlight 2.0
by Tamir Khason
This article is about how to build the missing DrawingBrush object for Silverlight. Also, we'll learn about how to deeply clone Silverlight objects.
DrolC Control Extender
by Snews
Get a nice unified look and feel with grouped controls
Duplex Web Services
by Boaz Davidoff
Using multi-threading techniques to create a duplex (two-way) web service that can push events/messages to the client.
DXF Import .NET: Read and View AutoCAD Format Files
by Chuzhakin
C# source to read AutoCAD DXF files
Dynamic class loading
by MarkusDoof
Dynamic class loading using a registered section structure in the config file.
Dynamic Code Integration with CodeDom
by Crawfis
While there are many expression evaluators out there, the CodeDom framework allows you to take any .NET langauge and link a code snippet at run-time.
Dynamic Reports UsingSQL Queries
by Pakorn Indhatep
Dynamic report by using the PrintDocument component with SQL queries.
Dynamically Adding MSHTML to an Application
by DLChambers
The Microsoft.mshtml assembly is not present on all machines. Here's how your app can automatically add the assembly as needed.
Earth Map in C#
by Reza Shojaee
Detecting coordinate point on the raster image map
Easily Add a Ribbon into a WinForms Application
by tajbender, JoseMenendez, toATwork, adriancs, Michael Spradlin
Easily add a ribbon to a WinForms application
Easily Create Your Own Parser
by icemanind
Create a hand made parser in VB.NET or C# easily and fast
Easily store form- and application-settings using Isolated Storage
by Edwin Roetman
A solution to easily store form- and application-settings using Isolated Storage.
Easily turn a ListView into a nicely printed report, complete with print preview
by Phillip Piper
The ListViewPrinter class takes an existing ListView and effortlessly turns it into a pretty report.
Easy Customize Title Bar
by venura c.p.w. goonatillake
Create your own customized title bar instead of using the traditional Windows title bar
Easy Rendering with XNA Inside a Windows Form
by Inaki Ayucar
This article shows an easy way to render 2D or 3D graphics in a Windows Form using XNA, keeping all the Windows features and controls
Easy String Compression and Encryption
by BTDex
Class module to easily de-/compress and en-/decrypt big strings
Easy Tabbed Mdi Interface Using the ToolStrip
by beep
Just drop an MdiTabStrip on your Mdi container form, and you have a Tabbed Mdi interface
Ebook Shelf
by Leslie Zhai
Ebook Shelf works like resource manager
eBookReader
by rspercy65
This is a e-Book Reader for text files that uses a file splitter
Edit Almost Anything in a DataGrid
by Declan Brennan
Allow your DataGrid to edit pictures and a whole range of other data types.
Edit Flex Grid with Combo Box in VB 6
by Mostafa Kaisoun
Using new ActiveX to edit Microsoft Flex grid with Combo box in VB 6
E-mail Sender with HTML Editor & Quick Drawer
by AntounPG
Send E-mail via Application with an HTML editor and a drawer to draw your own attachments and send them immediately.
Email Templates: A generic solution to handle template files
by Philipp Sumi
A simple, user-friendly and flexible framework that takes care of all your email template files - once and for all.
Embed HTML Email Images
by KiwiPiet
How to embed images in your email newsletter.
Embed PicLens
by Sacha Barber
Simple article showing how you to embed PicLens in your own apps
Embed Web Video
by cannalane
Embed Web Video in your desktop application
Embedded Firebird: Full-Featured Embedded Database with 2 MB Runtime
by Dan Letecky
An example that shows how Firebird database excels in embedding.
Embedding .NET Controls to NotifyIcon Balloon Tooltip
by Igor Kushnarev
How .NET controls could be embedded inside NotifyIcon Balloon Tooltip
Embedding a .NET WinForms Application in an Internet Browser Using WPF
by Adam Berent
Embedding a .NET WinForms application in an internet browser using WPF.
Embedding an ObjectListView in a ComboBox
by Niemand25
A simple way to place any ObjectListView inside a ComboBox
Embedding Controls in a ListView
by mav.northwind
How to use arbitrary controls in ListView cells.
Embedding Multiple Icons into .NET Executables
by Ed.Poore
A brief walkthrough on how to embed multiple icons (and native resources) into a .NET executable.
Embedding of VB6 form in .NET applications
by Eduardo Campano
This article explains how to open a VB6 MDI child form inside a .NET MDI form
Empty the Recycle Bin using C#.
by S.Vinothkumar
Empty the Recycle Bin using C#.
EmuEngine
by sniffi
With the EmuEngine, you can create simple 2D games in C#.
Enable Moving Form With mouse move using custom control
by magedo93
Enablehandleing Form move With mouse move using custom control in case form border style is none
Enabling Hot Keys (Short Cut keys) for windows Application
by RajuHosamani
Enabling Hot Keys (Short Cut keys) for windows Application
Encrypting the app.config File for Windows Forms Applications
by TRON
Encrypting the app.config file for Windows Forms Applications
Encryption and Decryption
by dj_limi
Its the software who can make the Ceasares Code
Enhanced Clipboard Manager in .NET using C# and Windows Forms
by satisharveti
A better Clipboard Manager
Enhanced MSN Messenger in C# using Windows Forms
by satisharveti
An application which will provide certain features which are not available in MSN Messenger
Enhanced Oracle Explorer in C# and .NET using Windows Forms
by satisharveti
Application on accessing database objects in Oracle
Enhanced Scrollbar
by Adam Zgagacz
WinForms Scrollbar with enhanced properties, graphical bookmarks and value tooltips.
EnhancedImage Project
by otigli
An article about how to enhance current image characteristics
Enhancing TreeView: Customizing LabelEdit
by miklovan
The article describes how to supplement TreeView control's LabelEdit ability with some VS Solution Explorer like features, including label edit pre/post processing and input validation.
Enigma emulator in C#
by adi_clepcea
This article shows the inner workings of the German Enigma machine used during the WWII, translated to C#.
Enter Key Behavior Extender
by Ehsan Golkar
This component is used for forms that have too many textboxes which change their focus with Enter key.
Entity Framework in WinForms
by Bernardo Castilho
A component that makes it easy to use Entity Framework in WinForms projects, including design-time binding support.
EnumButtonGroup: An Alternative for Binding Enumerated Values to Buttons
by Adrian Cole
A Windows Forms user-control that allows binding of enumerated values to a group of buttons, both at design-time and run-time.
Enumerate and Auto-Detect USB Drives
by stevenmcohn
This article describes how to use the .NET System.Management WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) wrappers to enumerate and describe USB disk drives. It also includes a non-Interop solution for detecting drive state changes as they come online or go offline.
Evaluation Engine
by DonSn
The Evaluation Engine is a parser and interpreter that can be used to build a Business Rules Engine. It allows for mathematical and boolean expressions, operand functions, variables, variable assignment, comments, and short-circuit evaluation. A syntax editor is also included.
Evaluation Engine 1.3
by Arash Javadi
The Evaluation Engine is a parser and interpreter that can be used to build a Business Rules Engine. It allows for mathematical and boolean expressions, operand functions, variables, variable assignment, comments, and short-circuit evaluation. A syntax editor is also included.
Event-Based Asynchronous WebRequest
by Brian Brewder
A sample project that includes a BackgroundWebRequest component that can be used in a WinForms project to perform asynchronous WebRequests. The project shows how to use the WebRequest and WebResponse objects as well as how to implement the Event-Based Asynchronous Pattern as described on MSDN.
Everything you want to know about your computer with System Information II
by hswear3
VB.NET program provides information about your hardware and operating system
Evolving Windows Forms Event Handling With Loosely Coupled Methods
by IAbstract
Reduce the exposure of OwnerObject members or resources by interfacing methods to child or sibling objects.
Example usage of the new Visual Studio 2005 My.Settings object
by wayvirgo
This articles demonstrates the storage and retrieval of settings in the user configuration file via the new My.Settings object integrated into the VS2005 development environment. In the process, I also explore the usage of the ListView component, and demonstrate how to add and read columns from it.
Excel Automation - With Clean Exit/Quit
by Anshul Mehra
This article provide APIs & functionality so that Excel Quits after automation
Excel Data Manipulation Using VB.NET
by Wahab Hussain
This will help you manipulate an Excel file through your code. You can update the Excel file as well.
Excel Generator with Column Designer
by Somnath Mondal
A fully customizable and extensible C# library that makes it easy to generate Excel files for a given DataSet, with column layout design support.
Exception Handling in ASP.NET Applications
by Rakheesh
Various ways of handling exceptions in ASP.NET applications.
Excerpt from Essential Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
by Chris_Anderson
This chapter will lay out some of the basic principles of WPF and walk through a quick overview of the entire platform. You can think of this chapter as a preview of the rest of the book.
Exchange 2007 Push Notifications Using WCF
by Ahmed Sadek
Consuming Exchange 2007 Push notifications using WCF.
ExControls Version 1.0
by Hesham Desouky
Extending some C# controls to introudce round labels, text boxes, comboboxes etc.
Expandable panel on all four directions
by Stefan Bocutiu
An expandable panel that you can set to expand/collapse bottom to top, top to bottom, left to right, or right to left.
Exploring CAL
by Al Alberto
Evaluating Microsoft's Composite Application Guidance and Library.
Export Data to Excel Much Faster
by Suresh Suthar
Export data to Excel using three methods: a basic method and two advanced methods which are very fast.
Export datatable to XLS/CSV compatible with MS-Office and Open-Office
by Vivek Singh - IN
It generates Excel using HTML tags, which are also compatible with Open-Office.
Export to Excel using VB.NET
by Senthil S
Export data from VB.NET Dataset to Excel without using Datagrid/DataTable
Exposing Dynamic Events in the WinForms Designer
by OrlandoCurioso
A solution to declaring dynamic events on control arrays at design time
Extend ConfigurationElement to Deserialize Text Elements
by Todd Schilling
This article describes how to extend the ConfigurationElement class to deserialize text elements.
Extended ListView
by Michiel van Eerd
An extended ListView control that can show multiple images on subitems, lets the user edit subitems with user-defined controls (also image-subitems), contains boolean subitems, and can sort columns by date, number, string, and image.
Extended NumericUpDown Control
by Claudio Nicora
An extended NumericUpDown control with better focus and mouse wheel management.
Extended RichTextBox
by Razi Syed
Rich Text Box control with built in options
Extended Vertical Label Control in C# .NET
by /randz
A custom vertical label user control in C#.NET with support for transparent backgrounds.
Extending the DataGridView
by Chris_McGrath
A few minor modifications to improve the DataGridView.
Extending the ListBox to show more complex items
by GiedriusBan
This article shows how to extend the ListBox to show more complex items - for example, items with image and text areas.
Extending the ListViewItem
by flavius.stoichescu
How to extend the ListViewItem to hold an object for a row, and map it to the columns in the ListView control.
Extending Visual Studio Setup Project
by Shai Raiten
Extending Visual Studio Setup Project for Building Reliable Windows Installer (MSI)
Extensible ListView a.k.a. DataListView
by Tomas Brennan
How to make an extensible ListView custom control, along with data-binding, optional multi-threading and serialization rolled into one.
Extract Images and Icons of .NET Resources
by Timur Eroglu
List and extract .NET resources
Extracting and displaying icons with VB.NET
by Pixa
Uses pure VB.NET code to extract and display icons as bitmap objects.
Extracting Embedded Images From An Assembly
by Josh Smith
A tool which allows you to view, save, and copy an image embedded in any assembly.
Extracting Icons from EXE/DLL and Icon Manipulation
by Abdallah Gomah
How to extract icons from EXE/DLL, split/merge icons, and get icons associated with files.
Fade out image or Graphics objects
by notorious.madeye
Fade out an image or Graphics object by modifying the alpha value on a new mask placed above the original image.
Falling Blocks Game
by Lipman Roi
Creating the game
Fancy Font Combo for Visual Basic .NET
by halsoft
A fancy font combo for VB showing the actual fonts.
Farsi Library - Working with Dates, Calendars, and DatePickers
by Hadi Eskandari
A library to work with "Persian Calendar", "Hijri Calendar", and "Gregorian Calendar" with WinForms GUI controls designed for Persian (Farsi) or Arabic language applications in mind, but usable in any Windows application that makes use of calendars and dates.
Fast Colored TextBox for Syntax Highlighting
by Pavel Torgashov
Custom text editor with syntax highlighting
FastTreeView
by Lutosław
TreeView control in which nodes dynamically load themselves while expanding
FFT Guitar Tuner
by notmasteryet
Using a Fast Fourier Transform to calculate the fundamental frequency of the captured audio sound
File Association in VB.NET
by Nick Rioux
Easily associate your programs with file types (.jpg, .html, .mp3) with just 2 lines of Visual Basic code
File Dialog Filter Builder
by Jakub Mller
Helper class for building filter string for Windows file dialogs
File Encryption and Decryption in C#
by Steve Lydford
Demonstrates how to encrypt and decrypt any file type using C#.
File Explorer Clone with Tabs and Parallel File Search Tool
by Wade Harvey
This article shows how to use Winforms, WPF and C# to create a File Explorer Clone with Tabs and an extremely fast parallel file search utility.
File Hash Generator Shell Extension
by Michael McKechney
Describes a shell extension option that calculates the file hash (SHA-1, MD5 etc.) of a file for use in verifying authenticity.
FileDialogExtender
by Robert Rohde
Describes an easy way to change the initial view state of the listview in the Open/SaveFileDialog.
FileSelect - Hassle Free Implementation of the File Menu
by peterchen
A WinForms user control that implements the details of file handling commands for any document-centric application
Filmstrip control for Windows Forms
by callisthenes
An article describing a C# Filmstrip control designed for Windows forms
Filterable TreeView
by hasan bozkurt
Filterable TreeView WinForm UserControl
FilterBuilder
by Anthony Daly
FilterBuilder is a simple utility allowing you to easily create dialog filters
Find and Minimize or Maximize or Restore a Window
by Mohan Kumar
Find and minimize or maximize or restore a window.
Finding Undisposed Objects
by S. Senthil Kumar
An application to find undisposed objects in your .NET application.
Fireball.XmlGui
by dotnetfireball
A library for creating plug-ins with User Interface created from an XML file.
FireNSIS Studio Installer Creator
by dotnetfireball
Is a desktop application developed for allow developers to fast creation of their software installation
FishEyePanel/FanPanel - Examples of custom layout panels in WPF
by Paul Tallett
This article describes how to implement your own WPF layout panels like Grid and StackPanel.
Fishy Fishy Fish
by Don Kackman
Just for fun; a bunch of fish swimming around the screen
Fixed Size Formatter
by Sion Cohen
A framework for declarative parsing and creating fixed sized raw data (Flat Files)
Flat-style Menu Bar and Popup Menu Control for WinForms
by nschan
A custom control for adding flat-style menu bars, navigation bars, or popup menus to your WinForms application
Flexible CSV reader/writer with progress reporting
by Eric Lynch
Flexible CSV reader/writer with progress reporting and many file format variations.
FlexibleMessageBox – A Flexible Replacement for the .NET MessageBox
by JReichert
Use FlexibleMessageBox.Show to seamlessly replace your usages of MessageBox.Show and get more features in a single class you can easily add to your project
Floating, collapsible transparent window in C#
by Julusian
How to create a floating, collapsible transparent form in C# using the NativeWindow class
Fluid Geometry - An Animation Library and Configuration Application
by Josh Smith
A task-oriented review of an animation library and the application which uses it
Folder Resize
by MinaFawzi
How to resize a large number of images.
Folderbackground Customizer
by Abbas Ali Butt
Select image and folder, then against the click button set the image as background at that folder.
Font ListBox and ComboBox Controls with Top 5 Favourite Feature
by DXNuk
These controls show a list of fonts installed and displays them in the actual font. This also has a top 5 favourite feature just like Office.
Form appearance effect and notification window
by abhinaba
This article contains a form that can be used to give fade in/out effect to any form and specifically to notification/alert windows.
Form Changed Control
by Duncan Edwards Jones
A component that allows you to monitor all the controls on the form and list any that have changed (for dirty checking)
Form Print Control
by Duncan Edwards Jones
An extender control to make printing a form quick, easy, and flexible
Form Region Extender Provider
by Tom Guinther
Defining a Forms Region using an Extender Provider.
Formless System Tray Application
by R. Giskard Reventlov
Create a formless system tray application.
Framerate Counter
by codemunkeh
A minimalist framerate counter.
FreeCell Discombobulator
by Nicholas Butler
Take control of FreeCell
Fully customizable Menu-, Tool-, ContextMenu-, and Status strips
by NickThissen
Change the colors used to render Menu-, Tool,- ContextMenu-, and Status strip controls during design-time.
Fun with Rx
by Sacha Barber
A brief look into the DevLabs Reactive Framework.
Fusion Charts Helper Class for ASP.NET 2.0 (C#)
by Shahid Syed
This helper class makes it easy to work with Fusion Charts.
Fuzzinator: A Fuzzy Logic Controller
by homran
Fuzzy Logic Controller C# Library based on mamdani Inference Engine + Windows Forms GUI
Fuzzy Search
by Günther M. FOIDL
A simple implementation of the fuzzy string search.
Gain Access To DataGridView Canned Controls
by mark.stratman
How to gain access to the DataGridViewComboBoxEditingControl’s properties, methods, and events.
Gain Control Over PropertyGrid’s Description Area
by ZachJohnson
Two ways to manipulate PropertyGrid's description area height
Game of Life Simulator as Learning Tool
by kiswa00
How I learned more about C#, UserControl, and project design by implementing a Game of Life simulator.
Game Programming - One
by Anthony Mushrow
Introduction to the methods used to create a simple game.
Game Programming - Two
by Anthony Mushrow
Introduction to the methods used to create a simple game.
GBackupSolution - Visual Studio Extension VSX 2008/2010
by Tiep Le
Visual Studio 2008/2010 Extension for backing-up your solution to Gmail.
GDI+ Path to PDF
by Tefik Becirovic
Convert a GDI+ graphics path to PDF content with iTextSharp.
GenCode128 - A Code128 Barcode Generator
by Chris Wuestefeld
Create Code128 barcodes for WinForms or ASP.NET.
General purpose class to fill DataTable(s) from DataBase and to save DataTable(s) to DataBase using reflection
by ProEnggSoft
General purpose class to fill some or all of the DataTables of strongly typed DataSet from DataBase and to save some or all of the DataTables to DataBase by creating TableAdapters using reflection.
Generate Classes and CRUD Procedures
by ColinBashBash
Generate classes / CRUD procedures.
Generate Insertion Scripts Using .NET 2.0
by Benedict Chan
Using .NET 2.0 to get the SQL Server schema and generate insertion statements.
generate random numbers
by Mohannad Abu Sall
Easy way to generate random real (float) or integer numbers
Generate Silverlight 2 DeepZoom Image Collection from Multi-page TIFF
by Berend Engelbrecht
Fast generation of DeepZoom image tile sets, collection thumbnails, and XML data in managed code without using external tools.
Generating Anagrams at Breakneck Speed
by Graeme_Grant
A documented journey looking for the fastest solution for generating valid Anagrams for the Weekly Code Project Challenge...
Generating labels with barcode in C# using Crystal Reports
by Mohammed Owais
Generating barcode labels in C# with the help of Crystal Reports for printing.
Generic InvocationHelper
by Ed.Poore
A generic class for providing thread-safe invocation of delegates. Can be used for (but not limited to) updating GUI elements from another thread.
Generic Login Control
by Barathan
Generic Customizable login control for VB.NET Windows Forms.
Generic Property Window
by Fernando A. Gomez F.
Article that demostrates how to create generic property windows.
Generic user control to edit any arbitrary object
by Anantjot Anand
This article will provide insight into how Reflection could be helpful in developing generic desktop user control interfaces.
Generic XML Serialization Methods
by Kanhar Munshi
An XML Helper Class that can Serialize and De-Serialize custom User objects using C# Generics
Get DataGrid Row Value Without PostBack or AJAX
by murtaza dhari
How to get DataGrid row value without postback or AJAX.
Get MD5 and SHA-1 (SHA1) of any file
by Dariush Tasdighi
Get file's hash (SHA-1, MD5) - This program needs .NET Framework 1.1.
Getting a string out of a ref ushort
by Peter Wone
Handling string parameters incorrectly declared as ref ushort
Getting Around InvokeRequired Without Copy and Paste
by Paul B.
Instead of copying and pasting the same if(InvokeRequired) logic in every multithreaded function, use attributes to make code cleaner, its centralize logic and make it self documenting.
Getting Current Browser URL with VB.NET
by hvrmln
Get browser URL
Getting Drive's Volume Information using C#
by S.Vinothkumar
Getting Drive's Volume Information using C#
Getting IP Details and Pinging the Gateway
by Sharadendu Kumar Singh
This program gets all the IP details and pings the Gateway.
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 Points for Parabolas
by Prox-YD
Get all points needed for graphing parabolas
Getting the active TCP/UDP connections using the GetExtendedTcpTable function
by Warlib
This article shows how to use some TCP/UDP functions of the IP Helper API to get the active connections and the processes attached to a connection.
Getting the Place Name that Goes with a Zip Code
by Eddy Vluggen
How to import a database-dump from GeoNames.org into SQL Server
Getting User Input From Dialogs - Part 2
by Henry Minute
An article on obtaining user input by the use of dialogs
Getting User Input With Dialogs Part 1
by Henry Minute
An article on getting user input using your own dialog boxes.
GIOS PDF Splitter and Merger
by Paolo Gios
The first open source PDF splitter and merger tool written in C#.
Globalization Resources for Multilanguage Development
by Evaldas Jocys
Provides required tables and data for multilanguage projects
GLUI-style Spinner
by bowlermonk
Creating an OpenGL GLUI-style spinner.
GMap.NET - Great Maps for Windows Forms and Presentation
by radioman.lt
GMap.NET is a powerful, free, cross platform, Open Source .NET control. It enables the use of routing, geocoding, and maps from Google, Yahoo!, OpenStreet in Windows Forms and Presentation, and supports caching!
GMarkupLabel - A C# Windows Forms control to display XML-formatted text
by Georgi Atanasov
A framework, and a WinForms control which enables .NET 2.0 users to visualize XML-formatted rich text.
Google Chat Desktop Application using Jabber.Net
by $enthi£
A simple Google chat ( gtalk ) application using Jabber.Net
Google Talk styled Windows Form
by NiaWs
How to use a custom Paint event handler to draw your own Windows Form.
GPS Tracking with Windows Mobile 5.0+
by Joel Ivory Johnson
Use a Windows Mobile Professional phone with a GPS receiver to create a simple SMS based location tracking program.
Grabbing Information from Web Pages using Regular Expressions
by qazro
The article describes how to automate navigation through Web pages, i.e. send parameters and grab the required information automatically
Gradient Background Tab Custom Control
by salysle
This article describes a quick and simple approach to creating a tabbed custom control with a gradient background.
Gradient Enumerator
by Andrey Butov
The Gradient Enumerator is a simple utility to display resulting gradients from the combination of two colors.
GradientPanel and AlphaLabel: an introduction to building controls
by Herre Kuijpers
This article is meant for beginner programmers who are interested in building their own custom controls. As an example a GradientPanel control is implemented.
GridMemory: Grid that remembers its columns' width
by Henry Tan Setiawan
A DataGrid that stores its last state in XML file and loads the last state of the columns' width the next time the application is loaded.
GUI Skinning System for Windows Forms .NET
by Francois van der Ven
A new way of skinning your application!
Gurux Data Refinery
by Gurux Ltd
Retrieve data from a physical device, process it, and visualize the results
Handle Long Paths in .NET
by Nathan Stiles
A class written to easily handle long paths (32K in length) using .NET.
Handling Corrupt "user.config" Settings
by chaiguy1337
Build a simple handler for handling corrupt user settings into your program.
Handling GanttChart on ActivityDialog Using C# ILOG
by azealer
This article shows how to handle a GanttChart on an ActivityDialog.
Handling HTML Events from .NET, using C#
by Sharon Salmon
This article demonstrates a simple way to bind to any HTML document event from a .NET WinForms application or a BandObject or a Browser Helper Object.
Handling Touch, Pen, or Mouse Digitizer input in your .NET Application
by Todd Landstad
A simple application that shows how you can determine whether user input is from a mouse, tablet digitizer, or touch.
Hands Gesture Recognition
by Andrew Kirillov
Some ideas about Hands Gesture Recognition in still images and video feeds, using the AForge.NET framework (C#).
Help File Integration in Windows Mobile Pocket PC
by PavanPareta
Help file integration with Windows Mobile applications programmatically.
Hexadecimal Color Mixer
by James Gupta
This shows how to make a control to mix a color and then export it to the HTML hexadecimal format.
Hierarchical TreeView Control with Data Binding Enabled
by Mike Chaliy
The control extends standard TreeView control to make it fully data bind.
High fidelity printing through the SSRS Report Viewer control
by tcassisi
Discusses the limitations and undocumented high DPI printing capabilities of the local WinForms Report Viewer control.
HintTextBox
by samir41180
Shows inline hint for a textbox. Useful in cases where the UI is small and has to fit many input controls.
Host Switcher
by Daniel Liedke
Quickly and easily alternate between servers in the hosts file.
Hosting an Electronic Form with a Windows Form
by logicchild
An article that explains how a Windows Form can host an electronic form.
Hosting Simple Data Binding
by Brian Hetrick
Shows how to participate in data binding both as a data source and as a binding host
Hosting WCF services in a Windows Forms Application
by orouit
Demonstrates how to host serveral singleton services in a Windows Forms application.
Hosting WPF Content in a Java Application
by Vitaly Shelest
Demonstrates a simple technique for embedding WPF/.NET Components into Java GUI
Hosting XNA in a Window
by Marc Clifton
My journey to unravel and discover a solution for hosting XNA in a WinForm UserControl
Hotel Reservation System
by Jomar Pabuaya
An explanation of the useful code within Hotel Reservation System
How Programming Should Be Done
by Marc Clifton
Cx: A prototype on component loose coupling.
How the Windows built-in watchdog infrastructure can monitor performance counters and trigger alerts
by marc ochsenmeier
Use the new PLA interface to monitor performance counters and trigger alerts.
How To Add An Animated 3D WPF Splash Screen
by Gary.Miller.WPF
Explains how to add an animated 3D splash screen to a WinForms application using WPF and XAML
How to Browse Network Folders using Folder Dialog Box Control ?
by Jatin Prajapati
An article on how to browse network Folders using VB.NET using Folder Dialog box Control
How to Build a Simple Event Log Montior/Watcher (Using TCP in .NET)
by aleksisa
How to build a simple event log montior/watcher (using TCP in .NET) to monitor event log changes on a remote machine(s).
How To Build Multi-control Components when Inheriting from an Existing Control (Intro and TextBox Example)
by Adrian Pasik
This article will get you started in building your own multi-control components without using the UserControl class.
How to build simple HTML Calendar
by Mohm'ed Melhem
Idea to generate Calendar can be applayed on Win or web apps
How To Check if Computer has .NET Installed
by Kambaa
How to check whether .NET is installed in PC Visual Basic 6 code
How to Clone/Serialize/Copy & Paste a Windows Forms Control
by lxwde
Clone/Serialize/Copy & Paste a Windows Forms control through serializing its properties.
How to close a multi-threaded .NET Windows Forms application and prevent the ObjectDisposedException from getting thrown
by nhumbad
An article on how to properly close a multi-threaded Windows Forms application without having an ObjectDisposedException thrown.
How to Convert a Collection Base to a DataSet
by Okta Endy
An article on converting a Collection Base to a DataSet.
How to copy event handlers from one control to another at runtime
by Alejandro Miralles
This article will show you how to copy event handlers from one control to another at run time using dirty tricks and .NET Reflection.
How to Create a Custom ComboBox from Scratch
by bbbnova
An article on creating a custom ComboBox control completely from scratch
How to Create a Custom Jumplist with Custom Events in Windows Forms
by Ahmed_Said
Creating a custom Jumplist with custom events and examining all of its features in Windows Forms 3.5
How to Create a Simple Windows Forms C++ Database Application
by Software_Developer
How to create a simple Windows Forms C++ Database Application
How to create a Windows Forms Joke Jukebox in C++
by Software_Developer
Step by step on how to create a Windows Forms joke jukebox app in C++.
How to Create Rich User Experiences with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
by Murtaza Abdeali
Infragistics leverages Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, the latest version of Microsoft’s integrated development environment (IDE) for the .NET Framework, to deliver powerful user interface tools that allow you to create rich user experiences that will delight your users with the WOW-factor!
How to create your own virtual machine -- Part 2
by icemanind
This article takes you through a step-by-step process of creating your own virtual machine.
How to Create Your own Visual Studio Wizard
by A$TRAL Moristar
This article describes a process creating VS wizard.
How to Disable Windows Themes Using uxtheme.dll and SetWindowTheme
by Adam Berent
How to disable Windows themes to ensure uniform application appearance acrross all versions of Windows.
How to Display Images in ComboBox in 5 Minutes?
by Bassam Alugili
This is an extended ComboBox which supports images for items
How to Download a File from a WebDAV Server in VB.NET
by CS Rocks
This article demonstrates how to download a file from a (HTTPS) WebDAV server in VB.NET
How to export GridView to Excel, render cells, add WordArt, and fill a custom template
by Sacha Barber
Export Gridview to Excel, render cells, add WordArt, and fill a custom template.
How to extract images from child windows of running applications
by Jon Burchel
Want to get those cool images from some Windows app, but can't find them? This app will help you. Also gets animated GIFs.
How to Generate (and Validate) CD-Keys for your Software
by dawmail333
An example of how to implement and validate non-personal CD-Keys (ideal for distribution on the back of CD cases)
How to Get IWin32Window Handle Used in Windows Forms from WPF Application
by Leon Fu
This article is to give a workaround for converting between different window handles
How to Harness the Power of XHTML and XForms in your .NET Applications
by Phil Booth
XForms is an important recommendation from the W3C that enables complex XML-handling applications to be defined in a simple, declarative syntax. This article demonstrates how you can leverage this power in your own applications.
How to Make MessageBoxes Center on their Parent Forms
by DLChambers
Make MessageBoxes center on their parent forms
How To Make Your Application Delete Itself Immediately
by alexdresko
A simple two line technique that can be used in just about any application
How to Paint on Top of a ProgressBar using C#
by Hiske Bekkering
A simple explanation of how to synchronize custom painting with a ProgressBar's default painting.
How to persist DIRs past SETUP wizard
by KinnMirr
How to Find Directory Path before and after setup wizard deployment
How to Protect your Code from Prying Eyes and Theft
by NineRays, Mark Sochan
Most .NET software projects can easily be tampered, exposing your software to security risks and theft of intellectual property. This article shows different techniques used to protect .NET code and determine the best protection for you. 9rays.Net offers you Spices.Obfuscator to these ends.
How to Read Microsoft Excel 2007 Using a Connection String in C#
by Mihadh
This article explains how to connect to Microsoft Excel 2007 using a connection string and populate DataGridView
How to Receive Execution Arguments on a C# WinForms Application?
by gmtzgtz
How to receive execution arguments for a C# WinForms application
How to redirect Standard Input/Output of an application
by Manish Ranjan Kumar
This articles demonstrates how to redirect Standard Input/Output of an application.
How to Set PersianCalendar to CultureInfo
by Reza Taroosheh
How to set PersianCalendar to CultureInfo
How to set the DefaultValue for the Font property
by Dariush Tasdighi
How to set the DefaultValue for the Font property.
How to skin scrollbars for Panels, in C#
by Greg Ellis
This article shows you how to create a skinnable scrollbar as a user control, and use it in a Panel to replace the ugly Windows scrollbar.
How To Tell What is Clicked in a WebBrowser Control
by Simon_Whitehead
This article explains how to grab the HTML Element that was clicked in a WebBrowser control
How To Translate Your Forms Application
by Dav2
Translate your forms application to multiple languages with ease
How To Update Assembly Version Number Automatically
by Sergiy Korzh
A small utility which allows to modify AssemblyVersion attribute specified in AssemblyInfo.cs files
How to Upload a File to a WebDAV Server in VB.NET
by CS Rocks
This article demonstrates how to upload a file to a (HTTPS) WebDAV server in VB.NET.
How to Use Stored Procedures in VB6
by Sujith C Jose
Describes how to use a simple stored procedure in Visual Basic 6.0
How to use the managed RTP API classes in .NET to create your multicasting systems
by Fadi Abdelqader
Create an RTP multicasting presenter (with motion detection).
How to Use the Smart Client Software Factory (SCSF) and the Composite Application Block (CAB) – the CSLA Project Tracker Reference Example
by hayrob
A explanation of the way to use the SCSF and the CSLA framework to create a powerful and flexible smart client.
How to Use Transparent Images and Labels in Windows Forms
by Nuno Freitas
The controls in Windows Forms (.NET) don't support true transparency. In this article, we show how to use transparent labels and images.
How to use Windows::Forms::UserControl on a CWnd based
by datenkabel
This article describes how to place .NET UserControl based classes on a MFC based class.
How to write custom log and source for custom log in C#
by Neeraj Kumar Suryawanshi
It will show you the way for writing custom log in C#.Net
How to write Unit Test cases using VSTS
by Rajaraman.net05
Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) comes along with inbuilt testing tools, which provide more effective and efficient ways to write test scripts for both Windows and web applications.
HtmlEditor
by Fco. Javier Marin
A one-class, non-MSHTML, full WYSIWYG HTML editor.
Hypocycloid
by Alexander Chernosvitov
A Windows Forms control to model the behaviour of a hypocycloid curve.
i00 BindingList with DataGridView
by i00
Simple to use BindingList and DataGridView that supports advanced LINQ filtering!
i00 Spell Check and Control Extensions - No Third Party Components Required!
by i00
Simple to use, open source Spell Checker for .NET
Icon Menu for the .NET Compact Framework
by Fredrik Bornander
How to implement an iPhone style icon menu using the .NET Compact Framework.
IIsAdmin.NET: Create Multiple Web Sites Under Windows XP
by Mark Belles, Gabe Wishnie
Tool for creating multiple web site definitions under Windows XP.
Image Button and Simulate Windows Media Player UI
by Andy Lang
Use image button to build pretty UI
Image Slideshow Control
by Syed M Hussain
A Windows Forms control to view images in a slide show with captions
Image Viewer UserControl
by Jordy "Kaiwa" Ruiter
The article is about a UserControl I wrote. Opposed to PictureBoxes and other methods of displaying images on your forms, this one provides a totally different approach.
ImageBox Control with Zoom/Pan Capability
by smallwisdom
How to create a simple control that extends the capability of an ImageBox by adding zoom and pan (scroll).
ImageListView
by Ozgur Ozcitak
A .NET ListView like control for displaying image files with asynchronously loaded thumbnails.
ImagesComboBox Control
by Alon Ronen
A combobox holding pictures as the items themselves and not just drawing them on run-time.
Implement a WinForms TrackBar Control in ASP.NET
by salysle
This article describes a simple approach to implementing a Windows Forms TrackBar (slider) control in ASP.NET 2.0.
Implementing a Sortable BindingList Very, Very Quickly
by Muigai Mwaura
A custom implementation of BindingList that provides sorting for every property of type T.
Implementing AJAX Code Customizations in Generated Applications
by Iron Speed Designer
The article demonstrates how easy it is to add AJAX code customizations in applications generated using Iron Speed Designer V4.0.
Implementing an event which supports only a single event handler, in C#
by Madhu Raykar
This article demonstrates how to implement an event, for which at a given point of time only one client can subscribe to. If multiple clients subscribe to the same event (of the same object), only the client subscribing last will get the event notification.
Implementing an Excel-like formula engine
by Eugene Ciloci
A library to parse and evaluate Excel-style formulas and recalculate in natural order
Implementing Application Security with Client Application Services in VS2008
by Nowak Alexander
The ASP.NET provider framework for Membership, Role, and Profile functionality in .NET 3.5 is made available for non-ASP.NET consumers in the form of Client Application Services. This means that, for example, in a WinForms application, you can implement Forms Authentication as easy as in an ASP.NET
Implementing Distributed Caching using Memcached
by Fayaz Soomro
This article describes the implementation of distributed caching using Memcached, Including Memcached server Installation on Linux and Windows and using it in .NET.
Implementing IEquatable Properly
by User 1895297
Explains how to properly implement the IEquatable interface.
Implementing Object Pool in C#
by Madhu Raykar
Object pooling patterns are very useful object-oriented patterns. They work well for large or heavy weight objects that are expensive to create.
Implementing parallel programming using MPI and C#
by Ali Hamdar
An example of implementing a parallel program using the pure MPI .NET library, C#, and .NET Remoting.
Implementing Protected Configuration With Windows Apps
by Hameer Saleem
How to use the ProtectedConfiguration API to protect sensitive information in your application’s configuration file.
Implementing Two-way Binding of a Numeric Value to a String (such as TextBox.Text)
by George Henry 1954
Presents a class that facilitates high-usability binding of an ordinary TextBox to a numeric property
Implementing UIPAB in MDI
by RAMANA RAO P.R
This article explains how to use UIPAB pattern when working with MDI in VB.NET
Improving ListBox and ListView responsiveness
by Roger500
Detect and correct unresponsive forms
Information Bridge 1.5 Walkthrough - Part 2
by Tom McCartan
A look at the advanced features of IBF 1.5.
Inheritance mapping strategies in Fluent Nhibernate
by Igor Ignatov
This article explains and illustrates on a practical example, how the support of different inheritance mapping strategies is implemented in Entity Developer with Fluent NHibernate.
'Inheriting' from an Internal WinForms Designer
by OrlandoCurioso
Customize an internal designer by encapsulation in a custom component designer
InputBox in C#
by hestol
This is owner's own InputBox in C#, with only one function. So this InputBox do not inherit from a WinForm.
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.
Insert, Update, Delete & Search Values in MS Access 2003 with VB.NET 2005
by Member 3931606
How to Insert, Update, Delete & Search Values in MS Access 2003 with VB.NET 2005
Instantly Changing Language in the Form
by Julijan Sribar
How to switch language on the form instantly.
Integrating WCF Services
by Ben Liew
This article describes how WCF services can be loaded on-the-fly (without prior knowledge of the services’ contracts), setting its parameters and sequencing their invocation.
Interbase and Visual C# .NET
by pechan00000
A solution managing InterBase DB's with C# .NET
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
Internet Explorer Late Binding Automation
by yincekara
Internet Explorer automation sample code using late binding, without Microsoft.mshtml and shdocvw dependency.
Internet Explorer Toolbar Creation
by Sharon Salmon
base code with instruction how to create you own plug-in for internet explorer
InternetToolTip
by Florian Rappl
A better ToolTip for Windows Forms and more.
Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0 Tutorial
by James Ashley
Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0 is a new bridging tool allowing developers to use .NET Forms and .NET UserControls in VB6. This tutorial demonstrates how to add webservices, multithreading, and XAML to VB6 projects. It also provides custom C# Interop UserControl templates for use with the Toolkit.
Inter-Process Communication with C#
by tran manh tuan
This app shows how to send and receive messages between apps using WM_COPYDATA.
Interview Questions NET Windows Forms
by Soumyajit Halder
This article gives few interview questions on .NET windows forms
Introduction of Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)
by Muhammad Shujaat Siddiqi
An introduction of Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) with Visual Studio 2010
Introduction to BootFX's Object Relational Mapping Functionality
by Matthew Baxter-Reynolds
This article acts as an introduction to those looking to work with BootFX - an Open Source .NET application framework.
Introduction to NIEM and IEPDs
by Marc Clifton, Mark Long
Developed by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, the National Information Exchange Model "Bridges Information Systems".
Introduction to Numerical Methods
by charles922
Introduction to Numerical Methods and Updated Polynomial Class
Invoking events without worrying about cross-thread exceptions
by Allen Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen
Eliminate InvalidOperationException on events called across threads that change control properties.
iPod touch UI
by Dr.Luiji
It's a Media Player that works with transparency effects, plays MP3 and Wav files, displays the tag if present, and displays the album art image if present.
Is Someone Using Your Assembly? (SecUtil.exe .NET Framework Tools Series)
by Namratha Shah
SecUtil.exe
Is Your Data Valuable To You?
by Ujwal Watgule
The article discusses threats to application in the absence of proper validation procedure.
ISBN13 Validation
by Matglas
Validating ISBN13 numbers on format and correct checksum in class or CustomValidator (ISBN: book reference numbers)
Issues & WorkArounds while Migrating Application from VB to C#
by vivekgaur
Issues & WorkArounds while Migrating Application from VB to C#
It is an example of creating custom controls for getting graphic data from database.
by AndyKG
This is example of creating custom controls for getting graphic data from database. I'm going to make control and then, test my control in a Windows application. I have developed some custom properties for my control.
iTunes Style Music Browser using MSN Desktop Search API
by Sean McLeod
Music browser app using the MSN Desktop Search query API.
JohnKenedy Data Access Layer Library
by John Kenedy S.Kom
This is a .NET 3.5 library that acts as Data Access Layer with many automatic features
Journey into Multi Threading
by Harsha T
Threading tutorial and examples for beginners
Keep Your User Interface Responsive Easily Using a Coworker
by Henrik Jonsson
An alternative approach to the new .NET async/await keywords to program asynchronously commands to make your user interface more responsive.
Keygen for Application
by Srikanth Anandateertha
Application usage topup tool
Keys Extender (Win 7 Compatible)
by outcoldman
Work with Windows by hot keys in Vista like Windows 7
Knit - A Visual Studio Add-In
by AGD-H
Knit is a Visual Studio add-in tool that allows a developer to apply multi-step patterns to solution and assembly meta-data.
Laser Guided Tic Tac Toe Game using Webcam For Vision
by shivamkalra
In this article, we will put together a program which will allow us to play Tic-Tac-Toe game against computer with laser light and webcam for vision.
Layout Persistence for your Forms including all of their subcontrols
by SebDau
This article describes how you can use a tiny control to ensure layout persistence for you form.
Lazy Initializer for NHibernate
by Nieve Goor
Reducing StaleObjectStateException damage in multi-user WinForms applications.
LEADTOOLS Recognition Imaging SDK: Create Imaging Apps Easily
by Dirk_Strauss
LEADTOOLS Recognition Imaging SDK - I had the pleasure of taking the SDK for a spin, and let me tell you it was well worth it.
LED vu Meter User Control
by Gary Perkin
An LED vu Meter Windows User Control in C#.
Leitner Box with C#
by Mohammad Dayyan
For easy learning (specially for learning a foreign language) you can use Leitner Box
Let Me Out - A Simple Board Game
by Yangyong Qin
A simple board game
Level Gauge and Custom MessageBox
by Leonard Eshun
c# 2005 control library with two controls, a Level Gauge or Indicator and a Custom MessageBox Controls
Leveraging .NET Components and IDE Integration: UI AOP in an MVC use case
by Daniel Cazzulino [XML MVP]
An in-depth exploration of the features and the power of .NET Component Model architecture, its integration with the IDE at design-time and the possiblities it opens through extensions at run-time.
Lifecycle Profile Settings
by Nic_Roche
A simple mechanism for partitioning settings for development, acceptance, and production.
Line Counter - Writing a Visual Studio 2005 & 2008 Add-In
by Jon Rista
Provides a complete Solution and Project line counting and summary tool, written as a Visual Studio 2005/2008 Managed Add-in.
LineEditor Control – Line based visual input/output
by BobJanova
A line based control for output and optional input, and a discussion of how to create a custom control from the .NET UserControl.
Lingo - A Simple Word Game in C#
by Benzi K. Ahamed
Lingo is a simple five-letter word game in C#. It is based on the popular TV game show of the same name. The idea of the game is simple: you are given five chances to guess a five letter word, given two letters in the word initially.
LinkLabel DataGrid Column
by Lino Barreca
A simple DataGrid column for LinkLabels.
Links with arbitrary text in a RichTextBox
by mav.northwind
An extended RichTextBox that allows to enter links not starting with one of the standard protocols.
ListBox to TreeView Drag and Drop
by Ujwal Watgule
In this article, we will learn how to drag an item from a ListBox and drop the dragged item to a TreeView. We will also discuss how to create a folder in a TreeView and delete the folder.
ListBox with Disableable Items
by Scott Sherin
Provides code for a ListBox with items that can be disabled
Listing and Working with Files in Archives
by Leung Yat Chun
This article describes how to use CAKE3, which is a wrapper component for many archiver DLLs,
ListView Group Sorter
by Paw Jershauge
An easy to use ListView group sorter (very simple).
ListView in VirtualMode and checkboxes
by Alphons van der Heijden
A listview control in VirtualMode is the fastest way when working with a lot of items. Special care, however, should be given for items containing checkboxes.
Listview with custom scrollbars
by deveck
This article shows how to replace the default listview scrollbar with a custom scrollbar and shows an custom scrollbar implementation
Load a billion rows in a DataGridView
by anagram of iEnableMuch = Michael Buen
This article presents how to load rows virtually in a DataGridView without using its RowCount (memory hog).
Load and Execute SSIS Packages in Microsoft Windows
by Dr. Song Li
This article introduces a method to load and execute SSIS packages in Microsoft Windows with a demo WPF application.
Load and Save Data Using PropertyGrid
by Rocco Labellarte
A simple example of loading, saving, and displaying objects in a PropertyGrid using serialization techniques.
Loading a TreeView using HierarchyID
by Mycroft Holmes
Using SQL Server 2008 Hierarchy ID data type to populate a TreeView
Loading an assembly using Reflection and invoking static methods from it
by Syed Fasih
Invoking static methods from an assembly at runtime using Reflection.
Loading and Saving a TreeView control to an XML file using XmlTextWriter and XmlTextReader
by Syed Umar Anis
Demonstrates how to serialize and de-serialize the contents of System.Windows.Forms.TreeView control from an XML file using forward only, non-cached XmlTextReader and XmlTextWriter.
Loading Crystal Report reports which use Stored Proc in C#
by Pankaj A. Chitriv
An article on how to load Crystal Report reports using C#.
LocaleManager - A Practical Tool to Manage Resources Files of Different Locales for Java/Flex and .NET
by Angela Han
Implementation of a software tool in C# to help to manage *.resx files for .NET or *.properties files for Java or AS3 of different locales.
Localizable ErrorProvider
by pinx
Make your ErrorProvider adhere to .NET localization standards
Lock
by Fun@learn
LOCK is used to lock and unlock the files using symmetric key cryptography
Log Monitor
by Vance Kessler
This article describes how to write an application to monitor text log files
Log4net GUI Configuration Tool
by Tom Tang API
A tool can save your effort on configuring log4net.
Login module using STT (SQL Table Toolkit)
by TarikHuber
Create a login dialog and manage all users using STT
LogViewer - A Simple Log Listening Utility
by Ashutosh Phoujdar
Simple log listening utility that listens to logs events from multiple sources, e.g. TCP/UDP, File logs, Remoting channels
Look-up ComboBox
by dotNet Toys
The article contains LookupComboBox control.
Lost and Found Identity Proper Case Format Provider (IFormatProvider implementation)
by kdmitry
Provides administrators with a way to re-format biographical data from case-insensitive data-sources.
Low-level Windows API hooks from C# to stop unwanted keystrokes
by Emma Burrows
Babies and other animals love nothing better than to have a whack at the keyboard, with all sorts of unpredictable results. This application demonstrates how to trap keystrokes before they can do any damage.
LR-Evaluator: An Expression Evaluation Engine Based on LocalReport
by Dana LeBeau
Check out this unconventional use of Microsoft's Client-side Reporting Technology that can make your Winform or ASP.NET apps "expression aware" and more powerful for your users.
Mac OS X Theme for Windows Forms
by John J Espiritu
Apply Mac OS window theme to your application.
Make CheckBox Read Only
by Sanjeev Kumar Sasode
This is an alternative for "CheckBoxPanel - A C# CheckBox that auto-enables/disables related controls"
Make your Status Strip the Progress Bar (ProgressStatusStrip)
by jsharrison
How to make your Status Strip the Progress Bar (ProgressStatusStrip).
Making 3D Application with WPF
by crashandburn5
WPF_3D_Application
Making Application Settings Portable
by Quanik
How to create a custom settings provider for .NET applications
Making Log4Net Work with the .NET Client Profile
by TheCodeKing
A step by step guide to getting Log4Net working with the .NET Client Profile
Making Office 2007 Buttons with Fading and Opacity
by Juan Pablo G.C.
An easy way to make new style buttons very compatible
Making SVG Charts with Common Objects
by Gerard Castelló Viader
This article explains how to create some interesting charts in SVG documents
Making Windows Forms thread safe
by Rüdiger Klaehn
An attempt to simplify multi threaded Windows Forms applications.
Manage Windows XP On Screen Keyboard
by Cbwhyw
Windows XP offers an On Screen Keyboard, but sometimes requires a little customization
Manage your iTunes library with simple clicks!
by igalnassi
This project, along with the suggested form of use, will let you organize your iTunes libraries and make them ready for iPod Sync, making use of a reusable progress window that has a cancel button.
Manage YouTube using C# and Youtube API 1.6
by Ajit Hegde
I describe some of the things about Youtube video feeds
Manage YouTube using C# and Youtube API 1.6
by CodeFate
Revision: "Manage YouTube using C# and Youtube API 1.6"
Managing settings with encryption in a Windows Service using WCF
by Pierre Nocera
A simple example of a method to manage settings in a Windows Service using WCF.
Mandelbrot in C# and Windows forms
by Pierre Leclercq
A project written in C# and Windows forms to interactively explore the Mandelbrot set
Masked Label Control
by Eric Woodruff
A derived label control that can format its text using the same mask characters as the MaskedTextBox control.
Masks and Flags using bit Fields in .NET
by Edward Smoljanovic
A simple use of bit fields as flags for Windows forms
Math Function Tutor: Part 1
by charles922
Math Function Tutor - Part 1
MDI child as dialog form (MDI modal workaround)
by Paw Jershauge
Ever had the need to block all other forms and controls when a specific form is shown as a dialog? This is a very simple workaround, for an MDI modal form.
MenuEx - Full Image and Color Support for Windows Forms Menus using C#
by Jonathan Lynas
A component suite to implement full owner-draw MenuItem support, including the painting of Menu Bars
MergedDataGridView Control
by jpaulino
A DataGridView control that allows to show some extra information in a merged row. Uses Visual Basic.NET 2008 and Framework 3.5.
Message Form - A Minimum Time Display Form
by Marc Clifton
Display useful messages for a minimum duration
MessageBox Translation Hook
by Josip Habjan
With this class (sample) you can translate system MessageBox to any language. HOOK
MessageBoxManager - A Windows Forms component that provides enhanced MessageBox functionality
by Nish Nishant
MessageBoxManager is a Windows Forms component that you can drag & drop into a Windows Forms project's main form, and it gives you enhanced message box functionality without forcing you to change your existing calls to any of the MessageBox.Show() overloads
Method for Edge Detection in Color Images, Using 1-Dimensional Liner Image
by tumbledDown2earth
Method for edge detection in color images, using 1-Dimensional liner image or scan line, sampled at 1 pixel intervals, at any arbitary angle
Metro Color Picker
by Bessem Bousselmi
ColorPicker with Metro interface
Metro Style Toggle for Windows 8 Developer Preview
by Bander Alsharfi [MVP]
Toggle between Windows 8 Developer Preview Metro Style (Start menu and Explorer Ribbon) and Classic Windows 7 Shell.
Metro UI (Zune like) Interface (form)
by lipinho
How to create a Zune UI Borderless form in VB.NET
Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)
by Bhupendra Sinha
Microsoft Message Queuing is Microsoft technology for asynchronous messaging. Whenever there is need for applications to send messages to each other, MSMQ can be used. MSMQ can communicate between remote machines, even over internet using http/https.
Microsoft patterns & practices Composite UI Application Block (CAB) based Module Composite Mapper Service: An XML Configurable Builder for...
by Tom Polanski
A Microsoft patterns & practices Composite UI Application Block (CAB) based module composite mapper service is provided including C# source code that builds Workspaces, UIElements, Commands and Event Publications/Subscriptions using an XML configuration file specified with a module.
Microsoft patterns & practices Composite UI Application Block: Shell Application Start Time and Memory Usage Validation Test
by Tom Polanski
This article describes a Microsoft patterns & practices Composite UI Application Block (CAB) based shell application start time and memory usage validation test performed using NUnit.
Microsoft Reporting Services (Sub Reports, Charts, Parameters, Expression Editor, etc.)
by jpaulino
This article shows the basic steps of creating a report, define the data source at runtime, work with parameters, include images, use the expression editor, and how to feed data to a subreport and charts. Finally it will demonstrate some easy customizations to ReportViewer.
Microsoft Reporting without SQL Server Reporting Services
by Broken Bokken
Learn how to use the ReportViewer with any data source, and build reports on the fly for use on the web or in Windows applications.
Microsoft Robotics Pad GUI Service
by Pedro77
An article to create a game pad graphic user interface service that will use Microsoft Robotics Environment
MIDI Out Setter
by DaveyM69
Allows changing of the default MIDI out device in Vista and Windows 7
MineCraft Server Management
by Ed Nutting
A wrapper application making management, modding and running multiple MineCraft servers faster and easier.
Mixing and playing sounds with the Windows Media Player
by Alberto Venditti
A simple utility to create a mixing sounds keyboard.
Mnemonic: Assisting Your (virtual) Memory
by Phil Atkin
A tool for visualizing the virtual memory used by Windows processes
Mobile Phone - like keyboard control in C#
by turndevil
How do you want to enter text with an IR-Remote? Well, this is the solution...
MobileForms Toolkit - a modern way of developing mobile business applications
by RescoDeveloper.Net
Resco MobileForms Toolkit is a set of .NET controls designed specifically for mobile devices.
MobileLPR - An LPR Client for .NET Compact Framework 2.0
by EFEaglehouse
Windows CE/Mobile printing client for LPR, LPRng, and Socket API.
Model View Presenter via .NET
by Steven James Gray
An article outlining an implementation of the Model View Presenter pattern in .NET, contrasting it with existing implementations of MVP, MVC, and using co-dependant interfaces to allow for abstract coordination.
Modeless WinForm With Callback From Unmanaged Code
by cfrost
How to use a modeless WinForm from an unmanaged application including callback functionality
Modifying Configuration Settings at Runtime
by DreamInHex
This article will demonstrate how to add, delete, and update key value pairs in an App.config file.
Modifying DataObject During Drag and Drop Operation
by Klaus Stefan Gerber
A demo on how to handle and modify the data object on a drop event
Monitoring file activity on removable devices
by Rehan Abdul Aziz, Naurin Rasheed Ramay
It logs file creation, deletion and rename on removable devices in a file.
Monty Hall Paradox Illustrated
by Vagif Abilov
A Window Forms application illustrating the Monty Hall paradox.
Most Recently Used (MRU) Component
by Tim Almdal
A Most Recently Used component written in C#.
Most Recently Used (MRU) Menu Class for .NET 2.0 in C#
by Joe Woodbury
A Most Recently Used files class for .NET 2.0 in C#
Move Controls on a Form at Runtime
by Alphons van der Heijden
Move controls on a form at runtime by just using a helper class and one line of code
Moving Form Without Titlebar
by jinfrics
This code will help you in creating a customized form interface
MoyStick, a Joystick Control
by yob25
An eight direction joystick control.
MP3 Playlist creator for Opel Ampera and Chevy Volt
by Christian Vos
Explains the issues of the mp3 player in the Ampera and Volt and how the playlist creator can solve this.
MS Access Databases Queries Editor
by Yasser Daheek
A very productive, easy to use tool to edit your Sql Queries against MS Access Databases
MS Office-like TaskPane Control
by Patrick Etc.
A .NET TaskPane control, with full design-time support.
MSChart Extension - Zoom and Pan Control Version 2.2.0
by Code Artist
MSChart Extension 2.2.0 Update with new features
Multi Document Interface (MDI) tab page browsing with C#
by Fabian Tang
An article on tab page browsing in MDI Windows forms.
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 User Contact Management System using Three Tier Architecture
by Zakaria Bin Abdur Rouf
A Simple Multi User Contact Management System that will help programmers to use some tricks
Multi-column Combo
by kennedy_franklin
A multi-column combo in VB.NET.
MultiColumnTree
by red_moon
A treeview with multiple columns
Multilingual Application Made Easier in C#
by Beniton Fernando
This article focuses on how to work with a multilingual application
Multi-monitor Warp Speed Screen Saver
by James Ritchie Carroll
High-speed screen saver simulating a warp-speed effect; will span multiple monitors.
Multipage TIF Viewer
by Matjaz-xyz
A simple and useful viewer of multipage TIF/TIFF images
Multiple Base Number Editor
by Ramon.Pinho
A Windows Forms editor for editing number on bases binary, octal, decimal and hexadecimal
Multiple Colored Texts in RichTextBox using C#
by S.Vinothkumar
Multiple Colored texts in RichTextBox using C#
Multiple File Renamer - Windows Forms App for Batch Renaming Files
by Marijan Nikic
A simple, yet powerful and fast Windows Forms app for batch renaming files
Multiple table databinding in TreeView
by Terence Wallace
This code will demonstrates databinding in a TreeView.
Multiplication Table Practice Tool
by James Ritchie Carroll
A kid friendly program for practicing multiplication tables; a good example for embedding the Windows Media Player control in an application.
MultisplitContainer - A FlowlayoutPanel Providing Sizeable Contents
by Mr.PoorEnglish
A FlowlayoutPanel providing sizeable contents
Multithreaded UI Model-View Data Binding
by Paul Shaffer
Quick examples of the correct use of multithreaded UI data binding in Windows Forms, in .NET 2.0.
MultiThreading Using a Background Worker, C#
by Hassan Mokdad
This article will show how to use the most important features of a background worker to load the balance of your code between different working threads. It will also demonstrate how to take progress events from the background worker and how to cancel a currently running thread.
muSQLe - SQL Server Query Invocation Framework
by Messir
An easy and strongly-typed way to invoke queries and stored procedures from your code
MVP-VM (Model View Presenter - ViewModel) with Data Binding and BackgroundWorker in Windows Forms applications
by tetsushmz
This article explains a way to create a Windows Forms app with the thinnest possible Form.cs files.
MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) Pattern For Windows Form Applications, using C#
by Shahin Khorshidnia
It's a pattern like MVVM but for WinForms.
My first .NET Component, a DateTimePicker that accepts no date
by rhawk4
I needed a datetimepicker that allowed users to easily empty it and edit it like a maskedtextbox, so I made one from the actual DateTimePicker class.
My QuickMouseMenu
by Krisztian Batyai
My QuickMouseMenu
MyHomeLibrary or How I Try Different Method of Data Managing in C# .NET
by Kirill__
How to manage data using different tools from .NET
MySQL Database Backup Utility
by Wayne Gaylard
A class to generate a complete backup of a MySQL database.
MySQL Table Manager
by AKA MAJO
The MySQL engine permits user level locks. This article explains how to manipulate these lock types.
Navy Battle Game
by Alex Cutovoi
A client-server navy battle game.
Navy Battle Game - II
by Alex Cutovoi
A client-server navy battle game.
NDIS MONITOR .NET 32-bit v1.00
by vitoplantamura
NDIS Monitor allows to catch and log the exchange of packet data between NDIS miniport drivers and network protocol modules that occurs in kernel space.
Nested DataGridView in Windows Forms C#
by syed shanu
Nested or Master Detail or Hierarchical DataGridView for Winforms
NET Debugging: Dump All Strings from a Managed Code Process Running
by Rene Pally
Advanced Debugging Processes
New Microsoft Chart Controls for Web and Windows Forms Applications
by Cirilo Meggiolaro
Microsoft has just launched a very rich chart control for .NET web and Windows Forms applications. Let’s take a look at some features from it.
NHunspell Component for Visual Studio
by DmytroSokhach
NHunspell component example for WindowsForms
NLog Log and Audit Advanced Target
by AlexCode
A way to audit your business objects using NLog.
Non-transparent controls on a semi-transparent window
by Alexandr Golovanov
The article describes the use and the principle of operation of semi-transparent controls with non-transparent child controls.
NTRemoteProcessControl – Enumerate and control Windows processes and services through WMI and WinForms
by gmaran23
Enumerate remote processes and services with a Windows Identity that is part of the local Administrator’s group.



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