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.NET WinForms Tray Icon Implemenation with Win7 and Vista Features

by BrokenEvent

.NET WinForms Tray icon implemenation with Win7 and Vista features: GUID identification, large custom icons, custom UI instead of the hint, etc.

A C++ Wrapper for WaitForMultipleObjects API

by Hari Mahadevan

Describes a C++ class that encapsulates the WaitForMultipleObjects API usage pattern making it easy to integrate it with C++ objects.

A C++ Wrapper for WaitForMultipleObjects Part II - Adding Timer Support

by Hari Mahadevan

Describes a C++ class that encapsulates the WaitForMultipleObjects API usage pattern making it easy to integrate it with C++ objects.

A Simple C++ Class Framework for Services

by Hari Mahadevan

A simple C++ class framework for writing Windows services

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.NET WinForms Tray Icon Implemenation with Win7 and Vista Features

by BrokenEvent

.NET WinForms Tray icon implemenation with Win7 and Vista features: GUID identification, large custom icons, custom UI instead of the hint, etc.

A C++ Wrapper for WaitForMultipleObjects API

by Hari Mahadevan

Describes a C++ class that encapsulates the WaitForMultipleObjects API usage pattern making it easy to integrate it with C++ objects.

A C++ Wrapper for WaitForMultipleObjects Part II - Adding Timer Support

by Hari Mahadevan

Describes a C++ class that encapsulates the WaitForMultipleObjects API usage pattern making it easy to integrate it with C++ objects.

A Simple C++ Class Framework for Services

by Hari Mahadevan

A simple C++ class framework for writing Windows services

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WinSDK

A C++ Wrapper for WaitForMultipleObjects API

by Hari Mahadevan

Describes a C++ class that encapsulates the WaitForMultipleObjects API usage pattern making it easy to integrate it with C++ objects.

A C++ Wrapper for WaitForMultipleObjects Part II - Adding Timer Support

by Hari Mahadevan

Describes a C++ class that encapsulates the WaitForMultipleObjects API usage pattern making it easy to integrate it with C++ objects.

A Simple C++ Class Framework for Services

by Hari Mahadevan

A simple C++ class framework for writing Windows services

Adapted WinMine Source for Teaching Win32 API Programming

by Yiping Cheng

An ideal source package for introducing students to the basics of Win32 programming

An All VB.NET Explorer Tree Control with ImageList Management

by Jim Parsells

Explorer TreeView control with Shell Folder access class and Icon management.

Audio Capture

by zapsolution

Stereo mix audio capture with peak level display

Build Flappy Bird 3000 using the Ring programming language

by Mahmoud Samir Fayed

Getting started with 2D games development and build the Flappy Bird 3000 game using the Ring programming language.

Building camera app with library in Windows 10

by Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

In this article I will explain Windows.Media.Capture namespace's MediaCapture element and how it can be used in Windows Runtime to create applications that make use of camera, for capturing photos and videos. Plus, the article shows how to capture the list of photos or videos that are recorded for p

Captive Portal Detection with Windows APIs

by deoxys

How to detect if your network is behind a captive portal (Wi-Fi Hot spot) through Windows NLM_INTERNET_CONNECTIVITY

Code Sharing in Windows Universal App

by Sumit Samediya

In this article we will learn how to share code between Windows store app and Windows phone app using Windows Universal App development.

Color Picker and Font Picker by Owner Drawn Control

by nilaysoft

Demonstrates how to implement a WIN32 color picker and font picker by owner drawn control

Concept Requires C++ 20

by Espen Harlinn

An introduction to C++ 20 concepts

Consume Webservice in Windows Universal App

by Sumit Samediya

In this article, we will learn how to consume Webservice in Windows Universal App

Directory Monitor Service controls SSIS Package Execution

by Kuthuparakkal

WMI based DirectoryMonitor triggers SSIS Package execution.

dwl::fractalBrowser

by David O'Neil

Everybody Loves the Mandelbrot Set! Here's a browser for it!

Get HDD Serial Number with C#

by hasan bozkurt

How to obtain HDD information with C#

How to call WinRT APIs from .NET desktop apps

by ljw1004

Explains how to create a .NET app which invokes WinRT APIs on Windows 8.

Image Blending in Windows - an Assembly Language Approach

by CMalcheski

Ditching the slowdowns and applying a little elbow grease can create dramatic speed improvements in GDI image blending.

Loading keyboard layout (KbdLayerDescriptor) in 32/64-bit environment

by Lars [Large] Werner

When loading a keyboard dll as a 32-bit application on a 64-bit system, the keyboard-dll-files does not work as expected, this class fixes that problem

MIDI Piano

by zapsolution

Midi keyboard with both mouse and computer keyboard control

Outlook add-in using VC++ ATL/COM

by Gokulnath007

To get instant control over Outlook and various operations of outlook.

Part 2: Overcoming Windows 8.1's Deprecation of GetVersionEx and GetVersion APIs

by Ehsan A Samani

Get Windows Version from WMI

Part1: Overcoming Windows 8.1's deprecation of GetVersionEx and GetVersion APIs

by Ehsan A Samani

GetWindows Version on Windows 8.1

Rehosting WorkflowDesigner

by Alexandros Pappas

Rehosting of WorkflowDesigner in WPF and Windows Forms application, and invoking the workflow

Simple LoopBack Filter Driver

by mayurthigale

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

The Kernel-Bridge Framework

by Alexander Eremeev

The Windows kernel-hacking library and development framework written on C++17

Using Asynchronous Procedure Calls (APC) in Windows based C++ applications to perform GUI Update

by Bruno van Dooren

How to use APCs to perform user interface updates

Using the Windows Photo Import API - Windows.Media.Import

by Axel Rietschin

Import photos & videos directly from smart phones and digital cameras using the Windows Photo Import API, for Windows Universal Apps and Classic Win32 applications on Windows 10 and beyond.

Working with Custom Background Bitmaps in Dialog Boxes and Property Sheets

by Ingo A. Kubbilun

This article shows how to deal with controls that do not properly paint their background when using custom background bitmaps.

Writing a Parental Control Software for Windows

by Pascal Ganaye

Writing a parental control software: The beginning of the adventure

zTrace 3 (for 64-bit only)

by zapsolution

Debugging utility