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by Nicolas Bonamy

Two simple ways to add "Do not ask again" Message Boxes to your application.

by vishalkmehta

This article demonstrates how to leverage the power of images and inheritance to achieve a "skinned" look for your Windows applications.

"There is insufficient memory or disk space. Save the document now" - Opening MS Word from ASP.NET

by Sadish Kumar.V

This article will help you to open an MS-Word Document (Document or Document template) or MS-Excel sheet from server side code (ASP.NET) with minimum configuration efforts.

"Unrecognized Tag" problem while changing the namespace for a custom Atlas control project

by azharkhan

This article provides the steps to solve the "Unrecognized Tag" problem for an Atlas control.

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"Do not ask again" Message Boxes

by Nicolas Bonamy

Two simple ways to add "Do not ask again" Message Boxes to your application.

"Skinned" UI control library (VC++)

by vishalkmehta

This article demonstrates how to leverage the power of images and inheritance to achieve a "skinned" look for your Windows applications.

"There is insufficient memory or disk space. Save the document now" - Opening MS Word from ASP.NET

by Sadish Kumar.V

This article will help you to open an MS-Word Document (Document or Document template) or MS-Excel sheet from server side code (ASP.NET) with minimum configuration efforts.

"Unrecognized Tag" problem while changing the namespace for a custom Atlas control project

by azharkhan

This article provides the steps to solve the "Unrecognized Tag" problem for an Atlas control.

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WinXP

A 64 Bit Version of ODBCTracer

by zippy1981

This is an alternative for "ODBCTracer"

A simple hashing class

by charles henington

This is an alternative for "Send Mail With Attachment File"

A Simple Screensaver in C through Win32: CodeRain

by AshakiranBhatter

ScreensSaver through fullscreen mode using Win32 APIs in C.

A Tiny Custom List Control

by HateCoding

A tiny custom list control

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

by Amit Deshmukh 1010

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

Arrays Generator

by Alaa Ben Fatma

Generate your arrays using a GUI tool

Augmented reality using irrlicht and newton

by Ihab ramadan

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

Automation of Startup Items in Windows Systems

by jrkOptimus

Using a batch file to automated startup items in Windows

Autos - Immediate Access to Resources Without Clicking

by tc99

Immediate access to resources without clicking

Away to always load BHO in a popup window

by MinamiTiaki

BHO

Blocking Particular Website in Computer

by John Bhatt

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

C# / VB.NET / C++ CLI: Create, read and write MS Access (mdb, accdb), MySQL, SQL Server, SQL Server Compact and SQLite databases

by Emiliarge

Both MS Access formats (mdb and new - accdb), MSSQL 2008 R2, MSSQL CE, SQLite, MySQL

C# MP3 Compressor

by Beercolhol

This is a bug fix to "C# MP3 Compressor".

C# Portable Exe File

by arthur zamarin

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

C# Storable Box Control 1.4.0.4

by Darkencrow

A multi-drawer style collapsable UI container

C#: Read and Write Excel (*.xls and *.xlsx) Files Content without Excel Automation (using NPOI and ADO.NET)

by Emiliarge

2 ways to read and write data to *.xls and *.xls files and display it on DataGridView.

Call WebService Dynamically and Read WebService Definition

by abhinavshastri

How to Call WebService Dynamically and Read WebService Definition

CD / DVD Tray Locker

by DaveyM69

How to prevent a CD/DVD drive from being opened.

CD / DVD Tray Locker

by Steve Maier

To get this to work in .NET 4, you have to change the DLLImport signature.[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]private static extern IntPtr CreateFile( string lpFileName, uint dwDesiredAccess, int dwShareMode, ref SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpSecurityAttributes, ...

CenterWindow in WIN32

by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

How to center window in WIN32

CenterWindow in WIN32

by Charles Kludge

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

CenterWindow in WIN32

by Nick Kulikovsky

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

Check Digit Vertical and Horizontal

by Hernán Hegykozi

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

Communication between the Controllers in AngularJS

by Member 10771162

AngularJS: Communication between Controllers

Complete Date/Time Picker Control

by Peter T. Ringering

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

Convert doc/docx Documents to PDF with Foxit Reader

by El_Codero

Convert doc/docx documents to pdf with Foxit Reader Printer. Works without use of Word Interop/SharePoint.

Convert Numbers to Words Neatly

by Normz Antonino

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

Convert RTF to Plain Text (Revised Again)

by NightWizzard

Handling for hex expressions and the trailing '}'

Copy Paste and Insert in Datagridview (Winforms)

by Thava Rajan

Copy and insert data at any postion in your datagridview

Creating SQL Joins in Simple Steps

by Sreedhar Puligundla

Simple steps to create SQL joins by using SQL Server 2008 Management Studio

CRichEditCtrl Does Not Take the Return

by Arkadiusz@inquiry

CRichEditCtrl does not take the return

Cross-browser blink feature

by Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

The Blink Feature in Netscape browsers is really a cool one. Here we would bring in the Blink feature for Microsoft Internet Explorer using a simple JavaScript trick.

Custom disk clean up using WSH VBScript

by Gautham Prabhu K

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

Custom MessageBox with checkbox

by Avatar2400

This is a simple class that allows you to have message box with checkbox and other small features.

Days Left Timer VBS

by crackruckles

Days Left Timer VBS self deleting

Desktop Manager - Organize Your Desktop

by Ivan0001

You have too many icons on your desktop? Well, this will solve your problem. With this program, you can organize your desktop, create categories and add programs/documents to category.

Detect Amount of Arc

by Mahdi Nejadsahebi

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

Detect knoll of arc

by Mahdi Nejadsahebi

Detect knoll of an arc.

Display number or amount with commas but no decimal places or extension displayed

by Silver Lightning

Display number or amount with commas but no decimal places or extension displayed

Dynamically Browse Active Directory Objects

by Sebastian Sosna

A simple program which lets you browse containers of your Active Directory

Execute System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Connect Method with Timeout Controlled by System.Threading.Timer

by JRINC

Connect to remote socket via System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Connect method with timeout controlled by System.Threading.Timer

Facebook blocker

by pavan1361

adding require blocking site in hosts file

Faxing with XP and C#

by Leon van Wyk

Send faxes with C# using Win 2k or XP

Find All Windows Operating Systems

by Not Active

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

Get a list of physical disks and the partitions on them in VB.NET the easy way

by pdoxtader

Use DeviceIoControl, QueryDosDevice and WNetOpenEnum to get information about your system.

Get date from weeknumber and weekday in VBScript

by NightWizzard

Explained step by step

Get Windows Win32 Error Text - Simplified

by Thomas B Dignan

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

GetLastError as std::string

by Orjan Westin

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

Handling Application Settings

by Michael_Davies

Handling large numbers of application settings

Hello World, Basic Server/Client Example of WCF

by Hasan Habib Surzo

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

HexCounter

by majid torfi

HexCounter, Calculate the number HEX duplicate

How to Change User Credentials of Windows Services Programmatically

by Pankaj_Shukla

This tip describes how to change username/password for a Windows service programmatically.

How to Edit ListViewItems Directly

by dapeacenforcement

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

How to Export Data to Excel in VB.NET

by Alireza C

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

How to get EXE associated with a File Extension in the Registry

by Mike Meinz

Function returns exe name and command line for the provided filename and extension.

How to Get Words Separated in a String Concatenated by Delimiter

by Ankur .K. Vishwakarma

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

How to Protect from SQL Injection in PhP based website

by chetan dudhagara

How to Protect from SQL Injection in PhP based website

Implementing the Aero Theme in XP

by Anshul R

Controls will have the Aero Theme (WPF)

Integration .NET Component into your Native MFC Application (1)

by sunhui

Integrate .NET Component to your Native MFC Application at runtime

Knockout Simple Paged Grid Demonstation

by Dinesh K.S. Kushwaha

Simple Paged Grid by using knockout js

Lambda Function in C++

by ThatsAlok

Showcase for lambda function in C++

Live Log Viewer

by Alex Wiese

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

LodePngWin32 Class for Rendering PNG Files in Raw WinAPI

by Derell Licht

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

Logging in C++

by Pankaj Choudhary - C++ Devepoler

Logging in C++

MFC MDI Application Glue

by Christian Kleinheinz

Retrieving the correct pointer anytime and anywhere in MFC MDI applications

Mirror keys for multiboxing MMORPG games like WOW/LOTRO

by joejames111

Raw input 64-bit .NET classes.

Multithreaded, Customizable SysLog Server - C#

by metastruct

Multithreaded, customizable SysLog server in C#.

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

by Antonio Lopez R

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

Peer Process and its Significance in Improving Robustness of Software Application

by Anant Beriwal

How to counter crash issue in applications

Populate TreeView from Simple "list"

by textorijum

How to SIMPLY populate TreeView from some sort of "list" variable / object / structure

PrettyXML (.NET Port)

by ednrg

This is a .NET port of a VBScript utility

PrettyXML (.NET Port)

by PIEBALDconsult

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

Print Direct To Windows Printer (EPOS Receipt)

by Michael_Davies

Printing To Line Printers (EPOS) Using Windows

Quickest Way to Create a .NET Database Application

by Subha.N

Tip to create a database application using C# .NET in the shortest time possible.

Receiving response from POP3 mail server

by evry1falls

Receiving response correctly from pop mail server is the first step on receiving emails to your own email client.

Reduce System Load and Speed Up Your Computer

by IPI Paul

Reduce system load and increase performance

Remote Desktop Application

by devendra_sahu

Remote desktop application

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

by D Y Chan

Change a directory or file name to lower case.

Rendering AltNETType (= .NET FreeType port) with OpenGL

by Demid Korneev

Example of AltNETType use in OpenGL

R-tree:Space Search Algorithm

by HateCoding

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

Running a Windows .NET application on Linux

by Nelson Kosta Souto

Running the same compiled assembly on Windows and Linux.

Save a TreeView into an XML File

by Norbert Eder

The article includes a sample project showing how to save the nodes of a TreeView into an XML file.

Save/Load Image between buffer

by kanbang

Save/Load Image between buffer

Scroll LED-Matrix Class

by Derell Licht

C++ classes that implement scrolling simulated-LED displays

Scroll Window

by Tu (Le Hong)

A scroll window that surpasses the 16-bit limit and can be hosted by a dialog.

Section Handles Enumeration. Extending File Unlocking

by Yohamnes Hernandez

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

SEH vs C++ exceptions

by Adamanteus

Intercepting SEH exceptions in C++ program

Send mail using System.Web.Mail namespace

by ManojRajan

This tutorial explains how to send mails with attachments

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

by Emiliarge

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

ServicePredicateBuilder for creating Serializable Expressions

by Mohammad Dayyan, VahidJafari

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

Simple Magnifier Dialog

by Manuel Campos

A modeless dialog that allows magnification of a section of a display screen

SolidWidgets Grid

by Jake Franta

SolidWidgets Grid tutorial.

Some Advanced ATL Development Skills for Visual C++ Developers

by sunhui

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

Steganography with OOXML for Office (Zip)

by kennethman

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

Tabbed IE Browser Control

by Emmery Chrisco

Tabbed Browser Control addon

Unix ucontext_t Operations on Windows Platforms

by xdoukas

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

USB Device Not Recognised Pop-up

by Dalek Dave

To disengage the annoying pop-up showing that the USB device is not recognised even when nothing is connected.

USB Device Not Recognised Pop-up

by thatraja

Found these linksTroubleshooting: USB Device Not Recognized[^]From Link1[^]:Cause #1: Outdated Device DriverCause #2: USB Device shares the same drive letter as another device already plugged inCause #3: All USB devices suddenly stop workingCause #4: Damaged USB PortCause #5:...

USB Reset Attribute

by Prabakaran T

Ultimate USB Reset Attribute with powerful option

Using C# to Monitor Bandwidth for Wireless Devices Using NetworkInterface and .NET LINQ

by Tyronne Thomas

Using C# to monitor the bandwidth for wireless devices.

Using LightSwitch Office Integration Pack with Complicated Table Relationships

by Michael_Lu

Provides tips for exporting documents involving tables connected by relationships

VB.NET Emailing System Based on Templates

by Member 10168565

How to send emails based on RTF templates containing images and attachments, while giving the user the possibility to modify the content before sending

VB.NET wrappers for much of the Windows API

by andrewbb@gmail.com

Includes most API functions except for graphics.

Where is the Default Browser Command Line in Registry

by Leonid Belousov

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

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

by Niladri_Biswas

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

Windows Symbols and Dump Analysis (Quick Steps)

by Manish K. Agarwal

Windows symbols and crash dump analysis.

WPF: Compare two brushes using IsEquals

by fadi_sayyed

WPF Compare two brushes IsEquals

XSLT to transform Excel XML worksheet to "named" nodes

by Anamera

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

Yet Another Fully Functional ownerdraw Menu

by Steffen Ploetz

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