Visual Studio Tutorials & Articles
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VSA Scripting in .NET
by Mark BellesUsing Visual Studio for Applications to add scripting capabilities to your .NET apps.
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How to access Outlook and post to a blog using C#
by Simon SoanesAn article for all those like Robert Scoble who would like to be able to drag and drop an item to a folder in their Outlook and post it instantly to their Blog. We also briefly cover web services and talking to Outlook.
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Registry In's and Out's Using C#
by Michael BrightA complete introduction to accessing the Windows registry from .NET
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Isolated Storage in .NET
by Graham ParkerKnowing how and where to store things is bread and butter stuff for an Application Developer. This article examines an area of storage known as ‘Isolated Storage’ that was introduced to the Windows environment alongside the introduction of the .NET Framework. We’ll discover, what it is and how and why to use it.
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Using MySQL with .NET
by cardinals33Ever wanted to combine the power and ease of the .NET platform with a free database like MySQL? Well thanks to ODBC database functions in ADO.NET it's really easy. This article shows how.
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Writing GPS Applications in .NET: Part 1
by Jon PersonAn introduction to writing GPS applications in .NET good enough for use in a commerical environment such as in-car navigation.
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ASP.NET Controls Explained: Part 1/2
by James YangIn ASP.NET, there are several features that we can use to make our code reusable and independent of other code, including user controls, server controls, and the code behind method. In this article James explains what each of these features are used for, and also shows you how to use each one by providing a number of simple yet detailed ASP.NET examples.
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RichTextLabel WinForms Control
by Palo MrazEmbedding and displaying RTF resources to tweak the UI of an application easily and efficiently.
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Intercepting keys in custom UITypeEditor's
by Palo MrazThis article and the accompanying source code shows you how to intercept the ENTER and ESC keys in your own UITypeEditor implementation. Intercepting the keys is essential for emulating the behavior of the .NET Framework's built-in, drop-down editors in order to provide your users with a consistent user experience.
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Using .NET to make your Application Scriptable
by Tim DawsonShows how to use the built-in compilers in the .NET framework to allow users of your product to write script to control and hook in to the application.
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Business logic processing in a socket server
by Len HolgateTo maintain performance a socket server shouldn't make any calls that should block from its IO thread pool. In this article we develop a business logic thread pool and add this to the server developed in the previous article.
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Make your Classic ASP code work like in ASP.NET
by Christian CalderonDeveloping in Classic ASP using the same technics as in ASP.NET?. If you have to work in Classic ASP, why don't do it the right way? By using a similar framework not only your code will be more organized and efficient, but it will take you a fraction of the time to port to ASP.NET!
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In Depth ASP.NET using ADO.NET
by John GodelIn this article we will discuss a number of ways to retrieve, show, and update data with ASP.NET forms using ADO.NET. Also, we will have a clear idea about the most common server controls in ASP.NET. In particular, with this article we will cover ASP.NET server controls, ADO.NET DataSource, and creating Templated DataBound Controls, ASP.NET forms, using data with controls. John Godel
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Handling multiple socket read & write operations
by Len Holgate"How do you handle the problem of multiple pending WSARecv() calls?" is a common question on the Winsock news groups. It seems that everyone knows that it's often a good idea to have more than one outstanding read waiting on a socket and everyone's equally aware that sometimes code doesn't work right when you do that. This article explains the potential problems with multiple pending recvs.
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Windows Form Designer generated code
by Palo MrazTaking a closer look at the code generated by the Windows Forms Designer and understanding some of the important implications.
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Hosting Windows Forms Designers
by Tim DawsonShows how to write the code needed to host the Windows Forms Designers in your own application. Sample code is provided to display a form in design mode and allow normal editing like in Visual Studio.
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ASP.NET and GDI+
by Ruan MeyerWorking with GDI can be tricky on the web, this tutorial is a basic introduction for people who needs to draw images on the fly. Here we cover drawing text and lines.
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The ColorPicker WinForms Control
by Palo MrazDeveloping a simple ColorPicker WinForms control by implementing the IWindowsFormsEditorService interface and leveraging the WinForms design-time infrastructure.
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Drag and Drop in Windows Forms - A Primer
by Brian O'ConnellExamples of how to implement Drag & Drop in Windows Forms including TextBox, TreeView and Dragging a control around a form.
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Learn OpenGL and C#
by JohnnyAn introduction to using OpenGL using CsGL - an open source library for using OpenGL in .NET.