CodeProject Newsletter (20 Oct 2008)

New articles added Last week

Dialogs and Windows

• C# Fade Form Effect With the AnimateWindow API Function - MCF.Goodwin
  An easy way to perform fade/slide effects for forms.
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#), .NET, Dev, Intermediate
  
  
• General solution for transparent controls - galexding
  A very simple, integrated method to make controls such as buttons, slider controls, and progress controls to be transparent in a dialog.
  C++, C, Windows (NT4, Windows), Win32, MFC, ATL, WTL, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

Miscellaneous

• CodeProject Article Scraping - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
  Scrape the My Articles page here on CodeProject to keep an eye on your articles.
  C# (C# 3.0, C#), Windows (Windows, WinXP, Win2003, Vista), .NET (.NET, .NET 3.5), Dev, Intermediate
  
  
• Simple Signal Generator - Tefik Becirovic
  Useful software equivalent for a real simple signal generator device (Unedited)
  C#, Windows, .NET, Architect, Dev, Design, Intermediate
  
  

Applications & Tools

• MenuApart.Net based on a ListApart - Christian Vos
  A XML listbased browser independent ASP.NET Menu
  C#, XML, CSS, ASP.NET, Intermediate
  
  

ASP.NET

• Project Management Costing FAQ - Shivprasad koirala
  Project Management Costing FAQ (Unedited)
  SQL, C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#), VB (VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, VB 6, VB), .NET (.NET, .NET 3.5, .NET 3.0, Mono, DotGNU, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0), SQL Server (SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL CE, SQL Server), Visual Studio (VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS6, VS2008, Visual Studio), ADO, ADO.NET, Ajax, ASP.NET, Architect, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
  
  
• Client side validation using Validation Application blocks - Shivprasad koirala
  Client side validation using Validation Application blocks (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#), VB (VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, VB 6, VB), SQL, .NET (.NET, .NET 3.5, .NET 3.0, Mono, DotGNU, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0), SQL Server (SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL CE, SQL Server), Visual Studio (VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS6, VS2008, Visual Studio), ASP, ASP.NET, Silverlight, SAP, ADO, ADO.NET, Ajax, Architect, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
  
  
• Combining, Compressing, Minifying ASP.Net ScriptResource and HTML Markups - Moiz Dhanji
  This article is about combining, compressing, minifying the ASP.Net ScriptResource and HTML markups. (Unedited)
  Javascript, CSS, C#, HTML, XHTML, Windows (WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Windows), .NET (.NET 3.5, .NET), IIS, WebForms, Ajax, ASP, ASP.NET, Architect, Dev, Design, Intermediate, Advanced
  
  
• Maintain GridView Scroll Position and Header Inside Update Panel - Abhijit Jana
  This article describes how to maintain the scroll position and Freezing header at the time of postback inside Update panel. (Unedited)
  Javascript, CSS, C#.NET 2.0, ASP.NET, Ajax, Design, Architect, Dev, Intermediate
  
  
• A better way to implement exclusive login, the account can only be used by one person at the same time. - Jerry.Wang
  This article brings a better approach to implement the exclusive login in ASP.Net (Unedited)
  C# (C# 2.0, C#), Windows, ASP.NET, Dev, Intermediate
  
  
• Deploying Web Sites Using Visual Studio 2005 - Abhijit Jana
  This Article Describe Various Way To Deploy Your ASP.Net Sites On IIS using Visual Studio 2005 IDE (Unedited)
  Windows, ASP.NET, Architect, Dev, Intermediate
  
  
• Introducing SilverlightDesktop.net - defwebserver
  SilverlightDesktop.net is a Open-Source ASP.NET framework that allows you to dynamically load Silverlight modules into resizable draggable windows. (Unedited)
  CSS, HTML, XHTML, .NET (.NET, .NET 3.5), SQL Server (SQL Server, SQL 2005), Visual Studio (VS2008, Visual Studio), ASP.NET, XAML, WebForms, LINQ, Architect, Dev, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
  
  
• Yahoo Market data - another take. - digital man
  A User Control that encaspulates the ability to view (delayed) market data from Yahoo. (Unedited)
  C# (C# 2.0, C#), XML, HTML, Windows, ASP.NET, Beginner
  
  
• Flexible ASP.NET Web Part UI Pattern - Dan_P
  A pattern for building a templated UI for Web parts
  C#.NET 2.0, ASP.NET, Dev, Beginner
  
  

ASP.NET Controls

• DynamicData Many to Many FieldTemplate - Rooc
  Edit control for 'n to n' or 'many to many' table relations for DynamicData
  C# 3.0, ASP.NET, Intermediate
  
  

Client side scripting

• Fastest & Smallest Vietnamese JavaScript Input Editor - nthachus
  VietUni Come Back (Unedited)
  Javascript, HTML, XHTML, Advanced
  
  

HTML / CSS

• Optimize Page Loading - 20 General Tips and Tricks - real_coder
  a list of general tips to speed up the loading time of your pages (Unedited)
  Javascript, CSS, HTML, XHTML, Beginner, Intermediate
  
  

Silverlight

• ViewStack Component for Silverlight 2 – An Inevitable Control in RIA Space - Anil Kumar T R
  ViewStack component for Silverlight 2 – An inevitable control in RIA space
  C# 3.0, C# 2.0.NET 3.0, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.5, XAML, Silverlight, Design, Architect, Dev, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
  
  

SharePoint Server

• Sharepoint Crawler Rules Problem and Workarround - Mahmut SARIHAN
  Sharepoint Craw Rules doesnt work in some case, especially excluding data. (Unedited)
  C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, SysAdmin, Intermediate, Advanced
  
  

.NET Framework

• .NET Splash Screen Component - DGDev
  A splash screen which allows for dynamic creation and updates. (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#), VB 9.0.NET 3.5, .NET 3.0, .NET 2.0, Visual Studio (VS2005, VS2008, Visual Studio), Dev, Intermediate
  
  
• Vietnamese Lunar Calendar for .NET - nthachus
  Implementation of Âm lịch Việt Nam for Microsoft.NET (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#), .NET (.NET, .NET 2.0), Advanced
  
  
• Parsing XSD Schema with SOM - bruceme101
  Pull metadata from a schema or generate XML mappers
  XML, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, Windows, .NET 3.5, .NET 3.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Architect, Dev, Intermediate
  
  
• Handling Corrupt "user.config" Settings - chaiguy1337
  Build a simple handler for handling corrupt user settings into your program.
  C#, .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET), WPF, WinForms, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

Libraries

• Use the free DSkinLite Library to skin your Application UI - galexding
  DSkinLite is a powerful library to help you develop the user interface program. (Unedited)
  C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, C++), XML, Windows, Win32, MFC, ATL, WTL, Architect, Advanced
  
  

LINQ

• Comparing DataSets using LINQ - Y Kasan
  Comparing DataSets in Visual Studio 2008 using LINQ.
  C#, Windows (WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Windows), ADO.NET, LINQ, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

Mobile Development

• TouchPictureBox, Slide Pictures with Fingers! - SierraMike
  Leave traditional scrollbars for picture viewing on small screens
  C# 1.0, .NET CF, WinMobile6, WinMobile5VS2008, VS2005, Dev, Beginner
  
  

Windows Presentation Foundation

• Text On A Path in WPF - lneir
  A control that will display a text string on a specified geometry.
  C# (C# 3.0, C#), Windows, XAML, WPF, Dev, Intermediate
  
  
• WPF CheckListBox/RadioListBox - christoph braendle
  Intended for LOB Applications: WPF CheckListBox/RadioListBox with discovery to bound datatype (Unedited)
  C#, WPF, Beginner, Intermediate
  
  
• LINQ, group by and WPF Data Binding - r.stropek
  WPF Data Binding works great with LINQ! This article shows how to create a hierarchical result set by using LINQ's group by clause and how to consume it in WPF data binding. (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C#, C# 3.0), Windows (Windows, WinXP, Vista), .NET (.NET 3.5, .NET, .NET 3.0), Silverlight, WPF, LINQ, Dev, Beginner, Intermediate
  
  

C / C++ Language

• Monitoring file activity on removable devices - Rehan Abdul Aziz, Naurin Rasheed Ramay
  It logs file creation, deletion and rename on removable devices in a file. (Unedited)
  C++, Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Vista, Windows), .NET (.NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET), WinForms, Win32, Visual Studio (Visual Studio, VS2005), Architect, Dev, Design, Intermediate
  
  

C#

• Storing ECG to a PACS - MJB van Ettinger
  An article on a service that will store an ECG copied to a directory at a PACS. (supported formats SCP-ECG, DICOM-ECG and a recent version of HL7 aECG)
  C#, Windows, .NET 1.1, Dev, Intermediate
  
  
• Media Stream Tester - Alexandr Golovanov
  In this article I will tell you about one of the most important components of channels check system
  C#, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

Algorithms & Recipes

• Image to Characters Converter using Intensity - Redwan Al-Bougha
  This article shows how you can display a picture in digits 1 and 0.
  C#, Windows, GDI+, VS2008, Dev, Intermediate
  
  
• Optimizing a Function of One Variable - John D. Cook
  This article presents a method for optimizing a function of one variable without requiring a derivative function.
  C++, Windows, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

DLLs & Assemblies

• API Hooking with MS Detours - AlexAbramov
  In this article, I will talk about the theories and implementations of API hooking. API hooking is a powerful technique that allows someone to hijack a function and redirect it to a custom one. Anything can be done in these functions before passing control back to the original API.
  C++, C, ASM, Windows (WinXP, Windows), Win32, Advanced
  
  

Internet / Network

• Introduction to the Winpcap Networking Libraries - cristitomi
  Introduction to the winpcap networking libraries (Unedited)
  VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Beginner
  
  

Programming Tips

• A Typical Linux C Application: Standard I/O ports allowing simple IPC pipe based - Ciro Sisman Pereira
  Demonstrates how to create a simple application that interacts with terminal standard I/O ports to provide an IPC pipe based between processes
  C++, C, Linux, Dev, Beginner
  
  

Design and Architecture

• Project Life Cycle beyond SDLC - Shivprasad koirala
  Project Life Cycle beyond SDLC
  SQL, .NET, CEO, Architect, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
  
  

Installation

• Restore database while application deployment. - FREEDEV
  Restore database while application deployment using VS Setup Project (Unedited)
  C#, .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET), ADO.NET, SQL Server (SQL Server, SQL 2005), Visual Studio (Visual Studio, VS2005), DBA, Dev, Intermediate
  
  
• A self-extracting Installer - Stefan Kuhr
  Creating a self-extracting file that allows to start multiple setups (Unedited)
  C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, C++), C, Windows, Win32, MFC, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

Product Showcase

• Bridging the Gap between Developers and Help Authors with ComponentOne DynamicHelp™ - ComponentOne
  This article demonstrates how to add context-sensitive Help using a single .NET control, ComponentOne DynamicHelp.
  Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, WinForms, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

Articles updated added Last week

Edit Controls

• CFilterEdit: Use Regular Expressions to Filter Your Input - Ben Hanson
  The definitive approach to filtering input text. Includes configurable error display.
  VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

Files and Folders

• Automated PDF Conversion using the PDF995 and FreePDF_XP Freeware Printers - typecast
  An object oriented class automating the creation of PDF files from any file using freeware tools.
  C#, VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0.NET 3.5, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, .NET 3.0, Dev, Intermediate
  
  
• DeleteOld : Console Application to Delete Files by Age - CodeBureau - Matt Simner
  A C# console application for deleting files based on age.
  C++, C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev, Intermediate
  
  
• Workaround: svn:externals with a space in the directory name - Riaan Lehmkuhl
  TSVN Post-Update hook utility for using svn:externals with a space in the directory name (Unedited)
  C# (C# 2.0, C#), Windows (Windows, WinXP, Win2003, Vista), Architect, Dev, SysAdmin, Intermediate
  
  

Miscellaneous

• ColorPicker - ColorPicker with a compact footprint (VB.NET) - SSDiver2112
  An RGB/HSB color selection control with an eye-dropper and quick swatches.
  VB (VB 8.0, VB), Windows, .NET, GDI+, Intermediate
  
  
• Sliding Scale Gauge - Tefik Becirovic
  An endless moving graphical scale gauge with a linear representation of data.
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#), Windows, .NET (.NET, .NET 2.0), GDI+, Dev, Design, Intermediate
  
  

Applications & Tools

• Customise VisualSVN Server browser view - Riaan Lehmkuhl
  How to... Customise VisualSVN Server browser view (Unedited)
  Javascript, HTML, XSLT, Windows, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

ASP.NET

• Crystal and Reporting Services FAQ Part 1 - Shivprasad koirala
  Crystal and Reporting Services FAQ Part 1 (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#), SQL, .NET (.NET, .NET 3.5, .NET 3.0, Mono, DotGNU, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0), ASP.NET, SQL Server (SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL CE, SQL Server), Visual Studio (VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS6, VS2008, Visual Studio), ADO.NET, SAP, Architect, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
  
  
• Crystal and Reporting Services FAQ Part 2 - Shivprasad koirala
  Crystal and Reporting Services FAQ Part 2 (Unedited)
  C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#), SQL, .NET (.NET, .NET 3.5, .NET 3.0, Mono, DotGNU, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0), ASP, ASP.NET, SQL Server (SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL CE, SQL Server), Visual Studio (VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS6, VS2008, Visual Studio), ADO, ADO.NET, WCF, Ajax, SAP, Architect, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
  
  
• Software Architecture Interview Questions Part 3 State Pattern, Stratergy pattern,Visitor pattern, Adapter and fly weight - Shivprasad koirala
  Software Architecture Interview Questions Part 3 - Design patterns State Pattern, Stratergy pattern,Visitor pattern, Adapter and fly weight (Unedited)
  C#, ASP.NET, Architect, Design, Intermediate
  
  
• Design pattern – Inversion of control and Dependency injection - Shivprasad koirala
  Design pattern – Inversion of control and Dependency injection (Unedited)
  C#, .NET, ASP.NET, Design, Intermediate
  
  
• Windows Communication Foundation FAQ quick starter Part 1 - Shivprasad koirala
  Windows Communication Foundation FAQ quick starter Part 1 (Unedited)
  VBScript, Javascript, XML, SQL, C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#), VB (VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, VB 6, VB), HTML, UML, JScript .NET, .NET CF, .NET (.NET, .NET 3.5, .NET 3.0, Mono, DotGNU, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0), SQL Server (SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL CE, SQL Server), Visual Studio (VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS6, VS2008, Visual Studio), ADO, ADO.NET, ASP, ASP.NET, Silverlight, Oracle, SAP, WCF, Ajax, Architect, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
  
  
• 16 steps to write flexible business validation in C# using validation blocks - Shivprasad koirala
  16 steps to write flexible business validation in C# using validation blocks (Unedited)
  SQL, C#, UML, .NET, SQL Server, Visual Studio, ASP.NET, Architect, Beginner, Intermediate
  
  
• Software Architecture Interview Question Part 1 ( Design Pattern ) - Shivprasad koirala
  Design Pattern Interview Questions ( Quick Reference) (Unedited)
  C#, SQL, UML, ASP.NET, Architect, Design, Intermediate
  
  
• Ajax quick start FAQ - Shivprasad koirala
  Ajax quick start FAQ (Unedited)
  VBScript, Javascript, XML, SQL, C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#), VB (VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, VB 6, VB), HTML, UML, JScript .NET, Forth.NET, .NET CF, .NET (.NET, .NET 3.5, .NET 3.0, Mono, DotGNU, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0), SQL Server (SQL 2000, SQL 2005, SQL CE, SQL Server), Visual Studio (VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS6, VS2008, Visual Studio), ATL, STL, OpenGL, ASP, ASP.NET, Silverlight, Oracle, SAP, Ajax, LINQ, ADO, ADO.NET, Architect, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
  
  
• Agile Development Part 2 - Shivprasad koirala
  Agile Development Part 2 (Unedited)
  SQL, C#, VB, UML, .NET, SQL Server, Visual Studio, ASP.NET, ADO, ADO.NET, Ajax, Architect, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
  
  
• UML Interview Questions Part 1 - Shivprasad koirala
  UML Interview Questions Part 1 (Unedited)
  UML, Design, Architect, Intermediate
  
  
• Software Architecture Interview Questions Part 2 ( Design pattern ) - Shivprasad koirala
  Interpreter , Iterator , Mediator , Memento and Observer Pattern (Unedited)
  C#, .NET, Architect, Design, Intermediate
  
  
• Architecture FAQ for Localization and Globalization Part 1 - Shivprasad koirala
  Architecture FAQ for Localization and Globalization Part 1 (Unedited)
  C#, UML, ASP.NET, Visual Studio, Architect, Intermediate
  
  
• Send emails in ASP.NET using Gmail credentials - Harshana Eranga Martin
  This article contains code to send email using Gmail accounts.
  Javascript, C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#), HTML, XHTML, Windows (Windows, NT4, WinXP, Win2003, Vista), .NET (.NET, .NET 3.5, .NET 3.0, .NET 2.0), IIS (IIS 5, IIS 5.1, IIS 6, IIS), ASP, ASP.NET, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

ASP.NET Controls

• Selectable GridView with WaitBox - Iwona Les
  This article describes how to implement a selectable GridView control in ASP.NET.
  C# 2.0.NET 2.0, WinXP, ASP.NET, Ajax, VS2005, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

Client side scripting

• Fully JavaScript Enabled Editor - Saleth Prakash
  Fully JavaScript enabled editor which also contains some server coding
  C#, VB, Javascript, HTML, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

Silverlight

• Silverlight 2.0 - Rotating 3D Image Cube / Box - Itamar Kotler
  An implementation of a 3D image cube as a custom user control in Silverlight 2.0
  C# 2.0, C# 3.0.NET 3.0, .NET 2.0, ASP.NET, Silverlight, XAML, Dev, Intermediate, Advanced
  
  
• Silverlight Tutorial: How to create a skinnable custom control - Mike Dobbles
  A step by step guide to creating a skinnable animated navigation bar custom control (Unedited)
  C#, .NET, Silverlight, Architect, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

Web Security

• Switching Between HTTP and HTTPS Automatically: Version 2 - Matt Sollars
  An article on automatically switching between HTTP and HTTPS protocols without hard-coding absolute URLs
  C#, VB.NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, ASP.NET, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

DirectX

• A DirectX Game: Quadrino - Paul Watt
  An interpretation of a popular falling block game implemented with DirectX that attempts to avoid any copyright infringement.
  VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, DirectX, VS6, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

General Graphics

• CBitmapEx - Free C++ Bitmap Manipulation Class - darkoman
  An article on a free C++ bitmap manipulation class
  C++, Windows, GDI, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

Database

• Data versioning in SQL Server using row versions - Mika Wendelius
  This article describes how to enable row versioning to achieve greater concurrency in OLTP systems.
  SQL, Windows, SQL Server, Architect, DBA, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

.NET Framework

• EventBroker: a notification component for synchronous and asynchronous, loosly coupled event handling - Urs Enzler
  EventBroker is a notification component for (a)synchronous loosly coupled event handling. (Unedited)
  C# 3.0, C# 2.0.NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 2.0, Architect, Dev, Design, Advanced
  
  
• NHibernate and MySql - a simple example on how to use it - Johan Lundqvist
  A short article with an example on how you can use NHibernate and Mysql together (Unedited)
  C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#), .NET (.NET, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 3.0), Visual Studio (VS2008, Visual Studio), ASP.NET, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

Mobile Development

• Termie: A Simple RS232 Terminal - milkplus
  Termie opens a serial port and allows you to communicate with it in a chat-like interface.
  C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate
  
  
• PropertyGridCE - Mobile version of PropertyGrid - Jaime Olivares
  Useful control that mimics most of PropertyGrid functionality in .NET Compact Framework (Unedited)
  C# 2.0, C# 3.0, .NET CF, Mobile, WinMobile6, WinMobile2003, WinMobile5, Dev, Design, Intermediate, Advanced
  
  
• Exploring OBEX Devices Connected via Bluetooth - Giorgi Dalakishvili
  A sample application that shows how to browse an OBEX device and transfer files to it.
  C#.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, Dev, Beginner, Intermediate
  
  

Win32/64 SDK & OS

• Programming Without Coding Technology - Mahmoud Fayed
  Hello world program using programming without coding technology (Unedited)
  Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
  
  

Windows Workflow Foundation

• Windows Workflow Foundation FAQ - Shivprasad koirala
  Windows Workflow Foundation FAQ (Unedited)
  XML, .NET, Architect, Intermediate
  
  

C#

• Build Automation Using C#, Visual Studio, Source Safe, InstallShield and NullSoft Installer - FranklinPena
  Automating the Application Build Process
  C#, XML.NET 1.1, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate
  
  
• A Library for Writing/Building Scripts in C# - Tigger2
  Designed to make it easier to write scripts such as JavaScript in C#
  Javascript, XML, C# 2.0.NET 2.0, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

VB.NET

• A FreeCell game using Cards.dll - mattfomich
  Instructions for using Cards dynamic Link library. FreeCell game included. (Unedited)
  C#, VB (VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, VB 6, VB), Windows (Windows, WinXP), Visual Studio, Design, Intermediate
  
  
• VDialog (Vista TaskDialog for Windows XP) - Lukasz Swiatkowski
  Vista-like TaskDialog control for .NET Framework 2.0, compatible with Windows XP
  VB 8.0, VB 9.0.NET 3.5, .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, .NET 3.0, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

XML

• XML Visualizer v.2 - Lars Hove Christiansen
  XML Visualizer v.2 improves the standard XML Visualizer in Visual Studio 2005 and 2008.
  C#.NET 3.5VS2005, VS2008, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

Algorithms & Recipes

• Chinese Remainder Problem - Liu Junfeng
  Solve the Chinese remainder problem cleverly. (Unedited)
  C#, .NET
  
  
• Writing Your Own RTF Converter - Jani Giannoudis
  An article on how to write a custom RTF parser and converter
  C# 2.0, .NET, ASP.NET, WPF, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

Cryptography & Security

• AxiomaticTokenizer - GeorgeHara
  Financial security with one-time tokens (Unedited)
  Javascript, HTML, Advanced
  
  

Internet / Network

• Retrieve a web pages' shortcut icon - Johan "BJ" Vorster
  This article will show you a couple of ways to extract a web pages' icon (Unedited)
  C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

Installation

• Shadow Copying of Applications - Günther M. FOIDL
  Shadow copied applications aren't locked by the loader, so they can be updated/substituted at runtime.
  C#, .NET CF, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, Win32, Win64, Dev, Advanced
  
  
• Dynamic UI creation: Extend R2build: add new tool support, create plugin config - r2build
  In this article, will describe how to create a new config xml file for new tools in R2build (Unedited)
  C++ (VC7.1, C++), XML, Windows, .NET 2.0, Win32, STL, VS.NET2003, Dev, Intermediate
  
  

Hardware & System

• Global Windows Hooks - VBDT
  A single component that contains various Windows hooks.
  XML, VB 8.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev, Advanced