http://local.developer.com/Microsoft_NET-s1180.html Developer.com offers daily news, articles, and tutorials for professional involved in the development of applications and other technical solutions. Daily coverage includes articles, tutorials, news and other resources related to all facets of development. 120 en-us Articles@DirectoryM.com Articles@DirectoryM.com http://local.developer.com/Microsoft_NET-s1180.html Developer.com offers daily news, articles, and tutorials for professional involved in the development of applications and other technical solutions. Daily coverage includes articles, tutorials, news and other resources related to all facets of development. http://local.developer.com/App_Themes/templateDarkBlueWAdSense_en-US/Images/logo.gif Great Windows 2000 resource meter application http://local.developer.com/Performance_Monitor_Get_System_Counter_Values_CPU_Memory_etc_-a1162312.html http://local.developer.com/Performance_Monitor_Get_System_Counter_Values_CPU_Memory_etc_-a1162312.html This class extends the MFC CPictureHolder class to include better support for enhanced metafiles, access to picture handles, loading from files, and other capabilities. http://local.developer.com/Extending_CPictureHolder_for_loading_BMP_JPG_etc_-a1162311.html http://local.developer.com/Extending_CPictureHolder_for_loading_BMP_JPG_etc_-a1162311.html This class (CNewLabel) is derived from CStatic and performs a lot of things that the CStatic class can not do. http://local.developer.com/CNewLabel_Advanced_CStatic_Derived_Class-a1162310.html http://local.developer.com/CNewLabel_Advanced_CStatic_Derived_Class-a1162310.html This class will allow the creation of any specified process on a remote or local Windows machine. http://local.developer.com/WBEM_Class_Wrapper_for_Local_and_Remote_Process_Creation-a1162309.html http://local.developer.com/WBEM_Class_Wrapper_for_Local_and_Remote_Process_Creation-a1162309.html SetPrinter is a simple DLL COM that enables you to programmatically set the default printer: http://local.developer.com/Function_to_Set_Default_Printer-a1162308.html http://local.developer.com/Function_to_Set_Default_Printer-a1162308.html Here's a little handler for the OnViewStatusBar message handler to change the "View/Hide Status Bar" menu option so that the application (main) window changes its height according to the size of the visible client area. http://local.developer.com/Code_to_ViewHide_Status_Bar_in_SDI_and_MDI_Applications-a1162307.html http://local.developer.com/Code_to_ViewHide_Status_Bar_in_SDI_and_MDI_Applications-a1162307.html Great class that enables you to place your logo on the main dockbar of your SDI/MDI applications! http://local.developer.com/Placing_Logo_on_the_Top_DockBar_of_the_Frame_Window-a1162306.html http://local.developer.com/Placing_Logo_on_the_Top_DockBar_of_the_Frame_Window-a1162306.html This article explores how to use the standard Visual Studio environment while developing device drivers. http://local.developer.com/Using_the_Visual_Studio_6_0_Driver_Build_Environment-a1162305.html http://local.developer.com/Using_the_Visual_Studio_6_0_Driver_Build_Environment-a1162305.html This article illustrates how to create and use Statically linked Non-MFC (Implicit) DLLs. http://local.developer.com/Creating_statically_linked_non_MFC_DLLs-a1162250.html http://local.developer.com/Creating_statically_linked_non_MFC_DLLs-a1162250.html This code sample shows how to capture all the events from your command-bars in a Visual Basic Add-In using only one declared event handler. http://local.developer.com/Capturing_CommandBar_Events_in_VB_Add_Ins-a1162249.html http://local.developer.com/Capturing_CommandBar_Events_in_VB_Add_Ins-a1162249.html Visual Studio-like dialogbar http://local.developer.com/Resizable_Docking_Window_2-a1162248.html http://local.developer.com/Resizable_Docking_Window_2-a1162248.html encapsulates the GDI color value (COLORREF) http://local.developer.com/CColor_class_Overview-a1162247.html http://local.developer.com/CColor_class_Overview-a1162247.html This code sample shows how to create a listbox in VB5/6 which is subclassed to have non-selectable/grayed out items. http://local.developer.com/ListBox_with_Grayed_Out_Non_Selectable_Items-a1162246.html http://local.developer.com/ListBox_with_Grayed_Out_Non_Selectable_Items-a1162246.html CVersionInfo is a tiny class, which wraps the stuff needed to get the version info from a resource file. It handles both, the fixed version information and the language dependent string version information of the resource file. http://local.developer.com/Get_VersionInfo_from_resource_file-a1162245.html http://local.developer.com/Get_VersionInfo_from_resource_file-a1162245.html Tips on using ODBC with Microsoft Access http://local.developer.com/Tips_ODBC_amp_Access_database-a1162242.html http://local.developer.com/Tips_ODBC_amp_Access_database-a1162242.html Sourcefiles added (RecordsetPatch.dll) http://local.developer.com/QueryDef_a_complete_implementation_of_a_dynamic_recordset-a1162241.html http://local.developer.com/QueryDef_a_complete_implementation_of_a_dynamic_recordset-a1162241.html The XString-class is a powerful extension to the standard CString-class http://local.developer.com/Extended_Strings-a1162240.html http://local.developer.com/Extended_Strings-a1162240.html Used to display an Animated Banner using the the CmdiMainClient class http://local.developer.com/Animated_Background_Banner-a1162239.html http://local.developer.com/Animated_Background_Banner-a1162239.html Methods to connect to a running instance of IE http://local.developer.com/Connecting_to_a_running_instance_of_Internet_Explorer-a1162238.html http://local.developer.com/Connecting_to_a_running_instance_of_Internet_Explorer-a1162238.html This is a new an improved version of the Audio Mixer Control Classes http://local.developer.com/Audio_Mixer_Control_Classes-a1162237.html http://local.developer.com/Audio_Mixer_Control_Classes-a1162237.html Placing row and column seperators in a listview http://local.developer.com/List_control_with_single_double_separator_lines-a1162236.html http://local.developer.com/List_control_with_single_double_separator_lines-a1162236.html Allows for an NT manager-like application http://local.developer.com/Enumerate_NT_services-a1162235.html http://local.developer.com/Enumerate_NT_services-a1162235.html Client/Server interprocess communication via Shared Memory http://local.developer.com/ClientServer_interprocess_communication_via_shared_memory-a1162234.html http://local.developer.com/ClientServer_interprocess_communication_via_shared_memory-a1162234.html Advanced mechanism for implementing undo/redo into your MFC application http://local.developer.com/Multiple_Level_UndoRedo-a1162233.html http://local.developer.com/Multiple_Level_UndoRedo-a1162233.html Netscape-like preferences dialog http://local.developer.com/Netscape_4_x_Preferences_Dialog-a1162232.html http://local.developer.com/Netscape_4_x_Preferences_Dialog-a1162232.html With input from our readers, Developer.com posed questions on .NET to several Microsoft product managers. See the first of the answers from Charles Sterling (Product Manager for the .NET Framework) and Nick Hodapp (Product Manager for C#). http://local.developer.com/QA_with_Microsoft_on_NET-a1161790.html http://local.developer.com/QA_with_Microsoft_on_NET-a1161790.html Understand how with Visual Basic .NET, the VB language finally completes the transition to a fully Object Oriented language. http://local.developer.com/Visual_Basic_NET_as_a_Fully_Object_Oriented_Language-a1161539.html http://local.developer.com/Visual_Basic_NET_as_a_Fully_Object_Oriented_Language-a1161539.html Just as house architects cannot design beautiful buildings simply by including known elements that have worked elsewhere, good software design is more than a collection of programming techniques that make sense on their own. http://local.developer.com/Most_Software_Stinks-a1161537.html http://local.developer.com/Most_Software_Stinks-a1161537.html This article takes a close-up look at how multi-version concurrency control cuts read-write waiting time in PostgreSQL. http://local.developer.com/PostgreSQL_Ends_the_Waiting_Game-a1161534.html http://local.developer.com/PostgreSQL_Ends_the_Waiting_Game-a1161534.html We conclude our tutorial on working with ASP by looking at Boolean functions, sessions and cookies, text files, and accessing databases. http://local.developer.com/An_Active_Server_Pages_Tutorial_Part_2-a1161530.html http://local.developer.com/An_Active_Server_Pages_Tutorial_Part_2-a1161530.html In a two-part introduction to the basics of plain ASP, the author walks you through the steps needed to employ scripts for creating dynamic Web pages. http://local.developer.com/An_Active_Server_Pages_Tutorial_Part_1-a1161525.html http://local.developer.com/An_Active_Server_Pages_Tutorial_Part_1-a1161525.html Using object proxies lets you access bean properties by name, augment the behavior of an object, and create a broker object of a JavaBean. Here's how to use them. http://local.developer.com/JavaBean_Proxies-a1161524.html http://local.developer.com/JavaBean_Proxies-a1161524.html Visual Studio.Net has added an expanded extensibility model and macros to the unified Visual Studio IDE. The macro tools allow you to quickly record repetitive tasks, enhancing productivity. http://local.developer.com/Automating_Repetitive_Tasks_in_Visual_Studio-a1161517.html http://local.developer.com/Automating_Repetitive_Tasks_in_Visual_Studio-a1161517.html The author "sells" managers on the benefits of XML, such as platform-neutral data and multiple presentations of an XML document. In so doing, managers working in all domains should begin to see XML's strengths. http://local.developer.com/Book_Review_XML_for_Bosses-a1161511.html http://local.developer.com/Book_Review_XML_for_Bosses-a1161511.html Paul Kimmel discusses the runtime scripting engine and using it from Visual Basic. http://local.developer.com/Microsoft_Scripting_Runtime_in_Visual_Basic_6-a1161495.html http://local.developer.com/Microsoft_Scripting_Runtime_in_Visual_Basic_6-a1161495.html Jeffrey Richter provides chapter 6, 'Common Object Operations,' from his new book, Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming. http://local.developer.com/Applied_Microsoft_NET_Framework_Programming-a1161132.html http://local.developer.com/Applied_Microsoft_NET_Framework_Programming-a1161132.html We conclude our tutorial on working with Windows Forms in Microsoft.NET. Here, we'll examine some of the important GUI Controls and their application in C#. http://local.developer.com/Interacting_with_NET_WinForms_Part_2-a1161107.html http://local.developer.com/Interacting_with_NET_WinForms_Part_2-a1161107.html We begin a detailed tutorial on getting started with Windows Forms in Microsoft.NET. It should enable you to start developing controls for GUI applications in the new framework. http://local.developer.com/Interacting_with_NET_WinForms_Part_1-a1161098.html http://local.developer.com/Interacting_with_NET_WinForms_Part_1-a1161098.html Our "Tacit Records" columnist shows you how .NET's cryptographic support works using the Cryptostream class, which you can implement within either C# or Visual Basic. Here's how to get started. http://local.developer.com/Encrypting_a_File_Using_NET-a1161075.html http://local.developer.com/Encrypting_a_File_Using_NET-a1161075.html The holidays are a time for fun. Learn about random numbers from Paul Kimmel's latest Visual Basic Today column from CodeGuru.com. Includes a Tic Tac Toe game! http://local.developer.com/Random_Numbers_and_Tic_Tac_Toe_with_Visual_Basic_NET-a1161063.html http://local.developer.com/Random_Numbers_and_Tic_Tac_Toe_with_Visual_Basic_NET-a1161063.html ASP.NET for Dummies is more than just a book. In addition to its 420 printed pages, it also contains a "cheat sheet" tear card, a support Web site, and a CD with over a hundred additional pages. Check out our full review of this new book. http://local.developer.com/Book_Review_ASP_NET_For_Dummies-a1161046.html http://local.developer.com/Book_Review_ASP_NET_For_Dummies-a1161046.html Not all books are created equal. If you are interested in object-oriented development, object-databases, Caché, or database developement in general, then you'll want to check out this book review. http://local.developer.com/Object_Oriented_Application_Development_Using_the_Cacheacute_Postrelational_Database-a1161036.html http://local.developer.com/Object_Oriented_Application_Development_Using_the_Cacheacute_Postrelational_Database-a1161036.html Attributes are classes that allow individual developers to extend VS.NET tools without rebuilding VS.NET each time. Many attributes are already available, but most of the interesting ones haven't even been written yet. Perhaps you will do so. http://local.developer.com/Visual_Basic_NET_Attributes-a1161025.html http://local.developer.com/Visual_Basic_NET_Attributes-a1161025.html HttpHandlers and HttpModules are easy to program and can be widely implemented in the system, so they are useful tools for you to use with SharePoint. http://local.developer.com/SharePoint_with_HTTP_Modules_and_Handlers-a1118649.html http://local.developer.com/SharePoint_with_HTTP_Modules_and_Handlers-a1118649.html Learn about the different options available to you for deploying your Windows desktop applications with Microsoft's ClickOnce technology. http://local.developer.com/Configuring_a_ClickOnce_Deployment-a1118643.html http://local.developer.com/Configuring_a_ClickOnce_Deployment-a1118643.html Discover how to use constant fields without having to hard code the values into the class. Read this article and learn more. http://local.developer.com/Creating_Flexible_Constant_Fields-a1118640.html http://local.developer.com/Creating_Flexible_Constant_Fields-a1118640.html Looking to improve the performance of your site? Learn how to combine all of those tiny 1k styling images into a couple CSS sprites. http://local.developer.com/CSS_Sprites-a1118639.html http://local.developer.com/CSS_Sprites-a1118639.html Visual C++ 2010 sees the integration of MSBuild with Visual C++. MSBuild is Microsoft's common build engine and one of its key design goals is the ability to support a high-degree of flexibility in customizing the build process. See how a custom MSBuild task can be built in Visual C++, and how the task can be used to customize the build process of other Visual C++ 2010 projects. http://local.developer.com/Custom_MSBuild_Task_Development_with_Visual_C-a1118637.html http://local.developer.com/Custom_MSBuild_Task_Development_with_Visual_C-a1118637.html Reduce your boolean logic to keep you program readable. Read this article on and learn more. http://local.developer.com/Avoiding_Boolean_Overload-a1118636.html http://local.developer.com/Avoiding_Boolean_Overload-a1118636.html Microsoft's ClickOnce framework is a powerful tool for deploying and updating Windows forms applications. Learn how to deploy separate application configurations via two methods: installing and updating from different locations, and using URL parameters. http://local.developer.com/Deploying_Separate_UserSite_Configurations_with_ClickOnce-a1118634.html http://local.developer.com/Deploying_Separate_UserSite_Configurations_with_ClickOnce-a1118634.html