Multithreading is a powerful tool for creating high performance applications, especially those that require user interaction. In this article, you will explore multithreading with the .NET Framework as well as learn how multiple threads can be used to improve an application's user interface.
Become a super productive programmer! Turn up your productive output by using macros in Visual Studio .NET to write simplified code generators.
With the release of Visual Studio .NET, many developers are now willing to consider using the new technology known as managed code. But especially for C++ developers, it can be a bit confusing. That's because C++ is special.
Learn to capture and react to keyboard presses by your users. Paul discusses hooking into keyboard information using the Windows API and Visual Basic .NET.
Building Web services with the .NET Framework is easy'—easy, that is, unless the Web services are secure. There is no standard, agreed-upon method for exposing Web services over the Internet in such a way that only authorized users can call them. Jeff Prosise jumps into one method of tackling this now.
Visual Studio .NET makes it relatively simple to create a Windows Service. Learn what Windows Services are and how to create, install, and debug them.
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
Learn how to obtain an outside application's window handle, in order to manipulate that window from inside your program, using either VB.NET or C#.
SOLID principles form the base for writing good and clean object oriented code in C#. Learn about the S.O.L.I.D principles and explore C# coding samples for each.
