What does an image look like when it is dipped in a tub of water when the tub is subjected to a constant vibration? Producing the ripple effect, as when a pebble is thrown in the tub, is difficult. This article provides an explanation on how to produce the graphics ripple effect.
How to set up a 3D model in OpenGL so that a user can pick and identify objects in the model. This technique is very helpful in both game programming and visualization.
Loading a bitmap can be relatively simple. See one more step-by-step approach to loading and using a bitmap.
Discover a technique for "texture mapping" images onto 3D surfaces using OpenGL.
A technique for drawing and printing OpenGL graphics directly to Device-Independent Bitmaps (DIBs).
How to create MS Windows icons and cursors. More specifically, you'll learn how to extract them from EXEs and from resources, and then how to make icon groups. A simple Icon/Cursor Editor is included. (The demo project and source code were updated.)
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 use a for loop to loop through all of the images found on a web page and save them via the DownloadFile method of the WebClient object.
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.
