Tool (and source code) that uses MCI commands to control the opening and closing of the CD-ROM drive door
CDR.EXE - Open/Close CD Drive(s) Programmatically
Published 11/24/2000
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CWaitableTimer
Published 11/14/2000
64-bit waitable timer class with 100 nSec resolution
Examine Information on Windows NT System Level Primitives
Published 11/14/2000
Two low level utilities to examine Windows NT information such as processes, threads, windows, modules and objects.
Locking the Keyboard and Mouse at Scheduled Times
Published 11/07/2000
Code that enables you to schedule down-time for both keyboard and mouse input
Reading Hard Drive Manufacturing Information
Published 11/02/2000
Console utility for retrieving information about attached IDE drives
CRegistry : Serialize Data In/Out of the Registry
Published 09/11/2000
Very sophisticated class for serializing your date to the Registry
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
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.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
Published 06/23/2011
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...
How to use Visual Studio 2012 to Download Images from Websites
Published 05/22/2013
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SOLID Principles in C# - An Overview
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