Latest .NET / C# Articles - Page 2

Although single dimensional arrays are most commonly used in C#, other varieties such as multidimensional arrays and jagged arrays are also available to C# developers. Additionally, the Array class comes in handy when it comes to sorting or searching an array.

Arun Karthick explains Inversion of Control (IoC) in programming models and take you through some C# code examples to implement it.

Bipin Joshi shows you how to use C# preprocessor directives to instruct the C# compiler to alter the compilation process in some way. For example you may instruct the C# compiler that a particular block of code be excluded from the compilation process.

Sometimes it is necessary to prevent your monitor from going asleep while your program is active. Join Hannes du Preez as he shows you how to create a small program to prevent the monitor from going to sleep or the screensaver from popping up.

Hannes du Preez demonstrates how to print a Microsoft Access 2010 report from within your C# or VB.NET program.

To deal with the complexity involved in asynchronous programming, Windows Store apps make use of what is known as a Promise. At code level a promise is an object that represents the result of an asynchronous operation and returns a value at some future point in time. This article discusses what Promises are and also shows how to use them in a Windows Store app.