Surveying Parallel Computing in .NET Framework 4.0
Learn to use multi-threading to improve the performance of your .NET framework applications.
Leverage the features of cloud computing and Microsoft Azure to build applications that can reside in the cloud.
"White list" certain programs to "Run As Administrator", all the time. See how it enters a "secure desktop" with a classic Vista/7 prompt.
The Windows "Turn off" buttons are three or more steps away from the desktop work area, depending on your personal settings. This can be not only inconvenient, but downright bothersome at times. These programs can power down the computer, in just one or two steps.
This tool will help user to capture selected area of screen. It provides user to set his/her own HotKey to capture screen. It runs in system tray. Source code is included with this article.
Do the verbs of a file, like Run as administrator, and Pin to Taskbar.
Learn to determine whether or not a disk is plugged in. Also, learn how to make the disk Autorun, similar to CD drives, and, how to run a normal VB 6 program from this disk, without needing to install it on the client machine.
The existing SendKeys class does not have a managed way to activate an external application. MSDN recommends that you should use the FindWindow and SetForegroundWindow APIs. However, this alone does not ensure that the desired application will have keyboard focus while the keys are being sent. This replacement module sends keys directly to the specified window without error.
Discover the main differences between accessing the Registry with VB 6 and with VB.NET.
Learn how to build a simple event log "watcher" application to monitor event log changes on a remote machine(s).
Discover how to run all the various Control Panel applets from your own program.
Learn how to implement an additional security layer on company web sites by getting the machine ID of the system from registered users along with the user ID and password.
Learn how to launch the main desktop icons, some Control panel items, and more with explorer.exe and Visual Basic.NET 2005.
Learn how to enable VB6 applications to use function pointers and how to embed native code without using external DLLs.
Learn about a web service method to back up a database from a mobile device using the SQL Backup command and asynchronous method calls.
Learn how to retrieve the MAC address using an alternative to NetBIOS calls that do not function reliably or are written in C++/C#.
Using .NET Remoting, learn how to configure a remote server, define remotable objects, and define custom event arguments and delegates. Do all of this while creating a simple chat application!
What is it that GPS applications need to be good enough to handle in-car navigation? Also, how does the process of interpreting GPS data actually work? This two-part series will cover both topics and give you the skills you need to write a commercial-grade GPS application that works with a majority of GPS devices in the industry today.
Learn how to attach a debugger to a running executable and the information that the debug API provides you with from that.
Learn about a simple utility to launch files/folders by pressing a combination of keys, irrespective of which application is active.
Learn how the internal structure of an executable or DLL is laid out.
Learn how you can register your own custom Windows messages and use them to communicate between processes.
Learn how to retreive the VB object "printer" corresponding to the default printer. (Added: 22-Jun-1999)
Learn to build on the Locale Routines from CodeGuru to show how to format the date for different system Locales. (Added: 10-Aug-2000)
