Custom controls assist developers in maximizing code reuse and minimizing headaches. Learn the process of creating custom controls within Microsoft's latest UI model, the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
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A PDF Solution for All Programming Platforms
To begin writing raw PDF files, you need a solid working knowledge of PostScript—and that's not pretty. In reality, you need a complete PDF library that handles all your document-creation needs.
Help Your Application Users Become Great Spellers
Spell checkers for the Visual C++ and Visual Basic developer are plentiful and easy to integrate. So, why not enable your interactive applications to help users look a little smarter?
DVD Explorer
Learn about a new utility to analyse the data's structure on a DVD.
Working with INI Configuration Files Cross-Platform (Win32/Un*x, MBCS/Unicode)
Win32 has a built-in INI file API, but writing cross-platform code is difficult because these functions aren't available on Linux.
Accessing Your Database with C++ Is as Easy as DTL
Go one step beyond the Standard Template Library (STL) with the Database Template Library (DTL), which offers many advantages over the traditional procedural approach to database access.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
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
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
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 in C# - An Overview
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.


