Learn how to build client applications that use SOAP based web services.
Latest General Articles
Prefer std::string to char*
Understand the benefits of using the STL's std::string class over the C-like character arrays.
MI Is not Mission Impossible
Read a guide to dealing with some of the problems encountered with multiple inheritance.
Latest Developer Videos
More...Latest CodeGuru Developer Columns
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...

Adding Sizzle to a Video Slot Game with VB.NET
The final installment of our Slot Game series shows you how to build in a way to win or lose. We will also add some effects for when a win takes place.

.NET Azure Queuing and Serialization
Understanding Serialization is important if a developer is contemplating Azure .NET Queuing on either Azure Service Bus or Azure Storage Queues. Jeffrey Juday examines some common patterns to effectively apply Data Contract Serialization, leveraging the .NET Data Contract Serialization.