Windows installer has its own way to display installer user interface which is far different from other technologies. MSI supports few controls compared to .Net or other platform. Though it is not very difficult, still it is hard job to develop sophisticated installation package with good user interface, even after using well known installer software. NvnInstaller.MsiDotNet api makes this job easier.
Learn how to create your own Progressbar-like control, which exposes the same properties as a normal Progressbar, but with added visual appeal.
Learn how to create more advanced docking features, such as docking to the upper right corner or having some panels docked at the bottom of an MDI Form collected together in a TabControl. Each of the different parts include the full source code (up to that point), as well as a retrospective short explanation about the different topics covered already.
Learn how to size a docked Panel and how to undock it again as well as which actions are needed to prepare the more advanced docking actions.
This is the 4th part of a series of articles about how to design DockingForms using a DockingManager written in C#.
Learn how to get a borderless Form to move around on the screen by capturing it with the mouse and dragging it, and to be able to resize the form, the same way as a normal sizeable Form can be sized by dragging its edges.
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.
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...
Working with Dates can be frustrating. The .NET Framework provides the DateTime class (among others) for any sort of date manipulation. Read on to learn more.
SignalR is an Asp.Net library that pushes data to a wide variety of clients. The burden of worrying about which server push transport to use and deciding on the fallbacks has been removed from developers. Read on to learn more.
