Learn how to use a mailslot to broadcast information over a network.
Clients that Find Servers in a Windows Network Domain (TCP/IP, Mailslot)
Published 03/20/2008
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Creating a Chat System
Published 06/18/2003
Create a Chat System (Client and Server) to chat either on a LAN or the Internet.
Open Source Messenger for Any Version of Windows
Published 03/03/2003
Build an open source messenger that works with nearly any version of Windows.
Using MAPI to Send E-Mail
Published 12/24/2002
How to send customized e-mail messages and attachments programmatically using MAPI.
Peer to Peer Network Messenger
Published 06/19/2002
This program is a peer to peer messenger program which functions (and looks) like MSN messenger. since this program is peer to peer there is no hidden server code, it's all here!
Adding More Privacy to Users of Existing Messengers
Published 05/22/2002
SQLProxy is a program created for adding more privacy to users of existing messengers. In this first versions, only Yahoo! messenger protocol is supported.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
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.
Services Made Easy
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Discover how to easily create and add WIN32 Services in .NET. You’ll also discover the Topshelf toolkit.
Handling Exceptions in Visual Basic
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Hannes du Preez shows you how to handle exceptions properly in Visual Basic.
Working with State Machines in the .NET Framework
Published 06/18/2014
Arun Karthick introduces you to the state machine model and shows you how to create a simple working state machine sample using the .NET framework in the C# language.
