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Converting between types is frequently a sticking point for coders new to mixing MFC and .NET. Tom Archer illustrates some basic conversions that will help you should you get stuck in a painful series of compiler error messages about type mismatches.
Eliminate a Tedious Task Through Creating Self Configuring Objects
Retrieving application settings is a pretty common task that falls under the category of another of those tedious and repetitive tasks that programmers have to deal with. Explore a way to eliminate this tedious programming task through a combination of technologies.
Using Attributes in C#
Learn about attributes and how to create and attach them to various program entities within your programs. You also learn how to retrieve attribute information at run time.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
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Entity Framework Code First Simplicity
Looking to quickly get started with Code First in .NET, but don't have the time to read and digest all the tutorials that are available out there? Peter Shaw shows you the quickest, simplest way to get started with Code First Entity Framework (EF).

Exploiting the MonthCalendar Control with Visual Basic
Hannes du Preez explains all (well, most) of the little secrets of MonthCalendar, a control that enables calendar-like capabilities and that looks like a visual representation of a month.
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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.