Flash Window

Sample code that shows how to alert the user to a particular Window by causing it to flash on its Title Bar and on the Taskbar

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Integrate your Spell Checker

A lot of enterprises deploy Microsoft Office. Why not make the most of it and use the Spell Checker in your applications

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PocketProd and Reflector

This article shows how easy it is to add support tools to specific context menus in VS.NET. The article describes the process for adding Lutz Roeder's.NET Reflector to the assembly References items, but also acts as a general example for adding external tools to VS.NET using PocketProd.

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Custom HTML Wizards

This article builds on the previous VS.NET Wizard Overview to show you how to create and deploy custom HTML Wizards. In particular, the article describes creating a C#-COM Class that can be used to perform Excel Integration.

Even if you are not interested in the Wizards, the COM Wizard installer may prove useful so why not download and install it!

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Auto Complete Run-like Combo Box

Everybody that uses Windows is familiar with the functionality of the Start-->Run dialog that allows a user to enter the name of an application or document and quickly launch it.

This bit of code contains an extended combo box that implements all of the auto complete and memory capabilities of the Run dialog

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Excel C# Custom File Properties

Sample code that shows how to get and set Custom File Properties using C# in an Excel Spreadsheet

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VS.NET Wizard Overview

Wizards are probably one of the most widely used tools within the Visual Studio.NET IDE. This article goes into detail to explain how VS.NET wizards work as a pre-cursor to future articles that look at how to create custom Wizards and extend the Wizard Framework.

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Dynamic Code Generation and Execution

Sample code that shows how to dynamically create an assembly in memory, using code from a text box, and execute a method on it

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Windows Service Remoting

This article is similar to the Remoting Publisher-Subscriber article below however if focuses on hosting remote objects in a Windows Service. This is quite an in depth look at Remoting from solution structure to remote delegates.

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Saving User Settings Between Sessions

Sample code that shows how to save user settings, preferences and choices between application sessions

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Windows Service Interaction

Sample code that shows how to interact with a Windows Service; Stop, Start and Pause a Service

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Defult TextBox Context Menu

Sample code that shows how to implement the default functionality of the TextBox ContextMenu

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Embedding Resources into an Assembly

Sample code that shows how to embed resources such as XML Files and Images into a Resource file

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Desktop Images and XML

Sample code that shows how to capture a desktop Image and store images in a XML file

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Active Directory Authentication

Sample code that shows how to authenticate against Active Directory

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NotifyIcon Balloon ToolTips

Sample code that shows how to display a Balloon ToolTip from a NotifyIcon

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TextBox Balloon ToolTips

Sample code that shows how to display a Balloon ToolTip from a TextBox

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Windows Forms Max and Min Behaviour

Sample code that shows how to detect and override the default Windows Forms Maximize and Minimize behaviour before it occurs

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Triple DES File Cryptography

Sample code that shows how to encrypt and decrypt a File on disk using the Triple DES cyptography provider

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Triple DES String Cryptography

Sample code that shows how to encrypt and decrypt a string using the Triple DES cyptography provider

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