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Working with Arrays in C#

Mahesh Chand — 7/9/2002 12:00:00 AM

This tutorial discusses array programming in C# and .NET. It starts with the discussion of simple arrays and then delves into more complex topics such as jagged and multi-dimensional arrays. In the end, it discusses the Array class and it's methods for searching and sorting an array's items.

Reading and Writing XML in C#

Mahesh Chand — 10/29/2001 12:00:00 AM

In this tutorial, you will learn how to read and write XML documents in Microsoft .NET using C# language.

Regular Expressions Usage in C#

Prasad — 9/7/2001 12:00:00 AM

The source code shows how to use Regular Expressions in C#.

OOPS Concepts and .NET Part 2: Inheritance, Abstraction, & Polymorphism

Erika Ehrli Cabral — 6/22/2005 12:00:00 AM

The following article is the second of a three-part article series that presents definitions and samples for different Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts and its implementation in .NET.

Generating Random Number and String in C#

Mahesh Chand — 11/19/2004 12:00:00 AM

The Random class defined in the .NET Framework class library provides functionality to generate random numbers. This article shows you how you can use this class to generate random numbers and strings and even combination of both.

Creating a Windows Service in C#

Mahesh Chand — 1/23/2001 12:00:00 AM

Windows Services is a new name for NT Services in .NET. This tutorial steps you through creating a Windows Service and how to install and start it.

Timer in C#

Mahesh Chand — 1/26/2001 12:00:00 AM

An article with sample project explains how to work with the Timer control in C# and .NET to write to a text file after few seconds.

Creating C# Class Library (DLL) Using Visual Studio .NET

Mahesh Chand — 12/9/2000 12:00:00 AM

This tutorial explains how to create a C# class library(dll) and call it from a C# console client application.

ProgressBar in C#

Mahesh Chand — 2/22/2000 12:00:00 AM

You need progress bars to display the progress of your application or background tasks.

Free Book: C# Programming for Beginners

Mahesh Chand — 8/21/2007 12:00:00 AM

In this book, you will learn how to write and compile C# programs, understand C# syntaxes, data types, control flow, classes and their members, interfaces, arrays, and exception handling. After completing this book, you should have a clear understanding of the purpose of C# language, it’s usages, and how to write C# programs.

Understanding Properties in C#

Rajesh VS — 10/15/2001 12:00:00 AM

In C#, properties are nothing but natural extension of data fields. They are usually known as 'smart fields' in C# community.

ASP.NET 2.0 FileUpload Control

Mahesh Chand — 10/9/2005 12:00:00 AM

ASP.NET 2.0 FileUpLoad control is used to browse and upload a file from a web page. This tutorial shows how to use ASP.NET 2.0 FileUpload control.

C# Tutorial for Beginners: Part I

Anand Narayanswamy — 8/16/2001 12:00:00 AM

Three chapter of this tutorial explains basics of .NET, C# and how to write your first C# program.

Exception Handling in C#

Rajesh VS — 10/17/2001 12:00:00 AM

Exception handling is an in built mechanism in .NET framework to detect and handle run time errors.

TreeView Control in C#

Scott Lysle — 4/16/2007 12:00:00 AM

This is an article addressing some of the basics of working with a TreeView control; the article will address dynamically adding TreeNodes to a TreeView control, searching the nodes to find and highlight a single node or a collection of nodes.

Working with DropDownList and ListBox Controls in ASP.NET

Sushila Patel — 7/29/2003 12:00:00 AM

In this article we'll see how to use DropDownList and ListBox Web controls to display data in various formats.

Creating Setup and Deployment Projects in VS.NET

Vishnu Prasad — 4/21/2003 12:00:00 AM

This step-by-step tutorial guides you how to create a setup and deployment project using Visual Studio .NET to build a setup of your applications.

Introductions to Crystal Reports in .NET

Mahesh Chand — 9/19/2003 12:00:00 AM

There have been many enquiries about Crystal Reports on the site. Here i will show you how to create a simple report using Crystal Reports and Visual Studio .NET.

Client Side Validation with JavaScript in ASP.NET

Puran Kaushal — 3/22/2006 12:00:00 AM

This simple program will guide how to do client side validation in JavaScript.

ASP.Net 2.0: Export GridView to Excel

Dipal Choksi — 11/6/2006 12:00:00 AM

This article describes how to Export an ASP.Net 2.0 GridView to Excel.

Calculating Date Difference in C#

Dipal Choksi — 9/14/2006 12:00:00 AM

This article introduces the various options for calculating the date difference in C#.

How To Open and Read an Excel Spreadsheet into a ListView in .NET

Mike Gold — 11/26/2001 12:00:00 AM

The Interoperability services make it very easy to work with COM Capable Applications such as Word and Excel.

Introduction to Multithreading in C#

Mike Gold — 10/6/2005 12:00:00 AM

This article is a complete introdution to threading. It explains what is a thread and why it is used in programming. It also talks about common problems with threading, and how to begin writing thread safe code.

Using ListViews in C#

Mike Gold — 1/18/2001 12:00:00 AM

As a Visual C++ user for 10 years I can say that Microsoft deserves praise for their new ListView class. The MFC ListView class was, well, unpleasant to use. C# makes life a bit easier with a richer property and method set for ListViews. Also, you can now, set the ListView to select an entire row in report mode, something that in Visual C++ you had to write a whole custom ListView control to do. Note also the nice grid lines.

Space Invaders for C# and .NET

Mike Gold — 6/29/2005 12:00:00 AM

This is an update of the space invaders game posted on C# Corner 3 years ago for Visual Studio 2005. This version adds spiraling bombs and a ship lives indicator.

Word automation using C#

Amrish Deep Ravidas — 5/11/2007 12:00:00 AM

Word Automation through C# is all about programmatically generating the Word Document using C# code. Almost all of the tasks which we perform on word 2003 can be done programmatically using C# or VB.

Writing an ActiveX Control in .NET

David Sandor — 3/12/2003 12:00:00 AM

In this example, I will walk you through creating an ActiveX control that will show a simple user interface and accept input from a web page.

Working with HashTable in C# 2.0

Pradeep Tiwari — 11/13/2006 12:00:00 AM

We often need to store more than one dimension data in a list and data may not be an integer or string. This article shows how to use the HashTable class to store object type data.

Implementing MVC Design Pattern in .NET

nimesh panchal — 2/25/2003 12:00:00 AM

This article explains the basic concept of the Model View Controller (MVC) design pattern and also shows how how closely .NET Framework can be used to implement the MVC design pattern with the one that originally conceived.

Shell Commands within C#

Dipal Choksi — 7/10/2002 12:00:00 AM

In this article we will examine a few examples for executing shell commands outside of our program using C#.

Working with Windows TabControl with C#

Mahesh Chand — 12/16/2003 12:00:00 AM

Windows TabControl is a useful control that allows you display multiple dialogs tabs on a single form by switching between the tabs. In this tutorial, I will explain how to create and use a TabControl in your Windows applications with C#.

C# Heap(ing) Vs Stack(ing) in .NET: Part I

Matthew Cochran — 1/14/2006 12:00:00 AM

Even though with the .NET framework we don't have to actively worry about memory management and garbage collection (GC), we still have to keep memory management and GC in mind in order to optimize the performance of our applications.

Programming C#: Working with Arrays in .NET

Mahesh Chand — 7/9/2002 12:00:00 AM

This article concentrates on arrays in .NET and how you can work with arrays using C# language. Article also covers the Arrays class and its method, which can be used to sort, search, get, and set an array items.

Drag and Drop Using C#

Mike Gold — 3/30/2001 12:00:00 AM

Drag and Drop in C# has been a question on the UseNet and many websites on C# so I have decided to tackle the problem here. This is an update of the directory tree component download on this web site.

How to Convert String to Hexadecimal and Vice versa

Joshy George — 10/31/2006 12:00:00 AM

This article shows you how to convert string to hexadecimal and vice versa. I did this program for my smart Card application.

Building a 3-Tier Application using ASP.NET

Paul Abraham — 12/17/2001 12:00:00 AM

In the first part we will discuss about 3.Tier Architecture and in the second part we will implement an ASP.NET example to practice the 3.Tier design. You need the Visual Studio.net with c# compiler, IIS and a Microsoft SQL Server to follow this article.

Object Oriented Concepts in C#

tusharkant.agarwal — 12/24/2003 12:00:00 AM

In this article we will discuss key concepts of object orientation with their practical implementation in C#. We will discuss here basics of OOPS including Interfaces, Access Modifiers, inheritance, polymorphism etc.

C# Interface Based Development

Matthew Cochran — 3/6/2006 12:00:00 AM

When trying to build maintainable, reusable, and flexible C# code, the object oriented nature of C# only gets us 50% of the way there. Programming to interfaces can provide us with the last 50%. Interfaced-based design provides loose coupling, true component-based programming, easier maintainability and it makes code reuse much more accessible because implementation is separated from the interface.

Printing in C#

Mike Gold — 1/26/2000 12:00:00 AM

This sample shows you how to print a text box contents in C# and .NET.

Simple XML Parser in C#

Shehan Peruma — 4/5/2005 12:00:00 AM

This article shows how to create a very simple XML parser.

Socket Programming in C#

Dottys — 9/3/2001 12:00:00 AM

This program is useful for a starter who wants to write C# Codes using Net Sockets.

Add some elegance to your code using C# List

Craig Murphy — 3/31/2006 12:00:00 AM

A short and to-the-point tutorial that demonstrates how to sort and search using List in C#.

Modal Popup Dialog Window in ASP.NET

Frederick Volking — 9/15/2003 12:00:00 AM

This sample show you how to create modal popup dialog window in ASP.NET that passes and returns multiple parameters.

Event Handling in .NET using C#

Deepak Dutta — 3/13/2002 12:00:00 AM

In this article I discuss the event handling model in .NET using C#. The discussion starts with an introduction to the concept of delegates and then it extends that concept to events and event handling in .NET.

Access Command Line Arguments in C#

Mahesh Chand — 3/27/2006 12:00:00 AM

This article shows how to access command line arguments in C#.

Inserting new row in GridView in ASP.NET 2.0

art_scott — 9/4/2006 12:00:00 AM

The GridView was not designed to insert new rows, but there is a way to accomplish this with very little code. This article shows how to do that.

Export ASP.NET DataGrid to Excel

Dipal Choksi — 9/8/2003 12:00:00 AM

Export to Excel is one of the most common functionality required in ASP.NET pages. Users can download the data from the DataGrid into an Excel spreadsheet for offline verification and/or computation.

Connect to Access Database in C# and ADO.NET

Muhammad Imran Taj — 2/26/2008 12:00:00 AM

This artilce explains how to connect and get data from an Access database in C# and ADO.NET.

ASP.NET MessageBox

Mahesh Chand — 9/11/2006 12:00:00 AM

The attached source code contains a class WebMsgBox, which is a message box written in C# for ASP.NET applications.

GDI+ Tutorial for Beginners

Mahesh Chand — 12/26/2000 12:00:00 AM

GDI+ is next evolution of GDI. In Visual Studio .NET, Microsoft has taken care of most of the GDI problems and have made it easy to use.

Using Property Grid in C#

Mike Gold — 6/30/2004 12:00:00 AM

Property Grid control is one of the control we deal with all the time when writing UI applications. This article and attached source code shows how to use the Property Grid control in your applications.

Hashtable in C#

Mahesh Chand — 11/14/2005 12:00:00 AM

Hashtable is useful when you need to store data in a key and value pair. This article shows how to use hashtable in C#.

Enter Null Values for DateTime Column of SQL Server

Sushila Patel — 9/26/2003 12:00:00 AM

Inserting a null value to the DateTime Field in SQL Server is one of the most common issues giving various errors. Even if one enters null values the value in the database is some default value as 1/1/1900 12:00:00 AM.

Communicating with Serial Port in C#

Ryan Alford — 12/8/2008 12:00:00 AM

This article shows how to communicated with Serial Port using C#.

TreeView in WPF

Mahesh Chand — 2/27/2009 12:00:00 AM

This tutorial shows you how to create and use a TreeView control available in WPF and XAML.

Working with Strings in VB.NET

Mahesh Chand — 2/5/2002 12:00:00 AM

This article is VB.NET version of Working with Strings in .NET using C#.

Views & Stored Procedure in SQL Server 2005

Raj Kumar — 10/10/2008 12:00:00 AM

This article shows how to use Views and Stored Procedures in SQL Server 2005

Posting Form Data from ASP.NET Page to Another URL

Jigar Desai — 9/27/2004 12:00:00 AM

This article shows you how to post a Form data to a different URL from ASP.NET pages. For example, you might need to send user to a third party payment processing system using post method. ASP.NET does not provide any straight forward way to accomplish this task.

How to Export Crystal Report in ASP.NET

chris wong — 5/6/2004 12:00:00 AM

When using Crystal Reports in ASP.NET, the CrystalReportViewer control does not have the export or the print buttons like the one in Windows Form. We can still achieve some degree of export and print functionality by writing our own code to handle exporting.

Playing AVI Files using DirectX 9 with C# and .NET

Mike Gold — 11/24/2005 12:00:00 AM

Ever wonder how to play videos in .NET? This article will show you how to use the managed DirectX 9 Video class to play avi video files.

How To Print a Data Grid in C# and .NET

Mike Gold — 6/4/2003 12:00:00 AM

I wrote this article in response to the question, "How the heck do I print out a DataGrid and its contents

Multiple Inheritance in C#

Craig Breakspear — 8/29/2001 12:00:00 AM

Can you inherit from multiple classes in C#? Simply put, this cannot be done. However there are ways around it. From a design perspective you must ask yourself, will a Class fully represent an object?

Tip: How to pass Crystal Report Parameters Programmatically?

Mahesh Chand — 11/2/2006 12:00:00 AM

This tip shows how to pass a Crystal Report parameters and their values programmatically.

Introduction to Model View Control (MVC) Pattern using C#

Matthew Cochran — 12/12/2005 12:00:00 AM

The benefits of using the Model-View-Control (MVC) pattern in our development projects is that we can completely decouple our business and presentation application layers. Furthermore, we will have a completely independent object to control the presentation layer.

Creating and Opening Microsoft Word Documents from .NET Using C#

Mike Gold — 10/25/2006 12:00:00 AM

This article answers "how do I open a word document from within a .NET application."

The "ins" and "outs" of Using Stored Procedures in C#

Dan Clark — 1/27/2003 12:00:00 AM

This article reviews the creation of stored procedures with parameters using the Visual Studio IDE.

Delegates in C#

Amr Monjid — 2/29/2008 12:00:00 AM

This article discusses the delegate type and how it can be used to point to methods in the application which can be invoked at later time. This article demonstrates also the delegate ability to multicast and delegate covariance.

Using Stored Procedures with ASP.NET

Gaurav Tomar — 12/12/2007 12:00:00 AM

This article helps you to create a stored procedure on SQL Server and tells you how to use them in your asp.net applications.

LINQ to SQL in C#

Scott Lysle — 6/2/2008 12:00:00 AM

This article provides an introduction to employing LINQ to SQL within a Windows Forms application; the article will address the incorporation of LINQ to SQL into a win forms project, how to use LINQ to SQL to select, insert, update, and delete data, and how to use LINQ to SQL to execute stored procedures.

How do I Generate Random Number in C#?

Mahesh Chand — 10/5/2005 12:00:00 AM

This code snippet shows how to you generate a random number between a range in C#.

Using Linked List in C#

Jay Smith — 6/25/2003 12:00:00 AM

What we going to make is a linked list. Yeah I know there is a class which does the same as a linked list called ArrayList, but we (as a diehard C# programmer) want absolute control and knowledge of what we use.

Static Constructor in C# and their Usages.

chandrakant upadhyay — 9/9/2002 12:00:00 AM

Static constructor is used to initialize static data members as soon as the class is referenced first time, whereas an instance constructor is used to create an instance of that class with keyword.

How to Build Multi-Language Web Sites with ASP.NET 2.0 and VS.Net 2005

Muhammad Mosa — 2/6/2006 12:00:00 AM

In this article, we will explore the necessary details for working with resources in ASP.NET applications and for creating international ASP.NET applications based on embedded resources and the integrated localization support.

Web Browser in C# and VB.NET

Mahesh Chand — 9/11/2001 12:00:00 AM

This article explains how to add and web browser ActiveX to your project to developer your own customized web browser.

ListBox in WPF

Mahesh Chand — 8/26/2008 12:00:00 AM

This tutorial shows you how to create and use a ListBox control in WPF and XAML. The tutorial also covers styling and formatting, add images, checkboxes, and data binding in a ListBox contrtol.

Using WebRequest and WebResponse classes

Mahesh Chand — 7/31/2001 12:00:00 AM

Downloading and uploading data from the web has been a very common programming practice these days.

Speech Recognition using C#

Suhil Srinivas — 5/18/2004 12:00:00 AM

This article provides some elementary information about how to implement Speech Recognition capabilities in to your applications using C# and Speech SDK 5.1.

Generate ASP.NET Crystal Report using DataSet

Subhajit Datta Roy — 3/2/2006 12:00:00 AM

This article will help us to create Crystal Report in ASP.NET/C# using Dataset.

Authentication and Authorization in ASP.NET

Lakshami Moningi — 9/9/2003 12:00:00 AM

There are two closely interlinked concepts at the heart of security for distributed applications - authentication and authorization.

Reading XML File using XmlDocument

Bulent Ozkir — 4/26/2001 12:00:00 AM

In this article Reading XML File using XmlDocument.

Read a file using C#

Pramod Singh — 1/15/2000 12:00:00 AM

This program just demonstrate the use of FileStream & StreamReader.

OOPS Concepts and .NET Part 2: Inheritance, Abstraction, & Polymorphism

Erika Ehrli — 6/22/2005 12:00:00 AM

The following article is the second of a three-part article series that presents definitions and samples for different Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts and its implementation in .NET. The first part examined the concepts of classes, objects, and structures. This part examines the concepts of inheritance, abstraction, and polymorphism. The third and last part will examine the concepts of interface, multiple interface inheritance, collections, and overloading.

Update and Delete Rows in a DataTable

Mahesh Chand — 8/24/2006 12:00:00 AM

This how do I shows how to update and delete rows when looping through a DataTable.

Calculator in C# (Windows Application)

David Kulbok — 10/19/2001 12:00:00 AM

This is a simple calculator program that was written using Visual Studio.NET and C#.

How to Read and Write System Registry Keys using C# (VS.Net 2005)

Sushmita Kumari — 2/9/2006 12:00:00 AM

Most of the time while working with the Enterprise Application will need to store the user preferences inside the windows system registry. In a general term Windows Registry is the database that holds all the settings Windows needs to function.

Building WebParts in ASP .Net 2.0

Amit Anajwala — 8/8/2005 12:00:00 AM

Web Parts is a framework built into ASP.NET 2.0 for building highly customizable portal-style pages. End users can customize Web Parts pages by changing the page layout, adding and removing Web Parts, editing Web Parts properties, establishing connections between Web Parts, and more. I would like to share how to build web parts in ASP .Net 2.0. I am providing the source code of application as well.

How to use Login Control in Visual Studio 2005

Sushmita Kumari — 1/31/2006 12:00:00 AM

In the recent version of Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft has taken care of a very common functionality of the web applications. In the following article we will see that how to use login control using C#.Net.

Pointers in C#

Rajesh VS — 10/25/2001 12:00:00 AM

C# also supports pointers in a limited extent. A pointer is nothing but a variable that holds the memory address of another type. But in C# pointer can only be declared to hold the memory address of value types and arrays.

Developing MDI Applications in C#

G Gnana Arun Ganesh — 1/16/2002 12:00:00 AM

In this article, I'll explain how to write MDI applications using C# and Windows Forms.

DataGrid in WPF

Mahesh Chand — 9/28/2009 12:00:00 AM

This article is a part 1 of my WPF DataGrid series. In this part, you will learn how to create a DataGrid using XAML and C# and set its properties. The article will also show you how to apply data binding on a collection.

The out and ref Paramerter in C#

Mahesh Chand — 6/12/2001 12:00:00 AM

The out and the ref parameters are used to return values in the same variables, that you pass an an argument of a method. These both parameters are very useful when your method needs to return more than one values.

Understanding Destructors in C#

Chandra Hundigam — 6/18/2002 12:00:00 AM

This article is about understanding the working concept of destructor in C#. I know you all may be thinking why a dedicated article on simple destructor phenomenon.

Creating and Opening Microsoft Word Document from .NET Using C#

Mike Gold — 3/8/2002 12:00:00 AM

This article is being written in response to a couple inquiries on the question, "How do I open a word document from .NET?".

OOPS Concepts and .NET Part 1: Classes, Objects, and Structures

Erika Ehrli Cabral — 6/22/2005 12:00:00 AM

The following article kicks off a three-part article series that will present definitions and samples for different Object-Oriented Programming concepts and its implementation in .NET.

WCF Programming for Beginners

Sunil — 8/13/2008 12:00:00 AM

This article provides the basics for programming the WCF Service.

Outlook Integration in C#

Sairam — 10/31/2006 12:00:00 AM

This article describes how we can manipulate outlook from Visual Studio 2005.

Using ListBox in C#

devinder arora — 12/28/2004 12:00:00 AM

The source code demonstrates how to use a listbox control in C# - adding, deleting and altering strings.

Write XML in C#

Mahesh Chand — 3/27/2001 12:00:00 AM

In this article, I will show you how to use XmlTextWriter class to create an XML document and write data to the document.

Tutorial: Working with Windows Forms - Part I

Jayant Mukharjee — 8/9/2001 12:00:00 AM

Tutorial contains a number of C# samples for the Amateur/ Beginners in the Visual C# and .Net PlatForm Environment.

Display Videos in ASP.NET 2.0

Scott Lysle — 8/29/2007 12:00:00 AM

This article shall describe the construction of a custom control used to play video on an ASP.NET web page. The control is based upon the Windows Media Player active X control; with it you can add canned or live video to a web page by setting a property or two at design time, or from the ASP.NET page itself.