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Tuesday 24 February 2009

[CodeProject] Newsletter (23 Feb 2009)

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Our Microsoft Windows Mobile Developer Contest has ended so we have another set of winners to award. Congratulations go to:

  1. Overall Best Article – Tyler Brinks
    Learn How to Find GPS Location on Any SmartPhone, and Then Make it Relevant
     
  2. Runner-up: Most Popular Article – Dr. Luiji
    iPhone UI in Windows Mobile
     
  3. Runner-up: Most Discussed Article – Joel Ivory Johnson
    Windows Mobile Development Without Visual Studio
     

It's also that time of the month to hand out the prizes for the best articles in each category from last month:

Best ASP.NET article of January 2009 Abhijit Jana - Exploring Session in ASP.Net
Prizes:Report Sharp-Shooter - Perpetuumsoft; Dundas Chart for .NET Pro (Web) - Dundas Software Ltd.; Nevron Chart for .NET (Professional edition) - Nevron Software; OnTime 2008 Professional Edition for Software Development Teams - Axosoft (Business); The latest ASP.NET books from Apress - Apress; SmartOutline 2010 - SmartOutline
 
Best VB.NET article of January 2009rspercy58 - 47 Useful Windows Vista Command-Line Utilities
Prizes:iGrid.NET - 10Tec; Dundas Chart for .NET Pro - Dundas Software Ltd.; .Net Dashboard Suite - Perpetuumsoft; Nevron User Interface for .NET (Professional edition) - Nevron Software; Klik! EntryLib.Net (WinForms) - Klik! Software; Shell MegaPack 2009 - LogicNP Software; The latest VB books from Apress - Apress; SmartOutline 2010 - SmartOutline
 
Best C# article of January 2009K-Sid - HIDAche - An Exercise in Hardware/Software Integration
Prizes:Dundas Chart for .NET Pro - Dundas Software Ltd.; iGrid.NET - 10Tec; Database Restyle - Perpetuumsoft; Nevron Chart for .NET (Professional edition) - Nevron Software; Klik! EntryLib.Net (WinForms) - Klik! Software; Shell MegaPack 2009 - LogicNP Software; The latest C# books from Apress - Apress; SmartOutline 2010 - SmartOutline
 
Best C++/MFC article of January 2009Apriorit Inc - Driver to Hide Processes and Files
Prizes:iGrid.NET - 10Tec; Codejock Xtreme ToolkitPro - Codejock Software; Nevron 3DChart for ActiveX - Nevron Software; The latest C++ books from Apress - Apress; SmartOutline 2010 - SmartOutline
 

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Weekly Poll Results

What new (or rumoured) releases are you looking forward to in the next year?

Survey period: 16 Feb 2009 to 23 Feb 2009

Besides, when has 'but my current applications do what I need' ever been a reason not to upgrade?

OptionVotes% 
Windows 790862.11908 votes, 62.11%
Office 200917812.18178 votes, 12.18%
Windows 2008 R21037.05103 votes, 7.05%
IE 823716.21237 votes, 16.21%
.NET 4.070147.95701 votes, 47.95%
Visual Studio 201091662.65916 votes, 62.65%
Mac OS 'Snow Leopard'805.4780 votes, 5.47%
Ubuntu 'Jaunty Jackalope'15010.26150 votes, 10.26%
Duke Nukem Forever26518.13265 votes, 18.13%
Other825.6182 votes, 5.61%
Responses1451  1462 votes
This is a multiple choice question. Totals may not add up to 100%

View optional text answers (99 answers)

This week's survey: How many CPUs (distinct CPUs, cores or virtual Hyperthreaded) do you have on your main machine?

Most popular new Job Vacancies 24 Jan 2009 - 23 Feb 2009

Most popular new articles 16 Feb 2009 - 23 Feb 2009

Latest Additions

91 articles overall 61 new, 33 updated, 17 moved. 64 were edited, 27 unedited
Article topics listed: All Topics

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New articles added Last week

Files and Folders

Grid & Data Controls

  • WinForms user control for date selection - KazMaxLtd
    A WinForms user control which provides colour-coded feedback on dates which are already assigned (Unedited)
    .NET 2.0, VS2005, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, VS2008, C#, .NET, Win32, Win64, Visual Studio, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate, Advanced

  • DynamicProperties for PropertyGrid - Mizan Rahman
    Tell PropertyGrid what to display, when to display, and how to display
    .NET 2.0, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, Windows, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate, Advanced

Miscellaneous

  • A C# Tiny Fireworks Simulator - Chootair
    A tiny fireworks simulator based on a simple physical engine. The user can configure 10 launchers with the initial speed of the bomb, the explosion form and the explosion colour.
    C#, .NET, Dev, Intermediate

  • Counter based c8051 - ingvar8
    Counter based c8051 (Unedited)
    .NET 2.0, VB 6, VB, .NET CF, .NET, Win32, Mobile, Intermediate

  • Saving and Restoring Form Location in a Multi-Monitor Environment - NealSchafer
    This article describes a method to save and restore form locations that will continue to work when display settings change.
    VB, .NET, Dev, Intermediate

Toolbars & Docking windows

Ajax and Atlas

  • AJAX Look Up Caching - fly904
    Cache server response to reduce server load.
    VS2008, C#, ASP.NET, Javascript, .NET, Dev, Ajax, Intermediate

Applications & Tools

  • 2D LUA Based Robot Simulator - auralius
    An article on designing your own robot simulator
    VC6, .NET 3.0, Windows, MFC, GDI, Dev, Beginner, Intermediate

ASP.NET

Caching

  • ASP.NET MVC Result Cache - Jorge Bay Gondra
    Cache the ActionResult using an ActionFilter
    .NET 3.5, C#, ASP.NET, Architect, Dev, Intermediate

Charts, Graphs and Images

  • Graphics Rendering with ASP Page - Henry Tan Setiawan
    Dynamically Rendering 2D graphics with ASP.NET/GDI+/C#
    .NET 2.0, C#, ASP.NET, GDI+, Architect, Dev, Design, Intermediate

HTML / CSS

Silverlight

SharePoint Server

DirectX

  • AViD - Andrew Rissing
    An application for visualizing common dendrimers models. (Unedited)
    .NET 2.0, C# 2.0, C#, Windows, .NET, DirectX, Dev, WinForms, Beginner

General Graphics

  • 3DHelper - MikeTheDwarf
    Helper class to display 3D data
    C++, C++/CLI, Windows, Win32, Visual Studio, MFC, GDI, OpenGL, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

  • Pixel Addition Watermarking - vidyaputra
    A application that shows how to add pixels to create a visible watermark without using GDI.
    C#, .NET, Dev, Beginner, Intermediate

  • Generation of Banded Images - Amarnath S
    An article to describe the generation of Images containing Mach bands at arbitrary angles (C#)
    .NET 2.0, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, Win32, Dev, Intermediate

Database

  • Windows Indexing Service Basic - Nirmal Singh Bhary
    This article describes how to manage and use Indexing service (Unedited)
    VBScript, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Beginner

  • Weird Thing with Inner Queries in SQL SERVER 2005 - Virendra Dugar
    How inner queries work in SQL Server
    SQL, Windows, SQL Server, Dev, Intermediate

  • SQL Server CE Query Tool - ray_mayukh
    User friendly query designer and data manipulation tool for SQL Server CE
    WinXP, SQL CE, C# 3.0, DBA, Dev, Intermediate, Advanced

  • A Tool to Compare SQL Database Schema Versions - Lindsey Lewis
    An article about a tool for comparing SQL database schema versions
    .NET 2.0, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, SQL 2000, SQL 2005, C# 2.0, XML, SQL, Architect, DBA, Dev, QA, XSLT, Design, Beginner, Intermediate, Win2008

.NET Framework

ATL

  • ATL Windowless ActiveX Media Container - Ernest Laurentin
    Full-fledged ATL Windowless ActiveX Container. Ideal for hosting Windows Media Player, Transparent Flash and Silverlight Animations.
    VC8.0, Windows, Win Mobile, ATL, WTL, Architect, Dev, COM, XAML, Design, Intermediate, Advanced, VC9.0, Flash, Silverlight

COM / COM+

  • Solid Edge ST Addins - Part I - Jason Newell
    A step-by-step tutorial on creating Solid Edge ST addins (Unedited)
    C++, Windows, ATL, Dev, COM, Intermediate

Libraries

  • A Simple Object Collaboration Framework - I. Benian
    A library that simplifies complex interactions between objects by providing a new mechanism of instance discovery and lifetime management. It is an extension of the .NET CallContext or HTTPContext mechanism that provides a way of sharing objects within an execution code path.
    .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, C#, ASP.NET, Windows, Dev, Intermediate, Advanced

Mobile Development

  • Pocket Personal Health Record - rasheed1979
    Personal Pocket Health Record (PPHR) application helps to store and track a user's personal details and visits information on Windows powered pocket PC.
    WinMobile5, VS2008, C#, .NET CF, Dev, ADO.NET, WinForms, Intermediate, Advanced, WinMobile6

  • BlackBerry Java Application Development Using Visual Studio - Ponnurangam D
    BlackBerry Java application development using Visual Studio.
    .NET 2.0, VS2005, Dev, Intermediate, J2ME, Blackberry

Win32/64 SDK & OS

Windows Communication Foundation

Windows Presentation Foundation

C / C++ Language

C#

Java

Other .NET Languages

VB.NET

Algorithms & Recipes

Threads, Processes & IPC

  • Debugging and optimization of multi-thread OpenMP-programs - Karpov Andrey
    The task of familiarizing programmers with the sphere of developing parallel applications is getting more and more urgent. This article is a brief introduction into creation of multi-thread applications based on OpenMP technology. The approaches to debugging and optimization of parallel applications (Unedited)
    VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, C++, C, Windows, Beginner

  • Cross-Platform IPC Event Communication Using Shared Memory Queues - Alex_Intw
    This article shows you how to send or post events among processes using shared memory queues for the Windows and Linux platforms.
    VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Windows, Win32, Dev, Linux, Intermediate

Code Generation

  • GenOmatic - PIEBALDconsult
    A console application to generate enumerations from a database query.
    C#, XML, .NET, Dev, XSLT, Intermediate

  • GOF's Adapters and Some Magic - Erich Ledesma
    How to create automated Adapters and extend/modify original functionality with default member's implementation for interfaces, Eiffel-like separates, code injection and design by contract. (Unedited)
    C#, .NET, Architect, Dev, Advanced

Design and Architecture

Articles updated added Last week

Combo & List Boxes

Dialogs and Windows

  • Wizard Form Implementation - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
    Create a dynamically resizable wizard form
    C#, .NET, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate

Applications & Tools

ASP.NET

Charts, Graphs and Images

Office Development

General Graphics

  • Real Tree 2 - Mohammad Reza Khosravi
    This application shows a simple algorithm for drawing random flowers and trees. The logic is based on fractal sets.
    .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS2005, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, VS2008, Win32, Win64, GDI+, Architect, WinForms, Design, Intermediate, Win2008

.NET Framework

  • Photo & Video Viewer with Encryption Capability - tedqn
    A personal media viewer to view photos and videos using C# and Visual Studio 2008
    .NET 3.5, VS2008, C#, Windows, Intermediate

  • Painting Your Own Tabs - The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
    How to control the painting of the .NET TabControl
    .NET 2.0, VS2005, C#, VB, Windows, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate

  • Managed Code Error Reporting - cjbarth
    Module to generate a MiniDump on unhandled errors and allow the user to handle the error.
    .NET 3.5, VB, Dev, COM, Intermediate

  • Extended Strongly Typed Resource Generator - Dmytro Kryvko
    An extended version of a Strongly Typed Resource Generator, with formatting support
    .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS2005, C#, Architect, Dev, Intermediate

COM / COM+

  • Number Speller COM-ponent - Adrian Dorache
    Component used to convert a numeric value into English/Romanian words in Excel
    C++, VBScript, Javascript, Windows, ATL, COM, Intermediate

Game Development

Windows Presentation Foundation

WTL

C#

VB.NET

Algorithms & Recipes

  • Computational Geometry, C++ and Wykobi - Arash Partow
    A brief introduction into computational geometry processes using Wykobi and C++ (Unedited)
    VC7.1, VC8.0, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC, Mono, DotGNU, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, C++, C++/CLI, Windows, Win Mobile, .NET, Win32, Win64, STL, GDI, GDI+, OpenGL, Architect, Dev, Linux, XBox, Beginner

  • Writing Your Own RTF Converter - Jani Giannoudis
    An article on how to write a custom RTF parser and converter
    C# 2.0, .NET, Dev, WPF, Intermediate

Internet / Network

  • Full Multi-thread Client/Server Socket Class with ThreadPool - Ernest Laurentin
    A Complete Client/Server Socket Communication class with threadpool implementation. Easy to use and integrate into C++ application.
    VC8.0, WinMobile5, Win32, MFC, Architect, Dev, Intermediate, Advanced, VC9.0, WinMobile6

Design and Architecture

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