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Introduction to D3DImage

by Dr. WPF

.NET 3.5 SP1 is here! It's time to break out your DirectX skills. This article provides the information necessary to get started using a new DirectX interop feature in WPF called D3DImage.

Cryptographic Interoperability: Keys

by Jeffrey Walton

Import and export Cryptographic Keys in PKCS#8 and X.509 formats, using Crypto++, C#, and Java.

XColorSpectrumCtrl - a non-MFC color picker control that displays a color spectrum

by Hans Dietrich

XColorSpectrumCtrl displays a color spectrum that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models.

XQueue - a non-MFC C++ class to manage an interprocess queue

by Hans Dietrich

XQueue implements a shared-memory first-in first-out (FIFO) queue, based on memory-mapped files, that works on all versions of Windows.

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A GPS Based Bike Speedometer on the TTGO T1 Display

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Make a little widget that tracks your speed using GPS and strap it to your bike.

NTP/SNTP v4/v3 Server/Client C++

by JadBenAutho

Efficient and standalone library for NTP server/client utilizing pure C++

Harlinn.Windows - A Visual Studio 2022 Solution

by Espen Harlinn

Harlinn.Windows is a collection of libraries that I have put together that serves as a big part of the runtime we use at work.

C++ CMake Build Issue with SQLite3 Fixed Using pkg-config Utility

by YasIkeda

Fix was released. When I ran find_package( SQLite3 REQUIRED ) in my CMake script three weeks ago, it failed and output an error. Here's how I solved it.

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Introduction to D3DImage

11 Aug 2008 by Dr. WPF

.NET 3.5 SP1 is here! It's time to break out your DirectX skills. This article provides the information necessary to get started using a new DirectX interop feature in WPF called D3DImage.

Cryptographic Interoperability: Keys

5 Jun 2008 by Jeffrey Walton

Import and export Cryptographic Keys in PKCS#8 and X.509 formats, using Crypto++, C#, and Java.

XColorSpectrumCtrl - a non-MFC color picker control that displays a color spectrum

4 Apr 2008 by Hans Dietrich

XColorSpectrumCtrl displays a color spectrum that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models.

XQueue - a non-MFC C++ class to manage an interprocess queue

17 Jan 2005 by Hans Dietrich

XQueue implements a shared-memory first-in first-out (FIFO) queue, based on memory-mapped files, that works on all versions of Windows.

GFX Forever: The Complete Guide to GFX for IoT

8 Mar 2022 by honey the codewitch

GFX is a fast and full featured replacement for standard IoT drawing libraries that is optimized to reduce bus I/O

Automatic Linguistic Indexing of Pictures (ALIP) By Artificial Neural Network Approach

10 Sep 2009 by Chesnokov Yuriy

General idea of how the computer may be used to describe the image analyzing its pixel content known as ALIP

Control Message Bar

23 Oct 2008 by Paul Vickery

Code to add a message bar to virtually any existing Windows control.

Nimbus SDK: A Tiny Framework for C++ Real-Time Volumetric Cloud Rendering, Animation and Morphing

3 Apr 2022 by Carlos Jiménez de Parga

A reusable Visual C++ framework for real-time volumetric cloud rendering, animation and morphing

XResFile - Files Stored in Resources: Part 2 - Zip Files

19 Jul 2007 by Hans Dietrich

This series of articles is a step-by-step guide to reading files stored in your program's resources. Along the way I will present some non-MFC classes to assist you in reading text, binary, zip, and even encrypted files that have been compiled into your program as resources.

Succinct Guide to Floating Point Format For C++ and C# Programmers

12 Jan 2020 by Shao Voon Wong

Floating Point Format For C++ and C# Programmers

CProcessData : A template class to ease up SendMessage calls across processes

9 Jun 2005 by Nish Nishant

CProcessData is a template class that makes it easy to use data allocated in a different process, and is useful when making inter-process SendMessage/PostMessage calls.

The Impossibly Fast C++ Delegates, Fixed

11 Mar 2017 by Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Derived work based on the article by Sergey Ryazanov "The Impossibly Fast C++ Delegates": this good solution is fixed and further developed using C++11.

Harlinn.Windows - A Visual Studio 2022 Solution

U 20 Jul 2024 by Espen Harlinn

Harlinn.Windows is a collection of libraries that I have put together that serves as a big part of the runtime we use at work.

Getting Started with U++ 2022.2

26 May 2022 by Miroslav Fidler

Installation and the first look at U++ platform

Synchronization with Visual C++ and the Windows API

23 Mar 2021 by Espen Harlinn

Choosing the right synchronization mechanisms when working with threads, thread-pools, and I/O Completion ports to create high performance asynchronous servers in C++

Guide to WIN32 Regions

10 Mar 2002 by Paul M Watt

Guide to understanding how to create and use regions with the WIN32 SDK

IFS - an Internet File System implementation based on Web services and peer-to-peer technology

28 Sep 2002 by Stoyan Damov

Internet File System from scratch - making web services and peer-to-peer technology work together to build a virtual file system

Window Tabs (WndTabs) Add-In for DevStudio

11 Jul 2002 by Oz Solomon

Window and File Management add-in for Visual C++

Combinatorial Explosion - A Cautionary Tale

22 Jan 2017 by marcus obrien

My experience of the disastrous effects of a bad OO design, in particular, what happens when combinatorial explosion arrives knocking on the door

Constructing Fast Lexical Analyzers with RE/flex - Why Another Scanner Generator?

30 Apr 2020 by Robert van Engelen

RE/flex for C++

tlock<>: Any C++ Object read/write Thread-safe Provider

13 Jul 2019 by Michael Chourdakis

An easy locking class for shared/exclusive mutex functions with upgrade/downgrade

Authenticated Encryption

23 Mar 2009 by Jeffrey Walton

Perform authenticated encryption with Crypto++.

X86/ARM Emulator

1 May 2014 by codestarman

X86/ARM emulator written using C++ and assembler for the .NET environment.

Create An Awesome WPF UI for Your C++/QT Applications

6 Jan 2020 by The Ænema

This article will teach you how to create an amazing, clean and smooth WPF/Winform UI for your native application without using any complex, unsafe, ActiveXish methods, etc.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part VI

26 May 2006 by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on writing a shell extension that can be used on the Send To menu.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part VII

30 May 2006 by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on using owner-drawn menus in a context menu shell extensions, and on making a context menu extension that responds to a right-click in a directory background.

Simple MLP Backpropagation Artificial Neural Network in C++ (Step by Step)

1 Mar 2019 by AmirAslan Haghrah

Implementing a very simple Backpropagation Neural Network algorithm to approximate f(x) = sin(x) using C++

Functional Programming in C++

23 Nov 2018 by MehreenTahir

This article will show you an alternative way of using C++; How to write functional code in C++. You’ll see how to write more concise, safer, readable, reasonable code.

The ALXGrid Control Library.

10 Nov 2002 by Alexey

The ALXGrid Control Library is a set of classes for management of data as a table.

Using C Calling Convention Callback Functions in C# and VB - The Easy Way

13 Sep 2005 by Jecho Jekov

Provides an easy way to use C calling convention callback functions in C# and VB

Unification of Text and Binary File APIs

27 Jun 2022 by Shao Voon Wong

A portable and easy-to-use C++ file library to read and write structured data

.NET Wrapper of FFmpeg Libraries

15 Jul 2022 by Maxim Kartavenkov

Article describes created .NET wrapper library

Passing Strings Between Managed and Unmanaged Code

7 Jul 2017 by Leif Simon Goodwin

How to pass strings between managed and unmanaged code

MFC List Control with Tooltips, Editing, Colors, Columns hiding, Sorting and lot more abilities.

6 Apr 2020 by Jovibor

Owner-draw list control with tooltips, editing, colors, sorting, hyperlinks, columns hiding and lot more.

Automated IE SaveAs MHTML

4 Sep 2002 by Stephane Rodriguez.

This article demonstrates how to automate IE's Save As functionality

FIXME - A Smart FIXME Macro

25 May 2009 by Jochen Baier

Using this smart 'FIXME' macro will help you not to forget to fix your code.

Driver Loader [DLoad] from Scratch

2 Nov 2009 by csrss

A tool for loading device drivers

64-bit Structured Exception Handling (SEH) in ASM

1 Nov 2017 by Jose A Pascoa

Rolling up a practical solution

ANNT : Convolutional neural networks

28 Oct 2018 by Andrew Kirillov

The article demonstrates usage of ANNT library for creating convolutional ANNs and applying them to image classification tasks.

artificial-intelligence

Worlds Fastest Bitboard Chess Movegenerator

6 Oct 2021 by D. Infuehr

How C++ enables us to write insanely fast code - for chess, and anywhere else

SAPrefs - Netscape-like Preferences Dialog

20 Apr 2002 by C^hris L^osinger

A base class for a prefereneces dialog, similar to that used in Netscape

Pretty Good Initialization Library

25 Nov 2004 by Thorsten Ottosen

Are you tired of filling data manually into STL containers? With the Initialization Library it gets a lot easier.

CppEvent - How to Implement Events using Standard C++

13 Aug 2018 by Shmuel Zang

This article shows how we can implement a thread-safe events (similar to .NET events) mechanism using the standard C++ library.

Adding New Theme Variations to the MFC Ribbon (CMFCVisualManager)

1 Nov 2017 by peterboulton

Add new Ribbon themes to MFC application built using VS Feature Pack' classes

Screen Capture to the Clipboard

5 Apr 2001 by Joseph M. Newcomer

How do you capture the bitmap of a window? This little download shows how, and places the bitmap on the clipboard.

Implement Phonetic ("Sounds-like") Name Searches with Double Metaphone Part VI: Other Methods & Additional Resources

19 Mar 2007 by Adam Nelson

Surveys other phonetic matching techniques, and presents additional resources on the subject.

A Custom STL std::allocator Replacement Improves Performance

21 Jan 2024 by David Lafreniere

Protect against heap fragmentation faults and improve execution speed with a fixed block alternative to STL std::allocator

50 OpenGL MFC Projects in One

10 May 2017 by Petrov Vladimir

Former NeHe OpenGL Lessons adapted to MSVS-15 pro MFC in INICODE and the samples of the Joystick implementation

cam2web - Streaming Camera to Web as MJPEG Stream

29 Aug 2017 by Andrew Kirillov

The article describes cam2web project - an open source application aimed for streaming cameras as MJPEG streams.

Find GDI Leaks With Windows Debugger

25 Apr 2023 by Shao Voon Wong

Tracing GDI Leaks with Windows Debugger

CSNTPClient - An SNTP Implementation

7 Apr 2000 by PJ Naughter

A collection of freeware MFC classes to encapsulate the SNTP protocol.

Protecting .NET 4.+ Application By C++ [Unmanaged]

25 Mar 2018 by The Ænema

Inject your 4.5 framework .NET application into a C++ unmanaged host application - fast, secure & without any extra tool or library.

Hello C#! C++ at Your Service

23 Mar 2021 by Espen Harlinn

A .NET Core client implemented in C# using TcpClient and a multi-threaded server implemented in C++

Classes for computational geometry

26 Dec 2001 by Chris Maunder

Some classes and utility functions for general computational geometry

MDISnap

29 Nov 2004 by peterchen

Do your users a favor - add snapping edges to MDI child windows (or anywhere else).

Enable C++11 multithreading in GCC for FreeRTOS

30 Mar 2023 by Piotr Grygorczuk

Enable C++11 multithreading features in GCC for FreeRTOS

multi-threading

2-D Interpolation Functions

13 Sep 2021 by Mircea Neacsu

Various algorithms for 2D interpolation

CSplitButton with Images

19 May 2021 by Michael Haephrati

How to enhance the MFC CSplitButton control to support images

Using text callbacks in ListView Controls

26 Nov 1999 by Chris Maunder

Shows how to use text callbacks in list controls

An efficient way for automatic updating

11 Sep 2017 by Michael Haephrati

A simple way to provide silent automatic updates with no server side code

Chess Console Game in C++

5 Jun 2024 by Jerome Vonk

Simple chess game, written in C++, that runs in a console. Made for didactic purposes and fun :)

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part IV

24 May 2006 by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on writing a shell extension that provides custom drag and drop functionality.

How to dynamically link to oleacc.dll in Visual C++ .NET

9 Jun 2002 by Chen Hao

How to control the dependancy on oleacc.dll in your Visual C++ .NET applications

Color Picker for WTL with XP themes

13 Jun 2002 by Tim Smith

Color picker control for WTL applications including optional support for XP themes

XBreadCrumbBar - Draw breadcrumb trail with hyperlinks and HTML

7 Aug 2007 by Hans Dietrich

XBreadCrumbBar is a windowless non-MFC class that allows you to display a breadcrumb trail as HTML text, with support for web links and APP: links.

A C++ SHA1 and MD5 Implementation with CryptoAPI

20 Sep 2012 by Marius Bancila

This article proposes a C++ implementation for computing hashes (SHA1, MD5, MD4 and MD2) on Windows with the Microsoft CryptoAPI library.

Some Shocking Facts You Probably Didn't Want to Know about U++ Framework...

12 Nov 2020 by Miroslav Fidler

...but I will tell you anyway.

Creating Alternate GUI using Vector Art

6 Feb 2000 by Keith Rule

Create visually complex, yet programmatically simple, non-rectangular GUIs

The alxBase classes for work with DBF files

5 Nov 2002 by Alexey

The alxBase classes for work with dbf files.

CFormatDriveDialog - A wrapper class for the undocumented SHFormatDrive API function

27 Aug 2002 by Nish Nishant

A wrapper class for SHFormatDrive (XP/2K only). Corrects some errors in KB article Q173688

How to Make Your Own Sandbox: Simple Sandbox Explained

2 Oct 2016 by Eugene Balabanov

A tiny sandbox primer

PiRex – remote controlled Raspberry Pi based robot

29 Mar 2018 by Andrew Kirillov

The article describes the PiRex robot controllable from either a web browser or a dedicate client application by using REST API.

Computer Vision Sandbox

4 Apr 2019 by Andrew Kirillov

An open source application to acquire and process video from cameras

computer-vision

Using Win32 Transactions

21 Jul 2022 by Bruno van Dooren

This article demonstrates how to use Win32 transactions with file and registry operations.

Enhanced CListCtrl that accepts and filters dropped files and folders

6 Feb 2000 by Stuart Carter

This article explains how to support file drag and drop in your CWnd-derived object

A Simulator of a Universal Turing Machine

31 Mar 2017 by JorgeLuisOrejel

This article describes the implementation and testing of a simulator of a universal Turing machine.

How to Restart a USB Port

23 Mar 2024 by Uwe_Sieber

Shows how to use IOCTL_USB_HUB_CYCLE_PORT to restart a USB port under Windows

Drawing Barcodes in Windows Part 1 - Code 39

14 Jun 2002 by Neil Van Eps

An article on drawing Code 39 barcodes to the screen or to the clipboard

The OpenGL and GLUT: A Powerful Graphics Library and Utility Kit

10 Sep 2010 by logicchild

An article that explains how to use this library

Thread-safe std::map with the Speed of Lock-free Map

1 May 2017 by AlexeyAB

Examples of use and testing of a thread-safe pointer and contention-free shared-mutex

Interoping .NET and C++ through Registration-free COM

2 Aug 2017 by Marius Bancila

Using managed COM objects in C++ without registering the server in Windows Registry

Robust C++: Initialization and Restarts

20 Sep 2022 by Greg Utas

Structuring main() and quickly recovering from memory corruption

Text to SVG Path Utility in U++

22 Jun 2021 by Miroslav Fidler

Creating a simple utility for converting text to SVG path in U++

An Introduction to C++ Concepts for Template Specialization

8 Sep 2022 by Bruno van Dooren

How concepts can be used in template programming for partial specialization

Magic Formula of the Intersection Point of Two Line Segments

5 Dec 2019 by Petrov Vladimir

Compact and simply Vector Formula of the Intersection Point of Two Line Segments

computational-geometry

Thank You for Your Service: Creating a Persistent Isolated Windows Service

14 Feb 2024 by Michael Haephrati

Windows Services are powerful little beasts and encountering them is unavoidable when developing under Windows

Comment/Uncomment Macro and more

18 May 2002 by Adam Solesby

Useful Visual Studio macros to simplify commenting code

A Simple XML Validator, using VOLE

16 Apr 2007 by Matt (D) Wilson

A simple command-line utility that validates XML files, implemented using MSXML via the VOLE COM/Automation driver library

The SBJ MVC Framework - The Model, from Abstraction to Realization

20 Mar 2009 by SBJ

A Model-View-Controller Framework that integrates with the MFC Doc/View architecture

ATL Windowless ActiveX Media Container

5 Mar 2009 by Ernest Laurentin

Full-fledged ATL Windowless ActiveX Container. Ideal for hosting Windows Media Player, Transparent Flash and Silverlight Animations.

Darwin Streaming Server 6.0.3 - setup, customization, plugin or module development, performance and load tests on 32 & 64 bit Redhat Linux

1 Sep 2009 by Koushik Biswas

How to setup Darwin Streaming Server 6.0.3 on 32 or 64 bit Linux platforms, add custom functionality by developing plugins ("modules" as Apple calls them), and results of some performance and load tests I ran

Custom URL Protocol for Invoking Application

6 Mar 2012 by Chandrakantt

Registering a custom URL protocol for invoking an application

H264/HEVC Video Encoder for OpenGL

26 Oct 2022 by Shao Voon Wong

H264/HEVC Video Encoder for recording OpenGL rendering

Duck Three Ways: File I/O and String Performance Comparison Between C#, C++, and C

27 Sep 2022 by Michael Sydney Balloni

Different languages and approaches are evaluated for a file and string processing benchmark

Init Threads in MFC and Win32

17 Oct 2021 by Petrov Vladimir

Starting Threads in MFC and Win32 and some handling samples

multi-threading

ScreenCapture: Single Header DirectX Library with HDR ability

20 Mar 2024 by Michael Chourdakis

DirectX hardware screen capture and encoding with audio mixing capabilities. H264/H265/VP80/VP90/FLAC/MP3. HDR supported.

NTP/SNTP v4/v3 Server/Client C++

U 21 Jul 2024 by JadBenAutho

Efficient and standalone library for NTP server/client utilizing pure C++

operating-systems

synchronization

Using the Web Service Callbacks in the .NET Application

2 Nov 2001 by Roman Kiss

This article describes a .NET Application model driven by the Web Services using the Virtual Web Service Proxy (written in C#)

Share the Clipboard Using .NET Remoting

14 Oct 2002 by Douglas Earl

Use .NET remoting to send the contents of your clipboard to another computer

Debugger for Arduino

18 Jan 2018 by Jan Dolinay

Source level debugger for Arduino with GDB and Eclipse