GDI+ consists of the set of .NET base classes that are available to control custom drawing on the screen. These classes arrange for the appropriate instructions to be sent to the graphics device drivers to ensure the correct output is placed on the screen. GDI provides a level of abstraction, hiding... [More]

Download code   Introduction Hi all! This is my second article on Code Project. This is about how to edit MS Flex Grid. I was using TextBox and ComboBox to edit flex grid at run time, for that I had to add reference of Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility and some complex coding to move Te... [More]

Download code   Windows Services The .NET Framework is said to run atop of the Windows operating system, despite the fact it is a system program. At the highest level, it performs type-safety checks, code access security, lays out objects in memory, activates those objects, executes, and the... [More]

Increases WebBrowser control: private WebBrowser webBrowser1; Quotes page's document object HtmlDocument doc = webBrowser1.Document;//get web document Had the document object, may look like js to operate doc equally, visits page's all objects. HtmlElemen... [More]

Download code   If you have tried to override TabControl to add some custom behaviour, you certainly have noticed that it isn't easy to also override TabPage. Indeeed there's no way in a TabControl for specifying the type of TabPage we'd like to create. In design-mode a TabControl always cr... [More]

Download code   Introduction For a while now I'm the member of CodeProject family, and I've never contributed any of my project. Since this site has been very helpful for me while learning C#, I've decided to share my first project in C#, it was written about one year ago when I joined he... [More]

Download code   Introduction Reflector is an indispensible tool for .NET programming. Just for the sake of argument, I consider it here as an example of dumb software. Why doesn't it open up with the type, that I inspected yesterday? Why doesn't it expand the nodes, that I opened yesterday... [More]

Introduction This article introduces the basics of making a context menu in C# .NET, but also delves into some detail about how you can dynamically generate text in the context menu. You won't need all of this, but I think it has value even if you don't. If you want a "Google For" context menu in... [More]

Download code   Introduction The .NET framework provides quite a rich collection of UI controls and components for WinFroms development. There is one particular control that has been missing. I am talking about color-picker control with drop down color selection capabilities, just like the... [More]

Download code   Introduction This article presents a generalised MSN Messenger framework for producing MSN Messenger style applications (both as standalone applications and integrated into large applications (such as Microsoft Groove). Communications is an essential part of modern sof... [More]

Download code   This article describes a method for administering printer settings from within a C#/.NET console application. The method uses COM to call methods within prnadmin.dll, supplied with the Windows 2003 Server Resource Kit. Using prnadmin.dll, you can add/remove printers, set pri... [More]

Download code   Introduction MonthCalendar is a Calendar - Control with many nice features. It contains: a image for each month (it can be displayed at head or under monthdays) a Navigationbar to change current month and year Short weekdays Weeknumbers monthdays... [More]

Download code   Introduction The RicherTextBox .NET user control is an extension of the RichTextBox control. It has integrated toolstrips with the most common formatting options - choosing fonts, font style (bold, underline, italic), text alignment, bullets, indentation, zooming in and out... [More]

Download code   This article presents the guide to write windows service program and control it from other program. Background In many projects which I was part in, needed the program running as windows service. It can auto startup when Windows Restart and access Domain resource when it ... [More]

Download code   Abstract The article describes a DesignSurface inherited class which adds some design facilities (TabOrder, UndoEngine, SnapLines / Grid alignment) to the .NET 2.0 class. This class is hosted inside a DLL Assembly and ready to use inside any .NET solution. Introduction T... [More]