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Samples

• Emulating CoCreateInstance()
• COM in plain C
• Step by Step: Calling C++ DLLs from VC++ and VB

Microsoft Specific API

• __cpuid()

Windows

• For more info, see “Microsoft Windows” page
• Patterns for using the InitOnce functions
• Codeproject
  • MTCopy: A Multi-threaded Single/Multi File Copying Tool
• How to determine if the user has administrator privileges?

Windows 7

• Notifications and the Notification Area
• Windows 7 Taskbar Dynamic Overlay Icons and Progress Bars

.NET

• Encrypting and Decrypting a C# string
• How to convert from System::String* to Char* in Visual C++

.NET – Controls

• Custom List Box Control with Enable/Disable Items Feature
• ListBox with custom items (colors, images, text alignment)
• A Professional Ribbon You Will Use (Now with orb!)

Windows Phone 7

• Weather in Windows Phone 7

C/C++

• Макросы с переменным числом параметров
  • Как мне передать переменное число параметров в макрос (С++)
  • Умные макроопределения
  • Вариативный макрос

Delphi

• Code Snippets Database (DelphiDabbler CodeSnip is a Delphi code snippets repository)
• search for installed windows updates using Delphi, WMI and WUA
• Reading the SMBios Tables using Delphi
• Prevent the System from Entering Sleep or Turning off the Display
• Индикатор загрузки/ожидания
• Delphi: работа с cURL с помощью библиотеки-обертки Curlpas
• SOAP в Delphi. API Яндекс.Спеллер (проверка правописания)
• Как создать ярлык URL для доступа в интернет
• Регистрация DLL и ActiveX
• Pseudobinary case statement. Convert array of booleans to a pseudobinary integer. Good for up to 12 bits.
• Отслеживаем изменение реестра Windows
• Отключение файрвола в XP
• Склеиваем изображения средствами Delphi
• WMI Tasks using Delphi – Services
• Sending messages to non-windowed applications
• Deep copy clone object in Delphi
• How to determine if a string matches a pattern – Sometimes we need to know if a string matches a pattern, which is a string with wildcards ( for example ? and * )
• String comparison in Delphi - Have you ever wondered how utilities like Beyond Compare or DIFF are comparing files? They do it (I guess) by solving the longest common subsequence (LCS) problem.
• Receive Windows Messages In Your Custom Delphi Class – NonWindowed Control