August 2009

Create and Read Cookies in ASP.NET

by Dave on August 19, 2009

in ASP.NET

Cookies are small pieces of text which are created by websites and stored by the Internet browser in its cache for later use. Typically a cookie would contain information related to a surfer’s session in a particular website, such as the user name, items in a shopping cart, page layout preferences, etc. When a surfer [...]

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How to Read, Write, and Delete from the Windows Registry with C#

by Dave on August 17, 2009

in Operating System

It’s a common requirement for a software developer to have to access the Windows Registry. Many applications store their settings within the registry, not to mention Windows itself. So in this article I will show you how to do this, and also how to create and delete registry keys. Although many applications use the registry [...]

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Writing To The Windows Event Log Using C#

by Dave on August 14, 2009

in Operating System

The Windows Event Log is a great place to log your application’s errors or major events because it is easily accessible by administrators since all Windows Event logs can be managed from the same console. This makes the administrator’s life easier because he/she does not have to monitor logs stored in multiple directories all over [...]

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Create a Screen Saver Using C# – Part 2

by Dave on August 12, 2009

in Articles, Operating System, Windows Forms

In this article – part two of creating a screen saver in C#, we are going to pick up from where we left off in part one, which I suggest you read before continuing with this article if you haven’t already done so. So far (in part one) we have created a Settings class and [...]

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Create a Screen Saver Using C# – Part 1

by Dave on August 10, 2009

in Articles, Operating System, Windows Forms

In this two-part article series I am going to show you how to create a Windows screen saver using C#. A screen saver is not much more than a normal Windows Form with no border and some logic to display something on the form. For it to be a Windows screen saver the compiled application [...]

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