Mike Gold's contributions

This article explores how to manipulate Microsoft Word documents using C# in a Windows Forms application. It covers adding a COM reference for Word, creating instances of the Word application, and utilizing methods to open existing documents or create new ones.

I thought it would be fun to write a simple program that displayed flashcards from a database and at the same time, show you how to read and write images to the database. This program is a simple flashcard program that talks to a single table in a Sql Server Database.

Sometimes its desirable to get those graphics moving a bit and this article show the control to implement it.

This sample project shows how to draw various graphics objects on a Form using GDI+ objects.

This program illustrates the use of the algorithm to create the Mandelbrodt set. The formula is an iterative one and is plotted in the complex plane (x, yi).

This is an update of the Yahtzee program for VS 2005. Included in this version is a Game Reset and a High Score Tracker. The Top Ten High Scores are tracked using an Array with sortable components. In this article we will talk about the IComparable interface used to make an object stored in an array sortable.

Hangman was created to illustrate several features of C# including GDI+, string manipulation, array processing, using properties, as well as simple creation of objects.

This article show to dealing with a 3-D Coordinate System.

Yes, the classic arcade game has returned and is appearing in C# Corner complete with sound and authentic aliens and source code. It's not quite as good as the real game, but with a few adjustments it can get there.

This simple application illustrates how GraphicsPaths can be animated to look like something is moving across the screen.

The Interoperability services make it very easy to work with COM Capable Applications such as Word and Excel.

Create a ComboBox-like toolbar button in .NET by using a DropDownButton with a ContextMenu and updating the button text when a menu item is selected.

If you misplaced your ruler, here's an application that will create one for you on your printer!

This simple application uses an access database to log bugs from a web page. The application also allows you to view a report of all the bugs that have been entered.

This Directory Picker in this article is also a bit different because it uses the Large Icon view of the ListView to traverse through directories.

FTP client developed using Windows Forms. The source code uses a rigid Model-View-Controller design pattern.

Way back, I'd say about 1981 (ok maybe not so far back!), there was a game for the Apple II called Brick Out.

This article shows way to do form capture in GDI is to get the device context to the screen and bit blast it to a Bitmap in memory.

This project contains a UserControl that allows you to place an Image inside and scroll around the Image.

I may seem a little Bullish on .NET, but I was able to create this application fairly quickly in C#.

Today I realized that I miss those Visual Basic/Visual C++ type operators. You know the ones: Left, Mid, Right.

This article describes how to create a web quiz from the information in a database.

This is the game of Mastermind written in C#. The game is played by clicking on a set of 4 colors and then hitting the score button. Colors can repeat themselves in this game, so be wary!

This article covers a fairly practical aspect of using a computer - dealing with forms.