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C# Programming Tutorials
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DaveOnCSharp.com is a weblog aimed at those interested in programming with C#.NET.
You will find a repository of useful articles aimed at C# software developers. In these articles I will cover many different programming topics, from simple Windows Forms to ASP.NET Web Forms, and more.
You will find how-to articles and tutorials, many examples, and also tips and tricks from my own personal experiences in software development.
Recent Posts
Binding a Windows Forms ComboBox in C#
Most often when reading the selected item of a bound combobox you will need more information than just the selected text or the selected index of the combo. For example, if you have a combobox bound to a user table in your database, you will most pro...
C# Escape Sequence Listing
What is an escape sequence? Well, put simply, an escape sequence is a series of special characters which are interpreted by the compiler as a command. In other words, they suspend the normal processing to perform some special function. In C#, escape ...
Retrieving Data From a MySQL Database
In this article I am going to show you how to programmatically retrieve data from a MySQL database using the MySqlDataAdapter and the MySqlDataReader classes. Both these classes are available once you install the MySQL Connector for .NET which can be...
Connecting to a MySQL Database Programmatically
Microsoft Visual Studio lets you create a database connection using its IDE, and it’s quite powerful as well, but personally I prefer to create my database connections programmatically. When creating my connection’s code manually I find i...
New ASCII Codes Page
I have added a new page to this blog called ASCII Codes, which can be accessed from the navigation bar at the top of the page. This new page is intended as a reference guide which you can use to look up an ascii code’s decimal, hexadecimal, and...
How to Capture System Events using C#
What are system events? Well, basically they are events raised by the operating system when a user performs an action which affects the operating environment. System events are accessible through the Microsoft.Win32.SystemEvents class. SystemEvents ...

