Microsoft Control Naming Conventions

A discussion with useful links about what naming conventions Microsoft follows/recommends for controls (specifically in C#).

ExtremeExperts.com

ExtremeExperts.com hosts some interesting technical articles and HOWTOs for Microsoft .NET based technologies.

C# Reflection and Dynamic Method Invocation

Gopalan Suresh Raj has written up a detailed article on the subject. I used it for dynamically creating objects of a class whose name was read in as a String.

C# Programming Tutorial at MeshPlex

MeshPlex, a community-driven, wiki-based tutorial database, has a fairly good collection of C# knowledge here. It is divided into “Basics” and “Advanced”, so you are sure to find something that meets your requirement.

Jon Skeet’s C#.NET Articles and Links

Check out a clean and very well-explained set of C#.NET articles here.

Microsoft Learning Solutions

Ripped from the Visual Studio product datasheet:

• Microsoft Learning Solutions
• Visual Studio Product Information
• MSDN Library Online
• Newsgroups and Forums
• Blogs
• CodeZone
• Product Support
• Visual Studio Industry Partners

XML To TreeView

Another nifty one at MSDN (no wait, it’s Microsoft Support!) about populating a TreeView control with XML data.

Generating XML Documents from Schemas, Programmatically

Yes, it can be done. If you have a little patience.

Trapping the Close “X” Button in a Form

Want to hide a form instead of closing it? Here’s a quick solution.

PropertyGrid Resources

Some stuff on the one-class-fits-all C# PropertyGrid:

• Exploring the .NET property grid in depth at CodeProject.com
• Using a ComboBox in the PropertyGrid, without enums
• XMLGridControl - Editing XML Data in the PropertyGrid
• PropertyGrid input validation hacks