Must have Developer Tutorials for Microsoft

LIVE on Windows brings a new generation of online gaming to Windows. Join us to hear about how LIVE can provide you with the technology to fully enable your games for multiplayer gaming and extensive community. The LIVE platform provides you with...

As the audio landscape evolves, Microsoft remains committed to a range of audio solutions for programmers and composers that effectively target platforms such as Windows and Xbox 360. Come hear what the future holds for audio APIs and tools from...

LIVE on Windows and Xbox presents unmatched online opportunities for game developers. Session invitations, ubiquitous voice, and achievements are just a few of the features that continue to revolutionize the industry. But what else lies within the LIVE...

Over the past year, many exciting enhancements and features have been integrated into the Xbox 360 Development Kit (XDK). New features range from file event monitoring, host migration support and reliable UDP to game disc caching, compression APIs and...

This article explains how to use the Win32 wglUseFontOutlines function. This function creates three-dimensional (3-D) characters based on a TrueType font for use in OpenGL-rendered scenes. The EasyFont sample application demonstrates using...

This is a portable, interactive demo that closely simulates the UI and functionality of an actual solution. Installs to your Start menu and includes a presenter script. Scenario Summary: IT help desk knowledge base solutions based on the Microsoft Office...

Implementing DDE Using C++ Classes. This article describes a set of C++ classes that can be used in implementing DDE servers and clients. The server implementation provides full support for the System topic. These classes were developed using Visual C++...

This is a portable, interactive demo that closely simulates the UI and functionality of an actual solution. Installs to your Start menu and includes a presenter script. Scenario Summary: In order to deliver service efficiently to clients, professional...

The process of maintaining inventory is a common and seemingly straightforward scenario within any industry that sells a product. This scenario applies to brick-and-mortar retail stores as well as to pure online businesses. However, if you are attempting...

Developers on the Microsoft Windows platform traditionally choose between two transactional programming models: explicit transaction management or declarative transaction flow and management. Version 2.0 of the .NET Framework introduces a new...