Data source components and UI controls for creating Windows Forms applications that display file system information.

Provides a custom file open dialog that previews image files selected by the user. Supplied free of charge with full source code. Requires the File System UI library to function successfully.

Encrypts and decrypts .Net Framework configuration settings and manages RSA key containers and their keys.

The sample code from the Provider Based Services article. The source code demonstrates how to use the Provider Design Pattern to decouple a client application from the business logic and data services implemented in satellite class library assemblies.

The CSharp source code from the Using Recycle Bin From CSharp article. The source code contains the CsFileSystem class that can be used to display full progress reporting when copying, deleting or moving file system folders and files. The class also allows CSharp developers to send deleted folders and/or files to the system Recycle Bin.

The sample source code from the Sorting .Net Collections article. The source code includes the IdentityCollection class which is a custom collection class that demonstrates binary search and sorting functions for searching and sorting a collection on any of the properties of its contained business objects.

An article that demonstrates how to implement the Provider Design Pattern in a Windows Forms system. The provider model is used to develop a line of business system in which the client application is decoupled from the business logic and data services to create a system that is inherently flexible and easy to extend. The article demonstrates how to extend the ProviderBase abstract base class to develop feature specific provider base classes and how to use the base classes in a loosely coupled satellite class library assembly.

An article explaining the concept of user application settings for .Net Framework Windows Forms applications. The article demonstrates how to create, serialize and deserialize application settings and how to develop your own custom application settings provider. The functionality of an application settings provider that supports the encryption of user application settings is discussed and you can also download the CSharp or Visual Basic source code for the settings provider.

An article examining .Net Framework configuration section handlers. The article discusses the use of configuration section handler classes and demonstrates how to declare your own configuration sections and handler classes. The development of custom configuration section handler classes is discussed and both the declarative and programmatic model of custom configuration section handler class development are demonstrated in detail with full source code listings.

An article demonstrating techniques for providing data from a middle tier business or server component to which user interface components and controls can data bind. The article demonstrates the development of a DataSource class that supplies a BindingList derived list of the Windows Services installed on the machine. Application developers can use the DataSource class and the BindingList derived class at design time to bind the Windows Service data to a user interface component and/or control.

An introduction to a series of articles that discuss and demonstrate, with sample code, how to access and manage file system objects from CSharp code. The series demonstrates how to access and manage file system drives, directories and files.

An article that demonstrates a managed code solution to using the system Recycle Bin from CSharp code. The article also demonstrates how to display progress reporting and an option to cancel when copying, deleting and moving folders and files.