It is a common practice to store passwords in databases using a hash. MD5 (defined in RFC 1321) is a common hash algorithm, and using it from C# is easy.
Here’s an implementation of a method that converts a string to an MD5 hash, which is a 32-charac…

Sometimes, you might want to make your application a bit more audible. If you are using .NET 2.0, you can utilize the new System.Media namespace and its SystemSound and SystemSounds classes.
The SystemSounds class contains five static properties that y…

Often, you need a way to monitor your applications once they are running on the server or even at the customer site — away from your Visual Studio debugger. In those situations, it is often helpful to have a simple routine that you can use to log mess…

When you have struct objects as the key in a hashtable, the lookup operation of the hashtable performs miserably. This can be attributes to the GetHashCode() function which is used internally to do the lookup.

If a struct contains only simple value t…

tipu_77 asked “What are microsoft suggested naming conventions in C#?” The .NET Framework Team collects their recommendations at their GotDotNet community site.     which points to a fairly comprehensive MSDN page    &nbs…

All the /target: options except module create .NET assemblies. Depending on the option, the compiler adds metadata for the operating system to use when loading the portable executable (PE) file and for the runtime to use in executing the contained asse…