Topic: Free Tools for dotNet

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C/C++ library for reading and writing the very common LAS LiDAR format. The ASPRS LAS format is a sequential binary format used to store data from LiDAR sensors and by LiDAR processing software for data interchange and archival. See Features for more details on what libLAS can provide a LiDAR software developer. See Getting Started with libLAS for how to get started using the library.

It contains two wrapers for . Net
- Old, using PInvoke
- New , Using Swing (www.swig.org)

Home:
http://liblas.org/

Download:
http://liblas.org/download.html


for real life example (cpp), look@:
www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=34607.0

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OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision) is a library of programming functions for real time computer vision.

Home:
http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/

.Net wrappers:
www.emgu.com
code.google.com/p/opencvsharp

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Perst is McObject's open source, dual license, object-oriented embedded database system (ODBMS). It is available in one edition developed as an all-Java embedded database, and another implemented in C# (for Microsoft .NET Framework applications).

ttp://www.mcobject.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=download&pageid=496&sectionid=133

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dotNetTools is the suite (made in France)  including all 3 following tools: dotNet Sniffer, PvLog DeObfuscator and LicenseManagerKiller.

http://dotnetprotector.pvlog.com/Tools.aspx

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Hawkeye is the only .Net tool that allows you to view, edit, analyze and invoke (almost) any object from a .Net application. Whenever you try to debug, test, change or understand an application, Hawkeye can help.

Home:
http://hawkeye.codeplex.com/


This tool is similar, in some aspects, to Spy  but specific for dotNet

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EntitySpaces Studio is an ORM for Microsoft .NET. It simplifies data access for everything from mobile devices to large scale enterprise solutions.

Home:
http://www.entityspaces.net

now this software seems to be open source:
https://github.com/EntitySpaces

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Oxygene is a general purpose modern programming language and environment that lets you create applications and projects for all of todays major platforms — from Windows over Android to Mac and iOS. All with the same great language, and while leveraging the platform's native APIs,
frameworks and UI widgets.

Download:
http://www.remobjects.com/downloads.aspx

More information about Oxygene.
http://www.remobjects.com/downloads.aspx


Note : I only tested the commercial version (visual studio addin)

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Largest collection of Metro- style icons
Syncfusion Metro Studio is a collection of over 2500 Metro-style icon templates that can be easily customized to create thousands of unique Metro icons.

Home
http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/metrostudio

not a tool. net, but it is useful

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PDFWebViewer.NET is an ASP.NET control that provides a browser-side view on a server side PDF document. It implements features such as zooming, panning, interactive links, etc.

TallComponents has discontinued PDFWebViewer.NET and they released its source code

Source:
https://pdfwebviewer1.codeplex.com/

History:.
http://blog.tallcomponents.com/2012/10/pdfwebviewernet-discontinued.html

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dnlib is a library that can read, write and create dotNET assemblies and modules.

Features

- Supports reading, writing and creating .NET assemblies/modules targeting any .NET framework (eg. desktop, Silverlight, Windows Phone, etc).
- Supports reading and writing mixed mode assemblies (eg. C++/CLI).
- Can read and write non-ECMA compatible .NET assemblies that MS' CLR can load and execute.
- Very stable and can handle obfuscated assemblies that crash other similar libraries.
- High and low level access to the metadata.
- Output size of non-obfuscated assemblies is usually smaller than the original assembly.
- Metadata tokens and heaps can be preserved when saving an assembly.
- Assembly reader has hooks for decrypting methods and strings.
- Assembly writer has hooks for various writer events.
- Easy to port code from Mono.Cecil to dnlib.
-  Add/delete Win32 resource blobs.
- Saved assemblies can be strong name signed and enhanced strong name signed.

Source:
https://bitbucket.org/0xd4d/dnlib

Exceptional!!!

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Gibraltar Loupe Desktop

flagship logging framework and viewer
- Efficiently record errors, events, metrics and more
- Quickly filter recorded data to focus on what matters
- Confidently reveal root causes of errors and bottlenecks


Home:
http://www.gibraltarsoftware.com/

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Cslagen Fork
O/RM code generator for CSLA.NET 4.3 generating Stored Procedures, Business Layer and Data Access Layer code for Windows Forms, ASP.NET, WPF and Silverlight.

Home:
cslagenfork.codeplex.com

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DockPanel Suite

Docking library for .Net Windows Forms development which mimics Visual Studio .Net.

Example:
http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=45902.0

Home:
https://github.com/dockpanelsuite/dockpanelsuite

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ObjectListView
ObjectListView is a C# wrapper around a .NET ListView. It makes the ListView much easier to use and provides some neat extra functionality.

Home:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/objectlistview/

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DocOpt.NET
Is a .NET port of DocOpt (Command line parser library from Python)

Home:
https://github.com/docopt/docopt.net