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XQueue - a non-MFC C++ class to manage an interprocess queue

by Hans Dietrich

XQueue implements a shared-memory first-in first-out (FIFO) queue, based on memory-mapped files, that works on all versions of Windows.

Control Message Bar

by Paul Vickery

Code to add a message bar to virtually any existing Windows control.

XResFile - Files Stored in Resources: Part 2 - Zip Files

by Hans Dietrich

This series of articles is a step-by-step guide to reading files stored in your program's resources. Along the way I will present some non-MFC classes to assist you in reading text, binary, zip, and even encrypted files that have been compiled into your program as resources.

Guide to WIN32 Regions

by Paul M Watt

Guide to understanding how to create and use regions with the WIN32 SDK

Latest Articles

by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

Task Manager shows you the programs, processes, and services that are currently running on your computer. You can use Task Manager to monitor your computer’s performance or to close a program that is not responding.

IntelliFile - An Alternative Windows Version to the Famous Total Commander

by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

This article is about the IntelliFile application which is a free alternative Windows version to Total Commander and uses many components that have been published on CodeProject.

by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

An alternative Windows version to XML Sitemap online generators

Tile Grid Control

by PJ Arends

An MFC CWnd derived grid of user definable tiles

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A Slider Control for C++

30 May 2012 by anscode

This post describes a slider control for C++ which make your application more attractive.

A solution to get rid of the flicker of controls on scroll window(WINCE/WM)

7 Nov 2010 by Chen_Zhuo

A Tiny Custom List Control

25 Aug 2014 by HateCoding

A tiny custom list control

custom-controls

A tip on glaux.h Header File & glaux.lib in OpenGL Programming

4 Mar 2021 by Southmountain

glaux.h header file & glaux.lib can be replaced by freeglut.h & freeglut.lib

Activate Document Window in MDI Application

8 Dec 2022 by Alexey Shtykov

Activate a particular document window in MDI application via MFC/C++

Adding Dynamic Sub menu to the Menu, Add Event Handler for Each Individual Sub menu

4 Aug 2013 by Ashish Ranjan Mishra

How to add sub menus dynamically, adding event for them and also retrieving the menu name on click event of individual sub menu

Advantages of Making Your Methods Idempotent and Static in C#

3 Jul 2014 by Rob Kraft

A method is idempotent when the same input(s) always return the same output. This method is idempotent: This method is not idempotent: When adding methods to classes, many developers spend little time deciding if the method should be idempotent. Making use of the properties in the class causes the

Button behavior - single button multiple behaviour

15 May 2010 by Software_Developer

You can use one single button for more than one behaviour.Here is how.If you have the coordinates of a point in device coordinates and want to find the corresponding position in logcal view - use CDC::DPtoLP to convert the device coordinates to logcal coordinates.Call on...

C++ / MFC ProgressBar with Percentage Overlay

5 Jan 2015 by zdanman

Fully Customizable ProgressBar Control with Percentage shown that changes color as progress covers it

C++: Converting an MFC CString to a std::string

29 Mar 2011 by CalicoSkies

C++: Converting an MFC CString to a std::string

C++: Converting an MFC CString to a std::string

2 Apr 2011 by jean Davy

As you use CString, you have access to the CW2A ATL macro, assuming that you work with _UNICODE defined, here it is:CString theCStr;...std::string STDStr( CW2A( theCStr.GetString() ) );which will convert to "system encoding on the user's machine" (thanks Nemanja[^] comment !), if you...

C++: Converting an MFC CString to a std::string

7 Apr 2011 by oleg63

CString m_Name;CT2CA pszName(m_Name);std::string m_NameStd(pszName);Works for me everywhere... :)

C++: Converting an MFC CString to a std::string

30 Oct 2011 by steveb

In UNICODE:CString str = L"Test";std::wstring ws(str);std::string s;s.assign(ws.begin(), ws.end());

C++: Converting an MFC CString to a std::string

1 Nov 2011 by Kaqkk79

How about this (assuming your project is set to Unicode)?CString strMyString=L"Test string";std::string strMyStdAnsiStr = CStringA(strMyString);

C++: Converting an MFC CString to a std::string

13 Nov 2011 by geoyar

I am using CString str(_T("Test"));typedef std::basic_string string_t;string_t resStr(str);It works because the CSting has a cast to LPTCSTR.

C++: Converting an MFC CString to a std::string

1 Dec 2011 by stonexin

LPSTR WideChar2MBCS( const CString& strCS ){ const UINT wLen = strCS.GetLength() + 1; UINT aLen = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP,0,strCS,wLen,NULL,0,NULL,NULL); LPSTR lpa = new char[aLen]; WideCharToMultiByte(CP_ACP,0,strCS,wLen,lpa,aLen,NULL,NULL); return...

Calendar Days Between Date/Time Pairs

30 Nov 2016 by David Wincelberg

Displays a date/time difference as calendar days or 24-hour days and can show hours or minutes for the first 24 hours

CAsyncsocket and Console with MFC / TCP

24 May 2016 by Christian Koberg

How to use CAsyncSocket in a console application? Is it possible at all?

CComboBox with CheckBox like an Item

4 Dec 2020 by Eddie Nambulus

CheckBox as an item in CComboBox

CDatabaseExt - A Simple Way to Connect to a Database and Retrieve Data

4 May 2012 by _Flaviu

A class designed to connect to a database through ODBC and perform basic operations such as inserts, updates, and deletes

CEdit - Show or Hide Password

13 Feb 2016 by JPhelps

To dynamically set the password viewing style for the edit control

CFileDialog in a Console Application

23 Jan 2012 by Roger65

CFileDialog in a Console Application

Change GUI control position with dialog re-size

28 Jun 2012 by Binu MD

Change GUI control position with dialog re-size

Change ICON of MFC Application and Dialog

19 Jun 2012 by Binu MD

Change the default ICON of MFC applications

CMFCEditBrowseCtrl Without Flickering

15 Apr 2018 by hofingerandi

Workaround for a bug in the CMFCEditBrowseCtrl that causes heavy flickering (starting with Windows 7)

5 Mar 2014 by rbrunton

Using Windows hooks to capture mouse action.

Combinations without repetition algorithm C++/MFC

28 Dec 2010 by danielexx

Algorithm C++/MFC

Compile MFC Sources with Visual Studio 2019

18 Dec 2020 by ferdo

How to compile MFC sources with VS 2019 (for ARM64 too)

Connect System using WMI Services

22 Apr 2014 by SaahilPriya

Connect Systems using WMI Services, Remote as well as Local

convert a win32 rc file to XML

20 Jul 2011 by Mukit, Ataul

this tip tells about a tool that converts a win32 rc file to XML

Convert Dialog Resource Units to Pixels

15 Sep 2011 by Mukit, Ataul

This tip shows you how to convert the dimension values in the .rc file of a dialog into pixels

Convert Document File to PDF

9 Sep 2021 by _Flaviu

A simple way to convert an office document to PDF

Convert Win32 Console Application to MFC

10 Dec 2011 by Pranit Kothari

If you have chosen Win32 console based application while using New Project Wizard, and later you realize you need to add MFC support, here is a trick.

Count the Number of OLE Automation Instances

21 Mar 2015 by SaahilPriya

The sample demonstrates how to count the number of OLE Automation Objects running at a particular time.

Create a cursor from an ICON

5 Jan 2011 by Mukit, Ataul

This tip is about creating a cursor from an icon

Create bitmap from pixels

25 Jan 2011 by Mukit, Ataul

Create a bitmap from an array of pixels

CreateProcess() and wait for result

2 Mar 2012 by SuperFun21

A general function using MFC that runs a command using CreateProcess(), waits for it to terminate, and returns its ExitCode.

CResizeWnd, Handle a Dialog Resizing Without Dialog Border

22 Dec 2014 by TyrWang

Use CResizeWnd as an add-on to any dialog

CTreeObject - A Memory CTreeCtrl like Object

8 Oct 2017 by _Flaviu

A memory CTreeCtrl like object, but resident in memory only

CTRL+ I is received as TAB in the OnChar event of a window

15 Sep 2011 by Mukit, Ataul

This is not so much of a trick, just a little tip about how CTRL+I is interpretated in a window

Disable the context sensitive help

14 Apr 2011 by CHMLPAVANI

Sometimes we tend to enable the context sensitive help while creating a project, how to disable that later and get rid or error/information pops on clicking F1 while the application is running.

Disabling Windows file system redirection on a CFileDialog

24 Apr 2010 by Kartik Sura

Introduction...

Displaying the 'new' Vista/Windows 7 File Dialog in 'old' MFC Apps

13 Nov 2011 by .dan.g.

Displaying the 'new' Vista/Windows 7 File Dialog in 'old' MFC Apps

Don’t Use Elephant for Your Garden Work

20 Jun 2014 by M Sheik Uduman Ali

Don’t use elephant for your garden work

Drag and Drop in a Dialog

6 Dec 2012 by Jibesh

Simple Drag and Drop functionality in a dialog.

Drawing a Custom Mainframe Window for MFC SDI Applications

21 Aug 2017 by Biruk Abebe

How to completely take control of drawing a custom application window including the captionbar, menubar, toolbar, borders and statusbar in MFC Single document interface (SDI) applications using the MfcSkinSDI class.

Extracting A Particular Icon From an .ICO Resource

26 Jan 2011 by Kyudos

Extracting A Particular Icon From an .ICO Resource

Fast base64 functions for encode/decode

29 Aug 2014 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

A quick solution to transform binary data to plain text

Fast Ensure Visible for CGridCtrl

5 Mar 2012 by Mukit, Ataul

This tip shows a very fast algorithm (with some constraints enforced for it to work) to EnsureVisible a row in CGridCtrl by Chris Maunder

Find All Windows Operating Systems

13 Aug 2010 by Not Active

Plagiarized from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724429(VS.85).aspx[^]

Finding a substring in a text

15 Aug 2011 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

How to find a substring in a text, forward and backward, with Case Sensitive and Match Whole Word options.

FindWhat

29 Jan 2013 by Roger65

Find file or use wildcard i.e. dlg*.h, or *.*

Fixing the CanAdjustLayout Ommision from CDockablePane

26 Oct 2017 by Rick York

Something to help compile samples from the VS2010 feature pack

Formatted MessageBox/AfxMessageBox

20 Oct 2010 by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Need to Format/sprintf a string before displaying a messagebox? Here is solution!

Formatted MessageBox/AfxMessageBox

21 Oct 2010 by Aescleal

printf is so 1980s. If you don't want to dig out your shoulder pads and big hair why not go for a more modern C++ approach?Instead of a function try a stream buffer:class message_box_stream_buf : public std::basic_streambuf{ public: message_box_stream_buf( const...

From scratch, made a mfc library in Visual Studio 2015

22 Aug 2015 by Juan AG

Create a dll wich uses MFC statically linked and allow you to call normal methods, static methods and global variables, quick an easy

Generate Serial CPP

13 May 2020 by Apprieu (Apprieu)

How to generate a serial key with Crypto API MFC

Get Highlight Selected Items on CListCtrl when there is no Focus

2 Feb 2016 by MaxMax14

Keep the items highlighted when focus is on another control

Get Windows Win32 Error Text - Simplified

31 Jul 2013 by Thomas B Dignan

Getting the text of Win32 Error codes for 99% of cases.

HexCounter

17 Oct 2014 by majid torfi

HexCounter, Calculate the number HEX duplicate

Hosting Windows Forms User Control in MFC Dialogs

7 May 2013 by Aydin Homay

This tip/trick discusses about hosting a Windows Form user control in an MFC dialog box and View windows.

How to Create a Hierarchical Menu Using HTML And CSS

30 Apr 2014 by Nitesh Kejriwal

Friends, I am planning to write a series of articles on creating menus in different ways and this is the 1st one in the series. This post will explain how to create a simple 2 level menu using HTML and CSS only. We know there are a lot of ways to create a HTML menu …Read more →

How to Hide <close> Menu in CDockablePane

13 Apr 2018 by _Flaviu

A method of how to get rid of "close" menu from multiple CDockablePane panels

How to implement a resizable property sheet class that contains a menu bar in Visual C++ 6.0

25 Jun 2011 by Mukit, Ataul

Link to How to implement a resizable property sheet class that contains a menu bar in Visual C++ 6.0

How to load a view in maximized mode by default in MFC

13 Jun 2011 by Mukit, Ataul

Addresses the issue of opening a view in maximized mode the proper way in MFC.

How to Parse Empty Tokens using CString::Tokenize()

24 Nov 2013 by SoMad

The example for CStringT::Tokenize() on the MSDN page (and just about everywhere else on the Internet) skips empty tokens. Here is how to use it in order to get empty strings instead of simply skipping those fields.

Including stdafx.h in a non-default location

11 Apr 2011 by Albert Holguin

The vc compiler and intellisense don't look for pre-compiled header in a similar manner, this is a summary of the issue along with workarounds

Integration .NET Component into your Native MFC Application (1)

9 Mar 2015 by sunhui

Integrate .NET Component to your Native MFC Application at runtime

IntelliLink - An Alternative Windows Version to Online Link Managers

20 Feb 2024 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

A look at the URLDownloadToFile function and architecture of IntelliLink

Know When CDialogBar is Closed

23 Mar 2016 by _Flaviu

A way to know when a floating CDialogBar is closed

Laptop<->USB<->μcontroller : ways

19 Apr 2015 by Member 11246861

Some ways in which laptops and microcontrollers communicate

Link order and mixed-mode DLLs

26 Jan 2012 by hairy_hats

When linking a mixture of mixed-mode and unmanaged DLLs to an unmanaged C++ executable, the link order can affect how the program runs.

Load a 256 color bitmap properly into an imagelist

2 Feb 2011 by Mukit, Ataul

This tip shows the technique of loading a 256 color bitmap into an image list

MAPI/Exhange Server Name

8 Dec 2011 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

How to get the MAPI server nane

Maximize Windows on Multiple Monitors

16 Dec 2014 by bishopnator29a

Simple method how to make application's window maximized on different monitors in multi-monitor setup.

MFC CRecordset - How to Bypass the 255 Column Limit

21 May 2021 by rev78

Simply bypass the 255 columns in MFC CRecordset

MFC Grid control 2.27 Compatibility with Grid Control 2.21

27 Mar 2013 by Aydin Homay

Minor changes on CGridCtrl 2.27 for compatibility with old version of this control

MFC MDI Application Glue

24 Jul 2010 by Christian Kleinheinz

Retrieving the correct pointer anytime and anywhere in MFC MDI applications

MFC PowerShells Easily: Encrypt and Decrypt

27 Feb 2015 by aljodav

An easy way to encrypt files that are automatically decrypted in the same user account

MFC PowerShells Easily: JSON to HTM (Motivated by a Forum Question)

28 Feb 2015 by aljodav

A simple, short and easy way to display a JSON object in a browser (motivated by a forum question)

MFC PowerShells Easily: Reading CodeProject RSS feed for new articles

26 Feb 2015 by aljodav

Easily reading CodeProject RSS feed for new articles from a MFC Application

Missing CMFCListView Class

29 Jan 2024 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

How to implement the missing CMFCListView class

Moving Listbox Items Up and Down

13 Oct 2013 by MaxMax14

For single or multiple selection CListBox

Multiple Projects in One Solution

22 Apr 2013 by bkelly13

Multiple Projects in One Solution

OpenGL MFC/CDialog - Basic

6 Apr 2013 by ReturnVoid

Working example: OpenGL CDialog Multiple Context

Pitfalls when using COleDataSource for Clipboard and Drag & Drop Operations

21 Feb 2012 by Jochen Arndt

Information about COleDataSource not contained in the Microsoft documentation or hardly to be found

Polynomial Interpolation Algorithm from 1 to 9 Degree that Allows to Force the Constant Term to 0

10 Jun 2020 by fernando amatulli

Polynomial interpolation algorithm from 1 to 9 degree that allow forcing constant term to 0

Printing by MFC WITHOUT Document/View architecture

1 Mar 2015 by Javad Taheri (drjackool)

Programatically Configure an Ethernet Network Adapter on a Windows Machine Using C/MFC

2 Mar 2016 by Antonio Miras

Programatically set a static IP, subnet mask and gateway to an ethernet network adapter on your local machine

Protect 'DLL hijacking' in MFC app with MAPI and Microsoft Office

19 Sep 2010 by Reto70

Protect 'DLL hijacking' in MFC app with MAPI and Microsoft Office

Provide Command UI support for menu in a CDialog/CPropertySheet

6 Jul 2011 by Mukit, Ataul

Shows how to enable invoking of the OnUpdateCmdUI(...) in a dialog or property sheet when a menu bar item is pulled down to show popup menu

Query Database From MFC (Database Viewer)

4 Dec 2013 by Mahdi Nejadsahebi

How to query a database file from an MFC application.

RaspberryPi2 Server-ASUSlaptop Client, Blocking Socket, 2 Fonts

11 Oct 2015 by Member 11246861

Wifi communication between RaspberryPi2 and Laptop ASUS: fonts English, Russian.

Replace one color with another in the bitmap of a given device context

6 Feb 2012 by Mukit, Ataul

Given a device context, replace a color (clrColorReplace) in a rectangular region of the device context with another color (clrColorFill)

Responsive GUI Application Tricks

29 Jul 2016 by PawelBujak

How to avoid blocking long operations in GUI applications, that lead to hung state.

BackgroundWorker

Rich Edit Control Odd "Find" Behavior - Solved

20 Aug 2018 by Matt Fichtenbaum

A rich edit control's "find text" operation failed, but the same code worked in another program.

Save a 24 bit bitmap's pixel data to File in BMP format

24 Mar 2012 by Mukit, Ataul

This tip shows how to save a 24 bitmap to a file given filename, pixel data, bitmap width and bitmap height

Save Message to MSG Compound File

20 Aug 2023 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

How to save a message to an MSG Compound file.

23 Mar 2008 by Tu (Le Hong)

A scroll window that surpasses the 16-bit limit and can be hosted by a dialog.

Security Blackout Window

20 Nov 2013 by Richard MacCutchan

Obscure a window or the screen and show a dialog.