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The OpenGL and GLUT: A Powerful Graphics Library and Utility Kit

by logicchild

An article that explains how to use this library

The SBJ MVC Framework - The Model, from Abstraction to Realization

by SBJ

A Model-View-Controller Framework that integrates with the MFC Doc/View architecture

ATL Windowless ActiveX Media Container

by Ernest Laurentin

Full-fledged ATL Windowless ActiveX Container. Ideal for hosting Windows Media Player, Transparent Flash and Silverlight Animations.

Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Adding Custom Tasks to Jump Lists

by Michael Dunn

Create custom tasks in your app's jump list on Windows 7

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QxOrm - C++ ORM (Object Relational Mapping) Library

by QxOrm

QxOrm C++ library: Persistence (based on QtSql Qt library) - Serialization (based on boost::serialization library) - Reflection (introspection)

Splitter Control for Dialog

by libbyliugang

A splitter control for dialog can auto change the linked window's position

C++ Header to Plot vector as 2D Graphs and Arrays as Potential Line Maps to SVG Files

by gintack

C++ header file to plot data in the form of x, y, z arrays and list as potential lines and graphs

Bag-of-Features Descriptor on SIFT Features with OpenCV (BoF-SIFT)

by Ravimal Bandara

An implementation of Bag-Of-Feature descriptor based on SIFT features using OpenCV and C++ for content based image retrieval applications.

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Visual C++ 9.0

Checking for Internet Connection in VC++

29 Jul 2011 by Sayyed Mostafa Hashemi

Code for checking the avilabiltiy of Internet connection.

CenterWindow in WIN32

4 Oct 2011 by Nick Kulikovsky

There is ATL CWindow method CenterWindow:void CenterWnd(HWND hWnd){ CWindow wnd; wnd.Attach(hWnd); wnd.CenterWindow(NULL); wnd.Detach();}

SolidWidgets Grid

17 Jul 2012 by Jake Franta

SolidWidgets Grid tutorial.

Accessing class object present in exe from explicitly loaded DLL using Inheritance and virtual function

19 May 2013 by Amit Deshmukh 1010

Accessing class object present in exe from explicitly loaded DLL using Inheritance and virtual function.

Set for Success

23 Mar 2014 by DigitalInBlue

Guidance on C++/C++!1 Parameter Passing

GetLastError as std::string

19 Oct 2012 by Orjan Westin

Simple function to get the text message corresponding to a system error.

Debugging technique

27 Jan 2011 by Junaij

Timing code using debugger

CenterWindow in WIN32

2 Oct 2011 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

How to center window in WIN32

SEH vs C++ exceptions

6 Feb 2014 by Adamanteus

Intercepting SEH exceptions in C++ program

C++: Prefer Curiously Recurring Template Pattern (CRTP) to Template Pattern

26 Oct 2016 by Shao Voon Wong

C++: Prefer Curiously Recurring Template Pattern (CRTP) to Template Pattern

3D Vector Graphics Class

29 May 2012 by Nitin K. Kawale

3D Vector Graphics class.

Read user input or Enter

15 Nov 2013 by Orjan Westin

Reading an input of any type, or simply enter, from the command line

Change ICON of MFC Application and Dialog

19 Jun 2012 by Binu MD

Change the default ICON of MFC applications

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

Check Windows 7 version in Visual C++

2 Aug 2011 by Charles Oppermann

How to check Windows 7 version in Visual C++

Pre-processor Iteration

19 Nov 2012 by Debdatta Basu

Emulating iterative structures with the C++ pre-processor.

XML* (or XMLStar), a C++ STL Based XML Serialization Engine

6 May 2013 by trident99

An STL based simple XML serialization and de-serialization engine

C++ Header to Plot vector<float> as 2D Graphs and Arrays as Potential Line Maps to SVG Files

9 Apr 2018 by gintack

C++ header file to plot data in the form of x, y, z arrays and list as potential lines and graphs

Some Advanced ATL Development Skills for Visual C++ Developers

16 Mar 2015 by sunhui

In this paper, we will discuss some advanced skills for ATL COM development.

CenterWindow in WIN32

23 Sep 2011 by Charles Kludge

void CenterWnd(HWND wnd){ RECT r,r1; GetWindowRect(wnd,&r); GetWindowRect(GetDesktopWindow(),&r1); MoveWindow(wnd,((r1.right-r1.left)-(r.right-r.left))/2, ((r1.bottom-r1.top)-(r.bottom-r.top))/2, (r.right-r.left), (r.bottom-r.top),0);}

Debugging technique

31 Jan 2011 by LaRoy Tymes

Here is a fun program that not only shows how to get precise timings by using the time stamp counter, it also shows how to call main recursively. This is a C program. C++ will not allow calls to main.#include "stdio.h"#include "Windows.h" // Required for Sleep#define CPUID __asm __emit...

Unix ucontext_t Operations on Windows Platforms

7 Mar 2007 by xdoukas

A tip on the implementation of Unix ucontext_t operations on Microsoft Windows.

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.

CRichEditCtrl Does Not Take the Return

6 Mar 2014 by Arkadiusz@inquiry

CRichEditCtrl does not take the return