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XColorSpectrumCtrl - a non-MFC color picker control that displays a color spectrum

by Hans Dietrich

XColorSpectrumCtrl displays a color spectrum that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models.

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.

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.

Window Tabs (WndTabs) Add-In for DevStudio

by Oz Solomon

Window and File Management add-in for Visual C++

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C Language Dynamic String

by steveb

Dynamic string for the C language

decode multiPage rotate tif.zip

by LeisureBamboo

The decode and encode of multiPage rotate tif.zip

Dynamic Class Factory

by mimicry

An article about class factory with dynamic subscription / auto registration

by Emre Guldogan

A System for Simulation and Analysis of Logic Circuits

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Visual Studio 6

C Language Dynamic String

20 Dec 2019 by steveb

Dynamic string for the C language

decode multiPage rotate tif.zip

12 Aug 2019 by LeisureBamboo

The decode and encode of multiPage rotate tif.zip

Dynamic Class Factory

18 Nov 2018 by mimicry

An article about class factory with dynamic subscription / auto registration

18 Oct 2018 by Emre Guldogan

A System for Simulation and Analysis of Logic Circuits

CSSplitter: A Splitter with the Ability to Save/Restore its Position

29 Sep 2018 by Alexander Atamas

A splitter control derived from CStatic for dialog controls, and that can be used not only within the restricted splitter pane.

Splitter Control for Dialog

29 Sep 2018 by libbyliugang

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

DecompressLibrary - A General Library to Decompress a zip, gz, or tar.gz File into a Memory Buffer

21 Feb 2018 by Marius Daniel Ciorecan

A library that provides an easy to use class (CDecompressLibrary) that will detect and decompress into memory buffers an archive file (zip, gz, tar.gz).

A Class to Combine Slider Control and Progress Bar Windows

23 Jan 2018 by Cem KARACA

An article on how to combine Slider Controls and Progress bar into one class using custom draw

MfcAdapter - not OLE .NET/WPF Container of MFC Applications

12 May 2017 by Alexey Shalnov

How to build Not OLE container of MFC applications based on hosting of MFC application from within WinForms and WPF applications

Color Picker and Font Picker by Owner Drawn Control

18 Jan 2017 by nilaysoft

Demonstrates how to implement a WIN32 color picker and font picker by owner drawn control

TraceTool 12.7: The Swiss-Army Knife of Trace

20 Nov 2016 by Thierry Parent

A C#, C++, Delphi, ActiveX , Javascript , NodeJs and Java trace framework and a trace viewer: Tail, OutputDebugString, event log, and with Log4J, Log4Net, and Microsoft Enterprise Instrumentation Framework (EIF) support. This also comes with full support for Pocket PC, Silverlight, and Android.

List ComboBox Control

23 Sep 2016 by _Flaviu

A ListCtrl ComboBox control

The Improved Resource String Generator in Action: Thou Shalt Eat Thine Own Dog Food, and Like It!

12 Jul 2016 by David A. Gray

The Excel powered resource generator, version 2, is vastly improved and better documented.

Collision Proof Shared String Resources

12 Jul 2016 by David A. Gray

Share Win32 string resources without the risk of conflicting resource IDs

CWindowScroller

7 May 2016 by PJ Arends

An MFC control for adding middle mouse button scrolling to any CWnd derived window

GLFW: A (Simple) OpenGL Framework Library

23 Dec 2015 by Simone Serponi

An easy to use library to quickly setup and run OpenGL applications.

MemServer : a dynamic memory allocation server

22 Dec 2015 by Simone Serponi

A way to ensure the deallocation of all used dynamic memory using one DLL

Extended CComboBox

10 Dec 2015 by _Flaviu

A combobox control which shows a drop down window to assist the user.

Using Static Buffers to Improve Error Reporting Success

2 Jun 2015 by David A. Gray

Use static buffers to guarantee that error message reporting succeeds, even when token replacement is required, and memory is low.

Tree ComboBox Control

16 Oct 2014 by _Flaviu

Tree ComboBox Control

QueryDef: a dynamic replacement for CRecordset

14 Oct 2014 by Yvan Rodrigues

A complete implementation of a dynamic MFC recordset

Automatic Font Handling Class

14 Aug 2014 by Jamie Nordmeyer

A class to make working with LOGFONTs easier

.NET CLR Injection: Modify IL Code during Run-time

7 Aug 2014 by Jerry.Wang

Modify methods' IL codes on runtime even if they have been JIT-compiled, supports release mode / x64 & x86, and variants of .NET versions, from 2.0 to 4.5.

OpenGL / OpenCL Interoperability : A Case Study Using Autostereograms

23 Jul 2014 by martin_bisson

How to use OpenCL with OpenGL to implement algorithms on GPU.

Harnessing the task scheduler

28 Aug 2013 by Software Developer's Journal

Using the Task Scheduler interface in applications can be tricky, as it requires a detailed knowledge of the COM technology. This article presents a practical solution to this problem, based on simplifying communications with the interface.

Writing an Android GUI using C++: Part 3: Debug

23 Apr 2013 by li9705

This article talks about how to debug C++ code using NDK-debug tool, and gives some advice about C++ programming on Android. If the application is written in Java, programmers can use Eclipse to debug the code, set break points, and trace step by step.

Bitmap Menu

8 Mar 2013 by _Flaviu

A simple way to have a bitmap menu without any bitmap resource or ownerdraw

Basic Curves And Surfaces Modeler

18 Apr 2012 by Sharjith

A basic demo of modeling curves and surfaces in OpenGL.

MSN Messenger Type Status Bar Popup Message Box

1 Apr 2012 by Prateek Kaul

MSN Messenger type status bar popup message box

Message Balloons

1 Apr 2012 by Prateek Kaul, RK_2000

Message Balloons as opposed to Message Boxes

System Tray Icons

1 Apr 2012 by Prateek Kaul

An article on creating, manipulating and showing popup balloons on system tray icons.

Cabinet File (*.CAB) Compression and Extraction

23 Mar 2012 by Elmue

How to implement creation and extraction of Microsoft CAB files

2D Graph ActiveX Control in C++ with ATL (No MFC Dependency)

8 Mar 2012 by Marius Samoila

Plots multiple data sets, interactive tooltip info, zoom/pan, edit color/width/format, annotations, print/save

DHTML Editor with Table Support and Source Editor

14 Feb 2011 by Elmue

A complete class encapsulating a versatile HTML editor

An NTFS Parser Lib

30 May 2010 by cyb70289

A C++ library to help in parsing an NTFS volume, file record and attributes.

Creation and memory mapping existing DBF files as alternative of data serialization during work with modified CListCtrl classes in virtual mode on dialogs of MDI application

22 Jul 2009 by Emery Emerald

The demonstration of reading, writing and creation of standard DBF files with random access in memory instead of serialization of typical MFC application for descendants of CListCtrl classes in Virtual Mode.

How to Create Outlook AddIN / Plugin

22 Jun 2009 by chaitanya shah

When i had searched on the net I found out that there is too less information for outlook addin creation in vc.I was only getting vb application on then Internet so here I have created application with all web site link which I found helpful to you. Now You can create plugin in vc easily.

WMI Sample Get IP address

11 Jun 2009 by chaitanya shah

This application is for programmer who want to get IP address of there system and this is also sample application how to use WMI in vc++.

WinHttpGateway Library

30 Apr 2009 by klizardin

WinHttp API wrapper library with asynchronous call mechanism and support of HTTPS protocol

Implementing Audit Trail using Trigger

26 Apr 2009 by Shivprasad koirala

Implementing Audit trail using trigger

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Splash Screen C++ Class using MFC

23 Apr 2009 by Chris Apple

A MFC C++ class to generate a splash screen and about box from a bitmap and version string resources.

64-bit electronic key

20 Apr 2009 by Jakub Piwowarczyk

This article demonstrates the use of serial number DS1990 to obtain authorized access to the application.

Helper Class for Resizable MFC Dialogs

19 Mar 2009 by Gernot Frisch

This class takes care of the child window placement when you resize an MFC dialog. Also stores the size in the Registry for the next call.

XMSAALib - a non-MFC class to retrieve accessibility (MSAA) info

10 Feb 2009 by Hans Dietrich

XMSAALib provides APIs that allow you to retrieve MSAA (accessibility) information from a window by using the IAccessible interface. The demo app shows how to build an accessibility object tree from a window.

Temperature Measurement as an Example of a 1-Wire Technology Application

2 Feb 2009 by Jakub Piwowarczyk

The article describes how to make a DS9097E adapter and read the temperature from a DS18B20 sensor by using the COneWire class.

Catch All Bugs with BugTrap!

31 Jan 2009 by Maksim Pyatkovskiy

A tool that can catch unhandled errors and exceptions, and deliver error reports to remote support servers

Edit Flex Grid with Combo Box in VB 6

29 Jan 2009 by Mostafa Kaisoun

Using new ActiveX to edit Microsoft Flex grid with Combo box in VB 6

MFC D3D Application - Direct3D Tutorial Part II

29 Jan 2009 by hector [.j.] rivas

Part II of the step by step MFC + D3D tutorial, with a custom Direct3D framework.

LintProject - Improving the Usability of PC-Lint with Visual C++ Solutions and Projects

29 Jan 2009 by Anna-Jayne Metcalfe, -+- Beth Mackenzie -+-

Utility to run PC-Lint on Visual C++ solutions and projects, generating XML and HTML reports of the results.

Get useful directory paths

18 Jan 2009 by Shup

An article on easily finding the paths of commonly used user specific directories.

a File Switch Tabbar for Source Insight

4 Jan 2009 by Simon.W

Inject a File Switch Tabbar to Source Insight, which like uEdit or Visual Studio

Classes for Writing HTTP Clients in C++

2 Jan 2009 by AnOldGreenHorn

Wrapper classes for Win32 HTTP calls, URL encoding, etc.

Splash Screens - The Easy Way

31 Dec 2008 by That Asian Guy

Create splash screens with just a small bit of programming experience.

XPEInfo - a non-MFC class to get info from PE file

11 Dec 2008 by Hans Dietrich

The XPEInfo APIs allow you to extract information from a PE file. Included in the download is a Windows demo app, and a console app that tests whether a PE file is valid, whether it is 64-bit, contains debug info, is a .Net executable, or is signed. Sample cmd files are provided.

HTTP Spy

6 Dec 2008 by Vinod Vijayan

Find out the Web server configuration

XMessageBox - A reverse-engineered MessageBox()

29 Nov 2008 by Hans Dietrich

A reverse-engineered non-MFC MessageBox() that includes custom checkboxes.

XProgressWnd - A Popup Progress Window with optional AVI and time

3 Nov 2008 by Hans Dietrich

XProgressWnd is a popup progress window that display a progress control and optional AVI animation and estimated time left, without requiring a dialog resource.

How to compile MFC code in Visual C++ Express

25 Oct 2008 by Danny Ruijters

How to compile your existing MFC code in Visual C++ Express.

XMonoFontDialog - Customizing CFontDialog Part II: Selecting Monospaced Fonts

22 Oct 2008 by Hans Dietrich

XMonoFontDialog is a CFontDialog clone that is customized for selecting monospaced fonts. A custom label has been added to the dialog that informs the user when a monospaced font is selected in the combobox, and bold typeface is used to highlight monospaced fonts in the combobox list.

A DirectX Game: Quadrino

16 Oct 2008 by Paul M Watt

An interpretation of a popular falling block game implemented with DirectX that attempts to avoid any copyright infringement.

HyperEdit Control

9 Oct 2008 by Paul Vickery

CEdit-derived Hyperlink control, so user can edit hyperlinks

XFontDialog - Customizing CFontDialog Part I: Adding Font Filters

7 Oct 2008 by Hans Dietrich

XFontDialog demonstrates how to customize CFontDialog by removing unwanted controls

RichText Tool-tip Control

6 Oct 2008 by Paul Vickery

A tool-tip control with support for rich-text formatting

User Friendly License Input Forms

3 Oct 2008 by Grant Porteous

Techniques to make license input forms more user friendly.

.NET COM+ Interop Component with Classic ASP (Part I)

25 Sep 2008 by tomcat1

Call a .NET COM+ Interop component with Classic ASP.

Introduction Into Windows Anti-Debugging

18 Sep 2008 by Joshua Tully

A brief introduction into Windows anti-debugging techniques.

Disable Ctrl+Alt+Del Windows XP

12 Sep 2008 by gabrielmaldi

A very simple way of doing it.

A simple method to display a transparent PNG file

8 Sep 2008 by flyhigh

Introducing a simple method to display a transparent PNG file.

Rendering Text on Top of a Bitmap

1 Aug 2008 by David Crow

Rendering text on top of a bitmap

Turn off laptop monitor and lock the system

25 Jul 2008 by Weiwei.Fang

simple code to replace the win+L hotkey

A user draw button that supports PNG files with transparency, for Visual C++ 6.0 and VS2005

16 Jul 2008 by Darren Sessions

With this class, you can add a PNG image to your button and automatically get a highlighted and grayscale version.

XBalloonMsg - a non-MFC balloon-shaped message box

11 Jul 2008 by Hans Dietrich

XBalloonMsg displays a message box using balloon-style tooltips. Message and title strings may be embedded or stored in string resource.

AppBar - How to implement a sliding desktop bar with a simple MFC class and a DLL

10 Jul 2008 by Jaime Olivares

An alternative to standard Windows AppBars with minimal changes to your application.

9 Jul 2008 by Davide Pizzolato

A skinned button class with clipping region, tooltip and mouse tracking

XMLProfile - a non-MFC, non-STL class to read and write XML profile files

2 Jul 2008 by Hans Dietrich

XMLProfile implements a class to read and write XML profile files that is consistent with the MFC set of profile functions. Conversion functions to allow reading/writing both INI and XML profiles are included. A CWinApp-derived class provides drop-in replacement of the standard MFC profile functio

Application Configuration Settings .NET & VB 6 With XML

17 Jun 2008 by Nelson Kosta Souto

Application configuration settings .NET & VB 6 with XML

Interbase and Visual C# .NET

11 Jun 2008 by pechan00000

A solution managing InterBase DB's with C# .NET

Calendar Plug-in for .dan.g.'s ToDoList - In 10 Easy Steps™

10 Jun 2008 by [d3m0n]

A Calendar UI extension component for the ToDoList, giving you a timeline view of your tasks

ExecApp, ExecRegisteredApp, and LookupRegisteredApp - non-MFC functions to execute an application

8 Jun 2008 by Hans Dietrich

ExecApp is a replacement for WinExec(). ExecRegisteredApp executes the app that is registered for the specified file extension. LookupRegisteredApp retrieves the application file path that is registered for the specified file extension.

Using C++ templates for functions and operators

3 Jun 2008 by Alex Hazanov

Example on how templates can help you to generalize your code

XGradientZoneBar - an MFC color gradient indicator bar

19 May 2008 by Hans Dietrich

XGradientZoneBar displays an indicator bar that allows you to specify multiple zones that are filled with a color gradient, and includes APIs to set the bar orientation, font, and tick marks.

XIcon - an MFC control to display text and icon

4 May 2008 by Hans Dietrich

XIcon is an MFC control that displays text and/or icon with auto-sizing.

28 Apr 2008 by Sp1ff

Writing add-ins for DevStudio, Visual Studio, and Office

Tree view in linux

22 Apr 2008 by Sandeep_Vaniya

This script displays tree view of the directory on linux terminal.

QuickSYS

19 Apr 2008 by Chunhua Liu

A tool to generate Windows driver framework

VTD-XML: XML Processing for the Future (Part I)

17 Apr 2008 by Jimmy Zhang

Introduce VTD-XML, the future of XML processing

17 Apr 2008 by Xavier John

A game written using Visual C++ and DirectX.

CreateCheckboxImageList - a non-MFC function to create an imagelist of themed checkboxes

15 Apr 2008 by Hans Dietrich

CreateCheckboxImageList is a function that creates an imagelist of themed or non-themed checkboxes, suitable for use in tree controls, list controls, and list boxes.

Automatic C++ object initialization from XML

13 Apr 2008 by Alexandre GRANVAUD

Automate your data classes initialization from an XML file.

Developing MIDI applications with DirectMusic

11 Apr 2008 by Carlos Jiménez de Parga

A wrapper class library for the DirectMusic MIDI.

Applied Crypto++: Pseudo Random Number Generators

10 Apr 2008 by Jeffrey Walton

How to Choose a Crypto++ Pseudo Random Number Generator

A Thread Pool compatible with Win32 and pthreads API

9 Apr 2008 by User 9885

A cross-platform thread pooling implementation

EnableGroupboxControls - a non-MFC function to enable or disable all the controls within a groupbox

9 Apr 2008 by Hans Dietrich

EnableGroupboxControls is a function that enables or disables all the controls within a groupbox based solely upon the window rect of the controls. A simple approach to implementing a groupbox checkbox is also explained.

XColorPickerXP - an MFC color picker control with themed look

9 Apr 2008 by Hans Dietrich

XColorPickerXP is a simple drop-in color picker based on CComboBox that pops up color selection grid.

How to make content of RichTextBox unselectable.

7 Apr 2008 by chanderp, Yash Bharadwaj

you want to display some text in your application and side-by-side you want to prevent the user from copying the content. . One way to implement this use label, but label do not support the formatting of the text and RTF formats.

Generating Aesthetic Line Styles

6 Apr 2008 by Durga Prasad Dhulipudi

A novel way to create complex line patterns

XColorDialog - an MFC color picker control that displays a color hexagon and a color spectrum

5 Apr 2008 by Hans Dietrich

XColorDialog displays a color hexagon and a color spectrum that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models.

XColorSpectrumCtrl - a non-MFC color picker control that displays a color spectrum

4 Apr 2008 by Hans Dietrich

XColorSpectrumCtrl displays a color spectrum that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models.

XColorHexagonCtrl - a non-MFC color picker control that displays a color hexagon

4 Apr 2008 by Hans Dietrich

XColorHexagonCtrl displays a color hexagon that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models.

How to create Linked list using C/C++

26 Mar 2008 by Nasif M.

The article describes the fundamental theory about pointers and show how it helps to create linked list