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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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MFC

IntelliTask

8 Apr 2024 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

30 Mar 2024 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.

XML Sitemap

14 Mar 2024 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

An alternative Windows version to XML Sitemap online generators

Tile Grid Control

5 Mar 2024 by PJ Arends

An MFC CWnd derived grid of user definable tiles

Lee Algorithm Mazesolver

3 Mar 2024 by Shao Voon Wong

Lee Algorithm Mazesolver in MFC and Direct2D

IntelliPort

21 Feb 2024 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

You can use IntelliPort to transfer large files from a computer onto your portable computer using a serial port rather than going through the process of setting up your portable computer on a network.

Your Own AVI Shop

8 Feb 2024 by Petrov Vladimir

Build up our own AVI editing application and explore some fun techniques using simple code additions

Using Asynchronous Procedure Calls (APC) in Windows based C++ applications to perform GUI Update

8 Dec 2023 by Bruno van Dooren

How to use APCs to perform user interface updates

parallelization

ToDoList 8.2 - An Effective and Flexible Way to Keep on Top of Your Tasks

17 Sep 2023 by .dan.g.

A hierarchical task manager with native XML support for custom reporting

Consuming Your C# Library in MFC/C++ Project

11 Apr 2023 by Shao Voon Wong

Consuming Your C# Library in MFC/C++ Project via C++/CLI

String Manipulations using TCHAR Header File

14 Feb 2023 by Atique Rahman

Tips and tricks on String manipulations in Unicode (Windows Programming context)

Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a ButtonFly

14 Oct 2022 by Ruth_Haephrati

There's no reason the buttons used as part of your programs' UI shouldn't be beautiful and practical at the same time. Introducing: ButtonFly — an all-in-one C++ class to reduce your overhead and create beautiful buttons.

Obtain the Plain Text Session Key using CryptoAPI

22 Sep 2022 by Raphael Amorim

How to get plain text session using CryptoAPI

Codez Bank: A Code Snippet Bank Application

22 Aug 2022 by steveb

An application that stores and manages useful code snippets and keeps them always handy

An MFC COM Wrapper Code Generator Using COleDispatchDriver

19 Jun 2022 by Ben Hanson

IDispatch C++ Code Generation Done Right

Hosting of MFC MDI Applications from Within WinForms and WPF Applications

30 May 2022 by Alexey Shalnov

Building old MFC app in .NET app, replacing MFC MDI Framework with modern WinForms or WPF Framework and integrating MFC Views and Dialogs in it

Masking Texture in OpenGL using Class CImage

6 May 2022 by Petrov Vladimir

Masking Texture in OpenGL from Bitmap Image File using Class CImage (just call the File Name)

PDF from Image Files in One Click

30 Apr 2022 by Petrov Vladimir

Simple solution for PDF performance from Image files of any kind

Visualizing Fractals

14 Mar 2022 by Andy Bantly

Visualizing the Mandelbrot set using multiple threads of execution

Init Threads in MFC and Win32

17 Oct 2021 by Petrov Vladimir

Starting Threads in MFC and Win32 and some handling samples

multi-threading

CSplitButton with Images

19 May 2021 by Michael Haephrati

How to enhance the MFC CSplitButton control to support images

ToolBoxCtrl

14 Apr 2021 by Aleh Baradzenka

The control representing a regular ToolBar in the form of a tree of command buttons

Drag & Drop Images and Drop Descriptions for MFC Applications

26 Mar 2021 by Jochen Arndt

Add drag & drop support with drag images and drop descriptions to your MFC applications

TabCtrl - Adjustable Control with Zooming and Scrolling Tabs

25 Mar 2021 by Aleh Baradzenka

In this article, you will learn about an adjustable control that has zooming and scrolling tabs, dragging with the mouse, custom drawing and much more.

OutlookTabCtrl - Another Kind of Tab

16 Mar 2021 by Aleh Baradzenka

This control is another kind of tab. Tabs are displayed as horizontal stripes and can be collapsed into buttons. Each tab is assigned its own window, which is shown when you click on the tab.

SplitterCtrl - A control for the partition of some window by several parts

16 Mar 2021 by Aleh Baradzenka

In this article, you will learn about a control that is necessary for the partition of the dialog, main or child window of your program by several parts.

Send and Receive Message through WebView2 to/from Your Website

1 Mar 2021 by Ayush Swiss

Establish the communication between WebView2 and JavaScript by which you can send and receive the message via WebView2

Linker Errors, CString, ATL, MFC, and YOU!

15 Nov 2020 by Nick Pirocanac

Linker errors due to CStringT template classes and ATL vs. MFC issues

Creating a Desktop Application for Converting Audio Files from Each Other

16 Aug 2020 by Michael Haephrati

Desktop application that can be used to convert from and to various audio formats, such as .mp3, .m4a and .wav

Guide to Choose and Implement a Worker Thread

30 Jul 2020 by _Flaviu

A guide to choosing and implementing a worker thread in your application

A Game of Life Implementation using Direct2D

21 Jul 2020 by Hans

Just for fun, a Conway's Game of Life application with many features using MFC Direct2D classes

MFC List Control with Tooltips, Editing, Colors, Columns hiding, Sorting and lot more abilities.

6 Apr 2020 by Jovibor

Owner-draw list control with tooltips, editing, colors, sorting, hyperlinks, columns hiding and lot more.

KeePass Password Safe

13 Jan 2020 by Dominik Reichl

KeePass is a free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager.

Switch Between Documents

4 Jan 2020 by _Flaviu

Switching between open documents in multi-document interface application

CString and std::string Integration

19 Dec 2019 by Edwig Huisman

CString only projects can convert to STL std::string

Magic Formula of the Intersection Point of Two Line Segments

5 Dec 2019 by Petrov Vladimir

Compact and simply Vector Formula of the Intersection Point of Two Line Segments

computational-geometry

Embedding a Chromium Browser in an MFC Application

27 Nov 2019 by Marius Bancila

Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) v3 to embed a Chromium browser in an MFC application

Chromium-embedded

Signal Segmentation Algorithm of Radhakrishnan, et al. Ported to C and C#

20 Oct 2019 by Lance A. Endres

The algorithm presented by Radhakrishnan, et al., originally used to segment well logs for the oil industry, has been ported to C and C#.

25 Sep 2019 by Edwig Huisman

A hibernate framework for C++

Tiny CMD

1 Aug 2019 by Michael Haephrati

A tiny Command Line Interface wrapped with a Graphic User Interface

All About MFC Serialization

9 Jan 2019 by steveb

Describes all aspects of MFC serialization mechanism

A Handy Idle-Processing Class for Long Procedures

31 Dec 2018 by Craig Muller

This article introduces a convenient class for hooking into idle processing.

Game Programming using JavaScript, React, Canvas2D and CSS – Part 1

3 Nov 2018 by Philipp_Engelmann

How to create simple 2D games using JavaScript, React, Canvas and CSS

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

Asynchronous TCP Part 1

14 Sep 2018 by bkelly13

Goal: Describe how asynchronous or non-blocking TCP code works

11 Sep 2018 by _Flaviu

A way to use OpenCV in MFC project

CHyperLink: A Simple MFC HyperLink Button Class with Any Size 32bpp Icons Support

19 Jul 2018 by Elia Sarti

A class which encapsulates a hyperlink control for web page redirection or normal button usage

Owner Draw List Control with Design Pattern (Strategy)

1 Jun 2018 by YangManWoo

This article describes how to create custom controls using strategy patterns.

CrashRptEx - An Extension to the CrashRpt Crash Reporting System

23 May 2018 by Andreas Schoenle

How to use CrashRptEx, to avoid some of the pitfalls of crash reporting in MFC apps or if you want the ability to continue your application after a crash

Solving the Windows Webbrowser Control Focus-stealing Bug

20 Mar 2018 by favedj

A fully working fix for this longstanding problem, tested in Windows 7 - 10

Weiler-Atherton Algorithm in 3D

11 Mar 2018 by Petrov Vladimir

Weiler-Atherton algorithm in 3D codes demo implementation

Weiler-Atherton Algorithm in MFC

25 Feb 2018 by Petrov Vladimir

Weiler-Atherton algorithm in MFC codes demo implementation

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

Integrating with Google Maps via a Desktop Application

15 Jan 2018 by Michael Haephrati

How to integrate with Google Maps via an MFC dialog based application

Avi from Image Files in One Click

27 Dec 2017 by Petrov Vladimir

Simple solution for small avi demo performance from Image files of any kind

Your Own Quadrics in OpenGL MFC

20 Nov 2017 by Petrov Vladimir

The alternative Quadrics in OpenGL MFC for your Own design and Universal Polyhedron Procedure.

Adding New Theme Variations to the MFC Ribbon (CMFCVisualManager)

1 Nov 2017 by peterboulton

Add new Ribbon themes to MFC application built using VS Feature Pack' classes

Detecting Active Language

21 Sep 2017 by Michael Haephrati

How to detect the currently used language regardless of the active application

Month-Name Ordering

18 Sep 2017 by David Wincelberg

Sort by month name in database tables, filenames or strings

FreeCal - GPIB Instrument Automation for Metrology Test and Measurement

4 Sep 2017 by Scott Page

FreeCal is a free 100% .NET suite of utilities and instrument drivers for controlling multiple instruments in a Test and Measurement environment.

Determining the Monitor's On/Off (sleep) Status

25 Jun 2017 by rbrunton

How to determine whether the monitor is on or off as a result of a Windows Power Scheme action

Developing a SOHO web filter step by step

9 Jun 2017 by Reza Shademani

The main goal of this article is to explain the practical details of low level network security programming.

EvaLayout, Lay It Be!

23 May 2017 by Alejandro Xalabarder

An efficient and flexible layout manager

50 OpenGL MFC Projects in One

10 May 2017 by Petrov Vladimir

Former NeHe OpenGL Lessons adapted to MSVS-15 pro MFC in INICODE and the samples of the Joystick implementation

An AutoRepeat Button Class

12 Apr 2017 by PJ Arends

This is an alternative for "An AutoRepeat Button Class"

Ved Startup Manager

3 Feb 2017 by Satish Jagtap

This article is written in VC++ as utility to manage startup applications of Windows.

Finding Skype's Default Account Name

9 Jan 2017 by Michael Haephrati

This article explains how the Skype account details are stored, how to fetch this information and in general, how to interpret XML files using Rapid XML library.

Joystick Win32 and MFC Projects

19 Dec 2016 by Petrov Vladimir

Joystick Win32 and MFC Projects Templates ready to use

11 Dec 2016 by Ștefan-Mihai MOGA

Did you spot any bugs today? Than this tool might save some of your time

Fast SIMD Prototyping

30 Oct 2016 by Shao Voon Wong

Prototype SIMD vectorized code effortlessly.

List ComboBox Control

23 Sep 2016 by _Flaviu

A ListCtrl ComboBox control

MFC Project from Existing Code in One Click

6 Aug 2016 by Petrov Vladimir

The alternative way of the MFC Project from Existing Code creation

Texture Mapping in OpenGL using Class CImage

5 Aug 2016 by Petrov Vladimir

Texture Mapping in OpenGL from any Image File in any format using Class CImage(just call the File Name).

Communicating With a Direct2D Graphics Thread

27 Jun 2016 by Ben Aldhouse

How I stopped worrying and learned to love Direct2D.

Advanced Image Control

18 Jun 2016 by Patrik Mlekuž

Image Control for viewing most common image formats with advanced features included (Import Image, Preview, Resize, Position, Pan, Zoom, Export Image, Extract Resource Icon).

CWindowScroller

7 May 2016 by PJ Arends

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

Hash-container and Red-Black Tree Face-off (STL Benchmark)

12 Apr 2016 by Shao Voon Wong

Benchmark of hash and non-hash container

SQLite

11 Apr 2016 by Serge V. Sushko

SQLite access C++ classes

Embedded Programming – Getting Started With the Netduino

8 Apr 2016 by Codeman the Barbarian

Embedded Programming – Getting Started With the Netduino

Your Own Recent File List(s)

5 Apr 2016 by Petrov Vladimir

The alternative way of recent files handling with the direct access to the list of the files notepad edit including.

Extending MFC shell controls functionality

24 Jan 2016 by Vladimir Misovsky

Overriding CMFCShellTreeCtrl and CMFCShellListCtrl classes

Threads and Ants

27 Dec 2015 by Sotirios Diamantis

You have a problem with your app, and limited computer resources; this code will help you find the problem, by giving you the sequence of function calls that caused it.

Extended CComboBox

10 Dec 2015 by _Flaviu

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

Desktop Sharing using RDP APIs and Socket

24 Nov 2015 by nuclear_sun

You can share a peer's desktop with any others using this software, designate the sharer and viewers in any way you can imagine. Detailed development document and user manual can be found in the Download.

Smart observers to use with unique_ptr

18 Sep 2015 by john morrison leon

observer_ptr, a smart observer guaranteed to always be either valid or test as null. Transparently harnessing unique_ptr's custom deleter feature to detect object destruction.

Understanding CDockablePane

19 Aug 2015 by Huzifa Terkawi

A good reference for CDockablePane

How to replace recursive functions using stack and while-loop to avoid the stack-overflow

1 Jul 2015 by Chris La

This article explains 10 rules (steps) for replacing the recursive functions using stack and while-loop to avoid the stack-overflow.

Windows dialog design in C++ without dialog templates.

3 Jun 2015 by john morrison leon

An alternative approach in which dialogs are entirely specified as C++ code that requires neither IDE support to be written nor IDE generated resources to be executed. Powered by the C++ type system.

Integrate Windows Azure Face APIs in a C++ Application

8 May 2015 by Marius Bancila

Learn how to integrate the new Windows Azure machine-learning APIs in a C++ application using C++ REST SDK

LTTL: The Little Text Transform Language That Could

6 Apr 2015 by Gary R. Wheeler

A small, easily embedded language for text editing and transformation

Another way to Import and Export MySQL database using C++

31 Mar 2015 by Satish Jagtap

This article explains how to import database to MySQL server and how to export database from MySQL server without using batch files.

Import and Export MySQL databases using C++

23 Mar 2015 by Satish Jagtap

This article explains how to import database to MySQL server and how to export database from MySQL server.

A Google Docs Based Backup Application

20 Mar 2015 by Michael Haephrati

A C++ client for uploading documents to your Google Docs account

CGridListCtrlEx - Grid Control Based on CListCtrl

16 Mar 2015 by Rolf Kristensen

A custom draw CListCtrl with subitem editing and formatting

MFC PowerShells Easily

24 Feb 2015 by aljodav

A very easy way to drive PowerShell console application through MFC

How HEX Colors Work

9 Feb 2015 by Gjermund Bjaanes

How HEX colors work

CColor - RGB and HLS Combined in One Class

27 Jan 2015 by Christian Rodemeyer

A class that provides simple color manipulation in RGB and HLS space

Modernizing Legacy C++ Code

14 Dec 2014 by Marius Bancila

Experiences and recommendations from modernizing legacy C++ code using C++11/14