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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

Using CResizablePage In a CFormView

16 Apr 2001 by #realJSOP

Technique for utilizing a CResizablePage in a CFormView-derived class

CResizableFormView

6 Jun 2001 by #realJSOP

Extension of Paolo Messina's CResizableDialog concept

String Parsing Class (supports quoted strings)

14 Mar 2002 by #realJSOP

Parse strings with specified delimiter and specified quote character

Tracking The Mouse In A View

7 May 2001 by #realJSOP

Track a mouse click, even in a scrolled view

Blinking Cells For Chris Maunder's Grid Control

13 May 2005 by #realJSOP

Create blinking cells for Chris Maunder's grid control.

Enumerate Controls In a Dialog Box or FormView

9 Aug 2005 by #realJSOP

Enumerate all controls in a dialog box or form view.

Keeping It Clean - String Function Wrappers for VS2005

17 Nov 2006 by #realJSOP

A technique for making stdio functions compile clean regardless of the Microsoft compiler used

Debug With Apps Displayed on Secondary Monitor

29 Nov 2006 by #realJSOP

Here's some code that will automatically start your app on a secondary monitor if it's compiled with debug info.

Dynamically Build Your Menu and/or Toolbar

12 May 2005 by #realJSOP

Build a menu and/or a toolbar dynamically without using resource files (well, almost).

Use your own ATL-Objects in Dev-Studio Macros

17 Feb 2002 by <b>T</b>om <b>C</b>ollins

Shows how to develop ATL-Objects to extend VB-Script. Uses ISharedPropertyGroupManager to keep data in memory. Supervises MSDEV-shutdown.

Producing translucent dialog boxes and windows without flickering

6 Aug 2002 by -Kirill-

Enhancing window fade-in to render common controls correctly and to allow the window to remain transparent after the fade-in

MiniSpy

27 Jul 2002 by .dan.g.

A dynamic window attribute viewer to replace Spy++

Add fast user-extensible image processing support to CBitmap

14 Dec 2002 by .dan.g.

Provides built-in graying, rotating, shearing, resizing, blurring, sharpening, flipping, negating and color replacement to CBitmap as well as support for user-defined processing plug-ins

A template singleton class for easy implementation of Windows hooks

21 Mar 2003 by .dan.g.

Simplifying the implementation of Windows hooking through the use of a templatized manager class

ProjectZip 1.6 - Zip up the source code for your latest CodeProject article

31 Mar 2004 by .dan.g.

A one-click process to building the source files in the active project into a self contained zip file, using this simple-to-use Visual Studio Add-In

VssReporter 2.1 - A Visual SourceSafe reporting tool for build administrators

25 Mar 2006 by .dan.g.

A support tool to allow those performing builds to independently determine exactly what source files have been changed and by whom

CodePlotter 1.6 - Add and edit diagrams in your code with this 'Visio-like' tool

27 Sep 2003 by .dan.g.

A Visual Studio addin for creating and editing ASCII diagrams in source files

CodePlotter Remoded 1.6 - A standalone version for VC6, .NET, Delphi, C++ Builder and VB coders

27 Sep 2003 by .dan.g.

A 'Visio-like' tool for adding and editing ascii diagrams in your source code

SkinControls 1.1 - A journey in automating the skinning of Windows controls

11 Oct 2003 by .dan.g.

A self-contained, user-extensible, application-wide skinning architecture for Windows controls.

ProjectZip Remoded 1.6 - A '3-in-1' tools package for zipping VC6 and .NET workspace and project files

31 Mar 2004 by .dan.g.

Zip your VC6 and .NET workspace and project files using a Standalone Executable, an Explorer shell extension or an updated VC6 Addin

EasyFtp 1.3.2 (for Applications)

21 Mar 2004 by .dan.g.

A 'drop-in' FTP solution for applications providing a full GUI, extended commandline options and no resource files. Use standalone or compiled into your own app.

Ownerdraw Tab Controls - Borders and All

30 Jun 2002 by .dan.g.

A framework for overriding all aspects of a tab control's apprearance, including the borders, the background and of course the tabs themselves.

InterSpy - An integrated Windows message trace and filter utility

15 Apr 2003 by .dan.g.

A utility providing enhanced Windows message debugging.

A Revolutionary New Approach to Custom Drawn Menus

26 May 2003 by .dan.g.

A new and unique approach to the perennial problem of how to change the default appearance of Windows menus

C++ wrapper for Gilles Vollant's Unzip API

10 Dec 2002 by .dan.g.

Presents an extended yet simplified interface to querying, filtering and extracting multiple files from a zip archive

Win32 Wrapper classes for Gilles Volant's Zip/Unzip API

27 Jul 2003 by .dan.g.

High level wrapping of the zlib library to make easy work of zipping and unzipping files and folders

CHash 1.5 - An MFC hashing class

8 Aug 2005 by .rich.w

An MFC implementation of hashing files and strings with CRC32, GOST-Hash, MD2, MD4, MD5, SHA-1 and SHA-2 (256/384/512).

CDNS 1.0 - An MFC DNS class

22 May 2005 by .rich.w

An MFC implementation of a DNS class, it can retrieve multiple IPs and hostnames.

CWebUpdate 1.0 - An MFC Update class

25 Jun 2005 by .rich.w

An easy updating method with a small foot print.

CUnrarDLL 1.0 - An MFC UnRAR class

9 Aug 2005 by .rich.w

An easy to use class based around unrar.dll.

A very simple COM server without ATL or MFC

3 Aug 2000 by .Shoaib

A step by step guide to write a COM server using C++ without MFC or ATL.

Antialiasing: Wu Algorithm

6 Nov 2007 by .Suchit

Generating smooth lines with antialiasing; sample code for animation is included

Advanced critical section

8 Jul 2002 by 0xdeadbeef

Advanced critical section which features TryLock and timeouts

A POP3 class with WIN32 API (APOP Command support)

3 Jan 2003 by 10031103

A POP3 class with WIN32 API

A Matrix-Based 2-D Polygon Clipping Class

28 Mar 2003 by ⁷³Zeppelin

An article on 2-D Polygon Clipping

A Generational Garbage Collector in C++

17 Dec 2001 by @deel@bbas

A Garbage Collector framework that is based upon Generational Copying

31 Mar 2005 by @run

Registry access, to append customized menu to system's menu.

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

Load JPEG and (transparant) GIF picture files from a resource in 3 lines code.

16 Jul 2002 by [goofy]

An article on simple loading GIF, JPEG pictures from a resource (.RC) (no MFC)

MFC Smart Frames

23 May 2002 by [James Pullicino]

Save window sizes, positions and state for all frames in an MDI MFC Application

A handy class to make use of Windows Registry

15 Aug 2004 by __PPS__

Shows how simple accessing Windows Registry can be if you do not need bells and whistles.

Simple way to get the name of the paper a printer supports

19 Jan 2005 by _anil_

Use DeviceCapabilities function to get the paper name of a printer.

Counting Lines in a MS VC++ 6.0 project

4 Aug 2001 by _declspec

A program that counts the lines (source, comments, blank) in every file included in a MS VC++ 6.0 project

Tree ComboBox Control

16 Oct 2014 by _Flaviu

Tree ComboBox Control

Bitmap Menu

8 Mar 2013 by _Flaviu

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

List ComboBox Control

23 Sep 2016 by _Flaviu

A ListCtrl ComboBox control

Extended CComboBox

10 Dec 2015 by _Flaviu

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

Real-Time Console Output Redirection

31 Oct 2006 by _Olivier_

Console process output flushing is no longer a problem with this little stub.

IEventLogger - COM Interface for easy Event Logging

22 Mar 2004 by _Reinhard

Easy to use Interface for Event Logging based on CXEventLog class

A Class of Accessing inifile in UNICODE

25 Sep 2006 by aaa_xxx_aaa

The Win API cannot access inifile in UNICODE, sometimes, we may want to add some wide characters into INI file, so I wrote a class to access INI file in UNICODE

Drive Information

8 Feb 2003 by Abbas_Riazi

A CStatic derived class to show drive information.

Add GPS support to your desktop

18 Feb 2003 by Abbas_Riazi

Use serial ports to add GPS (Global Positioning System) support to your desktop computer by using NMEA0183 protocol

System Information

19 Aug 2003 by Abbas_Riazi

Obtaining Information from Computer Hardware/Software

6 Jan 2003 by Abbas_Riazi

Add an analog clock to your project (A tutorial for creating CStatic derived controls)

Registry List Control

10 Jan 2003 by Abbas_Riazi

A List Control to Monitor Windows Registry

15 Mar 2003 by Abbas_Riazi

A Shell Extension Context Menu to Change Skin of Windows Explorer

Add Radio support to your desktop

25 Jan 2003 by Abbas_Riazi

Use WiNRADiO card to add radio support to your desktop computer

Solving Engineering Problems Using MATLAB C API

23 May 2003 by Abbas_Riazi

Using MATLAB engine to solve engineering problems.

MATLAB Engine API

1 Jul 2003 by Abbas_Riazi

Using MATLAB Engine API to control MATLAB

Solving Engineering Problems Using MATLAB C++ Math Library

21 Jul 2003 by Abbas_Riazi

Using MATLAB C++ Math Library to solve engineering problems

GIF Animation Control

18 Apr 2004 by Abbas_Riazi

A CStatic derived class for displaying GIF Animations.

Text2PDF

3 Aug 2003 by Abbas_Riazi

A free utility to convert text files to Adobe PDF.

Remote System Information Using CGI

26 Aug 2003 by Abbas_Riazi

This is a handy utility to show system information of a remote computer by using common gateway interface known as CGI, a must have tool for administrators!

Bin2Iso

21 Jul 2003 by Abbas_Riazi

A Free Tool to Convert Bin Image Format to ISO Image Format

8 Sep 2003 by Abbas_Riazi

Calculating Magic Square In Any Order Using Standard Template Library (STL)

MATLAB MEX-files

20 Sep 2003 by Abbas_Riazi

This article shows you how to create MATLAB MEX-files for improving speed of MATLAB when executing a function.

MATLAB Generic DLL

18 Nov 2003 by Abbas_Riazi

Call a Dynamic Linked Library from MATLAB using MATLAB Interface to Generic DLLs.

Add GPIB Support to Your Desktop

12 Dec 2003 by Abbas_Riazi

Add General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) capabilities to your desktop computer for measuring purposes.

Exporting/Importing Data To/From MATLAB

20 Jan 2004 by Abbas_Riazi

Exporting/Importing Variables Data To/From MATLAB Using C MAT-File API

MATLAB Shared Library

30 Dec 2003 by Abbas_Riazi

Using MATLAB compiler to build a shared library (DLL) from m-File.

CDeviceTree

2 Apr 2004 by Abbas_Riazi

A tree control to show installed devices like Device Manager

Enumerate Installed Devices Using Setup API

16 Mar 2004 by Abbas_Riazi

Enumerate installed devices on a local or remote computer.

Enumerate Properties of an Installed Device

26 Apr 2004 by Abbas_Riazi

Enumerate properties of an installed device using Setup API.

16 May 2004 by Abbas_Riazi

A CStatic derived class to show some visual effects on images.

Device Property Sheet Dialog

12 Aug 2004 by Abbas_Riazi

Showing property sheet dialog of a specific device.

21 Aug 2004 by Abbas_Riazi, Shafiee

This article shows you a very simple way to show system dialogs like Internet Options, Add/Remove Programs, and etc.

Extracting AVI Frames

5 Nov 2004 by Abbas_Riazi, Shafiee

Introducing AVI functions for extracting frames of an AVI movie and saving them in bitmap files.

Scan2PDF

22 Apr 2005 by Abbas_Riazi

A utility for bulk scanning, converting the scanned pages to PDF and burning them on CD/DVD for archiving.

Automatic Garbage Collection in C++ using Smart pointers

18 May 2003 by abc876

This article explains how to prevent your programs from memory leaks, by incorporating Garbage Collector in your class.

Sending Anonymous net send messages in WTL

26 Jun 2003 by abc876

This article explains how you can can send anonymous net send messages to any host

Making Graphical effect from Progress Bar

20 Jun 2004 by Abdul Hye

Usage of Progress Bar control.

Java 'Swing' style components written in MFC

23 May 2000 by Abhijit Bhole

A set of MFC classes the duplicate the Java Swing look and feel

CDialogSK - A Skinnable Dialog Class

7 Jul 2003 by abhinaba

This article discusses the CDialogSK class that extends the CDialog MFC class and can be used to create dialogs that can be skinned.

CFileManip: "DOS-Command-Like" File/Directory Manipulation

28 Feb 2003 by Abin

A class that allows fast and easy file/directory operation

An Animation-Style Dialog Class

12 Feb 2002 by Abin

CAniDialog : An Animation-Style Dialog Class Derived from CDialog and Using DrawWireRects

CReportCtrl - An extremely convenient version of report-style CListCtrl

4 May 2003 by Abin

An MFC CListCtrl derived class specialized in report-style list control manipulation.

CIni

13 Nov 2003 by Abin

A comprehensive INI file handling class.

Another Report List Control

31 Dec 2003 by Abin

A report style CListCtrl supporting sorting, sub-item editing, sub-item image, sub-item color etc.

CBrowseCtrl - Adding File/Folder-Browse Features to Your Projects Easily

25 May 2004 by Abin

A file/folder browsing control that integrates an editbox and a button with built-in images

An All-Purpose Keyboard Hooker

30 May 2004 by Abin

An easy to use keyboard hooking DLL that is suitable for most applications.

RemoteLib - DLL Injection for Win9x & NT Platforms

10 Jan 2005 by Abin

A DLL injection library that works on both Win9x & NT platforms.

AGM::LibReflection: A reflection library for C++.

1 Nov 2004 by Achilleas Margaritis

Description of the library AGM::LibReflection.

Object properties for C++

19 May 2005 by Achilleas Margaritis

A small library that gives C++ objects the ability to have properties.

Multithreaded garbage collection for C++

16 Jun 2005 by Achilleas Margaritis

LibGC 3.0: portable multithreaded garbage collection for C++.

PNGView

7 Sep 2005 by Achim Klein

Load and display PNG files in MFC.

7 Sep 2005 by Achim Klein

Serialize and access your application's config values.

7 Sep 2005 by Achim Klein

Browse to a folder.

SplitPath

7 Sep 2005 by Achim Klein

Splitting a path into its components.

PreviewCtrl

2 Sep 2005 by Achim Klein

Showing an image in a CStatic control.

Speaking Alarm Clock

12 Nov 2001 by Adalsteinn B. Bjarnason

Unique alarm application that works.