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13 Jun 2002 by Tim Smith
Color picker control for WTL applications including optional support for XP themes
5 Mar 2009 by Ernest Laurentin
Full-fledged ATL Windowless ActiveX Container. Ideal for hosting Windows Media Player, Transparent Flash and Silverlight Animations.
29 Dec 2006 by Michael Dunn
How to use power status notifications to make your applications conserve power when necessary.
29 Jun 2009 by Michael Dunn
Create custom tasks in your app's jump list on Windows 7
16 Jul 2007 by PrafullaT
This is a toolbar for the Internet Explorer which shows information from RSS taken from the Internet.
31 Jan 2001 by Less Wright
This article will show you how to make use of WTL’s DDX/DDV implementation using a real world example.
20 Feb 2002 by Jens Nilsson
An article on the framework for implementing snapping windows.
21 Jun 2009 by _oti
A WTL Hunspell-checked edit control.
1 Sep 2009 by PARK Youngho
A tool that enumerates all fonts installed on Windows, and shows you the preview so as to help you code conveniently.
3 Sep 2013 by Nikolay Ananenko
Avoid horizontal scroll and effectivelly use whole horizontal control width: resize all columns except one to their content and this one to all remaining space.
4 Apr 2002 by Daniel Bowen
Issues and solutions when creating a new MDI child in a WTL application when the last active child was maximized
27 Jun 2001 by Rashid Thadha
An outlook control and framework that can be used in your WTL Application
30 Sep 2002 by Ernest Laurentin
Shows how to use Microsoft Script Hosting inside existing ATL/WTL Application
8 Feb 2015 by tkontos
A WTL based, XML driven shortcut replacement
22 Dec 2001 by David Y. Zhao
This is a simple tabbed MDI for WTL
28 Oct 2010 by Paul Heil
A look at the undocumented message hook functions for Windows Mobile
7 Nov 2002 by Rob Caldecott
Use this class in your WTL apps to retrieve a list of installed printers
10 Mar 2002 by Rui Lopes
Class for Synchronizing the Active State of multiple windows.
29 Jun 2010 by aleksey_m_t
MSVS Add-in for Doxygen documentation system
6 Sep 2000 by Milan Gardian
Notes on updating your WTL installation
3 Apr 2001 by Maxime Labelle
A wizard to help getting started with PropertySheet Shell Extensions
15 Oct 2001 by Laurent Kempé
Port of the window sizing framework from Paul DiLascia
8 Feb 2006 by Michael Dunn
A tutorial on using GDI and common dialogs in WTL.
21 Apr 2004 by Armen Hakobyan
Using SQL-DMO to shrink SQL Server transaction logs.
20 Apr 2005 by mark novak
A psychological journey into a project crafted from start to finish.
4 Nov 2002 by Rob Caldecott
A small template allowing you to easily add system tray icon support to your WTL application
7 Jul 2003 by John Osborn
Version 3 of the BHO Popup Blocker written in ATL
29 Apr 2004 by Rob Caldecott
Extension to WTL CDialogResize template to support persistent dialog size
9 Apr 2006 by AlanW
A WTL tree control that supports Windows Vista style selection and multiple selection
5 Aug 2000 by Konstantin Boukreev
An example of using the WTL library and RichEdit control
22 Dec 2005 by Michael Dunn
WTL programming for MFC developers - frame windows.
14 Sep 2009 by Michael Dunn
An intro to using Taskbar progress bars and overlay icons with your Windows 7 applications
7 Oct 2002 by Magomed Abdurakhmanov
Simple class to store application settings in registry
25 Mar 2007 by Ernest Laurentin
An Introduction to ScriptRunner. A scripting tool for user interface Unit Testing.
18 Feb 2009 by Alain Rist
OOo::DocWindow and WTL::COOoCtrl classes to work on any Microsoft-Office document, and Open Office SDK integration in Visual Studio/VCExpress 2005/2008
14 Apr 2014 by john morrison leon
A smart pointer system for safe application development in C++.
12 Apr 2010 by Alain Rist
Including a Ribbon UI Implementation Guide with examples and a dual UI enabled legacy application
22 Dec 2005 by Michael Dunn
An introduction to WTL programming for MFC developers.
31 Dec 2005 by Michael Dunn
Using the new WTL classes that implement advanced dialog UI elements
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.
17 Jun 2010 by Paul Heil
How to programmatically read text from any process at any point on the screen
19 Sep 2005 by Neil Yao
A reusable WTL base class to add buttons on the caption bar.
10 Jan 2006 by Michael Dunn
A tutorial on hosting ActiveX controls in WTL dialogs.
20 Jul 2001 by Michael Dunn
How to use WTL's built-in support for resizable dialogs
30 Sep 2015 by Timo Kunze
Use undocumented parts of the Windows Vista list view API to enhance your application.
29 Dec 2006 by Michael Dunn
How to use Vista's new file open and file save dialogs with WTL.
16 Jun 2006 by Michael Dunn
A tutorial on using drag and drop in your WTL application.
18 Jan 2006 by Michael Dunn
A tutorial on using WTL splitter windows and pane containers.
12 Oct 2002 by Michael Dunn, Nish Nishant
A guide to the string wrapper classes provided by Visual C++ and class libraries
18 Jan 2005 by Igor Vigdorchik
CHyperLink derived class that displays a bitmap next to the link and allows a different color when hover.
4 Aug 2004 by Pablo Aliskevicius
After you design your dialogs in Visual Studio, use the WTL Class Wizard to turn them into WTL classes and not just from Visual Studio 6!
16 Nov 2003 by George Yohng
Guarantees pixel-to-pixel matching appearance of resource-based dialogs for different font DPIs
29 Jan 2004 by Luuk Weltevreden
This article shows a workaround to the graphics bug that a checkbox or radio button is displayed with a black background on themed dialogs.
2 Nov 2010 by Daniel Ranger
Native C++ implementation of the .NET Asynchronous Design Pattern using Windows I/O Completion Ports
29 Jun 2002 by Rama Krishna Vavilala
A desk band ticker that scrolls the latest messages posted in the Lounge and other forums
26 Jun 2001 by Serge Weinstock
A fully featured owner-draw button class
22 Dec 2005 by Michael Dunn
The basics of using toolbars and status bars in WTL applications.
13 Jan 2006 by Michael Dunn
A guide to creating property sheets and wizards in WTL
15 Jun 2003 by Mike Melnikov
Google-like Toolbar with customization from xml file and update from web features
21 Feb 2011 by Michael Dunn
A tutorial that shows how to get started using the Ribbon in your applications
1 Jun 2003 by Bjornar Henden
A WTL Grid mostly aimed for use against databases.
9 Jun 2002 by Ed Gadziemski
The basics of using WTL's CSplitterWindow and CPaneContainer controls to create a multipane application
4 Mar 2002 by Bjoern Graf
A WTL Rolldown control as seen in 3DSMax
1 May 2006 by Blake Hurd
A sidebar in the lower left that emulates the sidebar in Outlook 2003. Other features implemented include theming, snapping buttons, unique button system, etc.
4 May 2006 by Michael Dunn
How to handle the extra application buttons on keyboards and mice
18 Jan 2008 by Valentin Ivanov
This article explains how to use the GPS API and Web Service on a SmartPhone to show demographics information for the current location.
30 Sep 2003 by Tom Furuya
Making of color picker utility using WTL and recap of clipboard management APIs.
19 Mar 2007 by Michael Dunn
A library and a visual editor that make it easy to build task dialogs and use them in your C++ applications
5 Oct 2002 by Rashid Thadha
create your own toolband for Internet Explorer using WTL
12 Sep 2001 by Jens Nilsson
An article about managing undo and redo actions
31 Mar 2002 by Ed Gadziemski
How to use WTL's CPropertySheet implementation as a resizable view instead of a modal or modeless dialog
27 Apr 2011 by Michael Dunn
This article describes how to lay out controls in the Windows native Ribbon
27 Aug 2007 by Sergey Solozhentsev
Add-in for Microsoft VC++.NET 2003 that helps to insert message handlers for WTL.
18 Dec 2006 by Michael Dunn
Using the TaskDialogIndirect API to show feature-packed dialogs that help the user make a decision.
13 Dec 2008 by Jonathan Davies
Use two C++ classes which wrap various setup API calls to obtain, filter and display device names and information
11 Jul 2011 by Ed Gadziemski
CWtlPicture attaches to an owner-drawn picture control and reads, displays, and saves disk or database images
19 Jan 2003 by peterchen
Setting up doxygen, a free tool to document your code, in a few simple steps.
18 Apr 2006 by AlanW
A flexible WTL list control that supports Windows Vista style selection and cell editing.
9 May 2003 by Ernest Laurentin
Screen Event Recorder (DLL) shows how to create a DLL/Application (one that can be used with RunDll32.exe).
18 Jul 2011 by Michael Dunn
This article shows how to control various Ribbon and command properties at runtime
20 May 2007 by Michael Dunn
Busted features? APIs failing? Use this guide to get your IE plugin up and running again in protected mode!
19 Jun 2002 by Thomas Freudenberg
Get shell icons, even if they're customized
12 Oct 2002 by Ed Gadziemski, Rick Pingry
This article describes how to use an MDI client in a splitter pane of a WTL MDI application with splitter window.
19 Jan 2006 by Till Krullmann
A WTL extension which introduces layout maps to automatically update the layout in resizable dialogs.
13 Jul 2005 by Daniel Bowen
An extensible framework for creating customized tabs in ATL/WTL, with a VS.NET-like tab control implementation, tabbed frames, tabbed MDI, and more.
19 May 2009 by Michael Dunn
An intro to using jump lists with your Windows 7 applications
21 Nov 2007 by Serge Klimov
This is an implementation of docking windows for the WTL library
11 Sep 2011 by Michael Dunn
This article demonstrates new button and menu features of the Ribbon
30 Sep 2006 by Thomas Freudenberg, Jörgen Sigvardsson
A small application which emulates the behavior of the mouse in KDE
14 Feb 2005 by Eugene Pustovoyt
14 Jan 2004 by Igor Vigdorchik
A port of MFC CArchive class to simplify serialization in WTL and non-MFC projects
30 Dec 2003 by Igor Katrayev
WTL class that tabs and splits child views in your SDI application
3 Feb 2002 by Michael Dunn
An advanced utility that scans computers for missing hotfixes, and helps you download and install them.
11 Dec 2006 by Rob Caldecott
Add text, drop-down menus, and comboboxes to a WTL toolbar.
11 Nov 2007 by Alain Rist
Featuring cell menu, in-place editor, single control and split dialogs, Vista shell and Mobile file controls and selection dialogs
24 Nov 2003 by umeca74
Launch a console process from your GUI app and receive its output, even from Win9x
21 Feb 2008 by zhangyuwu
Write a monitoring application to capture debug messages