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by Igor Sukhov

The ATL and MFC versions of the class that implements a dialog for selecting users(computers) within the Windows Network.

.NET Asynchronous Design Pattern for Native C++

by Daniel Ranger

Native C++ implementation of the .NET Asynchronous Design Pattern using Windows I/O Completion Ports

.NET Namespace Toolbar

by Nick Parker

A free IE toolbar that pulls up namespace and class documentation on the new MSDN site.

10 Minutes to document your code

by peterchen

Setting up doxygen, a free tool to document your code, in a few simple steps.

Latest Articles

"Select Computer" Dialog

by Igor Sukhov

The ATL and MFC versions of the class that implements a dialog for selecting users(computers) within the Windows Network.

.NET Asynchronous Design Pattern for Native C++

by Daniel Ranger

Native C++ implementation of the .NET Asynchronous Design Pattern using Windows I/O Completion Ports

.NET Namespace Toolbar

by Nick Parker

A free IE toolbar that pulls up namespace and class documentation on the new MSDN site.

10 Minutes to document your code

by peterchen

Setting up doxygen, a free tool to document your code, in a few simple steps.

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ATL

"Select Computer" Dialog

by Igor Sukhov

The ATL and MFC versions of the class that implements a dialog for selecting users(computers) within the Windows Network.

.NET Asynchronous Design Pattern for Native C++

by Daniel Ranger

Native C++ implementation of the .NET Asynchronous Design Pattern using Windows I/O Completion Ports

.NET Namespace Toolbar

by Nick Parker

A free IE toolbar that pulls up namespace and class documentation on the new MSDN site.

10 Minutes to document your code

by peterchen

Setting up doxygen, a free tool to document your code, in a few simple steps.

2D Water Effect in WTL

by Tom Gee

A WTL control class to add water effect to an image, like what's done in the TortoiseSVN About dialog

2D Wrapper for ATL's CComSafeArray

by mdgray

SafeArray Wrapper to simplify and speed up 2D CComSafeArray

2Find Toolbar for IE - Yet Another Sample

by Mike Melnikov

Google-like Toolbar with customization from xml file and update from web features

3D Graph ActiveX Control

by Nikolai Teofilov

An ATL/STL ActiveX control based on OpenGL library for 3D data visualization

A 2D Graph Component With Zoom Capability

by Hossein Khosravi

A 2D graph component with zoom capability.

A Beginner tutorial for writing simple COM/ATL DLL

by ThatsAlok

An article touching simple issues like events, methods and properties.

A Beginner Tutorial for Writing Simple COM/ATL DLL and Using it with .NET

by ThatsAlok

Article touching simple issues like property, method and event and using it in .NET applications

A Beginner Tutorial for Writing Simple COM/ATL DLL For VS2012

by ThatsAlok

Article touching simple programming instrument like Property, Method, Event and invoking ATL Dialogs from ATL/COM Component

A Beginner's Tutorial for Connection Points Using VC++ and ATL

by Ranjan Banerji

A tutorial on how to create connection points using VC++ and ATL

A Brief Tutorial On How To Develop DirectShow Source Filter For Beginners

by Aric Wang

The article will give you an idea on how to design a source filter.The source filter creates samples and outputs it from its output pin.

A BSTR Wrapper for Operations with Binary Data

by George Anescu

Presenting a C++ class for correct operations on BSTR strings with binary data contents

A Checkbox Tree Control for Use in Filtering Selections

by Magerusan Grigore Cosmin

An ATL filter control

A COM component offering Internet download utilities

by Philipos Sakellaropoulos

A COM component written in C++ that offers functions for multiple parallel downloads, Internet cache access, URL and path resolving.

A Complete Scriptable ActiveX Web Control Tutorial Using ATL

by Arif Zaman

An article on a Scriptable ActiveX Web Control using ATL.

A Desktop Performance Monitor

by Chad Busche

How to implement an Explorer Desktop Band that uses the Microsoft’s Performance Data Helper interface to display current performance data about activity such as memory, disk, and processor usage.

A Developer's Survival Guide to IE Protected Mode

by Michael Dunn

Busted features? APIs failing? Use this guide to get your IE plugin up and running again in protected mode!

A fast and lightweight cell control

by xueming.yan

A fast and lightweight cell control for displaying tabular data. The cell is a custom control derived from ATL::CWindow.

A Fast CSV Writer Using ATL

by callmepls

A Fast CSV Writer Using ATL

A File Checksum Shell Menu Extension DLL

by Jeffrey Walton

Create a File Checksum Shell Menu Extension using ATL and Crypto++

A Fully Featured Windows HTTP Wrapper in C++

by shicheng

A fully featured and easy-to-use Windows HTTP wrapper in C++

A Gadget for Browsing the Astronomy Picture of the Day

by Michael Dunn

This article shows a Vista Sidebar gadget that you can use to browse the APOD site and view previews of each day's picture.

A GUI Front-End for Microsoft's Hotfix Checker Utility

by Michael Dunn

This article demonstrates redirecting output of a child process, and displaying a web browser UI using DHTML.

A Helper Class for Calling Invoke

by Ranjan Banerji

SRComHelper makes it easier to call invoke specially in cases where there are several calls to Invoke

A Multiple Inheritance based COM Framework

by @deel@bbas

A simple COM server that is based on multiple inheritance

A practical approach to Connection Point implementation

by Shatyamm Kumar

This article shows how to implement connection points practically.

A Regular Expression Wrapper Using ATL in C++

by shicheng

An article on a easy use regular expression wrapper.

A sample ActiveX Server Component Using ATL

by Agus Kurniawan

Simple program for an Active Server Component that handles cookies

A Simple Logging Utility in ATL

by Ashish Dhar

A simple logging utility to help debug your ATL applications

A Simple Windows HTTP Wrapper Using C++

by shicheng

Gets the content of a web page into a project without the WinHttp APIs mixed in my source code using a WinHttp wrapper.

A smart critical section wrapper for COM objects

by Jeremiah Talkar

An extremely simple class that wraps the win32 CRITICAL_SECTION. Ideal for the COM STA or MTA.

A Spell Check IE Menu Extension

by Shaun Wilde

An IE menu extension that allows you to spell check your form submissions.

A statistical analysis of the performance variations of assorted managed and unmanaged languages

by Rama Krishna Vavilala, Nish Nishant

This article compares and contrasts the relative performances of various languages like native C++, Visual Basic 6, C#, VB.NET, Managed C++, MC++ and native code mix, ngen'd assemblies etc. using a prime number generation function as a generic benchmark

A Utility for Browsing Directly to a Microsoft Knowledge Base Article

by Michael Dunn

A utility that lets you browse to a MS Knowledge Base article right from the Run dialog

A VC++ Outlook COM Add-in that publicizes a custom form

by Andrea Cacciarru

This article explains how to publicize and retrieve data from custom Outlook forms programmatically.

A wrapper class for creating a shortcut (.lnk) and a bookmark (.url) and attaching an online icon to it

by jangtimjang

A ready-to-use wrapper class for creating a shortcut (.lnk file) and a bookmark (.url file) and finally attaching an online icon resource to it.

A WTL Grid

by Noel Frankinet

A WTL grid (really).

Access Internet Explorer's History in MFC

by Akash Kava

Getting the History from Internet Explorer in MFC.

Access Registry Settings Declaratively

by Lonnie McCullough

A set of macros and classes that allow declarative access to registry settings.

Accessing Excel Spreadsheets via C++

by Michael C. Robert

Demonstrates how to use WTL and C++ to access an Excel spreadsheet using Visual Studio .NET 2003.

ActiveX Controls for interactive Runtime Debugging of COM Objects

by Frank Boettger

Three ActiveX controls that allow the runtime-browsing of the object model hierarchy of a COM-Object, its implemented interfaces and the browsing and interactive changing of its properties and methods (a somewhat extended combination of VB's property- and debug-windows).

ActiveX Magnetic Strip reader for Web and Windows Appications with a custom event

by VictorVele

Example for read Magnetic Strip Reader using ActiveX, COM Object for KioskMsr reader

Add a WTL MDI window into an ATL Control

by Zhang YanFeng

This article will show you how to make MDI window of WTL into ATL control by using a real world example.

Add GIF-animation to your MFC and ATL projects with the help of CPictureEx and CPictureExWnd

by Oleg Bykov

A class for displaying animated GIFs and more. MFC and ATL versions available!

Add-in for automatically incrementing build numbers in Visual Studio .NET

by Catalin Stavaru

Finally, an add-in that increments build number for VC++.NET !

Adding a new Toolbar and Button to Microsoft Outlook Tutorial - 1

by chakkaradeepcc

This project aims at adding a new toolbar and button to Microsoft Outlook

Adding a Status Bar Pane to an Internet Explorer Window and Unmasking the Web Page Passwords in Place

by Igor Tolmachev

This article demonstrates how to add a Status Bar pane to Internet Explorer Window, and then how to use it for managing Web page password fields.

Adding COM Automation Support To Win32 Applications

by Mohammed El-Afifi

Given an existing win32 application, how to provide COM automation capability to it?

Adding Custom Pages to Control Panel Applets

by Michael Dunn

This article shows how to add your own pages to Control Panel applets by writing a property sheet handler.

Adding Macro Scripting language support to existing ATL/WTL Application

by Ernest Laurentin

Shows how to use Microsoft Script Hosting inside existing ATL/WTL Application

ADO Data Bound Class Wizard

by Ly Nguyen

ADO Data Bound Class Wizard

Advanced ASP Uploader

by Fayez Al-Mutairi

An advanced COM component that provides file upload capabilities for your ASP pages.

An Add-in to show Visual C++ DeveloperStudio Object Model

by YuHao

This small add-in provides DeveloperStudio Object Model in a hierarchy TreeView and enables users to see its properties.

An Advanced Windows Hotfix Manager

by Michael Dunn

An advanced utility that scans computers for missing hotfixes, and helps you download and install them.

An almost complete Namespace Extension Sample

by Pascal Hurni

An implementation of a shell namespace extension that uses the system provided ShellView (SHCreateShellFolderView)

An ASP Thumbnail Solution

by Philipos Sakellaropoulos

ASP pages and free COM objects for generation of thumbnails and thumbnail views.

An Asynchronous HTTP Request WinINet Wrapper in C++

by crazybit

An asynchronous HTTP download class for C++

An Asynchronous Pluggable Protocol Handler for data: URLs

by Rama Krishna Vavilala

This article describes an asynchronous pluggable protocol implementation to support the data: protocol, as described in RFC 2397, in Internet Explorer.

An ATL Component in C++ that fires COM events

by Neville Dastur

A COM component that implements interprocess communication, and illustrates firing events to a COM container such as Visual Basic

An ATL control for hosting and customization of multiple instances of WebBrowser control for VB

by mehrcpp

An article on WebBrowser hosting and customization.

An ATL Toolbox control like that of VS.NET 2003

by Jozef Bozek

An ATL toolbox control.

An Easy Video-processing Framework by Grabbing Frames as Bitmaps Using DirectShow

by Mingliang Zhu

An article showing how to easily but effectively extract all frames from a video as bitmaps

An Example of ATL 7.0 ActiveX Control Simulating A PS (Particle Swarm) Dynamic System

by smartnose

An article on ATL 7.0 and dynamic system simulation.

An eXtensible Car Description format with ATL COM

by Stan_1964

Introduces the XCD format that describes cars as collections grouped by Make and Year, and provides an API ported into a COM library to access the collections.

An Image Processing Application in C++

by Darryl Bryk

Code is described for a multi-document interface (MDI) image processing application utilizing the CImage class in C++

An Interface Based Implementation by ATL

by Modesty Zhang

This article presents a practical technique to achieve interface based object implementation by ATL only. This technique implements basic COM concepts about interface while doesn't rely on COM runtime.

An introduction to callbacks and connection points with ATL

by Mayur Mahajan

Article giving a general perspective on implement callback interfaces and general notion of connectable objects and connection points.

An MS Outlook-style mini-calendar control using WTL

by Tony Ioanides

An MS Outlook-style mini-calendar control using WTL

Another new thunk copy from ATL

by simonchen.net

A useful skill to get rid of ATL, but do similar flexible architectures by yourself.

Another WTL Grid

by Bjornar Henden

A WTL Grid mostly aimed for use against databases.

Answers to your MFC/ATL questions from the Visual C++ .NET Product Manager.

by Chris Maunder

The definitive set of 'What's the deal with MFC' answers from Microsoft's Nick Hodapp.

API Hooking revealed part 3 and 4 - Thread Deadlock Detector

by xryl669

The final article about API hooking, with a working example of a thread deadlock detector.

ATL Chart Control

by Shanmuga Sundar.V

Article based on chart control using ATL

ATL Collection Wizard

by David Peterson

ATL object wizard that creates a collection of other COM objects

ATL COM and ADO

by Amit Dey

An ATL Component that uses ADO for data.

ATL COM Based Addin / Plugin Framework With Dynamic Toolbars and Menus

by thomas_tom99

An article on ATL COM Based Addin / Plugin Framework With Dynamic Toolbars and Menus, based on VC++ Addin Architecture.

ATL COM EXE Server with MFC support

by Huang Wei

Adding MFC support to the ATL COM EXE Server.

ATL COM Shared Add Ins Using C++ - The Easy Way

by Doug Richards

ATL COM Shared Add Ins Using C++ - The Easy Way

ATL Dynamic Composite Control

by Hemant Kurdia

Shows dynamic creation of one ATL full control in a composite control and also to show images directly from database without file system intervention.

ATL Grid control

by Mario Zucca

A grid control for displaying tabular data, based on Chris Maunder's grid control

ATL Object Wizard Property Page

by Shaun Wilde

A wizard that allows you to create an ATL Object Wizard Property Page

ATL OLE DB Consumer Template Schemas

by João Paulo Figueira

Exploring SQL CE 2.0 schema information with the ATL OLE DB Consumer Templates.

ATL PersistXML implementation

by Katasonov

Easiest way to add XML persistence to an existing IDispatch based ATL COM object.

ATL Rotary Control

by NormDroid

A rotary knob similar to that used in the Windows 2000 CD Player

ATL Server - Web Application/Web Service

by Leon Finker

Web Application/Web Service development using ATL Server classes

ATL Server Tutorial - TipOfTheDay

by Erik Thompson

Create an ATL Server to generate random tips using a Server Response File

ATL Snapping Framework (Like VC.NET)

by Eugene Polonsky

Complete implementation of .NET IDE's snapping windows in ATL/WTL

ATL Splitter ActiveX control

by Andrew Garbuzov

A port of my splitter ActiveX control with MFC to ATL.

ATL Under the Hood - Part 1

by Zeeshan Amjad

In this series of tutorials I am going to discuss some of the inner workings of ATL and the techniques that ATL uses.

ATL Under the Hood - Part 2

by Zeeshan Amjad

This is article 2 in a series of tutorials that discuss some of the inner workings of ATL and the techniques that ATL uses.

ATL Under the Hood Part 3

by Zeeshan Amjad

Contininuing the ATL Under the Hood series to explain the inner workings of ATL

ATL Under the Hood Part 4

by Zeeshan Amjad

Contininuing the ATL Under the Hood series to explain the inner workings of ATL

ATL Under the Hood Part 5

by Zeeshan Amjad

Creating user interface elements with ATL

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.

ATL/AUX Library

by Andrew Nosenko

A set of VC++ helpers and patterns to help automate some routine coding tasks.

ATL7 and Attributes

by Leon Finker

ATL7 and Attributes description and sample usage

atlPath

by lyshsd

ATL/WTL version of Samuel Gonzalo's CPath1.2

Authenticated SMTP

by Andy Bantly

C++ class to authenticate an SMTP server connection

Auto Build Environment Add-in for Visual Studio .NET

by Joshua Jensen

Provides support for customized global environment build settings on a per solution basis

Auto Completion ComboBox for WTL

by NormDroid

Implementation of Auto Completion ComboBox for WTL

Auto Value

by c-smile

Auto Value is an implementation of variables having undefined state

AutoCompleteML - auto completion for multiline edit box

by Pavel Martyanov

COM object for easy user input in multiline edit boxes

Automate the Active Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer Window

by Sheng Jiang 蒋晟

An article on finding out an active IE or Explorer window or creating one and controlling it.

Automatic C++ object initialization from XML

by Alexandre GRANVAUD

Automate your data classes initialization from an XML file.

Automating the MSN Messenger

by Tili

Explains a little bit about event sinking and events of MSN Messenger

AutoStart - Launch applications automatically when starting visual studio

by Satervalley

This is an addin for visual studio 2003 and 2005, it launches applications which your defined automatically when starting visual studio

Basic Arts of Exception Handling

by farhanx

This article is about the art of how to track bugs in programs and handle them beautifuly. Make yourself understand perfectly the reasons for exceptions and bugs.

Beginner's Tutorial: COM/ATL Simple Project

by C. Lung

The purpose of this tutorial is to give you an idea on how to create a COM Server using ATL, and then being able to call the server from both a Visual C++ and Visual Basic program.

Better way to use member function for C-style callback

by solotny

A generic way to callback a member function using ATL thunk technique

Boost.Range support for ATL/WTL CString

by mb2sync

Consistent interfaces to CString using Boost.Range.

Bubbles for Pocket PC

by Ramon de Klein

An addictive game for PocketPCs with full source code included.

BUG in _com_util::ConvertStringToBSTR and _com_util::ConvertBSTRToString

by soptest

How MS implements them and why they do not want you to see the source code of those functions.

Building an Office2K COM addin with VC++/ATL

by Amit Dey

This article shows how to program an Outlook2000/2K+ COM addin using a pure ATL COM object.

Building Rich COMponents with Attributed ATL

by Alex Kolesnichenko

Tutorial article about how to build components with rich functionality using attributed ATL.

Burn the Edges of Your Windows to Give Them Character

by Michael Dunn

No, that's not a typo

Burning CD/DVD Media with the Image Mastering API Version 2.0 (IMAPI2)

by Eric Haddan

Example of a CD/DVD burning application using IMAPI2.

C# ATLCOM Interop code snipperts - Part 1

by Gopi Krishna Nuti

Code snippets detailing Interop programming in C# and ATLCOM

C++ Memory Management Innovation: GC Allocator

by xushiwei

Most of the C++ programmers do not benefit from "Garbage Collection" technique (GC). Here is a new memory management technique named "GC Allocator" (Note it is not "GC").

C++ SOAP Client for MS SOAP Toolkit 1.0 using Wire Transfer Technique

by Catalin Hatmanu

C++ SOAP client for December 2000 release of MS SOAP Toolkit 1.0 using wire transfer technique

Calling COM DLLs from Console Applications

by User 4838655

This Article explains how to call a COM DLL from a Console Application

Capture image from a streaming URL using different ISampleGrabber modes

by R@jeev K R

This articles shows how to capture an image from a streaming URL using different ISampleGrabber modes.

Capturing audio to a WAV file from an MPEG movie file, using DirectShow

by Samiullah Khan

This article describes the process of storing the audio data of a movie file (.mpeg, .mpg, .avi and .dat) on the hard disk in a WAV file using DirectShow filters.

CAtlBitmapButton - ATL/WTL Ownerdraw Superclassed Bitmap Button

by Amit Dey

An owner drawn ATL/WTL bitmap button

CAtlHttpClientT Bug Fixed

by Yury Lukach

A fix of ATL 7 CAtlHttpClientT code

CCaptionButton - Add Buttons on the Caption Bar

by Neil Yao

A reusable WTL base class to add buttons on the caption bar.

CFlatTabCtrl port to ATL/WTL

by Rashid Thadha

Full FlatTabCtrl using WTL

Check User’s Permissions On A File or Folder

by Softomatix

A component to check if given user has a particular access rights on a file/folder or not.

CImage pixel access performance optimization

by Rafal Struzyk

The article describes a simple performance improving wrapper for the CImage class.

Circular Reference-proof ATL Object Collections

by Midi_Mick

Using ATL and STL to create collections of COM objects without circular references

Classic Shell

by Ivo Beltchev

Classic Start menu and other shell features for Windows 7 and Vista.

Client/Server connection using DCOM, with anonymous access

by Vigen Dolbakyan

Quick implementation of client/server connection using DCOM.

CLRDebugEnable: A Visual Studio .NET add-in that allows non-admin accounts to debug CLR applications running under different logon credentials

by Rama Krishna Vavilala

A Visual Studio .NET addin that allows non-admin accounts to debug CLR applications running under different logon credentials.

CM_ConfigBuilder 1.2g: Visual Studio 6/Visual Studio 2005/Visual Studio 2008 Code Generator for Application Settings Graphic Management

by Stefano Basili

CM_ConfigBuilder generates and compiles the required files to manage your application's settings/preferences and to store/retrieve them in XML format.

CMultiDispatch - Multiple IDispatch Interfaces for Automation Clients

by Frank Colbert

An ATL extension for supporting multiple IDispatch interfaces on a single object visible to scripters

Collection Wizard

by frans

This program was written to make implementing a collection in ATL a snap

Color Picker for WTL with XP themes

by Tim Smith

Color picker control for WTL applications including optional support for XP themes

COM Collection

by Igor Vigdorchik

COM collection similar to the Visual Basic's Collection object

COM: IEnumXXXX to STL-style iterator wrapper class

by Len Holgate

A simplified method to enumerate a collection of objects.

COM+ Subscription Viewer

by Roman Kiss

This sample shows how to retrieve a subscriptions registered in the Event System store using C#.

Command Line Parameters Context Menu Extension

by Nick Carruthers

Allows for running programs with command line parameters directly from Explorer.

Comments Workbench for C++ - A Visual Studio .NET Add-in

by lazybug_in

Comments workbench for C++ - a Visual Studio .NET add-in.

Communication between C++ Silverlight Host and Silverlight Application

by Syed Aftab Naqvi

It explains how we can call a method defined in Silverlight from Silverlight C++ host.

Connecting more than one COM client to a desired object

by Dan Rotar

How to connect more than one COM client to a desired object by using monikers to bind to running objects

Context Menu Shell Extension AppWizard

by Maxime Labelle

A wizard to ease implementing a context menu shell extension

Convenient wrapper of VBScript.RegExp for VC++

by sswater shi

Regular Expression for VC++ using VBScript.RegExp

Converting the CONNECT Sample to a Local Server

by Paul Shaffer

An article on ATL COM event connection point threading issues

Copy Path Context Menu Extension

by Nick Carruthers

A context menu shell extension that allows you to copy full file paths to the clipboard.

Correct Column Ordinals of an ADOX Table Object

by Ferdie

Getting the correct column ordinals of an ADOX Table object.

Correctly drawn themed dialogs in WinXP

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.

cowhere - display COM component location and details, given a ProgID

by Glenn Carr

Utility to display location and other details of a COM component, given a CLSID in either ProgID or GUID form.

Create a Convenient Toolbar Assistant Using WTL

by Rocom

A more easy to generate toolbar images.

Create a Universal Document Template which supports Dynamic Frame Window Layout

by dean170

Introduce a programming technology to design a very complex, rich document type.

Create an ATL COM DLL and invoke it through PHP

by Boris O

Demonstrates creating a simple ATL COM DLL and invoking it through PHP.

Create Visio Add-on VSL project with Toolbar, Menu and Command Handler

by Member 480838

An article on a Visio Add-on VSL project that is focussed on speed

Creating a host application for the .NET Common Language Runtime.

by Ranjeet Chakraborty

This article explains how easy it is to write custom host applications for the .NET Common Language Runtime to run managed code.

Creating Custom DirectShow SampleGrabber Filter for Windows Mobile

by Angel Kafazov

This article explains how to write your custom DirectShow SampleGrabber filter for Windows Mobile.

Creating DeskBands with an ATL Object Wizard

by Erik Thompson

An ATL Object Wizard that helps create a COM Object implementation of a DeskBand. Web Accessories for Internet Explorer and the Desktop. History, Favorites, Search, Radio, and Address Bands ... You have seen them since Internet Explorer 4.0. Now create your own!

Creating JavaScript arrays and other objects from C++

by imagiro

How to create JavasSript arrays and other objects from C++ code and pass them to the script.

CREATING MULTIPLE WINDOW SERVICES USING INI CONFIG FILE

by Diego Gil

MULTIPLE WINDOW SERVICES

CRegSettings - registry helper class

by Magomed Abdurakhmanov

Simple class to store application settings in registry

CShortcut (Shell links to special folders)

by Thomas Latuske

This class enables you to build shortcuts to any File/Folder (like the Startmenu, SendTo-contextmenu...)

CWindowImpl ATL Object Wizard

by Erik Thompson

This is an ATL Object Wizard that eases window development using CWindowImpl. It removes the redundant copy-n-paste of code between class implementations

CWorkerThread and IWorkerThreadClient – Looking Further

by Milton Karimbekallil

A tutorial on how to use the ATL7 thread class CWorkerThread and its associated helper classes CRTThreadTraits, IWorkerThreadClient etc. It also presents a generic logging component which can be used in CPU intensive applications.

Cyclomatic Complexity Viewer

by Franz Klein

A Cyclomatic complexity viewer application.

Dahlia Debug-Device Browser Bar

by Jeremy Boschen

An Internet Explorer browser bar, which acts as a pseudo-debug output device

Database Development using Visual C++ and OLE DB: Establishing the connection

by emadns

How to start a connection using ATL OLE DB consumer classes and how to obtain a session so that you can use it to query or edit the database.

Date and Time Activex Control (Written VC++ ) for VB Applications

by RAJKUMARV

Date and Time Activex Control for VB Applications

Davide Calabro's CButtonST class port to WTL

by Serge Weinstock

A fully featured owner-draw button class

DayView - An Outlook Like Appointment View

by Christian S Andersen

An activeX control that mimics the behaviour of Microsoft Outlook 2000/XP Appointment list view

dbgfix: An add-in to properly launch IE during ASP.NET debugging when running VS7 under alternate credentials

by Rama Krishna Vavilala

This add-in launches IE properly during ASP.NET debugging when running VS7 under alternate credentials.

DCOM Access Denied Problem

by Shadi Al-Kahwaji

This article will walk you through configuring two computers to share a COM component as a distributed component(DCOM).

DCOM D-Mystified.NET 2003: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 1

by Brian C Hart

This tutorial guides you through the step-by-step details of how to use Visual Studio .NET 2003 to develop DCOM client/server applications.

DCOM D-Mystified.NET 2003: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 2

by Brian C Hart

We modify starter files provided by the ATL project wizard, to improve user-friendliness and provide security for our server. I also show you how to do a Replace/Replace All across the whole project.

DCOM D-Mystified.NET 2003: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 3

by Brian C Hart

In this step, we add a simple COM object to our server using the ATL Simple Object wizard. Plus, properly initialize and cleanup your COM objects with FinalConstruct() and FinalRelease().

DCOM D-Mystified.NET 2003: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 4

by Brian C Hart

Add a method, SayHello(), to the server, that fires the event which the client handles.

DCOM D-Mystified.NET 2003: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 5

by Brian C Hart

We look at connection points, and set up the server's end of one, for our simple DCOM "Hello, World!" server.

DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 1

by Brian C Hart

This tutorial shows you how to write DCOM software, with all the latest features, in a simple, straightforward manner.

DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 3

by Brian C Hart

In this step we add a simple COM object to our server using the New ATL Object Wizard.

DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 4

by Brian C Hart

Here we add a method to our DCOM-remoted object, and start on implementing its functionality.

DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 5

by Brian C Hart

We look at connection points and set up the server's end of one. We'll also finish implementing our SayHello() method.

DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 6

by Brian C Hart

We build our new server and install it on the server machine.

DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 7

by Brian C Hart

At last! We finish our tutorial by writing a client with MFC, AppWizard, and ClassWizard, like back in the good ol' days (sighhh...)

DCOM Transport

by araud

Your own transport for DCOM

DebuggerEx – Customizing Visual C++ Debugger

by Brigil V

This is a Visual Studio add-in component built in ATL COM. This will help you to customize some features of the Visual C++ debugger. The addin will configure your own data types into debugger's tool-tip display using Autoexp.dat file.

Debugging Custom DLLs with InstallShield for MSVC 6.0 Professional

by Brian Davis

This article explains how to develop, integrate, and debug custom DLLs using InstallShield's CallDLLFx function.

Debugging Through the Debugger

by Jeffrey Walton

Using WinDbg to survive in a .NET world.

Designing Asynchronous Processing Using COM+ Queued Services

by Partha Kuchana

An introduction to COM+ queued services.

Developing an Office 2003 COM add-in with VC++/ATL

by digitally_urs

An article describing how to develop a complete COM add-in for Office 2003, plus some handy techniques to program Outlook.

Developing MMC Snap-Ins using ATL

by Leon Finker

Describes how to add various Microsoft Management Console UI items using ATL

Developing WMI Hi-Perf Provider using C++

by Anthony Dass

Developing a high-performance provider in WMI using C++.

Disable CTabCtrl tab items in WTL - Using the Owner Drawn Method

by Rashid Thadha

A port of Paul Dilascia MFC CTabCtrlWithDisable to WTL

Discover COM. Realtime feed for Excel

by Adrian Bacaianu

This article will demonstrate how to build and use a COM Add-In using Visual Basic. An useful sample is also provided.

Discover COM: Connection Points versus Mailslots in Replication Directory.

by Adrian Bacaianu

This module is designed to solve the old problem of directory replication.

Discover ISAPI. Feed Provider for Graphical Applets

by Adrian Bacaianu

Sample of using ISAPI extension to give online data to graphical applets.

Discover ISAPI. XML Way

by Adrian Bacaianu

A good approach to build an ISAPI web application using XML and XSL

Discover WIN32. How to use a sync/async retrieve HTTP content in your ASP & VB projects.

by Adrian Bacaianu

This article shows how to create one ATL COM component using the WinInet functions, how to use it in ASP programs and how to test it from the Visual Basic client. It also shows how to use multithreading support in this component.

Display content size for a folder in Explorer using shell extensions

by Massimiliano Conte

How to add a column to Explorer to show the size of the content of folders

Docking ActiveX Controls: Principles and Implementation

by Dmitri Sviridov

The article decribes how to implement docking ActiveX control using MFC and ATL

Donut, A WTL sample - Hosting WebBrowser Control

by MB

MDI and Tabbed WebBrowser

Drawing complex ATL/ActiveX controls at designtime

by Gerolf Reinwardt

An article that discusses drawing a control at designtime

Dump full interfaces information of an object

by ChauJohnthan

How to understand more about certain objects' implementation details

Dynamic Creation of IDispatch interfaces using simple classes

by dswigger

Create dynamic objects that you can pass using IDispatch interfaces

Dynamic Structures

by rahulagarwal33

allocates a memory filled with the variable with appropriate padding

Easily Load and Format Strings from the String Table

by Serge Wautier

Two classes that help you to easily load (and format) messages from the String table.

EfTidyNet: .NET Wrapper for Tidy library

by ThatsAlok

Free component for parsing HTML, .NET version of EfTidyCom

Elevating your application for dummies: A step-by-step guide to elevate and write in the Registry

by joseangelmt

We are going to enable your application to write entries in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, elevating your application when necessary.

Embed ActiveX controls inside Java GUI

by Davanum Srinivas

With this your Java projects can take advantage of ActiveX controls and Office documents such as spreadsheets, charts, calendars, word processors, specialized graphics, and many more.

Embedding .NET Controls in Java

by Heath Stewart

Learn to embed .NET user controls in Java applications, applets, and beans using COM to bridge the gap between the two frameworks.

En/Decode MIME-Content with MimeSniffer

by Randolph Duke

RFC-compliant Mime-En/Decoder

Encrypt/Self Decrypt Files in Native C++ and .NET

by Leon Finker

Encrypts/self-decrypts a file at a time based on password and chosen algorithm

Encryption and Decryption with ATL

by ryszarddrozd

WTL and console applications based on ATL implementation of Cryptography

Enumerating Internet Explorer's Favorites

by Naveen K Kohli

An article on enumerating a users favorites list from Internet Explorer

Enumerating System Code Pages

by Rob Caldecott

MFC and ATL wrapper classes for the EnumSystemCodePages API call

Explorer Skin

by Abbas_Riazi

A Shell Extension Context Menu to Change Skin of Windows Explorer

Extended Command Line Wizard and Fast Project Change

by Vider

I work with about 1500 projects, and usually I need to change the project a lot of times a day. Also, I’m a command line enthusiast, and I don’t like the default command window of the DevStudio. I built this small plug-in to improve these two things.

Extending Outlook with new features

by Karl Josefsson

Learn how to add buttons and how to interact with Outlook.

Extending property set control with common OLE DB dialogs for connection string property creation

by Ivan Tsygulev

extending existing property browser with OLE DB common dialogs

Extending the Internet Explorer Scripting Engine

by stereo

This article shows you how to extend IE's scripting engine by adding custom event sinks and objects

File and Directory Enumeration

by Andreas Saurwein

Template based file and directory enumeration class.

File Encryption Utility

by Nir Dremer

File Encryption Utility based on Blowfish Encryption Algorithm.

File uploading with COM and ASP

by xicoloko

A simple COM component with source that provides file upload capabilities for your ASP pages.

Find Target Shell Extension

by Paul Farry

An article about shortening the process of finding the target of a .lnk(windows shortcut) file

Firing Events among ActiveX controls on IE

by Yasuhiko Yoshimura

The ActiveX control fires events to others using IConnectionPointContainer interface on the Internet Explorer.

FlashSelector - Block Flash selectively

by JaeWook Choi

Flash block add-in using Internet Explorer BHO.

Folder Size Information in the Windows Explorer Details View

by Sharan Basappa

This code displays the folder size information in the Explorer's Details view.

Font Enumerator

by PARK Youngho

A tool that enumerates all fonts installed on Windows, and shows you the preview so as to help you code conveniently.

FontComboBox ActiveX Control

by Jean-Michel LE FOL

Another FontComboBox class. This one uses the ATL technology.

Fun with Common Controls Bitmaps and Toolbars

by Jon Feider

A WTL mix-in class for creating toolbar controls using common controls bitmaps instead of local resources.

Function Call Tracing in JScript

by Keith Skilling

Comprehensive JScript function call tracing without code modification.

Functors in VBA

by Yiannis Spyridakis

This articles describes the implementation of functors (of sorts) for VBA using C++ ATL.

General solution for transparent controls

by galexding

A very simple, integrated method to make controls such as buttons, slider controls, and progress controls to be transparent in a dialog.

Generic AutoFill

by Vishal Swarankar

Generic AutoFill can automatically fill a html based form using some PC-based stored data. it’s an application very similar to Google Autofill.

Get DataSource Information from CSession Object

by Ferdie

A HowTo on getting DataSource information from CSession object

Getting an (ATL) ActiveX control to print from Office Applications

by Peter Mares

Getting an ActiveX control to be printable from within an Office application can be difficult. This article shows you why, and how to make things work.

Getting Dll Module Handle in ATL 7.0 projects

by Deleted

Simplest way to retrieve HINSTANCE of your ATL Object

Getting Information from WMI in Visual C++

by Aamir Butt

This is an article just to describe how to use WMI with Visual C++ 6. I had to do this for one of my projects and I finally came up with this solution. I hope this will be beneficial to others as well.

Global Interface Table: An Easy Way to Marshal an Interface Pointer

by ThatsAlok

An easy way to marshal your interface pointer between threads!

Good bye, BEGIN_MSG_MAP!

by mb2sync

A replacement for BEGIN_MSG_MAP macros, using the Boost.MPL library.

GPS and Web Service using C++ ATL/WTL (Windows Mobile 6, Standard)

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.

GUIDGen AddIn for Visual Studio.NET

by Eddie Velasquez

An Add-In that replaces and extends the GUID Generator component included with Visual Studio.NET

GUIDGen Developer Studio AddIn

by Eddie Velasquez

An Add-In that replaces and extends the GUID Generator component included with Developer Studio

Handling VB ActiveX Events in Visual C++ Client

by Amit Dey

This article shows how to handle custom events generated in a VB ActiveX component in a Visual C++ client.

Hardwired's Named Critical Section and Named Spin Lock

by Inocentric

Named critical section and named spin lock - you may find it useful for debugging complex applications.

Hardwired's Thread Safe Double Link List Template

by Inocentric

This article explains how to use CLinkedListDouble template class. This template is a thread safe implementation of double link list.

Hardwired's Thread Safe Single Link List Template

by Inocentric

This article explains how to use CLinkedListSingle template class. This template is a thread safe implementation of single link list.

Header-only template library leveraging the ATL CRegKey class

by jean Davy

Read/write serialize/unserialize any kind of arbitrary set of C++ data structures in the Registry.

Hello World in COM using ATL

by Imran Ebrahim

The objective of this tutorial is to demonstrate how to build a COM Server and an MFC Client using Visual C++ 6.0. We are going to develop a COM server that takes in a string as input parameter and returns the string prefixed with a "Hello".

Host Silverlight Control in C++ using ATL

by Syed Aftab Naqvi

Hosting Silverlight control in C++ using ATL

How to Add a Checkbox to a List View Column Header

by Vince Valenti

An example of how to add a checkbox to a list view column header. We also implement select/unselect all when a user toggles the checkbox.

How to add OpenGL support to ATL controls

by Dmitri Nеstеruk

An article describing the step-by-step process of adding basic OpenGL support to an ATL control

How to create an ATL DLL

by dSolariuM

This article shows how to simply create and use an ATL DLL in VC++.

How to Create Outlook AddIN / Plugin

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.

How to develop Internet Explorer Object and a problem regarding to MS Windows system failure

by Zhaohui Xing (Joey)

The article on how to use BHO dealing with Windows/Internet Explorer.

How to find the name for interfaces implemented by a COM object

by Mikelangelo

The article descibes how can you find the interfaces implemented by a COM object

How to get a list of installed applications

by Rob Caldecott

Duplicate the list seen in the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel applet.

How to Return Disconnected ADO Recordset from COM

by Siau Tan Long

An article on how to return disconnected ADO Recordset from COM using VC

How to transfer a picture from an MFC client to an ATL ActiveX Ctrl

by Braulio Dez

How to pass a metafile to an ATL server directly or using streams

How to use an ATL-control with MFC

by Franky Braem

A step by step tutorial explaining how to use an ATL-control with MFC

How to use CodeProject Grid in MS Access to view multiple intermediate results

by rkdev

This article is about using MFC CodeProject Grid, ATL and MS Access together.

How to use Crypto API in your ASP projects.

by Adrian Bacaianu

This article shows how to make one ATL COM component with crypt/decrypt functions and how to use it in ASP programs. It shows also how to register a component in MTS.

How to use IDirectoryObject

by Wictor Wilén

How to use the IDirectoryObject interface instead of using the IADs(IDispatch) objects

How to Use IMessageFilter: the complete edition

by Ohad Redlich

This article shows you exactly how to create a COM object that uses IMessageFilter - both in client and server sides.

How to Use Submenus in a Context Menu Shell Extension

by Michael Dunn

How to manage submenus in a context menu extension

HRESULT Error Check Simplifier

by Wanderley Caloni

Exception based error check that automates the FAILED() comparison.

HTML Control

by Oleg Izmerly

A simple and powerful library for HTML based GUI

Hyperlink Text View Control

by Magomed Abdurakhmanov

Control that shows text and automatically finds and highlights hyperlinks (like http://, www. etc.) so that user can click on them.

Icon Extractor Shell Extension

by George Anescu

A context menu handler shell extension for extracting icons from .exe and .dll files

ICopyHook implementation

by Prakash Nadar

Implementing ICopyHook Windows extension

IDispatchImplEx - Template classes for multi-interface dispatch

by Kjell Tangen

C++ template classes for implementing COM objects that perform typeinfo-driven dispatch on multiple interfaces, both dual and pure.

Image Slider Style

by jedyking

A image slider, implements 20 transitional effects.

Implementing IShellBrowser to host IShellView

by Leon Finker

Imitating the Windows Explorer

Implementing Reusable Drag & Drop Classes

by Leon Finker

This article provides a set of reusable drag and drop classes

Importing contacts from Outlook

by Deepesh Dhapola

Exmaple source code to import items from Outlook using the Office/Outlook Object Model.

Importing Type Libraries

by Heath Stewart

Using alternatives to importing type libraries and COM objects can improve the portability of your source code.

Improved Versions of CCommand and CDynamicAccessor

by Jörgen Sigvardsson

This article shows one way to extend CCommand and CDynamicAccessor to make OLEDB in C++ easier

Improving ATL-ActiveX serialization

by Rafael Gómez Blanes

If an ActiveX container has to contain several Controls, serialization of controls may be made much faster with this technique.

Increment File and Product Version Number - Multiple IDE

by Jordan Walters

An add-in to automatically increment the FileVersion and ProductVersion fields in your application's resource file. Works in VC6 and VS2005, and probably all versions in between.

INET For WTL

by Gilad Novik

Internet classes for WTL developers.

Infrared Communication with your Mobile Phone

by Daniel Strigl

Learn how to make your Pocket PC speak with your mobile phone.

Insert Field (not append) Using ADOX

by Ferdie

Using ADOX to insert field into a MS Access table.

Inside COM

by sbaladevan

COM without the complexity. To put it simply, inside COM is written for you.

Integrating ACE and ATL

by Espen Harlinn

Shows one way to combine ACE and ATL

Internet Explorer Toolbar (Deskband) Tutorial

by Erik Thompson

A tutorial on Using RBDeskband and CWindowImpl ATL Object Wizards to create an Internet Explorer(IE) Toolbar.

Introducing Comet

by Michael Geddes

How Comet can help you create and use COM servers in 'real' C++, extending or replacing ATL.

Introduction to COM - What It Is and How to Use It.

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial for programmers new to COM that explains how to reuse existing COM components, for example, components in the Windows shell.

Introduction to WTL OLE DB Database Applications

by Ed Gadziemski

How to create a basic WTL database application using an ATL wizard-generated OLE DB consumer and WTL's version of Dynamic Data Exchange (DDX)

ISCSI development tutorial on Windows

by Kushagra Tiwari

This article will help you to integrate ISCSI functionalities available on Windows with your base application in C++

IsoapTypeMapper interface – a C++ implementation

by Avinash Lakshman

This article I provides an implementation of the ISoapTypeMapper interface in C++ for serializing custom objects into XML and sending them over the wire using SOAP.

Keyboard (hotkey) customization class

by umeca74

Offers adjustable keyboard shortcuts for your menu commands with this drop-in class.

Launch VNC Shell Extension

by David Gilson

Launch VNC from Network Neighbourhood

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

by Nick Pirocanac

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

List Control in the guise of a grid

by Sharan Basappa

This article shows how to make the listcontrol to act as a grid control.

Mail Monitor++

by sergiols

A POP3 Monitor application.

make a VB.Net toolbar for Internet explorer

by sohrabi

this source code help you to make a toolbar with Band Objects in VB.net

Making Your Browser Talk

by Fred Ackers

Use the Speech SDK to make Internet Explorer read documents or portions of documents to the user.

Manipulating Buttons in Internet Explorer's Address Bar

by Mladen Janković

How to gain control over the toolbar that hosts buttons located in Internet Explorer's address bar.

Mantis Issues Band

by Dusan Kocurek

Band to your explorer task bar for quick access to Mantis bug tracking system

Mechanism of OutputDebugString

by zhangyuwu

Write a monitoring application to capture debug messages

Memory Leaks in ATL OLEDB Consumer Objects on CCommand

by jason lue

Reports the memory leak issue on the ATL OLEDB CCommand object, and describes the reason and provides a solution.

Method Enumeration in ATL COM Components

by s.prabhakarreddy

Explains Enumerating Methods in ATL COM

MFS System Utility

by ThatsAlok

This application provides General Restriction to local computer like hiding/showing of drives and other UI thngs using registry.

Microsoft Outlook Add-in Tutorial - 2: Addding Events to Button

by chakkaradeepcc

This adds an Event Handler to the Button added in first tutorial.

Microsoft Outlook Add-in With DialogBox and Database Connectivity

by chakkaradeepcc

Microsoft Outlook add-in with dialogbox and database connectivity.

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File Version Changer

by kim.david.hauser

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File Version Changer - for Visual Studio versions 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2010

Migrating ATL service applications to Visual C++.NET

by Vagif Abilov

Guidelines to migrate ATL-based Windows service application to Visual C++.NET

MMWaveEditX - Advanced Wave File Editor Control

by dswigger

A control for editing wave files which uses peak values for visual display

Mobile Agents - Software on the move

by Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu

What if objects could move from machine to machine? Not just automated downloads, or remotely controlling objects as in remoting, but a system in which the object actually moves about. Mobile software agents do exactly that. In this article I will provide an introduction to this fascinating concept.

Modernizing Legacy C++ Code

by Marius Bancila

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

Mouse Gestures for Internet Explorer

by Ralph Hare

Adding mouse gesture recognition to Internet Explorer.

MSFlexGrid Control on an ATL Composite Control

by Uttam Kumar Unik!

How To Use MSFlexGrid Control on an ATL Composite Control

MultiCopier Software

by Ahmed Ismaiel Zakaria

The fastest, easy way to copy files from different folders at the same time

MXXMLWriter sample ported to VC++

by Felix Cho

Microsoft's MXXMLWriter sample that shows how to use SAX2 and MXXMLWriter is now ported to VC++ using ATL and C++, plus some nice additions.

Naming Common Colors

by Ales Krajnc

An include file that allows you to specify colors by name instead of RGB value

Native & Managed Interop Made Simple

by Filipe Pereira

This article presents a simple calculator component example by using COM Interoperability basics.

New ATL Macros in Visual C++ 7

by Igor Chouvalov

This sample demonstrates using the new ATL macros OBJECT_ENTRY_AUTO in ATL7

Non-MFC ByteArray Class for ATL

by Paul E. Bible

Non-MFC ByteArray Class for an ATL Component

Non-MFC Date Routines in ATL

by Paul E. Bible

Non-MFC Date Routines in an ATL Component.

Non-MFC String Class for ATL

by Paul E. Bible

A Non-MFC String Class for use in ATL components

NTRAY port to WTL (based on CTrayNotifyIcon v1.55)

by zhaozg

CTrayNotifyIcon is a great and easy tool, make a portable copy to WTL.

Number Speller COM-ponent

by Adrian Dorache

Component used to convert a numeric value into English/Romanian words in Excel

OeLibrary 1.0

by ThatsAlok

Opensource Outlook Express automation library

Open a URL in a new window

by Rob Caldecott

An article showing how to launch a URL in a new browser window

Open Containing Folder for Windows 98

by byblostas

Shell extension invoked for files found within Windows 98 Find: Files and Folders engine

Optimize your C# with Inline ASM via ATL and C++

by dzzxyz

Optimize your C# with Inline ASM via ATL and C++

OptionSheet, Part I - Using COptionSheet and CPropSheet

by Pascal Hurni

Flexible implementation of PropertyPages for WTL. Handles TreeCtrl or TabCtrl for the selection

Outlook add-in using VC++ ATL/COM

by Gokulnath007

To get instant control over Outlook and various operations of outlook.

Outlook Bar Control and Frame (WTL)

by Rashid Thadha

An outlook control and framework that can be used in your WTL Application

Outlook like notification window using ATL

by prasad_som

Create an Outlook like notification window using ATL.

Passing an array from VC++ DLL to VB

by User 4838655

This article shows how to pass an array from a VC++ DLL to VB

Passing C++ Object in ATL DLL Server

by Uttam Kumar Unik!

This article explains how to pass a C++ object across a COM server.

Password Hacker

by ram verma

A simple BHO to retrieve the user ID and password.

Placing an icon in the system tray from an ATL COM server - with minimum hassle

by Jon Taylor

This article describes a helper class that assists with placing an icon in the shell (aka "system tray"), and changing the tip text. You can get this functionality by simply deriving your ATL object from the helper class.

Playing Wave Resources

by jangtimjang

Playing Wave Resources using a low level audio API.

Pluggable Components using Component Categories - Part II

by Zac Howland

An article on using component categories to create pluggable components

Pluggable Components using Component Categories Part I

by Zac Howland

An article on using component categories to create pluggable components

Popup Blocker

by John Osborn

Version 3 of the BHO Popup Blocker written in ATL

Popup Window Blocker

by John Osborn

Popup Blocker is a Browser Helper Object (BHO) that eliminates all popup and popunder windows, including those opened automatically by script.

Practical ATL: Connection Point and Two Approaches to Receive Events

by zhoufanglong

In this article, I show how to implement connection points and introduce two approaches to receive events for the connectable ATL object.

PreParse XML using CString

by Chau Johnthan

An article on XML parsing using CString.

Programmatically Changing IP address, Domain Name Server and Gateways

by ThatsAlok

This article shows how we can change the IP address with corresponding subnet mask, gateway with corresponding metric, and DNS of local computer through programming.

Programmatically Make Folder in Outlook by using addins

by ashu_om

Making Folder in outlook 2000 by using ATL addins in VC++6.0.

Programmed Hyper-V Management

by Apriorit Inc, andrew_lyakhov

In this article, we examine the problems of program control of the Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor with the help of the C++ language and WMI technology.

Programming control point application using the UPnP Control Point API

by amatecki

The article describes how to use the Microsoft's UPnP Control Point API for finding and controlling UPnP devices, and includes a description of simple library to facilitate the application of Control Point API in your own programs, together with an example of MFC and WinForms applications.

Property Page and Context Menu Shell Extension ATL Wizards

by Shaun Wilde

A wizard that allows you to create an ATL Property Page or Context Menu extensions

PropertySheet Shell Extension AppWizard

by Maxime Labelle

A wizard to help getting started with PropertySheet Shell Extensions

Protect your component from automation clients

by Chau Johnthan

Protect your component from automation clients

RAPI2 - Part II: Loving the Stream

by Paul Heil

Using the RAPI2 interface safely and effectively.

RAPI2: The Friend You Never Knew You Had

by Paul Heil

Using the RAPI2 interface safely and effectively.

Real-time video image processing / frame grabber using a minimalistic approach

by Ladislav Nevery

Probably the simplest possible sample for video image grabber on Windows. Supports AVI, MPG, QTV, Webcam,TVTuner, etc.

Recursive Assertions Obscure The Real Problem with a Phantom Assertion

by CurtD

Assertions are a very effective debugging tool for C/C++ code. But, a very subtle problem exists with assertions that can cause you to waste a lot of debugging time chasing the wrong problem.

Redirect

by Franky Braem

An ATL-control for redirecting stdout/stdin

Registry Map for RGS files

by Michael Geddes

Allows custom tags in RGS files to keep GUIDs in sink.

Remote connection point

by whitesurfer

Client in client PC gets info from server in server PC by connection point

Remote NT Service Control COM Component and WPF Client Application

by deBUGer!

Sample application demonstrating variety of MS technologies

Resolving Variants

by Fabian von Romberg

Dereferincing and resolving Variants and IDispatch

Retrieving Conversations from Yahoo Messenger

by Deepesh Dhapola

Describes how to retreive text from the Yahoo Messenger chat window using the MSHTML COM interfaces.

Retrieving Profile and Service Store using Extended MAPI

by Chandrashekhar Kulkarni

This application is written to retrieve profile name and associated message stores.

Reusing COM objects

by Mazdak

This article talk about reusing COM objects in ATL

Runtime Trace

by Hans Ruck

Display trace messages at runtime from several running applications on different machines

Saving and restoring window appearance in WTL

by Magomed Abdurakhmanov

Simple, but useful classes to save/restore window appearance

SAWZip - zip file manipulation control

by Franky Braem

An ATL based control for reading and writing zip files.

Scientific Data Visualizer

by Alexander Chernosvitov

ActiveX component for 3D visualization, embedded in different client applications.

Screen Event Recorder DLL/Application

by Ernest Laurentin

Screen Event Recorder (DLL) shows how to create a DLL/Application (one that can be used with RunDll32.exe).

ScriptRunner Application

by Ernest Laurentin

An Introduction to ScriptRunner. A scripting tool for user interface Unit Testing.

Securely Run the ASP.NET Worker Process as the System Account

by David Coe

Describes the proper way to configure a server to securely run the ASP.NET worker process runs as the system account.

Send HTML Via SMTP By Extending CMimeMessage

by MBrooker

Extending the CMimeMessage class to send HTML messages

Send mail without specifying an SMTP server

by Nish Nishant

A class derived from CSMTPConnection that queries the MX record for a target domain and uses that to send mail

Sending Email using MAPI - A COM DLL

by Aisha Ikram

How to automatically send customized emails messages and attachments?

Server Side Dynamic Includes on ASP pages

by Dimitris Vasiliadis

COM Object for Server Side Dynamic Includes on ASP pages

Service Browser Application for Windows Mobile

by Valentin Ivanov

Helper application for managing services running under Services.exe process on Windows Mobile platform.

Setting Properties with OLE Automation

by Konstantin Boukreev

Describes an ActiveX Control to use OLE Automation to set an object's properties.

Settings Storage - easy program settings handling

by Pascal Hurni

Handle your program settings easily with multiple storage schemes and for several frameworks.

Sharp Layout

by Alex Mol

Sharp Layout manager for ATL/WTL.

Sheet Tab View

by Rashid Thadha

Create your own sheet tab view like the output window in MS Dev Studio

Shell Extensibility - Explorer Desk Band, Tray Notification Icon et al.

by Alex Blekhman

A simple Calendar utility that demonstrates basic Shell extensibility techniques: desk band, tray notification icon, locales.

Shell Extension using ATL and WTL

by Igor Vigdorchik

Shell extension that extends the Windows Explorer user interface

Shell Extensions for .NET Assemblies

by Heath Stewart

Shell extensions to distinguish between .NET assemblies and Win32 applications and libraries.

Shell Renamer

by Todd Jeffreys

Shell Renamer is a shell extension which supports regular expression search and replace renaming and filename swapping

ShellFolderTree

by Nick Hodapp

Mimicking and extending the shell’s folder-tree control functionality

Simple ActiveX control interface support via CAxWindow

by Vasyl Zakharko

HOWTO support AX control interface via CAxWindow

Simple ATL dialog based exe

by f64

How to create a simple program based on a dialog box using nothing but ATL

Simple C++ Timer Wrapper

by ken.loveday

TemplateTimer: A convenient and simple MSVC / C++ timer wrapper for Windows using templates, where a class function can be easily specified for the timed event callback.

Simple Example to show the functioning of ActiveX control with VB client in ATL COM

by MADHANMOHAN

Using an ActiveX control in COM Server. Accessing the Server using a VB Client.

Simple, Robust and Expandable Winsock Server for Multiple Clients with Easy to Add New Services

by Vadim Motorine

How to build a simple, robust and easily expandable server for multiple clients

Simplify your Safearray loops using macros

by Wictor Wilén

An article describing how to simplify the work with safearrays

Simulate COM Connection Points from a .NET Library

by Perry Marchant

An article on accessing a VB.NET library from a MFC/ATL COM client.

Simultaneous Previewing & Video Capture using DirectShow

by krssagar

A method for previewing and framegrabbing simultaniously from webcam using DirectShow.

Sinking events from managed code in unmanaged C++

by Uri Kogan

Raising events in managed code and sinking it in unmanaged C++.

Skills and Concepts to Program in C++

by Nader Omar

Learn the Skills and Concepts to Program in C++ for Beginner & Intermediate/step by step

SkinX, A framework of a skin plug-in package

by Neil Yao

Introduces the framework of a skin plug-in implementation.

Small ATL Tricks: Part One

by Ashutosh Arya

This series of articles demonstrates how to use some of the cool features of ATL in a time and energy saving manner.

Smart Grid

by Alex Turc

Build a grid using ATL, STL and Win32 API.

Socks Wrapper

by M Ravi Kiran

Establishes socket through Socks Proxy version 4 and version 5

SoftG Application Framework 1.62

by HotSoftG

Automation framework application development, realize the software functions and software frame separation. Support plug-in support theme

Software Architect Simple Way 2 of??

by The DevMan

A series for simplifying the learning of software architecture

Software Verification's Memory Validator

by Stephen Kellett

Memory Validator is an automatic runtime error detection software tool for Windows applications.

Some Mix-in classes that give your ATL/WTL program a better appearance

by Simon.W

This article discuss some Mix-In classes for WTL. These Mix-In classes provide some features that WTL/ATL framework does not support, such as owner-draw menu, skin dialog's button and static text control.

Some Mix-in classes that give your ATL/WTL program a better appearance

by Simon.W

This article discusses some MixIn classs for WTL. These MixIn classes provides some features that WTL/ATL framework does not support, such as owner-draw menu, skinned dialog buttons and static text controls.

SP Numeric Edit Control

by Sergei_VP

Masked numeric edit ActiveX control.

SppMk - a unit testing and GNU make support add-in for Visual Studio 6.0

by Pavel Kobyakov

A DevStudio add-in described provides two interesting IDE integration features: adding a new tab to VC WorkspaceView window and running an arbitrary process under IDE with output sent to "Build" tab of VC Output window.

SQL Server: Query to find upcoming birthdays for the current week

by Wendelius

This is an alternative for "SQL Server: Query to find upcoming birthdays for the current week"

SSBrowser: A Sample Visual SourceSafe Automation

by Ferdie

A sample VC++ program for performing Visual SourceSafe operations in your application.

STA threading model issues

by Leon Finker

Describes STA threading issues

STL Split String

by Paul J. Weiss

A function that will split an input string based on a string delimiter.

Streaming IPicture to Compound Document file

by Eugene Khodakovsky

Serialization of IPicture object

Structured Storage Class for ATL & MFC

by Ales Krajnc

A wrapper class for most common IStorage methods and API calls.

Subclassing controls in ATL dialogs using WTL

by Kristian Lippert

An Article on how to subclass a control using WTL and ATL

Tab Controls And Splitters - Adding Some Dockable And Floating Sugar

by Igor Katrayev

Another implementation of dockable, floating, tabbing and splitting environment.

Tab controls and Splitters - mixing together

by Igor Katrayev

WTL class that tabs and splits child views in your SDI application

Tabs and Accelerators in ATL Modeless Dialogs

by Anatoly Ivasyuk

A generic class that enables standard tab and accelerator processing in modeless ATL dialogs.

TCP Remoting Windows Service Host with Server GC

by jqd2001

Implement Server GC for TCP Remoting Host.

TDXML: XML-Based Task Dialogs with a Visual Task Dialog Editor

by Michael Dunn

A library and a visual editor that make it easy to build task dialogs and use them in your C++ applications

Temperature Convert：An XML Web service Using ATL Server and MFC Client

by James, Lu Zuheng

An XML Web Service using ATL Server and Called by MFC Client

Template based programming

by MAXcode

As we already know of inheritance, it is a good way of reusing your code. However, Visual C++ provides another way of reusing your code. We can do this through templates. With templates you can make the 'type' parameter. Let me explain.

Template class for 'Property Browser'- like property pages for ATL ActiveX Controls

by Vladimir Shcherbakov

Allows you to easily create property pages for ActiveX controls

Test Runner Application

by Jerry Edens & Doug Eveland

A framework for performing unit tests.

The "New ipconfig" and the IP Helper API

by Joseph Dempsey

This article details a class that allows the manipulation of network adapters and uses that class to build a graphical ipconfig utility for anyone using Windows2000 or Windows XP. In order to accomplish this, the IP helper API is used.

The Code Project Search Bar

by Michael Dunn

The Code Project SearchBar gives you quick access to the Code Project site, and lets you do searches at any time, from any web page.

The Code Project Ticker

by Rama Krishna Vavilala

A desk band ticker that scrolls the latest messages posted in the Lounge and other forums

The Complete Guide to C++ Strings, Part II - String Wrapper Classes

by Michael Dunn, Nish Nishant

A guide to the string wrapper classes provided by Visual C++ and class libraries

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Namespace Extensions - Part I

by Michael Dunn

A detailed tutorial on writing your own Explorer namespace extensions.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Index

by Michael Dunn

An index of all the articles in the Idiot's Guide

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part I

by Michael Dunn

A step-by-step tutorial on writing shell extensions

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part II

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on writing a shell extension that operates on multiple files at once.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part III

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on writing a shell extension that shows pop-up info for files.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part IV

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on writing a shell extension that provides custom drag and drop functionality.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part IX

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on writing an extension to customize the icons displayed for a file type.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part V

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on writing a shell extension that adds pages to the properties dialog of files.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part VI

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on writing a shell extension that can be used on the Send To menu.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part VIII

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on adding columns to Explorer's details view via a column handler shell extension.

The Dynamic Database Class Based on ATL/OLE DB

by Eugene Khodakovsky

A class to dynamically manipulate databases data using ATL/OLE DB technology

The Mini Shell Extension Framework – Part I

by Victor Derks

Discussion of a small C++ framework to create Windows shell extensions.

The Mini Shell extension Framework – Part II

by Victor Derks

Discussion of a small C++ framework to create Windows shell extensions (IContextMenuImpl).

The Mini Shell Extension Framework – Part III

by Victor Derks

Discussion of a small C++ framework to create Windows shell extensions (IShellFolderImpl).

The Most Minimized XML Parser

by ChauJohnthan

An XML parser to substitute the big MSXML.

The Port of MFC Updating Command UI Mechanism

by mb2sync

A replacement for the CUpdateUI using event-driven architecture.

The RC4 algorithm within a COM component

by Jessn

The RC4 algorithm within a COM component made with C++ and ATL.

The Windows Native Ribbon Part 1.5: Laying out Controls and Groups

by Michael Dunn

This article describes how to lay out controls in the Windows native Ribbon

The Windows Native Ribbon Part 2: Setting Ribbon Properties at Runtime

by Michael Dunn

This article shows how to control various Ribbon and command properties at runtime

The Windows Native Ribbon Part 3: Buttons and Menus

by Michael Dunn

This article demonstrates new button and menu features of the Ribbon

Thread classes for WTL

by Till Krullmann

Presents a small set of ATL/WTL classes that simplify working with threads.

Thunk and its uses

by John_Tang

An introduction to thunk and its uses in callback handling, interface marshaling, and supporting multiple inheritance in C++.

Time Stamp Add-In for Visual C++

by Pavel Sokolov

This Add-In automatically adds the last modified date and time to a file

Tips in Writing Namespace Extensions (I) - Implements Subfolder

by zengxi

This article describes how to develop namespace extensions with subfolders.

Tips in Writing Namespace Extensions (II) - Implement Create and Delete Object Operations

by zengxi

This article describes how to implement IContextMenu interface to enable users to create or delete objects in Namespace Extension.

Toolband (Toolbar for IE) sample using WTL

by Rashid Thadha

create your own toolband for Internet Explorer using WTL

Ultima Online Treasure Hunter Tools

by Tim Smith

UOTH is collection of little bleeding edge UI techniques. Oh, and a tool for UO games players.

Understanding The COM Single-Threaded Apartment Part 1

by Lim Bio Liong

Learn the fundamental principles of the COM Single-Threaded Apartment Model by code examples.

Understanding The COM Single-Threaded Apartment Part 2

by Lim Bio Liong

Learn the fundamental principles of the COM Single-Threaded Apartment Model by code examples.

Undo Manager

by Jens Nilsson

An article about managing undo and redo actions

Use of free SocketPro package for creating super client and server applications

by Yuancai (Charlie) Ye

A set of socket libraries for writing distributed computing applications over the internet

Use regular expression in your C++ program

by Sherwood Hu

how to use the Microsoft regular expression object in your C++ program

Use your own ATL-Objects in Dev-Studio Macros

by Tom Collins

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

User Management using ADSI

by Vineet Nandurkar

This article demonstrates user management using Active Directory Services

User-settings class for ATL/WTL projects

by Peter Kenyon

A helper class for storing user settings in the Registry, similar to MFC's CWinApp

Using .NET Collections from Native Code

by shea-c4

A short example of how to access a managed ArrayList of Strings from Native C++/ATL

Using a View (dialog) exported from a dynamically loaded DLL (SDI) in WTL

by Dave Loeser

An article on on how to load DLLs that export views (dialogs) into a SDI Application under WTL

Using COM in Gadgets without Installation

by msbsoftware

This article shows how to create gadgets that use COM, without requiring installation or administrator permission.

Using COM+ Resource Dispenser in the .Net Application.

by Roman Kiss

This article describes how to incorporate the resource dispenser into the .Net application using the C# language to build a poolable resource.

Using GDI+ with MFC or native C/C++

by TW

Why 99.9% of GDI+ samples in .NET languages? What about C/C++?

Using MS DataGrid control with OLE DB consumer

by Rashid Thadha

Use the MS DataGrid control in your C++ app with OLE DB Consumer Templates

Using MS Office in an MFC Application

by Igor Tkachev

Integrating MS Office in your MFC Application using ActiveX Document mode.

Using Regular Expressions in MFC

by Sam NG

CATLRegExp - A Visual C++ built-in regular expression.

Using the ATL OLE DB Consumer Templates on the Pocket PC

by João Paulo Figueira

Enabling the fastest database access protocol for C++ developers on the Pocket PC.

Using the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)

by caio

Using the BITS system service

Using the new ATL CString class to read XML files via MSXML

by Erik Thompson

A simple application that reads an XML file using MSXML and the new ATL/MFC shared CString class

Using the new MFC7/ATL7 shared classes.

by Igor Chouvalov

This example demonstrates using the new shared ATL/MFC classes such as CPoint, CRect, CSize and CString

Using User Defined Types in COM & ATL

by ioannhs_s

A Step by Step tutorial on SAFEARRAYs and UDTs in COM

Using Visual C++ .NET to build a program integrated with Microsoft Visual Basic for Application (VBA)

by sunhui

Create a MFC Program which integrates with Microsoft Visual Basic for Application.

Using WTL's Built-in Dialog Resizing Class

by Michael Dunn

How to use WTL's built-in support for resizable dialogs

Using XSLT to Render XML Data Returned by a COM Object

by Alan Wen

This is a 3-tier application. A COM component returns SQL data in XML format, then using XSLT to transform to HTML at client side. By using XML, all the data can be sort, split into pages locally, that will give users a quick response!

utf8::ostream

by c-smile

Lightweight utf8 generator

Very easy to use logger for ATL/MFC/NonMFC applications

by Gavriloaie Andrei

Very easy to use logger for ATL/MFC/NonMFC applications.

View PDF files in C# using the Xpdf and muPDF library, Print PostScript.

by Antonio Sandoval

Wrapper C# class written in C++\CLI and a sample implementation in C# to render PDF files.

Vista Goodies in C++: Monitoring the Computer's Power Status

by Michael Dunn

How to use power status notifications to make your applications conserve power when necessary.

Vista Goodies in C++: Showing Friendly Messages with Task Dialogs

by Michael Dunn

Using the Vista TaskDialog API as a replacement for MessageBox

Vista Goodies in C++: Using Glass in Your UI

by Michael Dunn

How to add glass to your application's main window.

Vista Goodies in C++: Using TaskDialogIndirect to Build Dialogs that Get User Input

by Michael Dunn

Using the TaskDialogIndirect API to show feature-packed dialogs that help the user make a decision.

Vista Goodies in C++: Using the New Vista File Dialogs

by Michael Dunn

How to use Vista's new file open and file save dialogs with WTL.

Visual Calc v3.0 - A new dimension for the desktop calculator

by toxcct

How to start programming a parser.

Visual Studio Favorites

by Todd C. Wilson

Add shortcuts, favorites, and more to Visual Studio.

Voice-Activated Web Browsing

by Geoff Bailey

This article shows how to voice-activate your website using SAPI 5.1 and ActiveX

VS File Finder

by J W Payne

A Visual Studio add-in to help navigate around large projects.

VSS tool – mass unchecking

by G. Filkov

VSS mass undo-checkout workaround.

Wallpaper for Visual Studio .NET

by rudy_g

How to add an image to the background of the Visual Studio .NET edit window.

Web Application - Advanced Hosting of WebBrowser Control with ATL

by Alex Blekhman

Example of handling real-life challenges when hosting WebBrowser control: separate creation of hosting window and the control, keyboard shortcuts, control's dimensions, etc.

Web Data Extraction by Crawling using WINHTTP and Document Object (DOM) Instantiation

by Prabhdeep Singh

An article on how to extract data from a web URL using the WINHTTP library and how to extract the DOM of the crawled document.

Web Services For Ecologists

by Andrew Birt, Rahul Ravikumar

A framework for distributing scientific models over the web

Web Site Blocker

by Milind Mehendale

An article on a BHO (Browser Helper Object) that can be used to block a particular site(s)

Web Win32/WTL Hybrid

by Jesus Salas

How to implement a two-way communication path from IExplorer and WTL code

Webcam Web Service

by Laurent Kempé

C++ ATL Web Service delivering a JPEG picture grabbed from a Webcam to an ActiveX client

What Is A Framework?

by Marc Clifton

An attempt to define what the term "framework" means.

What's new in ATL7

by Leon Finker

Overview of new classes in ATL7

What's New in Visual Studio 2013 for Native Development

by Marius Bancila

This article provides a list of new or enhanced features for native development with Visual C++ in Visual Studio 2013.

Win32 Dialog Helpers

by Stephane Rodriguez.

Easy support for dialog resizing and ActiveX controls

Windows 7 File-properties "Version" Tab Shell Extension

by "Fish" (David B. Trout)

Simple parsing of VS_VERSIONINFO version information strings displayed in an XP-style file-properties "Version" tab

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

Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Introduction to the Ribbon

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial that shows how to get started using the Ribbon in your applications

Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Jump Lists

by Michael Dunn

An intro to using jump lists with your Windows 7 applications

Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Taskbar Progress and Status Indicators

by Michael Dunn

An intro to using Taskbar progress bars and overlay icons with your Windows 7 applications

Windows dialog design in C++ without dialog templates.

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.

Windows Media Player Standby Plug-in

by Armen Hakobyan

Media Player plug-in turning computer off when media ends

WinTailor, customize any window on your screen

by Neil Yao

A little useful tool to change style and position of any window

WinZip Like Extract Dialog

by Alweit

An attempt to create a WinZip-like Extract dialog.

Working with custom COM interfaces from Python

by Yaroslav Kourovtsev

Step-by-step tutorial to begin using the comtypes package.

Writing an MS Word addin

by Amit Dey

Writing a Word Addin using COM and VB Macros

WSH Clipboard Access

by Adrian Dorache

Scripting the clipboard content in Windows Script Host.

WTL - Button Menu 2

by Paul Bludov

Use of a Push button with a drop down menu

WTL Browser

by Gilad Novik

How to create a simple browser using IE engine and WTL.

WTL bugs

by Paul Bludov

Known WTL & ATL bugs

WTL Class for ActiveX Hosting

by Jesus Salas

WTL Helper classes for Event Sink and ActiveX hosting

WTL for MFC Programmers, Part II - WTL GUI Base Classes

by Michael Dunn

WTL programming for MFC developers - frame windows.

WTL for MFC Programmers, Part III - Toolbars and Status Bars

by Michael Dunn

The basics of using toolbars and status bars in WTL applications.

WTL for MFC Programmers, Part IV - Dialogs and Controls

by Michael Dunn

Using dialogs and controls in WTL.

WTL for MFC Programmers, Part V - Advanced Dialog UI Classes

by Michael Dunn

Using the new WTL classes that implement advanced dialog UI elements

WTL for MFC Programmers, Part VI - Hosting ActiveX Controls

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on hosting ActiveX controls in WTL dialogs.

WTL for MFC Programmers, Part VII - Splitter Windows

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on using WTL splitter windows and pane containers.

WTL for MFC Programmers, Part VIII - Property Sheets and Wizards

by Michael Dunn

A guide to creating property sheets and wizards in WTL

WTL for MFC Programmers, Part X - Implementing a Drag and Drop Source

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on using drag and drop in your WTL application.

WTL Wizard for Visual Studio .NET

by Armando Pajuelo

An App-Wizard which creates template WTL apps.

WTL wrappers for WinMain's CodeMax syntax highlighting edit control

by Ben Burnett

An article on the CodeMax editing control.

XML Generator

by Alpesh Makwana

To Generate XML from any data source

XML Property Bag Implementation

by Jörgen Sigvardsson

This is an ATL/COM-port of Don Box' excellent XML property bag implementation.

XML timing

by Not Active

Test timing of searching using an XML document or a simple array of structures.

XML Transform Shell Extension

by Doug Mitchell

A shell extension to transform xml files against a stylesheet

XMLize Your Class

by Dhandapani Ammasai

This article shows how to serialize a class into XML string.

XONOR pointers: eXclusive Ownership & Non Owning Reference pointers

by john morrison leon

A smart pointer system for safe application development in C++.

XSLT Extension Functions

by Doug Mitchell

Extending the functionality of the XSLT Processor.

Your own custom browser !!

by Anand Manikiam

. This article explains how to add and web browser ActiveX to your project to developer your own customized web browser.

Zipper Component

by Fernando A. Gomez F.

A COM / ATL component for zipping and unzipping files.

Zlib compression / decompression wrapper as ISequentialStream

by Jens Nilsson

This article discusses wrapping compression and decompression behind a ISeqentialStream interface