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Dialog & Windows - Beginners			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Windows Message Handling - Part 4 Updated: 25 Apr 2003 Reflected Messages, MFC and SDK Subclassing VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Daniel Kopitchinski	4.92
Tutorial - Modeless Dialogs with MFC Updated: 18 Jun 2002 Some tips/suggestions on using modeless dialogs with MFC VC6, VC7, Windows, MFC, Dev	Nish Sivakumar	4.86
Tile, center and stretch a bitmap as your MFC dialog background Updated: 6 Jun 2002 A small CDialog derived class that helps avoid frequent copy/pasting of the same code, when using a bitmap as dialog background VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Nish Sivakumar	4.85
Beginners Guide to Dialog Based Applications - Part Two Updated: 29 Jun 2000 A step by step tutorial showing how to create your first Windows program using MFC. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Dr. Asad Altimeemy	4.85
Windows Message Handling - Part 3 Updated: 8 Jun 2000 Handling messages in SDK programs. VC6, Win2K, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Daniel Kopitchinski	4.84
Windows Message Handling - Part 2 Updated: 7 Jun 2000 Message Maps, User defined messages and Registered Messages VC6, Win2K, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Daniel Kopitchinski	4.75
Windows Message Handling - Part 1 Updated: 7 Jun 2000 An introduction to basic Windows messages such as WM_SIZE and WM_CLOSE, and how to add your own handlers VC6, Win2K, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Daniel Kopitchinski	4.69
A Beginners Guide to Dialog Based Applications - Part One Updated: 11 Aug 2000 A step by step tutorial showing how to create your first windows program using MFC VC6, Win2K, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Dr. Asad Altimeemy	4.69
Subclassing and Owner Drawing, the SDK Way Updated: 14 Aug 2001 An article describing how to use the Win32 SDK to subclass controls, and to give them a custom appearance using owner draw. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Paul A. Howes	4.64
Browse Folder dialog, search folder and all sub folders using C/C++. Updated: 22 Jul 2002 Opens a Browse Folder window, then searches each file of the selected folder and all subfolders. VC7, WinXP, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	JHawkZZ	4.28
Creating your first MFC Doc/View application Updated: 10 Sep 2000 A brief step-by-step tutorial that demonstrates creating an SDI and MDI based applications using the MFC Doc/View architecture. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Chris Maunder	4.21
Creating your first Windows application Updated: 14 Jun 2000 A brief step-by-step tutorial that demonstrates creating an SDI based application that does not use the MFC Doc/View architecture. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Daniel Kopitchinski	4.14
MessageBalloon - an enhanced MessageBox Updated: 18 Apr 2007 An enhanced MessageBox, no need for user interaction to dismiss C++, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev, Design	nicoster	3.21
Simple MFC independent Open-Save File Dialog class Updated: 13 Mar 2007 OpenSaveFile Dialog Class VC7, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Denis Ponomarenko	2.02
Dialog & Windows - Caption Bars			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Glass Effect Extender Library for your Applications Updated: 17 Aug 2009 This library enables you to control the glass effect of Windows Vista and Windows 7. VB, Windows (Vista, Win7), .NET (.NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), GDI+, Dev	Ragheed Al-Tayeb	4.91
Vista Aero ToolStrip on Non-Client Area Updated: 8 Feb 2009 Place a ToolStrip on Aero's Glass non-client area. C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), Windows (Vista), Win32, Dev, Design	Jose Menendez Póo	4.89
Full Screen Caption bar Updated: 3 Feb 2004 Description on how to implement a full screen caption bar in Win32/MFC. C++/CLI, VC6, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	Lars [Large] Werner	4.62
Customized Skinned Caption for MDI Updated: 16 Jun 2002 Make your customized skinned caption bar for MDI C++/CLI, VC6, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Ashok Jaiswal	3.05
Dialog & Windows - Console Programming			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Threads and Pipes in Console Apps Updated: 10 Jul 2008 When a dynamically-resizable dialog is created, you may find it desirable to have controls resize or rearrange themselves dynamically in response to these changes. This project shows some simple techniques to use when the arrangements are not too complex. It also incorporates two other projects, the C++, Windows, Visual-Studio (VS.NET2003), MFC, Dev	Joseph M. Newcomer	4.91
Add Colors to Batch Files Updated: 24 Aug 2010 An enhanced ECHO command line utility with color support. C++, Windows, Visual-Studio, Dev	Thomas Polaert	4.90
phos: A console GUI component Updated: 17 Aug 2009 A DLL implemented in assembler featuring a console GUI component. C, ASM, GDI, Dev	Michael Mangelsdorf	4.90
Forms for Console Apps Updated: 7 Aug 2006 A framework for employing reusable, declarative interfaces for console applications. XML, C#2.0, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio, Dev	Sean Michael Murphy	4.84
QuickWin - Turn a console application into a Windows program Updated: 17 Oct 2000 Redirect stdin, stdout and stderr into a window VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Lanz Jean-Claude	4.83
Writing to and read from the console - From a GUI application using the same cout/cin and printf/scanf Updated: 23 Oct 2006 Adapt console to GUI applications using ConsoleAdapter. VC6, WinXP, Dev	Sudheesh.P.S	4.81
The Console Reinvented Updated: 26 Mar 2009 A multi-view console written in C# and DirectX. C#, .NET3.5, DirectX, VS2008, Architect, Dev, Design	Dmitri Nesteruk	4.79
NConsoler - command line parser library for .NET Updated: 8 Sep 2008 Command line parser based on meta information. C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), .NET (.NET1.0, .NET1.1, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), Dev	Maxim Tihobrazov	4.71
C# command line parsing Updated: 1 Sep 2008 A simple base class to extract command line options. C# (C#2.0, C#3.0), Windows, .NET (.NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), DBA, Dev, SysAdmin	Keith Fletcher	4.58
Parsing command line arguments Updated: 26 Apr 2009 The CommandLineParser library provides a simple way to define command line arguments and parse them in your application. C#, Windows, .NET, Dev	trupik	4.54
Adaptive Console Framework - Build Your Console Application on the Fly Updated: 18 Sep 2008 Introduces the goal and use of the Adaptive Console Framework. XML, C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio (VS2008), Dev	acqy	3.00
less command for Windows Updated: 5 May 2011 Implementation of less command in C#. C#, Windows, .NET, Dev	Hazel24	2.67
Dialog and Windows Programming - Control Positioning			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
EvaLayout, Lay it be! Updated: 1 Jan 2008 An efficient and flexible layout mananger. VC6, MFC, SQL2000, DBA, Dev	Alejandro Xalabarder	4.94
Win32 dialog helpers Updated: 18 Apr 2003 Easy support for dialog resizing and ActiveX controls VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, ATL, Dev	Stephane Rodriguez.	4.93
Control Positioning and Sizing using a C++ Helper Class Updated: 20 Sep 2005 Add layout management of controls to a CWnd or CDialog using a C++ helper class. VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev	nschan	4.86
Move controls on a form at runtime Updated: 17 Dec 2008 Move controls on a form at runtime by just using a helper class and one line of code. C# (C#2.0), .NET (.NET2.0), Dev, WinForm	Alphons van der Heijden	4.84
Easy dialog control resizer Updated: 22 Sep 2003 Simple implementation of "anchors" and "docking" features implemented in .NET forms VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Windows, MFC, Dev	uemaker	4.71
WPF WindowFinder Tool Updated: 23 Apr 2010 A simple tool giving a nice overview about WPF techniques C# (C#3.0), Windows, .NET, Win32, Win64, XAML, WPF, Dev, MVVM	tom-englert	4.67
Customizable Window Layouts Updated: 28 Jul 2008 A class to facilitate user defined dialog and window control layouts. C++, Windows, MFC, Dev, Design	Roland Trainor	4.47
Customizing User Controls with Smart Tag Feature Updated: 22 Jun 2009 This article explains how to add Smart Tag feature to a user control. C#, .NET (.NET3.5), Dev, Design, WinForm	Balamurali Balaji	4.24
Drag and Drop Windows/Form Controls (Design UI at Runtime) Updated: 13 Sep 2007 Enables user to design the user interface by moving all form controls to the desired place. It allows to move the control at execution time. C#2.0, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev	vikas maan	4.17
Animated Child Window Movement Updated: 8 Oct 2009 A simple class to animate the movement of child windows C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, VC9.0), Windows, MFC, Dev	C^hris L^osinger	4.09
CStackableGroupBox - Class to Hide Group of Controls and Shrink Dialog Window Updated: 31 Jan 2009 CStackableGroupBox allows you to create multiple groups of controls and then show or hide them at runtime C++, Windows, MFC	Damir Valiulin	3.88
Relative resizing and control positioning in forms Updated: 8 Sep 2009 Dynamicly resize and position controls relative to the size of the form. C#, Windows, .NET, Dev, WinForm	Liav Hurvitz	3.33
Control Positioner -- Repostion your child windows without code change Updated: 24 Jun 2003 This is a small class for control repositioning. It can create an INI file, which logs all aspects of your control. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	Ziming	3.27
Dialog & Windows - Dialogs			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
How to make MessageBoxes center on their parent forms Updated: 17 Feb 2010 How to make MessageBoxes center on their parent forms. C#, .NET, Win32, Dev, WinForm	DLChambers	4.97
Adobe Gradient Picker Clone Updated: 22 Oct 2009 An article about implementing a gradient manager C# (C#2.0), Windows, .NET (.NET2.0), GDI+, Dev	Julian Ott	4.97
Delay MessageBox with auto-close option Updated: 13 Aug 2002 This message box delays its dismissal by disabling the OK button for a delay interval. It also has an optional auto-close feature. There are two versions, one uses a WH_CBT hook and some basic window tricks like sub-classing to achieve its goal. The other one is more MFC-ied. VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Shog⁹, Nish Sivakumar	4.96
CResizableDialog Updated: 27 Oct 2001 A CDialog derived class to implement resizable dialogs with MFC VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev	Paolo Messina	4.96
Adobe Color Picker Clone Updated: 14 Apr 2009 A simple but powerful .NET color picker dialog. C#, .NET2.0, GDI+, VS2005, VS2008, Dev	Julian Ott	4.95
EasySize - Dialog resizing in no time! Updated: 23 Mar 2007 An easy way to position controls in resizable dialogs or property pages using just a few macros VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Marc Richarme	4.95
XMessageBox - A reverse-engineered MessageBox() Updated: 29 Nov 2008 A reverse-engineered non-MFC MessageBox() that includes custom checkboxes. C++, WinXP, Vista, Win32, VS2005, VS2008, Dev	Hans Dietrich	4.95
Outlook like notification window using ATL Updated: 11 Aug 2006 Create an Outlook like notification window using ATL. VC6, Windows, Visual-Studio, ATL, Dev	prasad_som	4.92
A class for child dialogs Updated: 3 Nov 2003 How to put a child dialog in a dialog box VC6, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Chris Hills	4.92
AJAX-style Asynchronous Progress Dialog for WinForms Updated: 2 Mar 2008 A base class for adding a rich asynchronous progress animation to any Form. C# (C#2.0, C#3.0), .NET (.NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), Architect, Dev, Design	Nathan Evans	4.90
Tabbed Dialog without Property Sheets Updated: 3 Mar 2004 How to use CDialog pointers to make a tab-controlled window VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Andrew Lawrence	4.90
XFolderDialog - a folder selection dialog based on CFileDialog Updated: 2 Jun 2010 XFolderDialog provides a folder selection dialog like that used in MS Word, and includes persistent list view type. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, VS2005, Dev	Hans Dietrich	4.89
A customizable .NET WinForms Message Box Updated: 26 Feb 2011 A customizable .NET WinForms message box with three buttons, custom icon, and checkbox. C#, .NET, Dev, WinForm	Max Kleyzit	4.88
Full implementation of IShellBrowser Updated: 5 May 2009 A VS-like open and save file dialog implementation. C#2.0, Windows (WinXP), Visual-Studio (VS2005), Dev	Frohmen	4.88
XBrowseForFolder - Wrapper for SHBrowseForFolder Updated: 7 Mar 2008 XBrowseForFolder wraps the SHBrowseForFolder API, provides a way to specify an initial directory, and cleans up the SHBrowseForFolder dialog. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, VS2005, Dev	Hans Dietrich	4.88
XMonoFontDialog - Customizing CFontDialog Part II: Selecting Monospaced Fonts Updated: 22 Oct 2008 XMonoFontDialog is a CFontDialog clone that is customized for selecting monospaced fonts. A custom label has been added to the dialog that informs the user when a monospaced font is selected in the combobox, and bold typeface is used to highlight monospaced fonts in the combobox list. C++, Windows (WinXP, Vista), Visual-Studio (VS2005), MFC, Dev	Hans Dietrich	4.86
QuickDialogs - a library for creating dialogs quickly and elegantly Updated: 23 May 2011 A library for creating simple dialogs declaratively with minimal overhead. C++, Win32, STL, GDI, Dev	Rotted Frog	4.85
Wizard Form Implementation Updated: 24 Jun 2010 Create a dynamically resizable wizard form C#, .NET, Dev, WinForm	John Simmons / outlaw programmer	4.85
Dialog Header Updated: 22 Jul 2002 Add a header to any dialog or property sheet VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	jmgurgel	4.84
Getting Caret Position Inside Any Application Updated: 30 Mar 2009 Retrieves Caret position from any application and converts it to the Screen Coordinates C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0)	Saurabh Singh Gangwar	4.82
Building a Dynamic UI using a CWnd Free Pool Updated: 6 Jan 2007 Classes for building MFC-based user interfaces dynamically, with a focus on minimizing resource usage. XML, VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	nschan	4.82
CInputBox 1.0 Updated: 30 Nov 2001 A CFrameWnd derived class that provides functionality similar to the VB InputBox function. You don't need a dialog resource to use the class! VC6, VC7, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Nish Sivakumar	4.81
XFontDialog - Customizing CFontDialog Part I: Adding Font Filters Updated: 7 Oct 2008 XFontDialog demonstrates how to customize CFontDialog by removing unwanted controls VC6, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, Vista, MFC, VS2005, Dev	Hans Dietrich	4.80
Simple way to create non-rectangular shaped dialogs Updated: 6 Dec 2003 This article outlines a simple way to create dialogs which are not rectangular in shape VC6, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	abhinaba	4.79
CIconDialog - Selecting Icons Updated: 28 Mar 2004 The CIconDialog class allows you to add an icon-selection dialog box to your applications VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Armen Hakobyan	4.79
Keyboard messages/accelerators handling in MFC dialog based applications Updated: 1 Dec 2001 This article explains how you can override PreTranslateMessage and ProcessMessageFilter in dialog based apps VC6, VC7, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Nish Sivakumar	4.77
Windows Vista-like Task Dialogs Updated: 10 Oct 2006 A source-compatible custom implementation of the upcoming Task Dialogs API found on Microsoft® Windows Vista™. This implementation makes it possible to use Task Dialogs in your applications designed to work on Windows 2000 and later. VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	Maxime Labelle	4.76
How to extend the native MessageBox dialog in .NET Updated: 4 Aug 2007 This article introduces a way to extend the native MessageBox dialog without using Windows Hooks and message processing. C#2.0, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev	Yifeng Ding	4.76
An Animation-Style Dialog Class Updated: 12 Feb 2002 CAniDialog : An Animation-Style Dialog Class Derived from CDialog and Using DrawWireRects VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Abin	4.75
Immediate display of WinForms using the Shown() event Updated: 12 Feb 2010 How to cause a Winform (and all its child controls) to fully render before you do additional processing. C#, Windows, .NET3.5, Dev	DLChambers	4.75
How to implement a scrollable child dialog Updated: 11 May 2003 How to implement a scrollable child dialog VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Massimiliano Conte	4.73
Using Dialog Templates to create an InputBox() in C++ Updated: 15 Mar 2006 Using dialog templates to create an InputBox() in C++, similar to that of VB's InputBox(). VC6, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Elias Bachaalany	4.73
XCharMap - A dialog to display a character map Updated: 3 Jun 2003 XCharMap demonstrates the use of CXCharMap, a class that displays a character map similar to the Windows Character Map utility. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Hans Dietrich	4.72
Simple and more powerful resizable dialog Updated: 26 Sep 2004 A simple resizable dialog which resizes in NONE, RESIZE, REPOS, RELATIVE, ZOOM, DELTA_ZOOM mode and behaves differently in different directions(left, top, right, bottom) VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Windows, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev	Robert Python	4.72
CSettingsDialog, a Dialog Customizing Your Project Settings and More Updated: 11 Mar 2002 A Netscape Preferences-Like Dialog VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	yellowine	4.71
Enhanced MFC Message Boxes Updated: 22 Oct 2010 How to replace the standard MFC message box with an enhanced version VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev	Michael P. Mehl	4.71
Resizing Win32 Dialogs with DialogBox() and Dialog Resources Updated: 2 Jan 2011 A demonstration of resizing controls on a dialog box with minimal changes to existing Win32 code via resource markup C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, VC9.0, VC10.0), C, Windows, Win32, Win64, Architect, Dev	malxau	4.69
Getting User Input From Dialogs - Part 2 Updated: 15 Dec 2008 An article on obtaining user input by the use of dialogs C#2.0, C#3.0, Windows, .NET1.1, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, Dev, WinForm	Henry Minute	4.69
Modeless Dialog Management Updated: 7 Jul 2003 A simple method for tracking and dealing with multiple modeless dialogs. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Joe Calkins	4.66
Creating embedded dialogs in MFC Updated: 29 Jul 2003 Creating embedded dialogs in MFC using DS_CONTROL VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	EK_Kiwi	4.64
Working with Custom Background Bitmaps in Dialog Boxes and Property Sheets Updated: 21 Nov 2010 This article shows how to deal with controls that do not properly paint their background when using custom background bitmaps. C++, Windows (WinXP, Vista, Win7), Win32, Win64, MFC, Architect, checkbox, User-controls, Color, Win-SDK, GUI	Ingo A. Kubbilun	4.64
CMagDialog Updated: 9 Nov 2005 CMagDialog: a class to enable dialogs to dock side by side. VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev	Francesco Aruta	4.63
FolderBrowserDialogEx: A C# customization of FolderBrowserDialog Updated: 18 Feb 2011 The FolderBrowserDialogEx class library and a WinForms app that demos it. C#, .NET, Dev	DLChambers	4.63
"Select Computer" Dialog Updated: 16 Apr 2001 The ATL and MFC versions of the class that implements a dialog for selecting users(computers) within the Windows Network. VC6, Win2K, MFC, ATL, STL, Dev	Igor Sukhov	4.61
Adding a splash screen to your dialog based application Updated: 8 Aug 2002 Splash screens are not only for Doc/View based applications VC6, MFC, Dev	Kirk Stowell	4.57
Automatic Dialogs in .NET Updated: 13 Apr 2009 How to build .NET dialogs automatically using attributes. C#, .NET, Dev	lithium2709	4.55
A dialog based Win32 C program, step by step Updated: 9 Aug 2011 Writing a dialog based program using only pure Win32 C code. C, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Win2008, Win7, Win2008-R2, Win32, Win64, Dev	Rodrigo Cesar de Freitas Dias	4.54
Scrollable Dialog in Pure Win32 API Updated: 29 Jan 2009 Minimalistic example of scrollable dialog implemented in pure Win32 API C++, C, Windows, Win32, Dev	Alex Blekhman	4.54
Hosting .exe applications into a dialog Updated: 9 May 2007 An article on launching and embeding .exe applications into a dialog-based application VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev	Sherin Iranimose	4.53
How to include a dialog without copying from .RC Updated: 26 Nov 2001 This code allows you to include a dialog in your code snippets without requiring a user to copy from your resource file and pasting it into their own. VC6, Win2K, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Brad Bruce	4.47
Transparent Static Text In Dialogs Updated: 4 Jul 2004 A simple way to make static text controls draw transparently over the dialog background. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	danamac	4.35
MSN Messenger type status bar popup message box Updated: 21 Oct 2001 MSN Messenger type status bar popup message box VC6, VC7, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Prateek Kaul	4.34
Helper Class for Resizable MFC Dialogs Updated: 19 Mar 2009 This class takes care of the child window placement when you resize an MFC dialog. Also stores the size in the Registry for the next call. C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, VC9.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC, Win2008), Win32, Visual-Studio (VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS2008), MFC, Architect	Gernot Frisch	4.33
CDialogEx, CPropertySheetEx2 classes with status bar, toolbar and tool tips Updated: 28 Sep 2002 CDialogEx and CPropertySheetEx2 are classes derived from CDialog and CPropertySheetEx with support for status bar, toolbar and tool tips VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Martin Ziacek	4.31
EZOptionsDlg - Netscape Preferences like dialog Updated: 16 Apr 2001 A modified property sheet with the tree control replacing the tabs. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Lakshmi Vyas	4.31
Save and restore dialog controls' states Updated: 28 Feb 2004 A simple but universal way to save and restore state of dialog controls VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	uemaker	4.22
Files Selection Dialog Box / Tree Updated: 8 May 2007 A treeview dialog box. VB8.0, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev	Alaa Jebran	4.19
XHTMLTipOfTheDay - HTML Tip of the Day Dialog Updated: 14 Jun 2004 XHTMLTipOfTheDay is a Tip of the Day dialog that displays HTML and has forward and back buttons. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	Hans Dietrich	4.17
Message Balloons Updated: 28 Nov 2002 Message Balloons as opposed to Message Boxes VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Prateek Kaul, RK_2000	4.09
Auto-close message box Updated: 23 Jul 2007 A simple solution for automatically closing a message box. VC6, WinXP, MFC, Dev	thammadi	4.00
Roll Your Own MsgBox Updated: 6 May 2010 How to create a custom message box from first principles, including system sounds and print capability. VB, Windows, .NET, Dev, Design	Gregory.Gadow	4.00
CBrowseFolderDialog Class Updated: 20 Apr 2009 A simple BrowseForFolder dialog functionality implementation. VC8.0, Windows, Dev	Denis Ponomarenko	4.00
CGlassDialog Updated: 11 Aug 2006 This is a simple class that makes transparent dialog boxes rise more smoothly. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	Youngman Park	3.98
A thread-safe timed message box Updated: 12 Feb 2001 The system Message Box that is closed atuomatically after some time VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Markus Loibl	3.96
A drop-in replacement for MessageBox() Updated: 4 Jan 2005 Other articles describe replacements for MessageBox() with extra buttons for "Yes to All" and "No to All", but you still have to write the code to handle those buttons. This article presents a class that does all the work for you. VC6, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Chris Hills	3.94
Add a 'Dont show this dialog again' Checkbox with minimal effort Updated: 9 Mar 2008 A control to let the user select to never see a dialog again. C#2.0, .NET1.0, .NET1.1, .NET2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, .NET3.0, VS2005, Dev	mav.northwind	3.90
SHBrowseForFolder with Explorer style file open dialog PlacesBar (Toolbar) Updated: 22 Oct 2006 Now, SHBrowseForFolder has the same look and feel as the Explorer file open dialog box. C++, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	tanvon malik	3.85
How to make a transparent WinForm like a Vista form in VS2005 Updated: 27 Aug 2006 We can modify a WinForm's opacity in .NET, but we can not make a form like Vista form, whose header is transparent, but the rest of the form is not. C#2.0, Windows, .NET2.0, ASP.NET, VS2005, Dev	WillCaptain	3.85
Bitmap Backgrounds For Dialog Boxes Updated: 28 May 2007 An article on setting a Bitmap as the Dialog Background. NO API VC7, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	ImmelmanQ	3.82
Creating a Dialog-based App Updated: 15 Oct 2001 This is my method of creating dialog-based apps, and in addition, illustrates how to handle the Enter key in an edit control. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Joseph M. Newcomer	3.80
Tips for dialog based applications Updated: 25 Aug 2002 Beginners tips for dialog based applications VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	VGirish	3.79
Movement Restricted Dialog Form Updated: 25 Feb 2008 How to restrict a dialog form's movement area. Useful for MDI applications. C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), .NET (.NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), Win32, Dev	DaveyM69	3.79
Subclassing Dialogs and Property Pages Updated: 5 Apr 2001 You have a lot of dialogs that have a lot of properties in common. You'd like to derive the specialized ones from the general ones. Here's how. VC6, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Joseph M. Newcomer	3.71
Universal Progress Dialog Updated: 11 Mar 2011 A progress dialog that could be used anywhere, any time, for any task. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, IE6.0, IE5.5, Dev	P.Gopalakrishna	3.69
Create a modeless dialog box as child window Updated: 9 Nov 2000 Simple step by step article explaining how to create a modeless dialog box as child window. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Thomas Blenkers	3.68
messageBox with Timeout Updated: 12 Jul 2010 This article describes a simple extended message box which can be timed out C#	vicoB	3.67
Bug Submitter Dialog Updated: 28 Apr 2009 Dialog that enables user to submit various types of bugs via a webservice VB6, VB (VB7.x, VB8.0, VB9.0), .NET (.NET1.0, .NET1.1, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), Visual-Studio, PHP, Dev	Jeroen De Dauw	3.67
Aero Wizard in VB.NET Updated: 30 Jul 2009 Create an Aero-style wizard in VB.NET VB6, VB (VB7.x, VB8.0, VB9.0), .NET (.NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), Visual-Studio (VS2008)	pimb2	3.65
A Gradient Title Bar for modal and modeless dialog Updated: 22 Jan 2001 This article shows you how to give your Win95/NT4 modeless dialogs a Win98/W2K like gradient title bar. VC6, MFC, Dev	Amit Dey	3.64
An alternative to the often asked view-in-dialog problem using a dialog bar Updated: 2 Jul 2002 In this article I show an alternative to the tricky (and thus often unstable) attempts to create a view on a dialog. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	thom_as	3.57
Background Task Dialog Updated: 19 Apr 2004 A wrapper for dialog boxes where you must do a long-time process but you don't want your application to appear to be HUNG. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Mauro Leggieri	3.55
Modifying a modal dialog's style and position at run time Updated: 20 Feb 2006 This article describes how to modify a modal dialog's styles and position at run-time so it can work both as a child of a CPropertySheet as well as a pop-up window on its own. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Rafique Sheikh	3.55
MemoryBox: A Yes/No/Yes to all/No to all Dialog for C# Updated: 29 Jan 2007 MemoryBox is a Yes/No/Yes to all/No to all dialog with a similar implementation to the standard Windows MessageBox. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio, Dev	Chris Johanson	3.53
Splash screen with contents of the VERSIONINFO Updated: 24 Apr 2004 Easy to implement splash screen for dialog based applications that displays the contents of VERSIONINFO. Look at this! VC6, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Thomas Latuske	3.51
A Doc/View Dialog, supports Dynamic Split Updated: 21 Aug 2003 You can arbitrarily add DOC/View, and all the view can be resized. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, MFC, Dev	lava_sdb	3.50
Creating a dynamically translucent dialog Updated: 1 Aug 2008 Using two common techniques to create an uncommon UI. C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), Dev	CheerJeer	3.50
Toolbar & StatusBar on Dialog Updated: 7 Aug 2002 Toolbar / Statusbar on Dialog Window VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Barretto VN	3.47
Wizard Control based on TabControl Updated: 3 May 2010 Wizard Control based on TabControl. Takes care of next and back movements. C#	Som Shekhar	3.43
Font Properties Property Page Updated: 4 Oct 2004 Adding the functionality of the ChooseFont() function to a property sheet VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev	Niklas Lindquist	3.42
How to move a dialog which does not have a caption Updated: 21 Apr 2007 Two ways to move a dialog by dragging its client area. VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, WTL, VS2005, Dev	Igor Vigdorchik	3.41
Drag & Drop Dialog Updated: 27 Mar 2002 A dialog-class which you can drag around the screen by clicking anywhere on it. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Jochen Duell	3.39
Customised Modal Dialog Updated: 23 Apr 2008 Modal dialog with a user-defined look and feel. C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI, C, Windows (WinXP), MFC, Dev	lata07mahi	3.33
BitMap Contour To Windows Region Updated: 16 Sep 2005 An article on how to generate an outline of a bitmap. Used when designing user shaped dialogs. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	serup	3.20
The Tab Order Helper Class Updated: 13 Oct 2009 A class for manipulating tab order with sub dialogs C++, Windows, Win32, Dev	Yonghwi Kwon	3.00
Using CResizablePage In a CFormView Updated: 16 Apr 2001 Technique for utilizing a CResizablePage in a CFormView-derived class VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	John Simmons / outlaw programmer	2.98
Getting different font colors using the system CColorDialog and changing the background color Updated: 27 Oct 2002 Believe it or not, changing the background color of a dialog box and using different color fonts is really easy. This will show you how to do so using the system dialog : CColorDialog. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Selevercin	2.94
Create a modeless dialog box as sibling of the app's main window Updated: 9 Nov 2000 Simple step by step article explaining how to create a modeless dialog box as sibling of the app's main window. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Thomas Blenkers	2.89
Custom Featured MessageBox Updated: 11 Feb 2008 A MessageBox that works as we want. C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), Windows (WinXP), .NET (.NET2.0), Win32	Xmen W.K.	2.80
CDialogEx New Ownerdrawn Dialog Base Class Updated: 24 Oct 2001 Custom non-client drawn dialog base derived from CDialog. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Michael Pauli	2.77
User Friendly License Input Forms Updated: 3 Oct 2008 Techniques to make license input forms more user friendly. C#, VB, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio (VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS2008)	Grant Porteous	2.58
Preventing "Return" and "Esc" From Closing Dialog Updated: 11 Feb 2005 Preventing the Return and Esc keys from closing a dialog. User will close the dialog via File-> Close or clicking the "x". C++/CLI, VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	JKallen	2.56
Load a child dialog from a dynamic DLL Updated: 14 Mar 2008 How to load a child dialog from a dynamic DLL and display it in an EXE project as a child. C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), Windows, MFC, Dev	GUNMAN	2.45
A simple way to make a dialog “dragable” without using Title Bar Updated: 29 Mar 2004 A simple way to make a dialog “dragable” without using Title Bar C++, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Aris Adrianto S	2.27
Dialog based single instance applications improved Updated: 21 Jun 2007 Limiting dialog based programs to single instance by modifying the dialog template and using Mutex. VC6, .NET, WinXP, MFC, Dev	swarup, pkhach	2.07
Changing the Default form of Dialog Window Updated: 24 Dec 2004 Changing the default form of dialog window making it as a circle instead of rectangular form. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Star_Friend	2.00
Function to load a bitmap on a dialog Updated: 6 Apr 2006 Here is a function to load a bitmap on any dialog. C++, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Saday Sarkar	1.31
WinForms.ColorDialog in WPF Updated: 15 Sep 2011 System.Windows.Forms.ColorDialog in a small WPF project TextEditor. C#4.0, .NET, WPF, Dev, General, WinForm	kribo
Dialog and Windows Programming - Form Views			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Detect and Track Objects in Live Webcam Video based on Color and Size by C# Updated: 7 Jan 2011 Detect and track objects in live webcam video based on color and size by C# .NET, .NET4, WinForm	kdgupta87	4.88
Views in Full Screen Mode Updated: 19 Feb 2005 Viewing windows in full screen mode. eVC, VC6, WinMobile, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Przemyslaw Syrek	4.70
DialogForm - An Extended WinForms Class Updated: 16 Jan 2011 Easy to use WinForms class to create extended dialog boxes C# (C#2.0), Windows, .NET (.NET2.0, Mono), WinForm	Joe Nachbaur	4.67
Automatic resizing of a FormView based application when the user toggles the control bars on or off. Updated: 26 Feb 2004 Explains how to implement an application which automatically resizes itself when the user toggles the control bars on or off. This means that for an application using a CFormView derived view, the size of the view will be constant, the parent frame will be resized to fit control bars like status bar VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Patric_J	4.57
Painting on a Panel Updated: 23 May 2011 How to create a panel that can be drawn on C# (C#3.0, C#4.0), Windows, GDI+, Dev	Geoff Samuel	4.50
Splash and Login Forms (Problems and Solutions) Updated: 8 Sep 2010 The more perfect description of the creation the Splash and the Login forms with full source code C#, Windows, WinForm	vladisvit	3.82
User-Defined Multi-Lingual Applications Updated: 25 Sep 2009 Developing multilingual applications that allow users to create their own language files C#, Windows, All-Topics, Architect	Mark C. Malburg	3.56
CResizableFormView Updated: 6 Jun 2001 Extension of Paolo Messina's CResizableDialog concept VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	John Simmons / outlaw programmer	3.36
Dialog & Windows - General			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
WindowSnapshot - System Tray Utility To Surgically Capture Bitmaps of Windows/Controls On The Screen Updated: 13 Jan 2002 A System Tray Utility to precisely capture screenshots of Windows and Controls anywhere on the screen. VC6, MFC, Dev	Lim Bio Liong	5.00
MDISnap Updated: 29 Nov 2004 Do your users a favor - add snapping edges to MDI child windows (or anywhere else). VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	peterchen	5.00
How to Write a Managed Global Hook for Window Creation and Destruction Updated: 6 Aug 2009 Create a global hook that sends WM_CREATE and WM_DESTROY messages C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), Windows	medic4891	5.00
April Fools! Evil Windows Dialog Prank Updated: 31 Mar 2011 Prank your coworkers with a dialog box that appears and disappears randomly by using a notification area app. VB, Windows, Win32, Win64, Visual-Studio, Dev	Gregory.Gadow	5.00
Dialog Boxes Management in WPF Application Updated: 9 Dec 2011 How to manage the Dialog boxes in WPF application C#, Windows, WPF	Elvin Cheng	5.00
CWnd Helper Class Updated: 6 Dec 2002 Class with static functions and nested classes to make working with CWnd-derived objects easier VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Alvaro Mendez	4.98
ResizableLib Updated: 15 Jun 2004 A set of classes to ease the development of resizable windows with MFC VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev	Paolo Messina	4.97
MultiPaneCtrl Updated: 12 Jul 2010 A control that allows you to create multiple areas with tabs that you can pull with the mouse and as a result change the configuration of these areas. C++, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Win7, Visual-Studio, MFC, STL, Dev	Borodenko Oleg	4.97
Dynamic child window positioning Updated: 22 Feb 2000 Describes a method to implement resizable child windows. VC6, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Hans Bühler	4.97
Message Management Updated: 16 May 2000 Learn effective methods for managing your user-defined messages. VC6, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Joseph M. Newcomer	4.96
Creating draggable windows - SDI and dialogs Updated: 12 Jul 2002 Shows how you can create windows that can be dragged around, not just through the title bar, but anywhere within the window body VC7, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Nish Sivakumar	4.96
Intercept and Manage Windows Originated by Third-party Components Hosted in C# Application Updated: 5 Mar 2008 Intercept, fill and close windows originated by third-party components hosted in C# application. As an encountered case, making WebBrowser control silent is considered. C++, C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), Windows (WinXP, Win2003), .NET (.NET2.0), Win32	Sergey Stoyan	4.96
SingleInstance Component (Winform) Updated: 3 Aug 2003 A component that makes a Winform application single instance. C#, VC7.1, .NET1.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, Dev	Reto Ravasio	4.95
Stacked Windows Control Tutorial Updated: 10 Jul 2006 Step-by-step development of a stacked-windows control. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Franc Morales	4.95
A simple solution for validation of MFC forms Updated: 24 Sep 2003 An easy way to do validation for MFC Dialogs, FormViews, PropertyPages VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Windows, MFC, Dev	zcln	4.94
Adding Balloon Windows to a .NET Application Updated: 13 Jul 2003 Introduction to the BalloonWindow class which allows .NET applications to implement balloon windows similar to what is available in Windows XP. Complete customization allows both the appearence and shape to be configured as well as projecting an alpha-blended shadow. C#, .NET1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Peter Rilling	4.94
Getting a "Handle" on the MDI Client Updated: 6 Oct 2004 A component to customize the MDI area of a Form with color, images, border styles, and more. C#, .NET1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, GDI+, VS.NET2003, Dev	Jacob Slusser	4.94
Transparent Splash Screen Updated: 13 Jan 2006 Creating a transparent Splash Screen - like the one used by Adobe. C#, VB, .NET (.NET1.1), Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	DameonBlack	4.94
CFolderDialog - Selecting Folders Updated: 17 Feb 2005 The CFolderDialog class allows you to add a folder-selection dialog box to your applications. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	Armen Hakobyan	4.93
Some handy dialog box tricks, tips and workarounds Updated: 17 Sep 2002 Hidden modal dialogs, stealing focus, always on top dialogs, going full-screen, expanding and contracting dialogs, removing task bar icon, context sensitive help and many other useful tips and tricks. VC6, VC7, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Nish Sivakumar	4.93
Create, Position, Show and Hide controls at Runtime using the RollOut Window Updated: 8 Nov 2000 A neat way to show/hide groups of related controls. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Masoud Samimi	4.93
CResizeCtrl Updated: 1 Jul 2000 A resize control to implement resizable dialogs with MFC. VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev	Herbert Menke	4.93
WinForm Extended Updated: 21 Jul 2010 A WinForm that extend the standard features provided by Microsoft C#2.0, C#3.0, C#4.0, .NET (.NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), WinXP, Vista, Win7, Architect, Dev, Design, .NET4, WinForm	Fabio Franco	4.93
A slide form base Updated: 18 Dec 2002 A slide form class from which to derive your forms from C#, Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev	nimbus3d	4.92
Layout Manager for Dialogs, Formviews, DialogBars and PropertyPages Updated: 4 Aug 2000 A framework to provide automatic layout control for dialogs and forms VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Erwin Tratar	4.91
Customizing OpenFileDialog in .NET Updated: 14 Nov 2006 An extended control to add extra funcionality to the standard OpenFileDialog in .NET. C#2.0, .NET2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS2005, Dev, WinForm	CastorTiu	4.91
MessageBoxManager - A Windows Forms component that provides enhanced MessageBox functionality Updated: 19 Feb 2006 MessageBoxManager is a Windows Forms component that you can drag & drop into a Windows Forms project's main form, and it gives you enhanced message box functionality without forcing you to change your existing calls to any of the MessageBox.Show() overloads C++/CLI, C#, VC8.0, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev, WinForm	Nish Sivakumar	4.91
An Analog Clock Design by openTk C# Updated: 23 Dec 2010 An 2d analog clock design by openTk C# in Winform C#, .NET	kdgupta87	4.91
The singular non-modality of MFC modal dialogs Updated: 6 Apr 2003 Explains the pseudo modality of CDialog based modal dialogs and a problem with the CDialog::EndDialog implementation VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev	Nish Sivakumar	4.90
Add Scrolling to a CWnd or CDialog using a C++ Helper Class Updated: 20 Sep 2005 An article on adding scrolling to a CWnd or CDialog using a C++ helper class. VC6, VC7.1, .NET1.1, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev	nschan	4.90
Color Take Updated: 9 Dec 2005 An article on getting the colors of pixels from the desktop. VC6, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Roger65	4.89
A fast and lightweight cell control Updated: 11 Mar 2008 A fast and lightweight cell control for displaying tabular data. The cell is a custom control derived from ATL::CWindow. C++, Windows, Visual-Studio, ATL, WTL, Dev	xueming.yan	4.89
Animate the Mainform of your Application Updated: 31 Jan 2003 Shows how to change the visual style of the application form with an animation. C#, Windows, .NET1.0, Dev	Marc Schneider	4.88
XDialogImport - How to share dialogs between projects Updated: 18 Jun 2003 XDialogImport describes a simple and effective method for sharing frequently-used dialogs between projects, using some documented and some poorly documented techniques. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	Hans Dietrich	4.88
WPF Command Prompt Updated: 29 Aug 2011 A flexible easy to use WPF Command Prompt that is easy to use and modify C# (C#4.0), Windows, WPF, Dev	Clavius Maximus	4.88
MFC/C++ Helper Class for Window Resizing Updated: 7 Dec 2011 Gives you total control when it comes to resizing windows C++, Windows, Win32, MFC, Dev	Mizan Rahman	4.87
XKeyboard - on-screen keyboard - Unedited Updated: 4 Apr 2005 XKeyboard eliminates the threat of keyloggers by allowing the user to enter a password by clicking on buttons displayed on an on-screen keyboard. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Hans Dietrich	4.87
Various methods for capturing the screen Updated: 19 Sep 2006 Explains techniques for capturing the screen programmatically. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	P.Gopalakrishna	4.86
TSWizard - a wizard framework for .NET Updated: 26 May 2003 Provides a framework for creating wizards for use in your .NET applications C#, .NET1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev	James T. Johnson	4.86
Window's Region User Mode Monitoring Updated: 4 Nov 2010 This article describes the method to perform user mode region monitoring of the specified window. C++, Windows, Visual-Studio, Architect, Dev, Visualisations	Sergey Popenko, Apriorit Inc	4.86
Modal MFC frame window Updated: 9 Aug 2005 Utility class that helps to implement a modal dialog's behavior for any CFrameWnd-derived window class in an easy way. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Alexey Nikitin	4.85
Cristi Potlog's Wizard Control for .NET Updated: 21 Sep 2005 This article introduces a sample wizard control for Windows Forms. C#, Windows, .NET1.1, VS.NET2003, Dev	Cristi Potlog	4.84
MS Spy++ style Window Finder Updated: 9 Jul 2002 Ever wondered how the cool Microsoft Spy++ Window Finder Tool is created ? Here is one possible implementation. VC6, MFC, Dev	Lim Bio Liong	4.83
Improved Dialog Data Validation for Doubles Updated: 8 Dec 2002 Dialog data validation for doubles that allows you to specify a variable name and an interval range (e.g. [-90,90)) VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Damir Valiulin	4.83
CWindow (A wrapper class for the window API functions) + IuSpy Updated: 9 May 2008 CWindow (a wrapper class for the window API functions) + IuSpy(Spy++ analog). C# (C#2.0), .NET2.0, Win32, WinForm	Maxim Berezov	4.83
Dissecting the MessageBox Updated: 26 Apr 2005 A look at what goes into creating a message box, and in the process, create a customizable message box that supports custom buttons, icons, fonts ,"Don't ask me again" functionality, timeouts, localization and lots more. C#, Windows, .NET1.1, VS.NET2003, Dev	Sijin	4.83
How to make a Message Only Window Updated: 12 Aug 2004 An article on how to make a message only window. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev	bryce	4.81
Go to sleep! Fade to B/W Updated: 9 Nov 2003 Fading a window from color to black and white like Windows/XP VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	John A. Johnson	4.81
Centering MessageBox, Common DialogBox or Form on applications Updated: 30 Mar 2005 Simple component to center any MessageBox, Form or CommonDialog on applications. C#, .NET1.1, WinXP, VS.NET2003, Dev	Jean-Claude Lanz	4.81
A Plug-in Wizard Framework Updated: 21 May 2008 A wizard framework that supports plug-ins for the wizard pages. C#, Windows, .NET, Architect, Dev, Design, WinForm	Marc Clifton	4.81
Always on Top Updated: 26 Nov 2003 A DLL which creates a system hook to trap WM_INITMENUPOPUP and append an "Always on Top" option to all system menus. VC7, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Rob Langston	4.80
Adding a Recent File List to an MFC dialog based application Updated: 4 Sep 2001 This article demonstrates how to add a recent file list to a dialog based application VC6, Win2K, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	PPresedo	4.80
FileDialogExtender Updated: 4 Dec 2004 Describes an easy way to change the initial view state of the listview in the Open/SaveFileDialog. C#, .NET1.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, Dev, WinForm	Robert Rohde	4.80
Extend OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog the easy way Updated: 17 Sep 2010 Customize OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog using a User Control C#2.0, .NET2.0, WinXP, VS2005, Dev, Design	dmihailescu	4.80
Restore Your Application's Window Position At Ease Updated: 10 Nov 2005 This is an article on how to restore your window to the saved position. All you need to do is just derive your own window class from the provided class. You can also extend the window position management function for some other correlative utilities. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, .NET1.1, WinXP, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev	Xia Xiongjun	4.79
Tabbed Dialog Box Class Updated: 27 Feb 2000 A docking dialog that auto-expands when the mouse passes over it VC6, MFC, Dev	Christophe Mestrallet	4.77
Selection Rectangle: An Implementation in "Explorer style" :) Updated: 28 Jan 2010 A semi-transparent selection rectangle C++, Windows, Win32, MFC, Dev	Eugen Podsypalnikov	4.76
TCX Message Box (derived from CWnd) Updated: 18 Nov 1999 An extended message box class for MFC applications. VC6, MFC, Dev	Thales P. Carvalho	4.76
FindWindow Updated: 4 Apr 2009 FindWindow is a tool for searching windows/controls C#, Windows, .NET (.NET1.0), Win32, Dev	Jörg Bausch	4.75
How to Create a Custom Jumplist with Custom Events in Windows Forms Updated: 23 Oct 2010 Creating a custom Jumplist with custom events and examining all of its features in Windows Forms 3.5 C#, Windows (Win7), .NET (.NET3.5), Win32, C#3.5, tips, programming, .NET4, Managed, Article, WinForm	Ahmed_Said	4.75
C# Fade Form Effect With the AnimateWindow API Function Updated: 19 Oct 2008 An easy way to perform fade/slide effects for forms. C#, .NET, Dev	MCF.Goodwin	4.74
HTMLTextBox Updated: 24 Jan 2007 Provides a user control that allows the user to edit HTML page. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio, Dev	Jay Liu	4.73
Stacked dialogs Updated: 29 Dec 1999 Creating a stacked dialog such as Netscape's 'Preferences' dialog. VC6, MFC, Dev	Zoran M. Todorovic	4.73
OptionsForm and OptionsPanel, two classes to easily manage application options Updated: 25 Oct 2006 Two classes that let you synchronize GUI and Settings (or any other binding) with automatic saving/cancelling. C#, .NET2.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS2005, Dev	Elia Sarti	4.70
Drag and Drop in a Dialog Updated: 17 Nov 2003 Simple Drag and Drop Facility in a Dialog VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev	jibesh	4.70
Expanding and collapsing Dialogs Updated: 9 Jan 2000 This article gives you the ability to make your dialogs expand or contract, depending on how much information the user wishes to view. MFC, Dev	Michael Walz	4.70
Tooltips in modal dialog boxes Updated: 20 Nov 1999 A demonstration of how to show tooltips in modal dialog bozes VC6, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Henk Devos	4.70
Pupil or Eyeball Detection and Extraction by C# from eye image Updated: 27 Dec 2010 pupil Extraction by C# from eye image C#, .NET, Visual-Studio, C#3.5, Application, Algorithms, Methods	kdgupta87	4.70
Provide Your Custom Class Name to your MFC Application Updated: 14 May 2011 Provide your customized class name to MFC application SDI/MDI and dialog based C++, Windows, Visual-Studio (VS2008, VS2010), MFC, Dev	Martin Richter [MVP C++]	4.69
Gribble2 - CGribbleWnd goes blitting. Updated: 17 Jul 2001 Some full screen blitting leads to yet another look at Windows painting messages. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Tim Deveaux	4.68
Gribble1 - CWnd goes full screen Updated: 16 Apr 2001 This brief tutorial shows how to use a CWnd in 'full screen' mode, and provides a framework for investigating some simple Windows graphic calls. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Tim Deveaux	4.67
Subclassing 101 Updated: 27 Jun 2010 The basics of Subclassing VB, Windows, Dev	Chris Boss	4.67
An advanced rendering class Updated: 15 Jul 2008 A rendering class with full customizations for novice or advanced users. C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), .NET (.NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), Win2K, WinXP, Vista, VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS2008, Design	Epoque	4.65
A Persistent Wait Cursor Updated: 26 Jan 2003 A simple method of maintaining a wait cursor across messages VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Martyn Pearson	4.65
ToolTip With Image C# Updated: 3 Sep 2009 It is a customized ToolTip that can display text with Image. We can configure size and border color too. It is built on .NET 2.0 Platform C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), Windows, Dev, WinForm	Kumar, Ravikant INDIA Bangalore	4.63
Using PreSubclassWindow Updated: 24 Oct 2001 PreSubclassWindow is a very nice handler to use for certain effects in dialogs. VC6, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Joseph M. Newcomer	4.61
DDXFile v1.11 - DDX Filename Selection Updated: 3 Mar 2000 A freeware DDX routine for selecting a filename. VC6, MFC, Dev	PJ Naughter	4.60
Tool tip on window Updated: 16 Oct 2001 Tooltips for window according to specified rectangular areas of that window VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	onlyrakesh	4.60
MFC Transparent CDialog Demo Updated: 3 Dec 2002 A transparent dialog VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Nic Wilson	4.60
"Do not ask again" Message Boxes Updated: 4 Feb 2003 Two simple ways to add "Do not ask again" Message Boxes to your application. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Nicolas Bonamy	4.59
Extended Folder Browser Updated: 20 Jun 2006 Adding functionality to a Folder Browser Dialog control. C#, .NET, WinXP, Visual-Studio, Dev	Goldberg Royee	4.58
Advanced MessageBoxing with the C# MessageBoxIndirect Wrapper Updated: 6 Mar 2007 This article presents a friendly C# wrapper class for the MessageBoxIndirect API. The MessageBoxIndirect class allows you to add a help button, custom icon, locale-aware buttons, and different modalities to a message box. C#, VC7.1, Windows, .NET1.0, .NET1.1, VS.NET2003, Dev	Scott McMaster	4.58
Google Talk styled Windows Form Updated: 8 May 2006 How to use a custom Paint event handler to draw your own Windows Form. C#, .NET1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, Dev, WinForm	NiaWs	4.55
2D Water Effect in WTL Updated: 28 Apr 2011 A WTL control class to add water effect to an image, like what's done in the TortoiseSVN About dialog C++, Windows, ATL	Tom Gee	4.54
Splash Screen C++ Class without MFC or .NET Updated: 21 Apr 2009 A C++ class to generate a splash screen and about box from a bitmap and version string resources. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Windows, Win32, Visual-Studio, Dev	Chris Apple	4.54
A Very Smart and Easy Way to Develop Server Software for File Manipulation Updated: 4 Aug 2011 This is a simple server software for copying file from one directory to other but the technique can be used to develop in any server software. C# (C#3.0), .NET (.NET3.5), Architect, Dev, C#3.5, WinForm	Md. Rashim uddin	4.53
Resize/Reposition the Controls in a Dialog at your Pleasure Updated: 1 Mar 2006 You can resize or reposition the controls in your dialog derived from CSizingDialog to anywhere you wish just by specifying some simple strings or numbers. In addition, most kinds of controls almost don't flicker when moving, which is often a problem in some other solutions. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, WinXP, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev	Xia Xiongjun	4.52
Browse for Folder with a Quick Pick Updated: 16 Mar 2006 Customized version of the "Browse for folder" dialog. It creates quick picks to your selected directories. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	Lars [Large] Werner	4.50
Easy Customize Title Bar Updated: 11 Sep 2009 Create your own customized title bar instead of using the traditional Windows title bar C#, Windows, Dev, WinForm	venura c.p.w. goonatillake	4.50
How to Move, Resize, and Reconfigure Objects in Working Applications Updated: 30 Sep 2009 The algorithm and code to make objects in running applications moveable/resizable by users C#, .NET, Visual-Studio, Architect, Design	SergeyAndreyev	4.50
SplashForm - A Splash Window Form Updated: 17 Feb 2005 This article is about a class that extends Windows Forms to create splash screens and About dialogs. C#, Windows, .NET1.1, GDI+, VS.NET2003, Dev, WinForm	abhinaba	4.50
Sizers: An Extendable Layout Management Library Updated: 16 Jan 2000 An article on extendable layout management classes. VC6, MFC, Dev	William E. Kempf	4.50
Xguiplus - A set of Photoshop's-like color pickers Updated: 14 Jul 2002 An MFC compliant Adobe Photoshop's-like Color Picker from xgui VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	dswigger	4.50
CIconDialog - Icon Selection Dialog Updated: 3 Mar 2000 A Freeware MFC dialog class to select an icon. VC6, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	PJ Naughter	4.47
Drawing Image on MDI Main Frame background Updated: 26 Mar 2002 This article explains how to draw images on MDI Main Frame background using window subclassing VC6, VC7, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Konrad Rotuski	4.43
Resize MDI Child Frame Windows to Fit Form Views Updated: 16 Apr 2001 Make the MDI windows which contain your program's forms snap to match the forms' sizes. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Brian C Hart	4.43
Getting a window size-grip (“grippie”) without the statusbar Updated: 17 Jul 2006 An article that describes how to add a size-grip control to windows. VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Maksim Libenson	4.42
Is My Application on Top? Updated: 24 Jul 2007 A function to estimate whether a form is on the top of all other windows. VB8.0, Windows, .NET1.0, .NET1.1, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev	Tomzhu	4.40
A Wrapper for MessageBoxIndirect Updated: 22 Feb 2000 A class which encapsulates MessageBoxIndirect. VC6, MFC, Dev	Peter Kenyon	4.40
Windows XP Grayscale Shutdown Effect in Windows Forms Updated: 15 Apr 2009 How to create a Windows Shutdown effect in Windows Forms using C# and .NET. C#, .NET, GDI, GDI+, Dev	Rizwan Qureshi	4.40
Yet Another Balloon Goes Up Updated: 6 Sep 2002 Demonstrates custom form shapes, regions, delegates, form ownership C#, .NET1.0, Win2K, Dev	Alastair Stell	4.39
Replace a Window's Internal Scrollbar with a customdraw scrollbar Control Updated: 17 Jun 2007 Shows how to replace a window's scrollbar with a skinable scrollbarctrl C++, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	flyhigh	4.38
Control client area minimum size with MFC Updated: 14 Feb 2006 Controlling the client view minimum size with WM_GETMINMAXINFO in MFC can be tricky. This article proposes an elegant and reusable solution to this problem. VC6, MFC, Dev	lano1106	4.37
Preserving window position in a MFC SDI application Updated: 12 Sep 2001 How to preserve the window position in a SDI MFC application. VC6, Win2K, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Michael Walz	4.36
WindowFloater - A System Tray Utility To Make A Window Float To The Top. Updated: 5 Jan 2002 A System Tray utility to make any window float to the top of the Z-Order. VC6, MFC, Dev	Lim Bio Liong	4.35
Win32 Window Minimal - Unedited Updated: 28 Jun 2011 Getting started with Win32 programming through creating a window with minimum code and complexity C++, C, Windows (WinXP, Vista, Win2008, Win7, Win2008-R2), Win32, Win64	Jani Mäkinen	4.35
Windows subclassing and hooking with C++ classes Updated: 9 Oct 2003 This article put forwards a proposal for structured window subclassing and hooking VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Emilio Garavaglia	4.34
GmailNotifierControl: A Gmail Notifier like control Updated: 6 Jun 2005 A Gmail Notifier dialog control, to use with any app, just like a baloon tooltip. C#, .NET1.0, .NET1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, Dev	eRRaTuM	4.33
Splasher v1.32 - A Splash Screen Implementation Updated: 3 Mar 2000 An improved splash screen component for MFC. VC6, MFC, Dev	PJ Naughter	4.33
Child Dialog (Sub Forms) Updated: 17 Nov 1999 A simple class for handling Child Dialogs within a dialog or property sheet. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Daniel Zuppinger	4.31
Dynamic Dialog Class Updated: 19 Jun 2002 Create dialogs dynamically, and easily, without the need for a dialog resource script. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Marcel Scherpenisse	4.29
A control class for browsing through the Network Neighborhood Updated: 3 Sep 2004 If you want to have an easy-to-use Dialog Box to browse through the network, have a look at this. This library allows for selecting network shares, directories, files, ... and will ask for a user name and password, if needed. C#, Windows, .NET1.0, .NET1.1, VS.NET2003, Dev	JurgenVanGorp	4.29
Getting User Input With Dialogs Part 1 Updated: 27 Nov 2008 An article on getting user input using your own dialog boxes. C#3.0, .NET1.1, .NET2.0, .NET3.5, Dev, WinForm	Henry Minute	4.29
PI, a small but helpful popup info implemented in C# Updated: 27 May 2004 A component for popup infos with configurable lifetime and callback features. C++, C#, .NET1.1, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev	fuad.abdallah	4.28
Assigning an application’s icon to all forms in the application Updated: 5 Oct 2008 It is a handy thing if all the windows in an application, by default, have the same icon like the application’s executable. Here is a tip: how to easily assign your application’s icon to all the hosted forms. C#, Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC), .NET, Dev	Sergey Stoyan	4.26
A Scrolling Credits Dialog Updated: 6 Dec 2002 Scrolling credits the easy way, under MFC. VC6, MFC, Dev	Mark Findlay	4.23
EnsureRectangleOnDisplay Updated: 6 Mar 2006 Ensure a window rectangle is fully on one screen. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Iain Clarke, Warrior Programmer	4.23
Showing Our Template Not Below but Side by Side the CFileDialog Controls Updated: 23 Sep 2006 Why our template is added at the bottom; here is the way we can add our control side by side other CFileDialog controls VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev	tanvon malik	4.22
Fading Forms In and Out Updated: 13 Aug 2007 Add fade transitions to your applications C#2.0, Windows, .NET2.0, Visual-Studio, GDI+, Dev, Design	Nicholas Seward	4.17
Improved Tip-of-the-Day Dialog Updated: 17 Nov 1999 VC6, MFC, Dev	Robert Pittenger, MCPD-EAD	4.17
IP Address, Port Number, Subnet Mask Submission Form Library Updated: 18 Mar 2003 A class library for an easy submission of IP Address, Port Number and Subnet Mask VB6, C#, .NET1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Christian Ballerstaller	4.12
Edit State aware Form with customizable controls Updated: 1 Feb 2005 Reuseable form class, including typical modal buttons that detect any edit changes on any control on the form and sets form state to dirty, enabling OK and Apply buttons. C#, Windows, .NET1.1, VS.NET2003, Dev	Sean Garratt	4.11
A Better CenterWindow() Function Updated: 3 Oct 2000 This is a good replacement for CWnd::CenterWindow() that works. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Brian C Hart	4.11
Saving a windows size position and state in MFC Updated: 30 May 2001 Saving the size and positions of windows so that they can be restored next time the app loads up VC6, VC7, Win2K, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	[James Pullicino]	4.10
Filtering Special Keys Using C# Updated: 3 Mar 2011 Filter out unwanted keys and key combinations: Alt+F4, Ctrl+F4, Alt+Tab, Ctrl+Esc, Windows keys, Windows key shortcuts, and Windows hotkeys in C# by capturing Win32 low-level keyboard events. C#, Windows, .NET, Dev	AC Everspaugh	4.10
Speed Up Printing with the PrintPreviewDialog Updated: 1 May 2006 Supplies a custom PrintPreviewDialog that, at printing time, skips the passed printDocument object and prints from the previews. C#, VC7.1, Windows, .NET1.1, VS.NET2003, Dev	Stanciu Vlad	4.08
.Notifier Updated: 1 Sep 2008 Notifier: an Outlook-like notification window C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista), .NET (.NET2.0), Win32, Visual-Studio (VS2005), Dev, Design	syntaxed	4.06
Retain the size and position of forms and dialogs Updated: 5 Sep 2008 Store and retreives the last position and size of a form using an XML file. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio, Dev	Mycroft Holmes	4.06
Popup Killer Updated: 16 Jul 2002 This application is meant to deal with those annoying popup windows VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Pablo van der Meer	4.05
Notification Window Updated: 3 Nov 2011 A notification window that appears on the lower right part of the screen. C#, Windows, .NET, Dev	Simon B.	4.05
Saving the state (serializing) a Windows Form Updated: 13 Jun 2010 Describes how to save the state of all controls on a form, and restore them at a later time C#, Windows, .NET, Dev, Forms	Mr Yossu	4.04
Dialog Box Control Management Updated: 16 May 2000 Learn how to effectively control your dialogs. VC6, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Joseph M. Newcomer	4.03
C# Windows Aero Style Wizard Control Updated: 15 Jun 2010 I have been a fan of the Windows Aero styled windows since Aero was first introduced in Windows Vista. However, there is little to no Aero inclusion in the .NET Framework, so I set out to create my own Windows Aero themed form. C#, Windows, Dev, Design, UI, GUI	jonpreecebsc	4.00
Windows Credentials Dialog Clone Updated: 14 Jul 2011 Clone of the Windows Credentials dialog. C#, VB.NET, Windows, Dev, WinForm	Greg Osborne	4.00
Splash Screen C++ Class using MFC Updated: 23 Apr 2009 A MFC C++ class to generate a splash screen and about box from a bitmap and version string resources. C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI, C, Windows, Win32, Visual-Studio (VS2008), Dev	Chris Apple	4.00
Aero Shake Updated: 9 May 2009 Implement the Windows 7 Aero Shake feature in .NET WinForms. C#, .NET, Dev, WinForm	VCSKicks	4.00
Save/Restore main window size with a single function call Updated: 13 Sep 2000 Save/restore the main window size at application exit/startup with a single function call in MDI, SDI and dialog based applications. VC6, Win2K, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Martin Holzherr	4.00
Standard file open dialog with preview Updated: 28 Dec 1999 This article describes a completely object oriented standard file open dialog with preview. C++, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Jorge Lodos	3.96
Have fun with the MDI client area Updated: 31 Jul 2008 How to modify your client area properties, center controls, and do other fun tricks. C# (C#3.0), VB (VB9.0), .NET (.NET3.5), Visual-Studio (VS2008)	Gregory.Gadow	3.95
Using dialogs in console apps Updated: 23 May 2000 Learn how to display a message box from a console application. VC6, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Joseph M. Newcomer	3.94
Implementing Single Instance Application Using “File Mapping” Technique Updated: 29 Apr 2009 Yet another single instance implementation C++, Windows, Win32, MFC, Dev	cyb70289	3.93
Message Form - A minimum time display form Updated: 14 Dec 2006 Display useful messages for a minimum duration. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio, Dev, WinForm	Marc Clifton	3.91
Custom windows using .NET 2.0 and the WinAPI Updated: 19 Jul 2009 An article about windows with custom shapes. C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0, .NET, GDI+, Dev	NeoPunk	3.87
A "Don't show this again" checkbox for the .NET MessageBox Updated: 14 May 2004 A C# class which uses Dino Esposito's LocalCbtHook component to add a "Don't show this again" checkbox to any .NET MessageBox. C#, .NET1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, Dev	Mike Scanlon	3.82
A snap to screen border dialog class Updated: 8 Apr 2000 Dialog class that implement a snap-to-screen-border feature like Winamp VC6, MFC, Dev	François Gagné	3.75
Window Selector Tool Updated: 20 Apr 2003 A dialog enabling window selection VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Andrei Isac	3.71
WYSIWYG Color and Font CommonDialogs Updated: 7 Jun 2006 Enhancing user pleasure, or how to get the current user choice from a running dialog. C#, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev	OrlandoCurioso	3.70
Add a Help Button to a MessageBox Updated: 23 May 2000 How to add a help button to a MessageBox and associate it with a context-sensitive help ID VC6, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Robert Pittenger, MCPD-EAD	3.65
A Floating Popup Control Updated: 4 May 2006 A floating popup control which can display any form. C#, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual-Studio, Dev	H. S. Masud	3.64
Implementing Modal Message Loops Updated: 27 Feb 2000 An introduction to creating modal windows VC6, Win2K, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Chris Becke	3.62
CClockCtrl v1.01 Updated: 4 Mar 2000 A Freeware MFC class to display an analog clock. VC6, MFC, Dev	PJ Naughter	3.60
Subselection Dialog Updated: 17 Nov 1999 Subselection dialog. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Daniel Zuppinger	3.60
Fading forms in and out Updated: 2 Sep 2008 This article will explain how to fade a form in and out, using VB.NET. VB6, VB (VB7.x, VB8.0, VB9.0), Windows, .NET, Dev	Ashley Staggs	3.60
Updating modal dialog contents using callbacks Updated: 7 Dec 1999 How to update a modal dialog contents using a callback function VC6, MFC, Dev	Zoran M. Todorovic	3.52
Advanced message box for .NET Updated: 6 Oct 2008 A replacement of .NET MessageBox class that provides additional features and improvements like possibility to show any number of buttons, ‘apply-my-answer-by-default’ checkbox, intelligence layout and more. C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003), .NET (.NET1.0, .NET1.1, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), Win32, Visual-Studio (VS2005), Dev	Sergey Stoyan	3.51
Enumerate Controls In a Dialog Box or FormView Updated: 9 Aug 2005 Enumerate all controls in a dialog box or form view. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	John Simmons / outlaw programmer	3.48
Adding custom dialogs to your applications Updated: 16 Oct 2005 The article introduces a base dialog form class, which can be used to create all kinds of OK/Cancel type of dialogs. It also gives the basics of custom control creation and form inheritance. C#, Windows, .NET1.1, VS.NET2003, Dev, WinForm	miklovan	3.46
A note about using control notification messages in MFC classes Updated: 1 Jul 2002 How your control can eat its parent's messages. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Tibor Blazko	3.38
.NET Splash Screen Component Updated: 23 Oct 2008 A splash screen which allows for dynamic creation and updates. C#, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, VS2005, VS2008, Dev	Anon1234567890	3.35
A Card Dialog Updated: 19 Jan 2000 An auto-sizing dialog used to store and display smaller child dialogs. VC6, MFC, Dev	Zoran M. Todorovic	3.33
Easy Splash in Five Minutes Updated: 27 Aug 2006 An easy way to create a splash for your MFC program in less than five minutes C++, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	kencocomputers	3.31
Transparent windows under W2K or WXP Updated: 27 Apr 2001 Transparency for standard controls. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Franz Brunner	3.29
MDI child as dialog form (MDI modal workaround) Updated: 21 Dec 2009 Ever had the need to block all other forms and controls when a specific form is shown as a dialog? This is a very simple workaround, for an MDI modal form. C#, Windows, Dev, WinForm	Paw Jershauge	3.29
Restore Form Position and Size in C# Updated: 23 Apr 2008 Presents some logic and code to intelligently restore window sizes and positions. C#, .NET, Dev	Samuel Allen	3.24
A simple C# Scrolling AboutBox Control Updated: 26 Jan 2006 Describes how to create a simple scrolling aboutbox usercontrol with C#. The control can manage its display object list including text or image. C#, .NET1.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, Dev, WinForm	Man_Man2612	3.22
A border for the Frame window Updated: 17 Jul 2002 How to draw/redraw a rectangle along the window rect, when the window is activated or deactivated. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Dave Matrix	3.08
Colorizing the scrollbars of your application's window Updated: 14 Mar 2006 An article on colorizing the scrollbars of your application's window. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Architect, Dev, QA	Habeeballah Hasnoddin	3.08
Twinkle twinkle little star Updated: 14 Dec 2009 How to make irregular shaped forms in VB.NET. VB10, Windows, Dev	Michael Rosqvist	3.07
How to Show " Pick Icon Dialog " Updated: 17 Sep 2006 Windows provides a facility to change folders and other icons, by showing this dialog C++, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	tanvon malik	3.00
Dialog based single instance applications Updated: 8 Mar 2006 Limiting dialog based programs to single instance by modifying the dialog template – my way. C++, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	pkhach	3.00
Updating the GUI from another thread made easy Updated: 19 Feb 2007 Ever tried updating a control from a background thread and received an error? Here's an easy and clean way to do it... C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0, .NET1.0, .NET1.1, .NET2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, .NET3.0, VS2005, Dev	daniel.byrne	3.00
A Versatile MessageBox Updated: 19 Oct 2009 An easy and versatile MessageBox that allows you to use any number of buttons. C#	Christ Kennedy	3.00
MSIUninstaller.exe (Console Application) Updated: 7 Aug 2008 This tool allows you to easily remove all previously installed MSI packages. VB, .NET2.0, Win32, SysAdmin	thomasholme	3.00
Minimize window to system tray Updated: 8 Jul 2008 This article describes how you can write some simple code for minimizing a window to the system tray. C# (C#2.0), Windows (WinXP), Dev	Elroy Dsilva	3.00
CPushPinFrame v1.11 Updated: 3 Mar 2000 A Freeware MFC PushPin property page dialog class. VC6, MFC, Dev	PJ Naughter	3.00
Animated Dialog Menu with Client Shadows Updated: 5 Nov 2003 This article shows how to create an animated menu, on any CWnd VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	Vladimir Ralev	3.00
A Simple Way for Changing the Content of the Dialog Updated: 29 Feb 2004 A simple way for changing the content of the dialog . VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	algusen@yandex.ru	2.89
Checking for an existing instance of a Windows application, and setting the MDI parent form of an MDI child Updated: 8 Sep 2008 How to check for an existing instance of a Windows application, and how to set the MDI parent form of an MDI child, how to list all MDI children, etc., in a C# Windows application. C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista), .NET (.NET1.0, .NET1.1, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5), Dev	Rehan Ahmad Abbasi	2.88
InputBox using WinAPI Updated: 12 Jun 2002 InputBox using WinAPI. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	mah	2.84
VB Like InputBox for MFC Updated: 14 Feb 2003 InputBox for MFC without Dialog Resource. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Muneeb R. Baig	2.82
Bounded rectangles Updated: 18 Jan 2008 A very brief discussion on how to restrict a window's position to a bounding rectangle. C++ (VC6), Windows (WinXP), Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	DavidCrow	2.80
Implement Observer Pattern in an Absolutely Easy Example Updated: 16 Sep 2008 Observer pattern in C# using Event and Delegate C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), Windows (WinXP, Win2003), .NET (.NET2.0), Win32, Visual-Studio (VS2005, VS2008), Architect, Dev, Design	Ng. Anh Vu	2.78
How to Customize the PickIconDlg with Hook Updated: 17 Sep 2006 A simple class to show the PickIconDlg. Now this dialog also shows index of selected icon C++, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	tanvon malik	2.75
NetMeeting for Windows 7 Updated: 20 Apr 2011 Share Desktops between Windows 7 Systems C#, Win7, Dev	KMSRao	2.73
Scroll Window Updated: 23 Mar 2008 A scroll window that surpasses the 16-bit limit and can be hosted by a dialog. C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI, C, Windows (WinXP), MFC	Redsome	2.72
Find and Minimize or Maximize or Restore a Window Updated: 19 Dec 2007 Find and minimize or maximize or restore a window. VB, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC, Embedded, Dev, WinForm	Mohan Kumar	2.71
Opacity of Forms in C# Updated: 2 Sep 2008 Learn more about changing the opacity of forms, using C#. C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0, .NET, WinXP, Vista, VS2008, Dev, WinForm	Mohammad Dayyan	2.69
How To Hide A Window in TaskBar Updated: 16 Apr 2004 This article explains how to hide a window's name in the taskbar while the window itself is still active. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Aris Adrianto S	2.67
A Tool to look up Common Windows Flags Updated: 20 Feb 2002 A simple tool to decode windows flags , like window styles, extended styles. Supports drag and drop. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Bijesh	2.67
Applying XP visual styles to Windows Forms applications Updated: 11 Sep 2008 How to make a Windows Forms program use Windows XP styles. C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), Windows, .NET, Dev	Sergiy Korzh	2.67
Making sure data is saved when closing a CRecordView application Updated: 26 Feb 2006 An extension of the application in CH 14 of 'Teach Yourself Visual C++ 6 in 21 Days' by Davis Chapman. C++, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Ben Aldhouse	2.67
CTimerScroll class Updated: 23 Jan 2001 Helper class to handler the mouse cursor movement near to client's area borders VC6, MFC, Dev	José Alfredo Morón P.	2.63
Find and Close the Window using Win API Updated: 19 Dec 2007 Find and Close the window using Win API C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0)	Mohan Kumar	2.62
EXE Name From CWnd* Updated: 24 Jan 2005 Retrieve executable name from CWnd. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Stephen Love	2.60
A C++ OCX for drawing pictures on any window of your Application Updated: 7 Nov 2002 The control overwrites the windows event handler to overtake the paint event. VB6, VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Romout	2.55
Enabling or Disabling controls in more effective and efficient way Updated: 16 Apr 2002 Using the STL bitset class to create an elegant solution to a common problem VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Jamil Ahmed	2.50
Shareware registration dialog Updated: 15 Oct 2002 Dialog that manages shareware application registration and trial period VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev	Ivan Markovic	2.48
Window Styles Updated: 17 Aug 2002 Window Styles VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Barretto VN	2.45
Icon Colors Updated: 13 Apr 2005 An article on what you can do with color. VC6, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Roger65	2.45
Integrating WPF with Windows Forms Updated: 15 Jan 2008 Adding WPF functionality to Windows Forms Applications VB (VB9.0), Windows (WinXP, Vista), .NET (.NET3.0, .NET3.5), Visual-Studio (VS2008), WPF, Dev	Paritor	2.43
Writing a Customizable AboutBox Component Updated: 28 Nov 2000 Shows how to write a component using C#. C#, Windows, .NET1.0, Visual-Studio, Dev	Naveen K Kohli	2.35
Form Docker Updated: 23 Sep 2008 Form Docker is a class library (DLL) that can dock any form to different parts of the screen. VB (VB9.0), Windows, .NET (.NET3.5), Visual-Studio (VS2008), Dev	Programble	2.33
Embedding CMFCOutlookBar in CSplitterWnd panes Updated: 16 Sep 2008 Create a 2008 MFCOutlookBar in any pane of a SplitterWnd. C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI, C, Windows (WinXP), MFC, Dev	vikas maan	2.33
Size Grip Control Updated: 29 Aug 2006 A very easy way of resizing CWnd based objects. VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Windows, .NET, MFC, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	g_drivas	2.31
Shutdown - an alternative to Windows Shutdown dialog Updated: 25 Oct 2006 It is an alternative to windows XP shutdown dialog C++, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	sanjit_rath	2.18
Three Windows Demo Updated: 18 Apr 2004 Creates other processes (windows). VC6, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Roger65	2.15
C# Image Selection Form Updated: 18 Nov 2006 A simple form that displays a lot of images to allow the user to select one from the list. C#2.0, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev	Daniel Junges	1.94
Window force forward Updated: 8 Jun 2006 A small example of how a program window can be brought up when the user input may need it. C#, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev, WinForm	Steini kallinn	1.93
Big Number Updated: 27 Feb 2011 Displaying big integers in dialogs. C++, Vista, Win7, MFC, VS2010, Dev	Roger65	1.92
An easy technique to improve the drawing of background images of Windows Forms Updated: 19 Jul 2008 Improve drawing of controls with transparent background over a form with image background. C++/CLI, C#, .NET, WinXP, VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS2008, Dev	Cibz	1.83
An Easy SplashScreen Updated: 31 Mar 2009 The way to get your splashscreen going in a few lines of code. C#, .NET, WinXP, Vista, Win32, Win64, VS2005, VS2008, Dev, Design	wpte	1.80
Fancy Message Box Updated: 24 May 2004 Fancy Message Box for use with MFC VC6, WinXP, MFC, Dev	DDLL	1.74
Creating Movable Child Window Controls Updated: 25 Sep 2007 A walkthrough on building a Windows control that can be moved by the user at runtime. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, .NET1.0, .NET1.1, .NET2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC, .NET3.0, MFC, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev	saud_ad	1.67
Moving a Window Updated: 10 Jul 2006 Simple code for moving a window using Win32 API in .NET. VB, .NET2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS2005, Dev	Kiran Kumar B	1.52
WMI Sample Get IP address - Unedited Updated: 11 Jun 2009 This application is for programmer who want to get IP address of there system and this is also sample application how to use WMI in vc++. VC6, WinXP, MFC, Dev	chaitanya shah	1.43
Flicker Free Main Frame Resizing Updated: 4 Oct 2008 Flicker free resizing of the main frame window VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, MFC, Dev	David Lantsman	1.32
keypad number in any view - Unedited Updated: 22 Feb 2003 no VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	azucop	1.19
How to make the system information appear as your Windows wallpaper Updated: 12 Jul 2008 PCBACKDROP works like BGINFO from SysInternals. Make your own Windows Desktop background with system information. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Windows, Win32, VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS2008, Dev, SysAdmin	woz70	1.11
Heybo Message Box-Customizable Message Box Updated: 10 Feb 2005 A customizable MessageBox with sound. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual-Studio, Dev	hmlinder	1.00
ReadOnlyController: Working with the ReadOnly property on controls Updated: 18 Dec 2007 The ReadOnlyController is an IExtenderProvider used to easily set the ReadOnly property on controls. C#, Windows, .NET, Dev	Dan Rigsby
Making a Borderless Form Movable in C++ - Unedited Updated: 10 Feb 2012 How to make a borderless form movable. Now in C++! C++, .NET, Visual-Studio	Preston Gull
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Title / Updated	Author	Score
CKeystrokeEngine Updated: 21 Jun 2004 A set of classes used to send keystrokes to a selected window VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Mustafa Demirhan	4.98
CPPMessageBox v1.0 Updated: 14 Feb 2005 Extended MessageBox class VC6, VC7.1, WinXP, MFC, WTL, STL, VS.NET2003, Dev	Eugene Pustovoyt	4.89
A behavior study of Windows form events Updated: 31 May 2008 How much can we rely on WinForm events to fire in a particular order when loading. C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), VB, Windows, Dev, WinForm	Johan Fourie	4.81
A Mandelbrot Explorer/Zoom with Julia Walkabout Updated: 30 May 2010 A Mandelbrot Explorer/Zoom with Julia walkabout C++, Windows, Win32	TopCoder23	4.33
WM_KILLFOCUS doesn't appear in PreTranslateMessage Updated: 18 Sep 2001 How to detect when the control looses its focus - the easy way. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Braulio Dez	4.33
TabKeyIntercept - Intercept and process the Tab key in a Windows.Forms form Updated: 4 Sep 2008 This article describes a method to intercept the Tab key in a .NET application's form and thereby allow the use of the Tab key in a customized or application-specific meaning. C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), VB, Windows, Visual-Studio, Dev	Ilíon	4.22
A Simple Method for Handling Multiple Clicking on Windows Forms Controls Updated: 7 Feb 2008 Ever wanted to be able to handle triple, quadruple clicks on a Windows Forms control? This will do it. VB, Windows, .NET, Win32, Dev	Warrick Procter	4.00
OnIdle() implementation for CDialog based app´s Updated: 21 Jul 2002 Simple implementation for the OnIdle function in the CDialog derived classes VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Emilio Guijarro	3.84
About the Windows Message Queue Updated: 17 Apr 2002 This article is written for the Win32 API programmers on the subject of Windows message queues. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Bogdan Rechi	3.21
WinForms lock detector Updated: 6 Apr 2008 A nice and pretty simple C# class to detect if a GUI thread can not process window messages (and user actions). C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), .NET (.NET1.1, .NET2.0), Dev	diamond	2.33
Dialog & Windows - Plug-ins			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Nullsoft Winamp Plug-in With Bitmapped UI, Docking and Restrictive Resizing Updated: 9 Jun 2000 An article discussing a Plug-in for Nullsoft Winamp which looks and behaves like the Winamp UI. VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev	James Spibey	5.00
A Method to Implement Plug-In Functionality Updated: 29 Jan 2009 This article deals with the ability to support multiple communication protocols through the use of Plug-In Libraries C++, Dev	esolliday	3.86
2D Drawing Plug-in Updated: 14 Feb 2008 Draw primitive graphics on your window. C# (C#2.0, C#3.0), .NET (.NET2.0, .NET3.0), Win32, GDI+, Dev, QA, Design	vikas maan	2.60
Screensavers			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Another Screensaver with WPF Updated: 27 Jan 2012 Lessons learnt from writing a screensaver with WPF C# (C#3.0), Windows (WinXP, Win7), .NET (.NET3.5), XAML, WPF, LINQ, Dev	Ruxo Zheng	4.78
A complete C# Screensaver that does double-buffering on multiple monitor systems! Updated: 24 Jun 2005 Example screensaver in source code. Does a mini-preview too! C#, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, .NET1.1, Win2K, WinXP, GDI+, VS.NET2003, Architect, Dev	Garry Freemyer	4.74
Andrew's CodeProject Screen Saver Updated: 20 May 2002 (Yet) another screen saver for the Code Project competition, with code in C# and (coming soon) some details about how certain aspects of the code involved work. C#, .NET1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev	Andrew Peace	4.31
Christian and James' Code Project Screensaver Updated: 16 May 2002 Our attempt at a screen saver with a Code Project theme, written in C#. C#, VC6, VC7, .NET1.0, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Christian Graus, James T. Johnson	3.78
Bubble Screen Saver - Unedited Updated: 22 May 2011 This project shows user how to create a screen saver Bubbles (Windows 7) in VB.NET. VB.NET, Dev, graphics	Tarun Y Mangukiya	1.40
AviScreensaver: A C# screensaver that allows you to play your favourites media files Updated: 20 Oct 2005 The screensaver plays from 1 to 16 video (or media files) simultaneously. C#, .NET1.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, Dev	Marco Roello
Dialog & Windows - Skins & Advanced UI			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Using Skins Without MFC Updated: 17 Jul 2001 A Simple Skinning Library VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	John Roark	5.00
A Visual Framework (Views, Tabs and Splitters) Updated: 6 Dec 2002 Creating SDI/MDI applications with splitter and tab windows VC6, MFC, Dev	Zoran M. Todorovic	4.96
Winforms SkinFramework Updated: 25 Feb 2010 Give your WinForms Windows a unique look using a unique design C# (C#2.0), Windows, .NET (.NET2.0), Dev, Design, WinForm	Danielku15	4.96
WPF Parent Window Shading Using Pixel Shaders Updated: 29 Mar 2010 This article discusses using Pixel Shaders to shade the main window when a dialog is showing. C#, Windows, DirectX, WPF, Dev, Design	Fredrik Bornander	4.95
Taskbar Notification dialog Updated: 11 Jul 2002 A MSN IM-style popup notification dialog VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	John O'Byrne	4.93
3D Studio Max like Slidable DialogBar Updated: 17 Feb 2002 Ever seen 3D Studio 2.5 Slidable DialogBar? Want to know how they did it? VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	John Aspras	4.93
Perfect Semi-transparent & Shaped Dialogs with Standard, ActiveX, and Translucent Controls for Windows 2000+ Updated: 9 Feb 2010 This article tries to find a way to show standard controls, ActiveX controls, translucent controls on layered windows. Native MFC source code provided. C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI, C, Windows, Win32, Win64, Visual-Studio, MFC, GDI, GDI+, Dev	D.K.Wang	4.93
Custom Scrollbar Library version 1.1 Updated: 8 May 2003 How to use the Cool Scrollbar Library C, VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	James Brown	4.89
A picture based skin system and MPEG decoder Updated: 27 Jul 2000 A picture based skin system for MFC that allows the user to customise their dialogs. The system is demonstrated by presenting a fully functioning MPEG decoder application. VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev	Cüneyt ELÝBOL	4.88
Magnifying Glass Updated: 25 Dec 2001 A magnifying glass activated from the system tray. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Alex Fr	4.86
CDialogSK - A Skinnable Dialog Class Updated: 7 Jul 2003 This article discusses the CDialogSK class that extends the CDialog MFC class and can be used to create dialogs that can be skinned. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	abhinaba	4.85
Cool, Semi-transparent and Shaped Dialogs with Standard Controls for Windows 2000 and Above Updated: 7 May 2009 This article tries to find a way to show Windows standard controls on layered windows. Provides both Native MFC and WinForms source code. C++, C#, .NET, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Win2008, Win32, GDI+, VS2008, Dev, WinForm	Jerry.Wang	4.79
Bring your frame window a shadow Updated: 15 Jun 2007 An article on how to make application frame window shadowed. MFC/ATL not required. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Mingliang Zhu	4.79
General solution for transparent controls Updated: 14 Oct 2008 A very simple, integrated method to make controls such as buttons, slider controls, and progress controls to be transparent in a dialog. C++, C, Windows, Win32, MFC, ATL, WTL, Dev	galexding	4.76
StyleDialog - A transparent dialog class with an optional custom frame Updated: 3 Aug 2008 StyleDialog may be used independently or in conjunction with the Style Toolkit. C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, VC9.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista)	Darren Sessions	4.76
Draw Over WinForms Controls Updated: 26 Aug 2010 Use the Graphics object to draw almost anything on top of your form's controls C# (C#2.0), .NET (.NET2.0), GDI+, Dev, WinForm	RocketteScientist	4.75
Sliding Dialog Windows Updated: 13 Feb 2001 Simple version of sliding dialog windows like MS Media Player 7 VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev	Ran	4.72
Creating Web-style GUI in MFC applications Updated: 13 Jul 2004 Creating Web-style GUI and easily managing it from MFC code. Creating dialogs based on DHTML, receiving events from DHTML to MFC, and calling JScript functions from MFC. Javascript, VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	Alexander Shilonosov	4.72
Painting Vista's Aero NonClientArea in VB.NET Updated: 20 Nov 2009 VB.NET port of code for painting Vista's Aero NonClientArea. VB10, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, Dev, .NET4, WinForm	lipinho	4.64
CCreditsCtrl - An advanced About Box Updated: 7 Jan 2001 Yet another fully stacked control for displaying scrolling credits... VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Marc Richarme	4.49
WPF Loading Splash Screen Updated: 10 Oct 2010 Simple animated loading text, like last MSN messenger, show animation and transparent mask in WPF C#, Windows (WinXP, Vista, Win7), .NET, WPF, UI, GUI	amr azab	4.33
WindowAnima Updated: 29 May 2002 A class that creates special appearing and disappearing effects on CWnd objects or derivatives VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	DigitalConvict	4.32
A skinned dialog in Python and MFC Updated: 24 Jul 2011 Help to make a skinned dialog program easily in Python, XML with a UI window DLL. C++, XML, Python, MFC, Dev	fnwinter	4.29
EZSkin - A Primitive Framework for building skinnable apps Updated: 29 Jan 2001 A mini library to build Bitmap based skinnable apps. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Lakshmi Vyas	4.12
Skins in a Dialog Based Application Updated: 9 Jun 2002 An Easy way to skin a Dialog Based Application VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Sonu Kapoor	4.07
Short Key Reminder Display Updated: 29 Jan 2011 This is an original idea - a short key reminder display with Qt C++, Windows, Linux	zebulon75018	4.00
"Skinned" UI control library (VC++) Updated: 27 Mar 2007 This article demonstrates how to leverage the power of images and inheritance to achieve a "skinned" look for your Windows applications. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, GDI, Dev	vishalkmehta	3.73
Self-Registering Windows Classes Updated: 24 Oct 2001 A class that automatically registers its own Window class. VC6, MFC, Dev	Joseph M. Newcomer	3.46
BCGToolControlBar Extension Sample Updated: 2 May 2001 An extension for Stas Levin's excellent toolbar library. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Christian S Andersen	3.38
Yet Another Transparent Clock which Supports Custom Skin Updated: 4 Nov 2008 A clock, with transparent background, supports add custom skins VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Win32, GDI+, Dev	Jerry.Wang	3.35
Writing a Scribble application using the Visual Component Framework Updated: 16 Apr 2001 An article on using the VCF and implementing a Scribble style application with it VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Jim Crafton	2.96
CRegionCreator Updated: 21 Dec 2005 An article on creating a custom region from a bitmap and changing the default window skin. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	darkoman	2.89
A control for skinning groups of controls Updated: 18 Dec 2006 A control used to mass change other controls' properties. VB, Windows, .NET2.0, VS2005, Dev	iwdu150	2.00
Skinned Forms Using Images Updated: 26 Jul 2008 An alternate method to when TransparencyKey is not working . C++/CLI, .NET, Visual-Studio (VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS2008)	Cibz	1.50
A cool skin GUI with shadow border Updated: 25 May 2008 A cool skin GUI with shadow border; display images (supports many formats) on dialogs, buttons, listboxes. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, MFC, Dev	James Duy Trinh (VietDoor)	1.13
Form transparency at a glance Updated: 25 Aug 2011 This project will be generating a form with shape similar to Windows Phone 7. VB.NET, .NET, Dev	Shahan Ayyub
Dialog & Windows - Windows 2000 Styles			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
CFileDialogST v1.0 Updated: 25 Jun 2001 A CFileDialog implementation using APIs. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Davide Calabro	4.92
Making any application transparent in Windows 2000/XP Updated: 7 Jul 2003 This article discusses how the layering feature in Windows 2000 and Windows XP can be used to make any application transparent even when its source is not available VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	abhinaba	4.91
Windows 2000 Style Wizards Updated: 23 May 2000 Create Windows 2000 style Wizards with white backgrounds VC6, MFC, Dev	Robert Pittenger, MCPD-EAD	4.88
Producing translucent dialog boxes and windows without flickering Updated: 6 Aug 2002 Enhancing window fade-in to render common controls correctly and to allow the window to remain transparent after the fade-in VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	-Kirill-	4.71
FaderWnd - a Window Fader for Windows 2000 Updated: 28 Jun 2000 An MFC class to fade any window with only one line of code. VC6, Win2K, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	P J Pearson	4.57
Office 2000 style File Dialogs for Win 95/98/NT/Me Updated: 19 Oct 2003 Ever wanted to use the new Office 2000 file dialogs on Win 95/98/NT/Me, including the file previewing? Well now you can. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	David Wulff	4.52
CLayeredWindowHelperST v1.0 Updated: 17 Feb 2002 A wrapper class for transparent windows VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Davide Calabro	4.41
Windows 2000 Common File Dialog Updated: 16 May 2000 How to show the new Common File Dialog in MFC Apps in Windows 2000. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Keyvan Saneinejad	4.21
Easy to use file finding dialog Updated: 19 Mar 2001 An easy to use multi-threaded dialog class that will search disks for files. Similar to Explorer's "Find Files of Folders" tool. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	C^hris L^osinger	3.67
Screen Mate Updated: 28 Mar 2001 Windows 2000 introduces a new extended window style bit WS_EX_LAYERED that can significantly improve performance and add great visual effects. VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Hirosh	3.49
Dialog & Windows - Windows Common dialogs			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
CFormatDriveDialog - A wrapper class for the undocumented SHFormatDrive API function Updated: 27 Aug 2002 A wrapper class for SHFormatDrive (XP/2K only). Corrects some errors in KB article Q173688 VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Nish Sivakumar	5.00
Hacking FontDialog Updated: 23 Aug 2008 How to hide UI elements of a FontDialog (e.g., Font Size). C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), Windows, .NET, Win32, GDI+, Dev	legcsabi	5.00
Multiple Selection in a File Dialog Updated: 23 Nov 2002 Shows how to do multiple file selection in a file dialog without having to worry about the size of the buffers VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	PJ Arends	4.92
Extend OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog Using WPF Updated: 24 Sep 2010 Customize OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog using a WPF Window C# (C#3.0), Windows (WinXP, Vista, Win7), .NET (.NET3.0, .NET3.5), Win32, Win64, Visual-Studio (VS2008, VS2010), XAML, WPF, Dev, .NET4	dmihailescu	4.91
A class based on CFileDialog that provides easy image preview Updated: 22 Mar 2004 Browse your images with a file open dialog and see what you've selected VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev	Rob Manderson	4.90
Implementing a Read-Only 'File Open' or 'File Save' Common Dialog Updated: 26 Jan 2004 Some interesting customization techniques are presented for making the 'File' common dialogs read-only. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	dkotchan	4.89
XFileDialog - Customizing CFileDialog Updated: 23 Jun 2003 XFileDialog demonstrates how to customize CFileDialog by adding a MRU combobox for folders. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Hans Dietrich	4.86
UDL.Net, A ConnectionString Editor Built from Scratch Updated: 24 Feb 2010 UDL.Net is a ConnectionString editor built from scratch, modeled after the Universal Data Link (UDL) and the Visual Studio DataConnectionDialog. C#2.0, C#3.0, C#4.0, Windows, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, ADO.NET, DBA, Dev, WinForm	aztekka	4.81
CSoundFileDlg - An Open/Save dilaog for sound files with Preview (or prelisten) Updated: 25 Oct 2002 The CSoundFileDlg Class allows you to use a file open dialog for sound files, but allows yow to hear the sound before open it. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	lvidaguren	4.58
FilterBuilder Updated: 27 Oct 2009 FilterBuilder is a simple utility allowing you to easily create dialog filters VB (VB9.0), .NET (.NET3.5), Visual-Studio (VS2008), Dev, WinForm	Ant2100	4.55
Remote Control of Microsoft FileDialog Class (OpenFileDialog) Updated: 23 Nov 2009 Remote control of Microsoft FileDialog class (OpenFileDialog) C# (C#1.0, C#2.0, C#3.0), Windows (WinXP, Vista), .NET (.NET2.0, .NET3.0), Win32, Visual-Studio (VS2005, VS2008), Dev, WinForm	avramik	4.50
Customizing the Windows Common File Open Dialog Updated: 19 Nov 1999 VC6, MFC, Dev	Shankar Chandra Bose	4.31
Select file or folder from the same dialog Updated: 30 Nov 2009 A relatively straightforward method to give users the option to select either a file or folder using the same dialog, in managed code. C#, Windows, .NET2.0, .NET3.0, .NET3.5, Visual-Studio, Dev, WinForm	stankovski	4.29
Select Folder dialog with a difference Updated: 24 Aug 2000 The Windows 'Select Folder' dialog with some extra functionality. VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev	Sridhar Rao	4.22
Xgui - A set of Photoshop-like color pickers Updated: 15 May 2002 An MFC Compliant adobe Photoshop-like Color Picker from xgui VC6, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	jack Mesic	4.20
Using the CFindReplaceDialog class Updated: 9 Dec 2002 How to use the CFindReplaceDialog dialog for text searching VC6, Win2K, MFC, Dev	Tibor Blazko	4.14
Adding filters to the Open File dialog Updated: 24 Nov 1999 Adding filters to the Open File dialog. VC6, MFC, Dev	Anneke Sicherer-Roetman	4.10
How to show a dialog to let users browse for and select a folder Updated: 30 Aug 2002 Shows how to use Windows shell functions to browse folders VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev	Mingming Lu	3.70
The CResizeableFileDialog class Updated: 29 Dec 2003 How to make the Windows Common Dialogs resizeable VC6, Windows, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Tibor Blazko	3.67
Resizing subclassed CFileDialog and adding a 'Select All' button Updated: 1 Jan 2002 This article shows how to subclass the CFileDialog dialog and add a 'Select All' button VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Fotios	3.63
Customizing the "Browse for folder" dialog Updated: 20 Apr 2003 This Program customizes the "Browse For folder dialog" with a few lines of code... VC6, VC7, MFC, Dev	Yogesh M Joshi.	3.47
Removing filters from the Windows Common File Open Dialog Updated: 22 Nov 1999 Removing filters from the Windows Common File Open Dialog. C++, Visual-Studio, MFC, Dev	Sridhar Rao	3.43
Common File Dialog in Thumbnails View Updated: 2 Nov 2004 An article on how to change File Dialog Initial view. VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev	Boaz Harrosh	3.36
Customizing "Browse for folder" dialog Part - II Updated: 26 Apr 2003 Adding and subclassing the custom controls VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev	Yogesh M Joshi.	3.23
Common Dialog Box - XP Style Updated: 10 May 2007 How to implement a Common dialog box - XP style. VB8.0, Windows, .NET2.0, Visual-Studio, Dev	Alaa Jebran	3.07
CYABFFW: Yet Another BrowseForFolder Wrapper Updated: 12 Jun 2007 Yet another wrapper for the ::BrowseForFolder function VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev	Sp1ff	2.89

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