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Title / Updated Author Score  
CPPToolTip v2.1
Updated: 4 Mar 2005  
A class that allows you to display your data for a control as tooltip
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Eugene Pustovoyt 4.83
Creating a Splash Screen that runs without a message pump
Updated: 14 Mar 2007  
How to create a Splash Screen that can start before the main application thread.
C#, Windows, .NET, Dev
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 4.79
Divider Panel - A tutorial on creating a custom Windows Forms control from Start to Toolbox
Updated: 13 Sep 2004  
A tutorial on building a custom C# Windows Forms control, covering topics such as inheritance, attributes, overrides, documentation, designers, signing and VS.Net ToolBox integration.
C#.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev
Furty 4.77
Simple Performance Chart
Updated: 8 Feb 2007  
A simple Performance Chart/Monitoring Control
C# 2.0.NET 2.0, WinXP, Win2003, GDI+, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
eclipse2k1 4.76
Designing a Windows Control - Part 1
Updated: 7 Nov 2002  
How to design a commercial quality Windows control
VC6, VC7, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Andreas Saurwein Franci Gonçalves 4.76
Applying an update UI notification interface to user-defined controls
Updated: 30 Jul 2000  
A C++/MFC sample how to implement UI notifications for user-defined controls
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Bernd Giesen 4.73
RichTextBoxExtended
Updated: 21 Jun 2006  
A RichTextBox with a richtext toolbar.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1, GDI+, VS.NET2003, Dev
Richard Parsons 4.69
Your Internet Explorer's Secrets
Updated: 3 Mar 2009  
See (and delete) what your Internet Explorer knows about you
C# 2.0WinXP, VistaVS2005, Dev
Thomas Denzel 4.68
Pure C# .NET Desktop Color Picker With Magnifying Glass
Updated: 2 Feb 2007  
A desktop color picker with magnifying glass written in C# 2.0 without using APIs with DllImport or something else.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
nd1279 4.68
Creating Custom Controls
Updated: 11 May 2000  
An introduction to creating custom controls using MFC
VC6, MFC, Dev
Chris Maunder 4.64
Working with MS Excel(xls / xlsx) Using MDAC and Oledb - Unedited
Updated: 9 Jun 2009  
This article simplifies your work with MS Excel (both xls and xlsx) using Oledb and Microsoft Data Access. Simple demonstration to create/modify/delete excel for both windows and web is provided.
C#, VB, Windows, .NET, Dev
Abhishek Sur 4.61
Creating a custom Windows control: step-by-step tutorial
Updated: 23 Mar 2003  
How to create a custom Windows control (one of possible methods) and how to write MFC front-end class for it.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Yuriy Zabroda 4.61
Edit Almost Anything- Part 1
Updated: 24 Sep 2004  
Article to accompany source for controls to edit a wide range of data types and/or complex DataSets
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1, ADO.NET, VS.NET2003, Dev
Declan Brennan 4.60
DropDownPanel
Updated: 11 Feb 2007  
A template for custom ComboBoxes
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
Alexander Stojakovic 4.58
Create your own controls - the art of subclassing
Updated: 25 Oct 2001  
An introduction to subclassing the Windows common controls using MFC
VC6, MFC, Dev
Chris Maunder 4.49
A C# IP Address Control
Updated: 28 Apr 2008  
A C# analogue to the MFC CIPAddressCtrl
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
mid=5741 4.48
Visual Style Element Browser
Updated: 12 Feb 2008  
A simple tree which exposes the different VisualStyleElements available in NET 2.0
C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows
jkristia 4.47
Writing your Custom Control: step by step
Updated: 31 Mar 2002  
Making a cute button of two semi-transparent user-changeble colors
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Alexandr_K 4.38
GridView CheckBox Selection With a Twist
Updated: 27 Jan 2007  
How to implement GridView Checkbox selection.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
azamsharp 4.36
Adding controls to a dialog
Updated: 23 Mar 2001  
An entry level tutorial on using one of the Windows Common Controls in a dialog.
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Wolfram Steinke 4.32
Custom shaped form with a drop down in C#
Updated: 5 Mar 2007  
A simple way to create custom forms in C#
C#, Windows, .NETVS.NET2003, Dev
mredlon 4.20
Scrollbars, using the WS_HSCROLL and WS_VSCROLL styles
Updated: 13 Jun 2002  
How to use a CWnd's default scrollbars and to setup the thumb size correctly
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Roger Allen 4.19
xpButton - XP Enabled Button Control
Updated: 5 Mar 2007  
XP-enabled button control to change the look and feel of Windows application
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
A. Bhandari a.k.a Amit Bhandari 4.18
Two simple workarounds for the ReportViewer problems
Updated: 4 Jan 2007  
An article on the ReportViewer Problems.
C++, C#, Windows, .NET 2.0, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Afrasiab Cheraghi 4.17
Understand .NET Scrollbars
Updated: 28 Dec 2004  
Thumb Size, Paging, and Sub-Paging issues.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Marc Clifton 3.98
Your first C# control
Updated: 20 Nov 2000  
A very simple introduction to writing your first .NET control
C#, VC7.NET 1.0, Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev
Troy Marchand 3.96
Use of Isolated Storage (A Simple Demo)
Updated: 28 Jul 2008  
The article will help you to use Isolated Storage Classes
C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Win32, Win64, Visual Studio (VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS2008), CEO, Architect, DBA, Dev, QA, Design, SysAdmin, Sales, Marketing
Abhishek Sur 3.72
C# Validating TextBox Control
Updated: 20 Jul 2002  
A TextBox Control with Input Validation written in C#
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Martin Haesemeyer 3.50
3D Thermometer Control
Updated: 2 Feb 2007  
3D Thermometer Control Drawn with GDI Plus
C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
JJMatthews 3.29
Creating Dynamic form and making the content fit
Updated: 16 Jan 2007  
How to create dynamic form and organizing its content in a very simple way
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
David Domingues 3.10
Creating a control with the .NET SDK using C#
Updated: 17 Oct 2000  
A quickstart guide to creating your first control in C#
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, Visual Studio, Dev
Norm .net 2.75
xpLabel - XP Enabled Label Control
Updated: 10 Feb 2007  
XP-enabled label control to change the look and feel of Windows application
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
A. Bhandari a.k.a Amit Bhandari 2.40
Hooking into My Namespace
Updated: 13 Dec 2007  
Describes and gives 2 examples of using a hook into My namespace to add functionality
VB
Indrora 2.33
A Simple Cross-platform Program
Updated: 13 Aug 2009  
How to write a program that allows a simple game to run on Linux and Windows
C++, C, VB, Windows (WinXP, Vista), Linux, Visual Studio
carl morey 2.25
using Slider Control in a good example - Unedited
Updated: 5 Mar 2008  
easy line encrypter decrypter
C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI
Kusay J. Mohammed 2.08
Embed Web Video - Unedited
Updated: 12 Dec 2007  
Embed Web Video in your desktop application
VB (VB 8.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.5), WinForms, Dev
cannalane 2.00
Custom Flashing Button control.
Updated: 14 Jan 2007  
How to create custom control that inherit button and add flashing feature (which highlight attention from user or indicate ongoing activity)
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
riscy 1.93
What is Service Oriented Architecture? - Unedited
Updated: 14 Mar 2008  
Article Briefly Describes Service Oriented Architecture
Architect
EmersioN 1.84
Window Services - Unedited
Updated: 17 Apr 2008  
How to create windows service
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0), .NET (.NET 2.0), Design
TangoCharli (Anant Tiwari) 1.84
Char Ribbon - Unedited
Updated: 1 Mar 2008  
A simple Ribbon Control Library
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows (WinXP, Vista), Visual Studio, GDI+
Bubblez 1.83
Console User Information Creater - Unedited
Updated: 7 Dec 2007  
Creates User Information from Input into a Text File - C#
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC, Embedded), .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Mono, DotGNU, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5)
sdk_codemaker_2005 1.50
Creating Custom dialog box using Enumeration - Unedited
Updated: 9 Jun 2008  
Creating Custom dialog box using Enumeration
C# (C# 2.0), .NET (.NET 2.0), WinForms, Dev
Suraj Rai 1.31
Disable Ctrl+Alt+Del Windows XP - Unedited
Updated: 12 Sep 2008  
A very simple way of doing it.
C++ (VC6), C, VB (VB 6), ASM, Windows (WinXP), Win32, Visual Studio, MFC, COM
gabrielmaldi 1.27

Miscellaneous Controls - Charting Controls

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Title / Updated Author Score  
HBarChart
Updated: 10 Jul 2008  
HBarChart is a simple C# control. It helps you develop your own charts quickly and print them easily.
C#, .NET (.NET 2.0), Visual Studio (VS2005), GDI+, Dev
Hamed Mosavi 4.88
Expression Plotter Control
Updated: 28 May 2008  
A control that plots any number and any combination of mathematical expressions in rectangular or polar mode
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, Visual Studio, GDI+, Dev
Syed Mehroz Alam 4.81
CBarChart
Updated: 13 Feb 2007  
CBarChart is a simple MFC control derived from CWnd. It can load data from a table or a stored procedure using ODBC.
VC6.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, .NET 3.0, MFC, Dev
Hamed Mosavi 4.79
High-speed Charting Control
Updated: 7 Aug 2009  
A flexible charting control to display 2D data
C++ (VC6, VC7), Windows (Win2K), Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Cedric Moonen 4.79
2D Graph ActiveX Control
Updated: 5 Aug 2003  
An ActiveX control for 2D data visualisation
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Nikolai Teofilov 4.79
An Improved Analog Meter Control
Updated: 19 Jun 2000  
An Analog Meter Control for displaying real-time data
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Mark C. Malburg 4.74
Write Your Own Bar Chart Winforms User Control
Updated: 21 Aug 2007  
An article on how to create a Bar Chart Winforms User control
C# 1.0, Windows, .NET 1.1, WinForms, VS.NET2003, Dev
Nagasai Mattegunta 4.71
CHistogramCtrl, a windows 2000 like histogram control
Updated: 12 Apr 2001  
A histogram control that is used to plot specified values within the defined range (limits)
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Mehdi Mousavi 4.67
Plot Graphic Library
Updated: 7 May 2003  
A library to plot data (lines, maps...) in MFC projects.
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Jonathan de Halleux 4.65
Scientific charting control
Updated: 17 Jan 2005  
Multi-purpose scientific charting control.
VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
Gunnar Bolle 4.64
Oscilloscope/StripChart Control
Updated: 17 Jan 2000  
A control that graphically displays numerical information
VC6, MFC, Dev
Mark C. Malburg 4.62
NSChart Control
Updated: 7 Aug 2004  
This control creates a chart in a dialog with Pie and Bar styles.
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Ivan Cachicatari 4.53
Transfer Data from MSFlexGrid to Graph Chart
Updated: 30 May 2008  
View one row numeric data of MSFlexGrid as Graph Chart
VB (VB 6), Windows (WinXP), GDI
Mostafa Kaisoun 4.50
A 2D data visualisation class
Updated: 20 Mar 2000  
A comprehensive set of classes for displaying 2 dimensional data
VC6, MFC, Dev
Paul Barvinko 4.49
C2DPushGraph: A Push Graph Control
Updated: 24 Apr 2005  
A push graph control similiar to the graph control located in Microsoft's Task Manager.
VC6, MFC, Dev
Stuart Konen 4.40
Gantt Chart
Updated: 2 Oct 2008  
Adds an easy to use Gantt chart to your application.
VB, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
Adagio.81 4.38
How to print an ActiveX MSChart control
Updated: 4 Aug 2002  
A demonstration of printing or print previewing a MsChart component
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Victor Porter 4.27
Analog Meter Class
Updated: 18 Jan 2000  
A control that displays a numerical value as an analog meter
VC6, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Mark C. Malburg 4.16
Custom Control Graph and Process Bar
Updated: 13 Dec 2006  
An article on a Win32 custom graph control and process bar creation.
C++, C, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Shanmuga Sundar.V 4.16
Charts for Windows Application using C#
Updated: 7 Apr 2009  
Create charts using inbuilt functions of .NET Framework in window application and C#
C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), GDI+, WinForms, Architect, Dev, Design
satishsuthar 4.13
Pie Chart Control
Updated: 18 Aug 2001  
This control creates a simple Pie Chart in a dialog
VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev
Yuheng Zhao 4.11
A Spectrum Analyzer at your desktop
Updated: 16 May 2004  
A control for charting and graphing, especially for Spectrum Analyzer.
VC6, MFC, Dev
Mehdi Ebrahimian 4.03
Using the MS Chart control in VC++
Updated: 14 Jun 2003  
Setting data and labels on the MS Chart control using VC++
VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev
Alex C. Punnen 3.95
Chart and Pie for data with hole
Updated: 3 May 2002  
Chart and Pie for data with hole.
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Tingshao Zhu 3.71
Avoiding the MSChart EditCopy / Legend bug in MFC
Updated: 1 Feb 2005  
A workaround to the ActiveX MSChart control EditCopy / Legend bug in MFC.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Hans-Christian Andersen 3.67
Bar Graph Control
Updated: 5 Feb 2007  
A useful bar graph control, derived from CStatic.
VC6, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
Shaibujan 3.55

Miscellaneous Controls - Colour Selection Controls

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Title / Updated Author Score  
XColorDialog - an MFC color picker control that displays a color hexagon and a color spectrum - Unedited
Updated: 5 Apr 2008  
XColorDialog displays a color hexagon and a color spectrum that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models.
C++ (VC6, VC8.0), Windows, Visual Studio (VS2005), MFC, Dev
Hans Dietrich 5.00
Zeta Color Editor
Updated: 4 Jan 2009  
A flexible color selection control/form for Windows Forms 2.0
C#, WinForms
Uwe Keim 4.89
XColorSpectrumCtrl - a non-MFC color picker control that displays a color spectrum - Unedited
Updated: 4 Apr 2008  
XColorSpectrumCtrl displays a color spectrum that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models.
C++ (VC6, VC8.0), Windows, Win32, Visual Studio (VS2005), Dev
Hans Dietrich 4.88
CGradient and CGradientCtrl
Updated: 29 Jan 2003  
A pair of classes for rendering and editing colourful washes
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Joel Holdsworth 4.87
XColorHexagonCtrl - a non-MFC color picker control that displays a color hexagon - Unedited
Updated: 4 Apr 2008  
XColorHexagonCtrl displays a color hexagon that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models.
C++ (VC6, VC8.0), Windows, Win32, Visual Studio (VS2005), Dev
Hans Dietrich 4.84
My Version of the Ubiquitous Color Picker
Updated: 3 Nov 2009  
An article describing a color picker with independent control of seven variables and dynamically updating slider backgrounds.
C# 3.0Vista, .NET 3.5, WPF, VS2008, Dev
Donald Wingate 4.80
XColourPicker - yet another colour picker control
Updated: 9 Jan 2006  
XColourPicker is a simple drop-in colour picker.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev, Design
Hans Dietrich 4.78
Office 97 style Colour Picker control
Updated: 8 Dec 2007  
A simple drop in color chooser control
VC6, MFC, Dev
Chris Maunder 4.77
ColorPicker - ColorPicker with a compact footprint (VB.NET)
Updated: 8 Apr 2009  
An RGB/HSB color selection control with an eye-dropper and quick swatches.
VB 8.0, Windows, .NET, GDI+, Dev
SSDiver2112 4.68
CColourPickerXP - a Theme-aware Colour Picker with 2 Styles.
Updated: 1 Jul 2003  
An theme-aware colour picker MFC control that combines the functionalities of other colour pickers on CodeProject and adds some new functionality.
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Zorglab 4.66
ColorFinder - Retrieve the color of any pixel on the Desktop
Updated: 30 Sep 2003  
This article discusses the ColorFinder application that can be used to retrieve the color of any pixel on the desktop in various formats
VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
abhinaba 4.64
XColorPickerXP - an MFC color picker control with themed look - Unedited
Updated: 9 Apr 2008  
XColorPickerXP is a simple drop-in color picker based on CComboBox that pops up color selection grid.
C++ (VC6, VC8.0), Windows, Visual Studio (VS2005), MFC, Dev
Hans Dietrich 4.57
An HSV/RGBA colour picker
Updated: 4 Apr 2006  
An easy-to-use colour picker complete with RGB, HSV and alpha sliders.
VC7.1, Windows, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
nico80 4.50
CustomControl: Colors ComboBox
Updated: 16 Jan 2007  
Allows your users to select only colors included in your list
C# 1.0, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
zeltera 4.27
Adobe Eyedropper Control
Updated: 18 May 2009  
A screen picker control that can be dropped into any .NET project.
C# (C# 3.0), Windows, WinForms, Architect, Design
Richard Blythe 4.08
Color Picker Combo Box
Updated: 20 Mar 2009  
Using the ComboBox control as a color picker.
C#, Windows (WinXP), WinForms, Architect, Dev, Design
Renukakrishnan 4.00
Cool Colour Selector Including Hue, Saturation, and Lumination
Updated: 9 Nov 2006  
This colour selector helps to make selecting colours more efficient
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
lhayes00 3.46
RGB Editor
Updated: 17 Apr 2003  
RGB Color Coder
VC6, MFC, Dev
Barretto VN 2.91

Miscellaneous Controls - Custom Controls

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Title / Updated Author Score  
AnimatedRollupControl with C++/CLI
Updated: 24 Aug 2008  
3dsMax style rollup control animated in C++/CLI
C++ (VC8.0), C++/CLI, Windows (Vista), .NET (.NET 2.0), Visual Studio (VS2008), Dev
Steve Katic 5.00
Fingerprint Reader Integration using the M2SYS SDK
Updated: 10 Aug 2009  
An article exploring integrating a fingerprint reader into a user's application
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows (WinXP, Win2003, Vista), Win32, SQL Server (SQL 2008), Visual Studio (VS2008), LINQ, Hardware, Architect, Dev, Sales, Marketing
brunzefb 5.00
Custom Drawn Scrollbar
Updated: 28 Aug 2009  
An article about creating a custom scrollbar control
C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows (WinXP, Vista), .NET, Visual Studio (VS2008), GDI+, WinForms, Dev
Thomas Duwe 4.93
Formula Editor
Updated: 15 Apr 2003  
Formula-editor for editing and exporting mathematical content
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
tbw 4.84
XAnalogClock - a skinnable analog clock
Updated: 20 Jul 2006  
XAnalogClock displays a nice-looking skinnable analog clock in a small memory footprint.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Hans Dietrich 4.82
CPPDumpCtrl - version 1.2
Updated: 19 Aug 2002  
Class for view and edit data in Hex, Dec, Bin, Oct, Ascii formats
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Eugene Pustovoyt 4.82
Standard CustomValidator Textbox
Updated: 4 Jun 2008  
The Custom Control eliminates the use of adding validators for each and every textbox added. Just by setting a couple of properties we can make our textbox validate credit card numbers, phone numbers or any other Custom expression. It provides some other built in functionalities.
VB, Windows, .NET 3.0, Dev
Vivek Bhatnagar 4.77
Column Separator Control
Updated: 27 Apr 2004  
A control to split text into fixed width columns
VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
Vladimir L. 4.76
CWindowScroller
Updated: 20 Mar 2003  
An MFC control for adding middle mouse button scrolling to any CWnd derived window
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
PJ Arends 4.76
Fancy controls
Updated: 23 Nov 2001  
A new set of classes for a fancy look
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Massimo Colurcio 4.75
Advanced Checkers Control
Updated: 28 Nov 2001  
A High performance "Disk Optimizer" like status display class
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Leo Moll 4.74
A simple C# library for graph plotting
Updated: 8 Jul 2009  
An easy to use C# library for quick and simple graph plotting.
C# 2.0.NET 2.0, WinXP, Vista, GDI+, Dev
Zimmermann Stephan 4.73
XScrollBar - Scroll bar like Windows Media Player's
Updated: 2 Sep 2008  
XScrollBar is a scroll bar that may be displayed with optional thumb color, thumb gripper, and channel color
C++ (VC6, VC8.0), Windows (WinXP, Vista), MFC, Dev
Hans Dietrich 4.69
gTrackBar - A Custom TrackBar UserControl (VB.NET)
Updated: 15 Apr 2009  
TrackBar with custom coloring, value display, label, and increment buttons
VB (VB 8.0), .NET (.NET 2.0), GDI+, Dev
SSDiver2112 4.69
CFlowchartEditor - linking things in CDiagramEditor
Updated: 5 Jul 2006  
A flowchart editor with linked objects, based on CDiagramEditor.
VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
Johan Rosengren 4.69
Report control - with category
Updated: 14 Oct 2005  
A report control - with category.
VC6, VC7, VC7.1WinXP, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
andre arpin 4.69
Ruler Control
Updated: 30 Sep 2002  
Custom CRulerWnd control
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
HAMZADAYI 4.68
Led Font Creator with Scrolling Display
Updated: 18 Sep 2008  
A led display with a character editor
C# 2.0, C# 3.0, Windows, .NET 3.0, GDI+, Design
t.a berglund 4.67
Report control - an Outlook 2000 style SuperGrid Report Control
Updated: 14 Jun 2001  
An Outlook 98/2000 Style SuperGrid Report Control that tries to overcome some of the weaknesses of other implementations.
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Maarten Hoeben 4.66
CBalloonMsg - An Easy-to-use Non-modal Balloon Alternative to AfxMessageBox
Updated: 1 Apr 2008  
Makes it easy to use a balloon tooltip to convey hints/messages non-modally
C++ (VC7.1, VC8.0), Windows (WinXP, Vista), MFC, Dev
Paul Roberts 4.66
Multimedia PeakMeter Control
Updated: 25 Jun 2002  
Multimedia Meter Control - ala WinAmp.
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Ernest Laurentin 4.62
C# avionic instrument controls - Unedited
Updated: 17 Jul 2008  
The aim of this C# project is to purpose six aircraft cockpit instruments usable in forms as any other C# controls
C# (C# 2.0), .NET (.NET 2.0)
Chootair 4.62
A C# Track Editor
Updated: 2 Nov 2008  
This application is designed to put way points on a track map picture and to set the height of the track points in order to produce a TXT or XML file which resumes the track information.
C#, .NET, Dev
Chootair 4.61
Java 'Swing' style components written in MFC
Updated: 23 May 2000  
A set of MFC classes the duplicate the Java Swing look and feel
VC6, Java, Win2K, MFC, Dev
Abhijit Bhole 4.57
Balloon Help as a non-modal replacement for MessageBox()
Updated: 7 Aug 2002  
Although sometimes useful, message boxes used to display information are often just annoying. This article describes a non-modal replacement.
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Shog9 4.55
MS Outlook style Calendar
Updated: 6 Aug 2005  
A custom CWnd derived control which simulates the functionality of MS Outlook Calendar control.
VC6, VC7.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev
Rolando E. Cruz-Marshall 4.53
Color Picker with Color Wheel and Eye Dropper
Updated: 9 Dec 2007  
Color picker with color wheel and eye dropper
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Dev
jkristia 4.52
Numeric UpDown Control for Hardware Control Applications or Yet Another SpinEdit
Updated: 18 Jun 2008  
An article on numeric Up/Down control with some unique features useful for hardware control applications
C#, .NET, WinForms, Dev
Igor Voynovskyy 4.52
LineTracker: A CRectTracker-like Class for Lines
Updated: 9 Apr 2002  
This class will track lines like CRectTracker tracks rects
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Dana Holt 4.52
Delphi/VB/VS.NET-style ObjectInspector Control
Updated: 4 Aug 2001  
A Delphi-Style Object Inspector
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Gunnar Bolle 4.50
Rollup Control
Updated: 16 Dec 2003  
A 3DSMax like Rollup control
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Johann Nadalutti 4.50
Creating a Multi-Page Windows Forms Control with Design Time Support
Updated: 1 Apr 2009  
A step-by-step guide to creating a control and adding design time support to it
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5)VS.NET2003, VS2005, VS2008, Dev
Kirill Osipov 4.50
DayView - An Outlook Like Appointment View
Updated: 10 Nov 2002  
An activeX control that mimics the behaviour of Microsoft Outlook 2000/XP Appointment list view
VC6, VB 6Win2K, MFC, ATL, Dev
Christian S Andersen 4.49
CXPGroupBox -- XP style groupbox and window style groupbox
Updated: 21 Apr 2004  
This class allows you to create XP style groupbox and window style groupbox.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
JackCa 4.48
EnumButtonGroup: An Alternative for Binding Enumerated Values to Buttons
Updated: 12 Dec 2008  
A Windows Forms user-control that allows binding of enumerated values to a group of buttons, both at design-time and run-time.
C#, Windows, .NET 3.5, WinForms, VS2008, Dev
Adrian Cole 4.44
Office XP look & feel controls
Updated: 22 Jan 2002  
Some controls (toolbar, button, combobox, ...) with the Office XP look and feel.
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Jean-Michel LE FOL 4.44
Editable Date Picker
Updated: 24 Jan 2008  
Fully editable date picker control based on CDateTimeCtrl
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Paul S. Vickery 4.43
Custom Control using C# For Virtual Directory in IIS
Updated: 16 Dec 2007  
This is a Windows based Custom control to Create, Delete Virtual Directory in IIS and we can set all properties like default page, ASP.NET version, Authentication Type through it.
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
Abhijit Jana 4.41
Mouse Position over Image in a PictureBox
Updated: 18 Mar 2008  
A custom control derived from the PictureBox control that demonstrates how to obtain the position of the mouse relative to the Image
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, Dev
bambitlaw 4.38
A Spin Edit control with popup trackbar
Updated: 22 Apr 2004  
An implementation of the spin-edit control used in Jasc Paint Shop Pro
VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Windows, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
John Gonzalez 4.37
Thumbnail Picture Control
Updated: 23 Oct 2002  
A MFC thumbnail picture control
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Rex Fong 4.36
Owner Drawn Resizable Control
Updated: 30 Jan 2007  
Creating a custom control that you can resize at runtime from all four corners.
VB, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, WinForms, Dev
Ray Cassick 4.25
Developing Rating Bar
Updated: 10 Mar 2009  
An advance rating control for .NET
C#, Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0), Win32, Visual Studio (VS2005), GDI+, WinForms
Xmen W.K. 4.25
CBFViewCtrl (BigFile Viewer Controller)
Updated: 9 Sep 2004  
Controller that allows you to view very large files
VC7.1, Windows, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
Mathias S. 4.14
An MFC ActiveX control to display trays
Updated: 15 Nov 2001  
An MFC ActiveX control to display trays and samples, with selection and cherry picking properties
VC6, MFC, Dev
Roger Allen 4.13
Notification Bar
Updated: 27 Jul 2008  
A small and easy to use notification bar like that found in IE6+ and Firefox web browsers.
C# (C# 2.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista), .NET (.NET 2.0, Mono), Linux, Dev
Cory Borrow 4.10
Odometer-style Counter Control
Updated: 25 Feb 2002  
Create an odometer-style counter, with revolving digits,
VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
svarrati 4.00
CGroupCheckBox control
Updated: 16 May 2004  
A fully automated groupbox and checkbox for controling the state of its surrounded controls
VC6WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
RancidCrabtree 4.00
Building multi-control components using IExtenderProvider
Updated: 10 Feb 2009  
In this article, I will show you a technique for building multi-control components using the IExtenderProvider.
C# 2.0, C# 3.0, .NET, WinXP, Vista, WinForms, Dev
Adrian Pasik 4.00
CScrollCtrl: An autoscrolling text control
Updated: 9 Mar 2002  
Display autoscrolling text with logo and patterned background. Useful for about dialogs, misc fluff.
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Shog9 3.95
Vista Internet Explorer 7 Style Navigate Button Control
Updated: 25 Feb 2008  
Imitate a Vista Internet Explorer 7 style navigate button control
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0VS2005, VS2008, Dev
YuReng 3.79
Owner-Draw Control Example: A Color Table Generator
Updated: 4 Feb 2002  
A control for generating colour gradients
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Joseph M. Newcomer 3.76
Week hours planning control
Updated: 6 Aug 2002  
An article on making a week hours planning control
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Mourad DEBBAH 3.67
RichTextBox with Search Line Numbering, Bulleting, Printing, Searching Support
Updated: 22 May 2007  
A reusable control which overcomes the limitations of rich text box of VS.NET 2.0
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows (WinXP), .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0), Visual Studio (VS.NET2003, VS2005), Architect, Dev, Design
samir41180 3.55
CFunctionEdit - A custom control for n-tuple input v1.2
Updated: 17 Nov 2003  
A custom control for n-tuple input.
VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev
Cagdas Calik 3.50
DropDownWithAutoComplete
Updated: 25 Jun 2008  
The Custom Control shows up a list item in the dropdown as it is typed.
VB, Dev
Vivek Bhatnagar 3.41
An MFC Calculator Custom Control with No Resource File Dependencies
Updated: 5 Aug 2004  
A re-usable calculator custom control which works and looks like a hand held calculator, which can be used in any MFC application by simply adding a cpp and a h file to the project (no resource file dependencies).
VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
peterboulton 3.36
CInputBox
Updated: 21 Jun 2004  
A CDialog derived class that provides functionality similar to the VB InputBox function
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Mustafa Demirhan 3.16
Integrated Properties View
Updated: 9 Mar 2004  
An application integrated Properties View
VC6, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
Dan Bloomquist 2.81
Button TreeView Control - Unedited
Updated: 27 Sep 2008  
Button Tree View is a Tree View Control where nodes are not label control or text box control nodes but button Control
C# 1.0, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
milton cse00 2.76
CBTAngleWnd: A cool rotation angle custom control with full source code!
Updated: 27 Oct 2003  
It implements the angle custom control, a circle with a line indicating a rotation angle. Give your application a professional look now!
VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev
ucc801 2.64
Color CButton, CEdit and CDialog using CAdvancedComponent - Unedited
Updated: 3 Nov 2008  
Using CAdvancedComponent to change background, foreground and other colors on CButton, CEdit and CDialog
C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), Windows, Visual Studio
Loack_ 2.11

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Title / Updated Author Score  
Change Local IIS Home Path from Explorer Context Menu
Updated: 1 Sep 2008  
Change local IIS home path from explorer context menu
C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows (WinXP), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Win32, IIS, Dev
Sean Rock 5.00
Todolist for Linux
Updated: 26 Jan 2008  
A simple todolist designed for an Asus Eee Pc
C# (C# 2.0).NET 2.0, Mono
Andy Aspell-Clark 5.00
How To Use Debug
Updated: 30 Jun 2009  
How to use debug
ASM, Hardware
siyahdeniz 5.00
RPC Plumming (Common tools and utilities)
Updated: 12 Aug 2009  
Plumming, tools, utilities.
C# 3.0, C# 4.0.NET 3.5, .NET 4.0, Dev
René Paw Christensen 5.00
Just Testing - Unedited
Updated: 25 Aug 2009  
This is bold Formatted Heading  Yup! I can edit your post. Now this could be useful :)BTW I accepted you answer, just to see what happened. Haven't noticed anything significant yet.
VB, Windows, All Topics, SysAdmin
Christian Graus 5.00
GMarkupLabel - A C# Windows Forms control to display XML-formatted text
Updated: 25 Nov 2008  
A framework, and a WinForms control which enables .NET 2.0 users to visualize XML-formatted rich text.
C#.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, GDI+, WinForms, Dev
Georgi Atanasov 4.94
The forceful implementation of features
Updated: 4 Jul 2009  
Apple’s Safari, unfortunately is missing some functionality that I require to surf the web. With the plugin API being currently unavailable, I decided to implement it on my own using DLL Injection and Hooking.
C++, Dev
GD_Patrick 4.92
Rich Design Time Editing with UITypeEditors (VB.NET)
Updated: 24 Dec 2008  
How to use UITypeEditors, Smart Tags, ControlDesigner Verbs, and Expandable Properties to make design-time editing easier.
VB 8.0, GDI+, Design
SSDiver2112 4.88
TaskbarNotifier, a skinnable MSN Messenger-like popup in C# and now in VB.NET too
Updated: 30 Mar 2003  
The TaskbarNotifier class allows to display an MSN Messenger-like animated popup with a skinned background
C#, VB, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
John O'Byrne 4.87
An MFC Curve Control
Updated: 19 Dec 2004  
An article on a curve control.
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Sunjoy Chen 4.87
UMLEditor - revisiting the vector editor
Updated: 5 Jul 2006  
An UML editor with code-generation capabilities derived from CDiagramEditor.
VC6, Windows, MFC, Architect, Dev
Johan Rosengren 4.87
Windows 7 Ribbon – Part 1 – How to Integrate a Simple Ribbon to your MFC Application? - Unedited
Updated: 3 Jul 2009  
How to integrate a native Windows 7 Ribbon to your application
C++ (VC8.0, VC9.0), Windows (Win 7), Win32, MFC, COM, All Topics, Dev
Sarath. 4.87
CCalendarCtrl - A simple scrolling calendar class
Updated: 9 Nov 2006  
CCalendarCtrl is a small CWnd-based class that implements a scrolling calendar, and keyboard/mouse support for intuitive navigation and cell selection. Multiselection is possible using Ctrl and Shift, and a cell can contain several items...
VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev
Frederic Rezeau 4.87
XSudokuWnd - a control that implements the Sudoku puzzle
Updated: 19 Mar 2007  
XSudokuWnd is an MFC control that implements a solver for the popular Sudoku puzzle, based on D.E. Knuth's Dancing Links algorithm. Example projects show how to use XSudokuWnd in dialog and SDI applications.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Hans Dietrich 4.86
CSplashScreenEx : a non rectangular splash screen class with Alpha blending
Updated: 1 Oct 2002  
CSplashScreenEx allows to display a non rectangular bitmap with informations about the init of your app
VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
John O'Byrne 4.86
WndImage Control
Updated: 6 May 2002  
An easy-to-use control to display bitmaps (stretch, scale, tile)
VC6, MFC, Dev
peterchen 4.85
Anatomy of a Simple KDE Designer Application
Updated: 3 Jul 2008  
A complete beginners guide to a KDE application.
C++, Linux, Dev
pseudonym67 4.84
CSkinProgress
Updated: 11 Jul 2003  
A bitmapped progress bar in a status bar with optional completion status message
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Kochise 4.84
A Popup Progress Window
Updated: 21 Apr 2002  
A popup window containing a progress control and cancel button - no resource file needed
VC6, VC7, MFC, Dev
Chris Maunder 4.84
Moveable Resizable Objects
Updated: 9 Oct 2009  
Here is a description of an extremely powerful mechanism that makes screen objects moveable and resizable.
C#, Dev, Design
SergeyAndreyev 4.83
Outlookbar-style menu interface
Updated: 22 Jul 2003  
A control bar outlook-style that integrates with the standard menu command's framework.
VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Dheth 4.82
CKCSideBannerWnd: An MFC Banner Control that Can Add a Professional-looking Feel to Most Windows...
Updated: 6 Nov 2003  
A CWnd-derived control that can attach itself to any window, without the programmer making provisions for it
C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1)Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev
Peter Mares 4.82
CSliderCtrlEx - A slider with background colors to indicate ranges
Updated: 24 Nov 2002  
This slider allows colors/gradients to be used to indicate good, bad, or marginal ranges
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Harold Bamford 4.82
XGroupBox - an MFC groupbox control to display text and icon
Updated: 2 Sep 2008  
XGroupBox is an MFC control that displays a flicker-free groupbox with text and/or icon. You can use this to display either a standard groupbox or a header-only groupbox.
C++ (VC6, VC8.0), Windows (WinXP, Vista), MFC, Dev
Hans Dietrich 4.82
Easy! Reports
Updated: 23 Nov 2001  
A class for generating Business style reports
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Vipul Lal 4.81
How to Clone/Serialize/Copy & Paste a Windows Forms Control
Updated: 6 Feb 2006  
Clone/Serialize/Copy & Paste a Windows Forms control through serializing its properties.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1, WinForms, VS.NET2003, Dev
lxwde 4.81
CheckerCtrl
Updated: 25 Mar 2001  
A Microsoft scandisk like control (in terms of its UI) that lets you put a series of blocks on screen.
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Mehdi Mousavi 4.81
Overcome Window Flicker while Dragging with CImageList
Updated: 5 Jun 2009  
Overcome window flicker while dragging with CImageList
C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP), Win32, MFC, Dev, Design, SysAdmin
jehrry 4.80
Easily turn a ListView into a nicely printed report, complete with print preview
Updated: 23 Nov 2007  
The ListViewPrinter class takes an existing ListView and effortlessly turns it into a pretty report.
C# 2.0.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Vista, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
Phillip Piper 4.78
An Alternative Implementation of the NotifyIcon Class
Updated: 12 Apr 2002  
A wrapper class for notification icons (tray icons) with support for balloon tips.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Joel Matthias 4.78
XProgressWnd - A Popup Progress Window with optional AVI and time
Updated: 3 Nov 2008  
XProgressWnd is a popup progress window that display a progress control and optional AVI animation and estimated time left, without requiring a dialog resource.
C++, Windows (WinXP, Vista), Visual Studio (VS2005), MFC, Dev
Hans Dietrich 4.77
Burning and Erasing CD/DVD/Blu-ray Media with C# and IMAPI2
Updated: 5 May 2009  
Using the Image Mastering API in C#
C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows (WinXP, Win2003, Vista), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0), Win32, COM, Dev
Eric Haddan 4.77
CCylinderProgressControlST v1.0
Updated: 1 Jul 2003  
A GDI+ cylinder progress control
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Davide Calabro 4.76
Magic Docking - VS.NET Style
Updated: 29 Sep 2002  
Docking Windows mimicking VS.NET feature
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Phil Wright 4.76
Using the IE 5 built-in progress dialog
Updated: 6 Feb 2000  
A wrapper class for the progress dialog provided by IE 5.
VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev
Michael Dunn 4.76
An Extended/Animated Header Control w/Design-time integration
Updated: 19 Jan 2007  
Animated, docking header control
C#, Windows, .NETVS2005, Dev
Mike Hankey 4.76
CWndSliderView - An animated child window manager
Updated: 11 Jan 2000  
An article on using an Outlook style window slider control.
VC6, MFC, Dev
Christopher Brown 4.76
NotifyWindow: A different MSN Messenger style notification window
Updated: 2 Aug 2004  
Another MSN Messenger-like notification window, this one does its own drawing
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Visual Studio, Dev
Robert Misiak 4.75
A Class for Retry Management
Updated: 6 Nov 2008  
Allows the developer to use a built-in retry machanism, instead of having to develop it.
C#, .NET, Dev
Rotem Sapir 4.75
All-in-one printing utility for user controls
Updated: 11 Jul 2007  
Prints the content of user controls and provides printing settings and preview
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
Arjan Keene 4.75
A Button Group Control
Updated: 12 May 2001  
An article showing a button group control used to create toolbar-type groups as seen in the Visual Studio options dialogs.
VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev
Andrew Peace 4.74
Runtime Control Resizer
Updated: 19 Jan 2007  
An unfinished class that allows for runtime resizing of controls.
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, GDI+, VS2005, Dev
Seth Rowe 4.74
Custom Mouse Cursors (VB.NET) - Unedited
Updated: 24 Mar 2009  
Create Graphic Replacement for standard Cursor
VB (VB 8.0), GDI+
SSDiver2112 4.74
Bending the .NET PropertyGrid to Your Will
Updated: 19 Dec 2002  
A set of classes to simplify using custom properties in the .NET PropertyGrid control.
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
Tony Allowatt 4.73
ColorBlender - Dynamic Gradient Color Blend Creation Control (VB.NET)
Updated: 1 Aug 2008  
How to create a ColorBlend and two color blending UserControls to make it easier.
VB (VB 8.0), .NET (.NET 2.0), GDI+, Design
SSDiver2112 4.73
A Multiple Selection based Control Tracker
Updated: 19 Dec 2001  
A CRectTracker derived class that is able to do much more
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
@deel@bbas 4.73
A Better(?) (Hyper)Link Control
Updated: 21 Jan 2003  
An article that describes yet another hyperlink control
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
James R. Twine 4.73
CDiagramEditor - DIY vector and dialog editor
Updated: 23 Jun 2006  
A feature rich vector editor skeleton.
VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev
Johan Rosengren 4.72
Adding a custom search feature to CHtmlViews
Updated: 22 Nov 2000  
Could be used to create a Visual C++ like search combo for CHtmlViews...
Update: Now you can highlight all matching words!
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Marc Richarme 4.72
Progress Control with Text
Updated: 26 Feb 2007  
A smooth progress control with text
VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, MFC, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev
Chris Maunder 4.72
MessageBox with a timeout for .NET
Updated: 12 Aug 2004  
Just like MessageBox.Show but with an added timeout parameter
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Visual Studio, Dev
RodgerB 4.71
Mouse progress control
Updated: 29 Mar 2006  
A progressbar control that follows the mouse cursor using a system wide hook
C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Lars [Large] Werner 4.71
Add docking and floating support easely and quickly with DockExtender
Updated: 4 Jul 2007  
DockExtender allows you to add docking / floating / resizing behaviour to any control on your win form with just a few lines of code, making it very easy for your application to support basic docking features.
C# 2.0.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
Herre Kuijpers 4.71
Custom DataGrid with Progress Bar control
Updated: 25 Apr 2002  
Shows how to create a custom control based on the DataGrid control with progress column
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Pavel Sich 4.71
CPianoCtrl - A Display Piano Control
Updated: 14 Mar 2008  
An article about using the CPianoCtrl class
VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev
Leslie Sanford 4.71
2D Multi-Parameter Pie Control
Updated: 7 Jan 2003  
A simple 2D Pie Control
VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev
valgouss 4.70
A new progress bar for all occassions...
Updated: 4 May 2003  
A CStatic derived Progress bar control that can indicate "busy states" effectively and double up as a good looking progress bar
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Peter Mares 4.69
Toggle Keys Controller
Updated: 3 Sep 2009  
A class that enables you to control and monitor the toggle keys such as CapsLock, NumLock, and ScrollLock.
C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C# 4.0.NET 2.0, WinXP, Vista, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, .NET 4.0, Win32, Dev
DaveyM69 4.69
Enhanced Progress Bar Control
Updated: 11 Jun 2002  
An enhanced progress control that supports gradient shading, formatted text, animation, tooltips, shape, 'snake' and reverse modes, and vertical modes
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Yury Goltsman 4.69
A Fine-looking Segmented LED Control
Updated: 12 May 2008  
This article describes an approach to constructing a segmented LED displayer
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, Visual Studio, GDI+, Dev
Liu Xia 4.69
Globalized property grid
Updated: 16 Apr 2002  
This article provides a property grid with localized display names for properties by using .NET globalization and component model.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Gerd Klevesaat 4.68
EAN-13 BarCode ActiveX Control Drawer
Updated: 25 Jun 2007  
An activeX control that draws any EAN-13 barcode
C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
ahmadaa 4.68
A .NET Progress Dialog
Updated: 26 Aug 2003  
A progress dialog for asynchronous workers
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Matthew Adams 4.68
Exposing Windows Forms Controls as ActiveX controls
Updated: 27 Aug 2001  
This article describes how to build a Windows Forms control in C# and expose it as an ActiveX control
C#, VC7, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Morgan Skinner 4.68
Implementing compound shadows with CExtWndShadow
Updated: 15 Jul 2004  
A CExtWndShadow class, which should enable you to easily draw compound shadows anywhere you want.
VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev
Dmitriy Yakovlev 4.68
Creating a Time Picker with no Seconds Field
Updated: 29 Nov 1999  
VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Michael Dunn 4.68
Extending basic WinForms Controls and the DataGrid
Updated: 26 Jul 2005  
.NET 1.1 - AutoComplete ComboBox, bindable CheckBox and DateTimePicker, ReadOnly simulator, extending the DataGrid for designer support of DataGridComboBoxColumn and more...
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Noogen 4.67
Text Cursor (xCursor)
Updated: 7 Jan 2009  
A semi-transparent cursor that displays text based on property settings
C#, VB, Windows, .NET, Dev
Elkay 4.67
Hyperlink control
Updated: 22 Mar 2000  
A simple drop-in hyperlink control
VC6, MFC, Dev
Chris Maunder 4.66
A designable PropertyTree for VS.NET
Updated: 6 Mar 2003  
A TabControl-like options dialog based on a TreeView
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Russell Morris 4.66
ResizeScrollbar - How to change width of built-in scroll bars
Updated: 7 Feb 2002  
Changing scroll bar width for Windows controls like listbox
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Hans Dietrich 4.65
Simple Runtime Control Sizing and Dragging Class
Updated: 29 Sep 2003  
Sample and brief description of simple class that enables sizing and dragging of controls on a form
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Jim Korovessis 4.65
Column Definition Control
Updated: 9 Jul 2002  
Presents a control used to specify column locations in a text file to be imported into your application.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Andrew Peace, Cathy 4.65
Showing progress bar in a status bar pane
Updated: 15 Jul 2009  
An easy way to add a progress control to a status bar
VC6, MFC, Dev
Chris Maunder 4.65
DDEListener Component (open your Document Files with Explorer)
Updated: 22 Oct 2002  
Handles DDE_EXECUTE messages
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Alexander Werner 4.65
Transparent digital clock
Updated: 7 Apr 2003  
A transparent digital clock program
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
manos_crete 4.65
DHTML User Interface Library
Updated: 1 May 2002  
Implement an advanced DHTML user interface in your own MFC applications
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Ted Crow 4.64
Dynamic embossed text Progress control
Updated: 5 Oct 2002  
A dynamic embossed text progress control that uses no resource file
VC6, VC7, Windows, MFC, Dev
John White 4.63
Win32 Hyperlink Control
Updated: 25 Aug 2005  
Introducing the modified worker object pattern by developing a hyperlink control without using the MFC.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Doga Arinir 4.63
Command Prompt Control
Updated: 10 Aug 2006  
A command prompt which accepts commands from the user and shows the commands and messages in a RichTextBox along with AutoComplete and Tooltip facility
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
vikashparida 4.62
Themed Vista Style navigable Month Calander control with full Keyboard and Designer support - Unedited
Updated: 26 Oct 2009  
Month Calander implementation using c#.
C#, Windows, WinForms, Dev
Manish Ranjan Kumar 4.62
Round Slider Control
Updated: 16 Mar 2000  
A round slider control to allow users to adjust an angle or similar values
VC6, MFC, Dev
Daniel Frey 4.62
OCX Snapshot
Updated: 9 Feb 2000  
How to take a snapshot of an OCX without using HWNDs.
VC6, VB 6, MFC, Dev
Russell Morris 4.62
Form Changed Control
Updated: 26 May 2008  
A component that allows you to monitor all the controls on the form and list any that have changed (for dirty checking)
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0), VB (VB 7.x, VB 8.0), .NET, WinForms, Dev
Duncan Edwards Jones 4.62
How to Create Optical File Images using IMAPIv2.0
Updated: 29 Feb 2008  
Create disk ISO images using IMAPI 2
C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5), Visual Studio (VS2005, VS2008), Dev
dmihailescu 4.61
Barcode UPC-A
Updated: 7 Jul 2007  
UPC-A C# class that will generate UPC-A codes
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Bill Daugherty II 4.61
XML Based WinForms Validation Toolkit
Updated: 10 Sep 2009  
A toolkit for validating input based on XML.
XML, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, Windows, WinForms, Dev, Design
Gokhan B. 4.61
TableDataSource - Binding DataTable to Rich Data Controls
Updated: 20 Jun 2007  
Binding DataTable to Rich Data Controls
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, ASP.NET, VS2005, Dev
brtnik 4.60
GridCtrl
Updated: 6 Jun 2005  
This article describes GridCtrl that consists of common controls such as EditBox, ComboBox and Button. The GridCtrl helps you create, exchange and manage layouts.
VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
Arshinkin Maxim 4.59
A pager control wrapper class
Updated: 15 Dec 1999  
This article presents a wrapper class for the pager control
VC6, MFC, Dev
Kirk Stowell 4.58
UI Control Data Spy
Updated: 1 Oct 2009  
A tool for capturing data from controls like TreeCtrl, ListCtrl, ComboBox, ListBox, etc.
VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Windows, Win32, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Nishad S 4.58
Status Progress Feedback
Updated: 6 Jul 2004  
A status control that can provide feedback to a user on the progress of one or many operations
VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev
Roland Trainor 4.58
Display HTML in your Application
Updated: 23 Aug 2007  
A component that can parse and draw HTML/CSS in canvas
C# 1.0, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, GDI+, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev
Leung Yat Chun 4.57
A thermometer control
Updated: 9 Jul 2007  
Creating an analog-style thermometer
C#, Windows, .NET 2.0, Visual Studio, GDI+, Dev
Niel M.Thomas 4.56
Dynamically switchable multi-purpose control
Updated: 5 Mar 2002  
Control which allows run-time switching between a number of control types, eg combo, edit etc
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Paul S. Vickery 4.56
Adding XP Themes to Custom .NET Controls
Updated: 31 Aug 2003  
Rendering your own theme parts with the Windows XP UxTheme API
C#, VC7.1.NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev
Don Kackman 4.56
XHyperLink - yet another hyperlink control
Updated: 16 Oct 2003  
XHyperLink is a simple drop-in hyperlink control with optional parent notification.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev
Hans Dietrich 4.56
A useful set of separators
Updated: 15 Dec 2003  
Some dialog boxes separators that replace group boxes
VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
Nicolas Bonamy 4.54
Easy to Use Marquee Control for Windows Form with Full Designer Support
Updated: 23 Mar 2008  
Marque control implementation using .NET 2.0
C# (C# 2.0), .NET (.NET 2.0), Visual Studio (VS2005), Dev
Manish Ranjan Kumar 4.54
Handling HTML Element Events in CHtmlView and Reusing CDHtmlDialog Serial Class
Updated: 9 Jun 2005  
The enhanced CHtmlView class handles the HTML element event and exchanges data in the view.
VC7.1.NET 1.1, Win2003, MFC, VS.NET2003, IE 6.0, IE 5.5, Dev
luo31 4.53
PallaControls for Windows forms
Updated: 21 Aug 2003  
Approximately 35 controls for Windows Forms. Some ideas for visual composition and classes of general use.
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Dev
Palladino 4.52
Hiding the Taskbar and Startmenu (start orb) in Windows Vista
Updated: 17 Jul 2008  
How to hide the taskbar and startmenu (start orb) under Windows Vista
C# (C# 2.0), Windows (Vista), .NET (.NET 2.0), Win32, Dev
Simon B. 4.52
Windows Forms, Custom Controls Part 1: Mastering DragDrop
Updated: 16 Aug 2003  
The first in a series of articles, this one covering DragDrop
C#.NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev
Ian Giffen 4.52
Owner Drawn Controls - Extendable ListBox
Updated: 15 Mar 2007  
This is the first in a series of articles on Owner Drawn controls, featuring the ListBox control. The basic fuctionality and some handy tips are included to help get you started in developing your own Owner Drawn controls.
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, GDI+, VS2005, Dev
Mike Hankey 4.51
MyXAML--XAML-style gui generator (added styles)
Updated: 9 Mar 2004  
Generate controls, set property values, and wire up event handlers at runtime from an XML definition.
C#.NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003VS.NET2003, Dev
Marc Clifton 4.51
Resizing Controls at run time
Updated: 30 Nov 2000  
A method to allow the user to visually resize and position any control at run time.
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Amit Nabarro 4.50
Custom ComboBoxes with Advanced Drop-down Features
Updated: 22 Apr 2003  
Contains several ComboBoxes which uses Windows themes and contains ComboBoxes with CheckBoxed lists and TreeViews
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
Alex Kucherenko 4.50
USB IR with c8051
Updated: 19 Mar 2009  
USB IR with c8051
VB (VB 6), Windows (WinXP), Hardware
ingvar8 4.50
BoxPlanner - Simple Layout Algorithm
Updated: 19 Mar 2009  
A layout algorithm for layout controls in a row or column
C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), Windows, Dev
bigsigma 4.50
BasicAdmin - Personal Organizer
Updated: 1 Aug 2009  
Finance, contacts, notes organizer
C++ (VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0), C++/CLI, C
ErnestoNet 4.50
NET Debugging: Dump All Strings from a Managed Code Process Running
Updated: 1 Oct 2009  
Advanced Debugging Processes
C#, ASM, Windows (WinXP, Win2003, Vista, Win2008, Win 7, Win2008 R2), ASP.NET, WinForms, Architect, DBA, Dev, QA
Rene Pally 4.50
Analog and LED Meter
Updated: 10 Sep 2009  
VU or Level meter, LED or Analog display
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Kent Andersson 4.48
Custom 32-bit RGBA Color MFC Control
Updated: 30 Apr 2003  
A custom MFC control that allows the user to manipulate 32-bit RGBA colour attributes.
VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Colin Vella 4.48
Automatic sorted list
Updated: 21 Apr 2003  
Here is an advanced ArrayList which uses IComparable or IComparer interface to sort its objects and which provides some other useful functions such as duplicates limitation.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Visual Studio, Dev
Eric Marchesin 4.47
Gradient Progress Control
Updated: 7 Jun 2000  
Subclasses the standard CProgressCtrl to allow for gradient fills. Supports vertical progress controls as well.
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Matt Weagle 4.47
CSplash - A Splash Window Class
Updated: 6 Jul 2004  
This article describes creation of splash windows using Win32 APIs
VC6Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
abhinaba 4.47
Making Office 2007 Buttons with Fading and Opacity
Updated: 12 Mar 2007  
An easy way to make new style buttons very compatible
C# 2.0.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
Juan Pablo G.C. 4.46
A Windows Explorer in a user control - Unedited
Updated: 15 Mar 2007  
Functionality of Windows Explorer in a user control using C#
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Quartz. 4.46
Extending Windows Forms - lightweight views - Unedited
Updated: 21 Aug 2006  
This article describes an implementation of lightweight views - visual objects that behave like Windows Forms controls but are windowless. Such objects simplify some user interface design tasks and conserve system resources.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Alexey A. Popov 4.45
Owner drawn spin button control with autodisabling arrow buttons.
Updated: 24 Jan 2000  
A spin button whose arrows automatically disable themselves when they are at their maximum or minimum value.
VC6, MFC, Dev
Oleg Lobach 4.45
Localizer
Updated: 16 Jul 2007  
A simple component to aid localization of controls
C# (C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista), .NET (.NET 2.0, .NET 3.0)VS2005, Dev
Ed.Poore 4.45
Why Develop Custom Controls? Just Customize Generic Controls. Part 2: InTextboxLabel
Updated: 24 Jan 2007  
Embed a label inside the text box for compact UI. No need to develop a derived class of TextBox
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev
Zijian 4.45
Customize a panel with Autoscroll property
Updated: 2 May 2004  
Use all events of scrollbars in a panel with Autoscroll=true
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Manalee software 4.44
Passing an Array of Values to the Visual C++ MSChart OCX
Updated: 27 Nov 2001  
A step by step guide to setting the values in the MSChart control.
VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
JL Colson 4.44
Y(et)A(nother)TabControl: A Custom Tab Control With Owner Drawn Tabs
Updated: 17 Feb 2006  
A foray into the world of creating composite custom controls with design-time support.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Curtis Schlak. 4.44
An XML- and State Machine-based Design of a WinForms Control
Updated: 1 Dec 2002  
Usage of state machine and comprehensive XML description of control helps its user to considerably simplify control handling code.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Visual Studio, Dev
Igor Ladnik 4.43
Double Subclassing (Runtime Form Editor)
Updated: 21 May 2003  
An article that describes a way to subclass controls that are already subclassed (double), The example includes a runtime form editor
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Ralph Varjabedian 4.43
How to Get the CheckBoxlist Value using JavaScript?
Updated: 18 Sep 2007  
I am using checkboxlist in ASP.NET 2.0 C#.I bind a list of records in checklistbox from DB. I could not get the value from JavaScript.
C# (C# 2.0), Javascript, Windows, .NET (.NET 2.0), Visual Studio, Dev
Trilochan Nayak. 4.43
Undo History Popup
Updated: 25 Dec 2003  
Pop-up control that displays undo/redo history similar to MS Office
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Damir Valiulin 4.41
Why Develop Custom Controls? Just Customize Generic Controls. Part 3: ColorComboBox
Updated: 31 Jan 2007  
ColorComboBox, no need to derive from ComboBox
C# 1.0, C# 2.0.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, .NET 3.0VS.NET2003, Dev
Zijian 4.41
Extended .NET Controls
Updated: 4 Nov 2005  
A .NET library containing highly customizable controls.
C#.NET 1.1, WinXP, GDI+, VS.NET2003, Dev
Johnny Hooyberghs 4.40
Control Data Support
Updated: 18 Feb 2003  
A class to enable data to be set on a control
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Paul S. Vickery 4.40
Pluggable Event Handler
Updated: 9 Jun 2000  
A plug in class that allows you to intercept and handle messages for any window class
VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev
William E. Kempf 4.39
Time to Complete Progress Control
Updated: 30 Nov 2000  
A progress control that tells the user how long an operation has left to complete
VC6Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Craig Henderson 4.39
Component and ISupportInitialize: A Quick Guide
Updated: 10 Feb 2005  
A quick guide about Components and ISupportInitialize intended to help intermediate programmers use the Visual Studio designer more effectively.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
opedog 4.39
Word Control for .NET
Updated: 28 Jan 2003  
Writing a control to use MS-Word in your own Application like a windows-form.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Matthias Hänel 4.39
ActionLists for Windows.Forms
Updated: 2 Mar 2002  
Implementation of Delphi's ActionList for Windows.Forms
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Serge Weinstock 4.38
Controlling a Barcode Reader with POS for .NET
Updated: 31 Aug 2009  
Controlling a Barcode Reader with POS for .NET
C#, Windows
jammmie999 4.38
CTaskProgressDialog: A dialog indicating operation progress for multiple tasks
Updated: 17 Mar 2002  
Progress indicator for multi-tasks in a project
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
yellowine 4.37
DataGrid with Customizable Column Sorting
Updated: 4 Sep 2006  
Reusable extension of the DataGrid control that allows the customization of the sorting event for each column of the grid.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Luis Carlos Gallego 4.37
Colored/Blinking Controls and Dialogs with any Font
Updated: 24 Aug 2000  
The simplest way to change color, font or set blinking mode for any standard control
VC6Win2K, MFC, Dev
Yury Goltsman 4.37
How to skin scrollbars for Panels, in C#
Updated: 13 Jul 2006  
This article shows you how to create a skinnable scrollbar as a user control, and use it in a Panel to replace the ugly Windows scrollbar.
C#.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, GDI+, WinForms, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev
Greg Ellis 4.37
Using IDesigner and CodeDomSerializer to create read-only runtime properties
Updated: 3 Feb 2005  
An approach to implementing a Component that has read-only run time properties that are read/write at design time.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, WinForms, Dev
Tim Almdal 4.36
A simple use of the Multimedia Timer
Updated: 11 Mar 2003  
Demonstrates the simple use of a multimedia timer in user classes
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Nicolas Etienne 4.35
Creating a Rich Label
Updated: 15 Feb 2007  
Extending the Windows.Forms.Label control.
VB 7.x.NET 2.0, WinXP, VistaVS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev
Star Vega 4.35
DirectUI Window as in XP system folders
Updated: 1 Aug 2004  
A control to show a list of possible tasks just as in XP.
VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev
Alexander Bischofberger 4.35
A Property Table Editor
Updated: 11 Aug 2004  
An article showing a property table editor like VC7.0's property table.
VC7Win2K, MFC, Dev
skybirdcao 4.35
A VS.Net-like ToolBox
Updated: 19 Sep 2002  
This is a Visual Studio .NET like ToolBox control with animation and drag and drop support.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Iulian Serban 4.35
Auto sizing DataGrid
Updated: 12 Nov 2003  
A DataGrid that is able to resize its last column.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Visual Studio, Dev
Wouter van Vugt 4.33
Creating a professional looking GDI+ drawn custom control
Updated: 2 May 2004  
Shows how to create a custom scrolling label control with GDI+ and proper double buffering
C#, Windows, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
jconwell 4.33
Advanced DataGrid sizing
Updated: 4 Dec 2003  
This article implements an important new feature for the WinForms DataGrid, automatic row height sizing! Also shown is column hiding and column auto sizing.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Wouter van Vugt 4.33
Globalized Property Grid - Revisited
Updated: 14 Jun 2003  
This article introduces localization of category names in a globalized property grid control and considers inheritance issues.
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Dev
Gerd Klevesaat 4.33
CodeProject Article Scraping
Updated: 13 Oct 2008  
Scrape the My Articles page here on CodeProject to keep an eye on your articles.
C# (C# 3.0), Windows (WinXP, Win2003, Vista), .NET (.NET 3.5), Dev
John Simmons / outlaw programmer 4.31
UI Ideas
Updated: 13 Apr 2009  
Rough Ideas about UI Designing
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows, Dev, Design
Muammar© 4.30
MFC ActiveX Digital Clock
Updated: 12 Dec 2002  
A digital clock ActiveX control.
VC6Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Nikolai Serdiuk 4.30
Custom SSIS Control Flow Component
Updated: 22 Jun 2007  
Create a custom control flow component for SQLServer 2005 Integration Service
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0SQL 2005, VS2005, DBA, Dev
Ray Gorski 4.30
Simple Label Gradient
Updated: 20 Mar 2003  
Simple Label Gradient Control
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
Dion Heskett 4.30
A Generic Well Control (ColorPicker, ArrowPicker and more)
Updated: 24 Nov 2002  
Provides and demonstrates the use of a generic "well" control that can be used to facilitate color-pickers, hash-style selectors amongst others
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Tao Zhu 4.30
Open Door - Reporting, Charts, Enquiry Drill-Downs
Updated: 2 Feb 2009  
A utility for generating user editable reports, charts, documents, enquiries
C#, VB, Windows, .NET, Dev
Ian Richards 4.29
Transparent drop shadow in C# (GDI+)
Updated: 3 Jul 2007  
How to create a transparent drop shadow effect for a panel control
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, Visual Studio, GDI+, Dev
Mark de Haan 4.29
Transparent group box
Updated: 1 Feb 2000  
A very simple group box replacement to enhance your user interface
VC6, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Jens Schacherl 4.29
Firefox Option Dialog User Control for .NET Win Apps
Updated: 19 Jan 2007  
Have your .NET Windows application cool Firefox option dialog with almost no effort. This user control is written in C# and could be used in any .NET compliant language.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Rafey 4.29
An Aqua Button Control Written in C# for .NET
Updated: 18 Oct 2006  
I have written a number of applications and have always been a little disappointed at how drab they look using the standard VS controls. I had been looking for an easy way for brightening up these apps and in the end resorted to writing my own button control.
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, TabletPC), .NET (.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0), Visual Studio (VS.NET2003, VS2005), Dev
Rad1cal 4.28
Another Spectrum Board
Updated: 16 Oct 2003  
MFC Spectrum Board control
VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev
Danang Suharno Ngadinegaran 4.28
Catching the 'Enter' Key in windows and controls
Updated: 12 Jan 2000  
How to handle the WM_GETDLGCODE message in order to catch special key strokes.
VC6, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Randy More 4.27
A versioning scheme for the MSVC IDE without re-compiles
Updated: 19 Jan 2009  
A way to avoid unnecessary recompiles when using RCSTamp to update the .RC file.
VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev
coder112 4.27
Double List Picker
Updated: 16 Jul 2003  
Control to allow users to pick items from a list, and add to another list
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Paul S. Vickery 4.26
XML Explorer - Unedited
Updated: 11 Sep 2008  
An extremely fast, lightweight XML file viewer.
C# 2.0.NET 2.0, WinXP, VistaVS2005, Dev
Jason Coon 4.26
Localizing System MessageBox
Updated: 2 May 2007  
A simple class that allows customizing system's MessageBox window buttons
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), Windows, .NET (.NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0), Visual Studio (VS.NET2003, VS2005), Dev
Alex C. Duma 4.25
CXWndAnimate: an alternative to CAnimateCtrl
Updated: 27 Jul 2000  
An animation control that uses a bitmap imagelist instead of an AVI file
VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev
xicoloko 4.25
Magic WizardControl / WizardDialog
Updated: 29 Sep 2002  
Create Wizards quickly and easily
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Phil Wright 4.25
A Self Contained Thread Safe TextBox Control
Updated: 16 Nov 2007  
This control will eliminate the need to ensure that updates are thread-safe from your main program. Everything is handled automatically the way it should have been in the first place.
C# (C# 2.0), Windows (Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista), .NET (.NET 2.0), Visual Studio (VS2005), WinForms, Dev
Jim Weiler 4.25
A Picture Viewer Class that can Scroll and Zoom using API
Updated: 10 Dec 2007  
This is a simple class that can view scroll and zoom pictures
VB, Windows, .NET (.NET 1.1), Visual Studio (VS.NET2003), GDI, WinForms, Dev
Mohammed Abd Alla 4.24
System Hotkey Component
Updated: 16 Oct 2002  
handling a System-wide Hotkey
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, Dev
Alexander Werner 4.23
Adobe ActiveX Control with MFC
Updated: 9 Feb 2005  
How to use the Adobe Acrobat 7 Reader ActiveX control inside a C++ application.
VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, MFC, VS.NET2003, Dev
rocky_pulley 4.22
Owner Drawn Component - Extended MenuItem
Updated: 18 Mar 2007  
This is the second installment in the Owner Drawn Controls' series of articles
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
Mike Hankey 4.22
Manipulating The Windows Taskbar - Unedited
Updated: 11 Apr 2007  
Some useful messages for manipulating the Windows Taskbar
C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Nibu babu thomas 4.22
Title Bar Replacement Class With Cool Features
Updated: 12 Oct 2006  
Nice looking title bar for your applications with autohide and ghost-drag capabilities.
VC6, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
JJMatthews 4.22
A WaitableTimer wrapper class
Updated: 17 Nov 2008  
A C# wrapper for the Windows WaitableTimer.
C#, Windows, Win32, Visual Studio (VS2008), Dev
Stanislav Kniazev 4.21
Programmatically Turning on the Screen Saver
Updated: 20 May 2009  
Learn how to programmatically turn on the screen saver with API via .NET and C#
C# (C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0), .NET, Win32
Mohammad Elsheimy 4.20
Improved mouse click handling for the slider control
Updated: 26 Dec 2002  
Class that provides better mouse click handling for the standard windows slider control
VC6, MFC, Dev
ed welch 4.19
Building an AJAX Based Web Chatting Application using ASP.NET 2.0 - Unedited
Updated: 23 Feb 2009  
ASP .NET Chating Application
C# (C# 3.0), Javascript, CSS, HTML, XHTML, ASP, ASP.NET, WebForms, Ajax
Sriram.d 4.19
A class to combine Slider Control and Progress Bar windows
Updated: 7 Jan 2004  
An article on how to combine Slider Controls and Progress bar into one class using custom draw.
VC6, VC7, VC7.1Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, MFC, Dev
Cem KARACA 4.16
CPushPinButton v1.13 - A Push Pin Implementation
Updated: 3 Mar 2000  
A Freeware MFC PushPin button class.
VC6, MFC, Dev
PJ Naughter 4.14
The Spring Computing Windows Controls
Updated: 27 Sep 2001  
A set of Win32 Windows controls.
VC6Win2K, MFC, WTL, Dev
Maxime Labelle 4.14
Saving and Restoring RichTextBox Formatted Text. Alternate to SaveFile/LoadFile
Updated: 2 Feb 2006  
Overcoming the RichTextBox.LoadFile 'Invalid file format' error on non PlainText.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
coleydog 4.14
Script Studio, a Drag-n-Drop Programming Interface - Unedited
Updated: 2 Jan 2009  
Use Script Studio to visually create small programs that perform the kinds of tasks that you might otherwise create a batch file to do. Full featured and fully extensible.
C#, Windows, Dev
Steve Schaneville 4.13
Wrapping Win32 Controls in .NET - Horizontal and Vertical Rules
Updated: 13 Oct 2003  
This article discusses the development of two simple classes that implement horizontal and vertical controls for Windows Forms development by encapsulating the native Win32 vertical and horizontal rule controls.
C#.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, Dev
Stephen Quattlebaum 4.13
Object Inspector - Unedited
Updated: 27 Mar 2006  
A complete Object Inspector.Some cool features added.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Sir Zeppa'Man 4.12
Generic DataGridView V2.0
Updated: 24 Jan 2008  
A Generic DataGridView which has features of DataGridViewComboBoxColumn, DataGridViewCalendarColumn, DataGridViewMaskedTextBoxColumn, Validating DataGridView Columns and Saving any edited row with automatic created queries.
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Yildirim Kocdag 4.11
File Drag and Drop Encapsulated in a C++ Class
Updated: 1 Jul 2002  
Using an iterator to encapsulate DragFileQuery for file drag and drop.
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev
Richard Chambers 4.11
Part I: Unifying Web and Windows Form design and layout
Updated: 9 Jul 2002  
Part I of a multipart series, it illustrates how to unify GUI design for both Web Forms and Windows Forms, so that a single GUI specification can be rendered in both technologies.
C#, VC7.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, ASP.NET, Dev
Marc Clifton 4.11
Hovering Control Template
Updated: 26 Oct 2002  
A template class to add hovering support to any control.
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Gilad Novik 4.10
COscilloscopeCtrl
Updated: 14 Mar 2003  
An oscilloscope control with multiple band(frequency) support
VC6, VC7Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev
Tanzim Husain 4.09
Scroll the contents in windows and Multi-Undo and Redo in controls
Updated: 12 May 2005  
Scroll the contents in windows and multi-undo and redo in controls.
C#, VC7.1, Windows, Win Mobile, .NET CF, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Iven Xu 4.09
XP Logon Control
Updated: 3 Sep 2006  
An XPLogonControl that mimics the Windows XP Logon Interface
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
Thomas Stockwell 4.08
Counter based c8051
Updated: 22 Feb 2009  
Counter based c8051
C, C#, VB (VB 6), .NET CF, .NET (.NET 2.0), Mobile, Win32
ingvar8 4.08
Part II: Web & Window Form Unification: Synchronous And Asynchronous Event Handling For Controls Created At Runtime
Updated: 13 Jul 2002  
This is the second part of a multipart article on unifying web and window form application development. This part demonstrates synchronous and asynchronous event handling of GUI control events, abstracting the implementation of web/window forms to be technology independant.
C#, VC7.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, ASP.NET, Dev
Marc Clifton 4.06
Resizing Data Grid Columns To Content
Updated: 17 Mar 2003  
Method that resizes all the columns of a specified Data Grid object
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1VS.NET2003, Dev
Tom Archer 4.05
DragData Demo
Updated: 5 Sep 2004  
How to pass custom objects in a drag-and-drop operation.
C#.NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXPVS.NET2003, Dev
David Veeneman 4.04
XML TreeView Control
Updated: 20 Oct 2005  
A control to display XML-data and/or make it editable, avoiding the unmanaged Internet Explorer plug-in.
C#, XML, Windows, .NET 1.0, WinForms, Dev
Thomas Siepe 4.02
Runtime Editable Control
Updated: 5 Dec 2004  
Inheritable (super class) UserForm that enables runtime moving of controls (editing).
C#, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
Miljenko Cvjetko 4.00
A Control List View - Unedited
Updated: 1 Dec 2005  
A Control List View which can display Like Tile View
C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev
H. S. Masud 4.00
PullApartTabPage: docking and undocking your TabPages - Unedited
Updated: 31 Aug 2006  
A TabPage you can dock and undock
C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 2.0, WinForms, VS2005, Dev
Mark Newman #2 4.00
Extended Vertical Label Control in C# .NET - Unedited
Updated: 26 Sep 2007  
A custom vertical label user control in C#.NET with support for transparent background.
C# 1.0, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, WinForms, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev
/randz 4.00
Virtual Treeview Implementation - Unedited
Updated: 18 Sep 2007  
A simple implementation of a virtual treeview which loads nodes synchrously or asynchrously.
C# 1.0, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0VS.NET2003, VS2005, Dev
Andrew D. Weiss 4.00
An Overlay to Focus on Control
Updated: 24 Sep 2008  
This should help in improving usability
C#, Design
elektrowolf 4.00
A C# Tiny Fireworks Simulator
Updated: 17 Feb 2009  
A tiny fireworks simulator based on a simple physical engine. The user can configure 10 launchers with the initial speed of the bomb, the explosion form and the explosion colour.
C#, .NET, Dev
Chootair