Memory reallocation generated by string concatenations can create performance bottlenecks. .NET has System.Text.StringBuilder, JavaScript has Array.join, and we have string::reserve.

A "generic-enough" set of expression templates

by Christos Malliopoulos

A template-library for calculating arithmetic and logical expressions.

A brute force search algo

by Giannakakis Kostas

A generic class implementing an exhaustive searching algorithm for solving a variety of puzzles and riddles

A C++ Config File Parser

by freejack

An STL based C++ utility class to parse structured config files.

A C++ Plug-in ThreadPool Design

by Alex C. Punnen

The Command Pattern and Chain of Responsibility for implementing a plug-in Thread Pool library.

A C++ STL String Tokenizer

by George Anescu

A C++ STL Tokenizer class capable to tokenize a string when the set of character separators is specified by another string

A class for operations with Large Integer Numbers

by George Anescu

Presenting some algorithms for operations with large integer numbers in a C++ class using the STL vector container

A CStringT-like STL string class

by Carl Ge

A string class based on STL and that can be used like the CStringT in MFC.

A Custom Block Allocator for Speeding Up VC++ STL

by Joaquín M López Muñoz

A block allocator for use with STL containers that greatly improves speed in programs doing massive data insertions and extractions.

A File Checksum Shell Menu Extension DLL

by Jeffrey Walton

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

A fully customizable PropertyGrid

by Nicolas Bonamy

A grid to display and edit properties of objects (as in Visual Studio)

A Functor that deletes Pointers from STL Sequence Containers

by Nemanja Trifunovic

A policy based deletion functor that can be used with for_each function.

A handy class to make use of Windows Registry

by __PPS__

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

A handy tokenizer function using the STL

by Joerg Wiedenmann

A handy and customizable tokenizer function that works with STL strings.

A look at the Boost Bind and Function libraries

by Gary J. Kuehn

A small introduction to the Boost Bind and Function libraries.

A Monitored, Memory Mapped std::allocator for Mass Data Storage in STL Container

by stefan stammberger

A novel allocator implementation for managing huge sets of data in STL's std:: containers for Windows operating systems

A Multiple Substring Search Class: CIVStringSet

by Scot Brennecke

A string array class using MFC or STL that performs very fast multiple string searches

A Presentation of the STL Vector Container

by Nitron

Presenting the std::vector with a discussion on STL algorithms and predicates.

A ref-counted pointer class that supports polymorphic types

by User 9885

A ref-counted pointer class that supports polymorphic types

A Reference to Using Pointers

by logicchild

An article to help explain how C/C++ use pointers.

A reminder tool for .dan.g's ToDoList

by Alberto Bar-Noy

A simple reminder tool to remind you of your overdue tasks in ToDoList throughout the day

A scripted SQL query generation framework with IDE: SQLpp (v1.4)

by Jonathan de Halleux

A helper framework for generation of SQL queries in C++ and Lua

A Self Contained NT Service Class: No Derivations Required

by Andre Ladeira

A class to create a NT service with a few lines of code

A set of template classes for working with the registry

by Daniel Andersson

Writing generic code with templates and the C++ standard library.

A simple C++ implementation of Elliptic Curve Cryptography

by Jarl Ostensen

A finite field EC and simple ECC scheme in C++ to help understand the principles.

A simple STL based XML parser

by David Hubbard

This is a small non-validating XML parser based purely on STL

A STL based XML Config Tool

by Tobias Wenig

Writing multiple enumerated configuration entries.

A study of STL container, Iterator and Predicates

by JPandya

A study of STL container, Iterator and Predicates with the discussion of std::vector

A TCHAR style header file for STL strings and streams

by PJ Arends

Presents a header file that allows a single source file that uses STL to be built in either ANSI or Unicode, without any changes or lots of #ifdefs.

A Thread Pool compatible with Win32 and pthreads API

by User 9885

A cross-platform thread pooling implementation

A Time-line control using WTL

by Tony Ioanides

An alternative approach to selecting date ranges.

A UTF-16 Class for Reading and Writing Unicode Files

by Jeffrey Walton, Jordan Walters

A UTF-16 class derived from CStdioFile for reading and writing Unicode files

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

by jangtimjang

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

A wrapper class for the DirectSound API

by Zhaohui Xing (Joey)

This article focuses on giving an example of using the DirectX API in PC game software development by using a DirectSound wrapper class

A Wrapper Class for the libid3tag Library

by Yubo Dong

A simple wrapper class for the libid3tag to retrieve id3 tag information from a given MP3 file.

A WTL Dim Edit control

by Paul A. Howes

A WTL adaptation of James Twine's Dim Edit control.

A WTL Grid

by Noel Frankinet

A WTL grid (really).

ACM Problem of (AARC'98) - Parkinson

by MoustafaS

Solving old ACM problems

Add color to your std::cout

by Vincent Godin

A tiny library that adds color to CRT programs.

Adding an icon file's icons to an executable

by Simon Parmenter

A VS2008 C++ project to add an icon resource in a file to an executable.

Adding and extracting binary resources

by adrian cooper

A beginner's guide to adding a binary resource in visual studio and a simple class for programmatical extraction.

Adding Macro Scripting language support to existing ATL/WTL Application

by Ernest Laurentin

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

Advanced ASP Uploader

by Fayez Al-Mutairi

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

AI for Target Number Game Using Genetic Algorithm

by Mladen Janković

Implementing AI for the Target Number game using a genetic algorithm.

AIM-Style Scrolling Banner Control

by PaulWendt

A scrolling banner control containing strings with individual styles and colors.

Almost like Java threads

by rtybase

A Java like threading framework.

An Advanced Windows Hotfix Manager

by Michael Dunn

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

An ATL Toolbox control like that of VS.NET 2003

by Jozef Bozek

An ATL toolbox control.

an efficient C++/STL library for word puzzles and spell checking

by Dr. Goulu

DicoLib stores words in lists of anagrams indexed by their length and a 26 bits bitset which describe which letters are present in the words. This makes it extremely fast to search for words which contain specified letters, and to search for words which are "close" for spell checking appli

An Efficient Parallel Three-Way Quicksort Using Intel C++ Compiler And OpenMP 4.5 Library

by Arthur V. Ratz

In this article, I’d like to introduce the modern code in C++11, implementing the parallel three-way quicksort, which is asymptotically faster and more efficient than the famous heapsort and mergesort algorithms.

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

by smartnose

An article on ATL 7.0 and dynamic system simulation.

An Idiot's Guide to C++ Templates - Part 2

by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Let's dwell deeper into C++ templates!

An In-Depth Study of the STL Deque Container

by Nitron

This article presents an in-depth analysis of std::deque and offers guidance as to when to prefer using it as opposed to std::vector, by taking into consideration memory allocation and container performance.

An Introduction to Boost

by Andrew Walker

An overview of the Boost library

An Introduction to the Boost Spirit Parser framework

by Dave Handley

Basic introduction to producing parsers with the boost::spirit library.

An Introduction to the Range-v3 Library

by Espen Harlinn

Ranges is coming to C++, and the Range-v3 library was the basis for the proposal to add range support to the C++ standard library

An Introductory STL tutorial

by David Hubbard

An STL starter that introduces the various collection types, strings, streams, iterators and methods of STL

An MFC Chart Control with Enhanced User Interface

by geoyar

An MFC linear chart control with enhanced appearance.

An STL compliant sorted vector

by Martin Holzherr

A template container which implements set/multiset functionality using a vector

An STL Error Message Decryptor for visual C++

by Leor Zolman

A set of tools to shorten the length of VC++ STL-related error messages so that the most vital information from a message fits within the status bar in VS.

An STL like Tree Class

by Jack Hui

A multi-node Tree class by using map and vector

An STL-like bidirectional map

by Joaquín M López Muñoz

A template container implementing a bidirectional map that blends well with STL.

An STL-Like Vector With Matlab Indexing Facilities

by Mo Hossny

An STL-Like Vector with Matlab indexing facilities.

Applying STL to Legacy Arrays

by Kevin McFarlane

Explains how to apply STL algorithms to legacy arrays in a minimally invasive way

Array-Based Memory Pool and Allocator

by Vadim Stadnik

Simple and useful alternative to traditional memory pool

ATL Dynamic Composite Control

by Hemant Kurdia

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

ATL Object Wizard Property Page

by Shaun Wilde

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

Auto Value

by c-smile

Auto Value is an implementation of variables having undefined state

auto_ptr and its usage

by Neeraj Sathe

This article talks about the usage of STL's auto_ptr class

Auto-Completion Edit Control

by James R. Twine

An edit control that provides auto-completion functionality for small data sets.

Averaging...the easy way

by David Crow

How to find the average of a set of numbers.

Basic Arts of Exception Handling

by farhanx

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

Be alert to memory leak when using STL to manage pointer only

by amonlee

for some novice of STL, like me, who might make some low level errors when trying to release memory

Binary Sorting Into a std::list

by #realJSOP

One technique for performing a binary insertion sort on a std::list

boost 2: shared_ptr wraps resource handles

by peterchen

Using boost, we can write "almost perfect" wrappers for GDI and other resource handles, in a few lines of code.

Building Decorator Chains

by headmyshoulder

The article explains a method, how flexible and extendible decorator chains can be built in a generic way. Its power is best seen if it is used with boost::factory and boost::bind.

Burn the Edges of Your Windows to Give Them Character

by Michael Dunn

No, that's not a typo

C/C++ Program Perfometer

by Alex Vinokur

The program enables to get performance of C/C++ program and separated pieces of code for any metrics.

C++ is Fun: Optimal Alphabetical Order

by Marius Bancila

This article tries to show that writing code in C++ can be as productive and fun as in other mainstream languages.

C++ Memory Management Innovation: GC Allocator

by xushiwei

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

C++ Numeric to String and String to Numeric Conversion Routines

by steveb

C++ numeric to string and string to numeric conversion functions

C++ Standard Allocator, An Introduction and Implementation

by Lai Shiaw San Kent

Introduction to the allocator concept, as well as implementing a policy-driven allocator template class

C++ tCNode template: An Indexed Multi-node Data Tree using STL Containers

by Ciro Sisman Pereira

tCNode template: An indexed multi-node data tree using STL containers

C++0x Dynamic Message Passing

by Achilleas Margaritis

C++0x Dynamic Message Passing Ala Objective-C

Caching in DataGrid while performing Insert, Edit and Update operations

by anandaji

This article shows how we can use caching while performing insert, edit and update functions in the DataGrid.

Calculate 24, A Childhood Game in a C++ way

by Tom Gee

A C++ implementation of a liitle game and its extended mathematic model.

Can search_n be more efficient?

by Jim Xochellis

This article is discussing the efficiency of the most popular search_n implementations. Furthermore, it is introducing a new search_n specialization for random access iterators, which outruns by far the most commonly used implementations.

CCmdLine - A command line parser

by Chris Losinger

A simple command line parsing class.

CEditLog - fast logging into an edit control with cout

by Daniel Lohmann

Use an edit control for logging messages and redirect cout

Celero - A C++ Benchmark Authoring Library

by DigitalInBlue

This article discusses how to implement and use a template-based C++ benchmarking library.

CEnum - File Enumeration and File Globbing Class

by Loreia

CEnum is used for enumeration of files and directories using wildcard matching (globbing)

CFile Replacement with Overlapped I/O and User-Defined Progress Callback

by Joseph Dempsey

Provides a class capable of providing a CFile sytle interface with no MFC dependecies and more importantly providing the ability to read/write if full overlapped IO mode with a user defined callback between each segment read/write.

CFlatTabCtrl port to ATL/WTL

by Rashid Thadha

Full FlatTabCtrl using WTL

Chat With US DI

by DCUtility

Chat (Client/Server) project build with code found at Code Project.

Check User’s Permissions On A File or Folder

by Softomatix

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

Checked Iterators

by Nemanja Trifunovic

Answers to some common questions on C++ checked iterators.

CHttpClient - A Helper Class Using WinInet

by JO Hyeong-Ryeol

A C++ class which helps you to interact with a HTTP web server.

Circular Reference-proof ATL Object Collections

by Midi_Mick

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

CLayeredBitmapCtrl

by Metaldude

A CStatic derived control that allows multiple layers of bitmaps to be displayed or hidden in the same control.

Cleaning Directories Add-In for Visual C++

by Hans Ruck

Cleaning the output directories' junk files.

Clone Smart Pointer (clone_ptr)

by Axter

A smart pointer which acts like a reference variable

CMapEditor

by eugi

A simple and efficient interface for using a multi-level matrix of values.

Colorizing edit control

by Chris Losinger

A colorizing text edit control, with full undo/redo, clipboard support, etc.

COM Collection

by Igor Vigdorchik

COM collection similar to the Visual Basic's Collection object

Combinations in C++

by Shao Voon Wong

An article on finding combinations

Combinatorial - A class to generate combinations of numbers

by jrivero

A combinatorial class and example code.

Command Line Parameters Context Menu Extension

by Nick Carruthers

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

Command line parser

by Pavel Antonov

An intuitive and extensible command line parser class that handles multiple command line formats

Commands Transfer Protocol (CTP) - A New Networking Protocol for Distributed or Parallel Computations

by dum

In this article, an improved version of a new networking protocol for distributed or parallel computations is presented. In common, it is suitable just for fast, reliable and featureful interchange of small messages. The protocol's implementation and demo project are provided.

Comparing different coding approaches - Part 1

by Emilio Garavaglia

This is the first of a series of articles where a comparison between different code styling is evaluated and made available.

Concept Requires C++ 20

by Espen Harlinn

An introduction to C++ 20 concepts

Concurrency Runtime in Visual C++ 2010

by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Learn about parallel algorithms, parallel containers, tasks, task groups, agents library, task scheduler etc in VC10

Conditional Iteration over a Composite using Functors

by Dave Handley

Using functors to conditionally return values during iteration over a composite.

Container of auto_ptr

by Zeeshan Amjad

This article describes how auto_ptr can be used to solve a few issues.

Convert Between std::string and std::wstring, UTF-8 and UTF-16

by rh_

How to convert safely STL strings between Unicode formats

Converting a class into a CommandHandler

by Sameerkumar Namdeo

An article on creating a framework for command processing using the Command Design Pattern.

Copy Path Context Menu Extension

by Nick Carruthers

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

Correct Column Ordinals of an ADOX Table Object

by Ferdie

Getting the correct column ordinals of an ADOX Table object.

CppEvent - How to Implement Events using Standard C++

by Shmuel Zang

This article shows how we can implement a thread-safe events (similar to .NET events) mechanism using the standard C++ library.

CPPHtmlStatic v1.2

by Eugene Pustovoyt

A control based on CStatic for displaying HTML-like text formatting elements.

CPPMessageBox v1.0

by Eugene Pustovoyt

Extended MessageBox class

Create a Convenient Toolbar Assistant Using WTL

by Rocom

A more easy to generate toolbar images.

Creating a Collection Class in C++

by fyrewolfe

How to use a template to create a custom collection class and using the C++ std::vector STL library as well as the operator. I will expect you to understand how pointers, classes, templates and the operator works.

Creating Flyout Toolbars

by Y. Hirsch

Attach a sub-toolbar/s to another toolbar's button/s. The sub-toolbar will popup if the user clicks on that button a little bit longer

CRegSettings - registry helper class

by Magomed Abdurakhmanov

Simple class to store application settings in registry

Cross-platform C++ Template Solution for Drawing GPS Data for a Third-party GIS

by Boris Kolesnikov

Generates PNG files called tiles which form a layer on a GIS map

CString and std::string Integration

by Edwig Huisman

CString only projects can convert to STL std::string

Currency

by AntonGogolev

A set of currency manipulation classes

DB2 Access Classes

by nickadams

A set of classes to encapsulate DB2 CLI APIs in ADO style.

Debug logging with STL stream operators

by Johann Anhofer

An easy to use debug logger, implemented via a custom stream buffer.

Debug tracing in stream-like way

by Emilio Garavaglia

Tracing in the debug window using std::ostream

Debugging Technique: Logger for making logs in many ways at once

by DevRanjeet

This logger can be configured to produce log output using various output types.

Declutter your loops ... Replacing for with for_each

by Gabhan Berry

How to use the STL for_each algorithm to implement loops and why it's a good idea to do so.

Deriving your own stream from the iostreams framework

by Christian Graus

An exploration of extending the iostreams framework through custom streams.

Designing a framework for a game engine using C++

by nalla

This article describes my work in creating a framework for a generic game engine in C++.

DirectShow Video and Audio Trimming

by Kovalev Maxim

How to cut off specified parts of media file using DirectShow

Discover ISAPI. Working with Cookies.

by Adrian Bacaianu

This article presents a way to send cookies to client browser from an ISAPI extension.

Discover ISAPI. Working with GET-POST Data

by Adrian Bacaianu

That article present a way to retrieve the GET-POST data from a form into an ISAPI extension.

Discover ISAPI. XML Way

by Adrian Bacaianu

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

Docking ActiveX Controls: Principles and Implementation

by Dmitri Sviridov

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

Donut, A WTL sample - Hosting WebBrowser Control

by MB

MDI and Tabbed WebBrowser

Download a Google Map with Win32, C++ and WinInet

by Paula Scholz

Using pure Win32, WinInet, and STL Vectors, we open an Internet connection, download, and display a Google map on a Windows Mobile phone.

Dynamic UI Creation: Extend R2build: Add New Tool Support, Create Plugin Config

by r2build

In this article, I will describe how to create a new config XML file for new tools in R2build

Easier Usage of the STL Algorithms with Pair Associative Containers (map, hash_map, etc.)

by Jay Kint

Using custom function adaptors to clarify the usage of a function within an STL algorithm.

Easy Profiler - Compile-time Profiler for C++

by Ahmed Charfeddine

Easily instrument your code, visualize, interpret results, track optimization, compare and decide.

Easy to Use Data Dispatcher

by Matthias Mann

An easy to use set of classes to dispatch any kind of data.

ECG Annotation C++ Library

by Chesnokov Yuriy

The article demonstrating electrocardiogram (ECG) annotation C++ library is based on wavelet-analysis and console application for extraction of vital intervals and waves from ECG data (P, T, QRS, PQ, QT, RR, RRn), ectopic beats and noise detection.

Efficient Representation of a Semigroup in C++

by Vadim Stadnik

Generality and efficiency of a semigroup in C++ are achieved by using an augmented B+ tree. Basic and advanced applications of such a semigroup are discussed.

EfTidyNet: .NET Wrapper for Tidy library

by ThatsAlok

Free component for parsing HTML, .NET version of EfTidyCom

EnetstatX

by y0da

Enhance netstat and packet filtering.

Exile 1.8 - The Password Manager

by AntonGogolev

Yet another password manager.

Expression-based callbacks

by Achilleas Margaritis

An easy way to provide expression-based callbacks in STL containers.

Face Detection C++ Library with Skin and Motion Analysis

by Chesnokov Yuriy

The article demonstrates face detection SSE optimized C++ library for color and gray scale data with skin detection, motion estimation for faster processing, small sized SVM and NN rough face prefiltering, PCA/LDA/ICA/any dimensionality reduction/projection and final NN classification

Fast regular expressions

by Martin Holzherr

Compiles a regular expression into a fast automaton.

Fast String Searching Using C++ STL Vectors in C#

by Dan Randolph

C# interop using platform invoke and C++ vectors to implement fast searching and selection on index keys

Fast tokenizer

by Alexander Berthold

Fast tokenizer for C++ - like 'lexx'

File and Directory Enumeration

by Andreas Saurwein

Template based file and directory enumeration class.

find_first_of: A performance pitfall among the STL algorithms

by Jim Xochellis

This article is discussing the performance problems found in the most notable find_first_of implementations and suggests useful improvements and workarounds.

Firing Events among ActiveX controls on IE

by Yasuhiko Yoshimura

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

Fixed Point Class

by PeterSchregle

A C++ template class for fixed point mathematics.

Font Enumerator

by PARK Youngho

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

FTP Client Class

by otom

A non-MFC class to encapsulate the FTP protocol.

Fun with the Matrix code and Markov chains

by Konstantin Boukreev

Emulates the Matrix code (like Dozer's screens in the movie) and generates nonsense text via Markov chains

Functional STL using Range Adaptors

by mb2sync

Introduction to Functional STL Library using Boost.Range Adaptors.

Generate an XML parser automatically

by Albert Wang

An article on XML parser or code generation automatically.

Generic Lazy Evaluation in C++

by Ali AslRousta

How to implement a generic lazy evaluation class using C++11 features.

Generic Lookaside List Class

by Jim Johnson

A simple way to keep items such as COM instances 'warm' and available for reuse

Generic Random Access Iterator

by Shvetsov Evgeniy

Safe and versatile iterator for user types

Genetic Algorithm Library

by Mladen Janković

A framework for genetic algorithms

Genetic Algorithms and the Traveling Salesman Problem

by Konstantin Boukreev

An example of using Genetic Algorithms for solving the Traveling Salesman Problem

Getting an MX record (the easy way)

by Dave Loeser

Using DNSQuery() to get an MX record

Getting System Information

by PaulWendt

This article lets you get system information via easy-to-use C++ classes.

Handle Management - Complete Solution

by Matt Gullett

A utility class to manage the mapping of objects to handles.

Hash-container and Red-Black Tree Face-off (STL Benchmark)

by Shao Voon Wong

Benchmark of hash and non-hash container

Header-only template library leveraging the ATL CRegKey class

by jean Davy

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

Henry Spencer's Regexp Engine Revisited

by Sunspot

A small, Unicode-aware regular expression engine based on Henry Spencer's early work

Hex Encoder and Decoder using Crypto++

by Shaun Wilde

Encode binary data to and from hexadecimal format using the Crypto++ library

High-Performance Statically Buffered String

by Shvetsov Evgeniy

String class with the auto. managed memory pool and performance tweaks + support modules

How to build an in-memory state engine at runtime

by osy

A C++ template for an efficient in-memory state engine.

How to get handle to any running process by its name

by Dudi Avramov

Get handle to any running process (by its name) by using performance data

How To Update Your Const Key Fields in a Map/Multimap

by programmersmind

An introduction to the necessary steps for updating const key fields in a map/multimap

How to use STL helper template function mem_fun in sophisticated algorithms

by Zhaohui Xing (Joey)

The article gives a sample that demonstrates the use of mem_fun in some special cases.

How to wrap an MFC collection into an STL compliant iterator with the Boost iterator_facade

by steveb

How to wrap an MFC collection into an STL compliant iterator with the Boost iterator_facade.

How to Write a Simple Packer/Unpacker with a Self-Extractor (SFX)

by Elias Bachaalany

An example of writing a self-extracting archive using pack and unpack routines.

How to write abstract iterators in C++

by ocoudert

How to write generic STL-like iterators in C++.

Htmlhelp Forensics

by Christian Ernst Rysgaard

Cracking the htmlhelp .chm storage format to remove annoying file-lock bug and for the sheer fun of it!

Hyperlink Text View Control

by Magomed Abdurakhmanov

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

Implementing a std::map Replacement that Never Runs Out of Memory and Instructions on Producing an ARPA Compliant Language Model to Test the...

by Roy, Philippe

An article on improving STL containers to cache to disk in order to lift memory limitation issues.

Implementing Semantic Actions in the Boost Spirit Parser Framework

by Dave Handley

Using composites to implement a modular arithmetic calculator with the Boost Spirit parser framework.

Import Adobe Photoshop (.psd) images

by ihaml

A generic class to import Adobe's Photoshop (.psd) images.

Improved Versions of CCommand and CDynamicAccessor

by Jörgen Sigvardsson

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

Increment File and Product Version Number - Multiple IDE

by Jordan Walters

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

Input and output iterators for sampling a data stream

by Andy Brummer

These iterators provide a simple way to sample or stretch a fixed size data set to fit in a larger or smaller container

Insert Field (not append) Using ADOX

by Ferdie

Using ADOX to insert field into a MS Access table.

Installer Testing and Verification

by Kuldip Rindani

Installer testing verifier - Useful for installer testing and verification.

Intercom: A Template-Based Notification Library

by compiler

This article introduces a template-based off-shoot of the subject/observer pattern called Intercom. Intercom achieves some advantages over subject-observer designs by using a three component model (Message, Notifier, Observer).

Into the STL distance function

by ophir.setter

Learning basic generic programming concepts from the STL distance function.

Introducing Comet

by Michael Geddes

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

Introduction to RPC - Part 1

by Anders Dalvander

An introduction to RPC programming. A simple RPC client/server application is explained.

Introduction to RPC - Part 2

by Anders Dalvander

An introduction to context handles in RPC. A simple RPC client/server application using context handles is explained.

IoBind, a serializer code factory.

by Jonathan de Halleux

IoBind proposes a new approach to object serialization.

IOStream Inserters And Extractors

by Christian Graus

Showing how to extend iostreams in order to stream custom types

iostream modifiers

by Christian Graus

An exploration of extending the iostreams framework through stream modifiers

IPConfigEx

by Zoltan Balazs

A simple hybrid between the ipconfig and the arp commands.

ISAPI versus ASP file uploads in web applications

by Adrian Bacaianu

This article describes two ways to upload images and files on your web server, and the advantages and disadvantages of both.

Iterative Implementation of Recursively Enumerating Files and Sub Folders

by yonken

Yet another implementation to enumerate files

JLib - A Windows Console Library

by Pepsibot

A console library capable of colored input and output. Includes user definable menus, ASCII character windows, save/restore a screen worth of characters, 256 console color combinations, and a smart coloring.

KeePass Password Safe

by Dominik Reichl

KeePass is a free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager.

Keyword Extraction Based On Entropy Difference

by BjutCS

Here ,we provide simple and practical keyword extraction software and dll for long text

Kohonen's Self Organizing Maps in C++ with Application in Computer Vision Area

by Chesnokov Yuriy

The article demonstrates the self organizing maps clustering approach for unsupervised AI classification tasks with application examples in computer vision area for faces clustering and recognition

Lazy and memoized evaluation of callables

by David Serrano Martínez

I like work. It fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. (Anonymous)

Least Recently Used

by Fekri Kassem

An implementation of Least Recently Used (LRU) Algorithm

linked_map

by lagos_fernando

A template to traverse STL maps in insertion order.

LINQ and Performance

by Steffen Ploetz

Is LINQ the right technology for processing large amounts of data in runtime-relevant environments?

LipingPtr C++ Template Class

by Liping Dai

A C++ Smart Pointer Template Class Implementation

LogDispatch - debug module

by Gediminas Siutilas

Another debug module for your project (debug/release version).

LogDriver - A simplified log4j using C++

by Will Senn

Some Logging Classes for C++ on the Windows Platform

Longest Common Subsequence

by FireEmissary

Generic algorithm of the longest common subsequence

Lovely Pointers

by Brigsoft

The topic of this article is pointers. I describe below some problems, bugs and technique solutions that correspond with using pointers. This article would be useful for beginners and programmers who use other programming languages and are starting to study C++ now.

Magic Square

by Abbas_Riazi

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

Making a Class Schedule Using a Genetic Algorithm

by Mladen Janković

How to make a class schedule using a genetic algorithm.

Making Managed Extensions for C++ STL friendly

by Nemanja Trifunovic

Some code to help you combine MC++ and STL

Managing argc and argv[] with STL in a simple way

by Patrick Hoffmann

This class makes it very easy and unified to process the argument list of your main(). It provides many features to support options with parameters, optional parameters and automatic output of error messages and a short manual. It uses STL and is unicode compliant.

Manual uninstaller for PocketPC

by ljw1004

If you don't want to use CAB, this is how.

Memory Allocation Tool

by Andreas Saurwein

Simple tool to test applications under various memory conditions.

Merge Sort and Selection Sort Algorithm For STL vectors in normal and template versions.

by sundareswaran.senthilvel

Merge Sort

MetaAgent, a Steering Behavior Template Library

by Jonathan de Halleux

Library for creating autonomous agents that have (fun) life-like behaviors.

Method for detecting and solving deadlocks in multithreading applications

by George Anescu

Presenting a method for detecting and solving deadlocks in multithreading applications using critical sections as synchronization objects

Mike's Normal Code Project Screen Saver

by Michael Dunn

A Code Project screen saver written in Win32 API

MIME Message Composer/Analyser

by nickadams

A C++ implementation of MIME

Minimalist Logger

by Andriy Tylychko

A single header cross-platform thread-safe logging facility

Minimum Difference

by Craig Henderson

Identifying the minimum difference between two data sets.

Month-Name Ordering

by David Wincelberg

Sort by month name in database tables, filenames or strings

MRU Cache Using C++ STL

by kornelious

Simple implementation of an MRU cache in C++ using STL.

Multi platform plug-in development made easy!

by Andreas Loeffler

How to use and develop plug-ins for multiple platforms.

Multidevice ASIO output plugin for WinAMP

by Domagoj Šarić

A tiny WinAMP output DLL that uses a C++ replacement of the official ASIO SDK that supports multiple ASIO devices.

Multiline Hyper Edit Control

by alex.barylski

A multiline hyper edit control derived from CEdit.

Multithreaded server class with example of HTTP server

by Souren Abeghyan

Multithreaded server class with example of HTTP server

Mutable/Promotable Recursive Mutex

by jmolivieri

Extension of boost::upgrade_mutex

MVC in the Visual Component Framework

by Jim Crafton

An introduction to the Model-View-Controller Pattern in the Visual Component Framework.

MVC in the Visual Component Framework, Part II

by Jim Crafton

Part 2 of 4 that explores the Model-View-Controller Pattern in the Visual Component Framework

My God, It’s Full of Stars: Implementing the Implicit Euler-Method with STL

by thoughts-on-coding

Implementing the implicit Euler-Method with STL

n-ary Huffman Template Algorithm

by Alex Vinokur

The algorithm allows any kind of weights (costs, frequencies), including non-numerical ones

NTP/SNTP v4/v3 Server/Client C++

by JadBenAutho

Efficient and standalone library for NTP server/client utilizing pure C++

Number crunching: Why you should never, ever, EVER use linked-list in your code again

by KjellKod.cc

Most programming resources are wrong when comparing linked-list to vector. Here you can read and understand how they are wrong and why linked-list is (mostly) to be avoided.

Object Pooling for Generic C++ classes

by User 9885

Implements a basic object pooling scheme for generic C++ objects.

Object-oriented XML Parser

by Mike Melnikov

Object-oriented parser to read/write XML files using MSXML parser

ODBC Database Access – A Templatised Approach

by Dave Handley

A library of template classes that enables the rapid production of client-side database code.

odeint v2 - Solving ordinary differential equations in C++

by headmyshoulder

odeint v2 - Solving ordinary differential equations in C++

Offering a better (ODP Compliant) ASP.NET Session object

by Natty Gur

This article discusses the problems and the available solutions for maintenance and utilization of ASP.NET session state of the .NET session object.

On Screen Displays, OSDs

by Mehdi Mousavi

Discusses OSDs and shows you how to implement one under Win32

Online Generic Data Ordering Wizard

by Jim Xochellis

A convenient online tool which facilitates the use of generic C++ programing for processing or storing custom data types.

OpenSprings Modules

by johnos

New set of open-source C++ libraries

OStringStream, or how to stop worrying and never use sprintf again

by Christian Graus

A typesafe alternative to sprintf from the std library

Outlook Bar Control and Frame (WTL)

by Rashid Thadha

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

Patterns in Real Life

by Boby Thomas P

Patterns in real life - Design patterns played out with people instead of objects.

Pause & Resume at Protocol level. (You can implement it in any language)

by Narendra Chandel

Ever wondered how some of the popular download tools have capability to break download in middle, disconnect from net, later reconnect and restart file transfer from exact point they left earlier.

PDU lib under STL for SMS

by Louis huang

This is a light weight lib for decoding and encoding the GSM SMS PDU format.

Pipe template classes

by klizardin

A template classes library to support pipe development with minimum programmer effort.

Playing Wave Resources

by jangtimjang

Playing Wave Resources using a low level audio API.

Pointers to Member Functions and Functors

by Paul Ranson

Using pointers to member functions to build a functor template binding an instance of an object and a member function.

Polymorphic JSON Serialization in C++

by phillipvoyle

Using JSON.h (version 0.3 supporting polymorphic types and std::shared_ptr)

Polymorphic STL containers and iterators

by Dr. Goulu

Template classes to build polymorphic data structures based on STL, enabling transparent use of STL algorithms.

Popup Blocker

by John Osborn

Version 3 of the BHO Popup Blocker written in ATL

Porting a Large Project from Windows to Linux

by Greg Utas

Analogous functions, subtle differences, multiple compilers...

Power of C++ - Developing a Portable HTTP Server with Python Interpreter using Boost, TinyXML

by Artem Kustikov

This article describes portable networking library (ahttp) and small HTTP server - result of modern C++ programming approaches investigation

Practical Guide to STL

by Jeff Bogan

An article on practical learning of STL in the MS development environment.

Precise and safe calculation method for the average of large integer arrays

by Stefan_Lang

How to avoid overflow and still retain precision on large integer calculations

Pretty Good Initialization Library

by Thorsten Ottosen

Are you tired of filling data manually into STL containers? With the Initialization Library it gets a lot easier.

Priori - A Fast dynamic_cast Alternative

by DigitalInBlue

This article discusses the implementation and use of a fast alternative to dynamic_cast, Priori.

Process Create Notification using EnumProcess

by My2Cents

Poll using EnumProcess to get process create notification in user-mode

Process viewer

by Nibu babu thomas

Lists out the details of running processes in a system, loaded drivers, loaded dlls, version of each dll and process, process times, command line, owner, priority, GDI resource usage, privileges, loaded symbols, window heirarchy, autostart app finding and more.

Process, Module and Thread enumeration classes

by Andreas Saurwein

3 simple classes for easy retrival of running processes, modules and threads

Programming control point application using the UPnP Control Point API

by amatecki

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

Property Page and Context Menu Shell Extension ATL Wizards

by Shaun Wilde

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

ptr_vector - A Container For Pointers

by Roland Pibinger

Convenient STL-compliant vector for pointers.

Push Framework - A C++ toolkit for high performance server development

by Ahmed Charfeddine

Write asynchronous, multithreaded servers in a few lines of code. Monitor realtime activity with a deploy-only dashboard.

Quake II .NET

by Ralph Arvesen

A port of the famous C-language based game engine to Visual C++ with a .NET managed heads-up display.

Query the New Windows Audit Policies Programmatically

by marc ochsenmeier

This sample show how to access the information retrieved by running Auditpol.

Quick and convenient way to build STL strings.

by Taka Muraoka

A quick and convenient way to build STL strings.

QuickDialogs - A Library for Creating Dialogs Quickly and Elegantly

by Rotted Frog

A library for creating simple dialogs declaratively with minimal overhead

Read and Write application parameters in XML

by Arnaud Brejeon

This article provides an easy way to load and save the parameters of an application in XML format.

Reading UTF-8 with C++ streams

by Emilio Garavaglia

A locale codecvt facet from char to wchar_t

Real-Time Object Tracker in C++

by Chesnokov Yuriy

This article describes an object tracking approach by estimating a time averaged background scene for tracking static and moving objects in real-time on down-scaled image data.

Recursive Assertions Obscure The Real Problem with a Phantom Assertion

by CurtD

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

Recursive patterned File Globbing

by Joshua Jensen

Class and application to recursively or non-recursively match files or directories based on a wildcard pattern.

Registry Viewer

by Mishra Vikas

An application to view Registry entries.

Remote NT Service Control COM Component and WPF Client Application

by deBUGer!

Sample application demonstrating variety of MS technologies

Renaming a workspace - .dsp and .dsw

by beetung

A hack to rename a workspace (MSVC6 only).

Retrieve the Assembly Identities from a Manifest using C++

by marc ochsenmeier

A set of C++ interfaces to retrieve the side-by-side information of a manifest embedded in an image file.

Retrieving shell icons

by Thomas Freudenberg

Get shell icons, even if they're customized

Reusable Function Loader for a DLL

by beetung

Provides clean syntax for explicitly loading a DLL and its export functions. Exported DLL functions appear as local extern "C" functions or class member functions at source level.

SADirRead - directory and file list class

by Chris Losinger

Scans a folder for sub-folders and files. Simple and easy to use.

safedeque - easy to use stl::deque

by Cho, Kyung-min

safedeque shows the way to use deque with cslock and smart pointer.

Scalable Servers with IO Completion Ports and How to Cook Them

by rtybase

The theory and practice of developing server applications.

sdeExtensions: Some shell extensions to make a developer's life easier

by Steef D.

Shell extensions to make a file read/write, make a file readonly, make a new folder, clean up temporary files and MP3 assignment.

SeaShell - More Explorer controls

by Philip Oldaker

A set of shell controls and other useful classes

Secure Function Pointer and Callbacks in Windows Programming

by Selvam R

This article explains the usage of function pointer and callback in Windows application programming Interface (API).

Secure String Handling in Windows Applications

by Selvam R

This article explains about Strsafe, Secured C run time library (CRT) and safe STL functions.

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

by David Coe

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

Service Browser Application for Windows Mobile

by Valentin Ivanov

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

Shell Renamer

by Todd Jeffreys

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

Simple Approach to Voronoi Diagrams

by Vadim Stadnik

Discussion of simple variants of Voronoi diagram

Simple C++ class for XML writing

by Oboltus

Tiny template-based C++ class, which simplifies writing of XML data.

Simple C++ XML Parser

by BratilaRazvan

A Simple C++ XML parser with only the basic functionality

Simple extensible RPN based calculator class

by Ilushka

This article is about a simple yet easily extensible class that allows to perform arithmetic calculations.

Simple HTTP Client using WININET

by Heo Yongseon

Simple HTTP Client, HTTP GET, HTTP POST, HTTP POST-MultiPartFormData

Simple manipulator for ostream for using printf style

by Frank Arnold

A simple manipulator class for using printf style in ostream

Simple MemoryPool using templates and std::vector

by Sasa Kajic

Creating simple memory pool using templates and vector

Simple Stack-Based Wrapper for Windows and XML Registries

by compiler

Left to my own devices, I tend to leak handles, leave keys open too long, close and re-open keys too often, and generally make a mess of the whole thing. And frankly, so do most of you (no insult intended).

Simple STL tree

by Pavel Molchanov

Simple way to create tree structure using basic STL classes

Simple XML Parser - Minimalistic Approach

by Alex Cohn

XML parser helper classes in pure C++ without validation

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

by Vadim Motorine

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

Skills and Concepts to Program in C++

by Nader Omar

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

Smart Grid

by Alex Turc

Build a grid using ATL, STL and Win32 API.

Smart Pointers Gotchas

by Bartlomiej Filipek

Several issues related to smart pointers that are worth knowing.

Smart Pointers to boost your code

by peterchen

A beginner's introduction to the smart pointers provided by the boost library.

SoftG Application Framework 1.62

by HotSoftG

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

Software Verification's Memory Validator

by Stephen Kellett

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

Solution for Multiple enable_shared_from_this in Inheritance Tree

by Philippe Cayouette

The initial implementation of enable_shared_from_this of STL or the one from Boost C++ causes crash if it appears more than once in the inheritance tree of a user class. This is a solution for the problem. (search tag: enable shared from this)

Solving ordinary differential equations in C++

by headmyshoulder

This article explains a framework for solving ordinary differential equations, which is based on template metaprogramming.

Some of the Best Open Source Project's in VC++ & MFC

by Sudhir Mangla

Some of the best open source projects in VC++ and MFC

Some useful additions for the C++ standard library

by Daniel Lohmann

Defines some TCHAR compatible STL elements and gives you an std::ostream to send output to the debugger windows.

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

by Pavel Kobyakov

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

SQLDevKit: A C++ Object Oriented Wrapper to SQLite

by trident99

The SQL Developer Kit, or SQD, is an interface wrapper around the SQLite 3 Database engine.

Stable Iterators for C++ Vectors and Why You Need Them

by Noah L

A vector iterator that facilitates the replacement of slow lists with fast vectors, as Bjarne decreed.

Standard C++ Library Changes in Visual C++ 2010

by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Reveals the important changes in STL.

State Machines, in C++

by HoshiKata

An example state machine framework that uses Doxygen to auto-draw the actual code's behavior.

Sticky Notes v. 1.8

by Igor Vigdorchik

A WTL replacement for PostIt paper notes.

STL 101 Part A - Vector

by Christian Graus

The first in a series of articles on STL, this one covers vector and some common algorithms

STL 101 Part D - sorted associative containers, Set and Map

by Christian Graus

Coverage of two more containers from the STL, namely set and map, and the functions provided for them.

STL Compliant Class for SafeArrays

by Julian Brown

Encapsulates the details of SafeArray in a manner consistent with STL. Hides all the messy details.

STL compliant container example

by doxys

A self explaning example on how to build a fully compliant STL container

STL containers map, set, and list with fast array access

by Ray Virzi

Source code for STL compliant container classes that add fast indexing capability to existing container types

STL Format

by Romualdas Cukuras

Put your favourite format string and function arguments to STL string.

STL Function objects

by Chris Losinger

Using STL function objects in std::sort

STL like template based coding with the MMX/SSE extension

by Hirotaka Niitsuma

STL like template based coding with the MMX/SSE extension using OpenCV, vigra, and boost.

STL Serialization Library (STL-SL)

by Aniruddha Jahagirdar

The STL Serialization Library can serialize and load STL objects from a file. The serialization file format can be customised to suit your needs. It's fast, easy, and free!

STL Sort Comparison Function

by Shao Voon Wong

Writing comparison function for std::sort

STL Split String

by Paul J. Weiss

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

STL split string function

by David 'dex' Schwartz

Split a string using a single character delimiter. Template function.

STL WebServer

by David Hubbard

A set of classes written in STL that implement a web server

STL without warnings

by Oskar Wieland

Using STL on warning level 4

STL101 Part B - List and Iterators

by Christian Graus

My second STL article covers std::list and discusses different iterator types

STL101 Part C - Functors

by Christian Graus

This third article describes how to write function adaptors which allow customization of STL functions.

String Tokenizer Iterator Class

by Daniel Andersson

A string tokenizer iterator class that works with std::string

String Utils

by Ernesto Savoretti

Simple utilities to manage strings. Specially devoted to VB backgrounders

Style Toolkit - Use advanced graphics techniques to create a custom user interface

by Darren Sessions

The Style Toolkit allows you to modernize the look of your programs using gradients, transparency, PNG images, and more.

SystemFramework library

by Scanix

SystemFramework defines interfaces, classes, and types to support a native runtime system with its own garbage collector, delegates, etc. The design of SystemFramework classes is similar to those of the .NET Framework.

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

by Michael Dunn

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

Template C++ wrapper for Windows registry

by Corosan

What properties has some proper C++ wrapper class? Let's formalize it for example for Windows registry.

Templated Burrows-Wheeler transformation

by Rasmus Kaae

An article on how to use the templated class for Burrows-Wheeler transformation.

Ten Pin Bowling Scoreboard

by StephenPhillips

Command line application for recording and displaying scores for Ten Pin bowling

Tensor templates

by Mike Melnikov

A template class that enable you to make tensors with any dimensionality. Process convolution of any tensors and so on.

Testing C++ classes

by Cristian Amarie

Testing C++ classes with a pointer to member function.

Textout with wordwrapping and Text Selection

by selom ofori

This is a simple text display view with wordwrapping and text selection capabilities.

The "New ipconfig" and the IP Helper API

by Joseph Dempsey

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

The Amazing Performance of C++17 Parallel Algorithms, is it Possible?

by Bartlomiej Filipek

What performance can we get from C++17 parallel algorithms?

The Building of a Knowledge Base Using C++ and an Introduction to the Power of Predicate Calculus

by Roy, Philippe

An article introducing Conceptual Dependency and predicate calculus operations.

The C++ Standard Library, 2nd

by Bartlomiej Filipek

This book is a must-have resource for any C++ developer!

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

by Michael Dunn, Nish Nishant

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

The complete guide to STL: Part 1 - Vector

by cristitomi

An introduction to the STL vector.

The complete guide to STL: Part 2 - List

by cristitomi

An introduction to the STL list.

The complete guide to STL: Part 3 - Deque

by cristitomi

An introduction to STL deque.

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

by Michael Dunn

A detailed tutorial on writing your own Explorer namespace extensions.

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

by Michael Dunn

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

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

by Michael Dunn

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

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

by Michael Dunn

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

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

by Michael Dunn

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

The Concave Hull of a Set of Points

by Alasdair Craig

A C++ implementation of a published algorithm for computing the concave hull using a k-nearest neighbour approach.

The fastest smart pointer in the west

by Itay Maman

Need a super quick implementation of a reference counting smart pointer? AUTO_REF delivers just that, with a 'thin' source code of just 3,886 bytes (< 4KB)

The Implementation of Model Constraints in .NET

by Alex Mikunov

.NET Extensions that provide an infrastructure for enforcing database-like data integrity constraints

The Practical Guide to Multithreading - Part 2

by Ajay Vijayvargiya

More of practical situations to use multithreading!

The Token Iterator

by John R. Bandela

Token Iterator provides an easy to use, familiar, and customizable way in which to go through the tokens contained in a string

The Windows Native Ribbon Part 3: Buttons and Menus

by Michael Dunn

This article demonstrates new button and menu features of the Ribbon

Thread Safe Singleton Template and Management - No MFC Required!

by Paul Evans

Source code and explanation of a thread safe singleton and singleton management.

Timer class - Time how long your programs run for

by summatix

Time how long an application or a set of processes run for, to millisecond precision.

ToDoList Add-on

by Oleksandr Kucherenko

A Visual Studio add-in to help navigate to TODO:, TASK: etc comments, as well as showing STL containers in debug mode such as std::string, std::list etc

Tokenizer and analyzer package supporting precedence prioritized rules

by Alexander Berthold

A library allowing you to conveniently build a custom tokenizer and analyzer supporting precedence priorized rules

ToolBoxCtrl

by Aleh Baradzenka

The control representing a regular ToolBar in the form of a tree of command buttons

Top 5 Beautiful C++ std Algorithms Examples

by Bartlomiej Filipek

Several examples of beautiful code made up of algorithms from the C++ standard library. Heavily uses modern C++.

Tree Data Class for C++

by Alexander Kovachev

Simple class to represent tree data structures in C++

Tree Iterators

by bsargos

Discussing about Tree Iterators: Choices of Datastructure and Algorithm

triplet - An STL template to support 3D Vectors

by Mick Leong

Adding support to STL for 3D Vectors

True Natural Language Understanding through a Conceptual Language Understanding Engine

by Roy, Philippe

An article introducing an Artificial Intelligence technique that understands and manipulates concepts from text.

Turing Machine (C++ Implementation)

by Alex Vinokur

The C++-program simulates a Turing Machine (TM). TM is defined by input files: metafile, states file, alphabet file, transition file, input word(s) file(s).

Type Safe Logger For C++

by Sanjeev Venkat, kb-boxer

Type safe destination transparent logger for C++

Typed Iteration over a Composite

by Dave Handley

Implementation of STL compliant type sensitive composite iterators.

typeof operator implementation

by Goran Mitrovic

A typeof operator for Visual C++ 7.1 compiler.

Ultra Rapid Object Detection in Computer Vision Applications with Haar-like Wavelet Features

by Chesnokov Yuriy

The article describes the use of Haar-like wavelet features for ultra fast object detection using a cascade of artificial neural network classifiers.

Understanding STL

by Jais Joy

This article explains STL internals.

Undo and Redo the "Easy" Way

by compiler

This article introduces a simple approach to in-memory transactions that can be used to implement Undo and Redo. The technique uses SEH and Virtual Memory and requires only STL and Win32.

Undo Manager

by Jens Nilsson

An article about managing undo and redo actions

Unicode and ANSI file I/O, line by line

by Jaroslav Klima

This article describes a very simple library which provides functions for reading and writing lines of text from/to a file on disk, supporting both ANSI and Unicode.

Updating and Adding Database Records Through ADO

by saqib chuadhry

An article on OLE DB and ODBC API's uses through vc++ (MFC). And with little bit comparision.

Upgrading an STL-based application to use Unicode.

by Taka Muraoka

Problems that developers will face when upgrading an STL-based application to use Unicode and how to solve them.

Use of PIMPL Design Pattern

by Le Sourcier

Explain why and how to use PIMPL

Useful Numerical, Bits & Hashing Routines

by Shvetsov Evgeniy

Helper functions to deal with the individual bits & digits, hashing and other

User Management using ADSI

by Vineet Nandurkar

This article demonstrates user management using Active Directory Services

Using .NET Classes/Modules from Native C++

by Johann Anhofer

The goal of this article is to describe a more or less generic way to access .NET managed objects from a native C++ application.

Using Delegates in the Visual Component Framework

by Jim Crafton

An article describing how to use delegates in the VCF.

Using Interfaces for Object Oriented Primitives

by Christopher Diggins

An introduction to the OOTL (Object Oriented Template Library). Describes how the OOTL uses a bleeding-edge technique of defining interface types in C++ to provide lightweight object-oriented primitives with run-time polymorphism through an IObject interface.

Using MSXML to Read XML Documents

by ljw1004

How to read XML documents using MSXML, in a modern C++/template manner

Using STL

by Zoran M. Todorovic

A brief introduction on using the Standard Template Library

Using STL algorithm to simplify the code procedure

by Zhaohui Xing (Joey)

The article gives the sample to demonstrate the advantage of using STL algorithm.

Using STL to build a simple DOM model and its scripting scheme

by sanjit_rath

Using STL to build a simple DOM model and its scripting scheme.

Using the maps

by Tesic Goran

The goal of this article is to demonstrate using one of the STL’s associative containers – the map.

Using the std::sort() Method

by Paul Wolfensberger

An introduction to sorting using STL

utf8::ostream

by c-smile

Lightweight utf8 generator

Utilities

by Shup

An article on simple but frequently used utility functions.

Utilities for STL std::string

by jamesfancy

Utility functions for std::string.

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

by Michael Dunn

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

Visual Component Framework

by Jim Crafton

An Article describing working with the Visual Component Framework

Visual Leak Detector - Enhanced Memory Leak Detection for Visual C++

by Dan Moulding

A memory leak detector for Visual C++ packaged in an easy to use library!

VS File Finder

by J W Payne

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

Wallpaper for Visual Studio .NET

by rudy_g

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

Wave: a Standard conformant C++ preprocessor library

by Hartmut Kaiser

Describes a free and fully Standard conformant C++ preprocessor library

Weekly Logger Framework

by Vincent, Wei

Sometimes, you may want to create a log file and you want to create a log item every week(maybe every month or every 10 days). This class can help you to make the mission easier!

Win32 file name iteration STL way

by bektek

This simple class shows how to iterate file names by using STL iterator interface.

Winamp Control Utility via hotkeys

by petersunde

A small snippet which allows you to control your winamp via predefined hotkeys

Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Adding Custom Tasks to Jump Lists

by Michael Dunn

Create custom tasks in your app's jump list on Windows 7

Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Jump Lists

by Michael Dunn

An intro to using jump lists with your Windows 7 applications

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

by Michael Dunn

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

Windows Explorer wildcard selection shell extension

by Matthijs Hollemans

A shell extension to allow you to select files based on a wildcard search

WinHttpGateway Library

by klizardin

WinHttp API wrapper library with asynchronous call mechanism and support of HTTPS protocol

WinLamb: using C++11 Lambdas to Handle Win32 Messages

by Rodrigo Cesar de Freitas Dias

Introducing WinLamb, a modern C++11 object-oriented library to write native Windows programs

Work Queue

by Uri Twig

Simple and elegant thread pool.

Workaround for IShellLink::GetPath()

by Peter Thoemmes

Workaround for IShellLink::GetPath(), which sometimes fails and crashes the application.

World Time

by «_Superman_»

Displays current time in various timezones. Also demonstrates some Win32 API programming tricks.

Writing a basic Windows debugger

by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Learn how you can write your own Windows debugger.

Writing own regular expression parser

by Amer Gerzic

Explains principles behind writing regular expression parsers.

Writing Portable Code in C++ Using STL

by Zeeshan Amjad

Writing Portable Code in C++ Using STL

Writing Win32 Apps with C++ only classes

by Emilio Garavaglia

C++ classes and wrappers to write W32 apps without MFC, ATL or other (part 1?)

Writing Win32 Apps with C++ only classes (part 3)

by Emilio Garavaglia

C++ classes and wrappers to write W32 apps without MFC, ATL or other (part 3).

Writing Windows Debugger - Part 2

by Ajay Vijayvargiya

Let's enhance our Debugger!

WTL CFileTreeCtrl class

by Ilya Solnyshkin

Implements a tree control similar to the left hand side of Windows Explorer

WTL Docking Windows

by Serge Klimov

This is an implementation of docking windows for the WTL library

WTL for MFC Programmers, Part VII - Splitter Windows

by Michael Dunn

A tutorial on using WTL splitter windows and pane containers.

WWW (HTTP/HTTPS/FTP) Client using WININET

by Heo Yongseon

Synchronized/asynchronized WWW client: HTTP/HTTPS GET, POST, POST multiparts/form-data supported. FTP GET FILE, PUT FILE supported too.

XML by Schema

by Hans Ruck

Validate XML with XML schema.

XML Property Bag Implementation

by Jörgen Sigvardsson

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

XML Settings

by AntonGogolev

Using XML to store settings.

XMLite: simple XML parser.

by Cho, Kyung-min

Easy to access and simple XML parser

Xport: XHTML Parsing and Objective Reporting Toolkit

by Mitchel Haas

Open source C++ class template library for generating and parsing xhtml documents.

Yet Another Concurrent Expression Evaluator

by phoenicyan

High-performance expression evaluator that allows filtering large number of messages

zipstream, bzip2stream: iostream wrappers for the zlib and bzip2 libraries

by Jonathan de Halleux

STL compliant, stream-to-stream, zlib and bzip2 wrapper with wide char support.

ZSplitter: Adding Automatic Splitting for Dialog Controls

by Mike Melnikov

A set of classes that provide automatic adding necessary splitters in your dialogs