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by Michael Dunn
A tutorial on using GDI and common dialogs in WTL.
by Tim Smith
Color picker control for WTL applications including optional support for XP themes
by PrafullaT
This is a toolbar for the Internet Explorer which shows information from RSS taken from the Internet.
by _oti
A WTL Hunspell-checked edit control.

Latest Articles

by Pablo Aliskevicius
A mix-in class to change the appearance of a dialog, by handling WM_CTLCOLOR* messages, with five lines of code.
by Adam Wojnar
Tips for VC++ 2010 Express users on 64bit Windows.
by Adam Wojnar
A complete log viewer written in C++/WTL.
by Yvan Rodrigues
How to install the WTL Wizard for Visual Studio 2010.

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Applications 

5 Aug 2000
Konstantin Boukreev
An example of using the WTL library and RichEdit control
30 Sep 2003
Tom Furuya
Making of color picker utility using WTL and recap of clipboard management APIs.
14 Jul 2006
Igor Vigdorchik
A WTL replacement for PostIt paper notes.
3 Nov 2002
Neil Yao
A little useful tool to change style and position of any window
12 Feb 2007
PARK Youngho
Nura Tritris is a computer game that a user shall stack balls and match at least three balls to have same colours horizontally, vertically or diagonally. When a user match same colours, the stacked balls shall disappear.
20 Apr 2005
Mark Petrik
A psychological journey into a project crafted from start to finish.
29 Jun 2011
Ed Gadziemski
An updated version of the WTL BmpView sample application using an OLE Picture object to handle multiple image types
7 Aug 2011
forest.house
This article illustrates the application of ATL/WTL by building a simple text editor based on the WTL objects
18 Jul 2006
Igor Vigdorchik
A small application to keep track of all important dates.
23 Aug 2000
Franky Braem
A Java Class Browser written in C++ using WTL
6 Feb 2007
PARK Youngho
An example of using the WTL library in an artificial intelligence game.
12 Mar 2007
bkausbk
Make Property Sheet/Wizards resizable without much modification.
12 Aug 2004
Gregory Elbert
SeaBattle game written using WTL
20 Mar 2002
Ed Gadziemski
A simple arcade-style video game developed using WTL
25 Feb 2008
PARK Youngho
A different take on a familiar game
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WTL - Beginners 

22 Dec 2005
Michael Dunn
WTL programming for MFC developers - frame windows.
22 Dec 2005
Michael Dunn
An introduction to WTL programming for MFC developers.
18 Jan 2006
Michael Dunn
A tutorial on using WTL splitter windows and pane containers.
10 Jan 2006
Michael Dunn
A tutorial on hosting ActiveX controls in WTL dialogs.
16 Jun 2006
Michael Dunn
A tutorial on using drag and drop in your WTL application.
13 Jan 2006
Michael Dunn
A guide to creating property sheets and wizards in WTL
23 May 2004
Gilad Novik
How to create a simple browser using IE engine and WTL.
30 Apr 2001
Ben Burnett
The 'what' and 'where do I get it' of WTL
11 Jun 2002
Ed Gadziemski
Ten quick and easy tips and tricks for use when developing WTL applications
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WTL - General 

13 Jun 2002
Tim Smith
Color picker control for WTL applications including optional support for XP themes
16 Jul 2007
PrafullaT
This is a toolbar for the Internet Explorer which shows information from RSS taken from the Internet.
21 Jun 2009
_oti
A WTL Hunspell-checked edit control.
29 Apr 2004
Rob Caldecott
Extension to WTL CDialogResize template to support persistent dialog size
18 Feb 2009
Alain Rist
OOo::DocWindow and WTL::COOoCtrl classes to work on any Microsoft-Office document, and Open Office SDK integration in Visual Studio/VCExpress 2005/2008
31 Dec 2005
Michael Dunn
Using the new WTL classes that implement advanced dialog UI elements
20 Jul 2001
Michael Dunn
How to use WTL's built-in support for resizable dialogs
4 Aug 2004
Pablo Aliskevicius
After you design your dialogs in Visual Studio, use the WTL Class Wizard to turn them into WTL classes and not just from Visual Studio 6!
16 Nov 2003
George Yohng
Guarantees pixel-to-pixel matching appearance of resource-based dialogs for different font DPIs
22 Dec 2005
Michael Dunn
The basics of using toolbars and status bars in WTL applications.
1 Jun 2003
Bjornar Henden
A WTL Grid mostly aimed for use against databases.
4 Apr 2002
Daniel Bowen
Issues and solutions when creating a new MDI child in a WTL application when the last active child was maximized
7 Apr 2009
Raj Pabari
A simple, functional, and attractive windowless control to jazz up your dialog boxes
4 May 2006
Michael Dunn
How to handle the extra application buttons on keyboards and mice
19 Sep 2005
Neil Yao
A reusable WTL base class to add buttons on the caption bar.
18 Apr 2006
AlanW
A flexible WTL list control that supports Windows Vista style selection and cell editing.
29 Jan 2004
Luuk Weltevreden
This article shows a workaround to the graphics bug that a checkbox or radio button is displayed with a black background on themed dialogs.
9 Jun 2002
Ed Gadziemski
The basics of using WTL's CSplitterWindow and CPaneContainer controls to create a multipane application
30 Sep 2002
Ernest Laurentin
Shows how to use Microsoft Script Hosting inside existing ATL/WTL Application
31 Jan 2001
Less Wright
This article will show you how to make use of WTL’s DDX/DDV implementation using a real world example.
5 Oct 2002
Rashid Thadha
create your own toolband for Internet Explorer using WTL
21 Nov 2007
Sergey Klimov
This is an implementation of docking windows for the WTL library
11 Dec 2006
Rob Caldecott
Add text, drop-down menus, and comboboxes to a WTL toolbar.
11 Nov 2007
Alain Rist
Featuring cell menu, in-place editor, single control and split dialogs, Vista shell and Mobile file controls and selection dialogs
19 Jan 2006
Till Krullmann
A WTL extension which introduces layout maps to automatically update the layout in resizable dialogs.
13 Jan 2006
Baryon Lee
This article explains the procedure for using WTL with Visual Studio 2005 Express edition.
18 Jan 2005
Igor Vigdorchik
CHyperLink derived class that displays a bitmap next to the link and allows a different color when hover.
24 Mar 2005
Ralph Wetzel
A WTL wrapper around the "XP style Explorer Bar (Win32/MFC)" control of Ingo A. Kubbilun.
30 May 2006
Till Krullmann
Presents a small set of ATL/WTL classes that simplify working with threads.
20 Feb 2002
Jens Nilsson
An article on the framework for implementing snapping windows.
11 Dec 2006
Shunix
This article is intended to show an opportunity for customizing the list view control (report view, single-line mode) using the custom scrollbar control.
22 Dec 2005
Jesus Salas
How to implement a two-way communication path from IExplorer and WTL code
29 Mar 2007
Robin Debnath
Simplest way to skin a WTL Dialog in 3 easy steps
6 Mar 2008
JaeWook Choi
An article on a mix-in class to support TitleTips for Edit, ListBox and ComboBox controls
14 Sep 2005
Neil Yao
A reusable WTL base class to support AppBar
12 Oct 2002
Ed Gadziemski, Rick Pingry
This article describes how to use an MDI client in a splitter pane of a WTL MDI application with splitter window.
1 May 2006
Blake Hurd
A sidebar in the lower left that emulates the sidebar in Outlook 2003. Other features implemented include theming, snapping buttons, unique button system, etc.
19 Jun 2002
Klaus Probst
A custom IEnumString implementation that works with IAutoComplete to provide autocomplete functionality for edit and combobox controls in WTL applications.
29 Jul 2009
Alain Rist
Message map macros, split frames, full screen implementation, and automatic mapping of UI elements.
11 Jul 2011
Ed Gadziemski
CWtlPicture attaches to an owner-drawn picture control and reads, displays, and saves disk or database images
27 Jan 2003
Paolo Messina
An easy way to enhance MFC windows with WTL templates
10 Jan 2006
Jozef Bozek
Implemetation of a simple DocView framework like MFC.
5 Jun 2003
Tony Ioanides
An MS Outlook-style mini-calendar control using WTL
20 Apr 2004
Pablo Aliskevicius
A mix-in class to help drop files into WTL windows.
26 Apr 2009
Igor Vigdorchik
Class wrappers around the Win32 multi-monitor API
1 Jul 2003
Junlei Li
Use an easy-to-use templated class to custom the title bar of windows.
6 Oct 2006
Michael C. Robert
Demonstrates how to use WTL and C++ to access an Excel spreadsheet using Visual Studio .NET 2003.
14 Jan 2004
Igor Vigdorchik
A port of MFC CArchive class to simplify serialization in WTL and non-MFC projects
22 Dec 2001
David Y. Zhao
Add a simple tab control that shows the opened child windows in an MDI application
31 Jul 2002
Tim Smith
UOTH is collection of little bleeding edge UI techniques. Oh, and a tool for UO games players.
3 Nov 2003
SGarratt
Get rid of annoying groupbox flicker when using resizeable windows; also effects adjustable minimum and maximum window size.
9 Nov 2003
Alain Rist
Add this small class to your existing dialog inheritance list and get nice tooltips on controls and dialog.
16 May 2004
Neil Yao
Introduces the framework of a skin plug-in implementation.
13 Dec 2008
Jonathan Davies
Use two C++ classes which wrap various setup API calls to obtain, filter and display device names and information
12 Aug 2005
Gilad Novik
Internet classes for WTL developers.
9 Apr 2006
AlanW
A WTL tree control that supports Windows Vista style selection and multiple selection.
7 Nov 2004
JaeWook Choi
An article on EditListBox Control.
7 Nov 2007
xanatos
A themed Outlook Bar for WTL (works even without themes).
28 Jun 2011
Ed Gadziemski
A data-bound extension of the Windows listview control for WTL.
28 Oct 2004
JaeWook Choi
An article on WTL edit control with Icon.
24 Apr 2006
Igor Vigdorchik
An article explaining how to create an owner-drawn context menu.
30 May 2003
alexatnt
A tool that might make your WTL coding work a little easier
23 Jun 2004
Voland7
WTL Oscilloscope control.
28 May 2001
Ben Burnett
An article on the CodeMax editing control.
7 Jul 2002
Serge Weinstock
Implementation of resizable dialogs, form views and property sheets for WTL
23 May 2002
Eugene Polonsky
Complete implementation of .NET IDE's snapping windows in ATL/WTL
10 Sep 2013
Pablo Aliskevicius
A mix-in class to change the appearance of a dialog, by handling WM_CTLCOLOR* messages, with five lines of code.
19 Mar 2002
Jean-Michel LE FOL
Ownerdrawn menu with the OfficeXP look (WTL version)
31 Mar 2002
Ed Gadziemski
How to use the Windows Template Library CBitmapButton
27 Jun 2001
Rashid Thadha
An outlook control and framework that can be used in your WTL Application
17 Nov 2003
Gilad Novik
A list control with sorting indicator.
12 May 2007
Satervalley
This small tool shows some real-time system information, such as network speed, CPU utilization, time period and so on on the screen .
27 Apr 2002
Paul M Watt
A message loop class that is suitable for game programming in WTL.
21 Sep 2005
Alweit
An attempt to create a WinZip-like Extract dialog.
23 May 2003
Tony Ioanides
An alternative approach to selecting date ranges.
26 Jun 2001
Serge Weinstock
A fully featured owner-draw button class
20 Aug 2006
zhaozg
CTrayNotifyIcon is a great and easy tool, make a portable copy to WTL.
26 Sep 2002
Ed Gadziemski
This article explains how to use WTL's CMultiPaneStatusBarCtrl class in an application.
7 May 2008
T800G
An easy and flexible way to change file extensions.
6 Nov 2002
Rob Caldecott
Use this class to add additional fonts to your WTL application
27 Jun 2001
Magomed Abdurakhmanov
Simple, but useful classes to save/restore window appearance
12 Oct 2002
Ed Gadziemski
This article describes a helper class that can load metafiles from either resource or disk. It supports both windows and enhanced metafiles.
19 Sep 2007
Tim Brooks
An article explaining how to switch views in a WTL SDI application.
30 Nov 2000
Billy Leverington
How to use WTL to create custom controls
26 Jul 2000
Ben Burnett
An article on extending the tool bar control using the Window Template Library
20 Jun 2002
Magomed Abdurakhmanov
Control that shows text and automatically finds and highlights hyperlinks (like http://, www. etc.) so that user can click on them.
10 Apr 2002
Ed Gadziemski
How to use WTL's CPropertySheet implementation in wizard-style as a resizable view instead of a modal or modeless dialog
5 Nov 2002
Rob Caldecott
Add a button that displays a menu when clicked to your WTL application
28 Jan 2002
Maxxx
Simplest grid implementation in WTL
27 Mar 2002
Kristian Lippert
An Article on how to subclass a control using WTL and ATL
20 Apr 2004
Pablo Aliskevicius
Put a Progress Bar in a pane of your status bar with just three lines of code, or a bitmap, animation or anything with a HWND with just one.
29 May 2004
Jon Feider
A WTL mix-in class for creating toolbar controls using common controls bitmaps instead of local resources.
30 Apr 2003
René Greiner
A WTL MDI update user interface extension
4 Dec 2005
mb2sync
Performs conversions between values of type bool, BOOL and VARIANT_BOOL.
25 Nov 2005
Igor Vigdorchik
A WTL class that will make any window transparent and allow mouse clicks to pass through the window in Windows 2000 and XP.
2 Nov 2004
Alain Rist
CZoomScrollImpl extends WTL CScrollImpl to allow continuous zooming.
13 Aug 2000
David Peterson
Use WTL to create simple button that implements drop-down menu
4 Mar 2002
Bjoern Graf
A WTL Rolldown control as seen in 3DSMax
30 Apr 2001
JacksonBrown1960
The code in this demo package contains a colored label, a colored button with menu support, and a colored tab control for WTL.
23 Mar 2006
Rory Buchanan
An article on using accelerators in WTL dialogs.
26 Jun 2004
Mark Petrik
An overview of handling owner drawn listview controls in WTL.
1 Jun 2000
Ben Burnett
Beginning Documentation on WTL
11 Sep 2003
Zhang YanFeng
This article will show you how to make MDI window of WTL into ATL control by using a real world example.
23 Aug 2000
Ramon Smits
A font combo box that previews the fonts in the dropdown view
13 May 2003
Ilya Solnyshkin
A control that combines an edit control, and a browse button that brings up a file/folder browse dialog.
13 Jul 2003
Brian P. Adams
A WTL wizard for Visual Studio .NET 2003
17 Aug 2003
NormDroid
Implementation of Auto Completion ComboBox for WTL
14 Sep 2005
mb2sync
A replacement for the CUpdateUI using event-driven architecture.
10 Mar 2002
Rui Lopes
Class for Synchronizing the Active State of multiple windows.
2 Sep 2005
mb2sync
Consistent interfaces to CString using Boost.Range.
21 Jan 2002
Voinkov
A policy based implementation of UI updating that accumulates and executes UI changes.
13 Oct 2004
Igor Vigdorchik
Small class that adds a serialization support to CRichEditCtrl class
4 Apr 2003
Petr Prikryl
This article shows an alternative, and simpler way of downloading and installing WTL.
19 Feb 2001
Rashid Thadha
Full FlatTabCtrl using WTL
17 Mar 2001
Paul Bludov
Use of a Push button with a drop down menu
18 Apr 2004
Simon.W
This article discusses some MixIn classs for WTL. These MixIn classes provides some features that WTL/ATL framework does not support, such as owner-draw menu, skinned dialog buttons and static text controls.
31 Aug 2001
Paul A. Howes
A WTL adaptation of James Twine's Dim Edit control.
17 Feb 2002
Armando Pajuelo
An App-Wizard which creates template WTL apps.
26 Mar 2002
Simon Steele
How to extend WTLs CFileDialog adding Windows ME, 2000 and XP functionality
1 Aug 2002
Rashid Thadha
Create your own sheet tab view like the output window in MS Dev Studio
7 Nov 2002
Rob Caldecott
Use this class in your WTL apps to retrieve a list of installed printers
4 Aug 2004
Trilobyte
An article on how to use the Trilobyte-Solutions.nl CPictureBox control to load and display *.bmp, *.jpg, *.png and *.gif files.
10 Jul 2003
Rob Caldecott
Display a splash screen when your WTL app starts
16 Jul 2006
xanatos
AutoSizeDlg - an autoresizing class for ATL/WTL
20 Oct 2005
Alexander D. Alexeev
An article on how to make resizable dialogs with WTL.
16 Aug 2004
Trilobyte
How to create a resourceless dialog in wtl using the Resourceless Dialog Toolkit from Trilobyte-Solutions.nl
24 May 2006
Ernesto Savoretti
Some boilerplate code for your WTL applications.
22 Jan 2002
Noel Frankinet
A WTL grid (really).
24 Jan 2001
Rashid Thadha
A fully stocked owner drawn CStatic class for WTL
7 Sep 2002
Ma Weida
This control can be used as an about box for your WTL applications
2 Jun 2004
Igor Vigdorchik
Simple implementation of a bargraph control for graph plotting
25 Jan 2001
Alexander Fedorov
Impementation of message reflection for WTL wrappers for Windows Controls
10 Oct 2003
c-smile
WTL integration of Lightweight HTML layout and rendering engine
3 Mar 2008
Andrew Tyapuhin
WTL control for showing full color and grayed pictures with resizing and saving resultant files
29 May 2002
Ramon Smits
An article about changing the look of WTL icon menu
5 Dec 2001
Bjoern Graf
A WTL CCommandBarCtrl extension to fully support MDI
6 Oct 2003
Dave Loeser
An article on on how to load DLLs that export views (dialogs) into a SDI Application under WTL
7 Nov 2002
Rob Caldecott
Use MFC-style file filter resource strings in your WTL application
19 Jul 2005
mb2sync
A replacement for BEGIN_MSG_MAP macros, using the Boost.MPL library.
21 Aug 2002
Sharan Basappa
This article shows how to make the listcontrol to act as a grid control.
6 Nov 2006
Jesus Salas
WTL Helper classes for Event Sink and ActiveX hosting
25 Dec 2006
isemenov
A simple Win32 ATOM type wrapper.
24 Dec 2003
Shutter
Normally, Intellisense doesn't work correctly with WTL. Here is a workaround.
14 Feb 2003
Terry Denham
A simple adaptation of the WTL CSplitterWindow to add snap-to support.
6 Sep 2000
Milan Gardian
Notes on updating your WTL installation
4 Oct 2001
Laurent Kempé
A ComboBox listing all COM objects from specified COM Category
22 Apr 2003
Ilya Solnyshkin
Implements a tree control similar to the left hand side of Windows Explorer
15 Oct 2001
Laurent Kempé
Port of the window sizing framework from Paul DiLascia
6 Aug 2007
Kei Sing Wong
Simple Document / View Architecture for WTL
5 Apr 2004
Do Young KIM
XP Style - Owner Drawn XP Style MainFrame in WTL
6 Oct 2003
Ilya Solnyshkin
A Static control with a gradient
1 Apr 2004
Simon.W
This article discuss some Mix-In classes for WTL. These Mix-In classes provide some features that WTL/ATL framework does not support, such as owner-draw menu, skin dialog's button and static text control.
12 Sep 2002
Derick Cyril Thomas
A WTL Implementation of XP Button and Edit Box
24 Feb 2006
lyshsd
ATL/WTL version of Samuel Gonzalo's CPath1.2
26 Dec 2002
Vitaly Belman
Using this tutorial you will be able to create a ToDo file wich writes the dates and marks the done tasks. All this using macros.
11 Feb 2006
michaelvy
Method cast for WTL classes
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WTL - Multimedia 

12 Dec 2008
T800G
Infotip shell extension for quick preview of music playlists
1 Oct 2001
Zilin
A class to develop OpenGL programs which can be easily plugged into your WTL programs
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WTL - Shell Programming 

4 Nov 2002
Rob Caldecott
A small template allowing you to easily add system tray icon support to your WTL application
6 Jul 2006
Eugene Podkopaev
Managing screensaver activity from the Taskbar.
8 Sep 2004
Igor Vigdorchik
A derived from class to create a dropfile target application using WTL


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