Build a class to display popup dialogs like the the MSN messenger window. This supports non-rectangular windows by using a BMP with a transparency color.
A Class to Display Skinned Popups Like MSN Messenger
Published 07/18/2002
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Invisible Splitter Window
Published 07/11/2002
This article explains about how to hide the splitter window and make it non-resizable.
How to Create an Option Configuration Sheet Manager
Published 07/08/2002
Create a configuration sheet manager similar to what is in Mozilla or Netscape Navigator. This is a set of dialogs associated with list/tree controls.
Skins in a Dialog-Based Application
Published 07/02/2002
Adding skins to a dialog-based application.
Showing Window Contents While Resizing the Splitter
Published 06/12/2002
The CSplitterWnd class of MFC does not draw panes while resizing. This class allows you to show a window's contents while you are resizing the splitter pane.
Subsystem Switch
Published 05/23/2002
Windows distinguishes the console or GUI program from PE file's Subsystem value. This article explains those and show simple sample program.
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MFC Integration with the Windows Transactional File System (TxF)
Published 04/18/2011
The Transactional File System (TxF), which allows access to an NTFS file system to be conducted in a transacted manner through extensions to the Windows SDK API. MFC 10, has been extended to support TxF and related technologies. This support allows existing MFC applications to be easily extended to support kernel transactions.
.NET Framework: Collections and Generics
Published 06/23/2011
The original release of the .NET Framework included collections as .NET was introduced to the Microsoft programming world. The .NET Framework 2.0 introduced generics to complement the System.Collections namespace and provide a more efficient and well performing option. Read on to learn more...
How to use Visual Studio 2012 to Download Images from Websites
Published 05/22/2013
Learn how to use a for loop to loop through all of the images found on a web page and save them via the DownloadFile method of the WebClient object.
SOLID Principles in C# - An Overview
Published 05/01/2013
SOLID principles form the base for writing good and clean object oriented code in C#. Learn about the S.O.L.I.D principles and explore C# coding samples for each.
