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Download source files (2.8Kb) or sample project (20.7Kb) The Picture control available from the dialog editor component bar is great for quickly displaying a picture in a dialog, but it only displays the picture at the original picture’s size. A problem occurs if you want to display a bitmap which must be aligned with other […]

Download sample project. Environment: VC++ 5.0 (SP3) NT 4.0 (SP4) – CGridCtrl version 1.12 Since I posted my MFC grid control I’ve had a lot of requests asking how to use other methods of editing cells in the grid. I’ve created a demo project that shows how to replace the default editing with a dropdown […]

CIcmp – An ICMP Class For MFC Overview Class Requirements Class Methods Class Variables Installing into a project EWDPing – A Demonstration Project Relevant RFCs RFC791 – Internet Protocol Specification RFC792 – Internet Control Message Protocol Specification Overview of ICMP ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) messages are normally sent from destination hosts and gateways to […]

  This article explains how to animate an icon in the Shell tray and assign dynamically changing tooltips for each icon phase. So the end result will be that your icon can now visually indicate what your application is currently doing along with corresponding tooltip descriptions. User notifications like left click and right click on […]

I have written a sample appbar application. Below is the step-by-step instruction on implementing it. 1. Download source. 2. Add AppBar.cpp, AppBar.h, ApBarDlg.cpp, ApBarDlg.h, Utility.cpp and Utility.h to project. 3. Derive a class from CAppBarDialog using IDD_APPBAR (or your own dialog in the resource). This dialog will contain all the controls in your appbar. You […]

If you are someone who likes surprises, I am your friend. I got a pleasent surprise when I was looking thru the Microsoft Internet control (WebBrowser) as most people know it.. I opened the shdocvw.dll which comes along with the Internet explorer 4.0 and surprise, surprise, I found that It contains  Interfaces for the Shell, […]

Download Source Code and Example Download Source Code Only This is the CBrowseForFolder class. I looked high and low to find a COMPLETE wrapper for the call to SHBrowseForFolder, and I couldn’t find one, so I wrote my own. The idea is to derive from CBrowseForFolder to create a folder browser that behaves the way […]

Download demo 54K Printing from CFormView There are several reasons for using a CFormView derived View Class, all of which are documented in the MFC documentation. As you may have found out, CFormView does not print the controls rendered in the View automatically. The code snippet below shows a quick way to get your CFormView […]

Many of these tips have been gleaned for the tip of the day in DevStudio. You can modify and add to the list of tips that DevStudio will show you by editing the file ‘MSDEV.TIP’ and ‘VCXX.TIP’ in the IDE directory under the BIN directory. You can convert tab to spaces or vice versa using […]

Many of these tips have been gleaned for the tip of the day in DevStudio. You can modify and add to the list of tips that DevStudio will show you by editing the file ‘MSDEV.TIP’ and ‘VCXX.TIP’ in the IDE directory under the BIN directory. If you want to see sample code at the same […]

The InfoViewer Assistant is a free utility that allows you to organize and manage the help ‘titles’ used by the Microsoft Developer Studio97 and by the MSDN library. There is some information about this utility and a download link below, but for detailed information please refer to the InfoViewer Assistant’s homepage. For information about Microsoft’s […]