Learn about a set of control-derived classes for a colorful presentation by using XP-styled hottracked controls with themed gradient buttons.
XP Style CColorControl Class with Themed Gradient Buttons
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CCustomBitmapButton�MFC Button Control
Published 09/22/2004
Create an owner-draw bitmap button and a frame for the title bar in one class.
Creating Windows XP Style ActiveX Button
Published 07/23/2002
Learn how to create an ActiveX button control in Visual C++ that looks like a Windows XP button.
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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.
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Knowing which version of MS Office is installed on the client computer is vital; unfortunately, many programmers see this as an afterthought. Hannes du Preeze shows you four different ways to determine the Office versions installed so that you don't make this mistake.
Securing Azure Service Bus and Azure Queuing Messages in .NET
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