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
Published 10/04/2004
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Using a RichEdit Control in the MFC Grid Control
Published 01/16/2004
Add extra features to the MFC Grid Control so that the user can format the cells as in a spreadsheet program.
Double Subclassing--Runtime Form Editor
Published 05/14/2003
A way to control all the Controls on a form view or on a dialog--resize the controls, move them, or hide them. This method works even if they are already subclassed.
Adding Behavior to Classes, Part I - An Introduction
Published 04/16/2001
Roger looks at adding behaviour to classes and examines various techniques. Along the way he encounters a strange compiler bug and has to work around it.
Adding Behavior to Classes, Part II - Resizing Dialogs and Property Pages
Published 04/16/2001
Via the addition of sizing capabilities to the dialog and property pages classes, Roger illustrates how to add behaviour to your classes.
Generalizing Custom-Draw to Other MFC Custom Control Classes
Published 04/13/2001
Roger combines everything we've learned up to this point to create a generic custom-draw mechanism for all MFC custom control classes.
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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...
Bypassing the Registry in Windows Store Apps and VB
Published 10/03/2013
Learn how to use ApplicationDataContainer and ApplicationDataContainerSettings in your Windows 8.1 Store apps.
Using AutoMapper in Your ASP.Net MVC Applications
Published 11/25/2013
AutoMapper is an external component that helps in creating a mapping between a source and destination model types. Read on to learn about the AutoMapper component and how to use it in an Asp.Net MVC application.
