Discover a method for customizing message boxes created with the MessageBox Windows API function.
Fancy Custom MessageBox
Published 12/27/2007
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Task Dialogs in Vista
Published 02/08/2007
If you have been using Vista, you would have noticed that MessageBoxes are passé. These have been replaced by the new Task Dialogs. Task dialogs are intended to make the experience more interactive and goal-oriented. Take a tour of the Task Dialog API.
MessageBox with Custom Button Captions
Published 11/23/2005
Windows message boxes do not provide a standard interface for modifying button captions. Learn how to make the caption changes.
CBT Message Box
Published 02/10/2003
A Win32 API MessageBox enhancement that automatically centers a message box to its parent window. (The source code was updated.)
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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.
Portable Databases
Published 08/01/2014
In today's world of mobile apps, it's not an unreasonable expectation to want a database that's small, lightweight, and travels with the app from device to device. Take a quick look at what's available out there, and a few of the pros and cons of each.
Localization in VB.NET
Published 08/04/2014
Learn how to localize your application to three different cultures.
Working with State Machines in the .NET Framework
Published 06/18/2014
Arun Karthick introduces you to the state machine model and shows you how to create a simple working state machine sample using the .NET framework in the C# language.
