MFC

Introduction

All components listed below were written by me between 2002 and 2005 when I used the MFC framework for developing various applications. I published them first on the CodeGuru.com portal, then on my personal website. At that time they were very popular.

Today I no longer maintain or support them and I can't even guarantee that they will work with latest versions of MFC. However, they are still moderately popular and can still be useful to someone, so I'm keeping a list of those components for reference.

Each of the components includes a simple demo application and a brief documentation (also included in demo packages). They can be freely used for any purposes, including commercial use.

Multi-column tree view

Simple tree view with columns and horizontal scrolling

• Very simple - only 16 KB of code
• Used just like the standard CTreeView, also a version for dialog windows
• Columns header, horizontal scrolling, grid lines, full-row selection mode
• Standard look under all OS versions
• Source code · Demo project · Documentation

Multi-threaded SDI applications

Creating multi-threaded SDI applications with multiple windows

• Opening documents in individual SDI windows created in separate threads
• The Window menu which can be used to switch to other windows
• Improved registering of file extensions and opening documents from the Explorer
• Full integration with the document/view architecture of the MFC library
• Source code · Demo project · Documentation

IE-style menu and toolbar

IE-style menu bar and toolbar with 32-bit images

• Menu bar which can be placed in a Rebar control, with full mouse and keyboard support
• 3D or flat style depending on system version and settings
• Displaying images from 16-colors to 32-bit with alpha channel
• Easy creating of pop-up menus
• Source code · Demo project · Documentation

HotProp control

A flexible properties control with modern look

• Numeric, text and boolean properties, drop-down lists of options
• Two layout modes: single-line and double-line
• Two visual styles: 3D of flat (Office XP style)
• Graphical properties with custom drawing procedures
• Dynamic adding, removing and hiding properties
• Source code · Demo project · Documentation

Multi-page interface

User interface with many views, tabs and splitters

• Easy creating of windows with many views using simple macros
• Improved splitter redrawing the views while dragging
• Dividing the interface into many pages implemented as separate MDI child windows
• Freely nested sub-pages with automatically created tabs to switch them
• Source code · Demo project · Documentation