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Title / Updated	Author	Score
CPPToolTip v2.1 Updated: 4 Mar 2005   A class that allows you to display your data for a control as tooltip VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Eugene Pustovoyt	4.83
Designing a Windows Control - Part 1 Updated: 7 Nov 2002   How to design a commercial quality Windows control VC6, VC7, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Andreas Saurwein Franci Gonçalves	4.80
Creating a Splash Screen that runs without a message pump Updated: 14 Mar 2007   How to create a Splash Screen that can start before the main application thread. C#, Windows, .NET, Dev, Intermediate	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	4.80
Divider Panel - A tutorial on creating a custom Windows Forms control from Start to Toolbox Updated: 13 Sep 2004   A tutorial on building a custom C# Windows Forms control, covering topics such as inheritance, attributes, overrides, documentation, designers, signing and VS.Net ToolBox integration. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Beginner	Furty	4.78
Simple Performance Chart Updated: 8 Feb 2007   A simple Performance Chart/Monitoring Control .NET 2.0, WinXP, Win2003, VS2005, C# 2.0, GDI+, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	eclipse2k1	4.75
Applying an update UI notification interface to user-defined controls Updated: 30 Jul 2000   A C++/MFC sample how to implement UI notifications for user-defined controls VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Bernd Giesen	4.73
RichTextBoxExtended Updated: 21 Jun 2006   A RichTextBox with a richtext toolbar. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate	Richard Parsons	4.69
Pure C# .NET Desktop Color Picker With Magnifying Glass Updated: 2 Feb 2007   A desktop color picker with magnifying glass written in C# 2.0 without using APIs with DllImport or something else. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Beginner	nd1279	4.68
Creating a custom Windows control: step-by-step tutorial Updated: 23 Mar 2003   How to create a custom Windows control (one of possible methods) and how to write MFC front-end class for it. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	W.K.	4.65
Creating Custom Controls Updated: 11 May 2000   An introduction to creating custom controls using MFC VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Chris Maunder	4.63
Easy to use marquee control for windows form with full designer support. - Unedited Updated: 23 Mar 2008   Marque control implementation using .Net 2.0 .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, C#, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Beginner	Manish Ranjan Kumar	4.63
Edit Almost Anything- Part 1 Updated: 24 Sep 2004   Article to accompany source for controls to edit a wide range of data types and/or complex DataSets .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, ADO.NET, Intermediate	Declan Brennan	4.60
DropDownPanel Updated: 11 Feb 2007   A template for custom ComboBoxes .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, Beginner	Alexander Stojakovic	4.56
Create your own controls - the art of subclassing Updated: 25 Oct 2001   An introduction to subclassing the Windows common controls using MFC VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Chris Maunder	4.49
Visual Style Element Browser Updated: 12 Feb 2008   A simple tree which exposes the different VisualStyleElements available in NET 2.0 C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#, Windows, Beginner, Intermediate	jkristia	4.46
A C# IP Address Control Updated: 28 Apr 2008   A C# analogue to the MFC CIPAddressCtrl .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Michael Chapman	4.46
Writing your Custom Control: step by step Updated: 31 Mar 2002   Making a cute button of two semi-transparent user-changeble colors .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Beginner	Alexandr_K	4.38
Adding controls to a dialog Updated: 23 Mar 2001   An entry level tutorial on using one of the Windows Common Controls in a dialog. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Wolfram Steinke	4.32
xpButton - XP Enabled Button Control Updated: 5 Mar 2007   XP-enabled button control to change the look and feel of Windows application C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	A. Bhandari a.k.a Amit Bhandari	4.18
Two simple workarounds for the ReportViewer problems Updated: 4 Jan 2007   An article on the ReportViewer Problems. .NET 2.0, C++, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Afrasiab Cheraghi	4.17
Scrollbars, using the WS_HSCROLL and WS_VSCROLL styles Updated: 13 Jun 2002   How to use a CWnd's default scrollbars and to setup the thumb size correctly VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Roger Allen	4.15
GridView CheckBox Selection With a Twist Updated: 27 Jan 2007   How to implement GridView Checkbox selection. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	azamsharp	4.08
Custom shaped form with a drop down in C# Updated: 5 Mar 2007   A simple way to create custom forms in C# VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, .NET, Dev, Intermediate	mredlon	4.08
Your first C# control Updated: 20 Nov 2000   A very simple introduction to writing your first .NET control VC7, .NET 1.0, Win2K, C#, Visual Studio, Dev, Beginner	Troy Marchand	3.96
Understand .NET Scrollbars Updated: 28 Dec 2004   Thumb Size, Paging, and Sub-Paging issues. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Beginner	Marc Clifton	3.89
C# Validating TextBox Control Updated: 20 Jul 2002   A TextBox Control with Input Validation written in C# .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Martin Haesemeyer	3.50
Use of Isolated Storage ( A Simple Demo ) - Unedited Updated: 28 Jul 2008   The article will help you to use Isolated Storage Classes .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, .NET 3.5, VS2008, C#, VB, .NET, Win32, Win64, Visual Studio, CEO, Architect, DBA, Dev, QA, Design, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, SysAdmin, Sales, Marketing	Abhishek Sur	3.44
Creating Dynamic form and making the content fit Updated: 16 Jan 2007   How to create dynamic form and organizing its content in a very simple way C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	David Domingues	3.43
3D Thermometer Control Updated: 2 Feb 2007   3D Thermometer Control Drawn with GDI Plus C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	JJMatthews	3.29
Creating a control with the .NET SDK using C# Updated: 17 Oct 2000   A quickstart guide to creating your first control in C# .NET 1.0, Win2K, C#, Visual Studio, Dev, Beginner	Norm .net	2.87
How to send DataGridView contents by Email - Unedited Updated: 14 Feb 2008   Send DataGridView by Mail .NET 2.0, WinXP, VS2005, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Beginner	dianofff	2.86
Create SlickSkins™ with Netscape's Mozilla Browser in MFC Views - Unedited Updated: 1 Sep 2007   Shows you how to create SlickSkins™ with Netscape's Mozilla Browser VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, .NET 2.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS2005, TabletPC, C++, Windows, Win32, Win64, HTML, MFC, ATL, CEO, Architect, DBA, Dev, QA, COM, Design, Intermediate	GUI Developer	2.78
WCF for beginners - Unedited Updated: 19 Sep 2008   basics of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, .NET, Dev, WCF, Beginner	Suraj Rai	2.43
xpLabel - XP Enabled Label Control Updated: 10 Feb 2007   XP-enabled label control to change the look and feel of Windows application C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Beginner	A. Bhandari a.k.a Amit Bhandari	2.40
Embed Web Video - Unedited Updated: 12 Dec 2007   Embed Web Video in your desktop application .NET 2.0, VB 8.0, .NET 3.5, VB, .NET, Dev, WinForms, Beginner	cannalane	2.00
using Slider Control in a good example - Unedited Updated: 5 Mar 2008   easy line encrypter decrypter VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, C++, C++/CLI, Beginner	Kusay J. Mohammed	2.00
Custom Flashing Button control. Updated: 14 Jan 2007   How to create custom control that inherit button and add flashing feature (which highlight attention from user or indicate ongoing activity) C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	riscy	1.93
What is Service Oriented Architecture? - Unedited Updated: 14 Mar 2008   Article Briefly Describes Service Oriented Architecture Architect, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced	EmersioN	1.84
Char Ribbon - Unedited Updated: 1 Mar 2008   A simple Ribbon Control Library WinXP, Vista, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, GDI+, Beginner	Bubblez	1.83
Window Services - Unedited Updated: 17 Apr 2008   How to create windows service .NET 2.0, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C#, .NET, Design, Beginner	TangoCharli (Anant Tiwari)	1.76
Console User Information Creater - Unedited Updated: 7 Dec 2007   Creates User Information from Input into a Text File - C# .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC, Embedded, Mono, DotGNU, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, Windows, .NET, Beginner	sdk_codemaker_2005	1.50
Creating Custom dialog box using Enumeration - Unedited Updated: 9 Jun 2008   Creating Custom dialog box using Enumeration .NET 2.0, C# 2.0, C#, .NET, Dev, WinForms, Beginner	Suraj Rai	1.33
Disable Ctrl+Alt+Del Windows XP - Unedited Updated: 12 Sep 2008   A very simple way of doing it. VC6, WinXP, VS6, VB 6, C++, C, VB, Windows, Win32, Visual Studio, MFC, COM, ASM, Advanced	gabrielmaldi	1.26
Hello Dapple! (A C# Code Puzzle for Beginners) - Unedited Updated: 25 Jul 2008   This dabble-app blanks all screens. C#, .NET, Dev, Intermediate	g.CoderCat	1.00
Miscellaneous Controls - Charting Controls			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
2D Graph ActiveX Control Updated: 5 Aug 2003   An ActiveX control for 2D data visualisation VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Nikolai Teofilov	4.83
Expression Plotter Control Updated: 28 May 2008   A control that plots any number and any combination of mathematical expressions in rectangular or polar mode .NET 2.0, C# 2.0, Windows, Visual Studio, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate	Syed Mehroz Alam	4.81
HBarChart Updated: 10 Jul 2008   HBarChart is a simple C# control. It helps you develop your own charts quickly and print them easily. .NET 2.0, VS2005, C#, .NET, Visual Studio, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate	Hamed Mosavi	4.79
High-speed Charting Control Updated: 21 Aug 2008   A flexible charting control to display 2D data. VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Cedric Moonen	4.74
An Improved Analog Meter Control Updated: 19 Jun 2000   An Analog Meter Control for displaying real-time data VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Mark C. Malburg	4.72
CBarChart Updated: 13 Feb 2007   CBarChart is a simple MFC control derived from CWnd. It can load data from a table or a stored procedure using ODBC. VC6, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS6, .NET 3.0, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Hamed Mosavi	4.68
Plot Graphic Library Updated: 7 May 2003   A library to plot data (lines, maps...) in MFC projects. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Jonathan de Halleux	4.65
Scientific charting control Updated: 17 Jan 2005   Multi-purpose scientific charting control. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Gunnar Bolle	4.63
Oscilloscope/StripChart Control Updated: 17 Jan 2000   A control that graphically displays numerical information VC6, NT4, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Mark C. Malburg	4.63
NSChart Control Updated: 7 Aug 2004   This control creates a chart in a dialog with Pie and Bar styles. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Ivan Cachicatari	4.53
A 2D data visualisation class Updated: 20 Mar 2000   A comprehensive set of classes for displaying 2 dimensional data VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Advanced	Paul Barvinko	4.50
Transfer data from MSFlexGrid to Graph Chart - Unedited Updated: 30 May 2008   View one row numeric data of MSFlexGrid as Graph Chart WinXP, VB 6, VB, Windows, GDI, Intermediate	Mostafa Kaisoun	4.50
CHistogramCtrl, a windows 2000 like histogram control Updated: 12 Apr 2001   A histogram control that is used to plot specified values within the defined range (limits) VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Advanced	Mehdi Mousavi	4.36
Gantt Chart Updated: 2 Oct 2008   Adds an easy to use Gantt chart to your application. .NET 2.0, VS2005, VB, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Adagio.81	4.33
C2DPushGraph: A Push Graph Control Updated: 24 Apr 2005   A push graph control similiar to the graph control located in Microsoft's Task Manager. VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Stuart Konen	4.24
How to print an ActiveX MSChart control Updated: 4 Aug 2002   A demonstration of printing or print previewing a MsChart component VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Victor Porter	4.21
Pie Chart Control Updated: 18 Aug 2001   This control creates a simple Pie Chart in a dialog VC6, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Yuheng Zhao	4.20
Analog Meter Class Updated: 18 Jan 2000   A control that displays a numerical value as an analog meter VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Mark C. Malburg	4.16
Custom Control Graph and Process Bar Updated: 13 Dec 2006   An article on a Win32 custom graph control and process bar creation. C++, C, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Shanmuga Sundar.V	4.16
Using the MS Chart control in VC++ Updated: 14 Jun 2003   Setting data and labels on the MS Chart control using VC++ VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Alex C. Punnen	4.00
A Spectrum Analyzer at your desktop Updated: 16 May 2004   A control for charting and graphing, especially for Spectrum Analyzer. VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Mehdi Ebrahimian	3.75
Chart and Pie for data with hole Updated: 3 May 2002   Chart and Pie for data with hole. VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Advanced	Tingshao Zhu	3.71
Avoiding the MSChart EditCopy / Legend bug in MFC Updated: 1 Feb 2005   A workaround to the ActiveX MSChart control EditCopy / Legend bug in MFC. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Hans-Christian Andersen	3.67
Bar Graph Control Updated: 5 Feb 2007   A useful bar graph control, derived from CStatic. VC6, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Shaibujan	3.50
Miscellaneous Controls - Colour Selection Controls			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Office 97 style Colour Picker control Updated: 8 Dec 2007   A simple drop in color chooser control VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Chris Maunder	4.86
XColourPicker - yet another colour picker control Updated: 9 Jan 2006   XColourPicker is a simple drop-in colour picker. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Design, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.78
CGradient and CGradientCtrl Updated: 29 Jan 2003   A pair of classes for rendering and editing colourful washes VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Joel Holdsworth	4.78
XColorDialog - an MFC color picker control that displays a color hexagon and a color spectrum - Unedited Updated: 5 Apr 2008   XColorDialog displays a color hexagon and a color spectrum that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models. VC6, VC8.0, VS2005, VS6, C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Hans Dietrich	4.71
XColorSpectrumCtrl - a non-MFC color picker control that displays a color spectrum - Unedited Updated: 4 Apr 2008   XColorSpectrumCtrl displays a color spectrum that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models. VC6, VC8.0, VS2005, VS6, C++, Windows, Win32, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.70
XColorHexagonCtrl - a non-MFC color picker control that displays a color hexagon - Unedited Updated: 4 Apr 2008   XColorHexagonCtrl displays a color hexagon that allows user selection, and provides APIs for color based on RGB and HSL color models. VC6, VC8.0, VS2005, VS6, C++, Windows, Win32, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.66
CColourPickerXP - a Theme-aware Colour Picker with 2 Styles. Updated: 1 Jul 2003   An theme-aware colour picker MFC control that combines the functionalities of other colour pickers on CodeProject and adds some new functionality. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Zorglab	4.65
ColorFinder - Retrieve the color of any pixel on the Desktop Updated: 30 Sep 2003   This article discusses the ColorFinder application that can be used to retrieve the color of any pixel on the desktop in various formats VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	abhinaba	4.64
XColorPickerXP - an MFC color picker control with themed look - Unedited Updated: 9 Apr 2008   XColorPickerXP is a simple drop-in color picker based on CComboBox that pops up color selection grid. VC6, VC8.0, VS2005, VS6, C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.60
ColorPicker - ColorPicker with a compact footprint (VB.NET) Updated: 17 Oct 2008   An RGB/HSB color selection control with an eye-dropper and quick swatches. VB 8.0, VB, Windows, .NET, GDI+, Intermediate	SSDiver2112	4.56
CustomControl: Colors ComboBox Updated: 16 Jan 2007   Allows your users to select only colors included in your list .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, Advanced	zeltera	4.20
An HSV/RGBA colour picker Updated: 4 Apr 2006   An easy-to-use colour picker complete with RGB, HSV and alpha sliders. VC7.1, VS.NET2003, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	nico80	4.20
Cool Colour Selector Including Hue, Saturation, and Lumination Updated: 9 Nov 2006   This colour selector helps to make selecting colours more efficient VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	lhayes00	3.46
RGB Editor Updated: 17 Apr 2003   RGB Color Coder VC6, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Barretto VN	2.91
Miscellaneous Controls - Custom Controls			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
CPPDumpCtrl - version 1.2 Updated: 19 Aug 2002   Class for view and edit data in Hex, Dec, Bin, Oct, Ascii formats VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Eugene Pustovoyt	4.81
XAnalogClock - a skinnable analog clock Updated: 20 Jul 2006   XAnalogClock displays a nice-looking skinnable analog clock in a small memory footprint. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.81
Formula Editor Updated: 15 Apr 2003   Formula-editor for editing and exporting mathematical content VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	tbw	4.81
Standard CustomValidator Textbox Updated: 4 Jun 2008   The Custom Control eliminates the use of adding validators for each and every textbox added. Just by setting a couple of properties we can make our textbox validate credit card numbers, phone numbers or any other Custom expression. It provides some other built in functionalities. .NET 3.0, VB, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Vivek Bhatnagar	4.77
CWindowScroller Updated: 20 Mar 2003   An MFC control for adding middle mouse button scrolling to any CWnd derived window VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	PJ Arends	4.76
Column Separator Control Updated: 27 Apr 2004   A control to split text into fixed width columns VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Vladimir L.	4.76
Fancy controls Updated: 23 Nov 2001   A new set of classes for a fancy look VC6, NT4, Win2K, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Massimo Colurcio	4.75
Advanced Checkers Control Updated: 28 Nov 2001   A High performance "Disk Optimizer" like status display class VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Leo Moll	4.74
CFlowchartEditor - linking things in CDiagramEditor Updated: 5 Jul 2006   A flowchart editor with linked objects, based on CDiagramEditor. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Johan Rosengren	4.68
Report control - with category Updated: 14 Oct 2005   A report control - with category. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, NT4, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	andre arpin	4.67