You may download all samples in the single ZIP file (set of more than 130 sample applications).
This page contains ZIP files with executables only. You can find the source code of these applications in the Examples and Samples folders under the product installation directory (if you don't have the retail product version, please download the product evaluation).
These sample programs demonstrate how to create an advanced GUI. General samples are comprehensive applications that illustrate a couple of related features implemented in a single project.
Demonstrates how to create an application, which emulates Visual Studio IDE. Specific features:
- Customizable toolbars and menus
- Advanced frame caption with a custom logo, "Search" box and custom buttons
- Docking control bars with Standard (Visual Studio.NET 2003-like) and Smart (Visual Studio 2005-2022) docking
- "Auto hide" docking bars
- MDI Tabbed groups
- Advanced Editor with IntelliSence, Syntax Highlighting, Collapsed Blocks and Error Indication
- Property List control
- Toolbox control
- Windows Manager Dialog
- Toolbar combo box and edit controls
- Switching between visual themes at runtime
Microsoft Office 2007-2024 Word - like application. Demonstrates:
- Ribbon Control and various Ribbon gadgets including owner-draw
Galleries, color pickers, font pickers and more
- Office 2010-2024-style backstage view
- Ribbon Status bar
- Ribbon Mini toolbar ("Floaty") and context menu
- Ribbon and Keyboard Customization
- Ribbon Progress bar
- Ribbon Slider control
- Caption bar
- Context categories (tabs)
Windows 8 - like UI Tiles application. Demonstrates:
- Square and wide tiles
- Horizontal and vertical tiles layout
- Custom textures and shapes
- "Live" tiles
- Custom tiles (with chart and circular gauge)
- Tile headers and multi-line texts
Illustrates how to create interactive digital dashboards with Grids, Charts, Gauges and other controls
Microsoft Office Outlook - like application.
Demonstrates:
- Outlook bar working in regular (Office XP) and advanced (Office 2003) modes
- Collapsible Outlook bar in Office 2013-2024 mode
- "Static" (non-floating) docking bar
- Non-resizable Dialog bar (Mail frame - opened when you select
"New mail")
- Caption bar
A native MFC WordPad demo converted to be used with the library. It
outlines the following features:
- Ribbon bar in Windows 7/Office 2007-2024 visual themes
- Customizable toolbars and menus
- Font combo box
- Font Size combo box
- OLE in-place activation
- Switching between visual themes and Ribbon/toolbar interfaces at
runtime.
Demonstrates how to make a regular MFC application using the library
with:
- Ribbon Control
- Ribbon Status Bar
- Ribbon Context Tab
- MDI Tabbed groups
- Library-based context menus
- Dynamic context menu (see OLE verbs on the context menu)
- OLE in-place activation with Ribbon Control.
Demonstrates how to implement Office 2007-2024-style application with
the following features:
- Ribbon Bar
- Shortcuts ("Outlook") Bar
- 6 different views:
- Start page: demonstrates hyper-link view with background
image
- Calendar: demonstrates calendar/planner controls
- Mail: demonstrates report control
- Macros: demonstrates edit control
- To-Do List: demonstrates grid connected to database
- Gantt: demonstrates Gantt control
- Ribbon Print Preview
- Status bar with built-in progress indicator and slider
- Output bar: demonstrates docking windows + auto-hide mode
Demonstrates how to create a multimedia-style application with the
skinned dialogs and the explorer toolbar controls
Demonstrates how to create a multimedia-style application with large,
colorful buttons placed on non-customizable, non-floating toolbar.
Demonstrates how to create Windows Explorer-style application.
Internet Explorer-like application, which demonstrates the following features:
- Rebar Control
- IE-style navigation pane ("Favorites"/"History")
- "Aero"-style docking bar with embedded custom-draw controls
- IE-style navigation buttons
- IE-style MDI tabs
- Auto-hide menu bar
- Dynamic popup menus. The list of Favorites is taken from the OS
and the "Favorites" menu is created dynamically
MS Edge-like application, which demonstrates the following
features:
- Advanced application caption bar with MDI tabs and custom buttons
- MS Edge-style navigation buttons
- MDI tabs with animations
- MS Edge-style navigation pane ("Favorites"/"History")
MS Paint-like application, which demonstrates the following
features:
- "Light" ribbon without tabs and QAT
- Menu bar integrated with the Ribbon bar
- Dark and light visual themes