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Please note that for running x64 samples, you need to install the latest version of VC++ 2008 runtime on your machine.
These sample programs demonstrate how to create advanced GUI. General Samples are comprehensive applications, which 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