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Toolbars & Docking Windows - Colour Selection Controls			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Bitmap ToolBar Updated: 25 Apr 2002 This is my attempt to create a simple toolbar class that allows to set a bitmap in the backgroud of a toolbar VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Nicolas Gazelle	2.56

Toolbars & Docking Windows - Docking Windows			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
CSizingControlBar - a resizable control bar Updated: 15 Aug 2000 DevStudio-like docking window VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Advanced	Cristi Posea	4.76
Docking Toolbars in Plain C Updated: 4 May 2005 How to create docking toolbars/windows in plain C (no MFC, ATL, COM, nor WTL). C, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Advanced	Jeff Glatt	4.69
Views in a Sizeable Docking Control Bar (CSizingControlBar) Updated: 14 Mar 2000 A fairly simple way to incoporate views into sizing control bars VC6, CE 2.11, NT4, MFC, Dev, Advanced	Rob Finch	4.22
Docking CSizingControlBar objects inside ActiveX containers Updated: 14 Jun 2001 A solution that allows you to dock Cristi Posea's Docking Window class inside ActiveX controls. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Greg Winkler	4.22
Sizing TabControlBar Updated: 7 Feb 2000 Creates a dockable and resizable control bar. VC6, NT4, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Dirk Clemens	4.08
MFC Docking Framework Updated: 12 Oct 2007 An easy to use MFC Docking framework and more... It also shows an applicable method to mix up WTL and MFC. VC7.1, VC8.0, VS.NET2003, VS2005, Windows, MFC, WTL, Dev, Beginner	Quynh Nguyen	3.96
Automatic resizing controls Updated: 27 Jan 2005 Mechanism to automatically dock/anchor your controls in a window or dialog. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS.NET2003, TabletPC, C++/CLI, .NET, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	drice	3.74
Collapsible, resizable and dockable XP style control bar Updated: 22 Sep 2003 Collapsible, resizable and dockable XP style control bar VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VS6, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Nicolas Gazelle	3.05

Toolbars & Docking Windows - General			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
XP style Explorer Bar (Win32/MFC) Updated: 4 Mar 2004 Implementation of a shellstyle.dll aware XP Windows Explorer Bar VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Ingo A. Kubbilun	4.75
Generating inactive/disabled images for toolbar Updated: 18 May 2003 Provides an extensible class for drawing disabled and inactive toolbar button images. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Member 307612	4.70
Pinnable ControlBar Updated: 4 Dec 2003 This article is based on Cristi Posea's CSizeControlBar VC6, VS6, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	ziran lin	4.59
A dockable, pinnable and skinnable OutlookBar Updated: 31 May 2005 This article is based on Ziran Lin 's Pinnable ControlBar. VC6, VS6, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Tony. Smith	4.56
Using Custom Controls in a Dialog Bar Updated: 9 Nov 2007 How to implement owner drawn or subclassed controls in a Dialog Bar VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS2005, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Douglas R. Keesler	4.51
Toolbars with Spinners & Sliders Updated: 26 Oct 2000 How to create toolbars with spinners and/or sliders VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Masoud Samimi	4.39
Tooltips for Toolbars in Non-CFrameWnd Windows Updated: 20 May 2003 Explains how to add tool tips for toolbars attached to CDialog or CView descentants. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	G. Steudtel	4.29
A Property Sheet in a Docking Toolbar Updated: 26 Nov 2004 Explains how to put a CPropertySheet into a CControlBar. VC7.1, WinXP, VS.NET2003, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Bill Heitler	3.86
Switchboard User Interface Updated: 6 Jan 2004 Switchboard User Interface for hierarchical data. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	amkarkha	3.81
Adding Text to a Docking Toolbar Updated: 16 May 2001 This article demonstrates an easy way to add text to a docking tool bar VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Zahirul Haque	3.63
A raw toolbar for Dialog and Property page with plenty nice styles (version 1.00) - Unedited Updated: 23 Aug 2006 A raw toolbar for Dialog and Property page with plenty nice styles C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	includeh10	2.97
Using Toolbar on a Dialog Based Application - Unedited Updated: 19 Oct 2006 This Article will put together the information on how to use a toolbar on a Dialog VC7.1, WinXP, VS.NET2003, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Anup Daware	1.75

Toolbars & Docking Windows - Libraries			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Professional User Interface Suite Updated: 13 Jan 2004 MFC extension library enabling software to be provided with a professional UI VC6, VC7, VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Advanced	Sergiy Lavrynenko of Foss Software, Inc.	4.61

Toolbars & Docking Windows - ReBars			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
A set of classes to create the IE-style GUI Updated: 19 Jul 2003 The article gives a sample of how to implement Internet Explorer-style sizable re-bar and menu bar controls. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Nikolay Denisov	4.65
Tear-off Rebars Updated: 26 Jan 2000 This article Implements the functionality similar to the Office 2000 toolbars VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Nick Hodapp	4.50
TabedReBar Control Updated: 4 Jun 2004 ReBar control which displays bars via tab panes. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Bahrudin Hrnjica	4.26

Toolbars & Docking Windows - Toolbars			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Programming Toolbar Chevrons Updated: 8 May 2003 An introduction to using the cool new toolbar chevrons VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Rajasekar Shanmugam	4.72
How to verify the bar state info Updated: 20 Jan 2000 Verify the bar state info in the application profile before calling LoadBarState() VC6, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Cristi Posea	4.65
Dynamic toolbar has fixed size when docked Updated: 2 Nov 2000 How to ensure that your docking toolbars are of a particular size when docked VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Darren S. Gonzales	4.65
A Toolbar in the middle of elsewhere Updated: 19 Mar 2003 This article explains how to place a toolbar right in the middle of a dialog or a form. VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	G. Steudtel	4.59
Very simple true color toolbar (It's true!) Updated: 27 Jan 2003 This is TrueColor Toolbar class VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	DCUtility	4.58
CTrueColorToolBar Updated: 21 Aug 2002 Very simple true color toolbar (It's true!) VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	DCUtility	4.53
Setting the row count of a tool bar Updated: 24 Nov 2001 Floating a CToolBar with a given number of rows to be displayed is tricky VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Thomas Blenkers	4.53
How to display tooltips for a toolbar in a dialog Updated: 10 Jan 2000 Simple technique for getting tooltips when you have a toolbar in a dialog VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Randy More	4.51
Docking Toolbars Side-By-Side Updated: 15 Dec 1999 Demonstrates how to dock toolbars side-by-side VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Kirk Stowell	4.51
Toolbar in splitter window pane Updated: 15 May 2002 How to add a docking toolbar to a splitter window pane VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Tom Shope	4.50
Toolbars with embedded Combo Boxes Updated: 7 Aug 2002 The article demonstrates how to add single or multiple combo boxes to standard toolbars in MFC applications, how to customize combo boxes behaviour and how to collect user input from them. VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Vagif Abilov	4.50
XDriveBar - Display drive buttons in a fixed toolbar Updated: 11 Aug 2003 XDriveBar implements a drive bar for the drives in a system. The demo project shows how to keep the drive bar in sync by handling the WM_DEVICECHANGE message. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.49
Disabling the close button on a floating toolbar Updated: 10 Apr 2004 How to disable the close button on a floating toolbar VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Rob Manderson	4.44
A Flat ToolBar that does not require Internet Explorer Updated: 24 Feb 2000 A flat toolbar implementation that does not require the updated common controls library from Internet Explorer. VC6, NT4, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Joerg Koenig	4.37
How to place controls on toolbars Updated: 12 Jan 2000 How to place combo-boxes, edit boxes, progress controls, etc. into toolbars VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Randy More	4.27
Using Hot Toolbar Buttons Updated: 15 Dec 1999 Demonstrates how to add rollover buttons to your toolbar VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Kirk Stowell	4.18
Adding a drop arrow to a toolbar button Updated: 15 Dec 1999 Demonstrates how to use the new toolbar styles to add dropdown arrows to toolbar buttons VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Kirk Stowell	4.18
AppBar - How to implement a sliding desktop bar with a simple MFC class and a DLL Updated: 3 May 2005 An alternative to standard Windows AppBars with minimal changes to your application. VC6, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Jaime Olivares	4.16
ToolBar with Customization and Controls Updated: 18 Dec 2001 A ToolBar class with customization and Controls VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, VS.NET2002, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Deepak Khajuria	4.10
CToolbarDialog - dialog with floating toolbar Updated: 6 Apr 2004 A CDialog derived class that contains a floating toolbar. VC6, VC7, Win2K, VS.NET2002, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Lucian Barbulescu	4.07
ToolBar Customization Updated: 2 Aug 2001 Toolbar Customization with drag & drop support. VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Peppino Sbargzeguti	4.06
Creating Flyout Toolbars Updated: 31 Oct 2001 Attach a sub-toolbar/s to another toolbar's button/s. The sub-toolbar will popup if the user clicks on that button a little bit longer VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Y. Hirsh	4.00
Changing toolbars dynamically at runtime Updated: 22 Aug 2000 A simple tutorial that shows how to dynamically replace toolbars at runtime VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Masoud Samimi	3.89
Fixing the toolbar button position bug for MFC CToolBar Updated: 16 Jul 2007 An article on a bug of MFC CToolBar that may cause incorrect tooltips to be shown for a toolbar button VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Vista, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Mingliang Zhu	3.82
VC6 flat toolbar support Updated: 9 Nov 2000 When you are porting your MFC application to MSVC 6.0 you'd probably like to use the build-in support for the flat toolbar and kick that third-party solution out of you project to reduce size. VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Thomas Blenkers	3.80
Adding a Combo Box to a Docking Toolbar Updated: 12 May 2001 This article demonstrates an easy way to add a Combo box to a docking tool bar. VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Zahirul Haque	3.70
CStatic derived control which is a replacement for standard toolbar Updated: 16 Jul 2003 ToolBar control with cool look and easy implementation. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Alex Hazanov	3.56
Tool Group Manager Updated: 23 Aug 2000 A reusable template class for managing multiple toolbars, only one of which is displayed at a time. VC6, NT4, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Craig Henderson	3.54
HeaderToolbar Updated: 31 May 2004 How to implement a header to your SDI/MDI project. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, C++/CLI, .NET, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Lars [Large] Werner	3.26
Adding rollover Hot Toolbars to an application. Updated: 2 Feb 2002 Adding rollover Hot Toolbars to an application when you don't have access to the toolbar source code Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Igor Tebelev	3.17
Perforated Tape Toolbar Updated: 26 Jan 2000 A spectacular variation on toolbars VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Oleg A. Mostovlyansky	3.06
CGSToolBar Updated: 20 Feb 2001 A flexible extension to the CToolBar class VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Christian Graus, Masoud Samimi	2.67
Toolbar with image background Updated: 30 May 2003 Shows how to display a bitmap in a toolbar as background. VC6, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Cryingwind	2.25
How to Create a Dynamic ToolBar Updated: 24 Jul 2007 Create a dynamic toolbar, adding a dynamic bitmap and status and tool tip text C++, C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	rmortega77	1.67
XTrueColorToolBar - True-color toolbar with support for Office-style color button - Unedited Updated: 10 Jan 2008 XTrueColorToolBar is an MFC class based on CToolBar that provides support for true-color bitmaps, with optional support for an Office-style color picker button. VC6, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, C++, Windows, Win32, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.32


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Toolbars & Docking Windows - Colour Selection Controls

Toolbars & Docking Windows - Docking Windows

Toolbars & Docking Windows - General

Toolbars & Docking Windows - Libraries

Toolbars & Docking Windows - ReBars

Toolbars & Docking Windows - Toolbars