Active Server Pages

• Accessing Microsoft Access databases in ASP using ADO - Chris Maunder
  A simple introduction to using Access .mdb databases in your ASP pages
  
• Adding a search facility to your website - Chris Maunder
  Using the Microsoft Index Server to enable your readers to search your site
  
• ADO Recordset Paging in ASP - Konstantin Vasserman
  How to display multiple pages of records in ASP
  
• Displaying the servers current date - Chris Maunder
  A simple routine to display the current date of the server in the clients browser
  
• Reading a text file in ASP - Chris Maunder
  How to read a text file on a server using VBScript in ASP
  
• Text Preview in ASP - Konstantin Vasserman
  How to generate short preview of the text in ASP.
  
• Working with cookies - Iulian Iuga
  An introduction to using cookies in your ASP scripts
  

ATL

• Beginner's Tutorial: COM/ATL Simple Project - C. Lung
  
• How to use an ATL-control with MFC - Franky Braem
  A step by step tutorial explaining how to use an ATL-control with MFC
  
• Using User Defined Types in COM & ATL - Ioannis Stamatopoulos
  A Step by Step tutorial on SAFEARRAYs and UDTs in COM
  

Audio & Video

• How to play and record sound - Thomas Holme
  A simple application that shows how to play and record sound under Windows
  

Bitmaps & Palettes

• Bitmap Basics - A GDI tutorial - Chris Becke
  A set of basic tutorials on working with the core bitmap structures
  

Button Controls

• Using button controls in an application - Chris Smith
  How to get a button control wired-in and working
  

CE Programming

• Using Windows CE CommandBands in an MFC based Application - Bruce Hearder
  An introduction to using CommandBars in CE
  

Clipboard

• All you ever wanted to know about the Clipboard... - Randy More
  
• Clipboard Copy in a Nutshell - Keith Rule
  

COM / DCOM / COM+

• A very simple COM server without ATL or MFC - Shoaib Ali
  A step by step guide to writing a COM server using C++ without MFC or ATL
  
• Beginner's Tutorial: Calling Visual Basic ActiveX DLLs from Visual C++ - C. Lung
  
• COM+ Object Pooling - Jeremiah Talkar
  An introduction to the COM+ Object Pooling service
  
• Connection Points And Asynchronous calls - Part I - Ashish Dhar
  A tutorial on connections points and Aynchronous calls
  
• Connection Points And Asynchronous calls - Part II - Ashish Dhar
  A tutorial on connections points and Aynchronous calls
  
• DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 1 - Brian Hart
  This tutorial shows you how to write DCOM software, with all the latest features, in a simple, straightforward manner.
  
• DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 2 - Brian Hart
  We modify starter files, provided by the ATL COM AppWizard, to improve the user-friendliness of our server.
  
• DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 3 - Brian Hart
  In this step we add a simple COM object to our server using the New ATL Object Wizard.
  
• DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 4 - Brian Hart
  Here we add a method to our DCOM-remoted object, and start on implementing its functionality.
  
• DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 5 - Brian Hart
  We look at connection points and set up the server's end of one. We'll also finish implementing our SayHello() method.
  
• DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 6 - Brian Hart
  We build our new server and install it on the server machine.
  
• DCOM D-Mystified: A DCOM Tutorial, Step 7 - Brian Hart
  At last! We finish our tutorial by writing a client with MFC, AppWizard, and ClassWizard, like back in the good ol' days (sighhh...)
  
• DCOM D-Mystified: Questions and Answers - Brian Hart
  Brian's detailed answers to your most frequently asked questions about his DCOM tutorial.
  
• Introduction to COM - What It Is and How to Use It. - Michael Dunn
  A tutorial for programmers new to COM that explains how to reuse existing COM components, for example, components in the Windows shell.
  
• Introduction to COM Part II - Behind the Scenes of a COM Server - Michael Dunn
  A tutorial for programmers new to COM that explains the internals of COM servers, and how to write your own interfaces in C++
  

Combo & List Boxes

• Setting the width of the dropdown list - Chris Maunder
  A simple tutorial explaining how to set the width of a combo dropdown list so that all items are fully visible
  
• Using the CComboBox control - Wolfram Steinke
  An entry level tutorial on using the CComboBox control
  
• Using the CListBox control - Wolfram Steinke
  An entry level tutorial on using the CListBox control
  

C++ / MFC / STL

• A Beginner's Guide to Pointers - Andrew Peace
  An article showing the use of pointers in C and C++
  
• An Introductory STL tutorial - David Hubbard
  An STL starter that introduces the various collection types, strings, streams, iterators and methods of STL
  
• Compression and decompression using the Crypto++ library - Shaun Wilde
  using the Crypto++ library to compress and decompress data
  
• Creating a process, and then killing it - ljp
  
• Different Styles of Programming - Alex Marbus
  A basic introduction to some different styles of programming
  
• Getting started with Borland C++ 5.5 - Leon Matthews
  In mid-February 2000 the people responsible for Borland's C++ products made the core of their product line available as a free download.
  
• Hex Encoder and Decoder using Crypto++ - Shaun Wilde
  Encode binary data to and from hexadecimal format using the Crypto++ library
  
• Introduction to Software Translation for MFC - Robert Pittenger
  An introduction to software localization and translation with issues specific to MFC development.
  
• OOP and UML - Alex Marbus
  An introduction to modelling OOP design concepts with UML
  
• Quick and Dirty Collection Class Notes - Joe Harleman
  An article describing MFC Collection Classes
  
• Saving a variable temporarily - Alvaro Mendez
  A safe, and convenient way to store variables temporarily
  
• The Microsoft VC++ Virtual Property feature - Jeremiah Talkar
  Using the __declspec(property) method to enhance legacy code
  
• Tutorial 1 - Amin Patel
  This tutorial has been made to give an introduction to new c++ programmers. Unfortunately their are many great minds out there but they don't have access to free and quality c++ tutorials. So this is the first lesson.
  
• Tutorial 2 - Amin Patel
  This tutorial has been made to give an introduction to new c++ programmers. Unfortunately their are many great minds out there but they don't have access to free and quality c++ tutorials. So this is the second lesson
  
• Two Simple Lines for Self-Repairing Apps - Jesse Ezell
  Creating Self-Repairing Applications using Windows Installer
  
• Unicode, MBCS and Generic text mappings - Chris Maunder
  A guide to using generic text functions to make the transition between character sets simple and painless
  
• Using namespaces properly - Dejan Jelović
  This article does not teach you the syntax of namespaces. Rather, it shows you how to use them properly.
  
• Using qsort on arrays of sequential data - Phil McGahan and Chris Maunder
  An introduction to a useful function
  
• Using STL - Zoran M. Todorovic
  A brief introduction on using the Standard Template Library
  
• Using the std::sort() Method - Paul Wolfensberger
  An introduction to sorting using STL
  
• Why I Chose C++ - William T. Block
  An introduction to C++ from a personal perspective
  

The C# Programming Language

• Creating a control with the .NET SDK using C# - Norm Almond
  A quickstart guide to creating your first control in C#
  
• Delegates And Events - The Uncensored Story - Part 1 - A. Abdul Azeez
  This is a part of a series of articles that aims at fully understanding delegates and events
  
• Using the clipboard to transfer data to and from your applications - Jon Boyce
  An article describing ways to use the clipboard to transfer data to and from applications on the .NET Platform using C#
  
• Writing a Windows Form Application For .NET Framework Using C# - Naveen K Kohli
  A tutorial on writing Windows Forms application using C#
  
• Writing Customizable AboutBox Component - Naveen K Kohli
  Shows how to write a component using C#.
  
• Your first C# control - Troy Marchand
  A very simple introduction to writing your first .NET control
  

Database

• How to use RecordSets without using the AppWizard at the creation of your project. - Braulio Díez
  
• Using the CDatabase class to read an Access databases - Zahirul Haque
  This is a very simple code snippet that demonstrates how to read a Microsoft Access database file using the CDatabase class
  

Date / Time handling

• Leap Years - Chris Maunder and LeRoy Baxter
  A discussion on the thorny issue of leap years.
  
• Y2K Bugs, And Why You Should Still Worry About Them - Michael Dunn
  An editorial about year 2000 issues and why they are still relevant today.
  

Debug tips

• A Handy Debugging Macro for Switch Statements - Michael Dunn
  A macro to help alert you if unreachable is ever reached
  
• Catching memory leaks - Audrius Vasiliauskas
  How catch memory leaks with very little effort
  
• Creating a console for your MFC app's debug output - Matthias Steinbart
  How to send debugging output to a console in a MFC application
  
• Debugging Release Mode Problems - Keith Rule
  A classic article on how to debug your release build applications
  
• Navigate your TRACE outputs - Wolfgang Busch
  Extended TRACE macros with easy source navigation
  
• Simple trace format tips - Audrius Vasiliauskas
  A simple way to format your TRACE statements so double clicking takes you directly to the source code.
  

Dialog and Windows Programming

• A Beginners Guide to Dialog Based Applications - Part One - Dr. Asad Altimeemy
  A step by step tutorial showing how to create your first windows program using MFC
  
• Beginners Guide to Dialog Based Applications - Part Two - Dr. Asad Altimeemy
  A step by step tutorial showing how to create your first windows program using MFC
  
• Creating your first MFC Doc/View application - Chris Maunder
  A brief step-by-step tutorial that demonstrates creating an SDI and MDI based applications using the MFC Doc/View architecture.
  
• Creating your first Windows application - Daniel Kopitchinski
  A brief step-by-step tutorial that demonstrates creating an SDI based application that does not use the MFC Doc/View architecture.
  
• Customizing the Windows Common File Open Dialog - Shanker Chandrabose
  
• Gribble1 - CWnd goes full screen - Tim Deveaux
  This brief tutorial shows how to use a CWnd in 'full screen' mode, and provides a framework for investigating some simple Windows graphic calls.
  
• The CResizeableFileDialog class - Tibor Blazko
  How to make the Windows Common Dialogs resizeable
  
• Tooltips in modal dialog boxes - Henk Devos
  A demonstration of how to show tooltips in modal dialog bozes
  
• Using the CFindReplaceDialog class - Tibor Blazko
  How to use the CFindReplaceDialog dialog for text searching
  
• Windows Message Handling - Part 1 - Daniel Kopitchinski
  An introduction to basic Windows messages such as WM_SIZE and WM_CLOSE, and how to add your own handlers
  
• Windows Message Handling - Part 2 - Daniel Kopitchinski
  Message Maps, User defined messages and Registered Messages
  
• Windows Message Handling - Part 3 - Daniel Kopitchinski
  Handling messages in SDK programs
  
• Windows Message Handling - Part 4 - Daniel Kopitchinski
  Reflected Messages, MFC and SDK Subclassing
  

DLLs

• Creating Static-linked Executables using VC++ Standard Edition - LJP
  VC++ Standard Edition only has support for dynamically linked exes. This article shows you how to by-pass this restriction.
  
• Dll Tips - xicoloko
  Tips for writting Dynamic Link Libraries
  

Toolbars & Docking Windows

• How to verify the bar state info - Cristi Posea
  Verify the bar state info in the application profile before calling LoadBarState()
  

Doc / View

• Center CMDIChildWnds and Other Tips - Brian Hart
  Center CMDIChildWnds in the client area of the main frame window
  
• Creating an application with no taskbar icon - Chris Maunder
  A simple method to create a main window that does not appear in the windows taskbar
  
• CView Access From Anywhere - King
  Acces your View class from anywhere in the application
  

.NET - The Next Generation Internet

• .NET Diagnostics - II, A Threads Monitoring Application Using C# - Naveen K Kohli
  Using ProcessThread class to monitor states of threads inside a proces
  
• How To Add ToolTips To Controls On A Windows Form - Naveen K Kohli
  Tips on how to add tooltips to controls on windows form in the .NET framework
  
• How To Use The ErrorProvider Object To Indicate Invalid Control State - Naveen K Kohli
  A tutorial on how to incorporate the ErrorProvider object into .NET WinForms using C#
  
• The ADO.NET ADODataReader class - Chris Maunder
  Accessing database information using the ADODataReader class from ADO.NET in C#
  
• Using Diagnostic Classes In The .NET SDK - Naveen K Kohli
  How to use Diagnostic classes and tree view control in the .NET SDK
  
• Using managed types in C++ - Chris Maunder
  A quick introduction to using .NET managed types in C++
  

Edit Controls

• Auto-Completion Edit Control - James R. Twine
  An edit control that provides auto-completion functionality for small data sets.
  
• Using the CEdit control - Wolfram Steinke
  An entry level tutorial on using the CEdit control
  

Files & Folders

• File Stream Encryption (using a Context Menu) - Daniel Madden
  An article on file stream encryption (using Crypt++ v3.2) from an Explorer Context Menu
  

Fonts, GDI, GUI

• Capturing the Mouse - Chris Becke
  Notes on TrackMouseEvent, and SetCapture on Win32.
  
• Flicker Free Drawing In MFC - Keith Rule
  A simple animation example which is used to show CMemDC in several modes
  
• Introduction to drawing in Windows - William T. Block
  A simple introduction to using DCs to draw in Windows
  
• Using the DrawAnimatedRects() function - Norm Almond, Chris Maunder and Santosh Rao
  Shows how to use the DrawAnimatedRects function to improve the look of your apps
  

HTML / CSS

• CSS For Beginners - Nongjian Zhou
  Add CSS to your HTML files.
  
• HTML For Beginners - Nongjian Zhou
  A tutorial for those who want to learn HTML in a quick and easy way.
  

Internet & Network

• Network Development Kit - Sébastien Lachance & Yannick Létourneau
  Network Development Kit is a set of simple classes for a client-server architecture.
  
• Opening a Dial-Up connection - Mileta Radenovic
  How to open a new dialup connection using RasDial
  

Java Programming

• Sorting Data In Java - Xiangyang Liu
  An Java Class To Sort (Indices Of) General Data Arrays.
  

JavaScript

• Displaying the clients current date - Chris Maunder
  A simple routine to display the current date in the clients browser
  
• JavaScript For Beginners - Nongjian Zhou
  A very easy tutorial for JavaScript beginners
  
• JavaScript For Beginners 2: Cookies - Tibor Blazko
  An introduction to using Cookies in Javascript
  
• Using JavaScript to handle drop-down list selections - Chris Maunder
  A simple method of making dropdown lists automatically navigate to a new page when a new selection is made.
  

Misc. Libraries and Projects

• Useful Reference Books - Chris Maunder
  A list of popular reference books sent in by the readers of CodeProject
  
• World of programming - Mehdi Mousavi
  A quick look to the world of programming
  

List Controls

• Indicating an empty ListView - GHINI Mauro
  Instead of presenting a blank screen if your list control is empty, why not try this?
  
• Neat Stuff to do in List Controls Using Custom Draw - Michael Dunn
  Using the custom-draw features in version 4.70 of the common controls to customise the look and feel of list controls
  
• Simple Row Insert for CListCtrl - Daniel Zuppinger
  This simple CListCtrl extension allows easy row insertion when in Report mode.
  
• Using text callbacks in ListView Controls - Chris Maunder
  Shows how to use text callbacks in list controls
  
• Using the List Control - Matt Weagle
  Everything you need to know about using the standard list control in your applications
  

Macros and Add-ins

• Accessor/Mutator Macro - Vitaly Belman
  The following macro will create an accessor and a mutator to a private variable in a class.
  
• Adding tags support to Visual Studio - Paul S. Vickery
  Visual Studio Macro to provide tags support
  
• Auto-Incrementing Build Numbers - Navi Singh
  Describes a way to automatically generate an application build number.
  
• Emacs-style Clipboard Ring - Damon Otoshi
  Enhanced multi-clipboard similar to the Emacs kill/yank ring
  

Miscellaneous Controls

• Adding controls to a dialog - Wolfram Steinke
  An entry level tutorial on using one of the Windows Common Controls in a dialog
  
• Applying an update UI notification interface to user-defined controls - Bernd Giesen
  A C++/MFC sample how to implement UI notifications for user-defined controls
  
• Catching the 'Enter' Key in windows and controls - Randy More
  How to handle the WM_GETDLGCODE message in order to catch special key strokes.
  
• Create your own controls - the art of subclassing - Chris Maunder
  An introduction to subclassing the Windows common controls using MFC
  
• Creating a Time Picker with no Seconds Field - Michael Dunn
  
• Creating Custom Controls - Chris Maunder
  An introduction to creating custom controls using MFC
  
• Find in CWebBrowser Control - Jeremy Davis
  How to display the "Find" window in a CWebBrowser control.
  
• Using the IE 5 built-in progress dialog - Michael Dunn
  A wrapper class for the progress dialog provided by IE 5.
  

.NET Components

• Writing a Bitmap Button control using the .NET SDK - Naveen K Kohli
  Article on how to write a push button control displaying different images for different user actions
  

Printing

• Printing without the Document/View framework - Chris Maunder
  Shows how to print without relying on the MFC Doc/View framework
  

The Scrapbook

• Ethernet Colors - Alex Marbus
  Ethernet connections
  
• Real Programmers Don't Use PASCAL - Leo Moll
  Very humorous historical text about the art of programming computers
  

Shell Programming

• Finding the position and dimensions of the Windows system tray - Chris Maunder
  A simple method to get the coordinates of the system tray
  
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Index - Michael Dunn
  An index of all the articles in the Idiot's Guide
  
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part I - Michael Dunn
  A step-by-step tutorial on writing shell extensions
  
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part II - Michael Dunn
  A tutorial on writing a shell extension that operates on multiple files at once.
  
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part III - Michael Dunn
  A tutorial on writing a shell extension that shows pop-up info for files.
  
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part IV - Michael Dunn
  A tutorial on writing a shell extension that provides custom drag and drop functionality.
  
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part IX - Michael Dunn
  A tutorial on writing an extension to customize the icons displayed for a file type.
  
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part V - Michael Dunn
  A tutorial on writing a shell extension that adds pages to the properties dialog of files.
  
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part VI - Michael Dunn
  A tutorial on writing a shell extension that can be used on the Send To menu.
  
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part VII - Michael Dunn
  A tutorial on using owner-drawn menus in a context menu shell extensions, and on making a context menu extension that responds to a right-click in a directory background.
  
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Shell Extensions - Part VIII - Michael Dunn
  A tutorial on adding columns to Explorer's details view via a column handler shell extension.
  

SOAP and XML

• MS Soap Toolkit 2.0 - Oi! Where's My Rope Gone - Nic Oughton
  Using the high level API to send and receive SOAP messages in MFC
  
• SOAP - A bubbly future - Jeremiah Talkar
  An Introduction to SOAP
  

Splitter Windows

• A flat splitter window - Marc Richarme
  Small tiny class that gives a splitter-window a flat look
  
• Detect if window is split - Randy More
  A function that tells you wether a window is split
  
• Determine the row and column of a view - Randy More
  A function that tells you where on a split window a view is located
  
• Split a view from a menu item or keystroke - Randy More
  
• Toolbar within splitter windows - Stefan Ungureanu
  A simple method that allows a toolbar to be docked inside a splitter pane
  
• ZSplitter : adding automatic splitting for dialog controls - Mike Melnikov
  A set of classes that provide automatic adding nessasory splitters in your dialogs
  

Static Controls

• Double Buffered Canvas - Nicolas Pabion
  Java style canvas component, double buffer and easy mouse support.
  
• Static text to display long filenames with ellipses - Ravi Bhavnani
  Lightweight class for displaying long filespecs that may need to be truncated
  
• Using the CStatic control - Wolfram Steinke
  An entry level tutorial on using the CStatic control
  

String

• An Introduction to Regular Expressions - Uwe Keim
  Describes the theory behind regular expressions (RE) as well as the practical usage.
  
• Case-Insensitive String Replace - Uwe Keim
  function to replace all occurences of a string within another, ignoring the case.
  
• CString Management - Joseph M. Newcomer
  Learn how to effectively use CStrings.
  
• CTokenizer class - Eddie Velasquez
  A simple tokenizer class that can be used on CStrings
  

System

• Determining the version number of the Windows system libraries - Chris Maunder
  A simple way to determine the version of the Comctl32.dll, Shell32.dll and Shlwapi.dll system libraries
  
• Taking Advantage of the Winlogon Notification Package - Tony Truong
  Taking advantage of the Winlogon Notification Package
  

Tab Controls

• Changing The Active Tab using PageUp/PageDown - Jeremy Davis
  
• CXTabCtrl: an easier tab control for dialogs and forms - xicoloko
  An easier tab control
  

Threads, Processes & Inter-Process Communication

• Inter-Process Communication using WM_COPYDATA - Eddy Celis
  Demonstrates the use of WM_COPYDATA
  

Programming Tips

• Fixing the GPF in Devshl.dll when starting VC++ 5 or 6 - Sean Echevarria
  Having problems with Devshl.dll? Don't reinstall Visual Studio until you've read this!
  
• Grouping project files into folders - Jeremiah Talkar
  A tip on organising your project files in the DevStudio Workspace window
  
• Some Time-Saving Commands and Key Remappings for the VC IDE - Michael Dunn
  Save time and impress co-workers with these great keyboard shortcuts
  
• Syntax coloring for user-defined keywords in Visual Studio - Keith Kudlac
  A UserType.dat file that provides syntax coloring for user-defined keywords in Visual Studio
  

Windows 2000

• Accessing Windows 2000 specific APIs - Roger Onslow
  Having trouble accessing the new Windows 2000 APIs? This article may help.
  
• Wizard2000 - Wizard 97 Property Sheets - Santosh Rao
  Implements an application whose main window is a Wizard 97 based property sheet.
  

Web Services

• Your first C# Web Service - Chris Maunder
  An introduction to writing your first WebService
  
• Your first managed C++ Web Service - Chris Maunder
  An introduction to writing your first WebService using C++ with managed extensions
  

Win32 / SDK Programming

• Load a CString from DLL within that DLL - Jim Koornneef
  CString::LoadString(), resource will not load under certain conditions.
  

WinHelp / HTMLHelp

• Embedding an HTML Help window into a dialog - Ralph Walden
  Placing an embedded help window inside of a dialog, property sheet, or window.
  
• Office 2000 Style Html Help Viewer - David Wulff
  A free (source included) Html Help Viewer, in the style of the Office 2000 Help Viewer, including docking and auto-hide.
  

The Windows Template Library

• CaptionBar Windows Control - Maxime Labelle
  A Win32 CaptionBar control for use in your WTL applications
  
• Introduction to WTL - Part 1 - Ben Burnett
  The 'what' and 'where do I get it' of WTL
  
• WTL bugs - Paul Bludov
  Known WTL & ATL bugs