New Microsoft Windows Template Library (WTL) 7.0 just released !
Paul
WTL is a great library for developing unmanaged C++ GUI applications and is a much better
alternative to the aging MFC.
This release offers full integration with the VS.NET 7.
Windows Template Library WTL 7.0
A library for developing Windows® applications and UI components. Extends ATL (Active Template
Library) and provides a set of classes for controls, dialogs, frame windows, GDI objects, and more.
This version provides full support for Visual Studio .NET and Windows XP
Windows Template Library, or WTL, is a set of classes that extend ATL to support more complex user
interfaces for either applications or various UI components, while maintaining the big advantage of
ATL - small and fast code. WTL classes were designed to be the best and the easiest way to implement
rich Win32 based UI for ATL based applications, servers, components, and controls.
WTL provides support for implementing various user interface elements, from frame and popup windows,
to MDI, standard and common controls, common dialogs, property sheets and pages, GDI objects, UI
updating, scrollable windows, splitter windows, command bars, etc. The WTL classes are mostly
templated and use minimal instance data and inline functions. They were not designed as a framework,
so they do not impose a particular application model, and can accommodate any. The classes do not
use hooks or thread local storage, so they have no restrictions that those techniques impose. They
also have no inter-dependencies and can be freely mixed with straight SDK code. In summary, WTL
delivers very small and efficient code, very close in size and speed to SDK programs, while
presenting a more logical, object oriented model to a programmer
WTL documentation + other articles and samples:
http://wtl.50megs.com/wtl.htm