Version 10.2 Released

David — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 04:21:25 -0000

Version 10.2 of Win32++ is available for download.

This version adds the CFolderDialogEx class, the CPager class, the
ToolbarBuilder sample, and the IFileDialog sample. The ToolbarBuilder is sample
is a useful utility for building a bitmap for use with toolbars.

Users are advised to refer to the "include\changes.txt" file for the complete
list of changes in this version.

Version 10.1 Released

David — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 08:33:56 -0000

Version 10.1 of Win32++ is available for download.

This version updates the library and samples to make better use of the new
features in C++14. Some deprecated classes and functions have been removed.
Dialogs with RichEdit controls might need to be updated to be compatible
with this version.

Users are advised to refer to the "include\changes.txt" file for the complete
list of changes in this version.

Version 10.0 Released

David — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 10:50:53 -0000

Version 10.0 of Win32++ is available for download.

This version updates the library to utilize features available in C++11 and
C++14. Win32++ now uses the unique_ptr and shared_ptr smart pointers. These
smart pointers are used in place of Shared_Ptr when adding new instances of
CTab, CMDIChild, CPropertySheet and CDocker.

Users are advised to refer to the "include\changes.txt" file for the complete
list of changes in this version.

Version 9.6.1 Released

David — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 07:16:27 -0000

Version 9.6.1 of Win32++ is available for download.

This version contains updates to CDocker and the docking samples.

Users are advised to refer to the "include\changes.txt" file for the complete list of
changes in this version.

Version 9.6 Released

David — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 04:48:14 -0000

Version 9.6 of Win32++ is available for download.

This version adds support for C++Builder 11 Community Edition from Embarcadero.
Project files for C++ Builder have been added to each sample.

This version also includes the ScintillaDemo sample. It demonstrates how to use
Scintilla with Win32++ to create a text editor.

Scintilla is a free text editor component designed to edit source code. The source
code and documentation can be found at https://www.scintilla.org/.

Users are advised to refer to the "include\changes.txt" file for the complete list of
changes in this version.

Version 9.5.2 Released

David — Mon, 20 May 2024 04:22:12 -0000

Version 9.5.2 of Win32++ is available for download.

This version updates CString, CTime and the dock samples.

Users are advised to refer to the "include\changes.txt" file for the complete list of
changes in this version.

Version 9.5.1 Released

David — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:25:16 -0000

Version 9.5.1 of Win32++ is available for download.

This version has minor improvements to CDocker, CDockContainer and
CResizer, and adds support for MinGW-w64 version 13.2.0.

Users are advised to refer to the "include\changes.txt" file for the complete list of
changes in this version.

Version 9.5 Released

David — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 08:29:57 -0000

Version 9.5 of Win32++ is available for download.

This version adds a CustomPrintDlg sample. This sample provides an
alternative to the PrintDlg and PrintDlgEx common dialogs which have had
their functionality downgraded in Windows 11.

Users are advised to refer to the "include\changes.txt" file for the complete list of
changes in this version.

Version 9.4 Released

David — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 07:25:17 -0000

Version 9.4 of Win32++ is available for download.

This version adds support for the Microsoft Edge browser.

The EdgeBrower and EdgeBrowserEx samples have been added. These samples
demonstrate how to use the Microsoft Edge WebView2 control in a Win32++
application.

Users are advised to refer to the "include\changes.txt" file for the complete list of
changes in this version.

Version 9.3 Released

David — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 08:59:45 -0000

Version 9.3 of Win32++ is available for download.

This version improves the support for high resolution monitors by automatically
adjusting the size of the frame's toolbar bitmaps and menu icons appropriately.
A number of functions have been added to make supporting high resolution
monitors easier (see below).

This version also provides support for per-monitor(v2) DPI awareness.
Per-monitor DPI awareness allows applications to maintain their visual quality
when they are moved between monitors with different Dots Per Inch (DPI)
settings.

The new FrameEx sample demonstrates the use of PNG resources instead of bitmap
resources for the toolbar and menu images.

Users are advised to refer to the "include\changes.txt" file for the complete list of
changes in this version.

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