Making and Using Controls

Note

The Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) library continues to be supported. However, we're no longer adding features or updating the documentation.

You make most controls for dialog boxes in the Visual Studio dialog editor. But you can also create controls in any dialog box or window.

What do you want to know more about

• Using common controls in a dialog box

• Using the dialog editor to add controls

• Adding controls by hand (without the dialog editor)

• Deriving controls from a standard control

• Using a common control as a child window

• Receiving notification from common controls

• Dialog Data Exchange and Validation

• Type-Safe Access to Controls With Code Wizards

• Individual controls: see Controls for links to all common controls

• Dialog boxes

• Dialog bars

See also

Controls