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Title / Updated	Author	Score
Neat Stuff to Do in List Controls Using Custom Draw Updated: 30 Nov 1999   Using the custom-draw features in version 4.70 of the common controls to customise the look and feel of list controls NT4, C++, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Michael Dunn	4.83
XListCtrl - A custom-draw list control with subitem formatting Updated: 6 Sep 2006   A custom-draw list control with support for subitem colors, bold font, progress bars, and checkboxes. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.77
How to skin CListCtrl including scrollbars and column headers Updated: 22 Nov 2003   This article will show you how to skin a CListCtrl including the CHeaderCtrl and the scrollbars. You will be able to totally customize the look and feel of almost all the aspects of a CListCtrl. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Advanced	Greg Ellis	4.77
CWnd/WTL based HTML List Control with different row heights Updated: 2 May 2006   This is a CWnd/WTL based list control; it supports basic HTML tags and multiple row heights. C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Monty2	4.74
Multi-line List Control Updated: 5 Sep 2006   A custom control which provides a multi-column list of items with multi-line rows. VC7.1, NT4, VS.NET2003, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Dave Calkins	4.70
Alternate Row Colors for the CListCtrl Updated: 19 Dec 2005   How to set alternate row colors for the CListCtrl. VC6, VS6, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	sdancer75	4.47
Another Report List Control Updated: 31 Dec 2003   A report style CListCtrl supporting sorting, sub-item editing, sub-item image, sub-item color etc. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	=[ Abin ]=	4.46
List Control Extended for Progress Control Updated: 21 Apr 2004   Showing progress bar in any column in a list control. VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	conio	4.04
Expandable List Control to Accept Multilines Updated: 14 Aug 2007   A derived CListCtrl class that expands its rows when it receives multilines C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Advanced	Carlos Souza	4.00
CListCtrl With Web Links Updated: 20 Aug 2003   Extended ListCtrl class that supports web links. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	cgoldsch	3.89
Extend List Control with progress control - Unedited Updated: 27 Mar 2006   A better method to embeded the progress control in list control using custom draw VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	KeyL	3.85
Adding progress bars to a list control Updated: 2 Sep 2001   A simple extension that allows you to add a progress indicator as an item in a list control VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Jinhyuck Jung	3.33
Header Controls			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Using the Header Control Updated: 12 May 2001   An article describing how to use the header control VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Matt Weagle	4.70
A Multiline Header Control Inside a CListCtrl Updated: 16 May 2000   How to make the CListCtrl's header Multiline VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Alberto Bar-Noy	4.42
CFilterHeaderCtrl and CFilterListCtrl - Give user a chance to filter data you brought him! Updated: 11 May 2003   An owner drawn header control and a CListControl that uses it VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	JonathanLivingstone	4.35
Customizing the header control in a ListView Updated: 31 May 2003   This article describes how to extend the default header control in a ListView in details mode. .NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Georgi Atanasov	4.06
Handling Right-Click Events in ListView Column Headers Updated: 5 Feb 2008   .NET WinForms doesn't provide any way to handle right-click events on column headers. This C# code shows how to determine which header was right-clicked. C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#, Windows, .NET, Dev, Beginner	MarkLTX	4.05
List Controls			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
Enhanced CListCtrl that accepts and filters dropped files and folders Updated: 6 Feb 2000   This article explains how to support file drag and drop in your CWnd-derived object VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Stuart Carter	4.82
Using the List Control Updated: 15 Nov 2002   Everything you need to know about using the standard list control in your applications VC6, VS6, Windows, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Matt Weagle	4.75
Using virtual lists Updated: 4 Aug 2004   This article explains how to work with virtual lists, a very fast list that is useful to show a large number of items. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	PEK	4.75
CQuickList Updated: 24 Jan 2006   A custrom-draw virtual list control. Support for subitem editing, images, button (checkboxes, radio buttons), custom colors, and "column navigation". VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	PEK	4.75
Drag and Drop between and within a CListCtrl Updated: 26 Apr 2003   An article showing how to drag and drop items between CListCtrls or reorder items within a CListCtrl VC6, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	David Fleming	4.64
Another ListView print (preview) sample. Updated: 7 Jan 2003   Illustrates how MFC based List View content can be printed. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Andres Kaasik	4.57
List view customizations Updated: 23 Apr 2001   List view sort on header click and showing 'No items' with 'More' tooltip VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Sardaukar	4.52
Using check box in List Control - Unedited Updated: 27 Mar 2006   Using check box in both head ctrl and list control items, so you could easy operate it. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	KeyL	4.52
Implementing a smoothly animated ListBox Updated: 12 Jun 2008   An article on creating an iPhone style ListBox. C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#, WinCE, .NET CF, .NET, Dev, Intermediate	Fredrik Bornander	4.50
That's a drag Updated: 20 Mar 2006   Dragging items around in a list view. VC7.1, NT4, WinXP, VS.NET2003, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Niek Albers	4.49
Changing Row Height in an owner drawn Control Updated: 8 Nov 2001   Changing the Row Height in an owner drawn List View Control VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Uwe Keim	4.48
An Adaptable Property List Control Updated: 25 Apr 2003   An object properties list control than can change based on the objects state. VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Advanced	Stefan Belopotocan	4.43
Large Address book in MAPI Updated: 7 Dec 2004   Explains how to display the list of users in a Global Address Book in a large organization using a Virtual List Control. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Advanced	Muthukumar	4.42
SubItem Selection in List Control Updated: 27 Dec 2004   SubItem selection in List Control. VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Piotr Szewczyk	4.36
Sort List Control Updated: 6 Sep 2001   A list control with inbuilt sorting, and an easier way to add columns and rows VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Mark Jackson	4.33
SubItem Selection in List Control Updated: 5 Sep 2004   Explains how to select Sub Items in Report style List Control. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Muhammad Azam	4.33
CReportCtrl - An extremely convenient version of report-style CListCtrl Updated: 4 May 2003   An MFC CListCtrl derived class specialized in report-style list control manipulation. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	=[ Abin ]=	4.24
Print ListCtrl on multiple pages Updated: 26 Mar 2000   Printing the contents of a CListCtrl or CListView with multiple pages VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Markus Loibl	4.21
Editable Table Control Updated: 19 Aug 2001   An editable combo list control VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	shilonir	4.21
Synchronization of scrolling between two list controls Updated: 11 Jun 2002   This simple example shows the synchronization of scrolling of two list controls VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Alexander Khudyakov	4.16
Simple Row Insert for CListCtrl Updated: 9 Jul 2000   This simple CListCtrl extension allows easy row insertion when in Report mode. VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Daniel Zuppinger	4.15
Adding Checkboxes to a list control Updated: 9 Jan 2000   Using the updated list control in IE3 and above to add check boxes to your list controls NT4, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Eran Yariv	4.09
Multistring List Control Updated: 23 Oct 2002   A list control, that supports multistring text items, drag & drop and item's editing VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Ken Keray	4.09
Not just a image list control, Neat, 3D, iTunes style - Unedited Updated: 29 Oct 2007   The image list controls shows all imaes in 3D, animate the items when selected and let control item size, transparency, positions and animation speed VC8.0, VS2005, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Ashok Jaiswal	4.06
Editing Sub-Items in List Control Updated: 18 May 2001   Explains how to edit Sub Items in Report style List Control VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	s.prabhakarreddy	4.05
A Drive Picker List Control Updated: 29 Nov 1999   A control that shows drive names and icons like Explorer NT4, C++, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Michael Dunn	3.97
Rearrange rows in a ListView control by drag-and-drop without MFC/C++ Updated: 16 Aug 2001   Teach you how to rearrange rows in a ListView control by drag-and-drop without MFC/C++ VC6, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Jiang Hong	3.80
Using thumbnail images in a list control Updated: 21 Jul 2006   How to use thumbnail images in a list control VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Yi Ren	3.80
A Simple Reusable List Control Updated: 29 Nov 2005   This artcile describes a simple reusable list control C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Shine Kumar	3.77
CToolTipListCtrl - A CListCtrl derived class providing per SubItem tooltips Updated: 12 Nov 2001   A CListCtrl derived class providing per SubItem tooltips, adapted from Nate Maynard's CToolTipTreeCtrl VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	João Filipe de Castro Ferreira	3.69
CListCtrl - one of the Blonde classes in MFC Updated: 8 Dec 2002   Some dialogbox code to give the Blonde a clue VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	John Simmons / outlaw programmer	3.59
List Control displaying image thumbnails Updated: 4 Jan 2000   Demonstrates using a list control to display thumbnail views of images NT4, C++, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	_stefanu_	3.46
Let your ListCtrl adjust its column widths automatically - Unedited Updated: 29 Aug 2005   Here you have a CListCtrl derived class that can dynamically adjust the widths of its columns so that all the items as well as their headers are always visible. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	PravinSingh	3.44
Registry List Control Updated: 10 Jan 2003   A List Control to Monitor Windows Registry VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	A. Riazi	3.36
Advanced item filtering within CListCtrl Updated: 21 Jun 2006   This article presents a "range filtering"-capable modification of the MFC list view control, along with some other minor techniques. VC6, VS6, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Dmitry Khudorozhkov	3.36
Hide scrollbars from a CListCtrl Updated: 1 Jul 2003   Removes the scrollbars from a CListCtrl without loosing the ability to scroll VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, C++/CLI, .NET, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Lars [Large] Werner	3.00
ListView controls			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
XPTable - .NET ListView meets Java's JTable Updated: 17 Sep 2005   A fully customisable ListView style control based on Java's JTable. .NET 1.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, C#, GDI, Dev, Intermediate	Mathew Hall	4.92
Outlook Style Grouped List Control Updated: 16 Aug 2007   An Outlook Style List Control .NET 2.0, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	Lee Paul Alexander	4.80
A Much Easier to Use ListView Updated: 10 May 2008   This article describes a much easier to use ListView that supports sorting and grouping. .NET 2.0, VS.NET2003, VS2005, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Phillip Piper	4.77
XPTable: .NET ListView Update Updated: 4 Jul 2007   An update to the excellent XPTable control .NET 1.1, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	adambl	4.73
Locking ListView Column Size Updated: 20 Sep 2005   A custom ListView that allows the column size to be locked. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Chris Morgan	4.72
ListViewSortManager control Updated: 12 Dec 2004   Add column sorting to the ListView control the easy way. VC7, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Eddie Velasquez	4.67
Easy Navigation Through an Editable List View Updated: 19 Jun 2000   This article shows you how you can navigate through a multi-column, editable list view VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Lee Nowotny	4.67
Printable ListView Updated: 19 Sep 2005   A customized ListView control with printing capability. .NET 1.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, C#, GDI+, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	Matteo D'Avena	4.65
In-place editing of ListView subitems Updated: 19 Oct 2004   An extended ListView to allow for in-place editing of subitems using arbitrary controls as editors. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, Intermediate	mav.northwind	4.63
An extendable ListViewSorter Updated: 12 Oct 2006   This article describes how to sort a ListView ascending/descending with two lines of code, and how to extend its sorting capabilities. .NET 2.0, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Marcus Deecke	4.62
Groupable ListView Updated: 15 Sep 2006   Extended ListView with GUIs for easy grouping. .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Kel_	4.59
ListViewFilter Control for .NET Updated: 28 Apr 2003   An enhanced ListView with sorting/shading and a filterbar to filter items. .NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Tom Mulligan	4.58
Drag and Drop List View Updated: 12 May 2004   Drag and Drop list items within list views or to other list views without manual intervention. .NET 1.1, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Matt Hawley	4.57
ContainerListView and TreeListView: Writing VS.NET design-surface compatible controls Updated: 13 Jan 2003   Learn how to properly integrate your custom .NET control into the Visual Studio .NET design environment with TypeConverters and UITypeEditors. The article includes two useful controls, a container ListView, and a complete, feature-loaded TreeListView. .NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Jon Rista	4.55
Display updated list view items with fading color effects in a ListView control Updated: 10 Mar 2005   If a list view is frequently updated it is often difficult for users to notice all updates. This ListView control will solve this problem by displaying changes to list view items with different colors depending on how it’s been changed, and let the item slowly fade to its original color. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	Patric_J	4.52
TreeListView Updated: 31 Aug 2003   A custom control that ties a ListView and a TreeView together .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Thomas Caudal	4.48
Embedding Controls in a ListView Updated: 30 Dec 2004   How to use arbitrary controls in ListView cells. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, TabletPC, C++, C#, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	mav.northwind	4.44
ListView Grouping XP Style Updated: 27 May 2004   Group ListView items by any column, XP style. .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, C++, C#, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Acoustic	4.44
C# List View v1.3 Updated: 2 Mar 2004   A fully featured completely managed C# ListView. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Allen Anderson	4.43
A Bindable, Sortable, Autosizing ListView Updated: 17 May 2005   A listview with support for Databinding, Sorting & Autofit and upon rebinding data reselection of a previous selected item .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, GDI+, Dev, ADO.NET, Intermediate	Steef (Stephan Deckers)	4.41
MenuItems: Collections within a MenuItem Updated: 10 Jan 2008   An article on a custom control used to populate a list of values in a MenuItem. .NET 3.0, C#, Windows, .NET, WPF	Tony Gordon	4.38
ListView with Item-Hover Event Updated: 21 Oct 2003   An article to display tooltips over listview items and subitems. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, Intermediate	ramshri	4.37
Extended ListView Updated: 13 Jun 2006   An extended ListView control that can show multiple images on subitems, lets the user edit subitems with user-defined controls (also image-subitems), contains boolean subitems, and can sort columns by date, number, string, and image. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, ADO.NET, WinForms, Intermediate	Michiel van Eerd	4.35
Drag and Drop ListView row reordering Updated: 11 Nov 2003   This article presents a simple ListView control that provides row reordering using Drag and Drop. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	David Boland	4.31
Data binding a ListView Updated: 9 Apr 2005   An overview on inheriting a ListView and implementing design-time data binding capability. SQL 2000, VS.NET2003, C#, SQL, Windows, .NET, DBA, Dev, ADO.NET, WinForms, Intermediate	Nick Karnik	4.30
Persist ListView settings with serialization Updated: 8 Dec 2002   Serialization is a powerful feature of .NET. Here I use it to add functionality to the ListView control. .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Dan Fontanesi	4.29
Extensible ListView a.k.a. DataListView Updated: 15 Apr 2005   How to make an extensible ListView custom control, along with data-binding, optional multi-threading and serialization rolled into one. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	Tomas Brennan	4.29
ControlExtender Library Updated: 5 Jul 2003   A component that enhances standard ListView and ListBox controls. (full designer support) .NET 1.1, WinXP, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Reto Ravasio	4.28
Updated Extended ListView Updated: 30 Sep 2003   An update to Jon Rista's treeview/listview control .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Bill Seddon	4.27
Autosize the last column in a ListView control using WndProc Updated: 24 Nov 2002   Shows a quick and dirty way to auto-size the last column of a ListView control. .NET 1.0, WinXP, C#, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Chris Beckett	4.19
LeerGridView: an Editable ListView Updated: 27 Feb 2008   An easy-to-use ListView with editable fields derived from a powerful grid control .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, Windows, .NET, Dev, Design, Intermediate	leerjet	4.16
Generating missing Paint event for TreeView and ListView controls Updated: 14 Jul 2003   Article on generating missing Paint event for TreeView, ListView .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	J Young	4.13
Flicker-free ListView in .NET and XP Updated: 26 Jan 2003   This article discusses the problems with the .NET ListView and offers a solution to fix those problems. .NET 1.0, WinXP, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Giovanni Montrone	4.04
Flicker-free ListView in .NET - Part 2 Updated: 3 Feb 2003   This article discusses a couple of ways to reduce flicker in the .NET Listview. VC7, .NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Beginner	Giovanni Montrone	4.00
The TreeListView To End All TreeListViews - Unedited Updated: 10 Jun 2008   An extensible, hybrid Listview/TreeListView control VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, VB 6, VB	Tosberg	4.00
ListView with Image on SubItems Updated: 4 Jul 2004   ListView with Image on SubItems .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Carlos Carvalho	3.98
Indicating an empty ListView in C# Updated: 8 Oct 2004   Have you wondered how you could show text in ListView control if it's empty, just like Microsoft does it in Outlook Express and in some other applications? .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Lubos Hasko	3.94
A ListView HitTest for C# Updated: 27 Jan 2004   An article on adding a HitTest method for a ListView control. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	row4utc	3.81
Adding color to Listview with customdraw - Unedited Updated: 8 Mar 2008   Implementation of a CListCtrl control derived class that can be used to set color of rows,coloumns,cells. VC6, C++, C, MFC, Intermediate	Option Greek	3.77
ListView Column Sorter Updated: 3 Nov 2003