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Title / Updated	Author	Score
Using the CEdit control Updated: 23 Mar 2001 An entry level tutorial on using the CEdit control. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner	Wolfram Steinke	4.46
CFilterEdit: Use Regular Expressions to Filter Your Input Updated: 5 Dec 2008 The definitive approach to filtering input text. Includes configurable error display. VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Ben Hanson	4.42
Auto-complete edit and combo, without Platform SDK Updated: 26 Feb 2002 How to enable file system and URL auto-complete for edit controls and combo-boxes, without downloading the entire Platform SDK VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Beginner	C^hris L^osinger	4.14
Change the style of edit control - Unedited Updated: 29 Mar 2008 This article will tell you an easy way to change the style of edit control. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, C++, Windows, MFC, Beginner	guanghui wu	3.67
How To Make an AutoSizeTextBox Updated: 13 Oct 2008 How to size a TextBox to fit its contents .NET 3.5, VB, Design, Beginner	saratan60	1.60
How to add Click Event on TextBox - Unedited Updated: 3 Jan 2008 How to add Click Event on TextBox VB 7.x, VB 8.0, VB 9.0, VB 6, VB	imran afzal	1.00

Edit Controls - General			top
Title / Updated	Author	Score
SpellEdit Updated: 25 Apr 2004 A CEdit control with a spell checker and thesaurus. VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	SteveKing	4.81
CRulerRichEditCtrl - a complete RTF mini-editor Updated: 17 May 2005 A complete mini-editor with a formatting toolbar and a ruler with editable tab-positions. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Johan Rosengren	4.80
Inserting images into a RichTextBox control (the OLE way) Updated: 1 Nov 2005 This article shows how you can insert images, controls and ActiveX objects into a .NET RichTextBox control by using the OLE way. There are several samples about how it could be done, but all of them are in C++ and I needed it for managed code (C#). .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Oscar Londono	4.80
Using Scintilla for syntax coloring in MFC Updated: 29 Jun 2003 The article describes how to use the scintilla control in a MFC application to display syntax coloring information VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	toffy	4.80
A User-Searchable TextBox, RichTextBox, ListView, and TreeView in C# Updated: 18 Aug 2006 A lightweight class library that extends the Framework's most popular editor controls to include search and other basic functionality. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	Jim Blackler	4.78
HTML editor for VC++ 6.0 Updated: 27 Dec 2004 HTML editing control for VC++ 6.0 equivalent to MFC7 CHtmlEditCtrlBase class. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Irek Zielinski	4.78
Crystal Edit - syntax coloring text editor Updated: 30 Jan 2000 A set of classes that provide an expandable framework for the syntax coloring text editor. VC6, NT4, MFC, Dev, Advanced	Andrei Stcherbatchenko	4.77
Insert Plain Text and Images into RichTextBox at Runtime Updated: 14 Jul 2003 This article describes how to programmatically insert text and images into a RichTextBox at runtime. .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Khendys Gordon	4.76
A Windows Forms based text editor with HTML output Updated: 25 Nov 2006 A Windows Forms based text editor with HTML output, implemented with a browser control in edit mode. .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	kevin delafield	4.75
Using ICSharpCode.TextEditor Updated: 12 Nov 2008 Use TextEditorControl to put a syntax-highlighting editor in your application. .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, .NET, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate, Advanced	Qwertie	4.73
File Searcher Edit Control with Browse Button Updated: 13 Dec 2002 A control that combines an edit control for entering a file or directory name, and a browse button that brings up a dialog for choosing a file or folder. VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	PJ Arends	4.70
Autocomplection in RichEdit Control Updated: 11 Jul 2002 A control that allows to use an autocomplection feature in RichEdit controls as the one in Visual Studio VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Paolo Vernazza	4.69
Multiline Hyper Edit Control Updated: 31 Aug 2004 A multiline hyper edit control derived from CEdit. VC6, WinXP, VS6, MFC, STL, Dev, Intermediate	PCSpectra	4.69
Using Windowless RichEdit Controls Updated: 10 Oct 2006 How to use the windowless RichEdit control, one of Microsoft's less well-documented APIs. VC7, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	David Kinder	4.67
XEditPrompt - CEdit-derived control with web-like prompt Updated: 20 Jul 2007 XEditPrompt implements an edit control with built-in prompt and text color, just like you see on web pages. VC6, VC8.0, WinXP, Vista, VS2005, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Hans Dietrich	4.66
Syntax highlighting textbox written in C# Updated: 13 Jul 2005 This article describes the code of a RichTextBox that knows how to highlight parts of the text and provide auto-completion. .NET 1.1, Win2K, VS.NET2003, WinMobile2003, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Uri Guy	4.65
A Rich Edit Control That Displays Bitmaps and Other OLE Objects Updated: 9 Feb 2005 COleRichEditCtrl will display RTF text as well as bitmaps, video clips, Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, and any other kind of OLE objects. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Mike O'Neill	4.64
Nullable Masked Edit, and a Better Masked Edit Also! Updated: 22 Apr 2006 A nullable masked edit control based on the .NET 2.0 MaskedTextBox. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Marc Clifton	4.64
Extended NumericUpDown control Updated: 12 Nov 2008 An extended NumericUpDown control with better focus and mouse wheel management. .NET 2.0, C# 2.0, VB 8.0, VB, .NET, Dev, WinForms, Design, Intermediate	Claudio Nicora	4.64
C# TextBox with Outlook 2007-style prompt Updated: 16 Oct 2006 An article on creating a prompted textbox in the style of Outlook 2007, IE7, and Firefox 2.0. .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	Matthew Noonan	4.63
Validating Edit Controls Updated: 22 Feb 2004 The classes presented in this article provide benefits for the most popular types of data that may be entered. .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Alvaro Mendez	4.63
Enabling syntax highlighting in a RichTextBox Updated: 14 Jun 2005 An article on how to enable syntax highlighting in a RichTextBox. .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS2005, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Patrik Svensson	4.61
CUltraPadWnd - A Simple Syntax Coloring Control Based on the MFC CWnd Class Updated: 16 Aug 2008 An article on a simple syntax coloring control C++, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	darkoman	4.61
CRichEditControl50W - A VC++ Rich Text Edit 4.1 MFC Control Updated: 13 Mar 2005 A simple MFC Rich Edit control using version 4.1 in msftedit.dll. VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	shellraker	4.60
Brainchild, A syntax coloring edit control Updated: 16 Jun 2005 Syntax coloring, multi-level undo/redo editor control. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Jan van den Baard	4.59
Controls-in-controls: A line-numbering edit box Updated: 11 May 2004 A line-numbering edit control VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Johan Rosengren	4.58
CueProvider Updated: 24 Jul 2008 A lightweight class that lets you add cues to a TextBox. C#, Windows, .NET, Dev, Intermediate	Ravi Bhavnani	4.57
Tile Editor Control Updated: 29 May 2008 A control to edit maps or small pictures in tile form. C#, Windows, .NET, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate	Ted John	4.56
Simple Numeric TextBox Updated: 9 Nov 2008 A WinForms TextBox that only accepts digits. .NET 2.0, VS2008, C#, .NET, Visual Studio, WinForms, Beginner, Intermediate	DaveyM69	4.54
CAutoRichEditCtrl - automate rich edit formatting and RTF handling Updated: 11 Feb 2003 A CRichEditCtrl derived class to handle formatting quickly. VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Jeremy Iverson	4.50
TextBoxRegex - a text box with data validation Updated: 11 Apr 2007 An enhanced text box control with powerful data validation capabilities. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	chopeen	4.50
iTunes like Find Edit Control Updated: 3 Aug 2006 Edit Control with Button similar to iTunes Find Edit Control C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Gautam Jain	4.49
CEditLog - fast logging into an edit control with cout Updated: 1 Nov 2003 Use an edit control for logging messages and redirect cout VC6, VC7.1, NT4, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, STL, Dev, Intermediate	Daniel Lohmann	4.47
HyperEdit Control Updated: 9 Oct 2008 CEdit-derived Hyperlink control, so user can edit hyperlinks VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Paul S. Vickery	4.44
Links with arbitrary text in a RichTextBox Updated: 2 Jan 2005 An extended RichTextBox that allows to enter links not starting with one of the standard protocols. .NET 1.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	mav.northwind	4.44
An extended RichTextBox to save and load "HTML lite" files Updated: 5 Dec 2005 This control provides a method to save and load HTML files directly, avoiding the use of RTF codes. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Oscar Londono	4.44
AlphaBlendTextBox - A transparent/translucent textbox for .NET Updated: 23 Jun 2003 A transparent/translucent textbox for .NET .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, C#, VB, Dev, Intermediate	Bob Bradley	4.44
Hex Editor (OCX Control) Updated: 19 Dec 2005 OCX control enabling data editing in HEX format. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Advanced	Eugene Pavlov	4.39
A UITypeEditor for easy editing of flag enum properties in the property browser Updated: 14 Apr 2006 A UITypeEditor for easy editing of flag enum properties in the property browser. .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, C#, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	LogicNP	4.38
Control within a control & Subclassing with a cool example Updated: 29 Aug 2005 A list control displaying directories and files as on typing the path in your Rich Edit control and a subclassed Color256 dialog. VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Naren Neelamegam	4.38
Hilite Edit View Updated: 5 Jun 2005 A CEditView derived class that highlights the caret line. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Yi Yang	4.38
DOSKey-like Control Updated: 14 Dec 2007 A DOSKey like Windows control with persistent MRU history .NET 2.0, WinXP, VS2005, C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Todd Howard	4.37
Universal enumeration editor control Updated: 27 Dec 2004 ASP.NET and WinForms control for editing any enumeration data type. VC7.1, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, ASP.NET, Windows, HTML, Dev, WinForms, WebForms, Intermediate	Tomas Petricek	4.36
CDropEdit Updated: 26 Feb 2002 Drag and drop files onto a CEdit, instead of using a file open dialog. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	C^hris L^osinger	4.36
A NumberPicker Control Updated: 24 Jan 2006 This article presents a control that allows for easy number entering. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Bram Pellens	4.35
Auto-Completion Edit Control Updated: 16 Jul 2001 An edit control that provides auto-completion functionality for small data sets. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, STL, Dev, Intermediate	James R. Twine	4.35
PasswordBox: A Better Way to Enter Passwords Updated: 17 Mar 2003 A better way to enter passwords. .NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, C#, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Brian Welsh	4.34
A flag editor Updated: 17 Oct 2002 This piece of code is the implementation of a simple flags editor. It can be used to edit flags in a property grid. .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Thierry Bouquain	4.33
Advanced Text Editor with Ruler Updated: 20 Mar 2008 Extending RichTextBox with ruler and much more .NET 2.0, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, .NET, Intermediate	Aleksei Krassovskikh	4.32
CRichEditCtrl revised Updated: 2 Apr 2003 A derived CRichEditCtrl class which focuses on streaming and on the visual aspects of formatting. Also includes the use of the link-formatting. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	G. Steudtel	4.31
RicherTextBox Updated: 17 Mar 2008 User control for .NET 2.0 extending RichTextBox with various formatting options .NET 2.0, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Svetoslav Savov	4.31
CodeTextBox - another RichTextBox control with syntax highlightning and intellisense Updated: 8 Sep 2008 A RichTextBox control with syntax highlightning and intellisense. C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#, Windows, .NET, Dev, Intermediate	Tamas Honfi	4.30
Show All TextBox Text After Resize Updated: 16 Sep 2008 If a TextBox is wide enough to show all text, this method ensures it is visible after a resize. C# 2.0, VB 8.0, C#, VB, Windows, .NET, Dev, Intermediate	hayes.adrian	4.29
Colorizing edit control Updated: 4 Sep 2002 A colorizing text edit control, with full undo/redo, clipboard support, etc. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, STL, Dev, Intermediate	C^hris L^osinger	4.29
Redirect the Enter key from a Windows Forms TextBox Updated: 24 Feb 2006 A useful trick to customize the comportment of the Enter key in a Windows Forms TextBox control. C++/CLI, C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	Jerome RG	4.29
Persisting Rich Text Updated: 3 Mar 2006 Extending the RichTextBox to support form persistance and data binding. .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, SQL 2000, SQL 2005, VS.NET2003, VS2005, C#, Windows, DBA, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	Declan Brennan	4.28
ColorTextBox Updated: 25 Mar 2007 This article describes ColorTextBox, a customizable User Control which was written completely from scratch and is intended to fill the gap between the TextBox and RichTextBox controls found in the .NET 2.0 library. .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, Windows, GDI, GDI+, Dev, WinForms, Advanced	Chrisi476	4.26
Rapid data entry: An edit box with a history Updated: 20 Jun 2004 A way of simplifying rapid data entry VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Johan Rosengren	4.25
A CHexEdit Control - For HEX and DEC number input Updated: 15 Aug 2005 An article on how to write an Edit control used for HEX and DEC number input. VC6, VC7, VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Luo Pei'en	4.25
How to modify a CEdit context menu Updated: 16 Sep 2001 A simple way to let your CEdit derived class have a modifiable context menu VC6, NT4, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	PJ Arends	4.24
Secure Edit Control Updated: 28 May 2003 Secure Edit controls are resistant to password revealers. VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Dominik Reichl	4.22
Controls-in-controls: An edit box with an icon Updated: 16 Jun 2004 Adding controls to a CEdit, an edit box with an icon VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Johan Rosengren	4.22
CEditMoeda Updated: 22 Oct 2002 A CEdit enhancement for efficient currency capturing. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Augusto Maia	4.20
How To Build Multi-control Components when Inheriting from an Existing Control (Intro and TextBox Example) Updated: 28 Oct 2008 This article will get you started in building your own multi-control components without using the UserControl class. Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, C#, .NET, WinForms, Intermediate	Adrian Pasik	4.20
Customizing the Common Find/Replace Dialog in RichEdit View Updated: 1 Apr 2001 This article explains how to customize the standard Find/Replace Dialog in RichEdit view. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Kalai Kandasamy	4.19
Themed RichTextBox - A RichTextBox with XP-styled borders Updated: 11 Oct 2006 An article about XP-theming. .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, WinXP, VS.NET2003, VS2005, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Bernhard Elbl	4.18
Alpha Blended (Transparent Capable) TextBox and RichTextBox Updated: 24 Feb 2006 This article shows how to make a transparent/translucent TextBox and RichTextBox. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, GDI+, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	Aaron Dilliard	4.16
Numbering lines of RichTextBox in .NET 2.0 Updated: 3 Nov 2005 The standard RichTextBox does not allow numbering of lines. This user control does. .NET 2.0, VS.NET2002, VS2005, C#, Windows, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate	Petr Minarik	4.14
A compact filename edit control Updated: 4 Feb 2003 An edit control that encapsulates compacting of filenames VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Martyn Pearson	4.14
Richer RichTextBox (Part 2) Updated: 13 Jan 2006 An article on extending the RichTextBox class in C#. .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Nikola Stepan	4.13
CEdit & CStatic Transparency Control Updated: 6 Oct 2001 This acticle explain how to apply transparency on CEdit and CStatic Controls VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	DCUtility	4.13
# Nullable DateEdit Control Updated: 15 Jun 2003 A Nullable C# DateEdit Control .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Oscar Bowyer	4.13
Dim Edit Control Updated: 28 Aug 2001 An edit control that can provide visual cues in its text area. VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	James R. Twine	4.12
Painless streaming of rich text to/from CRichEditCtrl Updated: 29 Jan 2002 An article detailing the method of streaming RTF into and out of CRichEditCtrl as used by the RichEdit DocView architecture. VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Paul Maddox	4.12
Calculating a Rich Edit Control Minimum Size Updated: 1 Dec 1999 VC6, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Thales P. Carvalho	4.12
Use IRichEditOle from C# Updated: 13 Jul 2003 Take control of the OLE objects embedded inside a .NET RichTextBox .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	John Fisher	4.11
A Ready Made Text Entry Dialog Updated: 26 Jan 2002 An article providing a ready made class for simple user input of a string via a prompt dialog - no dialog templates necessary! VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Andrew Peace	4.06
Prompting user for values from a CEdit Updated: 28 Sep 2002 This article presents a special CEdit, that prompts the user for a value entry VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Tanzim Husain	4.00
A chat control based on the Rich Edit control Updated: 6 Dec 2003 Using the Rich Edit control as a chat window. VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Rob Manderson	4.00
Syntax colorizing with Speller engine using TOM and CSAPI Updated: 12 Nov 2004 Syntax colorizing with Speller engine using TOM and CSAPI. VC6, NT4, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	William Hennebois	4.00
TNumEditBox: A Numeric Edit Control with ContextMenu in C# Applications Updated: 26 Nov 2008 A well used numeric edit control supporting mouse context menu and keyboard input .NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, Dev, Intermediate	HU Lihui	4.00
Changing the background color of a read-only edit control Updated: 18 Jan 2005 An article on very easily changing the color of a read-only edit control. VC6, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Kevin Bond	3.99
CRichEditCtrl and a popup menu Updated: 15 Feb 2002 Providing a popup menu for the CRichEditCtrl VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	bryce	3.95
DDXFolder & CChooseDirDlg v1.24 Updated: 3 Mar 2000 A freeware DDX routine for selecting a Directory / Folder. VC6, NT4, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	PJ Naughter	3.94
Numeric Edit Control Updated: 25 Apr 2003 A TextBox control that validates different numeric types. .NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Intermediate	Oscar Bowyer	3.92
A Calculator Control Box Updated: 25 Nov 2005 A Calculator Control Box which can be used instead of a text box for numeric input. C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate	H. S. Masud	3.90
See through Rich Edit control Updated: 8 Aug 2005 This article discribes how to give a see through look to your Rich Edit control. VC7.1, WinXP, VS.NET2003, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	Amro Fawzy	3.89
C# MaskedEdit Control Updated: 26 Apr 2003 C# MaskedEdit Control similiar to the MS Access masked edit control .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate	Oscar Bowyer	3.89
Lockable Edit and ComboBox Controls Updated: 2 Dec 2004 An article describing how to make the CEdit and CComboBox classes better for enabling/disabling. VC7.1, WinXP, VS.NET2003, MFC, Dev, Intermediate	BlackDice	3.87

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