Windows Template Library (WTL)

Windows Template Library (WTL) is a library for developing Windows® applications and UI components. It extends ATL (Active Template Library) and provides a set of classes for controls, dialogs, frame windows, GDI objects, and more. This version provides support for Visual Studio 2005 and Windows XP, and also support for the Windows CE platform.

Update: WTL 7.5 is now available under Microsoft Permissive License.

Note: The Windows Template Library (WTL) is not supported by Microsoft Product Support Services. However, you may find peer support at the WTL Support List Web site.

Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows Server 2003; Windows XP

Required disc space: 2.69 MB
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2002 or 2003, or Visual C++ 6.0, or eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0 or 3.0

Platform support and requirements:



Compiler/IDE/ATL:

Visual C++ 6.0 (ATL 3.0)

Visual C++.NET 2002 (ATL 7.0)

Visual C++.NET 2003 (ATL 7.1)

Visual C++ 2005 (ATL 8.0) [preliminary support]



SDK (optional):

Any Platform SDK from January 2000 release up to the latest (April 2005)



Windows CE development:

eMbedded Visual C++ 3.0 - Pocket PC, Pocket PC 2002

eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0 - STANDARDSDK_410, Pocket PC 2003, Smartphone 2003,

STANDARDSDK_500, Pocket PC 2003 SE, Smartphone 2003 SE

Visual C++ 2005 - Pocket PC 2003 SE, Smartphone 2003 SE [preliminary support]

Features And Installation



This is the fifth public release of WTL, after WTL 3.0, 3.1, 7.0, and 7.1. It is also the first release of WTL under an open license, enabling developers from the WTL community to contribute to the library.



WTL classes can be used with either VC++ 6.0 and ATL 3.0, VC++ .NET 2002 and ATL 7.0, VC++ .NET 2003 and ATL 7.1, or EVC++ 4.0 or 3.0 with ATL for Windows CE. AppWizard for VC++ .NET 2002 and 2003 is included.



The WTL classes are provided in header files located in the include directory. The only header files that must be included is atlapp.h, while others can be used when needed. The name of the file doesn't mean that you have to create an application, just that atlapp.h contains base definitions required for WTL projects.



To install WTL, just copy the whole directory structure, or unpack the archive file, to the location of your choice. Please be sure to add the WTL\include directory to the list of include directories in VC++, so that the compiler can find them when you include them in your projects..



Setup programs for the AppWizard are provided. After executing the setup scripts, ATL/WTL AppWizard will appear in the list of AppWizards when you select File.New.Project in VC++ IDE. The file AppWiz\setup70.js is the setup script for VC++ .NET 2002, while AppWiz\setup71.js is for VC++ .NET 2003.



To manually install AppWizard for VC++ .NET 2002/2003, copy all WTLAppWiz.* files from AppWiz\Files to VC++ .NET projects directory, %VC7DIR%\Vc7\vcprojects, where %VC7DIR% is the directory where VC++ .NET 2002/2003 is installed. After that, open WTLAppWiz.vsz and modify the like that contains ABSOLUTE_PATH to contain %WTLDIR%\AppWiz\Files, where %WTLDIR% is the directory where WTL files are.



This release also brings the preliminary support for the Visual Studio 2005 (codename Whidbey). App Wizards for both Windows applications and SmartDevice projects are provided.

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