You can use BCGAppWizard to generate a new, fully functional application with the BCGControlBar Library support. From this application you will be able to build a more complex application.

When you're creating a new project, choose "BCG Control Bar Application Wizard".  This will start the regular MFC AppWizard that creates the executable. On the 7-th step you will be asked for the BCGControlBar- specific settings.

Docking menu bar

Adds to your project Visual Studio or Microsoft Office-style Menu Bar (menu can be either floating or docking and framework automatically draws toolbar images near menu items)

Toolbars and menus customization

Alternative customization ("Alt+Drag")
Allows to drag and drop toolbar/menu items without invocation of the customization dialog.

User-defined toolbars
Adds an ability to create custom toolbars at run-time.

User-defined images
Allows to associate toolbar buttons with user-defined bitmaps

Keyboard customization
Adds to your project keyboard shortcuts customization

Mouse customization
Adds to your project customization of the mouse events

Context menus customization
Adds to your project a context menu customization

Recently used menus (Office 2000 style)
Shows recently used menu items first. If you do not choose this option, all menu items will be shown.

User Tools
Adds an ability to customize user-defined (usually external) tools at run-time.

Docking "Workspace" bar (left side)

Adds an example of a workspace bar.

Docking "Output" bar (bottom side)

Adds an example of an output bar

Control bars look:

"Classic" (Visual C++ - like)
Control bar double grippers
3D sizing control bar buttons

"Modern" (Office 2000 - like)
Control bar single grippers
Flat resizable control bar buttons

Statically Linked Library

Your project will be linked with BCGControlBar statically.

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