• CBCGPTabWnd has the new style: STYLE_3D_ROUNDED. Using this style, you can implement Visual Studio 2005®-style tabs
• Auto-hide buttons have Visual Studio 2005® (Beta 2) look when CBCGPVisualManagerVS2005 is activated
• The library is compatible now with Microsoft® Visual Studio 2005® (Beta 2). Note: this support is available for retail version only, evaluation version doesn't support VS 2005.
• Added a new example: BCGPMSMoneyDemo. This program demonstrates how to create cool user interface similar to Microsoft® Money 2005


• TabControl sample has been fully redesigned: this sample demonstrates now all key features of tab control.
• Added support for custom tooltips in the tab control:
• CBCGPMDITabParams has the new member: m_bTabCustomTooltips (default - FALSE)
• CBCGPMDIFrameWnd::EnableMDITabs has the new optional parameter: BOOL bTabCustomTooltips = FALSE
  The new message BCGM_ON_GET_TAB_TOOLTIP was added.
• CBCGPBaseTabWnd has the new method: EnableCustomToolTips
• CBCGPDrawManager::HighlightRect has the new optional parameter 'COLORREF clrBlend'. Using this parameter you can set the base highlighting color.
• All calls to MessageBox were replaced by AfxMessageBox: this allows to customize message box processing by overriding CWinApp::DoMessageBox.
• CBCGPTasksPane::AddLabel has the new optional parameter 'BOOL bIsBold = FALSE'. Setting this parameter to TRUE allows to draw task pane labels using bold font

　　BCGControlBar is an MFC extension library that allows you to create Microsoft Office 2000/XP/2003 and Microsoft Visual Studio.NET-like applications with full customization (customizable toolbars, menus, keyboard and more). BCGControlBar library has more than 150 thoroughly designed, tested and fully documented MFC extension classes. Our components can be easily incorporated into your application and save hundreds of development and debugging hours. BCGControlBar Professional Edition is an MFC extension library that includes such advanced features like detachable tab windows, auto hide windows, docking control bars and toolbars that display context while dragging, new docking algorithms (similar to algorithms introduced in Microsoft Visual Studio.NET environment and Microsoft Visio), shortcut bars with detachable panes, tabbed toolbars, text editor with syntax highlighting and IntelliSense-style support, completely flat look and more. The library architecture is based on our own (non-MFC), but MFC-compatible implementation of control bars. Most of the new features are enabled and managed automatically by the library core.