I downloaded an application for my own personal use, and am quite impressed by the GUI associated with it. I don't know if it was written in a .NET language or native C++. If the former, I don't know if the GUI is a Windows Form or whether it was done with WPF. If written in C++, I'm imagining that MFC was used, but what type of view I can't figure out just from looking at the filenames. None of the dlls or other files in the folder for the app have .NET or Framework in the filenames, and to download and use the app I didn't need to verify that I had .NET installed on my computer. So I'm guessing it's a native application written in c++ and MFC. Here's a screenshot:



There's 8 windows on this particular screenshot. The 3 windows on the left, by clicking on their items, will change what the user sees in the remaining window space, depending on the selection. The 3 windows on the left are always there, and what shows up elsewhere varies according to what's selected in these 3 permanent windows.

What I'd like to know is a best guess as to what language this was written in. If you think that it was written with MFC, what is the best way to start off an MFC project (what options to select in the wizard) that would allow a programmer to arrange windows side by side like this so seamlessly in a gui?