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{{Short description|C++ template library for Win32 development}}

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{{Infobox software

| name = Windows Template Library (WTL)

| logodeveloper = =[[Microsoft]]

| screenshotlatest release version = =10.0.10320

| captionlatest release date = {{Start date and =age|2020|11|16}}

| collapsiblerepo = {{URL|https://sourceforge.net/p/wtl/git/}}

| author =

| developer = Microsoft

| released =

| latest release version = 9.0.4140

| latest release date = 20 May 2014

| latest maintenance version =

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| latest preview version =

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| programming language = [[C++]]

| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]]

| platformgenre = [[Library (computing)|Library]]

| sizelicense = [[Common Public =License]], [[Microsoft Public License]]

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| status =

| genre = [[Library (computer science)|Library]]

| license = [[Common Public License]] / [[Microsoft Public License]]

| website = {{URL|http://sourceforge.net/projects/wtl/}}

}}

The '''Windows Template Library''' ('''WTL''') is a [[free software]], [[Object-oriented programming|object-oriented]] [[C++]] template [[Library (computer sciencecomputing)|library]] for [[Win32]] development. WTL was created by [[Microsoft]] employee Nenad Stefanovic for internal use and later released as an unsupported add-on to [[Microsoft Visual Studio|Visual Studio]] and the Win32 Framework SDK. It was developed primarily as a light-weight alternative to the [[Microsoft Foundation Classes]] and builds upon Microsoft's [[Active Template Library|ATL]], another lightweight API widely used to create [[Component Object Model|COM]] and [[ActiveX]] libraries.

==Overview==

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==Licensing==

While WTL is a template library and therefore code-based, the original license was similar to the one used for the [[Microsoft Foundation Class Library]] (MFC) source code, although it contained no usage or distribution restrictions. In 2004 Microsoft made the complete [[source code]] available under the [[Common Public License]] and released it through [[SourceForge]]. Since version 79.51, the library is also [[dual license]]dlicensed under the [[Microsoft Public License]].<ref>[https://sourceforge.net/projects/wtl/files/ Download pages for WTL version 7.5, 8.0, 9.0, 9.1 and 10]</ref>

== See also ==

{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

* [[Active Template Library]]

* [[Microsoft Foundation Class Library]]

* [[Visual Component Library]]

* [[Object Windows Library]]

* [[Windows Runtime Library]]

==References==

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==External links==

* [http://{{sourceforge.net/projects/|wtl/ The SourceForge WTL project]}}

* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=48cb01d7-112e-46c2-bb6e-5bb2fe20e626&DisplayLang=en Microsoft's download page] for WTL 7.5

* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=E5BA5BA4-6E6B-462A-B24C-61115E846F0C&displaylang=en Microsoft's download page] for WTL 8.0

* [httphttps://sourceforge.net/projects/wtl/files/WTL%208.1/WTL%208.1.11324/ WTL 8.1 (2011-11-21)]

* [http://www.viksoe.dk/code/wtldoc.htm WTL Documentation] - An Effort to Create Documentation for the WTL Programming Library.

* [http://www.gamedev.net/page/resources/_/technical/general-programming/using-the-windows-template-library-part-1-gett-r2042 "Using the Windows Template Library Part 1"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514011937/http://www.gamedev.net/page/resources/_/technical/general-programming/using-the-windows-template-library-part-1-gett-r2042 |date=May 14, 2013 }}

* [http://www.gamedev.net/page/resources/_/technical/general-programming/using-the-windows-template-library-part-2-r2161 "Using the Windows Template Library Part 2"]

* [http://www.codeproject.com/wtl/wtl4mfc1.asp "WTL for MFC Programmers"] &ndash; A series of tutorials aimed at MFC programmers who want to start using WTL.

* [http://wtl.wikispaces.com/ The WTL Wiki] - A wiki dedicated to the Windows Template Library (WTL)

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