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The '''Windows Template Library''' ('''WTL''') is a [[Win32]] encapsulation [[Library (computer science)|library]] by [[Microsoft]]. The WTL supports an [[Application programming interface|API]] for use by [[programmer]]s. It was developed as a light-weight alternative to [[Microsoft Foundation Classes]]. ItWTL makes heavy use ofextends Microsoft's [[Active Template Library|ATL]], another lightweight API for using [[Component Object Model|COM]] and for creating [[ActiveX]] controls.

In an uncharacteristic move by Microsoft, an outspoken critic of [[open source]] software, they have made the [[source code]] of WTL freely available. Microsoft's version of WTL is 3.1. An open source implementation, hosted by [[SourceForge]], has reached version 7.0.

==External links==

* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=128e26ee-2112-4cf7-b28e-7727d9a1f288&DisplayLang=en Microsoft's download page] for WTL

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

* [http://www.rpi.edu/~pudeyo/articles/wtlstart.html Getting Started with the Windows Template Library]

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