Comctl32
E724288
Comctl32 is a Windows common controls library (DLL) that provides standard user interface elements such as buttons, list views, tree views, and other controls used by many Windows applications.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Comctl32 canonical | 1 |
| InitCommonControlsEx | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8288375 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Comctl32 Context triple: [Comdlg32, relatedTo, Comctl32]
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A.
Comdlg32
Comdlg32 is a core Windows library that implements the standard common dialog boxes (such as file open/save, color, and font dialogs) used by Win32 applications.
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B.
Kernel32
Kernel32 is a core Windows system library that provides fundamental kernel-level functions for process, memory, and thread management in the Win32 API.
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C.
CTL*
CTL* is a highly expressive branching-time temporal logic used in computer science for specifying and verifying properties of concurrent and reactive systems.
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D.
TControl
TControl is a fundamental base class in Delphi's Visual Component Library that provides common behavior and properties for visual components and controls.
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E.
Win32 API
Win32 API is Microsoft's core programming interface for developing native desktop applications that interact directly with the Windows operating system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Comctl32 Target entity description: Comctl32 is a Windows common controls library (DLL) that provides standard user interface elements such as buttons, list views, tree views, and other controls used by many Windows applications.
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A.
Comdlg32
Comdlg32 is a core Windows library that implements the standard common dialog boxes (such as file open/save, color, and font dialogs) used by Win32 applications.
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B.
Kernel32
Kernel32 is a core Windows system library that provides fundamental kernel-level functions for process, memory, and thread management in the Win32 API.
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C.
CTL*
CTL* is a highly expressive branching-time temporal logic used in computer science for specifying and verifying properties of concurrent and reactive systems.
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D.
TControl
TControl is a fundamental base class in Delphi's Visual Component Library that provides common behavior and properties for visual components and controls.
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E.
Win32 API
Win32 API is Microsoft's core programming interface for developing native desktop applications that interact directly with the Windows operating system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows DLL
ⓘ
Windows common controls library ⓘ software component ⓘ |
| apiFamily |
Win32 common controls API
ⓘ
linked to:
Win32 API
|
| architecture |
32-bit
ⓘ
64-bit ⓘ |
| category | Microsoft Windows system file ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| distribution | bundled with Windows operating system ⓘ |
| exports | common control window classes ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .dll ⓘ |
| fileName | comctl32.dll ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Windows 95 ⓘ |
| language | C ⓘ |
| libraryType | dynamic-link library ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| partOf | Windows user interface subsystem ⓘ |
| provides |
IP address control
ⓘ
button control ⓘ common controls ⓘ date and time picker control ⓘ extended combo box controls ⓘ header control ⓘ image list support ⓘ list view control ⓘ month calendar control ⓘ progress bar control ⓘ rebar control ⓘ status bar control ⓘ tab control ⓘ toolbar control ⓘ tooltips control ⓘ trackbar control ⓘ tree view control ⓘ up-down control ⓘ visual styles support (later versions) ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
User32.dll
ⓘ
UxTheme.dll ⓘ |
| requires |
InitCommonControls
ⓘ
InitCommonControlsEx ⓘ
linked to:
Comctl32
|
| supports | Win32 GUI programming ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Win32 API
ⓘ
Windows applications ⓘ |
| usedFor |
rapid GUI development on Windows
ⓘ
standardizing application look and feel ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Comctl32 Description of subject: Comctl32 is a Windows common controls library (DLL) that provides standard user interface elements such as buttons, list views, tree views, and other controls used by many Windows applications.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.