I'm almost totally new to gui programming, especially with mfc, which I now use.

Therefor I wonder how hard something like this is to do something like this: http://warblastcrew.ebw.ca/tmp/timeline.jpg I've just copied and pasted from a lot of programs, bu I want my program to look something like that.

Now, can anyone tell me what I should thing about when trying to create this gui? For example how's the best way to do a userdrawn listbox in a tabcontrol?

Is there any good sites, tutorials or any other help?

And finally: How hard is gui creating in mfc, compaired to, hmm..., for example java with swing classes?

Since I'm a real ewbe to mfc gui, please tell anything you think is relevant!

(I know that was a really broad question, but I've got to learn it somehow... )