Enabling Win32 Based Programs To Use Visual Styles [C++]
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:53 pm
This is a step by step easy way to enable it from the gay old win98 style to modern visual styles other then looking on microsoft site.
First Make An XML Document and add text shown below and save it in your <ProjectFolder>\<ProjectNameFolder> as <YourAppname>.exe.manifest
Change the stuff that it says to, then right click on your project name and click Add > Existing Item... and select <YourAppName>.exe.manifest then click ok. Then click on the project in solution explorer then click properties > Configuration Options > Linker > Command Line then in the box and add comctl32.lib then in your main source code at the top part where other includes are add #include <CommCtrl.h> then Call InitCommonControls Here As Shown
then in your resource file .rc at the end of the file add
First Make An XML Document and add text shown below and save it in your <ProjectFolder>\<ProjectNameFolder> as <YourAppname>.exe.manifest
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<assemblyIdentity
version="1.0.0.0"
processorArchitecture="*"
name="CompanyName.ProductName.YourApplication"
type="win32"/>
<description>Your application description here.</description>
<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity
type="win32"
name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
version="6.0.0.0"
processorArchitecture="*"
publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
language="*"/>
</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
</assembly>
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LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
int wmId, wmEvent;
PAINTSTRUCT ps;
HDC hdc;
HFONT basefont;
InitCommonControls();
switch (message)
{
case WM_CREATE:
{
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CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID RT_MANIFEST "<YourAppname>.exe.manifest"