Fully owner draw interface
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i'd like a tutorial that help to make a fully customized interface without anything that has the same properties as the common controls (i mean color, shape maybe) For instance, i'm able to crush almost all windows controls except : scrollbars , and popup / contextual menu's borders. and maybe some other. do u know a way to put ur own drawing and color (not system metric) in a window scrollbar (WS_HSCROLL / WS_VSCROLL) ?? even with flat scrollbars and new ie5 controls, can't do that. Why is the window os so closed to improvement !
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i'd like a tutorial that help to make a fully customized interface without anything that has the same properties as the common controls (i mean color, shape maybe) For instance, i'm able to crush almost all windows controls except : scrollbars , and popup / contextual menu's borders. and maybe some other. do u know a way to put ur own drawing and color (not system metric) in a window scrollbar (WS_HSCROLL / WS_VSCROLL) ?? even with flat scrollbars and new ie5 controls, can't do that. Why is the window os so closed to improvement !
i'd also like to see some tutorials on this subject. i've been looking for this kind of thing for a few weeks now and haven't really gotten anywhere. i'd like to suggest that if Thomas V knows how to alter most of the controls than maybe he could write some tutorials and share his knowledge with the rest of us. as for why the Windows OS is so hard to alter it is probably that it was easier for Microsoft to keep with the same design they use and also so that they can make a large majority of applications look the same way thiers does. this is probably to make it easier for computer novices to learn new software.
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i'd also like to see some tutorials on this subject. i've been looking for this kind of thing for a few weeks now and haven't really gotten anywhere. i'd like to suggest that if Thomas V knows how to alter most of the controls than maybe he could write some tutorials and share his knowledge with the rest of us. as for why the Windows OS is so hard to alter it is probably that it was easier for Microsoft to keep with the same design they use and also so that they can make a large majority of applications look the same way thiers does. this is probably to make it easier for computer novices to learn new software.
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Ok, i'll try to prepare the beginning of that tutorial. My main problem being i'm overwhelmed with work, so it will take me some time.
Hi there, what about your tutorial ? I think I could give you a few tips building up applications without using standard-classes. I have done a lot of work developing classes to handle bitmap-buttons, button-groups and so on, owner-drawn-displays ... And believe me - they are fast ( only Win32-API used ) So if you need some help writing a good tutorial - just write a short mail and I will see if I could do something for you! Greatings Mario /// --------------------- www.klangwerker.de mario@klangwerker.de ---------------------