I used to be able to do this with MSVC v1.52, but don't know if it's still possible with the 32-bit compiler. Five birds are sitting on a fence. Three of them decide to fly off. How many are left?

I seem to recall that MFC Internals[^] covers these classes.

If the xp colors work and they have no trouble in errors or anything else and are pretty efficient then it really doesn't matter if you use the classes or not. Just first get their permission to use their code and ideas. ;) [It is possible to represent everything in this universe by using 0 and 1] I'm going to live forever or die trying.

Rotor already has a implementation for OS X , but is not commercial. - Kannan

Add a manifest to your application See http://www.codeproject.com/w2k/xptheme.asp After that the newer comctrl32.dll will be loaded and the XP Icons will be drawn correctly.

If you know that the window definitely does not have a handler for the message, then you will get a value of 0. If you don't know for sure, don't rely on it - windows often post messages to themselves for doing various things, and they can have any value and may not be documented. Ryan "Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"

Try taking a look at all the menu articles at code project one of them sould have implemented what you are looking for. Trust in the code Luke. Yea right!

Thanks:-D