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Asked: 2026-05-23T07:03:45+00:00

How can I use a resource file (*.rc) to style a dialog-based application? I

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How can I use a resource file (*.rc) to style a dialog-based application?

I can use CreateWindow or CreateWindowEx to create the main window of an application. And some of the arguments of CreateWindow or CreateWindowEx define the styles of a dialogbox. But I want to style it using resource file (*.rc) instead of the way of by pass style arguments to function.

Could someone give me some snippets?

Someobody said I can call DialogBox, and give second argument the the style template. Does this create a confict between CreateWindow and the *.rc file? Or can I use both of them at the same time?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Use CreateDialog. It handles wrapping the call to CreateWindowEx as well as posting the WM_INITDLG and WM_SETFONT messages if needed. There’s an example linked from the docs on MSDN.

    You can get information about the content of the resource file here in the documentation for DialogEx.

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