Question

I’m doing some tests in msvc and C++. I’m trying to create dialog with ResEdit (available here http://www.resedit.net/) and when .RC file is created, I’m trying to use same values for CreateWindowEx API to create dialogues by native way (because resources can be edited and I don’t want such thing). But, when I convert .RC values to CreateWindowEx, it becomes too small.. Can anyone suggest me what to do or a simple working code please?
Thank you.

Answer 1

Dialog units are not the same as pixel sizes. From memory, a dialog unit by default represents 1.5 pixels. So for a quick hack, scale your position and size values by 1.5.

But you should really use the GetDialogBaseUnits function, because the units are designed to scale with the system font.

Reference here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms645475(v=vs.85).aspx