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How to Skin an Win32 Application

I’m trying to learn to design a application, but I’m stuck.

For a example, how would I code/get this kind GUI ( Background image, navigation, the engineering icon in the up left corner, styled minimize and quit icons … etc ) in C/Win32API as represented on that picture?

Thanks.

Answer 1

This is called “skinning”.

See this article for example: (Flipcode)

All you have to do is to create the HBITMAP object (load it from Resource or from File) and the use the SelectObject to choose it as a background.