CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c++winapivisual-studio-2013
user745668
user745668

Reputation: 111

Enabling visual styles with C++ Win32 API?

According to the MSDN article, visual styles are supposed to be applied to Win32 applications by default. However, the UI elements all appeared as Windows Classic until I inserted this into my header:

#pragma comment(linker,"\"/manifestdependency:type='win32' \
name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' \
processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")

Now, when I try to add a button using this call:

CreateWindow(L"button", L"Quit",
WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD,
120, 50, 80, 25,
hWnd, NULL, hInst, NULL);

The result looks like this:

enter image description here

That looks like a Windows 8 button with Windows Classic font. Am I missing something to apply the full Windows 8 visual style?

Upvotes: 7

Views: 3372

Answers (1)

David Heffernan
David Heffernan

Reputation: 612794

The button is themed, but you did not set a font for the button. Because of that, your button has the default font.

Upvotes: 9

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