skined window

[anuradha]

hi guys
is their any api or way to create skined window????
thanks

[gabor]

Hello!


You mean to add a background image to a window? Or even a layout of control items?
I think the background is not very hard to add, a customizable layout is much more difficult...
The handler of the WM_PAINT message has to draw the background before any other in-front item is drawn.

There are docs, tutorials for sure, but an API, I would doubt that. But maybe I'm wrong. :)


Greets, Gábor

[anuradha]

hello gabor

First thanks for reply
in above question i meant custom windows like winamp, jetaudio !!
thanks

[donkey]

There is no specific API for skinning a window, TestDepartment had a great example of window skinning as well as NaN for skinning controls. I am afraid I don't have either of them any more but you may be able to find NaN's skinned buttons at the Win32asmcommunity. For TestDepartment, I believe that site and all it's information was lost years ago, I had a backup at one time but seem to have misplaced it.

You will need a region generator, I believe Vortex did a rather nice one though I might be wrong about the author, any way you can find several different ones with google. And will have to gain some understanding of the non-client region of a window and also be pretty good with WM_PAINT and back buffers and friends. On my website I have an example of a custom dialog caption, it introduces the APIs involved in non-client painting and can serve as a foundation for skinning.

Donkey

[rags]

I have the file Donkey is referring to, I could email it to you if you want me to, because it it too large to post here in one piece.
Rags

[anuradha]

hi
thank you all
hey rags can you send me that file
here is my email anuindika@gmail.com
thanks

[donkey]

You know I forgot that the win32asmcommunity had backed up all of TestDepartment's demos...

http://www.asmcommunity.net/archives/TestDepartment/

Can't seem to see the Bugs Bunny skinned window though, maybe it was someone else who did it.

[hutch--]

You will also find a direct link to TD's examples on the forum web site.

[ragdog]

hi anuradha

here is a old rgn example

greets

ragdog

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[anuradha]

once again thank you all.it was really helped
greets
anuradha :U :U :U