Window without title bar

I would like to make a window without title bar, so I can design the whole window and make my own title bar and/or maximise, minimise and exit buttons...

One way is to create the window with the WS_POPUPWINDOW style.
The following piece of code creates a fake title bar that you can use to drag and move the window about. You can see what it looks like here:

Poorly Taken Screenshot

Code:

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#include <windows.h>

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc( HWND hwnd,UINT msg,WPARAM wParam,LPARAM lParam )
{
  static RECT clientRect = { 0, 0, 300, 200 };
  static RECT titleRect  = { 0, 0, 300, 30  }; 
 
  switch(msg) 
  {
    case WM_PAINT:
      {
        PAINTSTRUCT ps ;
        HDC hdc = BeginPaint(hwnd,&ps) ;
          MoveToEx(hdc, 0, 30, 0) ;
          LineTo(hdc, 300, 30) ;
          SetBkMode(hdc,TRANSPARENT) ;
          TextOut(hdc, 8, 8, "My Title Bar", strlen("My Title Bar") );
        EndPaint(hwnd,&ps) ;
        return 0 ;
      }
   
    case WM_LBUTTONDOWN: {
        POINT pt = { LOWORD(lParam), HIWORD(lParam) };
        if ( PtInRect(&titleRect, pt) )
          SendMessage(hwnd,WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN,HTCAPTION,lParam) ;
        return 0 ;
    } 
   
    case WM_DESTROY:
      {
        PostQuitMessage(0);
        return 0;
      }
     
    default: return DefWindowProc(hwnd,msg,wParam,lParam);
  }
}

int WINAPI WinMain( HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hPrev, LPSTR args, int nShow )
{
  WNDCLASS wc = {0};
  wc.lpszClassName = TEXT( "FakeTitleBar" );
  wc.hInstance    = hInst ;
  wc.hbrBackground = GetSysColorBrush(COLOR_3DFACE);
  wc.lpfnWndProc  = WndProc ;
  wc.hCursor      = LoadCursor(0,IDC_ARROW);
 
  RegisterClass(&wc);
  CreateWindow( wc.lpszClassName,TEXT(""), WS_POPUPWINDOW|WS_VISIBLE,
                0,0,300,200,0,0,hInst,0);
 
  MSG  msg ; 
  while( GetMessage(&msg,0,0,0) > 0 ) {
    TranslateMessage(&msg);
    DispatchMessage(&msg);
  }
  return (int)msg.wParam;
}

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