Initializing My Control

I am having problems linking to Comctl32.dll used for the common control API. How do I go about importing the information from the file?

Did you link to the lib file?
Also to ensure that the compiler links the lib file you should call InitCommonControls or InitCommonControlsEx

I am using InitCommonControlsEx. I am unsure how to link to the lib file. That is the problem I'm having.

You can do it with this

Code:

#pragma comment(lib,"COMCTL32.LIB").

or if your using devc++ I think the library is named COMCTL32.A

It still does not recognize my common control functions. What am I doing wrong?

Code:

// Example Shows How To Create A Basic Animation Control
#include <windows.h>

#pragma comment(lib,"COMCTL32.LIB")

#define WIDTH 500
#define HEIGHT 350

void CreateMyWindow();
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT Msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
void CreateMyAnimation();
void InitializeMyCommonControls();

char szClassName[ ] = "Animation";

HWND hWnd;
HINSTANCE hInstance;
HWND hWndAnim;

// Main Window Procedure
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, 
				   LPSTR iCmdLine, int iCmdShow)
{
	CreateMyWindow();
	ShowWindow(hWnd, iCmdShow);

	MSG Msg;
	while (GetMessage (&Msg, NULL, 0, 0))
    {
        TranslateMessage(&Msg);
        DispatchMessage(&Msg);
    }
}

// Message Queue Procedure
LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT Msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
	switch(Msg)
	{
		case WM_CREATE:
			InitializeMyCommonControls();
			CreateMyAnimation();
			break;
		case WM_DESTROY:
			PostQuitMessage(0);
			break;
		default:
			return DefWindowProc(hWnd, Msg, wParam, lParam);
	}

	return 0;
}

// Animation Control Creation Procedure
void CreateMyAnimation()
{
	hWndAnim = Animate_Create(hWnd, 1, WS_BORDER | WS_CHILD, hInstance);
}

// Initialization of Common Controls Procedure
void InitializeMyCommonControls()
{
	LPINITCOMMONCONTROLSEX lpInitCommonControlsEx;

	lpInitCommonControlsEx.dwSize = (LPINITCOMMONCONTROLSEX);
	lpInitCommonControlsEx.dwICC = ICC_ANIMATE_CLASS;

	InitCommonControlsEx(lpInitCommonControlsEx);
}

// Window Creation Procedure
void CreateMyWindow()
{
	WNDCLASSEX wndClassEx;

	wndClassEx.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
	wndClassEx.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
	wndClassEx.lpfnWndProc = WndProc;
	wndClassEx.cbClsExtra = 0;
	wndClassEx.cbWndExtra = 0;
	wndClassEx.hInstance = hInstance;
	wndClassEx.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_WINLOGO);
	wndClassEx.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
	wndClassEx.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH);
	wndClassEx.lpszMenuName = 0;
	wndClassEx.lpszClassName = szClassName;
	wndClassEx.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_WINLOGO);

	RegisterClassEx(&wndClassEx);

	hWnd = CreateWindowEx(0, szClassName, "Animation Control", WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,
						  CW_USEDEFAULT, CW_USEDEFAULT, WIDTH, HEIGHT, 0, 0, hInstance, 0);

}

You also need to include the header file.

Code:

#include <COMMCTRL.H>

Thanks I got it now.