Windows XP look

Can someone please explain how exactlly do I make my program XP like?
What is the difference between the regular controllers and XP controllers?

Also, does anyone know what the program designed with either regular windows controllers or the XP controllers will look like in Windows Vista?


Thank you.

Using Windows XP Visual Styles.

You really should have searched the board as this has been asked and answered in the past, for example:

http://cboard.cprogramming.com/windows-programming/53322-win32-api-windows-xp-button-styles.html#post370167

Actually, I also wanted an answer on Windows Vista, that's why I posted a new thread. Sorry.

have you tried the process or searched the topic about vista?

..wow..i need to pay more attention to what i'm doing. anyways..

for me its erroring at INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX iccx; i have my winver set at 0x500, linking to the libcomctl32 and included commctrl.h
but the error says its undeclared. ?

ERROR:
gcc.exe -c yahtzee.c -o yahtzee.o -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include" -DWINVER=0x500

yahtzee.c: In function `WinMain':
yahtzee.c:2288: error: `INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX' undeclared (first use in this function)
yahtzee.c:2288: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
yahtzee.c:2288: error: for each function it appears in.)
yahtzee.c:2288: error: syntax error before "iccx"
yahtzee.c:2289: error: `iccx' undeclared (first use in this function)

make.exe: *** [yahtzee.o] Error 1

Execution terminated

Originally Posted by willc0de4food

have you tried the process or searched the topic about vista?

..wow..i need to pay more attention to what i'm doing. anyways..

for me its erroring at INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX iccx; i have my winver set at 0x500, linking to the libcomctl32 and included commctrl.h
but the error says its undeclared. ?

Well, I don't have Vista... I just want to know if anyone have tried this.
Also, what will a program that was designed to the XP look, and compiled on XP, will look like under Vista.

Originally Posted by willc0de4food

ERROR:
gcc.exe -c yahtzee.c -o yahtzee.o -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include" -DWINVER=0x500

You want that to read more like:

gcc.exe -c yahtzee.c -o yahtzee.o -I"C:/Dev-Cpp/include" -DWINVER=0x500 -D_WIN32_IE=0x0400

You may want to define _WIN32_IE with a more appropriate value, though - see Using the Windows Headers for details.

Originally Posted by Devil Panther

Well, I don't have Vista... I just want to know if anyone have tried this.
Also, what will a program that was designed to the XP look, and compiled on XP, will look like under Vista.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...y/preview.mspx
download it



ooooh...heh. yea. i was trying to convince myself that they were the same thing or you only needed one or the other. but that works.
what exactly is this windows xp look supposed to be like? because adding that didn't change how my program looks any amount whatsoever. lol