Main window in Win32 programming

Hey everyone,

I read theForger's Win32 API Tutorial for creating Win32 apps today, and it all made sense except for one part. How do you customize the main window? I'm used to creating MFC dialog based projects in Visual Studio 2k8, where the dialog you would see first was right in front of you to edit.

I know how to use the editor to create other dialogs, however, I am unsure how to edit the main window (its the one with the white background and default menubar). Can I just create a dialog and call CreateDialog() on it instead of CreateWindow() on a new window? I really don't want to hand-code all the elements on to the main window.

Thanks,

-Matt

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How do you customize the main window?

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customize how ?

address HINSTANCE

If you don't want to hand code the elements, then use a resource editor instead. There is one built into visual studio.

Thanks for the responses.

Thats kinda how I was confused. I know how to use the resource editor, I just don't know how to use it for the main window. I can make dialog's and such, and then display them, however, there is no dialog for the main window in the resource editor, because it's created on the fly w/ the CreateWindow() function. How do I edit this?

Thanks again,

-Matt

Oh, I see. You can create your main window as a dialog, or a regular window. If you create it as a dialog, then you can use the resource editor. If the main window is not a dialog, then you need to code the controls yourself.

Read this to learn how to make your main window a dialog.

Thanks - exactly what I needed :)