Thread: Cool user interfaces....

Hello all,

Can anyone give me a tip on how to create one of that apps without the standard window frames. E.g some apps have a cool picture like interface insted of the standard window.

G'n'R

It must use Win32?

cool thanks, does this work with Borland?

G'n'R

Here's a Flipcode tutorial on window skinning.

Some applications I use that use skins run very slow, or atleast slower than applications without skins. Does using skins use a lot of resources. Im designing an IRC service application and trying to decide how to make the interface, but seeing as how its a service program its performance means more than its looks.

Hi again,

Jonnie2, cool tutorial. I have only anelysed the code so far. From what i see i shouldnt be to hard to implement. I just have a question if you could answer it. How does this work if you also want to have controls on it. e.g. Can you still work with the underlying form and its controls. I am wondering since if i want to create a interface like this i still need to add controls and have them respond to mouse events etc.

G'n'R

Well, if your creating your windows from scratch using regions, then you will need to create a function to respond to mouse clicks. Just call the function from WM_LBUTTONDOWN. Pass the LPARAM to the function, which holds the position of the click in your window, and then process the position based on defined locations of controls in picture/skin.

It's not very hard at all.

-Kino