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jm...@lehigh.edu

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Apr 10, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/10/96
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Hi,

I am new to Windows programming and I have a question on development
using Borland C (4.53, 5.0). My Dialog boxes come up with a white
background and things like radio buttons don't look quite right. That is,
my dialog boxes look more Windows 3.x ish than Windows 95 ish. I have some
message boxes (ie., created via "MessageBox( hwnd, ... )") which come up
with the nice gray background but I can't figure out how to make my Dialog
boxes use the same style. It is interesting that when I edit the dialog
boxes using the Resource Workshop they look the way I want them to look, but
when the program runs they don't.

Thanks in advance for any tips/advice!

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Daniel G. Hyams

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Apr 11, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/11/96
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On 10 Apr 1996 jm...@Lehigh.EDU wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I am new to Windows programming and I have a question on development
> using Borland C (4.53, 5.0). My Dialog boxes come up with a white
> background and things like radio buttons don't look quite right. That is,
> my dialog boxes look more Windows 3.x ish than Windows 95 ish. I have some
> message boxes (ie., created via "MessageBox( hwnd, ... )") which come up
> with the nice gray background but I can't figure out how to make my Dialog
> boxes use the same style. It is interesting that when I edit the dialog
> boxes using the Resource Workshop they look the way I want them to look, but
> when the program runs they don't.

Two things: Make sure that your dialogs have the DS_3DLOOK style,
and make sure that your executable is linked with a subsystem of
4.0. For BC++4.53, you will have to get an external tool to do
this (available on the web somewhere...can't remember where).


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