OpenEuphoria

RE: Modern windows screens

• Posted by Al Getz <Xaxo at aol.com> Jul 21, 2003
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Peter Willems wrote:
> 
> 
> Hey Al,
> 
> Al Getz wrote:
> 
> > Since Derek says he's putting it in the WinLib project, i wont
> > worry about putting this stuff into the WinClass Library until
> > i get some other 'standard' controls put into it.
> > I'd like to get the basic controls groups into it first.
> 
>    I can understand that 
>  
> > I dont have access to XP 24/7 either, so i cant see what the 
> > menues look like, although i know that's not the only menu
> > type available to XP.  The 'classic' style looks just like
> > win98 right?
> 
>    Yep, you can set XP to look like 98. Fyi, we are running win98
>    on all the office machines. I have winXP running only on a private
>    machine at home.
> 
>    I'm already thinking about how to write a function that will give
>    me a full skinnable button. I think it's fairly easy to do in
>    Euphoria with the help of some windows library that can handle
>    graphics as a control.
> 
> Hans Peter Willems
> 

Yes, a button is about the simplest control you can implement,
that's why i chose it for a custom class demo in the
WinClass Library   That way it would be easiest to understand
and use to create a 'derived' class such as a flat button.

It's also quite easy to do with raw windows api calls and responding
to only a small handfull of WM_ type messages.

Skins are just a bitmap, even if stored RLE right?

Take care for now,
Al