Create stylish windows (transparency, fancy buttons)

[vjrabanelly]

Hi,

I'm using C++ without MFC nor ATL, to create a popup, opening from a DLL loaded in Internet Explorer as Browser Helper Object (all versions from IE7, from XP to Windows 7).

Until now, everything went find and my popup is working as I wish. But now I'd like to give it a better appearance.

Here is how it looks now : http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9220/currentappearance.png (Taken from my Windows 7)

I'd like to get fancier buttons and the transparency aspect on the border, that we can get on most Windows 7 / Vista windows (like this one for example : http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/4806/desiredappearance.jpg)

Would that be possible?

Thank you

Valentin

[blackcoder41]

http://cplusplus.com/forum/windows/31552/

[vjrabanelly]

Thanks for the reply.

I tested what they indicate in the link you sent but it didn't change anything... Actually, the aspect of the popup I have now in Windows 7 is this : http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2262/currentappearance7.png (The other one was in XP).

So I mostly wish to get a better-looking button, which would look like standard buttons in the version of Windows which launches the DLL. I have the feeling the manifest is used for the aspect of the containing window only(but this is alright in my case)... Is it supposed to change the aspect of child elements too, like my button?