creating a window

[nikita_the_ger]

I just want to know one thing, is a window,(title bar,buttons,3d edge shadow and the like) a bitmap or a metafile? I would like to create my own rendering system
and I'm trying to figure out where to start. Any help in the right direction would be appreciated.



Nikita

[seanm]

Well, my understanding is that a form is a class(generic)/ object(specific), as are buttons. Is that the answer you're looking for?

[Sam Finch]

I think Windows are Windows.

Windows have a DC, A menu, and some other stuff, The DC has a Bitmap, a font, a region, a backcolour and some other stuff. There's a Create Window API

Public Declare Function CreateWindowEx Lib "user32" Alias "CreateWindowExA" (ByVal dwExStyle As Long, ByVal lpClassName As String, ByVal lpWindowName As String, ByVal dwStyle As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, ByVal nWidth As Long, ByVal nHeight As Long, ByVal hWndParent As Long, ByVal hMenu As Long, ByVal hInstance As Long, lpParam As Any) As Long

but I don't know how to use it.

Hope this Helps