Use the Windows XP visual style in the SDK and embed it into the EXE

Reference address: border (for example, border rounded) to beautify the interface.
The XP style UI effect is determined by Microsoft. windows. common-Controls provides an implementation. To achieve this effect, you need to make your program dependent on Microsoft. windows. the common-controls component. Microsoft provides manifest to allow us to declare this dependency.

★★★Method 1

Windows XP visual style is not used by default in Win32 programs.
If you are using Visual Studio 2005 and later versions,
You only need to add the following code to stdafx. h:

# Pragma comment (linker, "/manifestdependency: \" type = 'win32 'name = 'Microsoft. windows. common-controls '"version = '6. 0.0.0 'processorarchitecture = '*' publickeytoken = '6595b64144ccf1df 'Language = '*'\"")

Visual style is used by default in MFC, but the following code is used:

01) # ifdef _ Unicode
02) # If defined _ m_ix86
03) # pragma comment (linker, "/manifestdependency: \" type = 'win32 'name = 'Microsoft. windows. common-controls '"version = '6. 0.0.0 'processorarchitecture = 'x86 'publickeytoken = '6595b64144ccf1df' Language = '*'\"")
04) # Elif defined _ m_ia64
05) # pragma comment (linker, "/manifestdependency: \" type = 'win32 'name = 'Microsoft. windows. common-controls '"version = '6. 0.0.0 'processorarchitecture = 'ia64' publickeytoken = '6595b64144ccf1df 'Language = '*'\"")
06) # Elif defined _ m_x64
07) # pragma comment (linker, "/manifestdependency: \" type = 'win32 'name = 'Microsoft. windows. common-controls '"version = '6. 0.0.0 'processorarchitecture = 'amd64' publickeytoken = '6595b64144ccf1df 'Language = '*'\"")
08) # else
09) # pragma comment (linker, "/manifestdependency: \" type = 'win32 'name = 'Microsoft. windows. common-controls '"version = '6. 0.0.0 'processorarchitecture = '*' publickeytoken = '6595b64144ccf1df 'Language = '*'\"")
10) # endif
11) # endif
If your project is ANSI, you can remove # ifdef _ Unicode from the first line and # endif from the last line.

After compilation, a file with the same name extension as the program. manifest is generated as follows:
<? XML version = '1. 0' encoding = 'utf-8' standalone = 'Yes'?>
<Assembly xmlns = 'urn: Schemas-Microsoft-com: ASM. V1 'manifestversion = '1. 0'>
<Dependency>
<Dependentassembly>
<Assemblyidentity type = 'win32 'name = 'Microsoft. windows. common-controls 'version = '6. 0.0.0 'processorarchitecture = '*' publickeytoken = '6595b64144ccf1df 'Language =' * '/>
</Dependentassembly>
</Dependency>
</Assembly>

★★★Method 2
1) define the following line in the. RC file of the Program (in exe)
1 rt_manifest "xpstyle. manifest"
If it is a DLL, it is defined
2 rt_manifest "xpstyle. manifest"
2) Save the following content as xpstyle. manifest

<? XML version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8" standalone = "yes"?>
<Assembly xmlns = "urn: Schemas-Microsoft-com: ASM. V1" manifestversion = "1.0">
<Assemblyidentity
Name = "XP style manifest"
Processorarchitecture = "x86"
Version = "1.0.0.0"
Type = "Win32"/>
<Dependency>
<Dependentassembly>
<Assemblyidentity
Type = "Win32"
Name = "Microsoft. Windows. Common-Controls"
Version = "6.0.0.0"
Processorarchitecture = "x86"
Publickeytoken = "6595b64144ccf1df"
Language = "*"/>
</Dependentassembly>
</Dependency>
</Assembly>
3) Compile the. RC file. The above information will be embedded into the program file along with the resource file.

++ Msdn extension ++ ++
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