Chapter 3. CREATING WINDOWS

Windows are the most fundamental element of a Microsoft Windows application. All applications have a main "parent" window that can have a menu and icon associated with it. Windows are actually used in almost every aspect of an application's user interface, ranging from the parent window to the individual buttons and edit controls on dialog boxes. Dialog boxes themselves are just another type of window.

There is only one function needed to create windows, the CreateWindow function, which is the most important and complex function in the Windows API. There are many types of predefined windows that can easily be created. These include buttons, static controls, list boxes, combo boxes, edit controls, and scrollbars. However, ...

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