Enabling visual styles for Win32 apps
If you create a good old Win32 application with standard controls in modern Windows systems, you will notice that they look old. That is because, by default, the application uses common controls defined in ComCtl32.dll version 5.
Today we will learn how to use version 6 with the aid of a manifest file and so enable visual styles. Additionally, we will also take the system's default font and apply it to the controls to achieve a native aspect.