[SOLVED] Win32 API Development with mingw/wine. Help Please.

[volanin]

I am having a hard time with this:
How to I enable XP Button Style in Win32 API code developed using mingw?


Here is a sample code, mbox.c:

#define _WIN32_IE 0x0500
#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501

#include <windows.h>
#include <commctrl.h>



INT WINAPI WinMain( HINSTANCE inst, HINSTANCE prev, LPSTR cmdline, INT show )
{
InitCommonControls( );
MessageBox( NULL, "WinXP button style.", "Message Box", MB_OK );
return 0;
}


But when I compile and run it with:

i586-mingw32msvc-gcc -o mbox.exe mbox.c -lcomctl32
wine ./mbox.exe


I only get the old ugly Win95 Button Styles.
The windows version in winecfg is set to Windows XP already.

Help Please!
:mad:

[volanin]

Ok, I read on the internet that you must add a manifest file in order to enable the comctl32.dll functions that allow Windows XP Theming.

The manifest file is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
<assemblyIdentity
version="1.0.0.0"
processorArchitecture="X86"
name="CompanyName.ProductName.mbox.exe"
type="win32"
/>
<description>Your application description here.</description>
<dependency>
<dependentAssembly>
<assemblyIdentity
type="win32"
name="Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls"
version="6.0.0.0"
processorArchitecture="X86"
publicKeyToken="6595b64144ccf1df"
language="*"
/>
</dependentAssembly>
</dependency>
</assembly>


I put it in a file named mbox.exe.manifest that wine is supposed to read and enable the Window XP Style.
No good.

So I tried adding it as a resource:

#ifndef RT_MANIFEST
#define RT_MANIFEST 24
#endif

#ifndef CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID
#define CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID 1
#endif

CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID RT_MANIFEST "mbox.exe.manifest"


And add it with:

i586-mingw32msvc-windres -o resource.o resource.rc
i586-mingw32msvc-gcc -c -o mbox.o mbox.c
i586-mingw32msvc-gcc -o mbox.exe mbox.o resource.o -lcomctl32



But it is still NO GOOD.
I am getting really desperate now. Anyone?
:(

[volanin]

GOT IT.

I tested the sample code in Windows, and it worked perfectly.
The problem seems to be that wine has no support for builtin WindowsXP Styles.
(And installing a WindowsXP theme does not change the buttons...)