How to change the shape of a dialog?

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I have a new dialog.

I want to make like this dialog in image but I can not.

Please help me!

Thanks so much

NEW DIALOG

Mirror

Posted 27-Apr-11 7:05am

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Updated 27-Apr-11 7:51am

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chris4562 · Answer 1 · 2011-04-27T07:45:00

Solution 1

look into GDI regions and the Win API SetWindowRgn, search examples using this function.

Posted 27-Apr-11 7:45am

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Nish Nishant 27-Apr-11 15:33pm

Voted 5.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 27-Apr-11 23:22pm

Correct, a 5.
--SA

Nish Nishant · Answer 2 · 2011-04-27T09:34:00

Solution 2

Chris has already given you the API to do it. Here's a very good article on the topic by Joe Newcomer:

http://www.flounder.com/setwindowrgn.htm[^]

Posted 27-Apr-11 9:34am

Nish Nishant

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 27-Apr-11 23:23pm

Can be useful, a 5.
--SA

Nish Nishant 28-Apr-11 8:04am

Thanks SA!

Otto Lehmann · Answer 3 · 2011-04-27T14:40:00

Solution 3

Hello!

Your problem can be solved easily.
You can use SetWindowRgn() function to customize your window as you please.

Please see here.
A picture based skin system and MPEG decoder[^]

then you will be clear for that problem.
Regards

Posted 27-Apr-11 14:40pm

Otto Lehmann

Updated 27-Apr-11 14:46pm

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