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C++/WIN32 A professional looking application - is it really possible?

I'm not talking about opening a resource file, (.rc) and make my buttons, and etc .. I'm talking about the look of the window itself — like the installer for the Visual Studio Ultimate 2012:

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The buttons, and all looks different. Same with the Photoshop, AE, Maya Autodesk.

How they did it? Its easy or hard ? We can do it with c++?

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  • 1) Don't know, since those programs are not open source 2) Depends on what you are doing 3) probably, but depends on what you are trying to do. – Grizzly Oct 08 '12 at 17:01
  • While @Grizzly is right that it's hard to know for sure, check out the answers to the question I linked above...including my [note about Spy++](http://stackoverflow.com/a/6717892/211160). You can probably find some material by browsing the tags for [tag:skinning], [tag:theming], and [tag:window-chrome]. – HostileFork says dont trust SE Oct 08 '12 at 17:07
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    This is the kind of styling you get out of using XAML. Not available to C++ programs, except in Windows Store apps. – Hans Passant Oct 08 '12 at 17:15
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    That dialog is hideous! What is with the current obsession with low-contrast text? I suspect it's a plot against older developers. – Adrian McCarthy Oct 08 '12 at 17:23

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C++ I know there is a way to override OS's internal controls rendering, C# for example. But you can render your controls with OpenGL. (Create a GUI)

About If it's hard or easy ,It's hard if you never created projects with OpenGL.

BTW here is an article in msdn: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb773183.aspx

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