I''m looking for a way to make my windows have flat buttons, such as those in MS Bookshelf or Encarta. Is there another API I need, or it is part of the Win32 APIs. Also, how do I specify the colour of the window to something other than a system colour. Any help will be apreciated!

The easiest way to do this sort of thing is using one of the MFC extension libraries (go to www.codeguru.com, for instance). Otherwise, if you''re using the bare API, there''s a lot of work to do...and it''s probably not worth the trouble, quite honestly, unless you like messing with tons of different windows messages, device contexts, etc.

(Yeah, I know that the basic techniques in MFC are the same as in the straight API, but things are easier to deal with.)