I've been looking everywhere to find a good solution / tip on how to release an application that has todays 'top-end' look.
As we all know, when coding with windows we normally get windows-style colors/buttons/lists etc. They just look and feel ugly.
When we decide we want to sell an application, people want it to look good - obviously because they have paid for it.
So the question is:
- How is the good application look achieved today?
- Owner drawing? ( really?? )
- custom-controls ?
- some good non-free libraries that do the 'dirty' work and 'skin' your application?
I don't believe programmers do those 'overdrawn' tips and tricks, it takes so long to have one control completely done.. Besides, i would rather spend that time coding the internal application stuff than playing around with per-control drawing..
I have no clue, but have a deadline and now after going through all those 'ownerdrawed' controls on google - i came up that this is not the thing.. There has to be something else that comes handy when a programmer needs to make his application look top-end!.
Please help, any tools ? any tips ? any-anything.. ?
Few examples, how do they achieve that look:
http://fooh.pl/pokaz/3198197337370da4cdfdebf0ae13933c_openfm.jpg
