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The border drawing tag on WindowsForum.com covers techniques for programmatically drawing borders and background colors on windows using the Windows API. Content includes code examples in C/C++ that demonstrate subclassing window procedures to handle custom drawing, such as using GDI functions to paint borders and backgrounds on controls like rich edit boxes. Discussions focus on low-level window customization for developers working with Win32 applications, including handling messages like WM_PAINT and WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC. The tag is relevant for programmers seeking to enhance the visual appearance of windows or controls beyond standard styles, particularly in legacy or resource-constrained environments.
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    Windows 11 Drawing a border and background color with a handle to a window.

    ``` #include <Windows.h> #include <Richedit.h> HWND hwnd; HWND panel; HWND richEdit; WNDPROC oldStaticProc; int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, PSTR, int); LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProcedure(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam); LRESULT CALLBACK StaticProc(HWND hwnd, UINT...
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    • background border drawing c++ control handling device context error handling event gdi graphics message loop opengl paint handling rich edit static control user interface window procedure window resizing windows api wm_paint
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