window menu drawing different in D and in VC++/MinGW

[kris]

kris wrote:
> Serg Kovrov wrote:
> 
>> Greetings everybody,
>>
>> I have ported extremely simple win32 gui example (one of catch22.net 
>> tutorials), and run into strange problem - when built with D, program 
>> drawing routine behaves slightly different from original. regardless 
>> that code almost identical. I suppose it is related to non-client 
>> drawing of frame window.
>>
>> Please see screenshots:
>>
>> This is how it should look (and actually do look so when built with 
>> VC++ or MinGW):
>> http://img245.imageshack.us/my.php?image=neatpad01agi8.png
>>
>> and this one built with D - notice small 1px trashed area under menu:
>> http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=neatpad01md7.png
>>
>> Seems window menu bar do not fill entire area, it should do. But I 
>> can't understand why - This is not ownerdrawn menu, I'm do not have 
>> any control on how it draws.
>>
>> I could accept that this yet another problem I should solve, but why 
>> it manifest itself only when built with D?
>>
>> Again - I ported code from C++ to D with minimal changes required, all 
>> drawing routines are identical with original.
>>
>> source code attached. (I have to use 7zip to fit)
>>
>> Thanks
> 
> 
> IIRC that's related to a Win32 version identifier in the executable? 
> Build.exe has a flag for changing that, and there's some way of creating 
> a .def file for executables build with dmd also (some details in the 
> online dmd doc).
> 
> Try using google to search digitalmars.com? I know there was a thread on 
> this at one point. Sorry I don't have more detail to hand.


http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/c++/windows/32-bits/541.html

There were others too, but I must be looking in the wrong place. Anyone 
else?