[ShoeHornOPlenty]

Just wondering why this is. When I say the new GUI I mean for your ICQ buddy list you know how to have the title bar at the top of it with the close and minimize buttons. That uses the old style GUI, similar to how it is with the Command Prompt, however the msg windows for ICQ use the full blown new GUI. Anyone know how to get it to work with the buddy list window?

[Seldzar]

When programming in windows you can do 2 things you can use the windows function libraries or you can write your own.

(Forgive I'm a bit rusty on my programming)

When you use the default windows functions for creating your windows they will be skinned as per the os. However when the application developers write their own window window routines it will not be skinned.

Basically with the way the icq contact list works a standard windows window function would not work(or would not be as efficient)with the contact list,buttons, online offline statuses etc.

This also allows them a larger degree of customizability and control over the icq window.

Make any sense?

This is why most apps have the proper skinned windows and some do not.