calling TaskDialogIndirect loader says ordinal 345 not found

Question

I built the simple MS example for TaskDialogIndirect (see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb760544(v=vs.85).aspx)

When I run it I get \"The ordi

Answer 1

There are two versions of ComCtl32.dll on Windows XP and later (SxS). v5.8x is the default, you need to opt-in to get v6 because of possible incompatibility's with the new Themes/Visual Styles. Most new features and controls have only been added to v6.

To get v6 you must add a manifest to your application. It is recommended that you embed the manifest in the applications resources but you can also use a external manifest; just name the XML file yourappname.exe.manifest.