This is a basic Hyperlink Win32 control. It is a suitable control for all Win32 systems, especially those which pre-date the built-in common control.

In terms of dependencies, it relies on straight Win32 calls without a dependency on MFC, ATL, or other frameworks. It is standalone, in that it doesn't subclass any Win32 controls. It does take a soft dependency on IDC_HAND, which was introduced in Windows 2000, as well as COLOR_HOTLIGHT.

Given that the control is lightweight, it doesn't have support for IME, RTL text, tooltips, parent notifications, or drag and drop. It does have basic support for proper coloring, underlining, hovering, and focus.

Direct access to the control class shouldn't be necessary, as the control should be created either through CreateWindowEx or through a .RC file. Therefore, very little is exposed through the header file. register_hyperlink_class(), defined in Hyperlink.h, is exposed to register the window class itself. The HyperlinkTestApp folder is a simple application which demonstrates this.

The code is a rather modern C++ interpretation of pure Win32 code, including RAII for the GDI objects. With that in mind, it does require a compiler, such as Visual C++ 2015, which has C++11 support (particularly unique_ptr).

Stylistically, the code is based on the JSF coding standards. I chose this as a reasonable bridge of styles between traditional Windows coding and such modern C++ styles as used in Boost.

Toby Jones (www.turbohex.com, ace.roqs.net)