XP visual style

[Gary Miller]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...lStudioNET.asp


I've tried everything in the article
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...lStudioNET.asp

with NO luck.

I've tried this on 2003 server and 2003 XP.

Also.
1) added Application.Ena bleVisualStyles (); before .run
2) private void RecursivelyForm atForWinXP(Cont rol control)
3) if(Environment. OSVersion.Versi on.Major > 4
& Environment.OSV ersion.Version. Minor > 0
& System.IO.File. Exists(Applicat ion.ExecutableP ath + ".manifest" ))

All seems to execute during debug, but NO visual changes.

Any ideas?

[Gary Miller]

RE: XP visual style

I re-checked the article and found a mistake in my execution. I added the
manifest resource to the wrong .EXE.

I did the import to the .OBJ\DEBUG .EXE and now it is permanent in the
compiled .EXE.

But, still NO XP style on any of my forms.

Once, again. Any ideas?

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"Gary Miller" wrote:
[color=blue]
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...lStudioNET.asp
>
>
> I've tried everything in the article
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...lStudioNET.asp
>
> with NO luck.
>
> I've tried this on 2003 server and 2003 XP.
>
> Also.
> 1) added Application.Ena bleVisualStyles (); before .run
> 2) private void RecursivelyForm atForWinXP(Cont rol control)
> 3) if(Environment. OSVersion.Versi on.Major > 4
> & Environment.OSV ersion.Version. Minor > 0
> & System.IO.File. Exists(Applicat ion.ExecutableP ath + ".manifest" ))
>
> All seems to execute during debug, but NO visual changes.
>
> Any ideas?
>[/color]

[Chris Dunaway]

Re: XP visual style

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 06:22:23 -0700, Gary Miller wrote:
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> 1) added Application.Ena bleVisualStyles (); before .run
> 2) private void RecursivelyForm atForWinXP(Cont rol control)
> 3) if(Environment. OSVersion.Versi on.Major > 4
> & Environment.OSV ersion.Version. Minor > 0
> & System.IO.File. Exists(Applicat ion.ExecutableP ath + ".manifest" ))[/color]

I'm not clear on what you are attempting to do. Are trying to get the XP
look and feel on your controls? Or are you trying to create an irregularly
shaped form using a region?

For the first,

Add

Application.Ena bleVisualStyles
Application.DoE vents '<------ Important to work around a bug

Make sure all of your controls have their FlatStyle property set to System.



For the region, create an instance of the GraphicsPath class. Use its
various methods to create your shape. Then create a region object from the
GraphicsPath and assign that region to the form or control:

Dim gp As New GraphicsPath

gp.AddEllipse(M e.ClientRectang le)

Dim rgn As New Region(gp)

Me.Region = rgn


HTH


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[Morten Wennevik]

Re: XP visual style

Hi Gary,

I believe you need to install the XP Theme on Windows 2003 before the XP
style is visible.

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Happy Coding!
Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]

[Sriram Krishnan]

Re: XP visual style

Could you post your exe somewhere so that we can download it?

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http://www.dotnetjunkies.com/weblog/sriram

"Gary Miller" <GaryMiller@dis cussions.micros oft.com> wrote in message
news:45D1F00E-EC1E-4FCA-AD3A-2091861181D2@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue]
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...lStudioNET.asp
>
>
> I've tried everything in the article
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...lStudioNET.asp
>
> with NO luck.
>
> I've tried this on 2003 server and 2003 XP.
>
> Also.
> 1) added Application.Ena bleVisualStyles (); before .run
> 2) private void RecursivelyForm atForWinXP(Cont rol control)
> 3) if(Environment. OSVersion.Versi on.Major > 4
> & Environment.OSV ersion.Version. Minor > 0
> & System.IO.File. Exists(Applicat ion.ExecutableP ath + ".manifest" ))
>
> All seems to execute during debug, but NO visual changes.
>
> Any ideas?
>[/color]