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  • nkarnold@googlemail.com
    #1

    VB 2005 Visual Styles problem

    My application seems to be ignoring Enable XP visual styles, which is
    ticked on in the application properties.

    the Toolbar and Menubar, which appear the nice looking shaded blue
    appear like that whilst in the IDE, but when I run the app, they both
    go to boring grey.

    In the application.des igner.vb self generated file, it does have
    PublicSubNew()
    MyBase.New(Glob al.Microsoft.Vi sualBasic.Appli cationServices. Authent
    icationMode.Win dows)
    Me.IsSingleInst ance = false
    Me.EnableVisual Styles = true
    Me.SaveMySettin gsOnExit = true
    Me.ShutDownStyl e =
    Global.Microsof t.VisualBasic.A pplicationServi ces.Shutdow
    nMode.AfterMain FormCloses
    EndSub

    If i create a brand new application, just as a test and drop the two
    controls into that, they appear with visual styles.

    So it looks like its something to do with my project, but i can't find
    out where or why.

    any help appreciated.

    Cheers

    Nig

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    • Patrice
      #2
      Re: VB 2005 Visual Styles problem

      In your test application what are the controls you tried ? In particular
      make sure you don't confuse menubar,toolbar with menustrip/toolstrip...

      --
      Patrice

      <nkarnold@googl email.coma écrit dans le message de news:
      1155906111.5024 15.243460@h48g2 00...legr oups.com...
      My application seems to be ignoring Enable XP visual styles, which is
      ticked on in the application properties.
      >
      the Toolbar and Menubar, which appear the nice looking shaded blue
      appear like that whilst in the IDE, but when I run the app, they both
      go to boring grey.
      >
      In the application.des igner.vb self generated file, it does have
      PublicSubNew()
      MyBase.New(Glob al.Microsoft.Vi sualBasic.Appli cationServices. Authent
      icationMode.Win dows)
      Me.IsSingleInst ance = false
      Me.EnableVisual Styles = true
      Me.SaveMySettin gsOnExit = true
      Me.ShutDownStyl e =
      Global.Microsof t.VisualBasic.A pplicationServi ces.Shutdow
      nMode.AfterMain FormCloses
      EndSub
      >
      If i create a brand new application, just as a test and drop the two
      controls into that, they appear with visual styles.
      >
      So it looks like its something to do with my project, but i can't find
      out where or why.
      >
      any help appreciated.
      >
      Cheers
      >
      Nig
      >

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        • tommaso.gastaldi@uniroma1.it
          #3
          Re: VB 2005 Visual Styles problem

          If you change the Start up form, does the error go away?

          Tommaso

          nkarnold@google mail.com ha scritto:
          My application seems to be ignoring Enable XP visual styles, which is
          ticked on in the application properties.
          >
          the Toolbar and Menubar, which appear the nice looking shaded blue
          appear like that whilst in the IDE, but when I run the app, they both
          go to boring grey.
          >
          In the application.des igner.vb self generated file, it does have
          PublicSubNew()
          MyBase.New(Glob al.Microsoft.Vi sualBasic.Appli cationServices. Authent
          icationMode.Win dows)
          Me.IsSingleInst ance = false
          Me.EnableVisual Styles = true
          Me.SaveMySettin gsOnExit = true
          Me.ShutDownStyl e =
          Global.Microsof t.VisualBasic.A pplicationServi ces.Shutdow
          nMode.AfterMain FormCloses
          EndSub
          >
          If i create a brand new application, just as a test and drop the two
          controls into that, they appear with visual styles.
          >
          So it looks like its something to do with my project, but i can't find
          out where or why.
          >
          any help appreciated.
          >
          Cheers
          >
          Nig

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            • gene kelley
              #4
              Re: VB 2005 Visual Styles problem

              On 18 Aug 2006 06:01:51 -0700, nkarnold@google mail.com wrote:
              >My application seems to be ignoring Enable XP visual styles, which is
              >ticked on in the application properties.
              >
              >the Toolbar and Menubar, which appear the nice looking shaded blue
              >appear like that whilst in the IDE, but when I run the app, they both
              >go to boring grey.
              >
              >In the application.des igner.vb self generated file, it does have
              >PublicSubNew ()
              >MyBase.New(Glo bal.Microsoft.V isualBasic.Appl icationServices .Authent
              >icationMode.Wi ndows)
              >Me.IsSingleIns tance = false
              >Me.EnableVisua lStyles = true
              >Me.SaveMySetti ngsOnExit = true
              >Me.ShutDownSty le =
              >Global.Microso ft.VisualBasic. ApplicationServ ices.Shutdow
              >nMode.AfterMai nFormCloses
              >EndSub
              >
              >If i create a brand new application, just as a test and drop the two
              >controls into that, they appear with visual styles.
              >
              >So it looks like its something to do with my project, but i can't find
              >out where or why.
              >
              >any help appreciated.
              >
              >Cheers
              >
              >Nig
              "Shaded Blue" implies to me, a blue gradient. If that's the case, I'm curious as to what default
              condition produces a blue gradient in design.

              The most common way to reproduce what you desescribe if there is a default gradient on a toolstrip
              in design is a line of code at runtime that references the ToolStrip's BackColor property. With
              VisualStyles, for the default gradient to display, the BackColor is Nothing, not
              SystemColors.Co ntrol which is usually grey in most cases.

              Gene

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