help about xp style format

[muddasirmunir]

there is an artical name "Give xp look to vb 6" in visual basic article

i had done the following about the ariticle

1. copy the code and make a VB6.exe.manifes t
in vb6.exe folder

2 make a project with name abc as project name and form1 as form
with only one label ,one text box and one combo box

3 make a exe of the project with name abc.exe

4 again copy the code in notepad and make a file abc.exe.manifes t
in the folder where my abc.exe exist

5 run the exe so my porject look like xp form

but when i run the exe it give me error

"system Error &H80070583 (-2147023485). Class does not exist"

what is going wrong?

thanks

[keign]

i have also encounter that article and it works..

[muddasirmunir]

well
is there any step i am missing

i have also encounter that article and it works..

[AHMEDYO]

sure man u missing very important thing :D

declare this API function in any moudle in ur project

Public Declare Sub InitCommonContr ols Lib "comctl32.d ll" ()

call it from each Form Initialize Event in ur project Form_Initialize event
it let VB common controls initial it self to work with xp style and another information that u can need, if u use microsoft common controll 5.0 it will work with xp style 6.0 not and 5.0 have bugs can fill earth planet :D congratulation

Private Sub Form_Initialize ()
Call InitCommonContr ols
End Sub

[muddasirmunir]

Thanks Ahmed
its now working fine

sure man u missing very important thing :D

declare this API function in any moudle in ur project

Public Declare Sub InitCommonContr ols Lib "comctl32.d ll" ()

call it from each Form Initialize Event in ur project Form_Initialize event
it let VB common controls initial it self to work with xp style and another information that u can need, if u use microsoft common controll 5.0 it will work with xp style 6.0 not and 5.0 have bugs can fill earth planet :D congratulation

Private Sub Form_Initialize ()
Call InitCommonContr ols
End Sub

[AHMEDYO]

you welcome and Best Regards

[muddasirmunir]

asalm o alikum ahmed
muddasir here

now i am facing a problem regariding this code.
i had alread made a project which contain about 80-100 forms
now when i use the code in it it work only when i make new control
(textbox, button) .
the control(text box,buttton etc) which i had already made doet not
get xp look style.
can you solve the problem
thanks

you welcome and Best Regards

[AHMEDYO]

we alikom elsalam

sry but i didnt understand u fully.

first i will tell u about bad news, when ur project have big number of forms , visual basic will make some crazy things, and things have no meaning

second i understand that u was create forms have controllers before u create manifest file and use initcommonctr() function and all these old controls didnt appear by xp style???, u must recreate these controlls to take xp style?

waiting for ur response

[muddasirmunir]

asalm o alikum
well i will put my question in another way if you donot understand

i already had a project with about 80-100 forms. which look like
an ordinary style as vb has.
now i want to change the style of all the forms of the project
with minimum efforst.

with manifest file it does not change the style of the project
unless i have to delete each control and then agian make a new
control whic is for 100 forms is quiet a heavy task

so , is there any way to change the style with out deleting each
control and make a new one.

thanks

we alikom elsalam

sry but i didnt understand u fully.

first i will tell u about bad news, when ur project have big number of forms , visual basic will make some crazy things, and things have no meaning

second i understand that u was create forms have controllers before u create manifest file and use initcommonctr() function and all these old controls didnt appear by xp style???, u must recreate these controlls to take xp style?

waiting for ur response

[Ali Rizwan]

Assalam-o-Alaikum Muddasir Bhai.

How are you and hows the children :D

OK.

Have you put a manifest file to vb6's directory, is vb6 is giving itself xp style or not?

If yes then it is impossible that vb is not changing the style of old form controls.
What ever.
Now i m working on vista style controls. For this purpose i m trying to get ocx from vista and its libraries so that i can give vista style to my vb.
Is it amazing.
But i know many other people are start doing on such thing.

I have another control by which you can skin you forms but the problem is that i have its serial no but not the regestration no.

But i think you want to make your forms like a apple, orange or any other style.
from any image.
Are you?

GOODLUCK
any other problem?
ALI

[AHMEDYO]

asalm o alikum
well i will put my question in another way if you donot understand

i already had a project with about 80-100 forms. which look like
an ordinary style as vb has.
now i want to change the style of all the forms of the project
with minimum efforst.

with manifest file it does not change the style of the project
unless i have to delete each control and then agian make a new
control whic is for 100 forms is quiet a heavy task

so , is there any way to change the style with out deleting each
control and make a new one.

thanks

i got it and i understand u now, but i cant beleive that because, ur form is just .frm file have text desription that u have buttons, textboxs...etc and each time u reopen ur project these controls is repaint again, i made test project on my PC without vb.exe.manifest file and then create this file and all things ok and work well, i think this because u have more forms, visual basic always do that, plz try to open .frm manual in notebad and u will c button description like that

Begin VB.CommandButto n Command1
Caption = "Command1"
Height = 375
Left = 240
TabIndex = 0
Top = 2160
Width = 1575
End
try to copy all text to new file by same name and rename old file, it just test because it have no sense to do that

[muddasirmunir]

asalam o alikum ahmed
by the way which children are you talking about . i am no married
yet.

now about your question i had already made a manifiest file in vb directory but my project is made on vb which no manifiest file is installed
and also my vb is not looking like a xp style.

did you have .ocx file which change vb style to xp. if yes then
please mail me no my username on yahoo.

and your last about making apple or orange style in my poject i just
want to look my project good looking now it looking as just as
it look like if i use win 98. now i am only using win xp.

allah hafiz

Assalam-o-Alaikum Muddasir Bhai.

How are you and hows the children :D

OK.

Have you put a manifest file to vb6's directory, is vb6 is giving itself xp style or not?

If yes then it is impossible that vb is not changing the style of old form controls.
What ever.
Now i m working on vista style controls. For this purpose i m trying to get ocx from vista and its libraries so that i can give vista style to my vb.
Is it amazing.
But i know many other people are start doing on such thing.

I have another control by which you can skin you forms but the problem is that i have its serial no but not the regestration no.

But i think you want to make your forms like a apple, orange or any other style.
from any image.
Are you?

GOODLUCK
any other problem?
ALI

[Ali Rizwan]

Assalamoalaikum
Fist i m Ali not Ahmed.
And if your vb is not painting it self xp style.
Ok now rename your vb6 manifest which you have make in vb6 directory.
VB6.EXE.manifes t
Now vb is painting itself xp style.
Allah Hafiz