Win XP controls and themes...

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lidds

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I'm currently writing a vb.net app. on Win XP and have put manifest file within the exe directory so my controls use the current XP theme. Obviously when I run this on Win2000 the controls change there appearance (obviously) I was wondering if anyone know of an activex that would give me a more appealing visual appearance to my controls on both OS.

Cheers

Simon
 
It can't be donne... but I can give you some ideas...

1- Fist about the Manifest...
If you're using framework 1.1 then it's no longer necessary that... Just call Application.EnableVisualStyles on your Sub Main before the Application.Run(...)

2- Now about the custom styles
- You can allways create custom paints for you controls, so they will have the same appearance whatever the SO (just choose the basic palette possible, so it can have the same appearance at 16bit or higher...)

- Another way is to try to find a third party software to change the Win 2000 theme... on my point of view, there's no point of having a software theme different than the base OS...

Alex :p
 
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